Ever since I've been here, I feel as though time doesn't exist. Which is great, but sometimes it's like I'm not living in reality. But then again, that's how summer should be like, no? Enjoying the moment you're in and the people you're with and the simple things that you're doing. Such as trying to solve the New York Times crossword puzzles and having sudoko battles with your sister.

We went out and about during the past couple days. On Monday, my family and I went downtown to have some sushi at a place called Toyama. The sushi here is cheap and fantastic! If any of you happen to visit me, I would definitely take you to lunch here.

Lunch, all you can eat sushi = $11 = one happy camper

We walked around after lunch for a little while but we didn't stay long enough for me to really get a good sense of the city. With the tall buildings on the side and the many trolley lines above me, I felt a little caged. It's huge and we only walked a few blocks, so I'm gonna have to go back downtown if I want to write anything worthwhile about the city. I'm planning on going to the ever so famous Stanley Park some time soon, so stay tuned!

this is what i mean by "caged"

ok, so it turns out weed isn't exactly legal here. but, as you can see, it's "openly abundant"

After lunch, we decided to drive up Cypress Mountain, one of the many mountains nearby. The whole way up, Debbie kept saying "It's Twilight!" It was rather grey that day, so it did have this Twilight-ish, mysterious feel. When we got pretty high up the mountain, we were literally driving in clouds. And it was cold.

There was a stop in the middle of the mountain where you could see the city down below. Granted, it was cloudy that day, but you could tell the city was under a lot of smog. The scene was beautiful, nevertheless!

Twilight, no?

Just yesterday, my sister and I went out with our friends to visit the University of British Columbia. A lot of it was under construction, but you could definitely feel the collegiate atmosphere. It's huge, especially compared to Haverford's tiny campus (please note: bigger does not in any way mean better). haha :)

the "Harry Potter" room. The wall was covered with portraits

We went to the Museum of Anthropology where we spent too much money and too little time to look at all the pretty things in there. A good portion of the museum was dedicated to the amazing art of the First Nations. In my very first post, I had mentioned something about Eskimo art at the airport. Turns out, that's one of the many stupid things we silly Americans assume. I was kindly corrected by a friend that it was First Nation art (Inuit or Aboriginal...I forget) not Eskimo art.

These "masks" are actually dishes for feasts.

"The Raven" one of the most famous sculptures in the museum.

They're very detailed with their body parts

This guy was carving a moon mask for the 2010 Winter Olympics!

There were a lot of beautiful totem poles

but the huge window made it hard for me to

get all the pretty colors. But you can tell

they were enormous, eh?

There were several gardens on campus, but we only went to one of them--it was free. Here's a group shot with (almost) everyone in our youth group.

I see these guys like...everyday.

And because I'm feeling lazy.........the end.

The next blog will be about features of my new habitat.