Photos photos photos....

I go out a lot but never take my camera. When I do I go a bit crazy with it... here is the result from yesterday and last night!

First, some weather

They get the strangest fogs here - one minute you see it coming over the ocean, the next you can't see anything! These photos are literally taken 30 seconds apart.





More dorm photos

I took some photos of our quad (apartment) and my roommates.... This is Zanyar (Z for short. And thats Zeee not Zed):



Luke and Dylan... looking a bit gay...



Peanut Butter Cups - this things are GREAT!



Our quad from the outside... yeh a bit boring...



Ahad with his car:



First, dinner

A group of us - Rina (UNSW), Daniel & Claudia (Mexico) and myself spent Wednesday night doing an assignment which was due on Thursday. YES that's right - I missed Australia Day at Whistler because I didn't know it was due till Tuesday!!! Very disappointing, but nevertheless... we decided to go out for dinner on Thursday, not planning a big night...

Dylan came as well and first stop was Rina's house at Fairview... here is Rina & Dylan:



We wanted Thai so went to a place in Point Grey called Thai Spicy. Well, we thought it was Thai but the menu only had Vietnamese food on it! Who calls a Viet restaurant Thai Spicy! The food was good though...here I am with Dylan enjoying the noodles:



..and Claudia and her friend Ana Sofia:



Maybe a couple of beers?

We were gonna go home after dinner but hey, a beer or 2 is OK right? So we headed downtown...the bus trip was fun... Dylan being a moron:



...and Daniel talking to his "Baguette" in Mehico - awwww....



So anyway, we ordered a jug. The another. Then another. Claudia's roommate Ana Lauder met us... she reckons shes not indian...but full blooded mexican...judge for yourself, here she is with Anna Sofia:



Here is Claudia with Daniel:



... and me, Rina and Dylan getting progressively drunker...



Well, I guess we don't really have class tomorrow...

... things started to get crazier... I told Ana lauder not to smoke because she would die young and never have babies... but she did anyway. And so did I. oops...



...what a moron!....



Next stop, Hooters!



Missed the last bus, doh, guess we'll stay downtown...

And next stop... its 3am by now... Claudia and Ana's downtown apartment to party on and maybe sleep... judge for yourself... this is Claudia and Ana...



Caught!...



No they actually weren't doing anything, just enjoying Notting Hill a bit too much.

The next morning - SUN!!!





You get a bit excited about blue sky when its been raining for 2 weeks.

Inappropriate Stuff

No its not what you were thinking... these photos are offensive and rude so be warned!

They have a store here called Roots. That in itself is not that funny but when you open a kids specialty store...



...thats just inappropriate.

And I'm sure these guys' business has gone down a bit recently...



And lastly, Ahad's dorm door, a gentle self motivational reminder to go to class...



OK that's it for now. Can you believe I took so many photos in 1 day? Anyhow, might sleep now in preparation for another crazy mexican party tonight!

Cyas All

Please stop raining....

OK when I signed up for Vancouver I didn't think it would rain this much! It has been continuous since last Saturday... all the snow has melted away and the the white campus has become a muddy, puddly dreary mess.

And here is the forecast for the next week



I would be OK with it if it was snowing at Whistler. But they are having the worst season since 1976! Its 8 degrees in the village and its RAINING on most of the mountain. Half the lifts aren't even open and they are offering half price off all food to try to get ppl to still go there. And I have a SEASON PASS!

OK enough complaining. What have I been doing for the past week? Well, I have started doing some uni work (!!) Not too much, but hey I still have to pass.
Monday went to Koerners, a pub on campus which has a weekly band competition, a guy from Mexico called Jorge got up and sang and dedicated it to all the exchange students.

Tuesday salsa again - about 100 ppl showed up and we had to start from scratch again... grr... roommate Dylan came there since they need more guys and he sucked... oh well... I think I'm getting better.

Wednesday PIT NIGHT, that's the main pub on campus. Lined up for an hour after pre-drinking session at my place. Finally got in by paying the bouncers $10 each, this is a normal practise!

Thursday went downtown for Jenna and Tash's bday (2 other exchange students) - BIG night which started with a Mexican drinking party (lots of Tequila) and ended with eating way too much 93c/slice pizza. Yes I am getting fat.

Friday the Belgians made hash cake! Yes interesting... $40 worth of weed in a $2.50 packet cake mix. Really didn't taste good. Tried a piece, probably a bit large, it definitely worked - that stuff takes about an hour to have any affect though, so glad I didn't try two

Bought some speakers off Ebay... sick of the laptop ones... $8.50 seemed like a good price and West Vancouver seemed close, I was wrong - took almost an hour and a half to get there. Speakers are good though, now I can impose my music on my housemates!

Last night a French/Aussie/Mexican party at Fairview - was again huge, until we got kicked out by the Res Advisers at 1am - why are they so tight ??? Came back here and played poker till 5am...

Tomorrow starting French lessons with Marie, and Daniel the mexican dude is coming too... offered to pay her but she refused.

Going to Whistler on Wednesday for AUSTRALIA DAY (Party starts at 9am!). Bib from UNSW bought an Aussie flag bikini and is getting excited about prancing around the snow in it. Well if its 8 degrees I guess she won't get too cold... Not going to bother bringing skis, maybe a piece of cardboard so we can go drunken tobogganing =)

OK well I have to go do washing, shopping and cleaning now. ugh. Happy Birthday mum - gift is in the mail

Cya ppl

PHOTOS

OK I finally have had the time to put these photos up. Enjoy!

Campus

This is the Gage apartment towers, one of the residences on campus. My apartment is on the 8th floor of the South tower which is the one on the left:



Here is a view from my bedroom window before the snow started. My apartment faces North so this view shows English Bay with the mountains behind:



If I look to the North East I can see the North Shore of Vancouver and onto Cypress Mountain, where you can ski only half an hour from downtown!:



Here if the view from my window after the snow. And don't ask about the red car - I don't know why it has no snow on it!:



This is the main library mall on a weekend with the Buchanan Arts building on the left:



The campus has two libraries, the main library which is a grand old building currently undergoing renovations. It has a massive clock tower in front:



The other library is the Koerner library. It is newer and supposed to look like an open book. I can't see it...



The north end of campus looks out onto the Strait of Georgia and toward Bowen Island and Vancouver Island. There is a rose garden just behind me but its covered in snow!:



International House (where I take the Salsa class):



The Commerce classes are in the Angus building:



This is a very grand building off the main mall - I don't know whats in it, perhaps Chemistry?



My Apartment - South 8C

My roommates like to smoke. Here is a table with some of the accessories - the tall things are called sheesha. You suck flavoured tobacco through a tube. They say its harmless but I just googled to get the spelling and apparently 1 sheesha is equivalent to 18 cigarettes. I am yet to try it!



This is a bud buster. Its actually a coffee grinder but not many Vancouverites use it for coffee... figure the rest out yourself...



Dylan (one of my roommates) and I prefer to stick to alcohol... this is Dylan's grog collection.... I am yet to build mine...



Here is an ad for a frat party I found in our tower. Clearly I'm not welcome but $5 for all you can drink...! Damn...



People

Here is a picture of Dylan one of my roommates and a friend of his Kim, who is a dancer =)



The next few photos are from our Japanese dinner for Rina's 21st. This first one is me with Nash, one of the Mexican girls:



Here is Rina (from UNSW) and Daniel from Mexico:



Me with French girl Margo who lives opposite me in Gage:



Marie (from France), Rina and Nash - roommates from Fairview, another of the residences



VEGEMITE!!

I bought some Vegemite in Sydney airport before I left, thinking I wouldn't be able to buy it here - look what I found in Safeway (shelf completely full!)



I have given it to most of my roommates as a deal for trying some weed. They hated it and I felt nothing! Here is Daniel and Nash trying some Vegemite:



Whistler

Here are a couple of photos from my first day at Whistler last weekend. I went again this weekend but stupidly left my camera battery in the charger. So these photos are just from the Village and are not all that good - stay tuned for more!





Snow cock

OK I left these sexually explicit photos for the bottom so you don't have to scroll down =). With all the snow on campus a 'snow cock' competition amoungst the college kids started happening - this is one we found (and destroyed) on the carpark rooftop



Oops:



Isn't this the ugliest snowman you have every seen?



OK that's it for a pretty long post. Hope you enjoyed the photos and stay tuned for more!