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Whaaat, I had a blog?!

March 31, 2016 / / 0 Comments

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Oh blog, I’d forgotten about you! So much has happened since! A whole year, in fact! 2015 was such a big year! We went to Hawaii with Laura & Danbo, Laura & Kevin got engaged, I sadly quit my job at Gilbert’s to do freelance and then started doing illustration, Dave got certified at the velodrome, I learned to carve wooden spoons, Janice moved back to Toronto, we did a road trip with Amy & Keb to Detroit, I went on a trip with my family to the UK and we saw Stonehenge, B moved to NYC, I started working at Thought Café, we watched Neal & Nil get married, I went to NYC, Dan turned 30 and we all went to a cottage, Sam & Mike got married, we put a bid on a house and were outbid by $200k, Dave got a job in Hong Kong so we up and moved to Asia, we’ve met so many new people and explored all around HK, I met my cousin Mandy’s son for the first time, we did a day trip (visa run) to Macau, we went to Vietnam and Cambodia for Christmas! And in 2016 we did hikes for our birthdays, we went to Japan with Amy & Keb, Dave went to Spain and Taiwan for bike trips, and we had a bunch of visitors!

What an time to be alive!

Bikes! Bikes! Bikes!

May 25, 2014 / / 0 Comments

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On Victoria Day earlier this week, Dave, a bunch of my friends and I went to the Toronto Islands to laze around in the (intermittent) sun. BDR and his girlfriend brought bikes, and as soon as I laid eyes on them rolling into the ferry terminal I was overcome with jealousy. The rest of the day was spent repeating “I WISH I WAS RIDING A BIKE” until BDR’s girlfriend—probably tired of me whining about not having a bike—took us on a bike ride, me on BDR’s hybrid and it was loooovely. It was sunny and beautiful and to me, there’s no other feeling in the world like riding a bike on a beautiful day.

I probably missed out on a lot of childhood because I only learned how to ride a bike six years ago, at the age of 24.  Dave taught me shortly after we started dating. But I’m so grateful that he taught me/I finally learned. I honestly can’t describe how wonderful it feels when I’m riding a bike, it’s just so deeply gratifying. It fills me with a contentment that makes me feel so blessed to be alive.

Anyway, we went and bought bikes today. We found a dude selling a bunch of bikes on Kijiji in Markham (represent).  Downtown hipsters hate going to the suburbs apparently so there were lots to choose from for a decent price. Dave got a brown vintage Raleigh Sprite from the 70s, and mine’s a Raleigh Lenton (maybe?) from the 80s (maybe?). The rear reflector is missing and it rattles a little bit but it’s light and rides alright and was only $130. Now I just need to learn how to make sharp turns without falling off. Oh, and get a helmet.

Nerdy side note: I was so excited about getting a bike today, I told Dave that if I were a Sim, my thought cloud would just be flashing an icon of a blue bike over and over again.