Dor Goes West: Always Sunday in Whistler

It’s been a decade or two since my last blog, and whilst I’d like to say I’ve been far too busy in my new job as a highly paid hot-tub tester, that wouldn’t be entirely true. I’ve not got a job yet, although not for want of trying. Unfortunately, it seems almost every business in town is holding off until the end of November to employ people. There are a couple of job fairs coming up next week though, and I’ve had two interviews in the last few days, so it shouldn’t be too long until someone takes pity on me and gives me a job scraping the grease from the chip pan in McDonald’s.

The past two weeks have been a bit of a blur, for various reasons. Last week started off productively, as Brent and I went into the village to look for jobs and check out snowboard prices. Unfortunately for productivity’s sake, we then met Brent’s friend Tom, and decided to celebrate having woken up before lunchtime with a pint and some chicken wings (ten for $3.50 – bargain!). Celebrating minor victories became the week’s theme. Tom and his Austrian housemate Val stayed with us for a couple of days whilst their house was made habitable, and in the name of celebration much fun was had.

We also discovered the joys of FIFA World Cup 2002 for the Xbox last week. I’ll not bore you with the details, but it’s the most fantastic(ally awful) footy game I’ve ever played. Playing a world cup after a night out has become a bit of a ritual for Nick and I, and winning it with mighty Belgium on Wednesday was such an achievement I had to take a photo.

We also have four new housemates. The two couples have moved in - Jim, Nat, Joe and Vicky - and all seem like excellent fun. They're a bit older than us and have had proper jobs for a while now, but we've already had an awesome night out together, and it looks like we'll get on alright.

Don’t worry though – I’ve not spent the last two weeks doing nothing but drinking and playing Xbox. I can do that at home fairly well, as you know. I must have dropped off about 30 résumés (no CVs over here) to pubs, restaurants and shops so I won’t be unemployed for too much longer. I’ll try and knock out these blogs a bit more often, and I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch of good stories in this one, but for the time being here are a few photos from Halloween. After a great night at Moe Joe’s, we managed to find ourselves a full moon party, and walked home at about 7am (and got straight into the hot tub, haha!). Whilst that’s probably the reason I have man flu now, it was also the best night out I’ve had in ages. Que?

Today’s Wisdom: Never leave a spaceman in charge of the rice.