You know you're from Abbotsford when...
1. Everything can be normal until you are infested with the deep scent of curry.
2. You find out Abbotsford has the worst property crime in the country... usually by experiencing it.
3. You aren't sure whether marijuana is legal or not.
4. You think that you've grown up in India
5. Everyone in West Abbotsford knows how to swear in Punjabi and everyone in East Abbotsford knows how to swear in Korean. 씨발!
6. You see a gas station on every corner.
7. You see a church on every corner.
8. You see a grow-op on every corner.
9. Five degrees is really cold and twenty is really hot.
10. Going to the only mall is really boring and stupid.
11. Rain is a part of daily life.
12. Berries are the best thing from Abbotsford.
13. You live right outside the barrier of "Greater Vancouver"
14. You live in the crappiest metropolitan area in the country.
15. Street names aren't numbers, but names of birds, mountains and everything that starts with "Mc/Mac"
16. You don't think seven hockey arenas is enough.
17. Your mayor is an octagenarian.
18. You know when the Diwali festival is.
19. You know when the Berry Festival is.
20. School is cancelled when there is only 10 centimeters of snow.
21. You've grown accustomed to the smell of cow manure in the morning. *deep inhale* ahhhhhhh!
22. Going to Vancouver is a long day trip.
23. You use the Trans-Canada highway to get around
24. It takes 10 years to plan and build a hospital, and your council wants to complete all Plan A projects in just over a year.
25. Someone asks you where you're from, and you answer, "Vancouver."
26. You tell someone you're from Abbotsford and they ask, "Where?"
27. Bowling is the highlight of your day.
28. Blueridge is the hot nightspot.
29. You know what the "big orange bubble" is
30. You know how to spell and pronounce "Trethewey"
31. You know where Hedley came from and are ashamed of it.
32. You don't need Playland, because we have the Agrifair.
33. You've noticed our 'water tower' is really a cheese tower.
34. You pretend to like everyone because you know that once you graduate, you're outta here.
35. You spend way too many nights hanging out in the 7-11 parking lot
36. You know what the 'mechanical vacuum gorillas' are.
37. You know that Wonderland is not a place in Ontario
38. You sit on a bench which is actually a paint palette, farm machinery or a creepy guy.
39. You've never been on public transit until you move to Vancouver.
40. You know that, despite what the sign says, the name of our club is Shitty Limits.
41. Tim Hortons.
42. You miss seeing the mountains after moving away
43. You can't wait to move somewhere else.
44. The flea-market is a must-go-to-event on Sunday... after everyone goes to church of course
45. You have been part of the glory days partying up on Sandy Hill before there were houses there
46. Castle Fun Park (Wonderland) is the "choice" site for drug deals and criminal activity
47. The street chosen to host our biggest hotel development plan is known as "Hooker Ave"
48. You see ten people that you know walking two blocks to a convenience store
49. A "fair fight" consists of you eating the boots of 20 of the toughest people in existence.
50. You realize the automall is bigger than the actual mall.
51. You hate Chilliwack. I mean the Chillbillies.
52. You develop asthma.
53. You are the drainage center for all of Washington and Vancouver's pollution.
54. You get excited when 10 cm of snow is forecasted, since school might be cancelled.
55. Your school board is retarded because they made decisions about opening school before it has started snowing.
56. Your city was the murder capital and bible belt of Canada.
57. You don't get excited about Christmas lights anymore because people keep them up all year round.
58. Selling crack is a rewarding and prosperous career.
59. You can't help but notice the odd piece of clothing on your cab driver's head. If you ever take a cab.
60. Someone tell you what their religion is, you usually have to ask them to repeat themselves.
61. School lockdowns and school vandalism are no longer a reason to gossip. Days where nothing happens however...
62. You've seen all the signs, yet you still have NO idea what "PLAN B" is...
63. You know that the 'Grand' cinema is not so grand...
64. The banning of firecrackers/fireworks only increases sales
65. It takes moving to Ontario to appreciate Abbotsford
66. Castle Fun Park will ALWAYS be Wonderland...
67. You have two movie theaters in your town yet you still go to Mission or Langley to catch a flick.
68. Going into town means going into an actual town ie. Vancouver. Nobody even bothers to mention that they're going to Sevenoaks anymore, it sucks too much
69. You avoid driving down south fraser between 12:15 and 1:15 on a sunday afternoon because of the after church rush hour
70. You remember setting up lawn chairs in the backyard to watch the airshow
71. You've tried Gravity Hill
72. You have "picked berries as a child" on your resume
73. You've Searched for Gold
74. the motor vehicle branch asks you if you need a translator

SO TRUE!!!!

My hair, thanks Tennille, I loved it!

My birthday cake, Thanks kimbo <3


Tackle duck-duck-goose, ohhh yah.

Me and Lysha, I love youuuu.

Me and Mark <3>

Me and Matty-matt-matt. How cute eh?

The three muskateers

omw, I had THE best birthday ever!! Thank you to everyone (L)

full contact duck duck goose, random water fights, twister, sardines & hide and go seek.

Awesome memories with awesome people.

( Kristina)
(Vanessa)

So, I dont' post that often because it's either too personal to post, or not interesting enouhg,

but my friends are coming to visit tomorrow and I cannot wiat. It's going to be the best. I can't wait for them to see all these places that I've talked about and meet some of the people that have become so close to me. It'll be so much fun.

(Amber/Laur[I look like a turtle lol])

"From a rocking punk princess to a christ inspired falatic
thats me from the knife to the cross
finally realizing what my dream is to be
instead of living for the moment and skipping class
to living for god and kicking satan in the well u no
nothing but smiles on my face
yes finally im not a discrace
i can no longer be called a faker
but instead now called a succeeder
thank you to all the friends that gave me that big push
and to all the people that gave me that one last boost
i promise u i won't let u down
and i promise u one day ill leave this town
leave for bigger and better things
leave this town and in a few years return with a degree
when i get older i want to become a pastor
ya i no its not what u would see in me
but thats just a dream
i hope will come true
so i can get alot closer
and make up for all the years i left u lord
and i no that EVERYTHING is possible in the one the only
JESUS CHRIST our god almighty
amen"

It's people like Jen's story that make me have even more faith <3

It's not a very good pic. but it gives you an idea. I love this kid. He's been there for me in everything. I mean I can't remember a time when he wasn't around. We met in sunday school when we were 3 or 4. We weren't really close but still we were friends. We went to school together from like gr.1 till gr.4 when he left me for traditional school. I remember in gr.4 when he used to read out of the king james version and no one could understand him and then he would cry because he loved to read out of the bible and still does today. Or in like gr.3 when he used to marry Annastasia Unger at the "boy tree" in the back field as we used to call it.

We went to California/Disneyland together like a year ago, man was that ever fun. but i tell ya after like 10 days in a vehicle with someone tha tyou're not used to spending 10 days non-stop with it can get pretty annoying, but still one of teh best memories ever. (We also took a trip to Drum-heller together to see the dinosaurs)

Gabe is the one freind that I have known the longest. We bicker allllll the time. Who cleans this, who does that, who spends too much time in the bathroom/on the phone, who is more annoying, and whose turn it is on msn. We bicker about everything, but whenever we get together it's always soo much fun.

Nothing like good ol' nachoes with hot chocolate and a little bit of Jackie Chan in "tuxedo"

I don't know how many friends that I've introduced that later he's said, "man, she was cute."

I love Gabe like he was my brother/cousin/friend/whatever-else.
There is SO much more. If you ask me about any time in my life, I could bet you that there is a 99% chance that Gabe was there or was around when it happened. He is the best person ever and today, I don't know, something was just like hmm I miss Gabe. I wanna laugh and forget everything that's going on.

So gabe, Love yah buddy, and Miss you lots. Please come visiti instead of boring ol' Whistler:P

** Wait, I forgot something....he's the FUNNIEST PERSON ALIVE!!! anytime you are sad or whateve,r he'll make you more sad because your belly starts to hurt from laughing so hard.**

Wow! Today was totally interesting...I never knew bomb threats actually happened to schools. The fire alarm went off at like 8:25 this morning and I was pretty happy because that meant a litle shorter P.E. But it turned out to not be a fire drill, but a bomb threat. We stood outside for an hour and a half! I was wearing shorts and this T-shirt...man I was cold. It was pretty fun though...we just kinda all hung out for a while.
After about an hour we started to get really cold though and then we all decided to go to the church and warm up with some tea. It turned out to be nothing and just some stupid kid pulling a prank bu it was on the radio with police and news reporters and everything. The school was re-opened but no one went back because who would want to go to school if we didn't have to. A weird way to get out of school, but still a day off school woohoo!!

my new mysapce--

www.myspace.com/lolen1 (thanks kimbo for the url lol)