So, I had a purdy fun weekend. On Friday, a bunch of us got together at Boston Pizza. Jon even made it back from London to join us for dinner, and to collect money for his cancer fundraising. But yeah, it was a lot of fun, Nat and I got to see all the Western boys combined with Erika, pure jokes. Afterwards, we went over to my place and played the Friends trivia game. Jason and I (and my cousins, but they don't count cuz they don't watch Friends) nearly beat everyone else, which is pretty impressive considering the other team had both Nat (watching every episode of Friends for the THIRD time) and KennyG (nearly killed himself rushing home to watch the series finale).

Saturday afternoon, I met up with Ryan to watch a movie. We watched the Ultimate Avengers, the animated movie. It was all right, I loved the X-men and Spiderman cartoons when I was growing up, so this movie kind of reminded me of that. Later that night, Jon and Nat came over to watch the Leaf's game, but the game was so depressing we decided to abandon that idea and go out for dessert instead. Puja's also in town preparing for interviews, so she joined Jon and I at Just Desserts. After, Allan and KennyG showed up and we went over to my place to play some poker. Puja's gotta learn not to go in for every hand, especially when KennyG's getting straights every hand. Unfortunately, Jon took home the pot.

So, yesterday was fun. Neeta, Ryan, Naomi and I went out to celebrate a number of things. Neeta getting even older, Ryan and I starting our jobs this week. We went to north K-Town and had dinner at a Korean restaurant. I had some delicious bulgogi and got a chance to see how Ryan's been doing at his new job. You'll be the next spider solitaire champion in no time! This is also the same restaurant I went to with Ryan a while ago where I happen noticed a large number of attractive females. Last night was a disappointment in that respect, except for the two lovely ladies in the same booth as me.

Best things about my new job include:
Not having to shower/brush my teeth before going to work.
Not having to commute three hours to work.
A free cafeteria with my own personal chef.
My own personal gym in the office.

It's pretty sweet...

So yesterday was a fun day. Neeta, Eric and I went for a little skiing adventure at Blue Moutain. Things were a little uncertain with the warm weather we've been having lately, as well as whether to ski or snowboard because of the different skill levels. In the end, Eric and I decided that we would board for the night, and Neeta was going to ski. Well for those who don't know about my boarding abilities, I suck. I've gone twice in the past, and everyone who's tried boarding before knows how much you fall and how much it hurts when you start learning. Well, last night was a lot of fun, I think I was starting to get the hang of it. I actually had a couple of runs where I didn't fall and felt in control the whole way down. True, we never left the bunny hill, but come next season, I'm pretty confident I should be ready to tackle the blues. One funny story. So, Eric and I had some troubles staying on our feet when getting off the chair lift. One time, Neeta comes up with the bright idea of giving me a second head start to get off the chair lift, and then get off in order to avoid collisions. Neeta ends up missing her chance to get off the lift and the chair lift turns around and begins to go down with her still on the chair lift. Yeah, so we had to stop the chair lift, the chair lift operator had to come out and take off her skis, and then we had to carry her down off the lift. I was so embarassed. It was a fun day.

I also start work on Monday. I'm pretty excited about that.

So yesterday, Nat and Allan stopped over in the afternoon for a small workout. Nat's working, but still manages to get to my place by 3:00 which I still find interesting. So we had a small workout, Nat and I later play some PS2. For dinner, I went down town to hang out with Neeta. First we played the "Friend Trivia Game". Even though Neeta would consider herself a "Friends Fan", and owns something like the first 7 seasons on DVD, I still took her down with ease. We then watched some Blind Date, "Dates From Hell" on DVD. Man, I love that show, it's so great! Afterwards, we talked about a bunch of stuff, it was pretty funny.

Today, Allan and I visited my cousin Helen at her clinic. Helen has her own chiropractor clinic, while Allan's still in 2nd year, so Allan wanted to what it's like to open your own clinic. They talked for what seemed like forever about chiropractics and stuff I knew nothing about, but it was all right. After a long discussion, I got a chance to get adjusted by a certified chiropractor with a real adjustment table. Boy was there a huge difference! Nat, you would have loved it! Allan, you still got a lot to learn to reach the level of cousin Kwa.

So, this is what my weekend's been like so far. On Friday, Eric and I met up for dinner at some Brazilian restaurant. The food was pretty good, and I think it was authentic since the waitresses didn't know how to speak English. Afterwards, we met up with Neeta at a pub called Madison's. It was my first time at this pub, but it was a really cool pub with a lot of people and a really good atmosphere. We watched/listened to some guy playing the piano. He was really good, and played a bunch of classic/popular songs that I know. It was a pretty fun night.

Saturday morning I got up early to go bowling with Nat, Tiff, and her younger sister Candace. I had a decent day of bowling, but props goes out to Nat for bowling two games over 200, and one game with no open frames (for those who don't bowl, that's pretty impressive). Afterwards, we went out for lunch at Nat's favorite restaurant for won-ton noodles. Nat came over afterwards and we hung out and played some games on PS2.

I haven't done much today, except that I just got back from a swim with Allan. I had a pretty good swim. There's a pretty funny story about a guy who absolutely reeked of BO in the pool, but I think it's kinda mean posting that on my blog. Hopefully Allan'll post a funny version of the story on his blog instead.

Congradts Ryan! I won't go into details on what I'm congradulating you for in my public blog, but I'm really proud of you! We'll go celebrate sometime!

So, Friday was a fun night. First of all, Nat, Jon, Alland and I met up for dinner at the Old Galley the fish and chips were great as usual. We then said goodbye to Nat who went to fellowship as the rest of us headed down town to visit KennyG. We headed over to KennyG's, but first we had to pick up some Munchies and a video. We got to KennyG's and met up with him and Clara. We played some poker and listened to some music in preparation for the main event. Unfortunately I was the first one taken out in poker, by Allan, which meant I would be the one sleeping on the floor. Well, it was a fun night, mostly just hung out doing stupid stuff.

The next morning we got up pretty early and headed back home. Jon, Allan and I stopped off at the Golden Griddle for a brunch buffet. At night, we headed out again to watch the UFC fight at a sports bar. We met up with Jimi and his friends at WEGZ, which is a really awsome sports bar by Vaughn Mills. It's such a huge sports bar, and there are so many huge TVs, and there's a ticker that goes across the entire bar with all the latest scores, and the place was totaly PACKED. Well, the UFC was really good, and there were some really good fights. It was a lot of fun.

So, on Friday I went over to the library to do some studying, since I got nothing better to do and I've decided I should try to do something with my life. After getting back from the library, Allan came over for another back cracking/bowflex workout. He didn't stay for very long trying to avoid watching Nat and I take on my cousins and bro in a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament. Nat and I won of course. Later Eric stopped over, and my brother joined us for a game of poker. I was sooooo pissed off cuz my brother went all in on the first round, and I figured he was just bluffing, and I had a pretty decent hand, so I decided to call. Man, the guy had pocket aces and took me down in the first round! So pissed! So, we played another round of poker afterwards, and it was a pretty long game with Nat and I as the final two. Unforunately, Nat took home the pot and regains his title as poker champ.

On Saturday, I got woken up early by my cousins wanting to play some PS2. Eric (who stayed over) decided to have an early morning workout on the bowflex. Even though Eric's got about 20lbs over me, I'm glad I was still able to bend more power rods than him. We met up with Ryan for lunch at an all-you-can-eat dim sum place. I was planning on eating about a million har-gows since it was all-you-can-eat, but the har-gows were only mediocre at best. Eric came over to my place to practise some guitar before heading out to watch a movie. I can't even remember what movie we watched. All I remember is that it sucked, and I didn't like it. It's that movie with Samuel L Jackson in it. My advice would be to pass on this one. Oh yeah, it was Freedomland.

So, yesterday was a fun night. I met up for bubble tea with Ryan and Phil, but the special guest of the night was Adrienne. I think Adrienne's been mad at me or something for the past year. I think she's been avoiding me cuz I haven't seen her at all the past year, and we stopped messaging eachother. Well, hopefully after seeing her last night, it'll be the end of the Adrienne drought. Well, it was fun, we played some cards and had some bubble tea and food. Adrienne's always got the funniest little stories to tell, and it was nice to see how she was doing. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to do a better job of keeping in touch.

A quick weekend update. On Friday, Jimi stopped by in the afternoon. We played some games as well as had a great Bowflex workout. I think I've created another bowflex believer. In fact, he's on his way over right now to workout again. Now that's dedication! Justin also came back this weekend. Justin, Allan and I went out to a new Thai restaurant. It was fun, and the food was pretty good. After dinner, we came back to my place and met up with Nat. I finally broke Nat's 4 game poker winning streak and took home the pot.

On Saturday, Allan and I hit up another casino run. We went up to the Blue Heron casino and played a bit of Black Jack. I played of course, and Allan once again took the role of spectator. Well, it was a good night though, I was up $150, but got greededy and ended the night up $60. Still not a bad night though. Man, I woulda bought that A&F shirt I saw in the afternoon shopping with Allan if I knew I would have a winning night at the casino. Oh well.

On Sunday I went for a swim again with former lifeguard, Allan Kwong. If anyone read one of my previous blog posts, I was saying how I was challenging everyone in the pool and no one would race me. Well, it finally happened. With the help of Allan telling everyone in the pool how slow and out of shape I was, two of the youngsters (ages 16 and 17) decided they'd race me. Well, it was a lot of fun.

Yesterday I went with Nat and some of his friends for the third round of Blue Moutain sking. It was a lot of fun. There's a little terrain park where you can do jumps and go down rails and stuff, and we decided to give it a shot. Anyways, I tried a lot of jumps and tried to go down the rails, but there were a lot of big falls. Props to Nat for successfully landing a full 360 jump. I didn't actually see it, but mad props goes out to you. I got a bunch of bumps and bruises today, but it was a lot of fun.

So yesterday I finally got a chance to meet Ryan's imaginary friends. He's been going on and on and on for the past couple of months about his imaginary friends that he claims to hang out with. He keeps telling Neeta and I how he's always hanging out with his friends and drinking bubble tea and playing games and stuff, yet Neeta and I have never really met these so called friends of his. Well, yesterday I finally got to meet his friends, and they actually do exist, and they're actually really nice. We went to some bubble tea place and just hung out and played some games. It was fun, Ryan and his friends taught me how to play Bridge. I think Bridge is a lot like Euker, except that there's a lot more strategy involved. Well, it was fun, especially since Tiffany and I beat Ryan and Mitchell. We'll call it beginner's luck, as well as excellent coaching.

So, yesterday Allan and I went for another swim. I'd say we had a pretty good swim, I think I went for a pretty long time (considering the shape I'm in) without stopping or taking a break. After that little warm up, I felt the urge to have a little friendly competition. For those who might not know, I used to swim competitively, and one of the things I miss most about it is the competition. Win or lose, I just love the feeling of going all out and giving everything you've got in a race against someone else and seeing who comes out on top. Anyways, there was a bunch of kids (I call them kids, but they were actually in their late teens or early twenties) and they were pretty good swimmers and apparently worked at the pool, so I asked them if any of them wanted to race me. I asked about four random people in the pool if any of them wanted to race me, but to my great disappointment, no one wanted to race. Allan was also there and really wanted to watch someone take me down, but unfortunately no one was up for the challenge. When I got home, I talked to Dwight, and told him how no one wanted to race me at the pool. He thinks there might be something wrong with me and that it's not normal for people to challenge other people to a race in the middle of a public lane swim. I thought about it, and maybe he's right. I've gone to a lot of public swims, and not once has anyone ever challenged me to a race (even though I'd totally be up for it) and yet I'm always asking random strangers to race. Oh well, who knows what it is, maybe feel like I got something to prove?

Well, the weather's been a bit colder the past week, which meant there was finally some snow on the ground. Yesterday Nat and I decided to make use of our seasons passes and head up to Blue Moutain. Now, I know I'm not the best skier in the world, and I know I'm far from being an expert, but after skiing Whistler, I've kinda turned into a ski snob. I just go whizzing down the slopes trying to look good thinking I'm hot sh*t. But in all honesty, Blue Moutain really doesn't compare with the slopes of Whistler, it's just a totally different experience. With that being said, skiing was still a lot of fun, and there was plenty of snow on the moutain. Well, I got back from skiing after dinner, but it was KennyG's birthday, so KennyG, Allan, Erika and I went out to celebrate. We went to Honest Lawyers for some drinks and some grub. It was fun, KennyG's just so busy, too busy to even check his email, so I hardly get to see the guy. Well, it was fun just hanging out and watching a tipsy Allan knock over a glass all over himself, smoothe move Dungeon Master. It was also pretty hilarious watching Allan and KennyG in full action with Erika, I really don't know how she puts up with it. Anyways, it was a fun night.

Today, my cousin Helen turned a big three - zero. Yes, she is now over the hill. For dinner, all of the family got together for a classic ten course meal at the Dragon Centre restaurant. For all the Chinese people out there, you know what I'm talking about. The dinner came fully loaded with the lobster and the bird's nest, etc. It was sooooo good! For the non-Chinese people out there, yall don't know what you're missing. Well, the food was excellent, and it's always nice having family get togethers. Good times.

So, yesterday Jimi invited me over with some of his friends to watch the Ultimate Fighting Championships on pay-per-view. It was a good show with a lot of good action. Overall, all of the fights were pretty exciting to watch with maybe one exception. I don't really follow UFC too much, but Jimi seems to be pretty into it, and I gotta say that I do find it pretty entertaining. I hate that WWF sh*t, especially when compared to UFC which is so brutally real. I think I'm starting to pick up some of the moves and strategies that they use in UFC, which may come in handy one day in case someone decides to mess with this bowflex body.

Today I met up with Neeta, Ryan and Eric. We met up for some brunch down town. We went to a place called "Over Easy" and the food was really good. Afterwards we did a bit of shopping and hung out for a bit at Neeta's. I learned something interesting today though. Apparently Neeta has problems remembering things that we've done together, it's like she's removed them from her memory. For example, a bunch of us went to the ROM one evening, so Neeta tells me "yeah, me, Rach, Matt, Stu and someone else went to the ROM one time..." so then I reply "yeah, that someone else was me, gee, thanks Neeta". Then later I quized her asking her who she watched the movie "Water" with (it was me). Her answer with confidence, "I watched it by myself". Gee, thanks again Neeta. But hey, it's ok cuz even though she forgets some things, she still remembers in detail being extremely mad at me for asking her for $4 for the milk that I bought for her, so I guess it all evens out in the end. Anyways, tonight I'm watching the Superbowl with some of Nat's friends, hope it's a good game.

So, yesterday was pretty fun. Well, part of it anyways. In the afternoon, I went over to the library with Allan to do a little studying/preparation for an interview I got on Monday. For the first time ever, I saw Allan "studying", although he was on his laptop quite a bit, and I did catch him watching a music video. The fun part of the day was when I met up with Nat and we played some volleyball. We played with Tyndale's varsity volleyball team, which I thought was kinda weird since they are a varsity team and they're actually training to compete with other schools and stuff. But then again, Tyndale is a Christian college, so they're usually pretty welcoming. Anyways, volleyball was a lot of fun. We played for three hours, and it was like real training/workout. We had warmups, we went over some drills and exercises and played some games. Also, since it was a varsity team, everyone was good and we could play some real games and have some good competition. There were some good players, but I wasn't the worse one there, so it was all good. Anyways, it was a lot of fun.

So, I was in 'loo for the past two days. I had an interview with the big MS. I won't go into how the interview went, but I thought it went all right. Fortunately they didn't ask me what the weather was like outside, I dodged a real bullet on that one! Well, after the interview I met up with Dwight. We went to Pizza Hut for dinner which was really tasty, but sent both of us rushing to the bathroom which wasn't cool. Oh yeah, I also didn't like that waitress for reasons I won't mention here. After dinner, we played some warcraft, one really good game. Afterwards we went to the PAC for a little swim. The swim was all right, except that I'm so out of shape and really suck. We had a small workout after the swim to complete the start of me getting back in shape. After we went back to Dwight's place where he downloaded the first season of "Beauty and the Geek". It was all right, it had some funny moments, but I think the 2nd season was definately better. The next morning we watched another episode of Beauty and the Geek, had a bit to eat, then headed back home.

So, yesterday was pretty fun. Even though Nat is technically "working", he still manages to get home from work at around 1:00. Talk about a cushy job! Yeah, so he came over for a while after lunch and we bowflexed it up for a bit and played some PS2. I really gotta workout more, just not enough motivation. Anyways, afterwards, I met up with Jimi, and we went over to the Old Galley for a little fish and chips. It's kinda funny, I've seen the Old Galley all my life, and even have a friend who's worked there, but I've never eaten there before. Now I've eaten there twice in the past two weeks. KennyG's right, they got some good food there. After dinner, we came back to my place to hang out for a bit. Afterwards, Dwight and I played a little warcraft. Man, we're soooo good! Now ranked 233 for teams in North America.

So, on Friday night, I went over to Allan's place when he was done studying at Timmy's. We were thinking of watching a movie, but instead decided to watch the first episode of "Beauty and the Geek" which Allan tapped earlier. I gotta say, that show is hilarious! First of all, there are some pretty nice girls on that show, which is always a plus. Now, I went to Waterloo, so there's no denying that I'm a geek, and I've definately seen my fair share of nerdiness on campus, but these guys definately take the cake, they were just totally in a league of their own. One of the guys was given the title of "Dungeon Master" cuz he played Dungeons & Dragons every friday. I think that's pretty hilarious. One of the guys wasn't even able to sleep in the same room as the girl cuz he was going to have a panic attack, and ended up sleeping in the closet instead. The girls were also pretty dumb (Jessica Simpson like), and made some pretty funny comments, "I thought rock (from rock, paper, scissors) crushed paper", but the geeks were just in a world of their own. The sad part is, although I'm not as extreme as the geeks on this show, I can still understand/relate to how they're feeling.

Yesterday after work, I met up with Jimi for a little dinner. It was good cuz he owed me some cash, so the dinner was on him. We talked about what's been going on during the holidays and what's going on now. Afterwards, I went over to Nat's place to practise a bit of guitar. I'm really out of practise, and my fingers are killing this morning, but it was fun.