Once again, we had trouble leaving the country. We were not allowed to check in last Sunday night because we did not get to the counter 45 minutes ahead of time (we missed it by 2 minutes!!) to check our bags. Needless to say, we were not too happy and since we were still feeling a bit culture shocked and out of place, we started cursing United Airlines and the US in general.

We did make our way into Canada the next day and were again whisked to another huge chinese feast by my parents, grandma and aunts (we celebrate the first few days of chinese new year, not just the first day) and were basically fed continuously during our entire stay.

We also spent 3 days up in Whistler with the WASTED crew - an annual Whistler trip organized by my cousin Joe and a few of his friends. Do check out the website! They want to eventually allow others to plan ski trips on their site, it's pretty cool (Kirby is a genius!). There wasn't much snow. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen the mountain that bare! Forunately the weather was fabulous and the snow wasn't all that bad and we had a great time anyway riding and drinking with everyone. Check out our pictures!! and some other fun ones from Kirby's camera , including a very nice sequence shot of Joe's failed rail slide jump which earned him 'Crash of the Day' award, sorry Joe ;)