The study room..

Just a post to prove I did study while I was away! Check out those quality notes next top the quality Chad!!

Tofnio!!

Now to what was the most exciting news at the time! A real trip away from the residence of UVic to a place called Tofino! Imagine sunshine, long sandy white beaches, large forests and people running around in bikinis... then imagine snow, hail and rain :) Tofino is a very popular surf spot on Vancouver Island although if you go when I did you encounter non of the first thoughts but only the second - storm season! (They actually market storm season to get tourists there to see the storms..) At the time I was sooo excited because on the way I got to see real snow! I didn't realize I would soon visit the biggest ski hill in North America (I am going to keep drilling that point in.. the BIGGEST..) and that snow would fall at my very uni, but at the time that tiny amount of snow was the best thing that had ever happened while in Canada! Despite to non stop rain and hail Tofino was a great place. I went with my family from Salt Spring Island and we stayed in the best resort right on the beach! We got to see all the nice beaches that actually do exist in Canada (I may have been a bit harsh about Canada's beaches in previous posts) and I got to see some amazingly large trees! On the way home we went and saw the Salmon run at Goldstream Park. Was just amazing, hundreds of salmon returning to where they were born several years before to spawn then die.. The rain was horrible and my camera stopped working so I was a little disappointed but I got some good photos and now my camera is away for repair so hopefully all will be ok!

Larissa and I excited by the snow!

Tin Wis Resort - our resort for the weekend!

Long Beach - One of the well known Tofino beaches, just ignore the rain in the photo!

UVic Vikes Basketball and drunken dramas!

Ok so one of the biggest events at UVic is the opening game of the Vikes basketball team. So we all turned up to watch the woman's and men's game against the University of Calgary. Bit disappointed there were no Chad Michael Murry's like in One Tree Hill or cheerleaders but still a good game and the Vikes won, both the women's and men's!

The men's team whipping Calgary's butt!!

Thunder the very cute mascot!

Dave, Andy, Mazz, Nina and Eth - Go Vikes Go!

Now onto the drunken dramas!! Just too many photos to post but they are up on the photo page! After a successfully night out at Felicitas once again some idiot pulled the fire alarm at something like 1am.. So that meant everyone outside!! There were many unimpressed people that night. Its the second time it has happened but luckily for me I was not around for the first one! I was still awake so it was a bit exciting seeing the fire fighters in action (I may have run back to my room for my camera so pics are posted!) We soon recovered for another night at Felicitas for Open Mic night. Sadly I wasn't up there singing but many of the exchange students (and some Canadians) got up there and I think they could give Aussie Idol a run for its money (that may be a bias opinion)!!

Finally you say!!

Yes I understand it has been 2 months since my last update but it was a busy 2 months as most would know! I'm going to attempt to get you up to speed in a series of short updates in a short amount of time so here goes with first off.. Halloween weekend was where I last left you: Kate, Mike and I decided to take part in the annual food drive put together by UVic called Trick or Eat! Now we all know everyone hates a grown up trick or treater.. but come on my first Halloween I wasn't going to do nothing so Trick or Eat is a program in which you go out and ring the door bell and say "trick or eat" - much like trick or treat BUT instead you collect non perishable foods for the needy. But having said that people we are doing something for charity all the lovely people also feel the need to give you candy (see where I'm getting at...)! So off we went all dressed up and boy was it fun! So here are some pics for your enjoyment, there are more on the photo page!

The headless man (aka mike) and the Statue of Liberty (aka me)

The headless man with his princess (aka Kate) and the liberty with one of the many items donated!

All my candy hehe - like a kid!