I spent my last night in Edmonton with Petra, Chris, and Preeti at the Rocky Mountain food and wine festival! It was held at the Shaw Conference centre and is known as the biggest cocktail party where you know nobody. There are booths set up everywhere and you go around and taste test different wines and types of food using your bought tickets! I tried all sorts of different types of wines and alcohols, examples: fruity beer, 2 oceans wine, Wayne gretzkys wine, pumpkin creme tequila, and pumpkin vodka! I'm not the biggest fan of wine but I can't say no to tasting something! To be honest I spent most my tickets on food such as the delicious lobster truffle Mac and cheese (my fav), tacos, key lime pie, steak bites, some kind of meet sundae, ... read more

I have actually met some pretty cool people my age and had the chance to hangout with them a few times while I've been in Edmonton! I met them all on Whyte ave when I have gone out the few times. I recently went to the Telus World of Science with my friend Stephen and saw body worlds, an environment exhibit, astronomy, and abunch of other cool themed rooms. There was a room full of information on your different senses and you could test how fast your pupils dialate and how good your hearing is. I really enjoyed the science exhibit but I have to admit, the science centre in Toronto is much better! I've gone for coffee with a guy named Ryan who is studying to become a chiropractor and I think we are going ... read more

Since it is now fall I thought a pumpkin would be a perfect little decoration! I love fall, the beautiful colours, the pumpkin carving, pumpkin pie, thanksgiving, Halloween. Time to bring out the ugly sweaters! Preet picked me up and we waited for her friends Rae and Jelysza at her house! Off we go to Calgary driving in Jelysza's packed car listening to drakes new album! It was a 2.5 hour drive, and by the time we got to Calgary it was already dark! We got to our hotel that was kind of sketchy and got ready and went out to a club called "Black Betty". Preets friends are just as fun as she is and I had a blast that night! I had my first encounter with a ghost the first night we stayed in ... read more

Something I find interesting: My friend Nick Down from Burford is truly a remarkable guy. He always finds cool things to try out or is investing his time doing something productive. He had mentioned polyphasic sleeping before but it seemed impossible to try with my busy schedule. I figured now that I have time on my hands I may as well give it a shot. It's an old concept, basically it is a scheduled sleep pattern to maximize the amount of rem sleep. Normally in a nights sleep we go through sleep cycles of light sleep, deep sleep, rem sleep etc. By cutting back sleep times to only 30 minutes every 6 hours it forces the body to jump straight to rem sleep (most important). In theory the body would be getting 2 hours of rem ... read more

Since a career involving animals is definitely a possibility, I decided to volunteer somewhere that had wildlife. I bused to a place in the north end, Edmonton Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre! I met with a very nice elderly lady who showed me around and gave me a quick update on what I would be doing! This specific building was the hospital, where animals first come in, are assessed, and then either treated or sent to the rehab centre in Spruce Grove. They take small rodents, muskrats, beavers, squirrels, bunnies, but mostly focus on large birds like hawks, ducks, and smaller birds. Since I am not trained I couldn't do much of the actual procedures but got to witness and help out! abunch of the animals received medicine, a duck had a swim test, and a magpie was ... read more