halloween

halloween night... since i was away for the weekend i had to at least get out of the house on the tuesday... kenji, brenda and i went out for a movie (shortbus - wow) and then cruised around downtown. went for a drink at subeez then headed home. didnt get a pic of my outfit but i was trying to pull of the jennifer anniston waitress in 'office space' with minimum flare... (top 2 pics were of some band playing in the construction zone at robson and granville)

mk retreat - sunpeaks

weekend mk retreat in sunpeaks... drove up friday with beautiful weather, had lunch in kamloops and then headed up the mtn. enjoyed trying on all the year-end diamond awards and all the other training. on the sunday we were leaving we awoke to a dusting of snow on the hills... definitely would like to ride here once the season gets going...

bdays!

it was andrews bday on wed. oct.11 and i met up with him and his co-workers for an east indian buffet lunch then for dinner we went out to one of our fav local restaurants, the clubhouse... had yummy okonomoyaki, lots of sushi and a few rounds of pitchers.

we had a joint bdayparty at our loft on oct20 and i'm hoping some pics will turn up from that night - i know i was seeing flashes yet our cameras never left their cases.

on oct.22 we had our families over for a big potluck and expedition over to science world to chek out the bodyworlds3 exhibit...then my day was mon. oct.23

i took the day off work and met up with andrew for lunch on granville island at the cat's meow

took pokaroo for a walk to the neighborhood park...
used up a free bday movie coupon, and saw 'little miss sunshine' matinee - by myself in an empty theater (yes!) rode our bikes around the seawall to the bayside lounge for some dinner and drinks, sorta got a late start so we missed riding during ssunset but we did go thru a movie set with their extreme lights blinding us.
(pics fr lisa's blog)

loft changes...

living in one big open space can be a bit of an organizational challenge... at least when you're a clutterholic like andrew and i... but we both have downsized and cleared out a lot of junk - just take a look at the photos!


above: progressions of the loft over the past 2.5years,
the first square is when we first moved in -yikes!

below: newly arranged and about as clutter-free as we'd like! (but a new kitchen would be nice)

the hive

the hive is where andrew does recording every once in awhile and they have been doin some improvements so he shot some new pics for their website and i thought i'd throw em up here...

andrew and poki in seattle

so i just downloaded these photos off andrew's point n clik and i thought it was so cute to see the 2 of them on their little excursion... they drove to portland without me as i was in idaho and i caught a flight fr boise to pdx.

october gone...

well i'm behind on my blog yet again so i've re-dated a bunch of these posts to keep them in october 06. it was a good month- both andrew and i had our bdays, we re-arranged our place to both our likings, and andrew got a new job at emily carr. surprisingly we dont have a surplus of photos as per usual, but this just goes to show that during our celebrations we really were too busy partying to snap many pics. (anybody else out there get some? shelley?)

flatlands run

sunday morning in the drizzling rain, i got ready for my first 10k race... i actually had never even run that far before but had just signed up on a whim the day before (without knowing of the weather conditions). the run started at 930 and at that point the rain was just a light sprinkle but about midway it was full on pouring- it did give me some motivation to just get the run over with but the cold also made my muscles feel very stiff and my small stride was all that i could manage. i didnt stop running and that always feel like a big achievement for me, and i did do a personal best time although not all that great in comparison to everyone else... my time was 1hr 5min 55sec which put me at 9th place for my division (sex/age). since i only get out for a run every once in awhile i think i did well for no previous experience. after the run we went to hell's kitchen in kits and had a nice brunch in celebration! but i'm going to have to learn some better post-run stretches because although i stretched a bit afterwards, the next day i was so stiff i could barely walk!

the past week...

andrews bday was oct.11 and last minute we decided to have dinner and drinks at the clubhouse... but since both andrew and i rode our bikes and drank up a couple of pitchers, neither of us thought to take any pictures (quite surprising for me). anyways, it was a nice little get-together for a wednesday evening.

friday nite i made a big salad n pasta dish for dinner and jacquie rode her bike over... we were planning on going to bodyworlds but the tickets started to go really fast so we hopped in the car, drove over to sw see a huge line-up and decided to go another time. then we cruised up to kingsgate mall to pick out a drink for dinner, we ended up coming home with a huge magnum of champagne, some oj to go with it and jax got a new pair of shoes. rode our bikes down to hoko's sushi/karaoke bar which happens to be just a few doors down from andrews workshop... and caught some of the live acts but jq and i ducked out early as we downed a little too much champagne to be in such a packed place...
saturday morning/afternoon i was at a workshop hosted by Larry DiAngi, called 'how to be purpose driven'. i actually enjoyed it more than i thought and felt like some of his points really hit home. my mum has his books so one of the titles will be next on my reading list.
saturday evening andrew and i finally got to use our comp. bodyworlds tickets (it was the day they expired), he picked up the timed tickets in the morning and we rode our bikes over just b4 our time slot... i had already been thru once while i was at work but i wanted to go again and spend more time looking around. we lined up outside the bw entrance but we were spared a long wait because a co-worker on shift said 'you're staff, why are u in line, just go thru the back' so we did... it was way more packed then when i had gone thru b4 which made it a little less enjoyable but it really is such an amazing exhibit... i was sad i missed the 'touch table' both of my times thru though... i'll have to go thru when i;m at work just to chek that part out.

thanksgiving in whistler

parents rented a cabin in the whistler area (near black tusk) and since not all the siblings could make it , chris and i brought along some friends... on saturday we went to brandywine falls, alta lake (where chris and tom stayed to fish) and the village for some 'turkey sale' shopping.

a couple rounds of 'boot' and a late evening of goofing around, we all went to bed with plans of hiking in the morning... but after a late start we opted for the village instead, we did however follow chris on an expedition to check out the whistler bungee jump (but the staff arrived as we were on the drive out).
for thanksgiving dinner it was just mom, dad, me, andrew, chris and tom. had an early night after a huge meal. went for a run in the morning around the lake in the cabin community. then after packing up, andrew and i headed out for a walk around lost lake and picked up a few more purchases in the village before hitting the road home.

brenda's bday

(sun.oct1) dinner & drinks at steamworks... sat out on the patio although it was rather chilly in the shade!

run for the cure!

did the 5k run on sunday morning after being up late the night before, without eating bfast and with no pre-training! noa and i rode our bikes to bc place and then she went to meet her friend pam, while i signed-in and picked up my number and tshirt. i got to the starting line just before they started the warm-up, so it was quite the perfect timing (achieved maximum sleep-in). ran the whole thing without stopping which was quite the feat for me since i havent gone for a run in ages, although i was going really slow on the uphill part. my end time was 37mins which was fine for me since i was out of shape and a lil hung-over. this is my third year participating in the event and at least i can say that each year has been an improvement: year1 i walked the 1km (i had just had the car accident that summer), year2 i walked the 5km, and now year3 i ran the 5k! (sunday, october 1st)