August Adventures with Jay!

Hello everyone!

We are officially halfway through Summer! I’ll be honest, I’ve just been “booling” (as the frat guys say) since the last update. I realized that despite all my time traveling internationally, we are truly living in a playground of adventure right here in Western Canada! I’ve never been so grateful for my mom’s 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe with AWD.

My main hobbies during college can be summed up as eating, drinking, and… talking. Episodes of gaming. Those were great for mass appeal, but I missed out on going deep with like-minded hobby communities.

Lastly, I’ve been designing clarity on the lifestyle I want in the long-term future, which is thankfully one tangible result from this gap year, amongst a sea of immeasurable outcomes. My friends are starting to wake up to this as well, so it’s been a lovely discussion topic for us.

Latest Happenings

• Cool Uncle Responsibilities: Thank you to the attentive nurses at BC Women’s Hospital for helping birth my new niece! Say hello to Chloe:
  

  

  She’s grabbing my pinky!

  
  This is the one time I will be making a photo exception. I’m excited to see her grow week by week!

• Calgary Trip: “Visited” abandoned offices, swam in glacier lakes, drove by a cop who shot a deer on the highway - typical Calgarian lifestyle.

• Stranger Danger: Hitched a ride with an absolute stranger on Facebook on a three-hour journey to Mount Cheam. Luckily I brought my powerlifting friend from last month to act as my bodyguard.

• Stranger Danger Part 2: I was on a treadmill at my local community centre when two police officers came in and tackled a 6’3 giant at the squat rack. They wrestled, cuffed him, and that’s why I ran a 10-minute KM (for all my Apple Fitness folks.)

Content for Consumption

• Next time you’re not sober, cop some earbuds and listen to Normalizo by Letta Mbulu. If you don’t start grooving immediately, contact me for a refund. 

• This profound review of the book Excellent Sheep adds critical commentary while summarizing its contents. It’s about the modern college experience and what kind of graduates the system produces.

• 50 things I know by Sasha Chapin is criminally underrated and I find myself nodding throughout the entire read.

Hou’s Hacks

• You can get a week’s worth of food for free through HelloFresh, DM me for a code. The following week, DM me for Blue Apron! 🙃 

• Send your S/O this little game for +1 brownie points. You’re welcome.

Joint Ventures

1. If you have any friends in NYC - I would love to meet them! (With your permission.) Looking for housing & lifestyle tips.

2. I’m planning on taking a Discover Scuba session @ UBC with a friend. Open invite. $30 discount in place.

3. Which of the three issues have you enjoyed the most? Let me know!

Thanks for reading as always. You guys actually rock.