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December 26, 2005
The Update !
Well here is that large update I warned you all about,
The Christmas party was good fun at the Fairmont Chateau, SK joined me and we had a good evening with my work mates eating ourselves silly on the Turkey dinner buffet. Any possible gaps were filled with dessert then at about 9:30pm we went to a local lounge/bar to further fill any pesky holes with beer. It was a fun night and waking up the next day was certainly a struggle. Photos from the bar can be seen in the photo album - although they're not *that* much fun :o)
Also on the 22nd we went snowboarding with Katharine to give her one final go at this sliding down a mountain malarkey. Although progress was a little slow at times she did very well and got from the top to the bottom in one piece - well done Katharine :o).
At the bottom a large melt water pool had formed at loads of guys were skiing/boarding over it for a laugh. I took some photos and stuck them together into animated gifs - they can be seen in the photo album but give them a minute to load.
I also got some video and this can be seen in the video section - again just remember to download it to your computers before watching it :o). The crowd which had joined was loving the sight of people skimming over (and sometimes into) the water and were giving them all the encouragement they needed to try more daring antics - certainly some of the pictures couldn't be shown on this website...
After that Christmas "proper" crept up on us. I went for a wonder through town with SK and got some photos of Whistler at night including the Christmas decorations. It certainly looks very impressive in real life, especially with each area of the town colour co-ordinated.
Christmas Day itself was spent working in Ski School, slightly depressing (especially considering the few number of people who wished us merry Christmas and even the select few who needed to ask the date when signing forms...). Anyway, after work I headed home and opened gifts with Ben and SK. Thanks to the folks from home who sent gifts (the puzzles will be attempted as soon as we clear a space). Ben got me a new wallet and SK got me a Hoodie, new belt and a guide book for the mountain showing all the advanced and extreme trails/routes not on the main map - its turned into my new PGE (climbing guide book for those that don't know). SK received lots of fancy bath stuff as well as a DVD, Ben received a DVD, a T-shirt, cooking book and a lock for his snowboard. All gifts were greatly received so thanks again to all the senders :o)
Afterwards myself and SK cooked ourselves Christmas dinner, Ben had eaten his the night before with some friends and wasn't feeling too well anyway (the two things were unrelated...). We had roast chicken, vegetables and gravy, all cooked in our tiny oven and a single saucepan. It was excellent although eating at 9pm on Christmas Day did take some of the festive sparkle away. Pictures can been seen in the photo album.
The resort is still getting busier as families arrive after Christmas at home - it builds up to a crescendo around New years. Ski School lessons are selling out and we are slowly loosing patience with people wanting refund because its raining...
After new year my shifts return to normal with 4 days on (sat/sun/mon/tues) and the rest off which is great.
No definite New Years plans have been made but with bars in town charging between $40 and $140 to get in we are probably going to a house party.
Anyway enough drivel for now, just time to mention the final new photo album 'Health & Fitness' - have a look (just don't be eating at the same time)
Merry Christmas :o)
Posted by edwardnorthridge at December 26, 2005 11:23 PM