>>You know, if there's one thing that I've learned from the friend I met here in TO, it's that you miss out on a lot of great stuff if you're too shy to go up and say hi to people. I think it's going to be my New Year's resolution for 2012: to try and be less shy about approaching other people ;o)

Good luck with that! I'm horrible at it, I always feel like I'm irritating people, so I usually keep to myself.