Fun PNE Day

Mushie loves the PNE, and she looks for any excuse to go. The soon-to-be uncle Jushi's visit gave Mushi a perfect reason to visit the 2005 PNE. We arrived at 2pm, and were immediately solicited by "home parkers", people who rent their home parking spaces out at a reduced parking rate. I used my Taiwanese negotiation skills to get a big two dollars off.


We headed to the Motor Cross show at 2:30 first, and having been to Whistler and having seen some pro-level Extreme X Games on TV, these guys seemed a little amature, but still, being a live event with a great announcer, it was worth the visit.

Then we decided to get rid of some of our change by playing some fair games. Yes, we all know these games are far from being "fair", but to get into the "fun PNE" spirit, a minor rip off was required.

The first game we tried was to knock three stacked bottles off. I thought it was easy and knocked all three down only to realize that I did not finish reading the instructions which specified that prizes were only given out when the bottles were knocked down AND "OFF" the platform. I was not happy. Jushi knocked two off the platform, and Mushi missed the bottles COMPLETELY on her first try... Jushi and I almost laughed our pants off because the bottles were only like 3 feet from us. Mushi did get a second chance, but lost as well. That's how you waste five bucks.

Then, we thought a water game might bring us better results. Mushi couldn't take the pressure anymore. She did not want to spray the poor bystanders with her misses so she decided not to play. Jushi and I picked a spot. I'm the third from the left and Jushi is the fourth. AND, I know I should've been a fire fighter. My ballon popped first although Jushi complained that his balloon was bigger than mine.




Nevertheless, I won a prize, a real SMALL one. Yeap, another six bucks well spent.









Jushi, however, did not end the day without winning something. Jushi and Mushi had a washroom contest to see who had a weaker bladder. After a large Orange Julius and 2 water bottles later, Jushi needed to go to the washroom every half hour. Hmm... how does that work? Going to the washroom more often than a pregnant woman? Quite an accomplishment.



After seeing flipping bikers, super dogs, giant Pete (a giant bull), pigs, sheep, cows, horses, dancers, street performers, and the annoying lottery salespeople..., we were pooped by 6pm, and came home. Another fun filled day with the sushi family.

Pushi.