A Miracle

It all happened two years ago.

I got a speeding ticket.

I paid for it right away as I *think* I deserve paying if I really speed right...

Then a letter comes saying my license needs to be suspended for 3 months because of the above.

HUH??

I do think it's a bit harsh on me as this is the first ticket over 9 years, and speeding on highway with no car around me (versus speeding on city and doing car racing).

OK...this time I don't think I deserve the license suspension so I applied for dispute.

Usually the dispute should happen before you pay the ticket. In my case it's a bit different since I've already paid.

Anyway, I applied for dispute. The court letter came two weeks later that they accept the dispute.

So...all I can do is to wait for the letter of hearing.

Wait...wait...wait...

And two years passed.

Finally, I got a cheque from ICBC, with the amount of the ticket, with a note of "violation withdraw".

I am still puzzling in my head. Am I free of any charges? Do I still have good driving record?

All I know is, I got some cash in my bank...

But lesson learned...I am driving speed limit in ALL cases...rush or not...

Cars still passed by...some with a furious look. But I have to drive in a cool state of zen. You never know when the bad driving record comes back and haunts me.

The Feel of Spring

I still remembered the first few years we lived in Vancouver. We were thrilled for Spring time and one of the signature spring activities is the tulip field tour.
We have indeed joined those tours a few times. Still remebered there's one time I went with my mom and my high school buddy. My Mom and she both ate over a dozen raw oysters which just dig from the ocean and get opened up right away (yeah the tour includes visiting oyster farm and factory outlet in additional of the tulip field). I guess the water back in those days are still safe...at least they don't feel sick after this "meal".
Anyway, there wasn't any plan for going to the tulip fields this year. On the very last week of the tulip festival (which the tulip field opens to public), I read from a local forum that there's indeed a tulip field within BC. Yeah...that's a bit of discovery since we only went to the tulip field in the States. Seeing the weather being quite nice and with the "hope" to find cheaper gas price, we are on to the BC tulip field.
The field isn't too large and the tuplip are fading. But since there are not as many people, it's better for taking pictures. Although, it would be better if the sun is not hiding...