habs-sauce...

...nothing is better than some wet-cajun Morty's wings accompanied by a heap of honey-garlic ones guzzled down with a large jug of refreshingly iced tea while watching the hockey game for a post-exam celebration.

actually, it can get better.


S.E.A.M #2 (Stuff Enjoyed At Montreal)...a list of...many more to come:

-live hockey game. last night i went to my buddy's (friend i met from last co-op term) "bachelor partay". it wasn't much of a partay as it was a testosterone filled night of screaming, pizza, and foam fingers. it was my first live hockey game and man alive, it's SO much better than watching it on tv.

the atmostphere, the crowd, random goofies spilling beer, the excitement when the goal is scored...i lurve it all. the Montreal Canadiens whooped the Caps 4-1. if the habs scored 5 or more goals...we all would've gotten free wings from Les Cages aux Sports. ah well, it was close.


"This morning i watched the sun rise...in a vain attempt to imitate your beauty."

c'est bon

what a fantastical weekend in TO. ate muchos food avec the family...got to attend my friend's farewell partay...got to chill with some long-time-haven't-chilled-with friends...TenRen's next top model...shooting frosty in jc's backyard (frosty got gg-owned)...baton with the mcbc-crew...awesome-sauce worship service...couldn't ask for a better weekend.

the drive back was horrible though...took almost 6 hours...snow was a factor...and cop cars were lined up alone the roads like kangeroo poop. but alas, jon foreman and i became good friends during the ride.


S.E.A.M #1 (Stuff Enjoyed At Montreal)...a list of...many more to come:

[yes, i got the idea off of josh's site...haha]

-poutine and smoked meat. once i drove into town from TO, i immediately stopped at Smoked Meat Pete's for some good ol' artery cloggin' action. a SUGOI-ly huge smoked meat sandwich with Everest high poutines...all downed with a few glasses of dihydrogen monoxide.


"the beat of my heart is like a drum that's lost...and it's been looking for a rhythm like you..." -rm

=)

oh la la

...so the "light show" downtown was pretty interesting.

-saw some "modern" dance thingy...was rather...ummm....confusing...but i got three free glowsticks. it was sweet.
-visited a "haunted" restaurant...where people dressed up as dead people...and walked around to scare you. but they spoke french...so i wasn't afraid.
-ate from the giant omelette (made from 10,000 eggs). it was actually pretty darn good but we lined up for over an hour. but it was free, so it was worth it. it took like...10 chefs to cook around the giant skillet (4m across).
-ate from the one-tonne apple sauce. it was kinda...sour. i only ate it cause i wanted to have a piece of history inside my tummy...they were trying to break guiness world records...and some dood took a pic of me 'n my chums eating. i hope i get to be in next year's brochure.


...am finally an accredited rock climber! i can climb...rocks...wherever and whenever. beware of that stone in your backyard...i will soon be squatting on it.


...went snowboarding for the first time this past weekend! i felt like a giant bruise the next day but man alive it was fun! i went on two black diamond slopes accidentally. almost died. then a chick saved me. elementary kids were taking me to school on the snowboard. next time...i'll take them to school....in a school bus. i couldn't pick up a pot to cook the next day...so i ordered pizza. it took me 3 days to finish the pizza. it wasn't...very good.


...received my fourth last pay cheque today, it was bitter sweet.


...peach-flavoured YOP rocks.


...TO this weekend, sugoi!

À mi-chemin

...i can't believe the term's already half done. there's still so much to do and explore. quick update on the happenings:

-on Hallmark Day, a bunch of single co-ops went out for some Mexican food. i ate cactus for the first time. we also catapulted lime wedges around.

-for Chinese New Year, i went back to TO! sooooo much goodly food to be had. it was definitely too short a weekend, didn't meet up with everyone that i would've liked to. nonetheless, good times with the family and friends.

-Rock Climbing. this is the dope. i re-injured an old wound but it was still awesome. i was supposed to get my accreditation this week but we had a snow storm. maybe next week. the harnass really uprides on ya. i think infertility is calling my name.

-Sugar Shack. went "sugaring off" with a bunch of co-ops. it's a meal...where almost every dish involved maple syrup!!! they had: fresh maple syrup and toffee, home-made ketchup and coleslaw, pickles and pickled beets, split pea soup with a base of pork rind, amazing maple roasted ham, eggs, home-fries, maple baked beans, crazy good desserts.

my favourite dish was the "pig's ears". this is essentially...the fattiest part of bacon...and then deep-fried. and heavily salted. if gg-ownage had a flavour...this would be it. a gradient of crispiness permeates the beautifully deep-fried curl of delicious goodness.

-China Town. it was actually clean-looking. but then...it was also really really small.

-Work. has been...decent. some of my experiments haven't been working properly so that's been a bit disappointing.

-planning to go watch a light show downtown tonight. pull an all-nighter, cause at 4:30am they're making a giant omelette (requires 10,000 eggs and a one-tonne frying pan nearly 4 metres across), and then sample from a one-tonne apple sauce...(all for free!!!)

-next weekend i'm gonna go snowboardin' with the co-ops

i've also discovered some pretty awesome flavour combinations the past few months:

nutella and peanut butter: for breakfast, i'd eat a whopping tablespoon of nutella and a tablespoon of chunky peanut butter. that's enough calories to keep you going for a few hours. it tastes like a Reese's peanut butter cup on steroids.

milk and syrup: something i picked up from the sugar shack. normally 2% milk just taste like...white water...but add a dollop of maple syrup, and it's the drink of choice for champions.

coleslaw and ketchup: something else i picked up from the sugar shack. ever had flavourless coleslaw? add in some home-made ketchup and you're back in the game.

fennel and citrus fruits: a refreshing salad my landlady made once. cubed fennel with coriander and fennel seeds, peeled and segmented citrus fruits (orange, grapefruit...) some white balsamic and cider vinegar. i never knew something so simple...can taste...so yummy.

poutine and smoked meat: this is another gg-ownage dish. piping hot, fresh, greasy poutine topped with a mountain of smoked meat. it's a heart-attack in a giant bowl...ready to happen.


spiritually: been learnin' my own insufficiencies...been learnin' to give thanks no matter where i am and be satiated with whatever i have...been learnin' to take more risks and live more dangerously....been learnin' to love people for who they are. i think...this has been the biggest lesson i've been learning. to love people...for who they are, regardless of what they've done. there's a lot of hurting people at work...and they just need someone to show 'em God's love...with no strings attached. i also need to...love God more...Above All.


"And don't be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God's place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life. Don't think I'm being harder on you than on the others. I give this same counsel in all the churches." (1 Corinthians 7:17, The Message)