I met with my friend Thao and we went to see "Under Control" from the
Vancouver International Film Festival at Empire Theatres. It was a
documentary on nuclear power and the various plants in Southern Germany
and in Austria. It was pretty interesting, it takes you through the
various plants and how they function, almost as if the present was
taking care of what was started in the 50s and 60s. I read about this in
the Georgia Straight and thought it would be interesting - since it
observes how they run a nuclear power plant, and near the end, discusses
the future of nuclear technology, and also some footage of plants that
have been shut down and eventually abandoned or used for other purposes,
like an amusement park.
Afterwards,
we were going to watch another film at Pacifique Cinematheque, but we
were stopped in front of Joe's Apartment for a free salsa lesson. Thao
had never done any salsa and we seemed pretty much up for anything and
decided to go in! It ended up being pretty fun! We learned cumbia,
Colombian salsa, chachacha, merengue, bachata, and basic salsa. I'd
already learned most of the basics for these dances, but I had never
done Colombian salsa. The instructor used Thao to demonstrate - and
flipped her!! Thao really had an experience for her first time!
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