Destination Vancouver, B.C, Ca

Next fall, I'm going to Vancouver. I got the idea a couple of months ago, and just applied for a working-holiday visa -and happened to get one! I want to experience the Winter Olympics, meet people and just have a great time facing new challenges.

I visited Vancouver in the summer of 2007, and loved the city very much. When I realised that my job contract is ending next September, and that the Games are in a country that I like very much and is somewhat familiar, it just felt like I have no choice but to go.

As you might guess, I'm excited and frightened at the same time. I'm going to stay over the winter, leaving in October and coming back to Finland propably in April.

I cannot wait, but at the same time I enjoy this moment, right now. After all, I have all summer long to enjoy good weather and friends and dancing and my pony and all the things I love so very much.

I am happy :)

Edit: I think this means I'm going to Tofino and Back Again

Pursuit

Improvement, growing up, happiness, eagerness for challenges. Challenge? Risk? Dreams vs. threads? Where I might end up by always taking the safe bet. How far can I go by giving up the fear, giving up the "wise" options? Pursuing my limits, continuously pushing them further. This is not my combat anymore, I'm not afraid of following my dreams.

I'm moving to Vancouver for some time next fall. That's all I know so far. Well, that and the fact that I posses a work permit. There's a proverb that says something about bewaring what one dreams of, because that is exactly what one might get. I remember few years ago thinking to myself that if I only had taken a break, a year off, after senior high before going to college. Well, the break is about to come. And I'm excited.

Traveling is scary, starting over in a new place, is even more so. It is also a huge opportunity, a new chance to explore who I am, and how far I can go. Who knows what adventures i'm about to face. But I'm pursuing my dremas. And I'm excited.