Late post weekend blog. But whatevs. Also, for convenience sake, most of the pictures are going to be from my cellphone camera. I will probably edit this post and add other pictures from my camera in a non-chronological order when I feel up for it.
Friday April 27, 2012
I wasn't quite sure whether to look forward to this day or not. On one hand, this trip has long been planned and anticipated; it was also the only highlight of my two week school break. On the other hand, it was also the last weekend before school resumes again.
First stop; food. Annndd let the roadtrip begin. Or not. 
Just as we were hitting the road, LB's dad found an excuse to have us do a 180 for inspection. It was amusing and daunting at the same time, he seemed all business like as he pulled the car in front of our parked van so that there was no way out. At first, I actually thought it was a joke that we had to open the door so that he could have a peak at each passenger's faces. Boy, was I wrong.
Fast forwarding after the ferry ride, drive and check in to our hotel room, we met up with ED, a friend who lives in Victoria and was gracious enough to offer himself as our host for the entire weekend. I honestly have no idea what he was thinking offering his company to 7 girls. In return, I thought it'd just be fair to offer up DP to him as payment 
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The parliament; the steps where it was decided that we were going to not so subtly try to pair up DP and EJ by laying on thick the teasing and building up awkward tension between the two. Goood timess.
Mt. Tolmie aka make out /hot boxing spot. This picture does this place no justice. At all.
Dinner finally. Crappiest service I've ever did see. But with good company nonetheless.
Then back to our hotel room at around midnight to indulge in the various types of wines we each purchase. Surprisingly, we had no hard liquor, aside from the Jagger that no one, but Baby J (JB) drank.
Saturday April 28, 2012
So DP and I actually didn't sleep until the wee hours of the night. We chatted about nothing in particular while I was sipping on my Pinot (which I purchase specifically for the bottle), halfway through, I decided I was going to give it a rest because I was starting to feel the acidity of my stomach rise. This plus the lack of sleep combined with no breakfast seriously made me feel ill, a couple of hours later upon waking. So ill in fact, that I was reduced into fetal position as everyone else was getting ready for the day. I had anticipated the feeling; it was very reminiscent to the stomach pains sensation that frequented me at a young age.
I hate it. I cannot, absolutely, CANNOT stand any sort of stomach pain. I would rather get beat up, or be feverish, anything but stomach pains.
With that said, I ended up skipping out the late morning and afternoon session of touring around the island. It wasn't fair for me to hold everyone up just because I couldn't go. Though, what peeved me was the insistent nagging of everyone while I was practically on my death bead (obvious exaggeration). So yes, it was best for them to have left while I rested.
In the late afternoon, when they've come back, I was finally starting to come around from a whole day of fretful slumber. The irony was, as I got ready, everyone else passed out. Though, not long after, we were once again off into the night!
The ever so infamous Empress Hotel where royalty stays.
Pub/ lounge #1 The Sticky Wicket.
Pub #2 Bard and Banker, where gorgeous unff worthy servers, serves in kilts.
I honestly don't know what ED meant when he said that it's boring here, maybe because he actually takes residence in the island, but man oh man! , The atmosphere, the architecture, and just the general ambiance and air of the place. I fell in love. It's more than a satisfactory substitute for a full on vacation outside the country. The island is small, albeit buzzing city, capable of holding it's own. It's busy enough to be exciting, yet small enough to not be overwhelming! I look forward to living there in the near future!
I regress.
Not going to lie, it was actually very intimidating to step into the many pubs and restaurant the place had to offer. It was just so...posh. And we stuck out like a sore thumb, being a non Caucasian group of 7 girls and 1 guy. I have never in my life feel so physically small, young and insignificant than I did once we stepped into the Sticky Wicket. It's okay though, it was soon mended by a couple glasses of alcoholic drinks. Don't get me wrong, once again, the atmosphere was great, it was so laid back, and just by looking around you can tell that it's definitely a place where people stay and have a chat for prolong periods of time.
At this point in the late evening, non of us actually had a proper dinner, and non of us will ever have a proper dinner that night since either restaurants were close, or the pubs that were still open had finished serving food hours ago. So, we said screw it! and hit the next open pub at almost 1AM. You see, this is as close to "pub hopping" as I've ever gotten.
So in we go the the Bard & Banker. We actually passed by this pub earlier on in our stroll, it was just so lively and packed that it was intimidating. Shame, because by the time we had entered, the revelry of people dancing to Scottish jigs had long ended.
Our night didn't end there, we set out around town, on foot and by car, in search for some essentials we would need the next day (which we never got). Again, it astounded me to witness the streets filled with -relatively- young intoxicated people celebrating life. Absolutely everyone in the street was inebriated on some level, yet in possession of their own being. Maybe, I'm just a very suburbs girl, admittedly I have only been in our own nearby downtown in the wee hours of the night only a handful of times. Though for some reason, I don't think a Saturday evening in downtown Victoria, is quite the same as a Saturday evening in downtown Vancouver.
Sunday April 29, 2012
Surprisingly, I was cooperative enough in the morning, manage to wake up and get ready with the early risers (AQ, MF, Baby J)
Brunch at Denny's. It took a hell of a long time to get seated and get our food because there was a marathon that took place. That, or maybe it also has to do with it being a Sunday and there aren't very many breakfast place about.
[Insert pictures of petting zoo here]
Barb's fish and chips!
Seawall
I have never in my life strongly desired to be rich in a single moment than I have upon seeing this castle and walking around it's 2M + price tagged neighbourhood.
Welcome to my crib!
Chocolate from the ferry for the ride home. And back to reality it is.
Monday April 30, 2012
Decided to skip the first day of school; I only have one class and it would only be an intro. Spent the day sleeping. I lucked out seeing as it was actually cancelled.
Tuesday May 1, 2012
First day back. Clinic right away. Super frantic, yet still unmotivated.
LETS DO THIS!
Saw Safe 2012 in the evening with the mother dear + bubble tea afterwards. Had unintentionally snubbed a male friend because 1) I actually hadn't seen him right away 2) when I had it was too late for me to say hi because I had missed my chance so I just kept on with my facade which made it more awkward 3) I was with my mother and I didn't want her interrogating me.
-Elle Are Emm
Pardon me?"
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