Archive for March, 2009

Just came back from a blizzard

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Went skiing again today. Cripes! Stevens Pass got a lot of snow today and skiing was fun but dangerous. It was snowing heavily and the winds were blowing hard – had several instances where I had to stop because of white-out conditions.

Today was the first time I ever drove a car that got stuck in the snow. My friends had to push my car out of the parking lot. Also, today was the first time that a highway closed due to snow conditions – my friends and I had to wait 3 hours for the road to reopen.

I’m done for the night – I am damn glad that I got my friends home safely.

As promised, the pictures:

It’s been awhile

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Time to dust off the good old blog. February has been a hectic month in terms of life and work.

On the work-side, I got myself a promotion – a bit more money and a bit more prestige. My boss says that I’m doing work that is exceeding the expectations of entry level devs. I would beg to differ since I think I’m still quite inferior in knowledge with respect to my coworkers. I’m looking forward to doing more hard work to gain the next level. I need to do better.

On the life-side, I’ve been skiing once every two weeks so far. My friends and I have covered almost all the ski resorts in Washington state – Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass, and Snoqualmie. There’s one more resort that we haven’t visited yet and that’s Mount Baker which is quite a long drive away. My skiing skills have improved significantly over this season and I’m quite proud of that feat.

Some recent events… last weekend, my friend Brett and I went up to Vancouver and met up with our Co-op Japan friends. We spent the weekend skiing in Whistler which was a lot of fun… remember from my last trip up to Whistler, I really didn’t do much skiing at all – I slid on my butt for most of the run. This time however, I got my revenge and was able to ski swiftly on the blue-coloured trails. Anyway, I talked enough I think… once again, I’ll let the pictures do the talking

I have some video also but I need to convert them over to flash format first. Will post later on.