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Monday, December 15
tobogganing - rollin' tumblin' fun! 5:10 PMThe weather was crazy over the weekend, and unfortunately will continue to be. It was an unbelievably -42 degC (-26 plus windchill!), and weather forecasts are now filled with multiple warnings, cautioning everyone against severe windchills.
Click on these and try to imagine what I'm experiencing..!
Yet despite the weather, we were gung-ho enough to attempt tobogganing last Saturday. Dylan brought us to Crescent Drive Park near his place; there was a slide ready for use so we didn't have to toboggan along some random hilly slope, haha. No seriously, that'd have been uber fun too, but not when most surface snow actually freezes and hardens into solid ice in this extreme cold. Imagine the bumps and bruises we'll suffer! Yikes. And actually I do have a blue-black on my lower back/butt area right now, haha. :(
Notice the bits of frost that actually stay on our toques, scarves and jackets; some were undoubtedly snowflakes caused by the constant rollin' and tumblin', but most were actually random ice crystals drifting in the strong winds! I think Dylan seemed more wrapped up than we were anyway, and he looks like a lion with bits of frost on his furry hood, haha.
We also tried 3-man tobogganing, squeezing onto the 2 blue "sleds", huddling one another's legs and sliding down simultaneously. HAHA. Damn fun, although the front person suffered the most cos of the huge amount of snow that gushed right onto us upon landing and numbed our faces. Heh.. but we all had a go at being the first, and it was just plain silly and hilarious when we tumbled all over (or maybe we were seriously numbed by the cold; our hands, feet and faces so sore it no longer mattered anymore).
Me at the bottom, with a W for whee and woots! Haha. Check out my tobogganing vids on Facebook!
I like the picture on the left, heh. This red mat thingy gives you more speed and thrill; so you end up sliding further than you normally would! The blanket of snow was soo thick (and fluffy if you find the right patch) that it was just nice rolling in it, hehe. (P/S: Yes Chris, I know you're jealous!)
The sign sounded so dangerous! So yep.. what weather to go tobogganing! But it was undeniably exciting just screaming down the slides and rolling, hehe. Thereafter we had liquer hot chocolate at Dylan's, a perfect way to soothe and calm down after getting cold feet (literally), sore toes and fingers. Ahhh.. :)
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Farewell gathering
Later in the night we had a lil' drinking session in our room with some of the AIMS execs and exchange students. I received the hockey stick above as a xmas present by Ayumi (Japan), and she kinda left the "I Love Winni" sticking out of the bag, so I initially thought it was customized for me! Bleah.. it turned out to be Winnipeg of course, haha.
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