Chan's Personal Blog

So, I'm officially on vacation mode, so that's why the blog updates have been slowing down. I flew into Victoria on Friday night. As expected, the Horizon Air connection flight from Seattle to Victoria was delayed by 40 minutes. Three out of four times, that flight is delayed due to maintenance problems.

In either case, as I stepped off the flight, it was -9C, and up to -14C with the wind. For some reason, there were a couple of people on my flight who stepped off the plane wearing short sleeve t-shirts, not such a good idea. I spent Saturday re-adjusting, and Sunday hiking through the snow.

First question I usually get is, how are you adjusting to the weather since you've been living in California? It actually hasn't been much of an adjustment because since November, I started preparing by refusing to turn on the heat at my apartment, and wearing only a t-shirt, and sometimes a windbreaker if outside. In Silicon Valley (which is literally a valley), at night it's around 1C, morning is around 6C, and afternoons are around 10C. The difference isn't all that great.

In the last three days, I have probably walked about 10km in the snow, and it has been enjoyable. The only bad thing with all this snow and walking are the giant puddles that are downtown located at the shoulders of streets. Some of the puddles are ankle deep!

One of the nice things about the snow is that all your plans and schedules just suddenly disappear, and there's nothing you can do about it. Strangely, it's kind of nice, probably because the whole year I am bound by schedules and deadlines. It's the perfect opportunity to just sit back and relax..... and the weather is perfect for napping.

As I walk around Victoria, the main thing that I notice is all of the construction that has been going on. Looks like there have been a lot of big residential and commercial projects being developed around here. I privately wonder how many of them are going to finish though due to the horrible recession.

In either case, I'll be working on uploading the last of my 2008 photos. Stay tuned. If anyone wants to hangout while I'm in town, leave me a comment.