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It’s been a while since I updated this site. I think it’s time for me to get my act together and start posting some more of my work. In the next we weeks, I’ll start to upload some of the pictures I’ve been taking since the last post. Please bear with me. Thanks During the Victoria Day Long weekend, Cec, Colton and I had the opportunity to volunteer at the 8th Annual Canada Cup Floorball Championship held at the Tait McKenzie Center at Toronto’s York University. We all had a great time and had the pleasure of meeting several Hockey Hall of Famers such as Borje Salming, Nick Kypreos, Bill Delago and Jim McKinny. The tournament took all of Friday, Saturday and Sunday to complete with about 62 teams competing. The teams divisions ranged from Atom to Adult Elite. They came from all over North America. There were no European teams this year, but I do know there were a couple last year from Finland in the Bantam and High School Divisions. They even brought in referees from Finland, Sweden and the Chzech Republic to officiate during the tournament. I was given the task of entering the scoresheet data into the system so the information would be up to date online. It was surely a long busy weekend. I didn’t have much time to take pictures since most of my time was spent doing the data entry. The few I took have been posted. On January 1, 2011, We had the pleasure of travelling with a large group of people to Costa Rica for a Friendship Karate tournament. Our competitors were composed of people from Several Ontario martial arts Clubs and were there representing Canada. The Costa Rican competitors were also composed of about 3 martial arts clubs from the Liberia and Guanacaste region. On the 2 day competition, our team came back with 70 Gold, 62 Silver and 54 Bronze medals. There were also 7 Kyu Belt Triple Crown (golds in Forms, weapons and Sparring) winners of which 3 were Black Belts. We had a great time in Costa Rica and would love to return some day. Literally Costa Rica translates to Rich Coast, which in fact was quite rich in wildlife. We got the opportunity of seen nesting Sea Turtles, Iguanas, Crocodiles, many bird species and monkeys. There were even Sharks, Manta Rays, whales and sting rays just offshore, but unable to see them since you needed a Seadoo to get there. We also had a great time doing the Ziplining. I took lots of picture of both the tournament and the entire trip. I’m just going thru them and will post them up soon. It’s a few weeks before Christmas and the count down has started. Not just for the Christmas Holidays and New Years.. but for my Trip down to Costa Rica. The family has been invited down to Costa Rica for a Karate Tournament. It’s one day of competing within the Canadian Group followed by another day of competitions with the other countries. I don’t know exactly which countries will be there but it will be at least the Costa Rican team. But after the competition is over, it’s 5 days of vacation. It’s an all inclusive resort with our own available and optional excursions such as a 11 platform Zip Lining over the canopy, Hot spring mud bath & zip line, national park tour, adventure rafting, and beach tour with surfing lessons. Sure is going to be an exciting vacation. I will post photos whenever I can. I’m not big on Blogging, but here’s what’s been happening since the last time. It’s been a busy few months with work and family. I did head over to Michigan for a few days of relaxation and touring. I also managed to go on a Mediterranean Cruise to Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt and Greece. had a lot of fun, despite the short hurried shore excursions. While this was happening, the Everthing to do with Sex show in London was happening. Unfortunately, I was unable to cover it since I was on my Cruise. But it’s being held in Hamilton on November 5-7, which I plan to cover most of the time. I will also be covering the Toronto one, which I believe is a few weeks later. If I get around to it, I may post some pictures… Too many things going on… Hope to see you there. 🙂 On September 8th, I was told that there would be a party at the Liberty Grand by the Exhibition grounds. Many Celebrities were to be there, so I packed my camera and headed down there. There were a lot of people outside trying to get a glimpse of the celebrities. Some of the local TV stations were there covering. I managed to get a few shots of several Celebrities, mostly Hockey players. But the two main Celebrities I managed to get were Olivia Newton John and David Schwimmer. It took a lot of patience to get these shots but I managed to get a few good ones. I even waited until the party was over to see if I could get some of them going out, but no luck. They must have snuck out the back door. On June 3 & 4, Corso Italia 2010 was taking place on St. Clair Avenue between Westmont and Landsdowne Ave in Toronto. I was there early afternoon on the 3rd. There were a lot of people, lots of foood, and lots of entertainment. But I was told that later on the evening ,when the day cooled off, it was quite packed and was hard to walk thru. I had a great time walking and enjoying the event. On June 4th, I decided to drop in to watch the Toronto Pride Parade 2010 in Downtown Toronto. It was so packed that it was hard to walk thru the streets. People were pushing and shoving each other. Not a good place for someone who’s claustrophobic. I walked the entire parade route looking for an opening to get some clear pictures. I ended up near the end of the route, but unfortunately did not have time to fully cover the entire parade due to time constraints. I took a whole bunch of pics which I’ll post soon. On April 13th, we had the pleasure of attending the Discover Brazil Magazine Launch. I was there to enjoy myself and pay support to my friends who were involved with the magazine. There were lots of people attending, including media, consulate officials, sponsors and friends. I had my camera with me but opted not to use it since I wanted to mingle and enjoy myself with friends. The purpose of the magazine is to report and promote what’s going on in the growing economy, tourism and diverse culture of Brazil itself to the Canadian Multicultural society. Yet, another fun weekend of running around taking pictures. On March 12-4, I again attended the Hamilton Sexapalooza Show. It was great being with old friends and making some new ones. Thanks Josh, Jason and Peter for the great times. Even the models, Asha and Mika were great to work with, despite the miserable weather and cold venue. Lots of pictures were taken and have been posted in the gallery. |
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