Oh spring break, you left us too soon

Tomorrow is the last day of spring break. No more breaks until...well until this semester is over. Eeek! But it's been a blast. Last weekend I hopped on a greyhound and went to Canberra (the capital of Australia) and spent the weekend with my friend Kimberley. I met Kimberley in Vancouver three summers ago when she flew over to volunteer as an intern at one of the Urban Promise summer day camps. On Saturday night we went out for dinner to celebrate Kim's birthday. She turned 22. During dinner Kim and I realized that I had spent her birthday with her three years ago. If you had told me then that I'd be spending her birthday with her again in three years in Australia, I probably wouldn't have believed you.

Sunday she took me to this flower festival. It has huge. People from all over Australia were there just for this event. It was pretty cool. They (the festival organizers?) looked into various flower festivals that take place around the world. Then they brought those flowers to Canberra and represented all the countries in this enormous national park. You'd take a map from the guides and walk around different sections of the park, each of which represented a country, and ooo and ahhh over the flowers. It was beautiful. There were also little markets, street performers, and art exhibitions. I had an amazing time, though the weather sucked a bit. I, being the forgetful person I am, left my camera in Sydney. So I had to buy a 10 shots disposable camera for 12 bucks. Yes, can you say rip off? I haven't developed those photos yet. When I develop them, find a scanner and scan them, they will be up here. Don't hold your breath. But I found Canada among the countries at the festival! There was a sea of red Canadian tulips there. Apparently every spring they appear everywhere in Ottawa.

After I came back from Canberra I basically partied with Nadia. Every night this past week. Except Tuesday night. That'd be five nights. A self-centered week indeeed. Oh but I did volunteer as an usher last weekend at the National Youth Shakespeare Company's production of Titus Andronicus. But other than that it was all partying. So I definitely need to take a break from that scene and concentrate on uni for this last month. If you catch me partying please drag me back home.

So I'm sorry for the lack of photos. I went out this past week with a bunch of German and American backpackers. And being the tourists they are, they snapped away all night. I need to get those photos off of them as well. So until then, this photo will have to suffice. It really says nothing about my spring break. I just want a photo up here with this post. I was yapping away on the phone and checking my email the other day when my friend found my camera and decided to waste two minutes of his life.

Look closely at my phone. Is that a...yes it is. Yes I did put a "Canada Kicks Ass" sticker on the back of my mobile. The sticker > courtesy of Nadia Vanderkuip's going away care package.


Canada kicks so much ass.