Locked & Loaded

It's official. I have booked my flight! On July 31st, I will depart the lovely city of Toronto for another - Hong Kong! A 4 day stop-over will give me enough time to see the major sites and take in some city life before hopping on another plane to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam!

The plan is to start in the south of Vietnam, work our way up to the north then cross over to Laos, then Thailand, then Cambodia, and for me, to fly over to Singapore, tour Kuala Lumbur, climb Mount Kinabalu, and then back home to Toronto. Return date October 11. That's 73 days of action-packed adventure!

Ride for Heart

On June 7th, I'll be riding 25km for the Heart and Stroke Ride for Heart. You can sponsor me!

I made a commitment to do some training before the ride so my co-worker and I will be going to the cycling class at our gym next Tuesday and Thursday. I'm going to be sore!

The trouble is that I don't currently have a functioning bike. We have two at home and one has a broken pedal and the other has a messed up gear.

The view outside my office window

Yes, that's right. A cavalcade of police cars, fire trucks and a BOMB unit. The subway station connected to my building has been evacuated. Apparantely, duffel bags with "unidentifiable liquids" were found in the bus station / parking lot. Yet, I'm still sitting here in the office, with the perfect bird's eye view to all the action.

Edited to add: Soon after this post, the VP of Human Resources decided that all employees should leave the building ASAP, a call that I happily obeyed. It turned out that it was just a knapsack with strange bottles.