Trip Updates Part 2

Greetings from the Westside =) Since my last update I've still been busy with activities thanks to the CHAD. He's really been the best! I think I'll need a holiday from my holiday when I get back!

My relatives, I'll be staying with them for the next part of my trip


The host with the most! Listen to him freestyle!


Trying not to drop my camera while driving my Go Kart


Chad was the only one that didn't get a hole in one. Don't feel bad!


Ryan's man dog mocca, so well trained!


Chad's sister is an Abercrombie/Gap model. Donna ur famous now =D


The Asistio Home, the place I've been staying at for the past week.


I'll be leaving the Asistio home probably on thursday and heading over to my relatives for the next bit of my trip. I extended my trip by a week so I could party it up with Gracie and spend more time with the relatives =) I think the plan is the beach for the long weekend! See you guys back home soon...

Trip Updates

This trip has just been a whirlwind of activities since I arrived. Chad has really been keeping me busy. I finally had some time this morning to sort through these pics and post a few:

Splash Down water park


CJ, Chad, Josh, and I


My old friends: Me, Russel, Chad, Stephen, BJ


First time playing Basketball in a long long time


Meeting up with Andrew.T at BBtea


Weekend Trip to Nanaimo


Fireworks on the Island


Clubbing on the Island


$3.00 Corona's


Sightseeing in Nanaimo


Ferry Home


Dinner with Chads' Sibs

Memory Lane

Been a whirlwind of things going on since I arrived in B.C. I gotta keep this short for now as I must sleep for tomorrow's early trek to Stanley Park. Chad my longest running best friend out West who's known me since grade 3 took me out to see some old sights...

Our lunch time highschool hangout... at Holy Cross, memory lane eh?


Inside my old HighSchool


We visited our old elementary school William Watson... ahh the Jungle gym, memories


My family's old house in Surrey, Fleetwood

Been doing a ton of stuff thanks to the Chad and his awesome family! I really appreciate it all =) I'm really gonna miss them when I leave and I just got here! I'll update with more pics when I can.

West SIDE!

Who needs a Cheer?

Hilarious TIMES! I can't wait to get the media blogs up!


In the Name of Dragon boat it has been done!


So sad. I wanted mine to look like Ron's (photos by Alo JUNO!!)



The after party at Ron's place... A tad Intoxicated

(photo by Horn who needs to see a vet...!!)

Media blogs will be made hopefully tmr... atleast one of them =D Coz I gotta pack and get sorted for my eight day trip to British Columbia... I'm so winging its

Anticipation/Exhaustion

I've been living up in Waterloo at Sedul's place for the past few days intensely working away and training. Don't miss our last festival of the season: The Kiwanis Dragon boat festival in Waterloo which is this weekend Sat.July 16th! Its right beside UW campus at the Laurel Creek Conservation Authority.

In other news I broke my personal record and worked over 20hrs straight... This week alone I pulled off two all-nighters and a half-nighter (4am) for work... its alright, the challenge to meet deadlines with last minute changes was the fun part. =D

Yes I'm a Nerd.


Hopefully I will be rested enough for the race on Saturday. I have a bit more work to do tomorrow morning but after that I'm just gonna rest up and get ready for the big day. Its gonna be a bittersweet cliche... I don't want dragonboat season to end but it will. I'm sure I'll keep in contact with the team and train off-season with them. We're like one big happy family. A few days after race day I then go off to British Columbia where I'll be on holiday for 8 days! I can't wait!

Its that time of year again!

Every year we try to come up with a team cheer but never do so with that the night before our Waterloo Festival the guys on the team got mohawks. Cheerless, simple, yet full of spirt... haha well this year we're gonna do something different with our hair... not sure what yet but stay tuned.

Who needs to cheer, our hair says it all...


Khann and his side walk haha nah its just crooked but soo funny!!


Barry you dissapoint us...


Good times, we turned a few heads and some even took pictures of us!

Hamilton Aftermath

500m
Heat 1: 2:23
Heat 2: 2:19
Heat 3: 2:26
Division 'A' 3rd place

250m
1st place

2000m
3rd place

We qualified for "A" Division and won 3rd place so we got Medals!! That brings my count up to 3!! I have 1-gold 1-silver and 1-bronze medal =) Even though Dan.Ho thinks they all look the same!


The 500m was good, we just need to work more on our high intensity endurance and technique as always. The 250m was sooooo fun its really short, our teams endurance level is well suited for this length. At the end of the day half of the team participated in the 2000m race with some other paddlers. I actually found it quite enjoyable, I love the challenge. Since I didn't want to hurt my shoulder I paddled the 2000m on the other side which helped me get through the whole race. Finally what a great finish we pulled it together at the end I felt it! Extremely exhausted now. We've been training so hard and its gonna get more intense next week with 3 training days (Tuesday/Thursday & Friday) with our race this coming Saturday in Waterloo.


I can't believe dragonboat season is coming to an end... Developing fitness, having fun, and making friendships are what makes the sport so addictive. I don't want it to end! So team if your reading this we gotta do a winter sport together I'm serious

Hamilton DB Festival !!

Team Swordfish is racing in the Hamilton Waterfest Dragonboat Festival tomorrow! Its a small festival with a lot of heart. There should be only five division and we will be racing five heats I think...Should be a blast. There's also a carnival with rides/games and an assortment of booths running on festival day. We hope to do our best and bring home some hardware! Our first race of the day is at 11:12am so come out and watch us race!

Festival Name: Lively Dragon Waterfest
-Racing at: Bayfront Park, Bay Street, Hamilton - July 9, 2005
-View the race schedule

We've been training twice a week lately in preparation for our peak performance in the Waterloo Dragonboat festival which is on Sat.July 16th! Its been intense but also quite fun as we do socialize after each training night.

(photo from, Fiona)

I started getting some shoulder joint pain I hope its nothing serious but I think it has to do with repetitive strain/overuse so I've suspended my gym routine for now and been taking it easy, hopefully it goes away with rest.

BBQ Social

Check out the Media blog to experience some of the magic felt at the team Swordfish BBQ social =) Good times Guys good times!