...dressed for the bitterly cold Montreal winter.
I miss you Chee. I haven't heard from you in a while - hope all is well!
Dawn
lunedì, dicembre 18, 2006
Here's Chee!
...dressed for the bitterly cold Montreal winter.
I miss you Chee. I haven't heard from you in a while - hope all is well!
Dawn
Okay, time to contribute
I'm taking up kind of a big slot here, but who's keeping track? It's been an exciting year and I wanted to share some of it with the Casa Rosa gang, because I got to see many of you this year! The year started off on a high note because I finished my MSc in Kingston. I celebrated by going to Vancouver to see the hooligans shown below...
Lucifer the Great
I was lucky to catch Graeme because the night after I arrived, he left for Africa to visit Eric. I also got in a quick hello with Steph at her yummy cafe.
Next month, I took advantage of the fact that I wouldn't be close to Montreal for much longer and visited some Casa Rosa friends there.
The lovely Sansan
Our favourite friendly lawyer Sarom...and also Chee Fong. Chee, the pictures of you didn't load so you will feature in the next post :)
Next I moved out of Kingston and went to England for a conference and took advantage of the free ticket to explore the craziness that is Spain at Easter, and also Morocco, France and Italy. The main highlight (besides all the incredible art and architecture) was definitely the food (see below). I also visited the village my mother was born in.
Look at all those olives! Heaven! And so cheap! Tangier, Morocco.
More of the delicious food I got to eat - this is also taken in Morocco.
When I got home I moved to Calgary for the summer to work. Lots of opportunities for hiking and climbing in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. In this photo we had just walked into BC from Kananaskis Park in Alberta.
Sarah and Sarom, this one is for you. This is a photo from my Rotary exchange reunion in Paris in July - time to get yours organized!
I had a fun visit from Sen in Calgary in which we performed amazing climbing feats - anyone remember/know him from UBC?
Also, I'm convinced some of you know/remember Nick Manklow (on the right). He attended some Casa Rosa gang parties. He now lives in Calgary and set me up with a great ultimate frisbee team. We had a ridiculous weekend tournament in Regina - who knew it was only a 7hr drive? It rained the entire time, but we had fun.
At the end of summer I left Calgary (possibly never to return), and went back home for a stretch. Then I went to Bhutan for the first field season for my PhD at Dalhousie. It is an incredible country (aren't all countries in their own way?). This is Taktsang Dzong (monastery/fortress) near Paro, built around a cave in which Guru Rinpoche first camped when he arrived in Bhutan on a flaming, flying tigress.
Field work was somewhat unpredictable, but what can't be predicted is still expected. Snow kept me out of some areas (never having worked with horses before I didn't think about the fact that when snow covers the grass, horses can't eat it...) but it was still a great trip. I stopped in Thailand for a few weeks on the way home (bringing back some good memories, Julie) and in California for a week (giggling and running down giant desert sand dunes).
Okay, I'm not done! The year is not over. Last week I went to Halifax to find an apartment and get settled (come visit! Come!). I had a lovely breakfast with Aftab during which we discussed all the reasons why Graeme should attend planning school at Dalhousie (Chee, you might disagree). And it's nearly Christmas and Sarah is in Toronto! So hold tight for some pictures of Ms. Bryce and hopefully Ms. McKernan also before the year is out. Happy Christmas/Hanukkah/Holidays to all of you.
Dawn
Lucifer the Great
I was lucky to catch Graeme because the night after I arrived, he left for Africa to visit Eric. I also got in a quick hello with Steph at her yummy cafe.
Next month, I took advantage of the fact that I wouldn't be close to Montreal for much longer and visited some Casa Rosa friends there.
The lovely Sansan
Our favourite friendly lawyer Sarom...and also Chee Fong. Chee, the pictures of you didn't load so you will feature in the next post :)
Next I moved out of Kingston and went to England for a conference and took advantage of the free ticket to explore the craziness that is Spain at Easter, and also Morocco, France and Italy. The main highlight (besides all the incredible art and architecture) was definitely the food (see below). I also visited the village my mother was born in.
Look at all those olives! Heaven! And so cheap! Tangier, Morocco.
More of the delicious food I got to eat - this is also taken in Morocco.
When I got home I moved to Calgary for the summer to work. Lots of opportunities for hiking and climbing in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. In this photo we had just walked into BC from Kananaskis Park in Alberta.
Sarah and Sarom, this one is for you. This is a photo from my Rotary exchange reunion in Paris in July - time to get yours organized!
I had a fun visit from Sen in Calgary in which we performed amazing climbing feats - anyone remember/know him from UBC?
Also, I'm convinced some of you know/remember Nick Manklow (on the right). He attended some Casa Rosa gang parties. He now lives in Calgary and set me up with a great ultimate frisbee team. We had a ridiculous weekend tournament in Regina - who knew it was only a 7hr drive? It rained the entire time, but we had fun.
At the end of summer I left Calgary (possibly never to return), and went back home for a stretch. Then I went to Bhutan for the first field season for my PhD at Dalhousie. It is an incredible country (aren't all countries in their own way?). This is Taktsang Dzong (monastery/fortress) near Paro, built around a cave in which Guru Rinpoche first camped when he arrived in Bhutan on a flaming, flying tigress.
Field work was somewhat unpredictable, but what can't be predicted is still expected. Snow kept me out of some areas (never having worked with horses before I didn't think about the fact that when snow covers the grass, horses can't eat it...) but it was still a great trip. I stopped in Thailand for a few weeks on the way home (bringing back some good memories, Julie) and in California for a week (giggling and running down giant desert sand dunes).
Okay, I'm not done! The year is not over. Last week I went to Halifax to find an apartment and get settled (come visit! Come!). I had a lovely breakfast with Aftab during which we discussed all the reasons why Graeme should attend planning school at Dalhousie (Chee, you might disagree). And it's nearly Christmas and Sarah is in Toronto! So hold tight for some pictures of Ms. Bryce and hopefully Ms. McKernan also before the year is out. Happy Christmas/Hanukkah/Holidays to all of you.
Dawn
giovedì, dicembre 07, 2006
sorry i missed you all
What i was doing last weekend
It's the Harvest Moon Ball Competition at the Killer Diller Ball in Seattle. i'm the first one in the navy dress with my partner Léo. We placed second, we placed second last year too. The funny thing is that we've also placed second in the Pacific Northwest Lindy Hop Championship for the past two years.
i hope you all had fun, keep me in the loop and i promise i'll see you all sometime.
stephanie
It's the Harvest Moon Ball Competition at the Killer Diller Ball in Seattle. i'm the first one in the navy dress with my partner Léo. We placed second, we placed second last year too. The funny thing is that we've also placed second in the Pacific Northwest Lindy Hop Championship for the past two years.
i hope you all had fun, keep me in the loop and i promise i'll see you all sometime.
stephanie
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