Transit Strike
I seem to possess a very odd gift. Every term where ever I seem to go for my co-op terms (Waterloo, Toronto and Ottawa) it seems that the transit workers in that city want to go on strike. This has been true for 4 out of 4 cities which I happen to be in for co-op. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I don’t really know why but the transit workers seem to always dislike their job slightly more when I’m in town. Maybe this is payback for having an immediate family member working for transit, or maybe its because I was lucky enough never to have to ride the public transit system in my home town. Either way, I warn you now, if I am in you city for a co-op term be prepared for a strike or at least threats for one.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
High Rises
Being born in a smaller city something about Toronto definitely takes my breath away. I know it sounds silly but every time I see the huge, bold downtown office building it always leaves me thinking. There are many things which I find interesting about these tall structures. The biggest most unique of these is the grounding effect that the environment has. You are just one in a couple million. I see that there is no way that anyone who lives and or works in such large cities and especially around this type of environment can be self centered; it not possible to stare up at a 70 floor building and assume that you are on top of the world.
This past weekend I had the amazing opportunity to lay down and look up at the towering building above me and see their roofs among the two stars. Not only was the weather perfect and the view was spectacular. I was also surprised and how safe it was. In a city where I hear numerous police, fire trucks, ambulances everyday I could still wonder around in the middle of the night and feel safe among the countries financial ghetto environment.
Being born in a smaller city something about Toronto definitely takes my breath away. I know it sounds silly but every time I see the huge, bold downtown office building it always leaves me thinking. There are many things which I find interesting about these tall structures. The biggest most unique of these is the grounding effect that the environment has. You are just one in a couple million. I see that there is no way that anyone who lives and or works in such large cities and especially around this type of environment can be self centered; it not possible to stare up at a 70 floor building and assume that you are on top of the world.
This past weekend I had the amazing opportunity to lay down and look up at the towering building above me and see their roofs among the two stars. Not only was the weather perfect and the view was spectacular. I was also surprised and how safe it was. In a city where I hear numerous police, fire trucks, ambulances everyday I could still wonder around in the middle of the night and feel safe among the countries financial ghetto environment.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Conversations
I have recently been fortunate enough to have had some good conversations. I feel it is very important to have these conversations which usually involve challenging believes, norms and in general ourselves. Don’t get me wrong I hate preachers and those you try to change your way of thinking and especially those who judge you for it. But I mean more along the lines as those who provoke thought.
I feel that because I enjoy these deep conversations so much it has actually affected who I end up becoming friends with. Usually it seems that people’s comfort friends are those who are similar or at lease have similar traits/interests or beliefs as yourself. I have never been too close with those who are like me. I never really understood why it is that my friends especially in high school where opposite of me. After pondering this question, I seem to get along better with those who are opposite of me because I find them interesting and they provide a new insight into life. I really wish it was normal to have tea time these days… I would love to have that back as a norm so we could make the effort everyday to engage in a good conversation (not gossip but actual conversation).
I have recently been fortunate enough to have had some good conversations. I feel it is very important to have these conversations which usually involve challenging believes, norms and in general ourselves. Don’t get me wrong I hate preachers and those you try to change your way of thinking and especially those who judge you for it. But I mean more along the lines as those who provoke thought.
I feel that because I enjoy these deep conversations so much it has actually affected who I end up becoming friends with. Usually it seems that people’s comfort friends are those who are similar or at lease have similar traits/interests or beliefs as yourself. I have never been too close with those who are like me. I never really understood why it is that my friends especially in high school where opposite of me. After pondering this question, I seem to get along better with those who are opposite of me because I find them interesting and they provide a new insight into life. I really wish it was normal to have tea time these days… I would love to have that back as a norm so we could make the effort everyday to engage in a good conversation (not gossip but actual conversation).
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Environment
It is well known that your environment will have an impact on your developement, tastes, moods and future. I'm sure there was always a friend or someone your parents didn't approve of and some which they would hope you would be close to. I always felt lucky to have grown up with friends who for the most part have been a good impact on me.
Today I personnaly had felt that the mood of those around you really does impact you. I was having a rather gloomly/nervous/bad day when I got 3 unexpected long distance phones calls which totally made my day. The first was from my sister who woke up especially early so she could talk to me before work. The second were two friends who had good news to tell me in regards to their own lives. Hearing their good news and how excited they were from it totaly flipped my frown into a smile. So whenever you have something good happen, make sure you take the time to share your good mood with others.
Smiles :)
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Statues
Every city and especially every downtown area has corporate buildings, universities and/or tourist spots which have statues. I always find it interesting as to which particular statue a company decided to purchase. In front of my building (called commerce court) there is a statue of two jolly business men shaking hands. This statue seems to be both inviting and fitting give the name and environment the building represents. However a short distance away from the business men is this huge elephant. Why and elephant? Who knows? It doesn’t seem to fit the building or any of the businesses and I’m sure that it’s not there to enhance the environment because really elephants would freeze their asses in the Canadian winter. I would like to suggest that maybe they have a different animal which maybe suited better to the environment.
Another set of status which puzzled me where those found near the TD towers. Now most of the businesses in those buildings are financial related. Yet outside their court area they have a bunch of lazy cows laying down. COWS….. Hello Calgary is cowtown. Who thought of the bright idea to have cows in the middle of downtown Toronto? After being confused and angry that Toronto had Calgary’s cows I of course did what any other Calgarian would… took a picture of me riding the darn thing.
Every city and especially every downtown area has corporate buildings, universities and/or tourist spots which have statues. I always find it interesting as to which particular statue a company decided to purchase. In front of my building (called commerce court) there is a statue of two jolly business men shaking hands. This statue seems to be both inviting and fitting give the name and environment the building represents. However a short distance away from the business men is this huge elephant. Why and elephant? Who knows? It doesn’t seem to fit the building or any of the businesses and I’m sure that it’s not there to enhance the environment because really elephants would freeze their asses in the Canadian winter. I would like to suggest that maybe they have a different animal which maybe suited better to the environment.
Another set of status which puzzled me where those found near the TD towers. Now most of the businesses in those buildings are financial related. Yet outside their court area they have a bunch of lazy cows laying down. COWS….. Hello Calgary is cowtown. Who thought of the bright idea to have cows in the middle of downtown Toronto? After being confused and angry that Toronto had Calgary’s cows I of course did what any other Calgarian would… took a picture of me riding the darn thing.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Anticipation
I hate waiting for things. Its one of the small things in life which totally gets to me and burns me from the inside. I consider myself to be someone who is prompt and on time. I feel that it’s a sign of respect to be on time and or be prompt with important replies. The main reason for this is that you are killing the person waiting for you with anticipation. Maybe this will happen, maybe it will be like that, I should have done that, I could have improved this, what do they think....all questions with simple answers but at some point in each of our lives we have had them run through our minds waiting in anticipation for someone to respond. While we were waiting I'm sure we had a wide range of emotions most of which were negative.
So why anticipate? I believe that if you feel that you have no expectation and that if you think the worst for the situation and move on...then nothing can get to you. I mean if you find out 5 days later that it does work out then bonus....however if you find out it didn’t work well you have already dealt with that situation so its no new news.
For all the optimistic people, the reason I think this is better than seeing it half full is that if you expect it, then u have more issues dealing with the details of the positive result and you end up with more questions which leads to more anticipation. Where as taking the pessimistic side, you can't do anything about it so you deal and move on; no anticipation.
I hate waiting for things. Its one of the small things in life which totally gets to me and burns me from the inside. I consider myself to be someone who is prompt and on time. I feel that it’s a sign of respect to be on time and or be prompt with important replies. The main reason for this is that you are killing the person waiting for you with anticipation. Maybe this will happen, maybe it will be like that, I should have done that, I could have improved this, what do they think....all questions with simple answers but at some point in each of our lives we have had them run through our minds waiting in anticipation for someone to respond. While we were waiting I'm sure we had a wide range of emotions most of which were negative.
So why anticipate? I believe that if you feel that you have no expectation and that if you think the worst for the situation and move on...then nothing can get to you. I mean if you find out 5 days later that it does work out then bonus....however if you find out it didn’t work well you have already dealt with that situation so its no new news.
For all the optimistic people, the reason I think this is better than seeing it half full is that if you expect it, then u have more issues dealing with the details of the positive result and you end up with more questions which leads to more anticipation. Where as taking the pessimistic side, you can't do anything about it so you deal and move on; no anticipation.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Victoria Day
Its the Friday before the long weekend; to be precise it’s the Friday before the Victoria Day long weekend. Victoria Day I’ve been told is the birth/death date of Queen Victoria of England. I live in Canada. Never the less, I love Queen Victoria, after all she is much better than the Elizabeth’s and Henry’s and all the rest of them. She must be because I get a paid day off to remember her; which of course I will, while I am stressing about my exam. I’m sure that all of you will be doing the same, spending the day in morning, for the loss of such an amazing queen.
Ok Jokes Aside, I doubt any of us think about Victoria on the May long weekend. In fact some of us don’t even bother calling it Victoria Day long week but rather May 21, or May long weekend. I don’t even know what was so good about Victoria that we in a country across the Atlantic Ocean feel the need to celebrate. Well either way, keep up the good work in the royal house, and hopefully someday we will have a long weekend for every month.
Cheers
PS: Happy 21st Birthday Bubbly Movie Star
Its the Friday before the long weekend; to be precise it’s the Friday before the Victoria Day long weekend. Victoria Day I’ve been told is the birth/death date of Queen Victoria of England. I live in Canada. Never the less, I love Queen Victoria, after all she is much better than the Elizabeth’s and Henry’s and all the rest of them. She must be because I get a paid day off to remember her; which of course I will, while I am stressing about my exam. I’m sure that all of you will be doing the same, spending the day in morning, for the loss of such an amazing queen.
Ok Jokes Aside, I doubt any of us think about Victoria on the May long weekend. In fact some of us don’t even bother calling it Victoria Day long week but rather May 21, or May long weekend. I don’t even know what was so good about Victoria that we in a country across the Atlantic Ocean feel the need to celebrate. Well either way, keep up the good work in the royal house, and hopefully someday we will have a long weekend for every month.
Cheers
PS: Happy 21st Birthday Bubbly Movie Star
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Pulling Fire Alarms
Usually you are instructed to pull a fire alarm only when you see smoke or fire. I mean this is just common sense, most red fire alarm levers have the pull if emergency bold letters and many warning signs near them. Since I’ve started university I seem to have discovered many stupid reasons why people pull the fire alarm and I thought I’d share it with you.
Firstly any time you don’t want to write an exam pull the fire alarm. That’s right invented by mathies this new technique can change your life dramatically. In the 2003-2004 school year 131 fake fire alarms during midterms and finals helped numerous students get out of exams. Moreover, no one was ever caught for using this new tactic.
Secondly, do not think that this tactic only applies to the school world. As proven yesterday in my office building. Pulling a fire alarm can get you of of meetings. Yes it is a perfect way to get an extension for a project, get of out an performance evaluation, hell buy urselves some extra time to pitch that sale. Best of all you won’t have to go to the gym that day… because you will have climbed down many flights of stairs.
Another use of the fire alarm is to null contracts. That’s right, in summer 2005 some brave ESL teachers from china tried this tact to get of out their damage deposit contract. They did this skillfully by pulling the fire alarm claiming to think it was a light switch and then walking through a glass window (shattering the glass). Claiming that their English wasn’t good enough to be liable for the contract they signed. Yes this does sounds crazy, but it worked.
So there you have it folks, three new uses for pulling the fire alarm. Go on, try it maybe you can find it useful for something new?
Monday, May 15, 2006
Recognition
Usually we go through life and we have our share of acquaintances, friends, good friends, boyfriends, family, partners and x's of all the above. There are even people in our lives who we don't know but see often enough to sense some sort of familiarity with. In my second co-op term I worked most of the time at a client's site. While there we worked with the client but mostly we had our small group and did not interact much with the client's. Today I ended up returning to that same client site for some work which would make it 1&1/3 years from my original time with them. What was surprising is the lead client company's manager remembered me and welcomed me using my full name. That recognition considering I was one of many co-op students and this client being a major bank made me smile all day.
Throughout my life I felt that giving recognition for ones achievements is such a valuable gift we can give others which really does not take much on our part. Remembering people by face, or just acknowledging anything good thing someone has done. Especially the smaller personal things. Think how much better our relationships and self esteem of people will be if we just thanked them and took a minute to let them know that we appreciate even the smallest of things.
Usually we go through life and we have our share of acquaintances, friends, good friends, boyfriends, family, partners and x's of all the above. There are even people in our lives who we don't know but see often enough to sense some sort of familiarity with. In my second co-op term I worked most of the time at a client's site. While there we worked with the client but mostly we had our small group and did not interact much with the client's. Today I ended up returning to that same client site for some work which would make it 1&1/3 years from my original time with them. What was surprising is the lead client company's manager remembered me and welcomed me using my full name. That recognition considering I was one of many co-op students and this client being a major bank made me smile all day.
Throughout my life I felt that giving recognition for ones achievements is such a valuable gift we can give others which really does not take much on our part. Remembering people by face, or just acknowledging anything good thing someone has done. Especially the smaller personal things. Think how much better our relationships and self esteem of people will be if we just thanked them and took a minute to let them know that we appreciate even the smallest of things.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Mother's Day
I find most special calander days to be marketing schemes and that unless they are giving me a day off school or work they aren't very important. Today however I was reminded that there are some holidays which our society rightfull makes us remember. Its been a while since I've become a nomade and that usually means I get to miss most of the holidays and special occations. I don't nessessary have the best relationship with my mother, (who really does?) but I felt a little sad not being able to wake my mother and grandmother up with some sort of gift or at least a hug. Don't get me wrong I always remember to mail a card but its the human touch which is missing.
I think the movie Crash has it right. No matter who we are, what we do, or where we are going well all need feel the human touch. Special occations and holidays just help us get that from those we love but may accidently dift away from. Special occations keep us grounded.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Vegetarian
I am probably the biggest carnivore I know. My favorite dish is a T-Bone 21 oz AAA Alberta Steak done medium-well. My second favorite dish is Tony Roma's beef ribs with their original sauce. My third favorite dish is Nandos medium chicken. My forth...well you get the point. I even used to eat hambourgers without buns in order to avoid carbs (Yes that was my idea...stupid McDonals stole the idea from me).
I can't cook, so as I moved into my new place I wasn't too worried that I didn't have a kitchen. Today I decided that I had eaten enough fast food so I decided that I'd get one of those pre made chicken's from the grocery store and that I would use it with different things like nachos, salade... So as I brough this chicken home and starting to separate it. After a couple of mins I got this nasty feeling, nausea, i got really sweaty and i started to get flash back of when i dissected this poor lil squid in grade 3.
Usually the raw stuff gets to me but today even the cooked stuff made me sick. I don't really know why but I guess its the dude up there telling me I should be a vegetarian.
Friday, May 12, 2006
10 Friends We Should All Have
I recently read a magazine article which talked about how every woman needed 10 different types of friends. I can’t recall why it was specific to women or what magazine it was but I believe its content to be very true. After having read that article I decided to make up my own list. The ten different women we need in our lives are those who will bring out certain parts of us and are from certain parts of our lives. There should be friends such as:
1 The childhood friend who’s known you forever and keeps you grounded though you may not always be so close.
2 The college friend who takes you out after a hard break up or failed exam.
3 The intellectual friend who stimulates us to think in different ways and to examine life from different angles
4 The chill friend who we enjoy going out with but who doesn’t necessary know much dept about us.
5 The friend who shares the same passion as yourself and never lets you forget it
6 The friend who is completely opposite of us and makes you keep an open mind.
7 The best friend who will be there for us unconditionally.
8 The competition friend who we love but wish we were better than and will keep us on our toes.
9 The burden friend, the one who holds all our problems, sorrow and anguishes and guides you through difficult times.
10 The family friend, who reminds you of the bigger commitments in life.
I recently read a magazine article which talked about how every woman needed 10 different types of friends. I can’t recall why it was specific to women or what magazine it was but I believe its content to be very true. After having read that article I decided to make up my own list. The ten different women we need in our lives are those who will bring out certain parts of us and are from certain parts of our lives. There should be friends such as:
1 The childhood friend who’s known you forever and keeps you grounded though you may not always be so close.
2 The college friend who takes you out after a hard break up or failed exam.
3 The intellectual friend who stimulates us to think in different ways and to examine life from different angles
4 The chill friend who we enjoy going out with but who doesn’t necessary know much dept about us.
5 The friend who shares the same passion as yourself and never lets you forget it
6 The friend who is completely opposite of us and makes you keep an open mind.
7 The best friend who will be there for us unconditionally.
8 The competition friend who we love but wish we were better than and will keep us on our toes.
9 The burden friend, the one who holds all our problems, sorrow and anguishes and guides you through difficult times.
10 The family friend, who reminds you of the bigger commitments in life.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Niches
I believe its important to have niches everywhere you go. I consider myself to be in a period in my life where I feel like a nomad. I am never in any place for more than 4 months and therefore I make it a goal of mine to find a place in every city which I can call my niche. In Calgary my niche would be Princess Island Park and the Eau Claire Area. I love this place for its nice paths, nature, random events, great view of the city and well kept grass. It’s the perfect place to pass around a soccer ball, have a water fight, go roller-skating and just sit around and ponder. In Waterloo I have two places which I would call my niches. The first being Waterloo park. This is a local park which is just on the boarder of campus and which has a little of everything, from lamas (SHELBY) to water park, bbq pits and soccer fields. The second which is the best for reflecting and exploring on your own is Colombia Lake, the surrounding of the lake is one of the most peaceful places I have found in the summer, and in the winter it’s the best place for trayboarding. My four month niches I have found include, rideau cannal near Bank Street, in Ottawa and Dundas Square in Toronto.
If you have not found your niche in which ever city you are in, I strongly recommend to start the search.
I believe its important to have niches everywhere you go. I consider myself to be in a period in my life where I feel like a nomad. I am never in any place for more than 4 months and therefore I make it a goal of mine to find a place in every city which I can call my niche. In Calgary my niche would be Princess Island Park and the Eau Claire Area. I love this place for its nice paths, nature, random events, great view of the city and well kept grass. It’s the perfect place to pass around a soccer ball, have a water fight, go roller-skating and just sit around and ponder. In Waterloo I have two places which I would call my niches. The first being Waterloo park. This is a local park which is just on the boarder of campus and which has a little of everything, from lamas (SHELBY) to water park, bbq pits and soccer fields. The second which is the best for reflecting and exploring on your own is Colombia Lake, the surrounding of the lake is one of the most peaceful places I have found in the summer, and in the winter it’s the best place for trayboarding. My four month niches I have found include, rideau cannal near Bank Street, in Ottawa and Dundas Square in Toronto.
If you have not found your niche in which ever city you are in, I strongly recommend to start the search.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Office Gatherings with the Consultants
Today was the first of what seems to be many "Office Gatherings". Usually to me this means one thing, well two things I guess: 1. Free Food 2. Free Alcohol. Now this is definately the best part of working, things that are free. Well everything that is free is good in my opnion but thats a topic for another day.
At this gathering which was done on my behalf so I'd meet my project mates I felt the corporate pressure to drink. I believe this is a very common pressure that many people have felt whether you drink or not. I found it odd that our consulting group would still attempt to pressure us to drink. I mean all day we pressure clients to acquire our services, we pressure our bosses for extra time on projects, we pressure HR for better benefits so I was assuming that people would be tired of attempting to market things. However I have found that throught my last couple of jobs that those who are consultants are good at selling, its in their blood. So beware, they will try to get you to order food you don't want, join health clubs you will never go to, hell they will even try to pressure you to drink at a social event.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Fear
Living life with fear is not living at all. Something which I have pondered about recently is that I find that a good number of the things I'm afraid of (yes I admit I do fear many things) are those things which I was told not to do as a child. Don't walk alone in the dark. Don't talk to strangers. Be careful when playing on the street. Don't play with fire. I find that some of these simple warnings my parents gave me have turn into some of my fears as an adult. I wonder if I would still have the same fears if I was never told about them and especially was never told about the consequences. I've heard my parents and the media continuously telling me how life is full of hate and danger. Shooting here, Rape there, Kidnapping, Violence, Fire, Accidences....there always seems to be a flow of hate and problems in this world, which have in some sense created fear in me.
I wonder if I had never been told or never heard about all these events and their consequences if I would actually fear them. I wonder if my mind would process some of the things I fear in a completely different way and that I would maybe then react differently. I feel that through my life I've been conditioned to fear and stay away from certain things and that through this my mind has lost the ablity to search and experience certain stimulus. Is it possible that instead of dealing or discovering new things that my mind finds it easier to just block it with fear?
Can ignorance be strength? Without fear or knowledge of consequences would we be able to find more answers to our questions? Would we be happy? Would society benefit or be in chaos?
All I know is that if I did all the things I really wanted; if I had no fear. I'd be in a completely different place right now.
Living life with fear is not living at all. Something which I have pondered about recently is that I find that a good number of the things I'm afraid of (yes I admit I do fear many things) are those things which I was told not to do as a child. Don't walk alone in the dark. Don't talk to strangers. Be careful when playing on the street. Don't play with fire. I find that some of these simple warnings my parents gave me have turn into some of my fears as an adult. I wonder if I would still have the same fears if I was never told about them and especially was never told about the consequences. I've heard my parents and the media continuously telling me how life is full of hate and danger. Shooting here, Rape there, Kidnapping, Violence, Fire, Accidences....there always seems to be a flow of hate and problems in this world, which have in some sense created fear in me.
I wonder if I had never been told or never heard about all these events and their consequences if I would actually fear them. I wonder if my mind would process some of the things I fear in a completely different way and that I would maybe then react differently. I feel that through my life I've been conditioned to fear and stay away from certain things and that through this my mind has lost the ablity to search and experience certain stimulus. Is it possible that instead of dealing or discovering new things that my mind finds it easier to just block it with fear?
Can ignorance be strength? Without fear or knowledge of consequences would we be able to find more answers to our questions? Would we be happy? Would society benefit or be in chaos?
All I know is that if I did all the things I really wanted; if I had no fear. I'd be in a completely different place right now.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Birds
One of the first things I noticed while moving into Waterloo for the first time was that there where so many geese. All of you you go there know that it is impossible to avoid the geese. Some of us have been fortunate not to be attacked, chased or shat on. However I am not one of the fortunate. Since that incident I have always looked out for our flying friends, and yes I do duck or try to avoid them when they are flying above me. Recently I noticed that the geese in Waterloo are equivalent to the pignons in Toronto. I don't know what it is about southern Ontario but so far all the cities I've been to have a bird problem. I dislike animals in general but I do not approve of animal abuse. People who abuse animals for no reason are creul and should be dealt with. However in the same matter animals who abuse people should be taken in the same manner. The next time a bird or animal abuses me (yes I do call it abuse), I will take matters into my own hands.
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Bathrooms
A good friend of mine said that you are able to judge a good restaurent or business by the quality of their bathrooms. I personally agree with this comment because throughout my travel most of the fancy expensive places have nicer, cleaner and bigger bathrooms. Some even include sofas, fireplaces and fancy toilet seat covers. I'm not sure if its the same in mens batherooms as it is in womens but in my experiance the statement mostly holds true. Today I was puzzled by my work's bathroom. It was clean, smelled good (they had an automatic realease air freashener and had fancy tiles. However what I found interesting is that there were 3 bathroom stalls, 5 sinks and 3 napin disposal units. Now why on earth would we need the same amount of napin disposal units as we have bathroom stalls? Moreover do we really need 5 sinks? Are they trying to rush us when we're doing our business in the stalls but slow us down while we are washing up? Also what's odd is that all three of my coop term work places have had three bathroom stalls. Yes that's right, a bank, the government and an accounting firm have all come to the conclusion that women need 3 stalls in each bathroom. I wonder what mathematical explaination there is for 3 being the magic stall number???
A good friend of mine said that you are able to judge a good restaurent or business by the quality of their bathrooms. I personally agree with this comment because throughout my travel most of the fancy expensive places have nicer, cleaner and bigger bathrooms. Some even include sofas, fireplaces and fancy toilet seat covers. I'm not sure if its the same in mens batherooms as it is in womens but in my experiance the statement mostly holds true. Today I was puzzled by my work's bathroom. It was clean, smelled good (they had an automatic realease air freashener and had fancy tiles. However what I found interesting is that there were 3 bathroom stalls, 5 sinks and 3 napin disposal units. Now why on earth would we need the same amount of napin disposal units as we have bathroom stalls? Moreover do we really need 5 sinks? Are they trying to rush us when we're doing our business in the stalls but slow us down while we are washing up? Also what's odd is that all three of my coop term work places have had three bathroom stalls. Yes that's right, a bank, the government and an accounting firm have all come to the conclusion that women need 3 stalls in each bathroom. I wonder what mathematical explaination there is for 3 being the magic stall number???
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Life Insurance
So I'm old. 21 years old... which really isn't that old if your taking about life insurance. For some reason the company I work for thinks I will benefit so much from life insurance that its part of my standard benefit. Now I know they must not pay much for it, since my survival function is high but still there are a million other ways they could give me that extra benefit. Today I even called hr and tried to switch it to extra health or dental insurance but I couldn't. So I figure that since I have life insurance I am allowed to put my life in danger. I can try all the random stuff I've always wanted to do but knew I'd probably get hurt or die. So Manulife... you think your getting my 'benefit' premiums with little to no risk......we'll see about that....
PS: Yes I do have Health Insurance just in case
So I'm old. 21 years old... which really isn't that old if your taking about life insurance. For some reason the company I work for thinks I will benefit so much from life insurance that its part of my standard benefit. Now I know they must not pay much for it, since my survival function is high but still there are a million other ways they could give me that extra benefit. Today I even called hr and tried to switch it to extra health or dental insurance but I couldn't. So I figure that since I have life insurance I am allowed to put my life in danger. I can try all the random stuff I've always wanted to do but knew I'd probably get hurt or die. So Manulife... you think your getting my 'benefit' premiums with little to no risk......we'll see about that....
PS: Yes I do have Health Insurance just in case
Monday, May 01, 2006
The Big City Too Much Hype
Today was my first day back in the Big City working for one of the big 4 accounting firms, in the financial captial district of Canada. One would think that I would love the opportunity to have such a coop position however, this is not the case. I always thought that I was the only one would did not appreciate neighter the atmosphere nor the position. Today I found someone who shared my view. A co-worker who had just move to Canada from the land down under seemed to share my views of the ghettoness, the lack of personal time and the overwelming big city feel to name a few. There is just something about working in the big city which sounds more exciting than it actualy is.
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