Random Thoughts

I could barely watch game 6 of the Canucks/Chicago series. There were moments when you felt that maybe, just maybe they could do it and then those damn hawks would come back. When it was 6-5, you could just see the thread unravelling quicker than you could sneeze and that's when I turned it to Dancing with the Stars! As every Canuck fan says, there's always next year!

Moving on... bahhh! okay, I'm okay. I'll be depressed for a bit, and then move on... the Amazing Race finale was yesterday and my peeps Victor and Tammy (well they are chinese afterall and could be my peeps) won. I've seen every season and I think they're the first ever Asain team to win. Did I even spell Asian right? oh, i did the second time. I'm glad they won because I don't care if whats his name was deaf, he was a little whiner. And as for Jen and Kisha? I'm sorry, but I would have just peed in my pants! Damn, you're at the finish line! I joke with my sister and tell her that that would have been her. We'd almost be at the finish line but we'd lose because we'd have to search for a toilet in the middle of nowhere. So glad mean red hair girl who expects everyone to speak "american" didn't win.

Did my first tour at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden this past saturday. I was in a mild state of panic for the past 3 weeks or so, waiting for the day to arrive. Of course of all days it had to be sunny which meant people would actually venture out. There were about 10-12 people on my tour, and eventually I over came my fear and managed to present a fairly decent, cohesive tour, that only about 5 people heard because I CAN'T PROJECT MY VOICE. I'm a low talker, so by the end my throat was dry. But, I had alot of positive feedback from the peeps on the tour who said I did a great job, and that they would never had guessed it was my first evah tour! okay, 2 more weeks of worrying until the next one!

After the tour on Saturday, my "be a tourist in your own city" schedule was back in business with a visit to the aquarium. This time I was determined to get a look at the sloth! And I found it, oddly nestled in some branches, sleeping of course. I could only see it's back side which was white and a bit of brown on it's head. Apparently there are 3 sloths in the amazon exhibit, who knew? and all female. Oh to be a sloth - what a life! The other "excitement" for the day was seeing a puffer fish! He and one other fish had a whole tank to themselves. Just the two of them and they didn't seem to be friends. The funny thing about Puffy was when you looked at him, he would approach the glass, and acknowledged your presence by sort of kissing the glass! My sister took some funny pictures of the guy, but unfortunately we have no idea how or where to download the pics so i can't show you how cute Puffy looked. (thanks Telus for making it so easy!) I'll see if I can steal one from the internet. Found one! Puffy looked like the guy in the picture except Puffy sort of had a slight smile on his face, as if to say, "Hi!" I found an even better picture. So cute!
Taking part in this "Check it Out, 2009 Toursim Challenge" has been great. Basically you have one month to visit various sites around town, to collect stamps. If you collect 15, you can obtain a pass that allows admission to all these participating sites for the next year. Seeing all the wonderful sights and attractions Vancouver/lower mainland has to offer, makes you really proud to live in such a beautiful city. I guess it also helps when you're volunteering at these sights like I do, to know what else is out there for all those tourists visiting so you can give honest opinions about what is worthwhile visiting. At every site I've been to, there are "others" like me trying to collect those stamps. Because it is open to I imagine all the people working in the hotels that are part of the challenge, there are thousands of people participating.

Sorry for not being too bitter today. Still feeling down about the Canucks.