outdoor stuff

To fullfill some clichés of a life in Canada - on sunny days you do stuff like ..

...eagle-watching..

..taking the bus and go for a hike in the afternoon (that was BEFORE I started working for Olympia..)

...philosophizing about the sense of fly-fishing..

..taking pictures of waterfalls..

..and of Vancouver in clouds!

Dear friends, life's pretty diverse here!

In the year of the ox!

You all know for sure that we just left the chinese year of the rat behind and started into the properous year of the ox at the end of january, eh? And for everybody who giving birth this year (as my sister, super-joana etc.) here some words about the future of your unborn child:

"People born in the Year of the Ox are patient, speak little, and inspire confidence in others. They tend, however, to be eccentric, and bigoted, and they anger easily. They have fierce tempers and although they speak little, when they do they are quite eloquent. Ox people are mentally and physically alert. Generally easy-going, they can be remarkably stubborn, and they hate to fail or be opposed. They are most compatible with Snake, Rooster, and Rat people. So check that out when they introduce their first dates to you :)

The Chinese New Year's Parade was a colourful, great event, with the mayor of Vancouver on a riksha and trompet players with Viking helmets...??!!! Different cultures different styles I thought...unfortunately it was raining like hell, so we rushed into a restaurant which was filled with app. 500 chinese guys and enjoyed a not to hot and sour hot-and-sour-soup.


In Vietnam the chinese new year's day is the birthday of ALL vietnamese people, too. That makes it on one hand a bit stressful with all the birthday parties on ONE evening, but you NEVER forget your best friend's big day..! I have to find out if that's the same in China, too..