What the hell does that stand for.... British Columbia reaching 150 years. Happy Birthday BC. This past weekend was a long weekend and to be honest it was nucken futs! There has been lots going on here at the moment. The HSBC Celebration of Light has just finished, which is three countries Canada, China and the USA competing against each other in four separate nights of fireworks running over two weeks... everybody likes exploding things in the sky especially when they are choreographed to music... its the simple things right! Gay Pride was on like a condom, a parade where gay people and their loved ones get to show a stack load of pride! I will touch on this as it is one thing I like about Vancouver... It doesn't matter what colour your spots are, what walk of life you come from, it is a very open arms community... to that I say... "well played Vancouver". To quote Bob Dylan... "The times they are a-changing".
Having said that... I'm not going to lie to you... Whilst 500,000 people watched the gayest thing in town since George Michael played GM Place... best mate Bowe and I skipped off to the local tennis courts. Usually packed, the courts were empty and we played 2-3 glorious hours of tennis. Genius... the old "Whilst people are looking at something over there... we'll do something cheeky over here". Question... does that mean lots of gay people play tennis?
Just quickly... this was the view for The Celebration of Light from the deck of 'The Boathouse'. For the last three nights of the fireworks I was broadcasting live for Rock 101 from here overlooking English Bay. Wow... did I get spoilt or what! So basically I was broadcasting from the sponsors event. 3 Course dinner and the rest... I will not say wether my words were slurred by the end of each broadcast. My favourite moment....
This Chinese guy leans over from his table and shakes my hand...
Chinese guy: "So are you broadcasting live from here?"
Me: "Yeah mate until midnight, great night, are you working here or working with HSBC?"
Chinese guy: "No, no I'm the Police Commissioner"
Me: "Cough... Oh right"
Awkward!! We did have a great conversation afterwards and I got to learn the ins and outs of the Vancouver Police Commissioners work day. Great guy. I did however feel right out of place, hobnobbing it with the Minister of Finance and the Police Commissioner when I am just a poor Australian trying to find his way in the world. Mum and Dad you will be proud this is the night I decided to wear my flip flops and jeans! Zoe joined me on the final night and we had a great time.
This is where Rod Stewart comes into the blog... One of the soundtracks to the fireworks featured Rod Stewart's 'Forever Young"... what a great song. Seriously, it has almost pipped Maggie May as one of my favourite songs ever! It made us think of our Mum and Dads. We got a little homesick I will not lie... even a little teary whilst watching the fireworks. Please reacquaint yourselves with the song below... What a great message!
Rocking Rod Stewart! Gotta love it.
Much love to our respective Mums and Dads!
An update too... I just got the gig as Kool Fm's drive announcer, I start August 25th. Very excited, we get to move to Victoria on Vancouver Island... stunning place! It is making us feel much more settled and we are really looking forward to getting there. On the same day all of Zoe's teaching qualifications arrived in the mail! We also just learnt that my parents, Deborah and Jim booked 6 weeks holidays with their friends Harry and Jackie and they are coming over here next April 09. Happy Days! Can't wait!
Thanks for stopping by, Mitch and Zobo xo
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