blast from PNE exhibits....

my husband and i and my brother in-law had a blast from the fair at the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) held in vancouver yesterday. So many exhilarating events going on there, its a playland where you can find different exciting rides and games. and a lot more attractions there that i enjoyed so much, such as the glass house, climbing walls, bonanza shooting gallery, haunted house, mini golfs and many many more....there are live shows too where they feature superdogs, horse show, magic things like in the circus, uhmmm cutting of logs..hmm what else? gosh theres a lot to mention and ofcourse nightly concert that makes the party going through the night. As a preggy, what i love the most there was the foods, lots of yummy yummies for the tummies....oh i would love to go back and try the rides next year, it will be more exciting as it will be a hundred years for the fair, they said it will be a bigger celebration then, and my sister will be here too, so that would be a lot of fun....

Golden Ears Bridge, BC, Canada

today was the opening ceremony of the Golden Ears Bridge, it is considered as the nicest bridge in british columbia. Im so glad we had the chance to take part on this once in a lifetime experience. More than 45,000 people came and witnessed the opening ceremony.......

these are all sensored camera that track all the cars that will pass in that bridge

went fishing at horshoe bay

One of the million dollar houses at sea side.

My catch, but i set it free as its small.

My first fishing experience

My brother-in-law

been busy these days again, did some painting at the kitchen walls and the cabinets, i'm just glad that i had the chance to go out and enjoy the day last sunday with my future brother-in-law, we went fishing at horshoe bay together with his couple of friends who owned the boat. I wished my hubby went with us but the boat is not that big, for me i guess its enough for just 4 people, ah well, next time, we can rent a boat there. Anyway, it was a great day, it was sunny and the water was calm, oh it was just so perfect, alot went out and wore their perfect swimsuit or two piece and went sun bathing, but for me, oh i wore my jacket and hat as i dont want to get darker hehehe......i wanted to take out my umbrella though but its just so awkward hehe.....i enjoyed the panoramic view where you can see the natural beauty of BC, well, not all though but you can see nice green mountains, some has still snow at the top and the sea side where still lots of trees, i saw seals swimming along the boat and at the shoreline catching fish, 3 eagles circling around where we fish, alot of ducks too and a blue heron. what amazed me was the million dollar houses that was built at the ses side, there's one island where there's a very nice and big house built in there, boat is just the only means of transportation, i saw a panel of solars in which a source for electric in that house and at the other side theres a helipad for helicopters, probably owned by a multi-million businessman or a CEO for sure....hmmm.....

I never tried fishing before, i thought the fishing rod was heavy but it was so light, tried casting the fishing rod and do some jigging for half a day, lucky enough that i catched 2 fish but it was all small though so we need to take the fish back to the water......actually all of us catched fish but we all free them all as its not the right size for certain fish. But we enjoyed alot even though we never had a good size of fish after a long day of fishing. I can say i like fishing right now, i would love to go back again even if not for fishing but just enjoying the day and do nature tripping.

busy week for me....

i never had the chance to update my blog this week because my hubby and i been painting inside our house, doing some renos too....i've been sewing draperies again, we have this huge glass window in our living room, and i put 1 panel of green curtain in each side of the window and 2 panels of cream color curtain in the center last month, but our mother-in-law came last week and she wants to change it to grayish blue and white sheer, well, i admit, she's correct, the new curtains now is more elegant in color, it goes along with the painting we hang above the fireplace, it really does gives a nice elegant touch in our living room.....

i'm planning to plant for my hanging basket outside before the week will end too, my bana bought me plants for it, its kinda sad, he said all those hanging basket plants are mostly annuals, they will just bloom once a year and then dies when spring is over, so it means we will have to spend a hundred bucks next year or maybe for summer plants again for my hanging baskets.....hayyy, the joy of living in seasonal place like canada hehe....but thats the beauty of it, it means i can change flowers or plants that i want in my hanging baskets every year.....well, talking about plants, my flowers at the front yard starts blooming now, i saw some of my tulips, hyacinth, daffodil that i planted just starts to bloom, my husband's roses are starts growing new leaves too. oh i'm happy atlast our front yard is more colorful right now.....i was so amazed with tulips before now its my first time to see and touch it in person, gosh i tell you its so beautiful, actually alot of beautiful flowers here, even the trees, there's pink, yellow, purple and white blooming here, the streets are so pretty because of those trees, and then there's alot of beautiful and colorful flowers almost every sidewalks and gardens you can see here.....canada is really beautiful during spring and summer i can say, how i wish i can plant all those in the philippines too....well, just my wishful thinking, i know it wont as its super hot there, well, probably some will grow in baguio.....

i've been waiting for our new digital camera, when it arrives i will take pictures of our garden in the front yard so i can show it to you guys . Belated happy easter!

april fools day

spring is here, it means nice sunny weather is starting, last week, my husband and i went out, got my sunglasses on and wore my sandals atlast!....oh boy, i really missed wearing sandals, i hate close shoes or running shoes actually, i seldom wear it when i was in pinas, but ofcourse i dont have a choice here or else i will get freeze to death.....

the sun was out almost a month now, raining once in awhile, signs of winter is fading until april 1st, my husband and i was amazed wednesday morning as it was snowing, we thought winter is over, oh what a day, God trick us hehhe.....its april fool's day, winter isnt over yet.....but the snow lasted for several hours and at the end of the day it was melted right away....Thank God! i'm done with the snow, i can wear my sandals again, yepee!

weird weather

here comes snow again after almost 2 months without it. It's just wierd, i thougth no more snow as signs of springs are here, my husband and i thought that its just gonna be rain until the winter is over, hmmm...we are wrong, last week, the weather is wierd, its icy at night but in the middle of the day its hot, colds and flu is common at this time, infact my husband got colds and i catched a bit too. Well, during winter, colds and flu are really common, before winter starts, vaccines are given to people here to fight against flu. Prevention is better than cure, so prepare yourself then, wear snow jacket and boots and scarf too, and ofcourse take vitamins, eat a lot of fruits and drink a lot of fluids too.

Fort Langley, the birth of British Columbia

Last sunday my husband and i went to Fort Langley, its one of the historic site of canada, we went to Langley Museum where you can see a 150 years old house and buildings in british columbia, and not just that, you can find an archival photographs, objects and works of art from the past hundreds years. I love going back there, i like the old town setting, its a window from the past life living in that community. If ever we win a lottery, i wanna buy a house there, it seems the town is peaceful and the people are friendly.

Auction day....

me and my husband went to an auction place today, mostly are police stuff, but we went there for police vehicles. It's my first time auctioning and I had fun, there are nice nice couches, chairs, tables, paintings and bicycles which are sold for just a few dollars or hundreds, i told my husband its really a nice way to buy things, like for some bicycles was just auctioned arround 50 dollars to a 100 dollars, wow amazing, there was a nice set of racking chairs which was sold for only 60 dollars and it seems those racking chairs and foot rests are still new, and there are some stuff really sold for 5 bucks, isnt it amazing? Actually there's a lot in there, from kitchen stuff, for gardening, pumps and flooring too. But what fascinate me most are the vehicles, there are some really really good cars which are just sold from 700 to 11,000. Actually we won one, a mini black van which was used as a recruiting vehicle for police and just 170,000 kilometers and had a little rust at the hood because of the decals, probably the water sets on under the decals thats why got rusted a little portion of the hood and it was just a 2003 vehicle. the inside is clean, it runs smoothly, no major damage, the body and engine are perfectly good, well, to summarize all up, the mini van we got are still in good condition and we bought it for just cheap price, it was really a jockpot for us, really nice car and i like it. It's a good way to look for something that you can bargain on, though mostly are second hand but you can find things there that are still good. I told my husband that i might get use to this, hehhehe....well, we plan to go to an auction again on march, mostly all the contents for auctioning are from L word production, which was a popular tv series that has been stopped, there will be designer clothing and shoes, jewelries and many more. Hope we could find good stuff and bargain again.

warm and sunny....

hmmmm i really wish for that now, well, i'm just thankful that its getting warmer here, i mean the temperature is up a bit, and snow is melting, foggy most of the day though but it doesnt matter as long as no yuckky snow. Winter is not done yet, we are still in the middle of the season, so i'm pretty sure there will be snow again, 1 or 2 days is good and i hope no snow storm anymore this year or i hope not ever again, and not just yuckky weather though that i have to watch out, cold and flu is in season during winter too, for me, as a first timer here, whenever i go out even just outside the house i make sure to wear thick clothing, i mean winter jacket ofcourse and layered clothing under it. There's 1 outfit i always wear when i go out outside the house, and i took some pictures of me wearing it, my bana and my family teased me though, they said i look like an ewok with that attire, ah well, i dont care as long as i'm not cold hehehe......i do hope it will just rain and a few snow for the rest of the winter so that i can go out and go shopping!

snow, snow and more snow....

It's been snowing for more than 2 weeks here in BC, canada now, gosh, unbelievable! My hubby said never had like this before in his entire life, oh how unlucky i am, i wished for just a perfect white christmas but not as much as this. Wierd and yucky weather, rain and snow mixed, when will be over, it seems we still have snow coming this month, yikes! For just 3 months here and experiencing snow for 2 weeks for me, is more than enough. Pls snow, let it be over soon, so people live in normal life again.

canada, here i am!

Been in canada for a week and 4 days now, exploring maple ridge district a bit, wow, the place is beautiful, the air and the environment is clear and clean, and people here are courteous. what amazed me most are the flowers and the trees here, each kind possessed with vibrant colors, trees changes in colors as the weather changes, from green turns into red mostly, fantastic!

When i got here last September 11, it was sunny, the air is not that cold, and so i told my husband that the weather is perfect, no rain and the temperature is just like baguio, its a wow. But just in a few days later, the weather changes and starts raining now as its approaching to cold cold season starting on october, wow, its reeeeaaaaally cold, take note, its not winter yet hehehe....but we are lucky enough to know that we got a nicer weather, compared to the rest of canada.....hmmmm winter is just a few months away, anticipating how cold it is, my husband bought me a tiger stylish winter jacket in which it is very thick, he teased me that it is an ewok suit as it seems it makes me smaller with that jacket because of the thickness hehhee....hoping i can play in the snow when winter comes.....but according to my husband, we just got few days of snow here, and got rainy days mostly throughout winter, well, if ever the global weather wont change.....hmmmm...isn't that great? perfect! oh i forgot, its rainy here for about 8 months in a year..hmmmmm....greaattt!