This entry will be short and rather uninteresting. I had exams for 2 weeks. Well, I had 2 exams in a 2-week period. They were nice and well-spaced out so I had lots of time to study and be well-prepared going into them. Probably the funniest story is that I thought my first exam was on wednesday, only to find out on monday that it was actually on the tuesday. Luckily I was already ready, so losing that day didn't impair me at all. My water auditing exam was my biggest stress, since I needed a good grade to make sure I was successful in the unit. I memorized so many random pieces of information. The exam went decently, but the multiple choice section was made up of mostly questions from the TEXTBOOK which weren't ... read more

I have some sad news for faithful blog readers. Since my digital camera was broken, I could only bring my film camera on this trip. I was going to get the pictures put on CD when I got them developed, but I forgot, so only 1 roll was put on a CD. So a lot of my stories are picture-less until I get home and show you all my photo albums. Thursday: The Departure I left for Kuala Lumpur in the late afternoon on Thursday. I was flying on the luxurious Malaysian Airlines where you not only get your own TV set, you get movies and TV shows on demand! So I watched a Bollywood movie which cut out at the intermission and Happy Feet and an episode of Arrested Development. The flight itself was ... read more

Alright, this week was a long time ago, and the minute details of it have since been lost. I know I went to class, and skating, and I did have an informal oral presentation. That pretty much sums up Monday-Thursday. Night out with Gloria! So when I was on my search to find a place to live in this suburban jungle, I got to meet some interesting person. And then I ended up living with a couple of them. When I met Gloria I remember her saying that she wanted someone like me to move in. She'd always been living with (no offence or racism intended, you all know it's true) anti-social asians who kind of kept to themselves. So what has resulted is that she doesn't get out much. So I intended to put ... read more

Alright, I've gotten VERY behind in these blog entries, so it's time to play some catch-up... An Essay The weekend upon my return from the Northwest, I was on essay lockdown in order to finish an essay for my Nature-Based Tourism class. I had to create a management plan for a park, and I decided to do Temagami in Ontario, in particular Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park. I tell you this, because I recieved a VERY creepy e-mail the other day. I'm on the Ontario Parks mailing list, and in my most recent e-mail, this was the first article: "Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Dafne, for a Backcountry Adventure we recommend Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park is a wilderness preserve like no other. At almost three times the size of Perth, Australia with 72,400 hectares, this expansive park is ... read more

We had our one and only sleep-in of the trip on this fine morning. Unfortunately, we had become so accustomed to waking up at the crack of dawn that most people were unable to sleep in. I would have like to have slept longer, but alas, the noise woke me up. We had a slow, relaxing morning of the usual getting up, taking down camp, and eating breakfast. We loaded our stuff into the buck but before we drove away, we headed for one last gorge hike. Not much to say, it was a standard hike, no craziness. We had a nice swim in the pool at the end, which had both waterfalls AND a place to jump off. The flies were HORRIBLE anywhere but in the pool, and since I had lost my sunglasses ... read more