Hyack

Why do I like this picture? Well, not many have the 勇気 (courage) to kiss a fish like this, and then share it with the world. I can pretend to be 'green', practicing catch & release fishing, but then one could argue I choose to torture fish. Anyway, that is me! Next, why "Hyack"? Well, I could choose something like Salmonbelly, the name the local lacrosse teams use, which is equally interesting here in town. In 1995 I moved to New Westminster, BC. I have a habit of adopting everything around me as my own, and immediately embrace my house, neighbourhood, city, region, province, country, etc. as my own. Well, one of the nicknames here in New West is Hyack, which I am told means 'faster' in one of the local native languages. I like it.