Trains, trains, traaaaaaains!

This entire post will be somewhat of a picture storybook. Initiate:
We left Nova Scotia after stopping at Canada's biggest candy shop and I got a chili pepper lollipop.



Then we left Nova Scotia and, the next day, went to a new state for me:



While at a stop there, we noticed a strange U.S. practice.



So naturally, me and Ali had to demo it:



We left Maine and slept.



The next day, we drove down to Hopewell Rocks, N.S. and took some sweet pics.



Then that afternoon we got on the train for our day 1/2 long voyage to Quebec city. Me and Bryn colored in the meantime.



I smiled and found lots of pillows and a shawl on the train:





We slept on the train (it was awesome):



Now we are in Quebec city.



We are gonna take the train to Ottawa in the morning, stay there until after Canada day on Tuesday, and then fly back home on Wednesday! Bye.

Did you know I was travelling?

Well yes I am! Hahayar, yeah we are still out East, and we were supposed to go to Newfoundland yesterday. However, our ferry got canceled so we just made the best of the situation and toured Nova Scotia more extensively.
First, we went on a puffin boat tour:


Then I took pictures of things:


And here are some pictures from before:




The first was a pic of me when we first crossed the Confederation Bridge into Prince Edward Island. The second was a picture of a lighthouse under construction that I took our second day in Nova Scotia. Today, we drove extensively along the beautifully scenic Cabot trail and got a hotel shortly after leaving Cape Breton Island for good. Tomorrow we will go back to New Brunswick and hopefully Maine, as I have not been there before. We will probably cross the U.S. border in the early afternoon and spend a few minutes in one of the states I have never been to previously, so I can add another to the list. To actually see my list, add me as a friend on facebook or something. My map of places I have been is right on my main page. OK, that's all for now, folks! I hope you are all having a great time back home, and that I can see you again soon. I'm out,
Ty

I still exist

Hello Humans,
I have hereby continued my existence here on earth, as you may have gathered from my title and the fact that I am still posting away. Yesterday, we went all over Halifax and did sweet stuff there. It was cool, and I love that city and would very much like to live there, but either way, you know? Then, today, we left Halifax and our hotel early for a small trip to the Tanallon Seventh-Day Adventist Church. We had a nice worship service there, and then they invited us to a lovely potluck meal afterwards. It was quite tasty, and I ate the food. Then we left and drove for like five hours to Sydney, Nova Scotia, which is in the Northern crotch of Cape Breton Island. It is quite pretty here, and I like it lots. Well, I had a lovely Sabbath day, the scenery was great, I had awesome music, and there was plenty of lively people to spend the time with. About halfway through our trek, we stopped in Atangonish, N.S. for supper. As you can see below, I used the foil from my cherry blossom dessert as a makeshift beard to supplement my own:

Well, those were pretty much the highlights of my day, and now here are some tidbits that are sure to be the highlights of yours. Did you know that The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour is 61,000? Well, its true, and in about a week and a few days, I will be one of them yet again. Now go here: garfieldminusgarfield.net. If you haven't already gone there from my link on the left, go there now. Its a fun time. Cya!
Ty

Life is Good.

So we left P.E.I. on a ferry, and arrived in N.S. about an hour later. It has been awesome in Nova Scotia so far, and I finally have some pics to post! Tomorrow we are going to go around Halifax (thats where we now have a hotel for two days) and then we are gonna do other stuff I guess. Well enjoy my pics, or else:



OK, so that was me, and me in the East. I will prolly post tomorrow with more info and junk, thanks for reading!
Ty

Ousht de Strousen, du Vilkenfreiken

Hi people, I am in P.E.I. Yes, it is the place where Anne of Green Gables was invented and stuff. Umm yeah, so since I last posted, I have been to Ottawa for the whole weekend, and me and my dad flew out on Monday. We were supposed to fly out on Sunday, but there was bad weather in Toronto, so we ended up just chilling in the airplane on the ground for upwards of six hours, and didn't get off it until almost 8 hours, after we finally got to Toronto. That was fun, but I finally met up with my sisters, mom, and grandparents, and now the "we" will also include them. We all got an airport in Toronto (as they were delayed as well), and then we started our flight early in the morning from there all the way to Moncton, N.B. So then we drove to P.E.I. and had a good time here yesterday. We did a bunch of touring today, and I swam in the gulf of St. Lawrence! It was super cold, and stuff, but things are awesome, including life. Anyways, now I'm gonna sleep and we're gonna head out early tomorrow for N.S. and it probably will make me love it. OK, I will post again soon (probably tomorrow) with pics facts, and links. Have a good one,
Ty

Yeah, the trip again.

So I just read Ali's blog post and realized that she is doing a whole blog based on our tip over at ehq_travels. So yeah, if you want to know actual good details and probably see some pics, head over there. I will keep up my regular posts though, as well as a few ones about our trip. Its just that I am so bad about trip details and pictures in situations like this. So read about us, learn about us, and love us. The link will be on your left as well. We sure are getting a whole network of Quirings and their trips going here!
-Ty
Oh yeah, about me! I totally just finished my test for 20-20, and I'm not sure if I passed yet. If I do, they will give me a certificate naming me a Certified Cabinet Catalog Creator for 20-20 Catalog Tools. What a title! Its better than a PhD. So yeah, lets hope I pass. I think my test is almost done being graded... see you on the flip side,
-Ty (again)

An Intersection

Today's post is not titled for the streets themselves that I walked on last night, but rather how the trip me and my dad took to the heart of Montreal happened to cause my promised pics, link, and fact of the day to intersect and coincide. First the pics, which will introduce the link, which will introduce the fact. So we had a great evening spending hours metro-ing, walking, and taxi-ing around Montreal. We also ate food.

This is a picture of my dad from the top of Mont Royal, the mountain that Montreal is named for. Cool stuff.

This is one of many racoons that were chilling at the top of the mountain as well. I think they are the first ones I've ever seen, and not even in the wild.

This is a pretty cool Montrealean sculpture/obelisk/monument/statue/devil worship object that is at the bottom of Mont Royal. It was sweet. (Taken from a taxi. I know, I am just that good.)

So pretty much, it was a sweet day. But anyways, on to the fact and link. Today's fact is that I cropped, rotated, edited, and touched up all of the above pictures online at Picnik.com, which was, in turn, the link for today.

So there you have it, I really do have a life, and I also have a father. Have a great couple days until I post again.
-Ty

My Continuing Training

Well, yesterday the training seemed to be going pretty well. Me and my dad were less lost than we were the first day. It even began to be slightly fun. Then I came back to the hotel and relaxed. I finished my book, The Giver. It was pretty shwankin'. I would recommend it to people that can read. Then I got a call from my buddy Guian Goulet, then me and my dad stayed up 'till 1:30 booking train tickets for the rest of our trip. So that took hours and hours, figuring out prices and configurations online, cuz we are going to be travelling quite a bit by train. I think its gonna be loadsa fun. So yeah, its lunchtime here at 20-20, but training today has gone fairly well again. I figured out how to configure a complex cabinet, and now we are working on medium-complexity formulas and things. So things are going well, and I may even post again later today, because we are going to visit the city of Montreal itself for awhile tonight. I promise to provide some pictures of it, as well as some random facts or links, the next time I post.
Have a life or two,
Ty

Montreal

Hello,
No fun facts or links today, I'm sorry (half my readers leave (what, like one person?)). But anyways, I am here in Montreal for that training thingy. But first, my weekend. This past weekend on Friday at 12:00 noon, I left for UCA (the academy I graduated from) for part of the graduation ceremony. Bryn came down with me, and we had a blast. Then I drove 5 hours back on Sabbath evening to Kelowna, where my Dad and I flew out from at 7:00 am to Montreal, QC. We got to the airport several hours later, even accounting for the time change of three hours. We got a car and got to our hotel after getting lost several times, and then we went out to eat at some nice Italian restaurant. We then came back to the hotel, I read for quite awhile, and then we slept. We got up at 6:00 on the morning of Monday, June 9. We had a pretty sweet breakfast for a hotel, cuz they actually had eggs and stuff, so that was yummy and I ate hugely. Then we got ready and left for The 2020 Technologies World Headquarters for our day of training. It began pretty harshly with a blind somersault into the complex program, and got crazier from there right until the end of the day. Then we left with pounds of textbooks and went to go get food and stuff. We drove around trying to find a place to buy a GPS for awhile, then we got one and continued on to Subway. After that, my dad played with his GPS while I went to Chapters for 2 books and 3 magazines to supplement my reading fix for-hopefully-the rest of the trip. Then we came back to the hotel and now I'm typing. Good night and I love you all (all one of you, I guess),
Ty

Finally, a bit about me!

So yesterday, I received a call telling me that the glasses I had ordered were in. Well this was just in time, as my eyes were finally rebelling from the constant use I had made of contacts for the past month. They hurt pretty bad, and when I went to try my new glasses on, the lady told me I had to see the eye doctor right away. So about an hour later I went to my eye doctor and he told me I had to go see an opthamologist. Did I mention I was supposed to be working this whole time? Well, after eating lunch, I got an appointment with one of the specialists I had seen before about my Iritis (don't ask, just know it hurts like shinsplints and don't get it). So I went to the specialist, and he told me not to wear contacts for like two weeks and to use these drops. Then I went to London Drugs for my prescription. We got a bunch of stuff and then came home to finally relax. Only later, when I wanted to drive to my friend's house, did I realize that I had misplaced my wallet. So that sucked. This morning at work I tried to call London Drugs and they didn't have it, so I called the specialist's office again and the receptionist told me that she had my wallet sitting there. I was so relieved! Anyways, I had a crazy day, and I like my new glasses. Anyways, did you know that "karaoke" means "empty orchestra" in Japanese? Me neither. Also, have you ever wondered why so many people these days are obsessed with ninjas? Go here now. As well, to figure out how any bug would fare against any other bug in a fight-to-the-death, go here now. Peace,
Ty

Today in History

Did you know that today in 1989 the Chinese meanness at Tienanmen square began? Also, darwinawards.com tells us that on the 3rd of June, 2006, two rambunctious students spotted a large helium-filled advertising balloon. Logically, they immediately saw the fun they could have with a gas-filled corporate tool, and pulled it down. Climbing inside, they began to inhale the helium, giggling in a high-pitched tone as they did. Soon enough, however, they passed out from the lack of oxygen and happily asphyxiated. At any rate, some people believe that there is actually a worst website ever, and I must say I agree, based on a design standpoint alone, let alone content. Check it here: bermuda-triangle.org Now that that is out of the way, we can return to our history. On June 3, 2008, I finished editing this post and clicked "Publish."

I still exist.

Hey all, its me and I just wanted you to all know that I am still around. I mean, isn't that the point of a blog? Well, last week was fraught with work, and then I did sound for the OKAA graduation (the school I used to go to in Kelowna, BC). So that was eventful and yaygood. This weekend I plan to head out to Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Washington (where I took my senior year of high school) to say hi to my buds that are graduating from there. Then I have to drive all the way back to home, and re-pack for my flight that leaves Sunday morning out of Kelowna at 7:00. I am going to Montreal where I am gonna be training for some software that I need to learn for my summer job. After that, Ali, Bryn, and my Mum are meeting me and my Dad (he is coming out to Montreal with me) to tour Canada's vast and intruiguing East coast. That is going to be taking place for the following two weeks or so, until sometime after Canada day (July 1), which we plan to spend in Ottawa, Ont. Then we're gonna leave. Just so you know, I plan to be breathing the whole time, and so should you. Check out this video:

Thanks alot, see you later.
Ty
P.S. I will try to update you on my trip on here or something.