China & Tibet - postscript
It was an uneventful flight to Vancouver, but customs and the baggage handling was an absolute mess. Drug or bomb sniffing dogs were inspecting luggage and people, and I wished I had the power to fart on command when the dog came to me, just for the entertainment value. I missed my connection to Calgary, along with dozens of other passengers. Fortunately there were flights every hour, and I got home a couple hours later.
My Sens had indeed advanced to the second round of the playoffs. They kept up with tradition by underperforming yet again (for an amazing 9th year in a row) and were ousted in that second round by Buffalo.
I stayed up till about 3AM going through my mail and putzing around the house. Damn it felt good to be home. I hadn't thought about Tim Horton's coffee until a friend of mine had mentionned it in an e-mail about halfway through my trip. That was a helluva cup of coffee! A phone call at 9AM woke me groggily to send me to work... Nothing better than being thrown right into it! I guess I could have declined, but I really enjoy my work, and I had hopes of going to Iceland in August. That trip didn't materialize largely because of an abismal investment. May the management of Texxon Inc. rot in hell!!!
My opportunity to work in Holland unfortunately didn't materialize. I was disappointed, however, there was plenty of work in Alberta, and I was given the opportunity to learn a new tool.
It would be three months before I had friends over to show pictures. I had a stressful summer watching a friend self-destruct. That event caused me to take time off, and I seriously considered leaving the oil-patch, giving it the finger and moving to Thailand or Vietnam and opening up a hostel. The time I took off provided me with the opportunity to reacquaint myself with my friends, and get some camping in.
It was a slow, and sometimes painful experience to write up this journal. Not because of the events, but because of the cheap-ass oil companies not ponying up the cash to provide enough bandwith to be able to access this blog. I'm now on a job where bandwith isn't an issue, and have a huge sense of relief that I've finally completed this write-up.
I waited far too long to begin my travels... Of course, I now have more resources to draw on then I would have in my twenties. I encourage you all to go explore beyond your backyards. If not physically, than through books, or that marvelous window to the world, the internet.
Try to keep an open mind to the world around you.
Geoff
It was an uneventful flight to Vancouver, but customs and the baggage handling was an absolute mess. Drug or bomb sniffing dogs were inspecting luggage and people, and I wished I had the power to fart on command when the dog came to me, just for the entertainment value. I missed my connection to Calgary, along with dozens of other passengers. Fortunately there were flights every hour, and I got home a couple hours later.
My Sens had indeed advanced to the second round of the playoffs. They kept up with tradition by underperforming yet again (for an amazing 9th year in a row) and were ousted in that second round by Buffalo.
I stayed up till about 3AM going through my mail and putzing around the house. Damn it felt good to be home. I hadn't thought about Tim Horton's coffee until a friend of mine had mentionned it in an e-mail about halfway through my trip. That was a helluva cup of coffee! A phone call at 9AM woke me groggily to send me to work... Nothing better than being thrown right into it! I guess I could have declined, but I really enjoy my work, and I had hopes of going to Iceland in August. That trip didn't materialize largely because of an abismal investment. May the management of Texxon Inc. rot in hell!!!
My opportunity to work in Holland unfortunately didn't materialize. I was disappointed, however, there was plenty of work in Alberta, and I was given the opportunity to learn a new tool.
It would be three months before I had friends over to show pictures. I had a stressful summer watching a friend self-destruct. That event caused me to take time off, and I seriously considered leaving the oil-patch, giving it the finger and moving to Thailand or Vietnam and opening up a hostel. The time I took off provided me with the opportunity to reacquaint myself with my friends, and get some camping in.
It was a slow, and sometimes painful experience to write up this journal. Not because of the events, but because of the cheap-ass oil companies not ponying up the cash to provide enough bandwith to be able to access this blog. I'm now on a job where bandwith isn't an issue, and have a huge sense of relief that I've finally completed this write-up.
I waited far too long to begin my travels... Of course, I now have more resources to draw on then I would have in my twenties. I encourage you all to go explore beyond your backyards. If not physically, than through books, or that marvelous window to the world, the internet.
Try to keep an open mind to the world around you.
Geoff
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