As The World Turns

Dear Diary,

The weekend has just been amazing. Thanks to a website meetup.com , I somehow managed to pack it with activities. I got a rare 3 day weekend off. Thanks to a weird schedule but I'll take it anyway after working so many weekends.

Saturday morning:

Bleary eyed, I trudged my way to a Reiki group meetup for newbies. It was held in a basement bookshop that specialises in spiritual, paranormal and non main stream books. I might go back for a Tarot workshop......

In the afternoon, I spent the afternoon at the local YMCA where I volunteer and followed up that up with a workout. Gyms here compared to Asia are quite different as far as members are concerned. The people who come here to workout are so much more committed and mindful of what they are doing.

In the evening, headed down to the King's Head pub. Ooooooh nice, its got a Blues band jammin' in the early part of the evening. They have an amazing Harmonica player. Now I can appreciate why a movie like The Blues Brothers was so popular. I also got to meet a whole new bunch of people.

Sunday:

It's a nice pleasure waking up sooooo late. So late in fact I nearly missed going for lunch (brunch?) to a restaurant I had heard about. After a quick wash up, off I went and made it there by 1pm (I had another group appointment at 2pm). It was supposed to serve Bak Chor mee. The Singapore style teochew mee with the Mee Pok (the flat egg noodle), liver, kidneys and a dash of vinegar. Ahhhhh I finally found it here and in a Vietnamese restaurant no less. They also had a version of the Singapore fried Carrot Cake!!! OMG.

Gastronomically satiated, I headed to my next 2pm meetup where I got to meet another bunch of nice people and also spent the afternoon traipsing around Prince's Island with them. It was a beautiful day. Clear blue sky, the temperature was a nice brisk -1, finally got to enjoy a nice sunday afternoon after working so many others.

Then the evening got interesting. I headed to a local meetup for budding golfers. Never mind the outside ground was covered in snow and cold-ish. Because this was an indoor driving range! There is this huge dome a bit like a circus tent except it's round and it's kept inflated by positive air pressure. I think I figured out my cure for the slice, keep the body rotation in check. Sunday evenings is cheap cheap night, I'll be back....

Immedidately after, I took off for downtown (nice to have a car at last) for another meetup and met another bunch of people at another pub where everyone was watching the Oscars presentation. Calgary recently outlawed smoking in Pubs...Yaaayyyy!!! But I don't drink much, the cops around here actually check all the time for drink driving.

Monday:

Chillin' .... but I'm thinking of that Bak Chor mee again.........*salivating already* maybe lunch today...heh.... but but but *looking out the window* it's snowing today! Big fluffy flaky white stuff coming down... *thinking* ahhh Second Cup after the mee....