Sun, Feb 11th

I've been in Vancouver almost two weeks now and still loving the City. Haven't really gotten to do too much as I've been busy with the job hunting and looking for accommodation. Turns out I didn't have to look too hard for work. I had applied for a lot of recruitment agencies online and about 20 games companies. I also got the name of a recruitment agency that welcomed walk-ins so I popped in there on Wed morn. They were all very nice and helpful and I was in there for about 90 min doing some computer tests which all went pretty well. Once finished the girl helping me said there was one job that might suit me but would have to check with them first.

I got a call the following day to say that company wanted to have an interview with me so in I popped and met with two lads who gave me lots of computer questions. A lot of stuff I wouldn't really be familiar with but I was just completely honest and it all went fine. The interviews over here are a bit of a pain as you always get awkward questions like, “when, in a previous job, did you go over the call of duty to help someone out”, or “what area would you most like to improve on?”. These questions are hard to answer correctly so you don't make yourself sound bad. Anywho, all went fine so I was pretty hopeful.

When I went back to the hostel to check my mails I had gotten a mail from a guy from a games company who wanted to meet for a “chat” the following morn. We met in a cafe and had a good ol' chat. He was a real nice guy and it was a nice informal chat. Everything went really well but i'm pretty sure i'm under qualified as it's a pretty serious position that they'll be hiring for. Right in the middle of the chat I got a call from the recruitment agency to say I got the other job and would start on Monday. That was good to hear. I won't hear about the games job till the end of the month but pretty sure I won't be getting that.

Over the weekend I went to view two houses. One was really nice but was quite a bit out of town and i'd say the room mates were super nerds. The other place was a bit of a dump and the guy showing it to me was straight outta The Deer Hunter so needless to say I was itching to get outta there before he caged me up, or something.

The lads also got back from Whistler for the weekend and it was their last days in Vancouver before they headed off on their tour of the U.S. For 2 months. Fortunately they both love Vancouver as well so have decided to come back here to work instead of going home. Ideally i'd like to try save some cash while they're gone but that' prob not gonna happen. We went out and partied hard for their last weekend and had some great craic as per usual. We also went to a great park in the city called Stanley Park. It's massive so we only got to see about 1/5 of it before the legs stopped working and we had to get Clint to pick us up. It's gonna be a great spot during the summer and might make me purchase a cheap bike for myself. Everyone keeps going on about how great it is here in the summer. Can't wait.

The extremely impressive library downtown......
....equally impressive inside, almost enough to make me pick up a book.....almost.
Great fun and games while watching the SuperBowl in our local Irish pub.
Heading into Stanley Park on a lovely Saturday afternoon
The view of Downtown from the park
Some old Chinese dude insisted on taking a pic of me in front of the Totem poles. Crazy bastard.
The Lions Gate bridge which brings you to North Vancouver.
North Vancouver
Clint and his buddy join us for our last night out with the lads
Bye bye Jamie and Glen.....................for now
Glen just has enough time to wake everyone in the hostel by crashing to the ground seconds after I took this picture. I had to carry him outta there quickly as he couldn't even walk. Funny as fook.