Vancouver, July 7th 2019
So I wanted to just make a blog post to pretty much vomit my thoughts out. I’m gonna write about how I’m feeling so far on this trip and what my hopes are for the near future, and also some stuff I’m excited about in the near future and when I leave Vancouver.
It’s been a cool experience so far, the flights all went well, I watched Winter Soldier on the way over (great movie) and pretty much slept from Toronto to Vancouver, but it was a pretty rough flight. Body started to really feel exhausted and the sleep wasn’t a peaceful one. Nonetheless, landed in Vancouver with all my stuff so I can’t complain.
Waited on Stu for a bit, got the SkyTrain and walked to the Cambie. We stayed there for a few days while we tried to find somewhere to live for the summer. Pretty stressful but we found a place with a lease starting July 1st. We stayed in Kristof’s place until then, and it was actually okay. Living out of the suitcase wasn’t though.
Walmart is so cool, I think it’s mainly because of the different food over here like Cinnamon toast crunch and Twizzlers etc. We went to Stanley Park, it was pretty cool. Really pretty place. Great views. We also checked out the drumming circle on the beach. Incredible sunset and a really chilled vibe, but wow so many Irish people (not ideal). Still a cool experience though.
By now, we’ve walked all over Downtown and sometimes I like to just glance at my surroundings, the buildings are so tall. It’s a really amazing place to just be in. The transport is awesome too, the Skytrain is just so ideal.
Pre-ordered Fire Emblem: Three Houses because I’m too excited for that to wait until late August.
We’re pretty settled now and currently just looking for a job, I’ll be starting a gym routine again tomorrow which is good too. We haven’t done too much sightseeing yet, but that’s mainly down to us wanting to get into this new place and finally settle. Kai will be here in a couple days and we might as well wait for him before doing our sightseeing.
We’ve gone on a few nights out too, Cambie, Celebrities, Republic and Donnellans. The two latter were pretty garbage. Met a girl in Celebs though and had some fun. Also went to Kits beach, the logs were cool. Such a chill vibe. Also those cars you can just drive on the side of the road and leave wherever, so handy. I rly need to get my license.
Canadian accent is so attractive too, like so much better than an Irish one.
It was pretty sunny for a while but the past week or so has been rainy/overcast. Which I don’t mind honestly.
The place we’re in, Kerrisdale, is good. It’s not perfect but it’ll do. And it’s affordable so we’re kinda happy out really.
The lads are going to Bundoran again - like why? Really glad I’m not there, it’s a carbon copy of last summer. So I’m honestly just so glad to be in a different environment. Everyday doesn’t have to be jam packed with activities, not at all. It’s just the fact I’m in a new place, with so much things to do, and just to experience a new country and way of life.
Like I’m in Canada right now, but it feels like I’m at home. It’s really not much different to Ireland.
Found a cool little Manga store on Granville, literally could just stand in there for hours looking at stuff. So cool. I wanna start writing.
Also celebrated Canada Day here, saw some fireworks and met some cool people at the Cambie!
I’ve been watching Darling in the FranXX and Stranger Things so far, both pretty interesting. Also went to see Spiderman in a pretty cool theatre, enjoyed that quite a bit. Granville is so cool btw, so many cool stores. Went to Hot Topic in Metrotown, they had so much cool shit. SO much Kingdom Hearts/Twenty One Pilots merch. Wanna check that out again, I’m gonna make a purchase there and in that Manga shop before the summer’s over.
I do wanna dye my hair, but I think I’ll wait til I get a job. I don’t wanna be splashing money until I’ve got some income to offset some spending.
I wanna get a Gaming PC when I go home, I wanna play Destiny, League of Legends, Overwatch, Final Fantasy 14, Rainbow Six and loads more. I also finally wanna start streaming.
I got an urge to start writing for Moe’s site again, might start doing that idk. I also renewed my Adobe, I wanna use Photoshop and make some AMVs on Premier/After Effects again.
I want Crash Nitro Fueled, I’m gonna get it for Switch - tried today and Best Buy was sold out. Typical. I also wanna get an iPad and start drawing, but I think I should start on paper first. Just to see if I like it.
So yeah, once Kai gets here I wanna go to North Vancouver a lot more often and start doing hikes up North and see some of the amazing sights. That’s what we came here for, that and just a general shakeup in life. Something new. They look beautiful though, lakes and forests and mountains. I can’t wait to see that.
We’re also going to Ejeca on the 19th and a house party on the 20th. I’ll see how that goes.
When I get home I’m excited to play some games lmao, I miss my PS4. I wanna play Destiny and start a clan. I also wanna replay FF13, I was looking at some wiki stuff on that and I miss it. I want a Razer headset too, we might make that purchase when I get my PC. I’ve a list of things on my phone I wanna save up for, a good camera for example.
I’m also so excited to just be home and not have to buy groceries lol. I wanna make my room cooler. Accenture is going to be amazing too, I’m going to India. I wanna join socs, maybe even start my own and finally meet some like-minded people. I didn’t do it in Uni and I regret that but I may have another chance now.
Life is good.
I wanna eat more calories and really try to bulk up, I wanna start weighing myself in pounds for more accuracy and find my calorie maintenance myself. I’ll work from there. Spread my meals out over the day etc.
I may need a new name for PC and Stadia. I really wanna draw my own stuff. I wanna join a community of Irish streamers and gamers and start from there. It’ll take time. Be yourself though, and fuck what people think.
Also been watching Love Island lol, it’s entertaining as fuck.
Soundbar for my TV! Check out your “Saving For” list future me.
Bought a sweet Fila top too, perfect for Electric Picnic - black bandana too.
We wanna go to Squamish and Whistler, maybe meet Michelle. Wanna make that happen. They look amazing.
That’s kinda all my thoughts at the moment, I think. I’ll keep posting.
So far it’s been great, just settling into the area and being in a new place. The amount of Irish is a bit annoying, but it’s fine. The few Canadians we’ve spoke with have been cool. But yeah, excited for the rest of it, gonna chill out when I want and do shit when I want. No pressure. It’s not a two week holiday, its a 2 month change in my life and my environment. There’s still so much time and so much to do, but also wow it’s going by fast.
I’m excited for the rest of it and also to go home and play games and go to EP and most importantly to start in Accenture and welcome that new chapter. But that’ll all happen eventually, for now the focus is on Canada and enjoying my time here. We can focus on all that other stuff I’ve mentioned once I get home. Plenty of time for that, whereas I’ve only 1.5 month(s) left in this Canadian life experience. Will update soon.
