tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:29:28 +0000Whoever said it was a small world, never tried to see it all.http://richworkman.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rich)Blogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-4964587312703054209Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:18:00 +00002013-04-27T13:18:11.950-07:00I'm still alive :)http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2013/04/still-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-2896187053992325726Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:49:00 +00002008-09-05T18:16:25.628-07:00vancouver, canadaFor someone who misses travelling abroad as much as I do, I have to count myself lucky that I live where I do. Even when I've been home for as long as I have, I can still find some pretty spectacular places to get away for a while. This past weekend, Ian and I decided to climb to the top of "The Lions", a quintessential Vancouver landmark. It took us nearly 5 hours to get "almosthttp://richworkman.blogspot.com/2008/09/lion-tamers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-2895944488180636351Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:40:00 +00002008-08-11T14:01:32.103-07:00vancouver, canadaI was able to spend nearly 4 straight weekends at the cabin on Chain Lake over late June and early July. While not nearly as exotic as some of the other places I've been, it's a pretty good comprimise when you find yourself in a career that precludes extended trips to far-flug places. Fishing, ATV'ing (is that a word?), swiming, campfires, steaks on the fire, and plenty of 1845.http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2008/08/travels-closer-to-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-6887365410744243567Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:06:00 +00002008-07-02T11:13:51.492-07:00chain lake, canadaI recently took a few days of vacation time after a "use it or lose it" email from our HR department. I spent a few days in the sunshine, relaxing at the lake. When I wasn't fishing, I started to play around on my laptop and before long had put together this video collage of one of the most important experiences of my life.I posted it here:http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2008/06/finally-useful-and-worthwhile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-6881356893679223304Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:20:00 +00002008-06-11T00:24:42.453-07:00vancouver, canadaCan someone explain to me what exactly a Poke is? Are we talking something like a wink? Or is it more substantial than that? Can you poke your friends? Is it sexual in nature? As in... "I wish Nate's mom had a facebook profile so I could give her a poke"? Or is it like a pat-on-the-back. If I poke a guy is that gay? If you poke your girlfriend's friend are you cheating on her? Ifhttp://richworkman.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-like-to-get-poked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-8301898192141895021Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:35:00 +00002008-06-02T15:25:37.992-07:00vancouver, canadaI'm thinking about travelling again. It's been over three years now since I returned home from Johannesburg (as soon as I wrote that I had to stop for a second to do the math in my head because it seems impossible that it could have been that long ago).Let me clarify, I never actually stop thinking about travelling, I've just pushed practical thoughts of planning a trip to the http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2008/06/road-is-calling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-116717897234542608Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:45:00 +00002008-06-02T12:58:55.668-07:00vancouver, canadaOne of the consequences of extensive traveling is the creation of amazing friendships with amazing people and unfortunately the remorse that comes with doing a poor job of keeping in touch. I always have the best intentions of writing, calling, and messaging those people that have been such an important part of my life but somehow day-to-day responsibilities always seem to get inhttp://richworkman.blogspot.com/2006/12/losing-touch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-109722561723541420Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:51:00 +00002008-06-02T12:58:34.711-07:00cape town, south africaIf you want to see a South African cry… take away her mobile phone. These people are seriously obsessed. This country lives and dies by SMS. Go to a restaurant and watch people sitting down for dinner… I remember learning that the soup spoon goes on the right and the salad fork to the left of the dinner plate but no one ever told me where to put my cell (apparently formal http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-109687592082600516Mon, 04 Oct 2004 08:23:00 +00002008-06-23T23:25:29.507-07:00durban, south africaThe black women in this country are proud of their big asses. For real. You go to a club and they're bouncing around like Shakira having an epileptic fit, smaking their butts, all the while looking over their shoulders to make sure the booty is "doing its thang". Now before the PC police come down on me for saying it, you've got to understand that its a whole other world over http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/10/la-beats-with-oakland-booty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-109592603102015833Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:51:00 +00002008-06-02T15:52:17.587-07:00cape town, south africaSo I went all the way up to the Pig and Whistle last week at 1AM, fully prepared to pay the owner of the pub to keep the place open until 3 (on a Wednesday) to watch Canada kick Finland’s ass. No such luck. The game was only televised on ESPN 2 and of course, they only get regular ESPN here! At least I’ll be home for the World Juniors. Hmmm… what else is new. Spent a week http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/09/ya-mampela.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-109336341915852452Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:24:00 +00002008-06-02T12:56:31.049-07:00cape town, south africaWhat I've learned living with 3 women... Boys are stupid... unless the're paying lots and lots of attention to you. Then they're still probably stupid, but you should be nice to them anyway just in case they have hot friends.Girls are good at science... they must be because you would need a degree in chemistry to figure out how to use all the various skin creams and hair http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/08/higher-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-109109645812236203Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:59:00 +00002008-06-02T12:56:01.911-07:00cape town, south africaI’m doing volunteer work with an organization on campus called SHAWCO. I get picked up at 3 on Tuesdays, with about 10 other volunteers, and we go to one of the settlements and visit a home for kids with severe mental and physical disabilities. It’s hard to describe what its like but it’s already one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I spend a couple of hours http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/07/just-call-me-hottienoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-109032045363759286Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:26:00 +00002008-06-02T12:55:35.537-07:00cape town, south africaRight... so after a few too many drinks and some coaxing from the girls, Nick and I decided that it would be a good idea to bleach our hair. After picking up the stuff from Clicks, we got ourselves good and psyched up and started mixing the chemicals. 30 minutes later, Nick's hair is looking slightly more blonde than it did before and me... My hair was somewhere between an http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/07/dudenoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-108929290235799258Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:19:00 +00002008-06-02T12:55:10.728-07:00cape town, south africaOrientation week is nearly over and I can finally get into a regular routine. My first week here on the Cape has been great but there’s been so much to do and so much to organize before school starts on Monday that I’ve had no time to relax. My courses are all registered now and I’ll be taking politics, history, and even some introductory Swahili. I’m living in a small http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/07/african-penguinsnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-108911028861227905Tue, 06 Jul 2004 10:25:00 +00002008-09-15T18:07:28.379-07:00cape town, south africaSo after barely making my flight out of Vancouver thanks to traffic and my genetic disposition to pushing the clock, I finally made it onto the plane an determined never to be late for another flight...not to be...I had an 8 hour lay-over in London so I caught the Underground from Heathrow into town. It's July 1st, Canada Day, and after a little sightseeing I run into a guyhttp://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/07/dont-drink-and-flynoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-108886588787581103Sat, 03 Jul 2004 14:38:00 +00002008-06-02T12:53:11.937-07:00cape town, south africaI made it. I'm finally in Cape Town after 30 hours of travelling. It's 10 degrees and pissing rain! What's up with that? I'm in Africa! It's supposed to be like 100 degrees here all year isn't it? Turns out Wintertime in the Cape is a lot like April in Vancouver. I only have a couple of minutes before this Internet connection expires so I'll tell my amazing Canada Day storyhttp://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/07/what-do-you-mean-its-rainingnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-108794114454670078Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:49:00 +00002008-06-02T12:52:27.227-07:00vancouver, canadaPissing it up one more time... Boone County Country Cabaret in Coquitlam! This Saturday, June 26. Everyone is invited, I'll probably get there around 10. Last big Booner night... maybe forever. End of an era. See you guys at "our spot".http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/06/party-noticenoreply@blogger.com (Rich)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-108794047607694894Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:11:00 +00002008-06-02T12:51:55.638-07:00vancouver, canadaAlright, it's one week before I leave for a chilly Cape Town winter so I thought I better figure out how I'm going to do this thing. This is my experiment post to get the bugs out before I go. For those of you that don't know, I'm moving to Cape Town South Africa on Wednesday to go to school at UCT for a semester before taking 6 weeks and traveling around Southern Africa.Now thathttp://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/06/here-we-gonoreply@blogger.com (Rich)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000615.post-107950492620557894Wed, 17 Mar 2004 06:25:00 +00002008-06-02T12:51:21.373-07:00vancouver, canadaAlright, lets try this again. One day I'll set this thing up just the way I like it. Hopefully before June 30th when I take off to Cape Town for 6 months. For now I'll stay buried in term papers and report cards during the day, and at night, wishing I was back here:http://richworkman.blogspot.com/2004/03/clean-slate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich)