Looking for some inspiration?

Found this great video online. It's a motivational speech given to MIT graduates.

The most depressing place in the world..NOT Vancouver!

Vancouver is in the news again as the "The most depressing place in the world". Arthur Salm wrote that he is depressed because after experiencing Vancouver, he has to live in San Diego. I wrote to him,

Vancouver is a great city to live in. It is very beautiful city and would like to invite Arthur Salm to move here so that “his depression” is cured.

For more things to you can do in Vancouver once you get here go to:
http://vancouverlens.blogspot.com/

Fireworks, outdoor movies and so much more! Let me not forget the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics.

I hope he feels better soon.

Just chilling with a movie.

What better way to fight the heat that with a "cold movie" called Transsiberian. It was a pretty good movie about an American couple journeying on the Transsiberian Express from Beijing to Moscow and are caught up in a web of drug trafficking, murder, and deceit.

However, the magic moment of the movie came when one of the actresses starts talking about her ideal place, Vancouver of course. You can watch the clip below that mentions Vancouver however I would recommend watching the movie.

Fire away China

Another great night for fireworks. If you missed the fireworks, you can see it by clicking the link below.



I wonder if Canada will keep its first place status.

Rent Olympian Aid Inc.

Today the 2010 Olympic organizers announced that they want employers to lend them up to 1,500 short-term workers for the Games. I heard that the Olympics did not have enough volunteers so I signed up to volunteer for a while ago. They sent an email notifying they have alot of people and hence it may be some time before they contact me. I wish them luck with employers.

Another hot one...

It was another hot day and I felt like evaporating. Makes you want to stay somewhere where it's cool that has wireless.

Wireless:

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I`m Melting!

It`s official: Today is the hottest day ever recorded in Vancouver. It`s so hot that I feel like an M&M melting in someone`s hand.

It`s a good thing that Vancouver has lots of places you can chill to get away from the heat. Today I was hanging out with some friends at the Blenz coffee shop at Main and 26th Avenue.

The Simpsons...

The Simpsons, the tv show, will experience Olympic fever in February. The Simpsons will try Olympic curling. Can't wait until I get my tickets in the mail!

All the way there and back...

The last day of our trip arrived and we headed back to Vancouver. I am really glad that I had the opportunity to travel to our neighbourly province of Alberta for a few days. It was a surreal experience.

Up the mountain we go!

It was another great day today. After having a delicious breakfast at the Kananaskis Delta Lodge, we visited the Travel Alberta tourism office, Canmore and then visited the Banff area including Bow Falls and Bow River.

At Banff we rode a gondola to the summit of Sulphur Mountain at the elevation of 7,486 ft.

The view of the mountains from Summit mountain was great and I felt so proud to be Canadian.

We then visited, one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, Lake Louise, and the infamous Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel.

We also toured Yoho National Park where we saw Emerald Lake. I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of this lake. I had never heard of it before but will always remember the pristine environment. We also visited Natural Bridge which was formed by the running Kicking Horse River.