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Month: April 2008

  • PFL!

    I recently joined up with The Pillow Fight League. I had my tryout, and made it to the next level, where I would have to fight as a “Pledge” (I’m in the list at the bottom of this page, under Pledges) to the league. That fight happened tonight, at the Gladstone. I fought against Pledge…

  • My CN Tower Climb

    So, I did it – and boy was it tough! My time was 24 minutes and 24 seconds, which is about average compared to most other climbers. There were 144 flights of stairs in groups of about 12-15 (I’m not certain about the exact number) each. At first, deluded, I thought I could run up…

  • CN Tower Climb Prelim

    I’m gearing up for the CN Tower climb for WWF-Canada tomorrow! I’ve been working out all week (well, at least a few times), and I made sure to wake up early today so I can be at the base at 6:30 am tomorrow (on a SATURDAY). This is because if you begin your climb before…

  • While visiting Viet Nam, I was reading “The House on Dream Street” by an American author who spent a few years living in Ha noi , learning the language etc. in the early part of the ’90’s. The name of the St. was chosen as the title of Dana Sachs book because at the time…

  • We visited Viet Nam over Easter, I see Dave has already covered this trip but I shall add to it. We stayed in a fabulous hotel (Apparently George Bush stayed here during an APEC summit) in Ha Noi which only makes the contrast between the place we stayed and the street life all the more…

  • Vietnam

    Here’s more on our trip to Vietnam.I will not say much about Hanoi – we covered that 2 years ago. Just to say, it is getting increasingly dynamic as time passes now. Booming does not do it justice. One picture however, that captured Hanoi streets for me, is the following one of the bikes. Note…

  • Vietnam

    We have just had a 9 day holiday in North Vietnam. What a buzzing place this has become, even more so since our last visit 2 years ago. This time we wanted to see more of the country, having seen only Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City the last 2 visits. One particular example of…