Busy weekends

Last night I started the first day training for my volunteering for the parent support program. I am so happy to meet a group of wonderful people and learn a lot from them. I really enjoy myself. Eventhough I will not have any day off for this weekend, I think it is worthy. From listening to other volunteers' experience, I feel it is really rewarding to be able to help parents in order to help the kids and give back to community. As an African proverb says "It takes a village to raise a child." I'm happy and lucky to be a member of the village.

I volunteered before for children program or planning activities for kids, but this will be the first time I volunteer for parents/families dealing with or concerning about abuse issues. I see this as a challenge and it will be a really valuable self-grow process for me. I always get (e.g. experience,growth,knownledge...) more than I give by volunteering.

Pictures with animals

I really enjoy the beautiful nature BC offers us. The beautiful flowers, trees, especially the lovely animals.This is a picture of a ground squirrels standing next to me, so cute, isn't it?

A butterfly rests on my finger

A chipmunk

A cute baby seal on the shore is suntaning with mummy seal

Enjoy my first hike this year

I went hiking on Victoria Day. I felt exhausted after more than 3 hour hike, but I really enjoy it.

We hike from the eastern part of Ambleside Park (West Vancouver) to the Cleveland Dam in the Capilano River Canyon (North Vancouver). The trail is 7.5 km, goes through the Capilano River Regional Park to the Fish Hatchery, Cleveland Dam and Capilano Lake.

I didn't do much exercise during the raining season in Vancouver. This hike really wore me out. But the scenery is really good, from ocean to lake, stream to waterfall, going through the forest, overlooking the suspension bridge and the Canyon.

I would like to do this hike again. But one thing for sure is that I need more workout in the coming summer.

A bird in hand

A bird in hand is better than two in the bush(一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林). This is a saying to tell us to treasure what we have and stop thinking the grass is greener on the other side. It is not easy to do it in our real life. Maybe because humen nature, we are greedy. When we get something, we want more, never satisfied with what we already had. As a result, we so often take what we have for granted. Until one day, we lose it and then we realize how much it means to us.

On the other hand, being not satisfied with what we have is what keep us trying to improve ourselves and things around us. It is not a bad thing, but to keep the balance of feeling gradeful for what we had and pursuing improvement in our life is not easy. It is always a life long lesson for me.

what makes me think about this saying is that I found the photo when organizing my photos in my file. It is a great experience to have a bird in your hand, they are not pets, they just being so used to keep close contact with human being. It is wonderful to see animals and human can share the environment so peacefully with trust and love. This is one thing I really love about Canada.

Red-winged Blackbird

sparrow?

It feels good to be trusted. :-)