I have SIN'ed. Now I need to look for work

SIN'ing is a hobby of the backpackers who arrive here in Vancouver.

It seems that every 2nd Australian arriving here seems to spend their first day at the office where there Social Insurance Number's (TFN equivalent) are issued. The others who don't SIN are on their way to work in London after doing a ski trip.

Which leaves the question. Just how many Australians are left back home? Seems that the reports that 1/3 of ski resorts near Vancouver are stocked with Australians is not far off the mark. Every day it seems that another boatload of Australian refugees are off to the slopes.

Perhaps they'll succeed in their quest of finding snow.

Which brings up the other statistic I heard today. 1/4 of all the people who go to the ski fields to work as an instructor or in a skiing related job end up with some sort of major injury. ie broken limbs, knee reconstruction, torn muscles etc.

Apparently between this and the fact the Australian univeristy year recommences in February there are a heap of jobs which open up at the end of January. So if I fail to get a real job here there is always the option of joining the quest to be hauled down a mountain on a stretcher later on.

The weather here has been horrendous the first few days. It's been raining buckets at times, and just cold and gloomy the rest. Today we finally had some relief. Enough for me to take a decent walk down the street towards the westend side of town. The photo above is that of English Bay. On the westside of town where I walked to. I'm not to sure where I'll end up but this is a possible region I'll be looking to find a share apartment. But I won't be looking until after I find a job.

For those wondering if its cold, check these photos out. It's a temperature sign along the street. Yes that is correct it was a nice 7 degrees at 2:15pm this afternoon. Thats after the weather decided to clear up a bit this afternoon. Just makes me look forward to winter really :)

And for those wondering about the squaller I'm living in. ( Yes Mother I am looking after myself) Below is a photo of the Hostel I'm staying in. A great location. My roommates are some young kids from Sydney. It's their first trip overseas. Anyway they've for some reason come up with the strategy that they can save themselves a dollar 50 by hanging their clothes out to dry in the room instead of using the dryer. Not too bright if you ask me. Nothing drys in wet weather. Their clothes have been hanging in the room for 2 days. They said they've learnt their lesson but still the clothes hang there. I dred to think what the cleaner thinks when they clean the bins and floor everyday. Perhaps I should leave a note to say 'It wasn't my preference to have their underwear hanging out to dry everywhere'