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July 2009:

Rowboat romance

Written by Carine
Wednesday July 29, 2009
Category: Getaway
Saltspring Island, Day 2 | 25 July 2009, Saturday Saturday was Day Two of our maiden camping trip. It is also the day of the Saltspring Island Community Market, a great attraction for both visitors and locals. Colourful, noisy and plentiful, ...Read More

Camping at Saltspring Island

Written by Carine
Tuesday July 28, 2009
Category: Getaway
Saltspring Island, Day 1 | 24 July 2009 As first time campers, the weekend getaway to Saltspring Island was a good one. The beautiful island made for a good transition from urban life to life in the great outdoors. Granted, Eli and ...Read More

Saltspring Island, Southern Gulf Island

Written by Carine
Monday July 27, 2009
Category: Getaway
Crowned the "jewel of the Southern Gulf Islands", Salt Spring Island: A Place to Be, is home to slightly more than ten thousand permanent residents, and summer playground for another 10,000 people who make their way to the island every ...Read More

keepmylover: why, what, how?

Written by Carine
Sunday July 26, 2009
Category: Cherish
Eli and I have just returned from our maiden camping trip to Saltspring Island, BC. Prior to sailing off last Friday, we made a silent promise - one that only I was aware of - that if we survived the ...Read More

English Bay: Summer Fun! Kite flying, building sandcastles and more!

Written by Carine
Saturday July 11, 2009
Category: Canada, Cherish
I grew up in a tropical island no larger than 710km2. Surrounded by water coast-to-coast, my childhood memory should be filled with plenty of beach fun, which it was. When I was a toddler, my parents had a house by ...Read More

For Canadians: How I learnt to speak good English

Written by Carine
Sunday July 5, 2009
Category: Canada, Cherish
Seriously, Canadians have to stop looking like the squirrels that rule their backyards when they find out I’m Singaporean and speak English. When my sister first told me that some Canadians think Singapore is a province in China, I laughed and ...Read More

Jericho Beach: First sun shower of the year!

Written by Carine
Saturday July 4, 2009
Category: Canada, Cherish
AHHH SUMMER! The weather as finally warmed up enough for us to hit the beach! Packing a macaroni salad, chips and fruits, Eli and I headed to Jericho beach this lovely weekend for some sun shower. The beach was filled ...Read More