absolutum dominium

i had no plans for today. i still had no idea how to contact the other singaporeans, i didn't feel like going out, and despite waking up at 12pm (again), i still felt really tired from the night before.

so, deciding tt i would be too lazy to walk 20 fucking minutes to the bus terminal, i decided to go grab brunch (which was yummy), then take out my languishing readings and actually do some real work.

well.

i got to about page 2 of my intercultural dispute resolution reading, and then jackie knocked on my door, and she was like, "hey! some of us are going to the beach to play beach volleyball now. wanna join us?"

a bit of background. ubc is near the beaches of vancouver. we have beaches 5 min away from totem park. we have wreck beach.

and yeah, we were going to wreck beach with some of the guys to play beach volleyball.

so there was 3 of us girls from the 6th floor and a whole bunch of guys (some still hungover from last night) trooping down to wreck beach.

but get this. wreck beach is not just any beach. wreck beach is the famed beach of vancouver. it is the nudist beach of canada.

wreck beach is pretty in it's own way. it's separated by a long long slope of never-ending stairs (which i discovered really hurts the fuck out of the thighs later) and a thick thick foliage of trees. the sand is soft and grey from the colour of the stones here. and today it was crowded coz it was sunday. with both clothed and naked people.

and i'm not talking hunks and babe who were naked. i'm talking old, wrinkled people. this is a hippie beach. the hippies of the 60s have grown old. therefore if you're an aged hippie, you go to wreck beach.

well, naked people don't bother me. not much. the first time i saw this naked guy with his dick and nuts all hanging out, i was shocked. but when you see a whole bunch of them, as well as a whole bunch of naked women walking around normally, you get desensitized.

while we were playing beach volleyball on one court, there was a group of completely naked guys playing volleyball next to us. it's an eye opener to watch naked volleyball. boy, you should see those people jump and dive. i wonder how many places all tt sand has gotten into.

anyway i can't play ball games for nuts. after tt we progressed to football. and by football i don't mean soccer. i mean american football, which i have no fucking idea how it works. i don't even know how rugby works. then we moved on to play ultimate frisbee.

but what was interesting is tt on wreck beach, it's like there are no rules. you've got naked people sunbathing, playing beach games, playing music on their guitars, or even just openly smoking pot. there are a couple of wreck beach vendors here, and they walk around with just a shirt on. yeah, just the shirt. the main vendor carries 2 bags. one bag contains pizza for hungry beach-goers. the other contains weed, shrooms, and whatever else you think you might want.

ooh, and we wanted to play ultimate in the water. one of the guys adam, just reached down and pulled out this giant crab. i mean giant like the size of the crab we cook and eat in singapore. giant, and alive. he named it mr crab. and the water was fucking cold. i put my feet in there and they fucking hurt. and after tt i just couldn't feel them.

didn't want to play ultimate at first coz everyone was in the water and i didn't want to get wet in such cold water coz i didn't bring a towel and i didn't want to shiver all the way back to totem. but while i was standing on the sand watching them, this naked old guy came up to me and started making friendly conversation with me, asking questions about where i was from and what i was doing, etc.

fair enough normally, but he's fucking naked and his dick and balls are hanging out. and it's so awkward talking to him coz i cannot look at him at all. in the end i choose to go into the water instead, cold tho it is. wahaha.

ooh. and some crazy naked dude was doing a 1 min handstand somewhere around. these guys are crazy. happy, but crazy.

we left around 4 pm. stayed on the beach for over 2 hours i think. the climb up the stairs was horrible. it's the longest fucking flight of stairs i have ever climbed in my entire life. it's like melissa making us do 5 sets of the business stairs circuits after gym and running. okay, maybe i'm exaggerating, but i was hoping i wouldn't look like i was going to keel over and die.

dinner was pasta. italian sausage alfredo. in the cafeteria. how's tt for hall food? wahaha.

and after tt i bugged one of my neighbours diane for a while and she lent me a whole bunch of cds to put into my itunes. i've got ben harper, jack johnson, youth group, the weakerthans, and she lent me nirvana unplugged in new york! and the used and alexis on fire are playing vancouver on 22 sept. it's $39.50 per ticket. i'm so tempted to go! hahaha.

ooh... then there's this guy tt she likes on 1st floor, so jackie and i decided to accompany her to go watch 'family guy' on first floor. then two of the guys from 5th james and adam decided we could all go hang out at the starbucks near totem for a while. yummy hot chocolate... ooh... and coz it was so late and they couldn't sell out all their food, we got free chocolate chip cookies and omigod ultra-yummy chocolate fudge bars tt were oh so creamy.

and yeah. i still haven't done any readings.