To Melburnians, Sydney and their citizens Sydneysiders are the Americans of Australia. Naturally, this amuses me, as we Canadians refer to the USA as Canada’s underwear. Michelle and I arrived a Saturday morning to rainy Sydney, where we were immediately wooed by an expensive $15 AUD train ticket from the airport to the city. By [...]
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After spending two months in Melbourne, I figure I’d get out and see the rest of Australia. Michelle and I (along with my other fellow imported workers Lindsay and Ruby) went to Cairns in Queensland. Cairns (Australians pronounce this as “Caans”… the ‘i’ and ‘r’ is silent) is a little tropical wonder in Australia. Its [...]
If you saw a picture of something you’d immediately recognize as Melbourne, what would you expect the picture to be of? If you asked this question for other cities, the responses would be fairly quick and unsurprising. When you ask Melbourians this same question, it yields a whole spectrum of answers, including: The skyline The [...]
I arrived very jet lagged to Melbourne on Saturday, March 13th after spending 18.5 hours over four flights from Calgary! I’ve been fortunate to get an once-in-a-lifetime three month work assignment in the city, which is a mixed blessing since while I get to travel for work, I’m also going into another busy season and [...]
For anniversaries and birthdays, I’m always hard pressed to find something I’d be proud to gift. When thinking of something to give for those big occasions, I’ve always considered an experience to be more thoughtful than a physical good (unless, of course, its an item that will provide more experiences down the road). So for [...]
First Cup for the 2010 Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim contest
Posted in Photo, Tim Hortons on Mar 1st, 2010
The Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim contest starts today! In keeping with the 5-year-old tradition, I am beginning my assignment of taking pictures and recording statistics of all my cups! Last year was a subpar record of 4-60, so hopefully this year I am lucky enough to beat it. Having a fever and a [...]
Canoeing in Banff
Posted in Photo on Jul 10th, 2009
Went Canoeing on Canada Day in Banff. A great way to spend the afternoon exploring the river and the mountain parks in general. Blue Canoe Rentals lets you take them out from downtown, although its bit pricey at $34 for the first hour + $20 every hour afterwards. Oh, and I’m surprised we never sank.
Well the Hong Kong trip has come and gone, and I’m over my post-vacation-depression period enough to begin writing posts on the blog again. Some quick statistics: Days in HK – 19 Pictures Taken – 3824 (average of 201 a day) Pictures Uploaded – 520 (excludes a few family photos) Pictures with GPS coordinates – [...]
Given the situation of the economy, Ernst & Young had to tone down the Christmas party this year, which is a fairly agreeable solution… I think the biggest impact people noticed was changing the bar to a cash bar. Lucky for me, I’m done after one drink. Anyways, we still had marvelous food, the entrees [...]
This past weekend, I packed up and moved out (November 22), and while we’re still unloading the boxes and getting everything back to normal, it still hasn’t dawned on me that I call Calgary home now. We got a nice timelapse of the second part of the move (1 shot per minute, 15 frames per [...]