INTERNeX Canada: How was your Weekend? Paintball for Charity!

It’s getting cold in Vancouver! So what do I do to check the weather on Sunday? No, not the logical way of going to the weather channel or looking outside, but on Facebook of course!

From the few statuses that popped up, my friends who live near me said it was snowing. I live on somewhat of a hill so sometimes it snows where I am, but not in other areas of Vancouver. Indeed Facebook was right and it was snowing. Mind you, it was only wet snow, but that’s a good start!

Despite the wet and dreary weather, 7 of us made it to North Shore Paintball to battle it out!  This was no ordinary paintball game. We raised $100 to go towards Children’s Hunger Fund to help children who are in need. Thank you to those who came out for this event!

The stage at for paintball seriously looked like a zombie apocalypse had taken over. There were hills, car tires, bushes and tree house-like fortresses for you to hide in. Astrid commented that it was like playing Counter Strike so just imagine that, but in real life!

Other than the INTERNeX crew, there were other groups of teenage boys playing with and against us. Definitely don’t underestimate the little ones because they know what they are doing. We were split into two teams and played a series of 15-minute games such as straight elimination or capture-the-flag where one team is defending their bomb and the other is trying to find it.

To win, you definitely have to get down and dirty. It was raining and everything was covered in mud, but after a while you just don’t care whether your shoes are now soaked.

I’ll admit that this wouldn’t have been my idea of fun on a rainy Sunday, but sometimes you just got to try new things and do things even if you don’t want to. It was like being a kid again and I really, really had a great time!

Looking forward to the next weekend already! Who is excited to come to Seattle? 

Cheers,

Queenie

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

INTERNeX Canada: Summer Party – A BIG thank you to everyone!

I know this was mentioned a lot at the end of the night, but for all of those that left the Summer Party a little earlier, INTERNeX would like to extend a BIG BIG BIG thank you to all of our candidates, sponsors and friends who attended!

The night was a great success with around 100 people there to celebrate INTERNeX’s 10 year anniversary! There were plenty of games throughout the night and we had a large group of winners that won prizes for gokarting, paintballing, BC Sports Hall of Fame, a trip to Whistler, a shopping trip to Seattle and many more!

For those who won prizes, please don’t forget to come by the INTERNeX office to trade in your gift vouchers for the actual prizes!!

 

What did everyone else really like about the Summer Party? Leave a comment below 🙂

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Cheers,

The INTERNeX Team!

INTERNeX International Exchange
Suite 200 – 211 Columbia Street
Vancouver BC -V6A 2R5-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
Phone: +1 (604) 662 8149
Email: pr@internexcanada.com

Last Thursday was Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day). Remembrance day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries to remember the members of their armed forces who have died on duty since World War I.

It’s a typical Canadian holiday and almost everyone is free from work this day. Because most of the INTERNeX candidates aren’t from Canada they didn’t know what to do, so they went paintballing. It was a lot of fun, as you can see in the movie.