Bus tour adventures, April 2005 edition / birth date meaning, personality type
Bus trip:
THURSDAY
7:45 AM - The tour guide / driver introduces himself to us as Thomas. He reminds me of those wise old Shaolin monks.
7:50 AM - I note with considerable relief that there are NO washrooms on this tour bus... yay! There will be NO repeats of what happened the last time I was on a bus tour! (where almost everyone used the tour bus washroom despite announcements from the tour bus driver and guide NOT to use it!)
8:20 AM - We load the tour bus onto the ferry to Victoria. The interior of the loading deck reminds me of the USS Hornet... if my sister is reading this, SHUT UP! :P
9:05 AM - Find myself thinking of Dominic. Ah, sweet contemplation!
10:15 AM - I finally figure out who my aunt Janis reminds me of: one of the Awana moms, Mrs. Zhou. (mother to Carmen and Jasemine) Janis also KINDA looks like Edwin and Karen's mom Susan, years ago when I first knew her.
11:46 AM - Go to Butchart Gardens, where we walk around and view the lovely gardens... my mom would LOVE this place! (actually, I think she's been here too) I enjoy various scents of lotion at the gift shop: peony, rose, magnolia, and more. Mmm, flowery scents... :D
1:15 PM - Have lunch at a local Boston Pizza, where I introduce Janis to the wild and novel concept of (gasp!) actually including your tip when you pay your bill in a non-Chinese restaurant! I think she was thrown off by Thomas' mention of putting your tip on the table after meals in restaurants. No wonder she thought her two $20 bills were way too much for our $35.19 bill, haha! I say it was just fine, and override her objections by saying firmly that additional loonies and toonies weren't needed on the $40 total.
2:30 PM - We have three hours to explore the Parliament Buildings / the Royal Wax Museum in Victoria. That's a vast improvement over the measly 15 minutes we were given to accomplish a similar thing in Ottawa last summer!
2:50 PM - My aunt and I wander around the Empress Hotel, and look at pedicabs and horse-driven carriages. The horses bring back my childhood memories of horseback riding lessons out in Langley or Surrey, plus certain Manning Park memories. (Grandma's perfume helped to lessen the stink of the horses, let's just say...)
4:12 PM - Get to know my aunt a little better, and also review Canadian coinage with her. A loonie and a toonie are NOT the same! She also thinks I walk too fast, but I guess it's unconscious. (Palmer knows this very well, haha)
4:45 PM - Amuse myself by saying "fo' shizzle my nizzle rizzle bizzle quizzle a'dizzle" over and over in my head. My aunt would think I'm nuts, but I don't really care! :D
5:15 PM - I have increasing thoughts of both Palmer and Jasmine... aiyoh! The thoughts are both fairly discomfiting and comforting all at once; I have no idea what to make of them.
5:45 PM - Get to hotel and check in after a suitably long day... phew!
6:10 PM - Discuss spiritual and family matters with my aunt. She says she'd like my dad to know about the increased understanding she's had of certain things. Janis also wants me to go to Hong Kong or Taiwan with him one of these days. We'll see if THAT ever happens! She informs me that she paid for this tour, and thought it would be awkward if my dad went with her... so this is a chance to get to know me better. I guess that works!
7:30 PM - Aunt Janis and I eat dinner at a Chinese restaurant near the hotel. The BBQ pork looks really artificial, but the waitress says that the Westerners won't eat it if it's not colored garishly red. There are also onions in both the chow mein and the hot and sour soup... suffice to say that they don't belong in either of those dishes!
8:10 PM - Play the "... in bed" game with the fortune cookies we receive as dessert, with utterly hilarious results. Makes for perfect journalling material, even if it IS immature! *laughs and winks*
"You can plan now with confidence.... in bed"
"With renewed energy, accomplish what you can... in bed"
HAHAHAHA! Aunt wants to know what's so funny. Never mind!
8:45 PM - After a quick shower, I go "walkabout" in the hotel. I check out the liquor store next door, but don't buy anything... I don't want to horrify my aunt! Saw some interesting things there, though! ;)
9:10 PM - Janis tells me the reason WHY she went to the bathroom at least ten times today. Dude, there IS such a thing as way too much friggin' information! I definitely DO NOT want to know her cycle! Hey, I exercised tact and restraint by not telling her about the fortune cookie game... sheesh! Do the same for me!
10:05 PM - Fall asleep ridiculously early, tired out from all the walking and the long day. Dream that Frances told me that she's pregnant, which made me concerned for the toddlers in Sunday School. (I don't know anything about teaching them, y'see) I also have comforting thoughts about certain new friends of mine. They'd be horrified, I think! But good thoughts are always a plus. ;)
FRIDAY
7:20 AM - Get wakeup call from the front desk. I remember the "hotel front desk pranking guests" prank phone call, and am amused. :D
8:10 AM - Watch Spongebob Squarepants while eating a breakfast that consists of the leftovers from yesterday's lunch.
9:30 AM - Think of Eric, Christon, and my other DF friends. I pray and hope that their upcoming camp this weekend goes well and is safe.
10:25 AM - Stop somewhere to look at giant red cedars. We also stop somewhere else to go on a totem pole tour. They're both interesting in their own ways.
12:10 PM - Drive around Chemainus and look at all the historical mural paintings. Those things are quite interesting, actually! My aunt buys some stuff for me at the local grocery store: bubble gum / cotton candy-flavored Jello, butterscotch Jello pudding mix, and creamy wild rice / chicken noodle / vegetable beef Bear Creek soup mixes.
1:20 PM - Have lunch in Nanaimo just prior to getting on the ferry to go back to Vancouver. Introduce Janis to poutine, which she seems to like. No, you can't just get it at ANY fast-food place! Her pronunciation of the foreign word varies from "pudding" to "podding".. it's almost comical. She also thinks I eat too fast... no way! Reminds me of Yazmine thinking the same thing, though!
2:02 PM - If Aunt Janis mentions "going to (the) toilet" one more time, I think I'll explode! Personally, I think she's obsessed with it somehow. No, I don't need to use it at least half the time she asks... but she DOES put the idea in my head so I have the urge to go! AIYA!
3:25 PM - Ferry ride to Horseshoe Bay. Finish Lord John and the Private Matter, and start drafting this entry. Aunt Janis also thinks I read too fast... hey, I'm bored and I'll do anything for entertainment! (no, that statement is NOT meant to be taken literally! :P)
4:05 PM - Aunt wonders if I need exercise after sitting for over an hour. Dude, I've sat for far longer than that at the computer! *laugh*
4:45 PM - Finally on the way home! Finish drafting this entry, as well. Aunt offers to switch from the bed to the couch: she thinks I'm very attached to my bed, and my "hours need to be regulated." While I admit to a certain amount of attachment to my bed, I'm not so sure my hours need to be regulated THAT much! :P
5:20 PM - The driver announces that we will be dropping off all the Coquitlam people first before the Richmond people. I then personally think he's gone insane, particularly as we're halfway into Richmond already. As it turns out, the Richmond people do indeed get dropped off first. That's because Richmond RULES! :D
6:15 PM - Go to eat dinner with my parents at Hon's. They think I talk too fast, and also try to plan ahead too much. Hey, all I want to know is what we'll be doing on Sunday!
7:30 PM - Finally home, where I've been typing up this entry for the past hour or so. Now it's time to catch up on 40 hours' worth of stuff... I'm in serious "skim mode" here! ;)
THURSDAY
7:45 AM - The tour guide / driver introduces himself to us as Thomas. He reminds me of those wise old Shaolin monks.
7:50 AM - I note with considerable relief that there are NO washrooms on this tour bus... yay! There will be NO repeats of what happened the last time I was on a bus tour! (where almost everyone used the tour bus washroom despite announcements from the tour bus driver and guide NOT to use it!)
8:20 AM - We load the tour bus onto the ferry to Victoria. The interior of the loading deck reminds me of the USS Hornet... if my sister is reading this, SHUT UP! :P
9:05 AM - Find myself thinking of Dominic. Ah, sweet contemplation!
10:15 AM - I finally figure out who my aunt Janis reminds me of: one of the Awana moms, Mrs. Zhou. (mother to Carmen and Jasemine) Janis also KINDA looks like Edwin and Karen's mom Susan, years ago when I first knew her.
11:46 AM - Go to Butchart Gardens, where we walk around and view the lovely gardens... my mom would LOVE this place! (actually, I think she's been here too) I enjoy various scents of lotion at the gift shop: peony, rose, magnolia, and more. Mmm, flowery scents... :D
1:15 PM - Have lunch at a local Boston Pizza, where I introduce Janis to the wild and novel concept of (gasp!) actually including your tip when you pay your bill in a non-Chinese restaurant! I think she was thrown off by Thomas' mention of putting your tip on the table after meals in restaurants. No wonder she thought her two $20 bills were way too much for our $35.19 bill, haha! I say it was just fine, and override her objections by saying firmly that additional loonies and toonies weren't needed on the $40 total.
2:30 PM - We have three hours to explore the Parliament Buildings / the Royal Wax Museum in Victoria. That's a vast improvement over the measly 15 minutes we were given to accomplish a similar thing in Ottawa last summer!
2:50 PM - My aunt and I wander around the Empress Hotel, and look at pedicabs and horse-driven carriages. The horses bring back my childhood memories of horseback riding lessons out in Langley or Surrey, plus certain Manning Park memories. (Grandma's perfume helped to lessen the stink of the horses, let's just say...)
4:12 PM - Get to know my aunt a little better, and also review Canadian coinage with her. A loonie and a toonie are NOT the same! She also thinks I walk too fast, but I guess it's unconscious. (Palmer knows this very well, haha)
4:45 PM - Amuse myself by saying "fo' shizzle my nizzle rizzle bizzle quizzle a'dizzle" over and over in my head. My aunt would think I'm nuts, but I don't really care! :D
5:15 PM - I have increasing thoughts of both Palmer and Jasmine... aiyoh! The thoughts are both fairly discomfiting and comforting all at once; I have no idea what to make of them.
5:45 PM - Get to hotel and check in after a suitably long day... phew!
6:10 PM - Discuss spiritual and family matters with my aunt. She says she'd like my dad to know about the increased understanding she's had of certain things. Janis also wants me to go to Hong Kong or Taiwan with him one of these days. We'll see if THAT ever happens! She informs me that she paid for this tour, and thought it would be awkward if my dad went with her... so this is a chance to get to know me better. I guess that works!
7:30 PM - Aunt Janis and I eat dinner at a Chinese restaurant near the hotel. The BBQ pork looks really artificial, but the waitress says that the Westerners won't eat it if it's not colored garishly red. There are also onions in both the chow mein and the hot and sour soup... suffice to say that they don't belong in either of those dishes!
8:10 PM - Play the "... in bed" game with the fortune cookies we receive as dessert, with utterly hilarious results. Makes for perfect journalling material, even if it IS immature! *laughs and winks*
"You can plan now with confidence.... in bed"
"With renewed energy, accomplish what you can... in bed"
HAHAHAHA! Aunt wants to know what's so funny. Never mind!
8:45 PM - After a quick shower, I go "walkabout" in the hotel. I check out the liquor store next door, but don't buy anything... I don't want to horrify my aunt! Saw some interesting things there, though! ;)
9:10 PM - Janis tells me the reason WHY she went to the bathroom at least ten times today. Dude, there IS such a thing as way too much friggin' information! I definitely DO NOT want to know her cycle! Hey, I exercised tact and restraint by not telling her about the fortune cookie game... sheesh! Do the same for me!
10:05 PM - Fall asleep ridiculously early, tired out from all the walking and the long day. Dream that Frances told me that she's pregnant, which made me concerned for the toddlers in Sunday School. (I don't know anything about teaching them, y'see) I also have comforting thoughts about certain new friends of mine. They'd be horrified, I think! But good thoughts are always a plus. ;)
FRIDAY
7:20 AM - Get wakeup call from the front desk. I remember the "hotel front desk pranking guests" prank phone call, and am amused. :D
8:10 AM - Watch Spongebob Squarepants while eating a breakfast that consists of the leftovers from yesterday's lunch.
9:30 AM - Think of Eric, Christon, and my other DF friends. I pray and hope that their upcoming camp this weekend goes well and is safe.
10:25 AM - Stop somewhere to look at giant red cedars. We also stop somewhere else to go on a totem pole tour. They're both interesting in their own ways.
12:10 PM - Drive around Chemainus and look at all the historical mural paintings. Those things are quite interesting, actually! My aunt buys some stuff for me at the local grocery store: bubble gum / cotton candy-flavored Jello, butterscotch Jello pudding mix, and creamy wild rice / chicken noodle / vegetable beef Bear Creek soup mixes.
1:20 PM - Have lunch in Nanaimo just prior to getting on the ferry to go back to Vancouver. Introduce Janis to poutine, which she seems to like. No, you can't just get it at ANY fast-food place! Her pronunciation of the foreign word varies from "pudding" to "podding".. it's almost comical. She also thinks I eat too fast... no way! Reminds me of Yazmine thinking the same thing, though!
2:02 PM - If Aunt Janis mentions "going to (the) toilet" one more time, I think I'll explode! Personally, I think she's obsessed with it somehow. No, I don't need to use it at least half the time she asks... but she DOES put the idea in my head so I have the urge to go! AIYA!
3:25 PM - Ferry ride to Horseshoe Bay. Finish Lord John and the Private Matter, and start drafting this entry. Aunt Janis also thinks I read too fast... hey, I'm bored and I'll do anything for entertainment! (no, that statement is NOT meant to be taken literally! :P)
4:05 PM - Aunt wonders if I need exercise after sitting for over an hour. Dude, I've sat for far longer than that at the computer! *laugh*
4:45 PM - Finally on the way home! Finish drafting this entry, as well. Aunt offers to switch from the bed to the couch: she thinks I'm very attached to my bed, and my "hours need to be regulated." While I admit to a certain amount of attachment to my bed, I'm not so sure my hours need to be regulated THAT much! :P
5:20 PM - The driver announces that we will be dropping off all the Coquitlam people first before the Richmond people. I then personally think he's gone insane, particularly as we're halfway into Richmond already. As it turns out, the Richmond people do indeed get dropped off first. That's because Richmond RULES! :D
6:15 PM - Go to eat dinner with my parents at Hon's. They think I talk too fast, and also try to plan ahead too much. Hey, all I want to know is what we'll be doing on Sunday!
7:30 PM - Finally home, where I've been typing up this entry for the past hour or so. Now it's time to catch up on 40 hours' worth of stuff... I'm in serious "skim mode" here! ;)
Your Birthdate: September 17 |
Your birth on the 17th day of the month suggests that you are very lucky financially, because this date indicates a solid business sense. Although you are probably very honest and ethical, this birthday enables you to be shrewd and successful in the world of business and commercial enterprise. You have excellent organizational, managerial, and administrative capabilities enabling you to handle large projects and significant amounts of money with relative ease. You are ambitious and highly goal-oriented, although you may be better at starting projects than you are at finishing them. A sensitivity in your nature, often repressed below the surface of awareness, makes it hard to give or receive affection. |
Your #1 Match: ISFP |
The Artist You are a gifted artist or musician (though your talents may be dormant right now). You enjoy spending your free time in nature, and you are good with animals and children. Simply put, you enjoy beauty in all its forms and live for the simple pleasures in life. Gentle, sensitive, and compassionate - you are good at recognizing people's unspoken needs. You would make a good veterinarian, pediatrician, or composer. |
Your #2 Match: ESFP |
The Performer You are a natural performer and happiest when you're entertaining others. A great friend, you are generous, fun-loving, and optimistic. You love to laugh - and you like almost all people equally. You accept life as it is, and you do your best to make each day fantastic. You would make a good actor, designer, or counsellor. |
Your #3 Match: ISFJ |
The Nurturer You have a strong need to belong, and you're very loyal. A good listener, you excel at helping others in practical ways. In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music. You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for. You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist. |
Your #4 Match: ESFJ |
The Caregiver You are sympathetic and caring, putting friends and family first. A creature of habit, you prefer routines and have trouble with change. You love being in groups - whether you're helping people or working on a project. You are good at listening, laughing, and bringing out the best in people. You would make a great nurse, social worker, or teacher. |
Your #5 Match: INFP |
The Idealist You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships. It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close. But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop. You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist. |
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