International Surfing Day: Wakeboarding

I decided to try something new for this year's International Surfing Day... surfing the wake of a boat!

I'm all about trying new things (new foods, new books, new languages, new religions, new sports) and one thing I'm really drawn to are board sports. So after getting snowboarding, surfing, and paddleboarding under my belt... let's see what we can do.

After watching my good friend Grant out there on his water skis, it was time for me to take a dip.  Wakeboarding is actually real easy when you've got a good handle on snowboarding already - just keep your arms straight, let the boat drag you up and forward, look where you want to go, stay balanced, and be a little daring ;) Have fun!

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com

Sunday Night at the Cinemas

When you've hit the blues, or even the mean reds, there are a few go-tos that you can turn to for a pick-me-up.    If food, booze, friends, or sleeping don't do it, try the movies.  But I don't mean sissy snuggle in bed with your laptop and a box of tissues in PJs.  Put on some clean clothes and head for the big screen, a large popcorn, and an extra-large fountain-pop medley.  The key:  go alone.  The trick:  pick the perfect movie, and don't be shy to ask for recommendations from the pimply curly-haired 15-year-old ticket vendor with the thick glasses sliding off his nose (he's good at it!).  Some might opt for the comedies, others for adventures.  I find the internationally recognized and acclaimed are always a sure-fire win.
Last night, «Les intouchables» hit the spot.  Good laughs, good tunes, good dancing, fast cars, scenery, heights,  gangsters (reminiscing of good ol' childhood times in the east), a solid message - all the things that I love.  What better way to chase the dull Vancouver clouds away?

Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOlrtWwr0xw

(It even has subtitles for all you non-Frenchies out there.)

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com

Colombia

I was always very fond of good photography, a quality I picked up from muti.  Stronger in composition than technique, I am still honing my skills.
I went to Colombia (Bogota, Usaquen, Chia, Zipaquira, Villavicencio) in April-May, a country notorious for its guerilla wars, cocaine, and coffee.  Tourists, and therefore Asians, are rare visitors, so it was quite the experience being welcomed by so many stares and waves.

Enjoy! Hint: click the first photo to enter the photo viewer.

Salt mine cathedral

Quiet living in Chia

Mango trees everywhere

At the BLAA museum

Montserrate

Changua, Colombians put cheese in everything, even coffee and chocolate!

Colombians eat beef at every meal, no lie!

Chloe Golightly
...on holiday.

chloelnlam@gmail.com