http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/ mellymel Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:15:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Friends Hobbies http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/189.html Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:11:05 GMT Nope.... It's not another announcement of me taking off travelling....I AM settling into the big girl world. AND it's not anything too settling like a new condo or ring around the finger.... It's that I have officially closed down this website and moved to MSN Spaces! To find me now go to: http://spaces.msn.com/mellymelalvares/ http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=189 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/188.html Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:01:40 GMT Good to be back in the tdot for a few days. I officially do not like business travel at all. I like being in different cities....its just the getting there and back that sucks. Softchoice needs to get a private jet. The Seattle trip continued to multiply in its insaneness. Wed was the Sake Bar opening, and with unlimited sake, japanese beer, sushi and sashimi we were all uber happy all night. The bar is really nice too and will have to for sure keep hitting it up whenever we are in town. Eric and Edwin landed a bit too late to join the opening, but we made sure to continue the party till the... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=188 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/187.html Tue, 30 May 2006 23:57:02 GMT So we pulled out of Vancity at about 11am yesterday, picked up Jordan from the airport and then put the pedal to the medal to get to the outlets with enough time to execute our plan (we actually downloaded the PDF map of the outlets and planned a route...yes...we have a sickness!). Frigging memorial day meant a long back-up at the border, and then we got grilled since we said we were going to seattle for "work" and we should have said that we were going for "meetings" since we are not legal to work there. blah...blah...blah. I guess the truth is that we weren't really planning to do much work... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=187 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/186.html Sun, 28 May 2006 20:39:16 GMT So last week in Vancouver was sunny and amazing...and then we show up here and its misrable rain and cold....while everyone back in the Tdot has sun and heat! urrgh. Weather aside its been AMAZING! We got in pretty late on Friday and for some reason me thinking that we could drop off stuff and hit the town after a full day of work, a 5 hr flight and a 3hr time difference...was a bit too ambitious. We ended up getting the car and then chilling at my aunts house (with come BC sushi..yum!) Saturday morning i headed to watch my cousin in the BC Provincial finals. They ended up winning 1st place.... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=186 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/185.html Fri, 26 May 2006 21:49:11 GMT Photos from the 90's party for your viewing pleasure: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mellymel_alvares/album?.dir=48ccre2&.src=ph Leaving on a jet-plane in the next couple hours. So excited to hit up the west coast and we have quite the jam-packed schedule. My poor liver. http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=185 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/184.html Tue, 23 May 2006 21:28:18 GMT Yes. I went on a slight blogging hiatus for a while there. It’s amazing that if you miss a week or two…it just seems way to overwhelming to go back in time and remember everything. So this is going to be an Über quick May update. May 7th: Completed my 2nd Sporting Life 10K. It actually was my 2nd 10K ever…..actually my 2nd time really doing any kind of long distance running. I actually managed to run for the entire time (‘cept for when you grab those cups of gatorade…I can’t manage to run and drink at the same time yet) and finished the race at 1:06 which is almost the exact same time... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=184 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/183.html Sun, 07 May 2006 00:41:59 GMT So San Fran and Seattle were both sunny and beautiful. I got into San Fran at about 5pm and headed to my hotel when....Vanessa called me! So Vanessa is this girl that I backpacked Patagonia, Chile with. We actually met each other on the trail and went ice-climbing/hiking in the day and partied like rockstars by night. We've emailed back and forth a bit, and when I found out i was going to SanFran I emailed her my number...but never heard back from her until right then. So within 2 hours we were sitting on her couch drinking red wine (from a bottle...not a carton like in Chile!) and catching... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=183 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/182.html Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:55:22 GMT So things have been going kick-ass lately in all areas of life. Ultimate: (I had to start with that first!) WE WON!!!!! Yup, we are the Intermediate division champions. Not bad for first time team eh? We ended off regular season in 3rd place....barely beat the 2nd place team in order to get us into the finals AND then BLEW away the 1st place un-defeated team in the finals by 17-11. Woohoo. It was quite the game and I'm sooo proud of the team and we all now have 1 more championship shirt to add to our collection! Winning team pic:... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=182 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/181.html Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:31:27 GMT yes. I've been slacking with this. So busy with life that there isnt really time to write about it. So I'm probably off the "rotation" now of regular readers....but then again I write this thing more for myself as a way to reflect and remember...so i better get to it. What was the last entry? March...man. So St.Patty's was insane. Our "offsite" afternoon brainstorming was key to getting us in the bar. But now we have a full-proof way to get everyone in the bar next year. Thanks to some random guy who shared the most brilliant line scam ever. Man....i don't remember what else i did in... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=181 http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/archive/180.html Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:15:35 GMT So early Saturday morning (Ok…closer to noon….but I was aiming for an early start but had a late Friday night) I picked up my new car! It’s pretty much the exact same car that I had pre-accident except for a few upgrades. I opted for power windows….since for the 4 months I had my previous car I was already sick of rolling the windows! And considering those 4 months were mostly over the winter…I’m sure when it’s nice outside I’m really going to hate manual windows. So when you upgrade to power…..you have to go up to the deluxe model. So apparently I have a better sound system, fancier tire... (more) http://mellymel.blogdrive.com/comments?id=180