Chan's Personal Blog

This morning I was awaken by a phone call from Mr. Winter (yes, that is his last name), the manager of our department, and he informed me that the University was closed, and that even if I could get into work, don't bother, there was far too much snow. Sweet action! First order of business.... sleep in.

All of the schools were shut down today, so 39,500 students stayed home to enjoy the snow. Mail deliveries have been delayed. Bus service didn't start running until 9:00am.

I was planning on spending the rest of the day at home, but Adam calls me up to go sledding down a hill. Who could resist? Usually snow comes and goes in a day here, but yesterday, we got 30cm of snow, or a year's worth of snow in one day. So, I spent about an hour clearing snow out of my driveway, and exhuming my car out of its snowy grave. It was fun trying to get into the car as all of its doors were frozen shut.

Thankfully by the time I got onto the roads, they were all plowed, so driving wasn't bad at all. I was expecting the worse. I'm also very thankful that my car has front wheel drive, which resulted in no problems going up hills and such.

Anyway, spent the afternoon sledding down a hill with Adam, Sarah, and Doug on lunch trays. Yes, lunch trays, the poor man's sled. The neighbourhood kids had also built some snow ramps at the bottom of the hill, and they were jumping them. Adam got some serious air off a giant ramp near the end.

Then, we spent the rest of the evening in Adam & Sarah's warm living room, next to the fireplace watching TV, and playing video games.

Very productive snow day overall. Couldn't have been better

I came across this amazing performance by Matisyahu beatboxing on Jimmy Kimmel Live. There's just something very special about a guy dressed like an Orthodox Jew beatboxing and performing raggae... but I can't quite put my finger on it. So, without further adieu, here's Matisyahu performing "Close My Eyes."

I believe his latest CD was one of the top downloaded albums on iTunes for this year. Pretty amazing considering that God is his message, yet he has broken into the mainstream. Several of P.O.D.'s latest tracks also feature Matisyahu.

This evening I was at a get together at the Mann's residence to celebrate Jordan's graduation from RCMP training. He has been stationed in Surrey, and he starts his new job shortly. Looks like he'll be fighting crime with Mr. Ryzuk. It sounds like they'll be living on the same street as well. Residence of Surrey, consider this your only warning.

Anyways, it was a nice gathering. Lots and lots and lots of family there. I guess I'm informally the family's web designer .

In either case, a salute to all of those who are serving the nation and community in uniform. Congratulations on graduating Jordan.