Here's a pic of me after a few drinks at the Shakedown Cruise! (Nice tongue Scotty!)
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Genetic Experiment!
Here's a pic of me after a few drinks at the Shakedown Cruise! (Nice tongue Scotty!)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Sad.
The Red Wings have been eliminated from the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Very Sad. They had a great run this year: finishing 2nd in the regular season and in the top 4 in the playoffs. Congrats to the Red Wings on an excellent year. See you next October!!! I can't wait!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
Cruising the St. Lawrence
Erin and I have been officially 'shaked down'! We joined the friends, family and crew of the Canadian Empress of the St. Lawrence Cruise Lines on their 'shake down' cruise in preparation for their busy season on the river. It was soooo fun!
The theme this year was 'Lil Abner and Dogpatch. Now I'm old, but not that old. So I had no clue what this Dogpatch cartoon was. After some research (i.e. reading Wikipedia), I learned that it's kind of a hillbilly world. So... dressing up was EASY! Ken, Julie, Erin and I hit Value Village Friday night for a pee-your pants good time getting costumes. I scored some women's overalls, a straw hat and some huge pimpin' sun glasses that are so big they fit over my regular glasses hahaha! With this we were all set to board the boat Saturday afternoon for our 24 hours of fun!
We installed ourselves into our very cute suite on the boat - Rm #16. (Pictures will be coming shortly.) And then made our way to the opening ceremonies. After some time up on the deck socializing, the Grand Salon was open for dinner. We started off with a very yummy Prime Rib dinner. Afterwards the fun began. Everyone retired to their rooms to gear up their costumes for the Sadie Hawkins dance. (It's ok if you don't know what that means... because I had to look it up too.) Basically, it's a dance where the girls ask the boys to dance. Cute! Keeping with the theme, both Julie and Erin presented Ken and I some lovely plastic flowers that were taped onto our wrists with electrical tape. How sweet and how appropriate! HAHA! We danced the night away to country folks song with the live band: The Ozark Boys. Half way through the night a surprise Red Wings cake came my way courtsey of Tracy and Seb! HOW AWESOME! The entire ship sang happy birthday to me HAHA. So after filling our face with cake and dancing some more, we closed the bar on the ship at 1:30am. (Erin's a good sport for staying up so late without any alcohol to influence her decision HAHA)
The next day it was time for a delicious omelette for breakfast. We then disembarked in Rockport and bussed to the St. Lawrence National Park where we had a guided tour of a gunboat wreck that dated back to 1817. This gunboat was the last military boat made in the Kingston Dockyards. It was pretty impressive to see such a unique artifact. Afterwards, back to the ship. The sun was beaming and we took advantage of the beautiful weather to spend some time up top on the deck. Tony and I challenged Scott and Marwan to a game of shuffleboard and despite the fact that it was neck and next half way through the game, Tony and I won by a score of 132 to 67. Lucky! Unfortunately, we hadn't bet anything on the game.... so there were no spoils to the winner HAHA!
Lunch was next.... very yummy lentil soup, baked chicken thighs, and baby red potatoes.... and ice cream and thickened syrup for desert. YUM! We had some more time sunning up on the deck while the ship made it's way to our home port. Once we arrived it was time fro the closing ceremonies, which included a piano assisted sing-a-long about the life and times of Jubilation T. Cornpone (again... you've got to look it up!), we disembarked and said fairwell to our friends at the docks.
It was really fun! Cross your fingers that Erin and I get invited back next year. It was definitely a fun adventure!
The theme this year was 'Lil Abner and Dogpatch. Now I'm old, but not that old. So I had no clue what this Dogpatch cartoon was. After some research (i.e. reading Wikipedia), I learned that it's kind of a hillbilly world. So... dressing up was EASY! Ken, Julie, Erin and I hit Value Village Friday night for a pee-your pants good time getting costumes. I scored some women's overalls, a straw hat and some huge pimpin' sun glasses that are so big they fit over my regular glasses hahaha! With this we were all set to board the boat Saturday afternoon for our 24 hours of fun!
We installed ourselves into our very cute suite on the boat - Rm #16. (Pictures will be coming shortly.) And then made our way to the opening ceremonies. After some time up on the deck socializing, the Grand Salon was open for dinner. We started off with a very yummy Prime Rib dinner. Afterwards the fun began. Everyone retired to their rooms to gear up their costumes for the Sadie Hawkins dance. (It's ok if you don't know what that means... because I had to look it up too.) Basically, it's a dance where the girls ask the boys to dance. Cute! Keeping with the theme, both Julie and Erin presented Ken and I some lovely plastic flowers that were taped onto our wrists with electrical tape. How sweet and how appropriate! HAHA! We danced the night away to country folks song with the live band: The Ozark Boys. Half way through the night a surprise Red Wings cake came my way courtsey of Tracy and Seb! HOW AWESOME! The entire ship sang happy birthday to me HAHA. So after filling our face with cake and dancing some more, we closed the bar on the ship at 1:30am. (Erin's a good sport for staying up so late without any alcohol to influence her decision HAHA)
The next day it was time for a delicious omelette for breakfast. We then disembarked in Rockport and bussed to the St. Lawrence National Park where we had a guided tour of a gunboat wreck that dated back to 1817. This gunboat was the last military boat made in the Kingston Dockyards. It was pretty impressive to see such a unique artifact. Afterwards, back to the ship. The sun was beaming and we took advantage of the beautiful weather to spend some time up top on the deck. Tony and I challenged Scott and Marwan to a game of shuffleboard and despite the fact that it was neck and next half way through the game, Tony and I won by a score of 132 to 67. Lucky! Unfortunately, we hadn't bet anything on the game.... so there were no spoils to the winner HAHA!
Lunch was next.... very yummy lentil soup, baked chicken thighs, and baby red potatoes.... and ice cream and thickened syrup for desert. YUM! We had some more time sunning up on the deck while the ship made it's way to our home port. Once we arrived it was time fro the closing ceremonies, which included a piano assisted sing-a-long about the life and times of Jubilation T. Cornpone (again... you've got to look it up!), we disembarked and said fairwell to our friends at the docks.
It was really fun! Cross your fingers that Erin and I get invited back next year. It was definitely a fun adventure!
Monday, April 23, 2007
UFC Pahteee!
Another great UFC get together happened on Saturday night. With very yummy foods to boot!!!! Thanks to everyone who chipped in and to the hosts: Jen and Alex.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Chad Vader!
Are you a Star Wars fan? If so, the Chad Vader series is a must see! HILARIOUS!!!! Here's the link to Episode 1 on YouTube.
Monday, April 16, 2007
End of Season Floor Hockey Party
Well, I was sick Thursday night and I couldn't help my floor hockey team in the league finals. SUCKS! However, despite my absence they won their game by close score of 7-6. NICE JOB!
To celebrate, we had the end-of season party on Saturday night. It was a wild and crazy affair. Dubbed the SHOTTUB Party. It included 17 people, 122 shooters, 3 cases of beer, 3 bottles of wine, various pub grub yummies and one beautiful hottub! Details can't be revealed on this blog. What happens at the shottub party, stays at the shottub party HAHA!
Some pictures can be found on Facebook though (*grin*)
To celebrate, we had the end-of season party on Saturday night. It was a wild and crazy affair. Dubbed the SHOTTUB Party. It included 17 people, 122 shooters, 3 cases of beer, 3 bottles of wine, various pub grub yummies and one beautiful hottub! Details can't be revealed on this blog. What happens at the shottub party, stays at the shottub party HAHA!
Some pictures can be found on Facebook though (*grin*)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
I've been sick!
Holy smokes. For the last 8 days i've been friggin' sick. Bad cold. It's still hanging around today (although I am on the up-swing!). Ugh. When will it end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, March 26, 2007
So many updates, so little time!
The last few days have been jammed packed with fun stuff. In reverse chronological order... here goes.
Monday: WOW! The Juncos are here! The Juncos are here! Last year I saw my first Dark Eyed Junco in my backyard on April 9th. This year it's on March 26th. Fully 2 weeks early. Holy Global Warming! YIKES! I spotted 5 Juncos today in my garden. Super cute!
Sunday: Awesome Frontenacs Playoff Game. Erin and I joined 3,100+ of out closest friends to take in the Frontenacs lose their second straight playoff game to Oshawa. It was an exciting game that I would ave paid double to see. It was a 'barn-burner' with a final score of 7-6 for Oshawa with the wining goal scored 6 minutes into Overtime. The Fronts dominated the first two period and after 2period the score was 6-2 Frontenacs. (It could have been 8-2 as the Fronts hit a cross bar and a post on two shots in the second). But for some reason the Frontenacs stopped attacking in the 3rd period and it was all Oshawa. They clawed back and scored 4 un-answered goals. Wow! Impressive. A very exciting overtime finish left the home team pretty dejected I can imagine. They've really dug themselves a hole now. Down 2 in a best of 7. Cross you fingers that they can stage a comeback.
Saturday: Maple Madness and Movie Night! In the morning, Julie, Ken, Terry, Michelle and the kids joined Erin and I for some Maple Madness at the Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area. We took the puppy dogs for the 2x 2.5 kilometer walk and they got super-muddy. Good times when couple with a round of very yummy pancakes! (*YUM YUM *) I'm a sucker for maple syrup. Saturday night was Movie Night. Erin and I saw Office Space and the Departed. Both excellent. I recommend them both.
Friday Night: Wii at Siobhan's and Cory. In a word: AWESOME! We had a great time with Tiff, Wayne, Wendy and Jen. (Jen had to leave a bit early... she wasn't feeling 100%). Not only did Siobhan and Cory make a fantabulous dinner but the entertainment was very, very.... I mean very FUN! Nintendo Wii. If you haven't heard about it then Google it. It's awesome. We played Golf, Bowling, Tennis and by the end of it I was totally drunk and sweating from all exercise I was getting from jumping around. The next day I felt like buying one... it is totally FUN! I guess I'll save my money for one someday HAHA
Monday: WOW! The Juncos are here! The Juncos are here! Last year I saw my first Dark Eyed Junco in my backyard on April 9th. This year it's on March 26th. Fully 2 weeks early. Holy Global Warming! YIKES! I spotted 5 Juncos today in my garden. Super cute!
Sunday: Awesome Frontenacs Playoff Game. Erin and I joined 3,100+ of out closest friends to take in the Frontenacs lose their second straight playoff game to Oshawa. It was an exciting game that I would ave paid double to see. It was a 'barn-burner' with a final score of 7-6 for Oshawa with the wining goal scored 6 minutes into Overtime. The Fronts dominated the first two period and after 2period the score was 6-2 Frontenacs. (It could have been 8-2 as the Fronts hit a cross bar and a post on two shots in the second). But for some reason the Frontenacs stopped attacking in the 3rd period and it was all Oshawa. They clawed back and scored 4 un-answered goals. Wow! Impressive. A very exciting overtime finish left the home team pretty dejected I can imagine. They've really dug themselves a hole now. Down 2 in a best of 7. Cross you fingers that they can stage a comeback.
Saturday: Maple Madness and Movie Night! In the morning, Julie, Ken, Terry, Michelle and the kids joined Erin and I for some Maple Madness at the Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area. We took the puppy dogs for the 2x 2.5 kilometer walk and they got super-muddy. Good times when couple with a round of very yummy pancakes! (*YUM YUM *) I'm a sucker for maple syrup. Saturday night was Movie Night. Erin and I saw Office Space and the Departed. Both excellent. I recommend them both.
Friday Night: Wii at Siobhan's and Cory. In a word: AWESOME! We had a great time with Tiff, Wayne, Wendy and Jen. (Jen had to leave a bit early... she wasn't feeling 100%). Not only did Siobhan and Cory make a fantabulous dinner but the entertainment was very, very.... I mean very FUN! Nintendo Wii. If you haven't heard about it then Google it. It's awesome. We played Golf, Bowling, Tennis and by the end of it I was totally drunk and sweating from all exercise I was getting from jumping around. The next day I felt like buying one... it is totally FUN! I guess I'll save my money for one someday HAHA
Thursday, March 22, 2007
David Usher in Concert!
The Joy Luck Supper Club hosted David Usher in concert last night. It was quite the intimate affair with both David's parents being there as well. Great concert as usual and it was fun to hang out with Jen and Tony. (Two pregnant ladies at a concert! CrAzY!) Jen's a huge fan David Usher fan too! Erin and I bought the new CD. Can't wait to listen to the whole thing.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Hot Off the Presses!
St. Patrick's Day at the Toucan was a HUGE success. 11 people began the marathon at 10am and most made through all day. Erin and I packed it in at 5:30pm. 7 and a half hours at the Toucan: that's a good days work! For me the highlight of the day was Jimmy Zackos and his Voodoo Doll! Tooo funny. You had to be there. Awesome good time!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
St. Patty's at the Toucan: BE THERE!
St. Patrick's Day this year lands on a Saturday and is shapping up to be an AMAZING time. See you all there!!!
Monday, March 12, 2007
Kingston Canadian Film Festival
We caught four films at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival over the weekend. As usual they rocked!
The Shorts Package: included 9 short films that were really entertaining. Especially the Danish Poet. I can see why it won an academy award. Awesome. A+
Fido: The best time I ever had watching blood and gore! It's being released in theatres accross Canada this week. Funny Stuff! Very Funny! Three Thumbs Up. A+
Snow Cake: Excellent film about an autistic woman. Sygourney Weaver and Alan Rickman were perfect together. In a word: Dazlious! A+
The White Planet: Documentary about the North Pole. Awesome footage but lacked a little on the narative I found. I kept wanting the film to talk about global warming and it's impact on the arctic. They did touch upon the subject but it seemed like an afterthought. B+
This festival is great! We go every year.
The Shorts Package: included 9 short films that were really entertaining. Especially the Danish Poet. I can see why it won an academy award. Awesome. A+
Fido: The best time I ever had watching blood and gore! It's being released in theatres accross Canada this week. Funny Stuff! Very Funny! Three Thumbs Up. A+
Snow Cake: Excellent film about an autistic woman. Sygourney Weaver and Alan Rickman were perfect together. In a word: Dazlious! A+
The White Planet: Documentary about the North Pole. Awesome footage but lacked a little on the narative I found. I kept wanting the film to talk about global warming and it's impact on the arctic. They did touch upon the subject but it seemed like an afterthought. B+
This festival is great! We go every year.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
XSkiing07
Erin and I went Cross Country Skiing at Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area last weekend. It was loads of fun. We saw Jen and Kevin there too. Small world!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
Sunday, March 04, 2007
UFC at Seb & Tracey's
We had a really fun night last night at a UFC party at Seb & Tracey's. Loads of people came you: Rob x2, Michelle, Erin, Eric, Seb, Tracey, Jen, Alex, Glenn, Robyn, Renee, Mike, Christa and Kevin. It was a super fun crowd. It started with beers and snacks, followed by a few rounds of asshole, where 'yours truly', (that would be me...Eric) went from Asshole to President at a table with 8 people in 5 hands! NICE! I still got it baby HAHA!
And then the fights came on, people only took breaks from the TV to do shooters with Rob who's a master-shooter-maker. I was impressed with Seb and the flaming sambucas too. The fire alarm almost went off but that's ok... it was worth it HAHA!
Of course some Ultimate Drinking took place too. By the end of the night some people where feeling no pain. (**giggle**)
And then the fights came on, people only took breaks from the TV to do shooters with Rob who's a master-shooter-maker. I was impressed with Seb and the flaming sambucas too. The fire alarm almost went off but that's ok... it was worth it HAHA!
Of course some Ultimate Drinking took place too. By the end of the night some people where feeling no pain. (**giggle**)
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Hey look Mom, I'm a Cartoonist!
After spending a day "researching" Internet cartoonists, I was inspired to create this cartoon describing my life!
Friday, March 02, 2007
TremblayBaby-02Mar07-20wks-3D-Head
Erin has her 20 week ultrasound today and it went really well. Heart rate is 150 bpm. Everything looked really good. The technician had a chance to run a 3D image of the face for us. The baby is so cute holding his/her hand up to his/her chin like that. I call him/her "The Thinker" HAHA! Thanks to Michelle for coming with us this morning.
We tied! What a close game!
With half our team present, we hussled like crazy and managed a tie against the 2nd place team in the league. 7-7 ... NICE! Glenn played awesome in goal even though he didn't even have a glove! Wild! Maybe that's the key to his success. I even scored the game tieing goal... off a beautiful pass from Mike. Two games in a row that I score. Lucky ;-)
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Eric's Celebrity Look Alikes
Well, I took two photos of me and ran them through a celebrity look alike face recognition program. The only person appearing on both profiles is Wayne Knight. Looks like I'm Newman from Seinfeld. JOY!
Friday, February 23, 2007
I scored a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well... let me preface this post with the fact that this season in floor hockey the men have decided to play either as a forward or as defense instead of playing all over the court. So last year, I scored goals fairly regularly but this season I am a defenceman so I am barely getting any shots on goal. Well, last night in the second game of our double header I had a breakaway from center and went in on the goalie and scored in the 5 hole on my backhand. Wow! Was I lucky! That's my first goal of the season! Unfortunately, we ended up losing both games: 5-2 and 5-4. The second game I thought we carried the play and deserved to win. Bad luck I guess. So after last night's results we are now solidly placed in last place in the league. Nice! ;-)
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Birthday Cards - World Records!
I heard about this yesterday on the radio and after a quick Google search found more information. Shane is a seven year old boy at CHEO hospital in Ottawa who is fighting cancer. He has been there for a year now. His one wish is to receive the "most ever" birthday cards for his next birthday, which is on May 30th, so he can set a World Record.
This will take very little of your time and will make a big impact on one little boy. Send Shane a birthday card to:
Shane Bernier
Po Box 484
Lancaster Ontario
Canada
K0C 1NO
Here is his profile.
Name: Shane
Age: 7
Diagnosis: A.L.L. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Likes: all sports, building things, video games
Dislikes: being in the hospital for long periods of time
Favorite thing in the whole world: Lego
At almost 5 years old Shane was diagnosed with A.L.L. After 1 month into the treatment he was in early remission, meaning there were no cancer cells in his blood. Shane's family was very pleased with the early results, but his protocol called for 130 weeks of treatment. Then on July 6th, 2006 Shane relapsed after completing 108 of the 130 weeks. It was a shock to everyone including his doctors. Shane may have to undergo a bone marrow transplant down the road, but the good thing is that his brother Jacob is a match. Presently, there is no sign of cancer in Shane's system since relapsing.
This will take very little of your time and will make a big impact on one little boy. Send Shane a birthday card to:
Shane Bernier
Po Box 484
Lancaster Ontario
Canada
K0C 1NO
Here is his profile.
Name: Shane
Age: 7
Diagnosis: A.L.L. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Likes: all sports, building things, video games
Dislikes: being in the hospital for long periods of time
Favorite thing in the whole world: Lego
At almost 5 years old Shane was diagnosed with A.L.L. After 1 month into the treatment he was in early remission, meaning there were no cancer cells in his blood. Shane's family was very pleased with the early results, but his protocol called for 130 weeks of treatment. Then on July 6th, 2006 Shane relapsed after completing 108 of the 130 weeks. It was a shock to everyone including his doctors. Shane may have to undergo a bone marrow transplant down the road, but the good thing is that his brother Jacob is a match. Presently, there is no sign of cancer in Shane's system since relapsing.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Vote for the Environment!
David Suzuki was on the Rick Mercer Report yesterday and he mentioned that you can 'vote for the environment' on his website (http://www.davidsuzuki.org/tour/)and send a message to the Prime Minister and the leaders of the major political parties of Canada. I went and voted today. It's interesting to note that over 45,000 people have voted so far. So go ahead and vote! It's for a good cause: The Earth!
Friday, February 16, 2007
Great game last night
Great floor hockey game last night despite being on the losing end by a score of 7-4. We were tied at half-time 3-3 so our hopes were up for the 2nd half. Unfortunately, they out hussled us in the second half and came away with the win. We played well in general and two standouts were Mark and Kevin. Both played really well. Kudos boys.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Big Al is my Hero!
In more ways then one.... but last night it was because of his willingness to buy Jen poutine at the Frontenacs hockey game. Jen couldn't finish her poutine so she offered it to Erin and me. Well, approximately 6 seconds later it was GONE. !!!Yummy gravy+cheese!!! Yum! Ok... well... hmm.... can you tell I am hungry while I am writing this posting? (*grin*)
Thanks to Michelle for organizing a great night out last night. Fronts over the 67s 4-1. Yeah! 16 people came out to the game: Mark, Tracey, Erin, Me, Jen, Alex, Glen, Rob, Kevin, Jen#2, Michelle, Marie-Claire, Noel, Margaret, Gabrielle, Georgia. Did I forget anyone? If so, let me know.
Thanks to Michelle for organizing a great night out last night. Fronts over the 67s 4-1. Yeah! 16 people came out to the game: Mark, Tracey, Erin, Me, Jen, Alex, Glen, Rob, Kevin, Jen#2, Michelle, Marie-Claire, Noel, Margaret, Gabrielle, Georgia. Did I forget anyone? If so, let me know.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
FebFeb-tastic!
I had a great FebFest weekend, despite Erin not being in town for most of it... boohoo. Friday night an outdoor concert with my on my favorite Canadian bands: The Trews. The set up a big heated stage between the bank of Montreal and the Keg right down in market square. The show was opened by BullMoose from Montreal and then The Trews rocked market square for over an hour and half a half. Despite the -15 degree weather they didn't let up. In fact half way through the concert they were working so hard you could see the steam coming off the top of their heads! I talked to the base player Jack the next day and he said the heaters on stage worked really well so his fingers stayed thawed the whole time. Impressive! (*smile*)
Saturday was the Limestone Classic. Mark, Kevin, Jen, Michelle (and only 3 kids... Gabriel was at a sleepover!) and I braved the cold in the bleachers to take part of the sights and sounds of ex-NHLers panting heavily on the new ice-rink in market square. Needless to say, it certainly lived up to my expectations. Kicked off by an appearance by the official Stanley Cup, this year instead of starting the round robin game right away, they had an all-star first game: All NHLers versus the military military hockey team and the final score was 4-4. Nice! Oh, I forgot to mention there was a fun addition to the ranks of hockey stars this year: GIRLS! Yup...we had girl hockey stats: Jayna Hefford, Vicky Sunohara from the Gold Medal Winning Olympic team. And joining them was Kathleen Kauth from the Bronze Medal winning USA team. After watching how great this lady skated I think she may have been the best hockey player on the ice the entire day. V.cool! We had yummy foods during the day including breakfast at Morrison's and lunch at the Brew Pub. Noel and I scored K-Rock tuques too. Sweet! And between Friday night and Saturday during the day, my toes almost got frotbite...but I don't even care! Great day weekend all around. Thanks Kingston for FebFest, it sure holds back the February blahs.
Saturday was the Limestone Classic. Mark, Kevin, Jen, Michelle (and only 3 kids... Gabriel was at a sleepover!) and I braved the cold in the bleachers to take part of the sights and sounds of ex-NHLers panting heavily on the new ice-rink in market square. Needless to say, it certainly lived up to my expectations. Kicked off by an appearance by the official Stanley Cup, this year instead of starting the round robin game right away, they had an all-star first game: All NHLers versus the military military hockey team and the final score was 4-4. Nice! Oh, I forgot to mention there was a fun addition to the ranks of hockey stars this year: GIRLS! Yup...we had girl hockey stats: Jayna Hefford, Vicky Sunohara from the Gold Medal Winning Olympic team. And joining them was Kathleen Kauth from the Bronze Medal winning USA team. After watching how great this lady skated I think she may have been the best hockey player on the ice the entire day. V.cool! We had yummy foods during the day including breakfast at Morrison's and lunch at the Brew Pub. Noel and I scored K-Rock tuques too. Sweet! And between Friday night and Saturday during the day, my toes almost got frotbite...but I don't even care! Great day weekend all around. Thanks Kingston for FebFest, it sure holds back the February blahs.
Friday, February 09, 2007
GreenMeanies Go Down!
Yes! We have won our 1st official game of this Winter's Floor Hockey season. It was a close one the entire time and we prevailed by the score of 8-7 against the GreenMeanies. We've got the their number this Winter. We've beat them twice. (But our first game against them didn't count as a win for us because it was the 2nd game of our double header.) Yeah! We're now tied for 4th out of 5 teams! Yehaaaa!
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
MSW grad officially
HI all,
I just wanted to gloat and say I am officially graduated with my Master's in Social Work, it only took an extra year more or less. I convocate on May 31/07 which will be a fun long weekend in Montre. A huge thanks to Eric for all his help with Stats, editing talent and support, I could have not finished the last year with out him! He is a "matrimonial treasure" as my advisor Sydney would say :) helping last week with the final last miniute touch ups while I was in Victoria.
I just wanted to gloat and say I am officially graduated with my Master's in Social Work, it only took an extra year more or less. I convocate on May 31/07 which will be a fun long weekend in Montre. A huge thanks to Eric for all his help with Stats, editing talent and support, I could have not finished the last year with out him! He is a "matrimonial treasure" as my advisor Sydney would say :) helping last week with the final last miniute touch ups while I was in Victoria.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Frustrating Loss
Well, I think I experienced the most frustrating floor hockey loss so far. After leading the entire game we lost in the last 90 seconds. Final score 14-13. We're now 0-3. Ugh! Oh well, we're playing the Green Meenies next week. Watch out!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 22, 2007
TremblayBaby-22Jan2007-14weeks
It's official, there is a life in my belly! Today was the first Ultrasound.
Eric, Julie and I saw the little one, it was incredible! Jules even shed a few tears (shh don't tell her I told you, she likes to act all tough but she is a softie when it comes to being an aunt!).
The heartrate was 155(hbm), some non-scientific speculators would say its a boy....
The fetus was 8.5cm long from head to rump/bum not including legs and arms, about 3.4 inches. My placenta is in the front, we saw its hand, well only four fingers. The wee one is 14 weeks and 2 days old and we are due July 21/07. We even got to see its legs running, it was wild! A future runner or skater perhaps, Eric says a future Steve Yzerman! Eric is a proud papa! Here is the picture, kind of skeleton like but beautiful none the less! We are very happy everything is A-OK!
Monday, January 15, 2007
NEWSFLASH: Incomming Baby!
The cat is out of the bag: Erin's pregnant! We've tried to keep this news on the 'down-low' for many weeks but its slowly leaking around. So she's almost at the 12 week mark and we've decided to officially make the announcement. We've started a Tremblay Baby Blog to keep everyone updated on the baby-related news. Stay tuned for more updates!
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Friday night we had the Eat, Drink and be Merry floor hockey Kick-Off party! It was really fun. Special thanks to Michelle for hosting it at her place. We did a BYOB potluck and all the food was yummy. The fun activity that we did half way through the evening was to distribute team awards for last season's performances. EAch attendee to the party was given a ballot and could nominate one player for each award category. Here are the winners!
Wayne Gretzky Award (Best Playmaker/Passer) - Kevin
Wonder Woman Award (Best Shot Blocker) - Glenn
Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Sportsmanship) - Georgia
The Bud Light Award (Best Defenseman) - Melissa
The Toucan Award (Best Nacho Eating/Beer Drinking) - Rob
Gordie Howe Award (Best Elbow) - Mike
Richard Simmons Award (Most Enthusiastic) - Eric
Angelina Jolie Award (Sexiest Ankles) - Rob
Rookie of the Year - Cathy
Tom Cruise Award (Most Ambitious) - Tracey
Jennifer Lopez/Sir Mix-a-Lot (Best Butt) - Michelle
Congratulations everyone! That party was a great way to kick-off the new season that starts next week.
Wayne Gretzky Award (Best Playmaker/Passer) - Kevin
Wonder Woman Award (Best Shot Blocker) - Glenn
Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Sportsmanship) - Georgia
The Bud Light Award (Best Defenseman) - Melissa
The Toucan Award (Best Nacho Eating/Beer Drinking) - Rob
Gordie Howe Award (Best Elbow) - Mike
Richard Simmons Award (Most Enthusiastic) - Eric
Angelina Jolie Award (Sexiest Ankles) - Rob
Rookie of the Year - Cathy
Tom Cruise Award (Most Ambitious) - Tracey
Jennifer Lopez/Sir Mix-a-Lot (Best Butt) - Michelle
Congratulations everyone! That party was a great way to kick-off the new season that starts next week.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
The Pictures are Here! The Pictures are Here!
After many hours of pearing down the the massive amount of photos we took in Italy, we've come up with the best 350-ish of them. Check them all out on my Flickr site.
Monday, January 01, 2007
We're baaaaaaaaaaaack!
We're back from Italy to 'home sweet home' Kingston. We were awake for a grand total of 24 hours on the trip back but we are really glad to get home. Erin and I have taken lots of pictures. Probably somewhere in the neighbourhood of 2,400. Yes. That's not a typo. Between us we took about 2,400 pictures. So it'll take us quite some time to sift through the good ones and get them online. Stay tuned to the blog for an Italian Honeymoon Photography update coming soon. For now, Happy New Year and see you soon!
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Buon Natale e tutti!
Merry christmas everyone. We're reporting in from the beautiful coastal town of Sorrento just a little south east of Naples (a.k.a. Napoli). We're having a wonderful vacation. We're into the second week and we're now on our own after having finished the structured tour. We met some really nice people from places like Australia, Houston Texas, Malaysia, South Affrica, .... there was even a family from Cornwall with their son was from Kingston. Small World! The tour was really fun: Rome, Florence, Venice, and Sienna. We have many nice pictures and when we get back to Canada we'll put them online for everyone. Now we have rented a car.... a sportscar even: Nissan Micra Cabriolet! Erin thinks it's really zippy like a racecar and you need that here with all the nutty drivers that drive on the line and lay on the horn continuously.... Eric can't really appreciate the the awesomness of this car 'cuz he can't drive standard... what a wuss! We've been through Naples, Pompei and Sorrento... the next stops include Positano, Amalfi and Solerno. Then back to Rome for a night before flying back home. We hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season. Leave us a comment below if you have any good news. Ciao-ciao!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
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I spent a couple of hours adminiring the 2006 Geminid Meteor Shower last night in my backyard. Despite the conditions not being optimal because I'm in the city, I still saw a grad total of 19 meteors in 2 hours. Not bad. Here's a photo of meteor #16. Cool.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Santa-Christine-2007
We did a really fun activity at work this year: Secret Santa. It was 5 days long and every day we had to do little things for our secret person. My Secret Santa was great. Showering me with gifts like a deck of cards, chocolates, even a winning Navada ticket! Yeehhaaa! To divulge their identity on day 5 they sent me a card. Below is the photo that was within the card. It's a picture of Christine (my Secret Santa) and my Dad! She had found him in the Rideau Centre in Ottawa where he was doing his Santa Gig for the kids. This picture really made my day. Thanks Christine! And thanks Dad for keeping this a secret! HAHA!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Floor Hockey Results
We started the Floor Hockey playoofs in 4th place and we finished the playoffs in 4th place! Yeah! That's better than last year when we finished 5th during the regular season and 7th during the playoffs. It's all about improvement isn't it? (*haha*) So we're going to break now and start the new season on Jan 16th. Time to rest the knees and ankles (*smile*)
Friday, December 01, 2006
We lost!
Yup. We did. In the first round of the floor hockey playoffs last night, our team lost to the 1st place team by a score of 8-4. Sad. However, if you look on the bright side... we came into the playoffs 4th and aren't favoured to win any games at all. So, if we win next week then we will finish 3rd! Stay tuned for next week's update and wish us luck!
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Italy here we come!
December 16th. What's special about Dec 16th? Well...let me tell you. On Dec 16th, Erin and I leave for our Honeymoon to Italy! Wooohooo. Truly the trip of a lifetime. Two weeks! The first week is a structured tour that will stop at Rome, Florence, and Venice. The second week we're going to do it on our own. We're going to see Chrstmas Day mass at St. Peter Square, then we're going to go down to Naples, Pompei by car and down through the Amalfi coast. Awesome! Stay tuned for updates and pictures! Ciao Bellas!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Field Trip!
People from my work work had a field trip to the Canadian War Museum today. It was awesome. I definately want to go there again. There was so much to see and do and we only scratched the surface. Here's a cool shot of names on the memorial wall in an archway.
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There were several life-like displays. Here's one a fallen soldier in the mud. Scary.
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Hitler's Mercedes. It's black and has bullet holes it in. What an amazing relic of WWII history.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Oh no...it's Borat!
Jen, Alex, Erin and I went to the Borat movie last night. I found some parts funny and some parts offensive. However, I didn't find enough 'funny' parts to really be able to give this movie a stellar rating (despite the fact that it has raked in over 100+ million dollars at the box office already). Maybe my expectations were unrealistic? After watching the Best of Borat on YouTube (22 mins in length) I think I have been exposed to only the 'great' Borat stuff. I haven't seen the mediocre stuff. Hmmm. If you haven't seen the Movie yet, then wait for it to come out as a rental. If you haven't seen the Best of Borat on YouTube then what are you waiting for. It's hilarious! 'Hail Supreme Warlord Premier George Walter Bush!'
Friday, November 17, 2006
We're Hip in Montreal!
Road Trip to Montreal to see th Tragically Hip. CJ, Erin and I trucked up on Friday Nov 10th, right after work and all the effort to get there paid off: the concert was awesome! Best concert I have ever seen the Hip put on. Hands down! And we've seen a lot of Hip concerts... between the three of us we have seen 18 concerts! Erin-7, Eric-6, Julie-5.... yup...we're big fans!
They rocked the 2000+ crowd with all your favorites. Wow they had energy! The crowd was hyped and friendly and the bartenders slung beer like profesionals! (I like that!) The club we saw them in was awesome. The Metropolis is a three-tiered concert hall and no matter where you were you had a great view of the action. Here's one pic, more can be found on my Flickr account here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/60653418@N00/sets/72157594380676791/
They rocked the 2000+ crowd with all your favorites. Wow they had energy! The crowd was hyped and friendly and the bartenders slung beer like profesionals! (I like that!) The club we saw them in was awesome. The Metropolis is a three-tiered concert hall and no matter where you were you had a great view of the action. Here's one pic, more can be found on my Flickr account here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/60653418@N00/sets/72157594380676791/
Wedding Pictures are IN!
The wedding pictures are in. I've uploaded them all to my Flickr account. Check out the Wedding set at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/60653418@N00/sets/72157594355388657/
Yeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Yeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Monday, November 06, 2006
AngelsHalloween
Thanks to Mustafa, one picture has been found of our Angels costumes from the Wolfe Island Halloween party. It's not the greatest pic, but it gives you an idea of why we came 4th ;-)
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
More Halloween Pictures!
Hot off the presses... another 13 pictures from our work Halloween Party. Check them out on my Flickr Site. Here's the direct link to the Halloween 2006 set of pictures. We rocked!!!
a halloween kiss for u
Here's the first shot of our prize winning Hallowe'en Team at work... actually this shot is from Mark's camera (via his Flickr account). More shots to follow. Can you guess who I am?
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Halloween on Wolfe Island
Friday night was another display of diabolic costuming by the residents of Wolfe Island. The General Wolfe Hotel hosted another successful Halloween Party with the soundtrack provided by our good friends RWI. (They played at our wedding!) Let me set the scene. Last year... Erin was shut out of the pirzes for the first time in 3 years! So this year, she worked on her constume. She was a black angel. Complete with full-sized feathered wings and black fuzzy halo. It was awesome. I joined her in similar garb, except I was the white angel! My costume was aided by Dr. Merry's closet: I 'borrowed' a classy white leather belt and some lovely Rockport geriatric cream shoes. Too funny! Now, I know a picture is worth a thousand words; however, we were having such a good time we g=forgot to take a picture of ourselves. DAMMIT! Mustafa was taking pictures, so we'll try to work on him to get a picture of us. We looked really neat... neat enough to win a prize!!!! We won 4th prize (honorable mention). YEAH! Erin is vindicated HAHAHAHAHA
Ok, well, the story isn't finished yet. We haven't even mentioned Julie. Well, crazy as usual when it comes to Halloween costumes, she worked very hard on building a constume that represented Avian Flu. Picture it: white bathrobe, trimmed with fluffy white feathers, yellow felt cone hat, feathers flying out of it, yellow rubber gloves strapped to her feet and a medical mask on her face. Jeeeeeez! Now picture this: Julie was basically falling on the floor coughing all night at the bar. HAHAHA! It was totally gross. BUT....it totally WON! She won 1st Place in this year's costume constest! WOWOWOWOWOW! Amazing. Great night on the Island overall!
Now we had a good time dressing Julie up before the party so we do have a picture of her. Check it out below.
Ok, well, the story isn't finished yet. We haven't even mentioned Julie. Well, crazy as usual when it comes to Halloween costumes, she worked very hard on building a constume that represented Avian Flu. Picture it: white bathrobe, trimmed with fluffy white feathers, yellow felt cone hat, feathers flying out of it, yellow rubber gloves strapped to her feet and a medical mask on her face. Jeeeeeez! Now picture this: Julie was basically falling on the floor coughing all night at the bar. HAHAHA! It was totally gross. BUT....it totally WON! She won 1st Place in this year's costume constest! WOWOWOWOWOW! Amazing. Great night on the Island overall!
Now we had a good time dressing Julie up before the party so we do have a picture of her. Check it out below.
Julia flu
Avian Flu from the front (without the hat and face mask). Check out the very gross makeup on Julie. Bleck!!!
Angels and liquid paper
Ok, so here's the only tiny related picture to our Angel constume. I've got the halo on, but niether of us have the wings on...boohooo!
Monday, October 23, 2006
We're Marrrrrrrrrrrrrried
---Eric signing in---
Yup. We are. Married. Yup. Yes. Uh-huh. Did it. Done. And boy was it fun! It was soooo fun. I'm so tired now though, I don't have the energy to give the entire story. (Hey... NEWSFLASH... if you are reading this, have energy and went to the wedding... click the 'comment' word below and leave your story! It would be much appreciated.) As the photos come rolling in, I'll also post tons of them online both here and on my Flickr account. If you've got a particularly good picture, please email it to me. I'd love to have them.
Thanks to everyone that made our day great. Without all of you, it wouldn't have been the success it was. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
---Eric signing out---
---Erin signing in---
HI everyone,this is Erin. Mrs. Eric Tremblay, yahoo! Well officially it is Mrs. Erin Merry but it's still cool! Thanks to all our wonderful friends for making it such an awesome day, the only day in 3 weeks it did not rain or snow! Eric is amazing and now we are both tired. Looking forward to seeing RWI on Wolfe Island for Halloween this Friday night! Thanks again everyone, we love you! Love you long time (as Jen would say!) xoxoxo
---Erin signing out---
--Jack and Winston signing in---
**woof** **woof**
---Jack and Winston Signin out---
PS: After 1:30am, somehow the band looked a little different. Hmmmm.
Yup. We are. Married. Yup. Yes. Uh-huh. Did it. Done. And boy was it fun! It was soooo fun. I'm so tired now though, I don't have the energy to give the entire story. (Hey... NEWSFLASH... if you are reading this, have energy and went to the wedding... click the 'comment' word below and leave your story! It would be much appreciated.) As the photos come rolling in, I'll also post tons of them online both here and on my Flickr account. If you've got a particularly good picture, please email it to me. I'd love to have them.
Thanks to everyone that made our day great. Without all of you, it wouldn't have been the success it was. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
---Eric signing out---
---Erin signing in---
HI everyone,this is Erin. Mrs. Eric Tremblay, yahoo! Well officially it is Mrs. Erin Merry but it's still cool! Thanks to all our wonderful friends for making it such an awesome day, the only day in 3 weeks it did not rain or snow! Eric is amazing and now we are both tired. Looking forward to seeing RWI on Wolfe Island for Halloween this Friday night! Thanks again everyone, we love you! Love you long time (as Jen would say!) xoxoxo
---Erin signing out---
--Jack and Winston signing in---
**woof** **woof**
---Jack and Winston Signin out---
PS: After 1:30am, somehow the band looked a little different. Hmmmm.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Poker Stag Night!
Last night was very, very… I mean VERY fun. To my surprised my poker crew organized a little bit of a different poker night. First off there were 3 people in attendance, which were out of context, Big Al, Mike and Rob from Floor hockey were there. Very cool! Flo, Seb, Tracey, Leo, Alex B. (aka Little Alex)… the regulars…. were there. So I got there and we broke out the girlie cards…. They just added an extra dimension of fun to the game…. Personally, I’ll never look at the 8 of clubs the same way again HAAHAHAHA! (but I digress...)
Now, the poker setup included two new prizes. Bottles of Booze! Crown Royal and a Dark Rum. Nice! Seb started the evening by declaring that the poker pot would be split 70%-30% among the top two winners and those two winners would also each get one bottle of booze. Neat twist I thought. I still don’t know who sprung for the booze. Whoever did… many thanks!!! Anyway, as usually the game unfolded beautifully. Lots of ‘all ins’ near the end too. I love it. I made it to the top three and the game came to a grinding halt. Seb declared that it was time to reveal the true guise of the evening. It turns out that before I arrived, everyone decided that whatever the outcome of the game, I would get the full pot! HOLY SHIT! ... I mean HOLY WOW! ... was I ever humbled by this. It was a very nice gesture of my friends to do (and if any of you are reading this…. I thank you very much…I really appreciate the sentiment…. The pot cash went right into our honeymoon fund). This wasn’t a trivial amount of money either. It had grown with the nightly buy-ins to $205! Holy Smokes. Nice Pot! The game resumed. I promptly went “all in” and lost. Congrats to Little Alex (1st) and Leo (2nd) who brought home the hard liquor! Yeehaaa! Thanks again everyone!!!! I cheers my Stripper Mug to you!
Now, the poker setup included two new prizes. Bottles of Booze! Crown Royal and a Dark Rum. Nice! Seb started the evening by declaring that the poker pot would be split 70%-30% among the top two winners and those two winners would also each get one bottle of booze. Neat twist I thought. I still don’t know who sprung for the booze. Whoever did… many thanks!!! Anyway, as usually the game unfolded beautifully. Lots of ‘all ins’ near the end too. I love it. I made it to the top three and the game came to a grinding halt. Seb declared that it was time to reveal the true guise of the evening. It turns out that before I arrived, everyone decided that whatever the outcome of the game, I would get the full pot! HOLY SHIT! ... I mean HOLY WOW! ... was I ever humbled by this. It was a very nice gesture of my friends to do (and if any of you are reading this…. I thank you very much…I really appreciate the sentiment…. The pot cash went right into our honeymoon fund). This wasn’t a trivial amount of money either. It had grown with the nightly buy-ins to $205! Holy Smokes. Nice Pot! The game resumed. I promptly went “all in” and lost. Congrats to Little Alex (1st) and Leo (2nd) who brought home the hard liquor! Yeehaaa! Thanks again everyone!!!! I cheers my Stripper Mug to you!
Friday, October 06, 2006
Floor Hockey Update!
Oh man was last night's game awesome. It came down to a tie... 6-6. Everyone played awesome and special credit has to go out to Erin, Michelle and Melissa. Only 3 girls showed up for the game and these 3 played like professionals. Having many shots of goal and orchestrating several amazing defensive plays. Kudos to the girls!!!
PS: Special thanks to the waitress at the Rose & Crown in the township. The snacks were yummy!
PS: Special thanks to the waitress at the Rose & Crown in the township. The snacks were yummy!
Monday, September 25, 2006
Floor Hockey is BACK!
Question: What happens when 14 of the city's most elite floor hockey athletes gather together and submit a team to the Kingston Sport and Social Club?
Answer: I wouldn't know. Instead 14 of us got together to submit a team. We're not the city's elite floor hockey people but we have a lot of fun. AND.... I think we might just do quite well this year. With the addition of Tracey (who had a goal in her 1st game), Mark (who had 2 goals in his 1st game), Glen (who backstopped us to Victory!), and Cathy and Georgia (they missed game #1 so we'll see their stuff in Game 2), I think we're poised to do well this Fall season.
First game: Win 12-5.
Stay tuned for updates on the next game.
Answer: I wouldn't know. Instead 14 of us got together to submit a team. We're not the city's elite floor hockey people but we have a lot of fun. AND.... I think we might just do quite well this year. With the addition of Tracey (who had a goal in her 1st game), Mark (who had 2 goals in his 1st game), Glen (who backstopped us to Victory!), and Cathy and Georgia (they missed game #1 so we'll see their stuff in Game 2), I think we're poised to do well this Fall season.
First game: Win 12-5.
Stay tuned for updates on the next game.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
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Homecoming 2006 was a great time! Julie came down from Belleville and we whooped it up. Here's Julie and I walking the in the Aberdeen Street party with our jackets. The frosh loved us! (Special thank to Erin for letting us use her camera.... I wouldn't take my camera into this crazy party! YIKES!) The party went surprisingly well I thought. The cops had the streets barricaded very well. Volunteer alumni went up and down the street collecting beer bottles to minimize glass on the road. Free water and cups were distributed by volunteers and from a special tent on the street. Everyone was really organized and that made things seem a lot safer this year. Kudos to everyone who worked hard, including the dozens of cops we saw out last night. The crowd was estimated at over 8,000+ people! WOW!
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CHEERS!!!!!!!! Some big whigs came out to party too. Here's Mayor Harvey Rosen partying with the best of them. Way to go BigHarv!
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It was wall-to-wall people on Aberdeen Street! Here's the intersection of Aberdeen and William Streets.
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Whe're not sure why there was a bagel participating in the street party this year? However, Homecomming doesn't discriminate! Go bagel Go!
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Julie and I went to the homecoming football game. The Gaels lost a close on 22-18 to a great Windsor Lancers team. The weather was great and the students were out in full force. Here's a shot of the stands on the student side.
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As per normal, the students rushed the field at half time and proceded to beat their jackets on the group. It was chaos. Luckily it only lasted about 5 minutes and things were quickly brought back to order in time for the second half of the game.
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The cheerleaders were awesome. I wish I would have had my camera with me for the game. The camera this photo was taken with is Erin's. It's a good point and shoot camera 9don't get me wrong); however, with my Canon 30D I could have really taken great shots of these cheerleaders. They flipped and tossed each other in the air like crazy the entire game (so it's a photographer's field day!) but I could never really get a well timed shot with this point and shoot camera. This is the best one I could get.
Friday, September 15, 2006
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Erin and I went out last night to take some night pics of the Fall fair. Here's my best one. It's the Ferris Wheel. Cool!
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Here's the stop light at the intersection of Consession and Alfred. Six second exposure.... timed perfectly thanks to Erin on the stop watch!
Friday, September 08, 2006
FroshWeek1
We're moving offices at work and I had a little spare time during the day to mosey on down to Queen's University to see what the Frosh are up to this year. After spending an hour down at city park, it pretty much looks like the same stuff we used to do when I was a Frosh. It may not be new, but it's still VERY VERY VERY fun! These guys and girs were really having a good time. Here's a few shots I took to capture the moment! Cha-Gheill!
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