Saturday, April 17, 2004
Somebody please tell Canada it's April!!
Hey there,
How's it all going? It's been ages since I wrote but have been working so had no access to net really.
"April Showers" definitely fits in well here! Last Tuesday we were ready to walk around in shorts in +18 weather and we woke up on Thursday morning to 10cm of snow! Crazy-ass country!
So here's whats been going on. I've been working in an oil lab here taking samples which then head off to the lab to be analysed etc. It sounds pretty good but really its dirty, heavy, cover-alls work. I was ready to quit yesterday becuase I'm working with two guys that hate each other and they are using games on me to piss each other off. It's stupid and yesterday was the worst day of it, but one of the guys is finishing up soon so I'll stick it out a bit longer and see how it works out.
Calgary is going "Flames Mad" here at the moment, with the local hockey team, the Calgary Flames, in the Play-offs, and only need to win the game tonight to make it into the next round. The atmosphere is great. Tickets are in the range of $200 or more though.
Well, we had a Good Easter. Spent the Easter weekend at the church really. I was part of the Good Friday drama thing that Ryan had been part of in Mahon too. After that we went for food with Ryan and Erin to a place called Open Sesame. It was beautiful. You pick what sort of rice/noodles you want first and then you get a bowl and you pick put all the vegetables you want in and they sauces you want and you put it on the counter and the chef throws it onto the flaming pan before your eyes. I'd definitely go back again. It was gorgeous. We went back to ryans place then and met his cousins and smoked his Egyptian Shisha. Its flavoured tobacco - nothing too illegal!!
We were in big demand for Easter dinner too with both Erin and Jeff's parents giving us invitations, but first come, first served...so we went to Erin's. On the Saturday though we were on the C-Train and the train hit a J-walker. It's kind o0f scary but I don't think he was hurt. We went to the Easter Vigil then at 9 and it lasted for 3 hours but it was really nice - candle-lit, music and 3 young people (about age 16/17) were baptised. It was cool to see, and they were kneeling in the big baptismal font they have here. I don't think they were expecting to get that wet though!! Then went to Brewsters after for some raspberry beer...Yum!
Easter Sunday was spent at Erins and once again we got a doggy bag to bring home. I haven't enjoyed a dinner so much since we were there for Christmas!!! And it really makes you miss your Mummys cooking!
Well, thats all for now. Sorry I'm so bad for sending emails etc. but time is short as ususal! Hope you are all well. Take care
All the best
David
How's it all going? It's been ages since I wrote but have been working so had no access to net really.
"April Showers" definitely fits in well here! Last Tuesday we were ready to walk around in shorts in +18 weather and we woke up on Thursday morning to 10cm of snow! Crazy-ass country!
So here's whats been going on. I've been working in an oil lab here taking samples which then head off to the lab to be analysed etc. It sounds pretty good but really its dirty, heavy, cover-alls work. I was ready to quit yesterday becuase I'm working with two guys that hate each other and they are using games on me to piss each other off. It's stupid and yesterday was the worst day of it, but one of the guys is finishing up soon so I'll stick it out a bit longer and see how it works out.
Calgary is going "Flames Mad" here at the moment, with the local hockey team, the Calgary Flames, in the Play-offs, and only need to win the game tonight to make it into the next round. The atmosphere is great. Tickets are in the range of $200 or more though.
Well, we had a Good Easter. Spent the Easter weekend at the church really. I was part of the Good Friday drama thing that Ryan had been part of in Mahon too. After that we went for food with Ryan and Erin to a place called Open Sesame. It was beautiful. You pick what sort of rice/noodles you want first and then you get a bowl and you pick put all the vegetables you want in and they sauces you want and you put it on the counter and the chef throws it onto the flaming pan before your eyes. I'd definitely go back again. It was gorgeous. We went back to ryans place then and met his cousins and smoked his Egyptian Shisha. Its flavoured tobacco - nothing too illegal!!
We were in big demand for Easter dinner too with both Erin and Jeff's parents giving us invitations, but first come, first served...so we went to Erin's. On the Saturday though we were on the C-Train and the train hit a J-walker. It's kind o0f scary but I don't think he was hurt. We went to the Easter Vigil then at 9 and it lasted for 3 hours but it was really nice - candle-lit, music and 3 young people (about age 16/17) were baptised. It was cool to see, and they were kneeling in the big baptismal font they have here. I don't think they were expecting to get that wet though!! Then went to Brewsters after for some raspberry beer...Yum!
Easter Sunday was spent at Erins and once again we got a doggy bag to bring home. I haven't enjoyed a dinner so much since we were there for Christmas!!! And it really makes you miss your Mummys cooking!
Well, thats all for now. Sorry I'm so bad for sending emails etc. but time is short as ususal! Hope you are all well. Take care
All the best
David
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