2006 Year End Review
2006 has already come to a close and with my lack of regular updates, here’s a chance to get everyone caught to the multitude of events that have happened here in
First off, for those who don’t know already, my car, Desert Storm, was stolen from me in late November while I was at the biggest mall in town. It’s a real shame that anyone would even consider touching such a beautiful piece of history. Long story short, I went in at the mall with Rob on a Saturday afternoon to buy a microwave and parked my car right by the door (and I’m thinking: “what a score!”). I came out about 2 hrs later and my car was… gone! Without jumping to conclusions or showing any signs of panic, I walked around and talked to mall security for another 1-2hrs and subsequently left the mall without my own wheels. Unphased (sp?), I went to the restaurant that night, had a few beers and shared a few laughs.
Side note: Funny Rob found an article online and the most stolen car of 2006 was a 1991 Honda Accord EX-R and the picture showed was of my car (same colour, everything). I’m just glad to be able to contribute to the statistics. I also saw on TV the other day that Surrey (next to
I proceeded with an insurance claim and all the other fun procedures involved with a stolen vehicle and ended up buying a 1992 Accord EX-R. I call her… Angel Dust! I thought I had a picture around but I apparently don’t. This brings me to my next item; expect more pictures from me since I received a digital camera for Christmas! Well I don’t have it yet but I am heading to town this weekend and will pick up one (My parents sent money up to go buy myself a nice camera). I’m pretty stoked since I have been thinking of getting myself a camera for the last couple of years haha!
Oh and my car was eventually recovered 4 weeks later. It was in better shape than I thought it would be but the stereo system was gutted out and it was in no driving condition. I was able to say my goodbyes to my precious automobile at 340,728km and put some closure to all that had happened. I salvaged what I could but my valuables were also taken… *sigh* Desert Storm, you will be missed. The places we have been, the memories we’ve had….
Aside from that, I’ve been pretty busy with work and other daily activities. I haven’t really had time to tour the city a whole lot. The party scene has not been evaluated fully yet, bars are expensive to go to and for some stupid reason, the “really good bars” start to line up at like 10pm!!! What the hell?!? I did however go on a Christmas Party bend (3 parties in 4 days) and all I managed to get out of that was a beat up immune system and a cold. It was fun nonetheless and I’ll do it again if the opportunity shows!
For those who watch the news I’m sure they have noticed has had quite a streak of extreme weather condition from snowstorms, to wind storms, to heavy rain falls. I didn’t get hit too much where I live compared to other areas of the city. Apparently “This is not normal” but I don’t know the difference so I’ve been taking in all I can from it. You like rain? Well head on the west coast I say, it rains every day here that it’s almost awesome… almost.
As mentioned earlier, my parents did send money up and some other Christmas presents in the mail since they had no idea I was going to come home to surprise them! Mwhahaha I am so evil! My sister and I have been lying through our teeth since November making up all sorts of stories about how I could not come home for the Holidays because I had to work etc. Well let me tell you we played it right because when I popped in the house with my Santa hat and my bouquet of flowers, everyone was so surprised to see me, Good times J
My stay in
I hope this makes up for a lack of updates in the last 2 months. I could say that I will try to update this more often but I’d rather not make empty promises. I do have a bunch of topic ideas floating in my head and I just need to take a few minutes to write something, and now that I will have a camera ready, it will be easier for me to include visual aids and work stories around them. So with that I will try to try to update on a semi-regular schedule (once or twice a week to start off).
On that note, it’s already time to start a whole new year. Happy New Year everyone, I heard that 2007 is suppose to be a good one! J
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