Monthly Archives: April 2010

Week Fifteen

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I’m still unemployed at the moment, so this has been a fairly quiet week of job-hunting and running errands rather than anything too touristy. The weather hasn’t helped either, going from bright sunshine to torrential rain from one day to the next. I did however visit the Science Museum on Friday evening. They were having one of their After Dark nights, an adults only affair where we can play with the exhibits ourselves without kids getting in the way! It was quite a bit of fun and there was a bar and some stand-up comedians. All of them did a good job considering they were instructed to make jokes centred around Earth Day (which had been the day before) in their routines, though the worst by far was the sole female comedian, who did not go down too well. I’m sorry, but it isn’t necessary to make crass sexual jokes the minute you step onto the stage – none of the men did.

Next week should be slightly busier with my upcoming move and hopefully other events in the pipeline. Till next week…

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Week Fourteen

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This has been a fairly relaxing week. The sun has been shining almost constantly and as my job finished last week and my temping agency hadn’t got anything for me I decided to take this past week off. I’ve been catching up on my emails (as some of you will be glad to see!) and doing some exploring around Vancouver. I even managed to catch up with some of the other people that flew over on my flight, and it looks like things are all go for me moving to Kitsilano.

There were two major places that I explored this week and where I took the most photos. The first was The Lost Lagoon, a man made area of Stanley Park which hosts a large variety of animals and birds (I had my first raccoon sighting there, as evidenced below) and also Dundarave, a sea-side village in West Vancouver where I explored a little and had lunch on the beach.

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Week Thirteen

The sun has finally made an appearance here in Vancouver, meaning I was able to go out walking and exploring over the weekend, though no pics of any substance. On Saturday I was wandering around the Kitsilano area where, fingers crossed, I may be moving to at the end of the month, depending on whether the apartment I go see on Monday is any good. And on Sunday I was following one of the nature trails in North Vancouver.

I finished my temping job on Friday so now I have to set up something else with my temping agency and see what else is out there. I’m going to treat the time not working as an unexpected holiday though until something comes up.

Till next week…

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Week Twelve

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This week seems to have gone particularly fast, given that there was the build-up to Easter and a three-day weekend (I had to work Monday alas). I spent the week mainly at work and trying in vain to catch up with all my emails – there is seriously not enough time but I will get to everyone eventually, promise!
The bulk of my weekend was spent on Bowen Island with my family again, where I had a great time, despite the brief interruption to the electricity across the island due to a nasty storm and trees falling on power lines. But we were pretty quickly brought back into the 21st century.

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