It's is definitely Friday

Well a fine week is over. I am getting a little worried that I am
going to get enormously fat out here because I'm eating 3 good meals a
day. This is mostly due to the fact that I work closely with two
other consultants and we tend to get together for breakfast, lunch and
dinner.

Anyway it's more than I usually eat regardless. So I went to the gym
in the building this morning. I sauntered on the treadmill for 20
minutes, and after about 15 minutes of slowly increasing speed my
heart rate was only 130bpm. I wasn't even breaking a sweat so this
was clearly not enough, and I cranked it up so in the last five
minutes I got it up to 160. Then I lifted some freeweights.

I definitely have to get some shorts, and a shirt as I felt a bit
weird working out in my jeans. It's not even so much that it's a
fashion shoot either, but jeans are pretty annoying when you're on a
treadmill.

This weekend we have some tentative plans to go to Victoria, and if
the weather permits we might even charter a boat and cruise around.
Matt claims to be a qualified skipper so I figure we'll be alright.
:)

Enough of that, dinner awaits!

Paul

My first real day

It was an uneventful day, until we got to go to the building for the
new datacenter. It is not nearly finished - they've only just got the
framing of the walls in so far. However, we went there to see if we
could find a spot to put a temporary satellite dish on the roof.

That's where some of these pictures come from - the roof of the
Harbour Center building. We took an elevator to the 28th floor, and
walked up to the 29th. Not much room for satellites there so we were
about to give up.....when we saw a sign saying "To roof of viewing
platform" so we couldn't resist. However it was about ten flights of
stairs, so we were all a bit winded at the top. It was quite an
impressive view from up there!

The one picture that is inside a mine is from the Campbell mine I was
at two weeks ago - Terry sent it from his digi-cam. I have some more
pictures on my film camera that I have to develop yet.



Tonight we went for dinner at the Brazilian steakhouse - whose claim
to fame is a dish that is unlimited meat, which is cut from skewers by
servers wandering about. I am very full.

from the top of the Harbour Center 

trains! :) 

mountains! 

inside the mine! 

on top of the Harbour Center building 

on top of the Harbour Center building 

yet another window 

outside my lounge window 

super secret kitchenette 

my super secret spy station 

First day in Vancouver

My first post to my first blog on my first day in Vancouver.

I can't find a roaming number for MTS in Vancouver - their website says there's no number so I'm going to have to call them tomorrow to find out how this works. They can't just not have a number.

I took some pictures of the apartment, if I can figure out how to put them up I will.

You can still call me on my cell phone, or email me. The apartment has internet access so I can get online to messenger too!

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