Vancouver Island

In pictures...

MAP

Trip route:

Vancouver - Horseshoe Bay - Nanaimo -
Port Alberni - Tofino - Ucluelet - Back!

TRANSPORT

On board the Greyhound and BC Ferries - Queen of Cowichan

When no one's looking... :p


PORT ALBERNI

Clockwise from top-left: view from Greyhound to Port,
outside our accom for the night after an afternoon of
tubing down the river, beautiful view, hearty dinner!

TOFINO

By McKenzie Beach

Kayaking round the islands - international team from
Singapore, England, Russia and Germany!

Boardwalk trek to Hotsprings Cove

Wildlife watch: seaplane, bald eagles, seals, the best
shot we could get of a whale doing a tail-flip!

Productive Day

Today was errand-running day... Went to Regent College to grab some stuff that graduating students have left behind for my new accommodation, as well as to check out all the necessary info that I'm still blur about like health insurance and job opportunities... So far, everyone has been totally helpful! :)

Managed to squeeze a bit of time to take pretty shots on campus... Behind us is the flag against the backdrop of the mountains.

Back home for tandoori dinner!

That's Casey all grown-up! The last time I saw him was like 10 years ago when he was still a kid running around and creating havoc, heh... :p Now he's working as a 'communications consultant' promoting cell phones and plans. Am going to visit him at his kiosk tom to get a local one at his suggestion of the most value-for-money arrangement. Sweet. :)

Time with god-family

All the girls!
[L-R: godma Vivien, Celise, Esteia, me, Shara]

Spending the weekend with the Lee family till Tue before heading out with En to Vancouver Island for the week...

Today we sang a kid's song in church that I used to sing as a child which really spoke to me... Really like it. :) This is how the chorus goes. It's entitled 'I Wonder How It Felt':

I’m just a child
My life is still before me
I just can’t wait
To see what God has for me
But I know that I will trust Him
And I’ll wait to see
What life will be for me

Touchdown!

Have reached safe and sound in Vancouver at 12.30pm local time (Singapore time 3.30am!)... Feeling a little jet-lagged but am pretty much in one piece other than that! :)

Thanks again to all who made the effort to come bright and early all the way down to the airport to see me off... sorry if I didn't get to talk to some of you as much as I would have liked to before zipping off to the plane! Was trying my best to stay focused after being awake for most of the night before... :p

How do I feel about leaving? I guess that's the most common question I've been asked of late... dunno if it's normal but I dun actually feel too sad. :p Not that I won't miss home and everyone back there, but God has been tremendously good in surrounding me with familiar people and faces from the start... for one, I think I would have been quite lost if En wasn't there with me immediately after being surrounded by so many people and also helping me get where I'm supposed to. But... maybe that might change in 3 months or so... ask me again then. Grin.

Ok, time to de-jet-lag myself and force myself to bed.

Night for now.

Of Farewells

There's a joke going round that my full-time job since the start of June has been having lunches and dinners...

Here's evidence to that! :p



Definitely enough local food to last me the 1.5 years that I'll be away for! :)

27 on 27 07 2007

They say life begins at 30/40/50, etc. I think it begins at 27 for me... even the date sounds auspicious! :p It's a pretty strange feeling 'celebrating' birthdays at this age, yet this is probably the most celebrations I've ever had for a birthday..!

Perhaps it has also got to do with the fact that I'm leaving for Vancouver soon, so it's a farewell of sorts as well... Nonetheless, it is a truly significant milestone as I embark on another chapter of my life... so here I raise my Ebenezer. :)

With the YAFers

Friends from all over...

I feel so blessed. :)