Upon arriving in Turkey all Canadians have to purchase a visa, and it must be paid for in cash. I wasn't carrying cash, which worked out pretty well for me: I was escorted past the lineup at passport control to a bank machine, I paid the man, and was on my way. No delays or lineups, not even a cavity search. I haven't had a lot of time to get out and about in Ankara, but what I have seen has been great. The food here is excellent, and the people are very friendly. There is an unusually large ratio of good looking women here, which is especially strange considering that most of the old women are four feet tall and roundish. The population of Ankara is mainly (90% I was told) Muslim. Five times a day there is a "call to prayer" (sweet wav file included) that can clearly be heard throughout the city. The first time I heard this I was in a taxi with a Mosque on one side of the car, and transvestite prostitutes on the other. Strange to say the least. There has been alcohol in most of the restaurants I've been to, and there is a stocked mini bar in my room. I had assumed before coming here that things would be more uptight and there wouldn't be alcohol and the like..

Anyways things are going well, working lots and the weather's great.

Lots going on these days. It's summer and we're already into the full swing of things. This past weekend Dayna and I took a spontaneous trip to Victoria to see her sister and speedo. The girls baked on the beach while speedo and I played some frolf. We also managed to stop in and see Eric & Jill for some bocci and a delicious BBQ.
Tomorrow is an extremely big day for Dayna as she's graduating from SFU. She's done extremely well and there will be a lot of proud people watching her walk up. We're going to head out for a celebratory dinner with both of our parents which should be great. After that I'm off to Turkey for a little while, and should be back in plenty of time for Mottiepalooza VI (not emacs).

That's it for now..

Wow I've been busy. Between the growing my Canucks playoff beard, Dodgeball, Volleyball, starting an Ultimate team and wedding planning I haven't had any time to think for the past few weeks. My tennis rival moves to Vancouver on May 1 and so I'll soon have another hobby to add to the mix.

Friday my parents were kind enough to deliver our new TV and so far we love it. LCD is so much better than rear projection, and it makes our living room look so much larger.

That's my quickie update for the day..

Apparently spring has sprung. This past weekend was the first in forever without rain, and it was also the first weekend I've worked 15 hours every day since summer. I slept like the dead last night, and am ready to head to dodgeball tonight.

What I've been up to:

Dodgeball, our team is in 2nd place with a very respectable 27 and 3 record. I'm pretty sure we lead the league in headshots as well, which isn't intentional, but is pretty sweet.

A friend and I are trying to organize an Ultimate team for the upcoming VUL Summer league. I've been playing for about 7 years now and it's about time I took the reins and captained a team. We're trying to get a bunch of athletic people who like to drink beer on the sidelines, can't be too tough I would think.

The Canucks are 2 wins away from winning the Northwest division, I am praying to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I can get playoff tickets..

Dayna's finished her first semester of school and has almost all of April off, so wedding planning is going to kick into high gear. I'm hoping I can convince her to go with this cake.

I still haven't completed my taxes and my accountant hates me. Hopefully I can do that this week.

Last but not least, it's Brad's birthday, so head on over to shogunate.ca and wish him a happy birthday.