Kelowna

So it has definitely been too long since I wrote one of these and I guess the risk is that I can just write off doing it. I seriously considered about just keeping my photos as a record of what I have been up to but I figure that is kind of a cop-out so I am gonna write a couple of blogs about what I have been up to over the past couple of weeks. In general work has been pretty slow. We are in a bit of  lull at the moment with many people around the office short of work. There are a few things coming down the pipe line that would mean that KCB would actually need to hire more people though. When I had my three month probationary meeting my boss seemed a bit apologetic about the work load at the moment which shows that he is keen to keep me interested which is good. This is just how consulting goes I guess.

I also met with HR and have started the permanent residency ball rolling so that I don't get kicked out in November. KCB will pay for the whole thing and there will be a bonded period but I can buy my way out of it if I want to so I don't feel too locked in anywhere. It is kinda weird thinking about getting permanent residency here but it is just the next logical step so that I can stay and so that my professional registration fees are cheaper. Sorry to anyone that thought I might have had enough by the end of the year and come home!

13/04/13

I chucked a date in there because it was a while ago now. Me and Sazza drove over to Kelowna which is roughly 3 and a half hours east of Vancouver. The drive was pretty awesome through the Coquihalla highway. The road gets up pretty high (around 1300m I think) and is pretty renowned for crazy ass weather. On the way through we had snow, fog, rain and sunshine.

We were supposed to have pretty crap weather there but luckily we had a nice afternoon on Saturday so I went for a 20km run which was pretty fun. Took a photo:

Nice country side. The whole town is a pretty relaxed place and has a very high retired population. There is a beautiful lake just beside the town and in summer the population of the place nearly doubles.

On Saturday night we had some drinks and played some board games and guitar. The next day we played some corn-hole which basically involves you chucking sacks at a board with a hole in it. You get point for getting the sack on the board and 3 points for getting a bag in the hole. I look forward to getting back there when it is stinking hot and drinking a couple beers over a good game of c'hole.