PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH LIFE
Spring Edition
W
hen you were in high school carefully planning out the rest of your life (or not), is this what you imagined you’d be doing at this stage in your life? I’m going to guess probably not. It’s an interesting topic of conversation, and a theme I noticed in a number of our Spring articles. Plans change. The unexpected happens. One thing leads to another, and before you know it you’re on a completely different path than you ever thought possible. It happened to me in my early twenties. In high school, my plan was to head to Australia and become a travel writer. I took a detour to Calgary to make some money as a server and get some of my journalism degree under my belt. Soon a friend and I from the pub I worked at began planning a trip to Australia. We would talk about it every shift, where we would go and what we would do. And then I met a boy. He had already lived in Australia and regaled me with wonderful tales from his travels. We fell in love and soon he convinced me to travel and work in Europe with him instead of going to Australia. But I had to break the news to my friend from the pub. I sheepishly approached her one afternoon and blurted out that I planned to travel with Chris to Europe instead of going to Australia. To my surprise, she looked relieved. She had also fallen in love, and was planning a trip to South Africa with her new boyfriend. Many other interesting detours have happened along the way, and Chris and I are now married with two children. But the writing part wasn’t too far off... Enjoy some of the wonderful decisions the subjects of our articles have made, and how it has brought them to the intriguing places they are today. And don’t forget that some of life’s best moments are unplanned. Have a great trip to Europe Candace Wu! (Oasis writer).
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