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February 1, 2009 – Chinese New Year Parade
A rather colorful parade on such a gloomy day! Mimicking a huddled herd of penguins, a rather brave entourage of students and CAs made its way to Vancouver’s Chinatown on Sunday morning. The weather can easily be described with one word: HORRIFIC! Despite the less-than-happy weather, we survived to witness an incredibly colorful parade. The [...]
January 24, 2009 – Trip to Victoria
It was a cold but clear day as 37 students and 4 CAs boarded the bus in downtown Vancouver, setting out for an adventure in Victoria, the capital city of BC. The ferry ride was easy and on time- students milled about, taking pictures of the flocks of seagulls that swarmed around the upper deck. [...]
Jan 17, 2009 – Vancouver Aquarium
A trip to the Aquarium? Could anything be better? How about your very own marine biologist leading a tour throughout the unknown world of the creatures of the sea? And wouldn’t you know, ELI’s own Bryan Tomlinson was a shoe-in for the role. Well, he isn’t actually a marine biologist, nor was he our ‘own’ [...]
January 10, 2009 – Downtown Tour
It was a cold and rainy day that Saturday in early January (the 10th, to be precise) when the new students for the Winter Session 2009 joined CAs Sheyla and Colleen for a wee walking tour of downtown Vancouver. Though the wind and rain soaked them through in a matter of minutes, the students were [...]
Jan 7, 2009- Welcome Mixer
The Valentine’s Party is one of the numerous activities this session promoted at the Welcome Mixer This session’s Welcome Mixer was a Winter Wonderland, with snowflakes and sparkles and stars that glittered. In short, it was a magical room that the students stepped into on that cold Wednesday on January. Tables of food were laid [...]
December 5-7, 2008 – Trip to Whistler
Students and CAs were both full of excitement as we boarded the bus to go to beautiful Whistler mountain. After getting settled into our rooms at the Whistler Village Inn, we got the rental equipment, took a tour of Whistler village, and went to various restaurants to enjoy dinner. Then some people decided to soak [...]
November 22, 2008 – Musical “It’s a Wonderful Life”
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, we ventured down to Granville Island. When we got there, we all decided we would love a sweet treat so we went to the French Bakery and got croissants, cookies, and baguettes and sat outside to watch a busker performing covers of Eric Clapton. Soon, we ventured over to watch [...]
November 21, 2008 – International Night
Come one, come all! It’s the first ever International Night fair! That’s right! We had a grand old time together as we celebrated the cultural diversity of the ELI students with a “fair” theme!! We had mimes and clowns and various other costumed ELI members walking through the doors as we flung them open. For [...]
November 15, 2008 – Ice Skating
The day started off beautiful and sunny as we waited for students to arrive at the meeting place for an afternoon of ice skating. The majority of them were first-time beginners, so there was an air of apprehension all around. When we got to the community centre and laced up our skates, the first thing [...]
Nov 8, 2008 – Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota Wild
Although the day started cold and wet, the weather cleared up and the atmosphere got warmer as students gathered at Georgia and Granville. We made our way to the GM place to cheer for the Canucks playing against the Wild. As the arena was getting filled, some students bought hotdogs, churros, popcorn and beer to [...]
