Oh Canada!

Four more days before I head up north to Vancouver, Canada. The itinerary has not yet been finalized. We don't intend to purchase a Smartvisit card due to time restraints. Since we can always go back there anytime, only some of the major historical landmarks will be prioritized:



The Lookout (Vancouver's answer to Seattle's Space Needle)
Gastown (known for its Steam clock, cobblestone street)
Chinatown (We can't get enough of the F4 err.. Asian fever)
Stanley Park (not really a fan of national parks but oh well)
Robson Street (must feed my shopoholic habit - kidding!)
Fraser Street ("Little Philippines" of Vancouver)


Tentative:

crossing Lion's Gate

Grouse Mountain
Capilano Bridge

With regards to our Filipino culinary adventure, I'm torn among these three restaurants:


Goldilocks
Sandy's (Daza) Cuisine
Rekados


What do you think? Help!


Our hotel:

Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harborside
(booked for 3days/2nights)


Mode of transportation:

Car. Approximately 2hrs, 30min drive from Kirkland. Actually I've already booked/paid our airfare*:






but Ryan will not receive his passport in time (read Passport Horror stories) for our spur-of-the-moment trip. As you all know, US Citizens flying to Canada are required to have a U.S passport.


*The airfare tickets were purchased in priceline (no refunds, not transferrable..yikes!).




Special event:

July 1 = Canada Day and Ryan's 25th birthday






Related Entry:

My trip to Victoria, British Columbia
(video) (pic in Butchart Garden)

Independence...

Happy Independence Day to:


All the Filipinos around the globe


and to


myself, for being romantically-free.....coincidental eh?

He wants a piece of s@#!

Ni-report ko kanina ang isang contractual na ka-trabaho sa agency at sa dalawang Leads. Lalake. Itim kaya likas ang pagiging"mahangin". Sukat ba naman batuhin ako ng nilukot na papel. Tatlumpong minuto ang nakalipas, kinurot ako sa braso. Pinagpasensyahan ko sya noon pero hindi na ngayon. Ewan ko dun, yun ata ang definition nya ng pagpapa-kyut. Joke! Kala nya dahil Asyano ako at maliit kayang kaya nya ako. Bah, dun sya nagkakamali. Mas mataas ang pinag aralan ko sa kanya. Bukod roon, mas mataas ang ranggo/posisyon ko kesa sa kanya - utusan lamang sya ng mga katulad ko. Hindi lang pala ako ang hina-harass ng gunggong na yun. Pati rin ka-superbisor ko na Pinay. Sya nga ang nag-advise na i CC ko sa e-mail yung Leads namin. Malas nya lang, ako ang na-tripan nya - Uragon na, Ala Eh pa. Hindi man ako bokal sa pakikipaglaban, dinadaan ko naman sa panulat. Mas matindi yun kesa may ebidensya. Hehehe




Eto namang aso ng roommate ni Ryan (na ex-roommate ko rin nung panahon ni Kopong kopong) panay ang tahol sa akin. Biro tuloy ni Ryan at ni ex-roommate sa nasabing aso na wag daw akong tahulan at baka kainin ko sya (aso).Bwehehe. Sinabi ko kasi sa kanila na stereotype nating mga Pinoy ang pagiging dog-eater at nakatikim na ako ng karne ng aso. Kaya aso -



"Mag ingat sa Taong tulad ko!"....=p

In search of ZEN

Totem Lake - Kirkland area

more pics here





Ang trabaho ko ngayon ay mahahalintulad sa palabas na "Survivor". Protektado ka lamang kapag kasanib ka ng isang tribo. Subali't sa nasabing tribo, tatlo o apat ang sa iyo'y magpapahamak. Leksiyon: Huwag basta basta mag-titiwala.