Quote from the Seawall #1

"Hey I have to change my whole f@*king lifestyle... where did this start?"

Quotes from the Seawall...Intro

Hi All

For a few years now I keep threatening that I will write a book compiled of quotable quotes overheard as someone passes you on the seawall deep in conversation. As I will never actually get around to this I thought I would throw a few of them out on the blog instead over time.

Love
G

Back to the Seawall...

Hi All

Well Terry is now back in Sri Lanka after a whirlwind but great visit...lots of time just to hang out and reconnect. So now it is time to get back into my solo routine for a few months...

As you would probably know from my previous posts 'The Seawall' forms a lot of my activity space year round. Here are a bunch of pics from the last little while...

Sunday Afternoon Couple

Second Beach

Third Beach

Groovy Graffitti

B&W Series

WOW....that went fast!!!

I can't believe I'm sitting in my hotel in Bangkok right now...How did the time go so quickly?

With that being said, I had a great time in Vancouver reconnecting with Geoff, taking a holiday up the Sunshine Coast, seeing friends, going to a wedding, celebrating the start of another decade, wandering around during Pride, and so on.

Bangkok is my middle point to help me get back into time zone, back into the heat/humidity, and to think about my time in Canada, and my 3-4 months ahead in Colombo. The biggest question I was asked when I was at home was, "are you enjoying it in Sri Lanka?" My answer to that was a resounding "yes". Even with the conflict, human rights issues, heat and accompanying sweat, poverty, etc, I feel lucky to have this opportunity, to have a partner who supports my work, and to have new perspectives and thoughts thrown at me to challenge me for both my professional and personal growth.

Thanks everyone for making my time in Vancouver so memorable. I look forward to seeing you all again in a few months. T

Camping it up at Mermaid Cove

A view of Mermaid Cove

Vancouver Pride

Bangkok Street Scene

Terry's 40th...

Hi All

To get the birthday weekend started we had a couple of friends [or friends who are a couple] over for drinks. Then a few more friends over on Saturday night for drinks, the fireworks from the balcony then off to The Pumpjack our local bar to take in the sights and sounds of a whole lot of sexy men in leather...[ok so maybe that was a little present for me in there as well ;) ].

Home at some God forsaken hour but up early on the day itself for an ocean dip before heading off to another friends wedding: One of the grooms being Sikh, east indian Canadian born and his husband USA born Radical Faerie, the wedding being conducted in the Dr Sun Yat Sen garden by a Chinese/Canadian marriage celebrant...complete with dove release. Home from there and then off to the Gay Pride post parade festival at the beach where it was my job to announce to anyone that we met that it was Terry's birthday...with lots of ensuing hugs/kisses and then some. Dinner with friends old and some new, then an evening wandering about Davie Street people watching.

At the wedding

Terry and Mohammad

Terry and Claudio

The One that Got Away

Monday was a public holiday so we had time to just hang out and have a lazy day, time at the beach swimming and snoozing in the sun.

All in all a well celebrated birthday.... year older but I think he is actually getting better looking as he goes.

Love to all

Geoff

Pending Birthday...

Guess Who Turns 40 Tomorrow???

Terry in Town...

Hi All

As you would know from previous postings Terry is now back in town for a two week break...time to catch up, celebrate his 40th birthday and just generally hang out, and just spend time with each other.

I can honestly say that after 9 months it has been a little strange being back in each others space and finding our rhythms as a couple again, especially knowing that it is such a short break together this time around...

So after a few days in Vancouver of getting over jetlag we headed up the coast to a place called Saltery Bay to go camping, sit by the fire, lay around naked in the sun and swim, swim, swim...Nature has that wonderful quality of letting a lot of your 'stuff' slide to allow time just to be with each other and reconnect.


Tomorrow is Terry's 40th birthday. It also happens to be two gay friends wedding and gay Pride all in one day....and all of that is before 5pm!

I will post again tomorrow with a few photos of the day for you.

Love
G