Jagshemash!

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Borat's movie is coming out this Friday! If you are unfamiliar with Borat, Borat is a fictional Kazakhstani journalist invented and portrayed by the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Teaser Trailer



Full Trailer



The first four minutes of the movie if you like spoilers.



Dzienkuje!

Cat wheel

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Cat wheel

lol, cute.

Hiking: Parc du Mont-Mégantic

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We were once again treated to nice and cool weather on a Saturday a few weeks ago. My buddy Matt and I decided to kick it up a level in our hiking adventure. This time around, we drove down to the Eastern Townships (Cantons-de-l'Est), heading towards Parc national du Mont-Mégantic.

At 1,105 meters (3600 ft) Mont Megantic is the second highest peak in all of Quebec and the highest mountains in Quebec's Eastern Townships. It's located west of the city of Sherbrooke and about two and a half hours from Montreal. It's a spectacular area to hike as there's over 50 km of hiking trails where we can criss-cross the mountain to each of its four peaks. There's quite a few point of interest at this park as there's an astronomy observatory located near the summit of Mont Megantic. There are quite a few other activities you can do over here, such as: mountain biking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing,

Matt and I were feeling particularly great for this day as we have decided to take on the hiking trail des trois sommets. The first summit would be Mont St-Joseph at 1065 meters in altitude with a difference in altitude of 500m. Afterwards, the trail brings us to the summit of Mont Victoria at 1055 meters in altitude to finally finish the loop at Mont Mégantic at 1105 meters in altitude. From there, it's an easy stroll back to the reception area.

The difficulty level for this trail was ranked as EXPERT, with a total distance of 15.2 km of hiking trails estimated to take between 5 to 8 hours to complete. Boy, were they right about classifying this as EXPERT!

The first leg of our journey started with us taking on Mont St-Joseph. Right from the get go, it's rough on the cardio and our legs, as the trail didn't stop going up and straight up with no end in sight! We were both flabbergasted! We couldn't believe our eyes as we stared at each other while climbing this mountain. Holy Freaking Saint Joseph! ;)

We adapted the hiking trail at our own pace and of course took some time to take lots and lots of pictures as the scenery was incredible! At one point, we were literary hiking in the clouds! It was an incredible sensation. It was windy, the weather was cool and we couldn't see anything all around us!

Here's a list of photos taken chronologically, from start to finish:

Hiking: La Montagne Noire, St-Donat

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A few weeks ago, on a nice clear and sunny Sunday morning, I went up north with my good friend Mathieu for a friendly hiking-photo trip. Meeting time was at 7:30 at Matt's apartment. Yes, bright and early! We headed up north to hit our first hiking trip of the season in St-Donat at Montagne Noire. We also didn't hesitate to take the opportunity to do some photography as the colors have started to change.

Here's a little info about Montagne Noire:

According to Matt, it's the highest summit in importance in the Laurentides region, just after Mont Tremblant. The trail is pretty light and easy. We get to see magnificent maple groves along the way as well as an observations point of lake Archambault and Mount-Garceau. We also skirt along the way Lac Lézard and to finally reach a memorial site. The Liberator Harry B-24 bomber plane crash site. Finally, after another 5-10 mins, we reach the summit of Montagne Noire, at 875m altitude. From this observation point, we have a nice view of Mount Kaaïkop and also downtown Montreal (on a clear day).

Total distance: 12,8km.
Time to complete at a reasonable pace: 4 hours
difference in height/level: 485 meters
Difficulty: Beginner.

More information, in French, can be found at the tourism St-Donat website.

Company Offsite 2006!

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It was a nice, quiet, bright and sunny September day in St-Agathe. This was the location for our yearly company offsite! This year was even crazier compared to last year! :)

All the employees, where I work at, made the trip to St-Agathe at my boss's country house. We focused this year more on team building activities and we had a better mix of intellectual and physical activities. We hoped to build and emphasize on good communication, problem solving skills, trust, taking advantage of the strengths and weaknesses of each team member.

I was able to take nice pictures when I was up there. Here's a close up of a dragon fly:


It was a successful, fun and playful day! We had many other activities to choose from such as kayaking, boating, and go on the pedalo, play soccer or shoot freesbies.

My Dad's 60th Anniversary!

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After a long hiatus...I'm back at sharing my news with you all! :)

Back in August this summer, it was my father's 60th Anniversary! Reaching the 60 year mark is a very special occasion for anyone. To celebrate, we planned a big BBQ birthday bash for my dad as we invited all our family. Even my dad's cousin from Ohio came for the week for this momentous and special occasion!

Update!

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I finally found the time to update my rusty blog! :)

In the next couple of days, i'll be posting stuff i've been doing over the past of couple of months. So stay tuned for that!

I finally got my Canon Powershot A620 camera fixed. Even though it took me a month to get it back from FutureShop...it didn't cost me a dime....that's great....I just hope it doesn't crap out on me again! That will certainly suck!

My team is doing pretty good so far in this season's of The Amazing Race. Tyle & James have finished 1st, 2nd and 2nd. Keep it up! ;)


Here's a funny clip from the Dave Chapelle show: What if the internet was a place you could go to?