Canada Day long weekendddd! =D July 1st is Canada's birthday! Had BBQ today! Had my cousins visit whom I had never met before, they are pretty cool. BBQ again tomorrow in Ajax! mmm i love BBQ! so yummy!

ok so i've been slacking with the blogging so here's a mega combo summary of the major june events!

Convocation
i'm officially a york alumus!! woot! fun times. i actually felt sad though during the ceremony! plugged along at the tear glands just a little. lol. so many people there! apparently there were like 1300 graduands! i'm so sad i didn't get to see everyone and take pics with them! i'm so glad suni came though!!! and very happy i got to see andrew and ben! can't believe i am done at york. the other day i was in the atkinson parking lot with igor and started talking about graduating since the big white tent is right next to atk. reminiscing and talking about how convocation will be the close of this chapter of our lives...the closure of the current book we are writing...and starting a brand new fresh book! it's oh so exciting but kind of scary too....you know, like what direction will we take now, browsing through the bookstore...seeing what book to open next. but of course we noted how glad we were to start this new book =) yay for new books!

Relay for Life
yahoo! RFL 2008! our 6th year participating in the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life at Centennial Park! every year is a surprise! this year there was massive thunderstorm!! we camped outside through the rain and thunder! it was pretty intense! unfortunately the strong winds and rain prevented the luminaries from being lit =( we had quite the experience rain and storm proofing our tent! oh my goodness, i've never seen anything more ghetto than our tent-tarp-mini-city!! words cannot describe. despite the ghetto-ness, it was funny as hell putting it up and seeing the "innovation" of my teammates! lol! my luggage was used as a central support for the entire structure! we had random giant tree branches found by omer masking taped to the handle of my luggage, topped with an umbrella (also masking taped), seated on top of a camping chair....to hold up the tarp in the centre of our own "tent city." lol it was so jokes. we ripped up plastic bags to tie down the tarp b/c we had no string or rope!!! lol! talk about resourceful! haha. anywho lol, fun times with omer whom i hadn't seen in the longest time. our pics in the tent were hilarious. it was quite the unforgettable night =)

APAA - Our last hurrah
We had our last event of our term, our first annual academic awards ceremony. it was a good event, even the Dean showed! it was really great to see everyone. i miss everyone sooo much now! our council this year was awesome. after the event we hit up dave and buster's, which was super fun! can't believe we didn't do more entire council social events during the year! (lol i guess cuz we are always so busy! =P) it was too jokes...we got faheem to drink tequila!! :O hahaha. oh man. it was too funny. was a great way to end off our year. i couldn't have asked for a better team to work with. everyone you guys were amazing to working with. never going to forget the awesomeness which was APAA council 2007-08! we accomplished soooo much this year! unlike any other APAA council in the past! i am oh so proud of APAA this year and feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to work with and become friends with this amazing group of people....argh i'm so in APAA withdrawal!!! >.<

MOE
- went to a drinking water symposium. lol. it was about drinking water.
- oh and finally met the other students during our student orientation day! i'm so glad b/c they are awesome =)
- student network launch last week...we played all day! lol.


oh and COLDPLAY CONCERT JULY 30th!!!!!!! wooooooot! their new CD is so wicked! viva la vida!!! I am soooooo excited!! I can't wait!!!! =DDDDDD extreme!!!!

It's National Pigeon Day !

This special day was chosen for pigeons in honour of a brave little pigeon named Cher Ami.



Cher Ami was a carrier pigeon during World War I. He was the sort of pigeon that was able to fly home from far distances. They are known as "homing pigeons." Our sweet little friend braved the bullets and other dangers to deliver messages in the field to the armies. His most famous and important delivery was in October 1918. You can read his story here. It is an amazing story. He was such an awesome hero that there was even a poem written about him and published. Cher Ami also received a medal for his service, the French Croix de guerre with a palm leaf. The story of this heroic bird is very sweet.