stay interesting

Last week I went on my very first business trip. I spent a couple days in our Armonk office. Flying is fun so the trip there was great. I flew into La Guardia which amused me since I could see the NYC skyline as well as almost landing on water. I had a driver (with a sign!) waiting for me at baggage. Then he took me to my hotel and I showered since my boss wanted to leave the hotel at 7:15 the next morning. Argh, so early. He admitted sometimes he gets in really early some days and thinks why did i come in this early? He suggested meeting beforehand to grab some breakfast, but i graciously decline. EW breakfast before 7 with my boss? That's too early to deal with.

The Armonk office was nice. It's pretty much in the middle of nowhere, so definitely a change of scenery. It was pretty though. Lots of trees and a river. Accomplished a lot of work and had supper at the hotel with my boss (since it would have been at least a 15 minute drive to a restaurant haha). The hotel reminded me of REV a little. Maybe I'll post a picture later. Oh, I stole two pens (which say stay interesting), some Q-tips to bring to work to clean my keyboard with, and lemongrass soap. I would have taken the shampoo and conditioner but my plastic baggie for liquids I was allowed to bring as carry on was already full.

The flight home wasn't as fun as the flight there. I flew out of Westchester county airport and it was small and crowded and loud. They were horrible at updating the status of my flight so when it was over an hour later leaving it felt like a lot longer. The plane sat no more than 20 people and had propellers. Smallest plane I ever flew on before. It was fine once we got above the clouds. It was amusing since you could see into the cock pit area during the flight. When we got to Toronto we had to drive more than 10 minutes to where we could unload, then there was a shuttle to take us to the Terminal since we were in some weird small plane area. Very irritating. Thankfully I caught a cab quickly and didn't fret over the price since I got to expense it.

I had a pretty quiet Easter Weekend. Went for lunch with my dad and he bought me Entourage Season 3 Part 1. What a great daddy.

In other good news, I managed to somehow pass the most retarded exam I ever wrote! Yay!

Last night we went to Da Gianni and Maria Trattoria that we were supposed to go to a couple weeks ago but happend to be closed for a couple of days. It's a family run Italian restaurant where the husband does the cooking and the wife does the serving. The gnocchi was amazing and so was the tiramisu!

To end, I'll just say: I like shoes.

*yawn*

I know my pens. It happens when you have somewhat of a stationary fetish. I'm getting people addicted to my favourite pen. I helped a girl at work find it in the Basics catalogue cause it rocks so much. More and more will realize the greatness of the fine blue Zebra Jimnie Stick Pen. Beware, the medium sucks!!!!

Early morning meetings suck for obvious reasons. But they also suck since nobody is around to email me to keep me amused when I'm waiting/hoping for the caffeine to kick in. Maybe I should find new friends that start work earlier in the mornings. Too bad Holly can't access email at work. I'd get angry at her employer but I think bad things would happen if the word got out. Hahahaha. Ohh that amuses me way too much. Silly mornings.

This weekend I went to see Holly for a girls weekend. There was lots of chocolate, but also yummy food Holly made. Like guacamole with baked tostitos! Mmmm. I bought avocados yesterday so I can make some soon. Baked chips suck, but baked tostitos are yummy. I was surprised and impressed. I forgot to check the difference in nutrition value when I was buying some yesterday. Oh well. I got Holly addicted to Entourage. Since not only am i a pen pusher, i'm a tv pusher too. Holly showed me the sights of Hamilton, and since Denningers was one of them, I was hooked. I'd go back to Hamilton to go there. So much fun food.

Sunday I got home in time to watch the last 7 laps of the Nascar race, to see 2 of my drivers finish 1 & 2!! Happy day.

I forget what else I've been up to. I got to see my brother which was cool. I went up to the skypod at the CN tower. That was fun. I should get my dad to send me pics from that soon. I've realized I have something to look forward to each day this week. Tonight is *wing* night at this amazing sounding italian place. I can't wait for gnocchi!! Tomorrow is Daffodil day, Thursday is bonus day, and Friday is Friday. Hopefully that helps move my week along.

The coffee still hasn't helped my sleepiness but I do have to pee. That's something I guess? I've also realized I said "suck[s]" a lot in this post. Wait, only 4 times. That's not all that much. Hopefully my morning rambling amuses somebody other than me.

Life needs TV

Tomorrow my weekly 8 o'clock meeting gets pushed to 9 since Zurich hasn't changed their clocks yet. So far this is the only reason I'm happy about the new daylight savings timeframe. Too bad I only get two 9 o'clock meetings out of it.

On a sad note, today I discovered girl guide cookies still have trans. I had to walk away from the open box at work that was just begging me to help eat. *sigh*

I've started watching Veronica Mars. I read an article about how more people watch GG but Veronica Mars has been a better show compared to the past couple seasons of GG and I felt left out. So far i've watched the first 6 episodes and I'm enjoying it. Is it better than GG? No. Is it better than GG Season 7? Yes. Too bad it's on the same time as House. Oh well, I have lots to catch up on still =)

Walking in a Winter Wonder Thunderstorm

I think I've been deprived of snow this year. It was snowing like crazy this morning and I loved every minute walking to work. I think I enjoyed it because it wasn't very cold, and the snow hadn't turned to slush yet. I could have walked inside part way but i didn't want to. The snow was too much fun. I made a huge mess at my desk though. Sooo much snow was stuck to me that the carpet is pretty wet. oops =)

Right when I was leaving my building I saw a flash of light. I was confused, I couldn't figure out where the light came from. Then I heard thunder! I can't remember that happening before. There was one more on the way to work as well. Very amusing.

On the weekend was Rob's Birthday, Happy Birthday Rob! Lots of people showed up for his party on Saturday and it was very amusing. Some of the highlights were cake, rob's slutty cousin, and one of the girls taking home some of our toliet paper.

Sunday was DAYTONA 500!!!!!! Ohh how I've missed nascar and the hilarious nascar commercials. Holly and Matt watched with me which was awesome. I made tuna casserole to make the time spent watching worth it for them hehe. It was a crazy race with the majority of the big names getting involved in a crash. It was the second time I saw a car cross the finish line upside down, but the first time it happened while the car was on fire. eep!

Tonight is the final episode of The O.C. evar. It better not suck like last week's.

Old Folks Convention at the Rogers Centre

Today I took a vacation day cause I realized not going into work sometimes is very nice.  It was a beautiful day out.   Very sunny and warm.  I went to the mall to do my Christmas shopping.  I went in the morning so it wasn't busy which made things less annoying.  I had lots of great luck and found some great stuff.  I haven't had a lot of luck shopping lately so it was a great change.  I couldn't believe it only took 2 hours including walking time! 

When I got back from shopping I watched a bunch of episodes of an amusing new tv show.  Then I did a bit more shopping and had some supper.  Great day... great day indeed!

The good times

Saturday was Rob's birthday, happy birthday Robbie! Ang and I made dip and watched some of the Aristrocrats while we waited for Johnny and Bernada to come over to head to Robs. The Aristrocrats was hilarious! I have to see the whole thing now.

Robs was alot of fun. Got to see a bunch of people I haven't seen in a while. Convinced Chris to join the nascar pool. Chris also came up with a great idea of when Ang moves to Windsor, and I move to Toronto. We can buy socks and mail each other one part of the pair so we can have the same socks and stay connected hehe. There was drinking, yummy food, amusing people, so it was a great time.


On Sunday, Ang and I went to Williams just to hang out and chat. I had such a great time. We had the most amazing cheese cake ever. We're planning on doing this more often. Aftewards, I went back to Ang's place to watch Grey's with the girls. It was alot of fun.

Yesterday the "Actuarial Science Club", and I use that term loosely, went to... Chuck E. Cheese's!!!! SOOOO much fun. At first it was a little weird and ackward with so many kids. But we let go and had a great time. Skee ball rocks like always, but Wheel of Fortune was my favorite. Angela won 150 tickets on her first try!! We never won big again, but it doesn't matter. We are totally going again. I loved it!! Oh, and the pizza was actually really good.

More Chuck E. Cheese's pictures

Temporary House Pet

Keizo has left for his vacation to the dominican for his friends wedding. I wish I could have gone too. Instead, I get to write 2 midterms on Thursday. Fun. But while Keizo is gone, I get to take care of Rosencrantz! He's such a cute ball of fur.


We've been playing alot of cards lately. Crib, Speed, Crazy Eight Countdown, and a bit of Rummy 500. So far I'm undefeated at Speed. Sooo much pressure to keep winning now, but at least I get to make fun of Ryan. Apparently I make too many "snarky", "smart ass" comments while playing cards. I don't know about other people, but that's how I learned how to play cards.

I've been downloading House this weekend. I discovered I liked it over Christmas break, thanks to my brother. It's on the same time as Scrubs though so I haven't gotten to watch it. Soon, I'll have the first season.

Blue cake is yummy!

Monday was a night of vicTORY! Stephen Harper and the Conservatives won a minority government. Horray! I made blue cake to celebrate. Delicious. The night could have only been better if a conservative won in the 416 area. I don't like the idea of moving to such a liberal area. Ah well, at least they'll have one more supporter there.

Last week we went to Bomber. We pre-drank here and I was very amused. There wasn't too many of us, but still lots of fun. Too bad Bomber was cut short by a fire alarm. I've never heard of a fire alarm going off during a bomber night before. How dumb. We were kicked out and off of the patio so we went to keep warm in the Math building. Talked to some random people until we were allowed back in to get our coats. Keizo was a sweetie and went and got the girls coats for us. I wish I could go to Bomber tonight, but I've left my pension assignment too long and it'll probably take me a long time to finish. Reading pension plan texts isn't fun.

On the weekend, Keizo, Matt, Ryan and I played Illuminate. It's one of Rob's card games. He let me borrow it since he doesn't play it anymore because it can get very spiteful. Yes, it can get spiteful, but it's also alot of fun. I want to play more!

I should get back to my pension assignment... but I'd rather watch grey's anatomy. Tough call =)

Yippee!

It's official! I've accepted an offer and I'm going to work at Swiss Re!! I'm so happy. I really loved working there on my co-op terms. I just got lucky they had an opening. *happiness*

Now I have to find a place in Toronto. Eep! I'm thinking I might see if I can stay at my dad's for a while to make apartment hunting alot easier, but his place is far and crowded so I'm not sure. I'll bring up the idea and see what he says.

I can't wait to go shopping!!! It's business attire there so I get to dress up. I love it. So much more fun that way. I can't wait to have an amazing, fun, stylish wardrobe. Ohh and the shoes! And one day a prada bag =)

To celebrate accepting an offer I bought Wicked tickets! Well, okay, I bought them a little earlier, but it was to celebrate having a full-time job =) I think they'll be pretty good seats. Row F, seats 17 and 18 (if anybody cares, i do!! hehe)

I haven't posted in sooo long... i've been bad. Done lots of great stuff. Wing nights have been lots of fun. I'm looking forward to them next summer!!

Wow, I didn't even update about my fun visit with Holly! We went on a used bookstore hunt and did some Christmas shopping. We went to Spring Rolls, Pickle Barrel and Allen's! We watched Crash and Coupling. Ohh so great. AND there was Prius at the end of Crash! But now I can't buy one. Too expensive and pointless for Toronto. We had alot of fun. Next time she comes to visit in Toronto I'll have a great stylish apartment which will be even better.

I went to visit Keizo the other weekend. We did some Christmas Shopping and relaxed. It was really nice just being able to spend some time with him. We've both been too busy this term. I'm looking forward to January!

So Wednesday Night I went to a Marlies game with Liz!!! It was great. Great seats, the place is pretty small so anywhere is pretty good. They won 5-0 which was cool! We picked who our favourite players were and stuff. We BOTH forgot cameras though! Bah!

Last night was our Chrismukkah party!! Matt and I went to Chris and Jeff's to watch OC IN HIGH DEF! So awesome. We also watched CSI afterwards which was so cool in HD as well. We had hawaiian pizza. I can't enough of it lately. Also had some drinks, but not too much cause Matt's Christmas Party was the night before which had an open bar... enough said haha. I took pictures of turkey (the bunny) while I was there. He's so cute!

I don't know what I'm forgetting. I really shouldn't go this long without posting. Tonight my dad is picking me up and I'm going to his place for the weekend. My brother is flying in tonight so it'll be great to see him. I've missed the arrogant bugger.

September Summary

Well, work hasn't been exactly what I expected. I thought I'd be very busy, have lots to do, that the work would be basic. The work is basic, but it's been pretty slow. Supposively it'll pick up now that alot of deadlines are wrapping up. I hope so. Thankfully, I've got my co-op friend, Dave, to keep me amused. I've never really had a co-op friend before so it's been alot of fun. The second week of work, there was a conference on friday and saturday. All the pension people out west came to Toronto for the conference at the royal york. I got to learn alot about pensions, some was over my head, but getting exposure to the material is important. So all in all it was alot of fun, but I was glad that Dave was there cause I didn't know people well yet and he's worked there before.

Wing nights have been so much fun!! We went to Pickle Barrel, Zelda's, the Irish Embassy, and the Duke of Richmond. Zelda's was funny, cause Dave never picked up on the fact it was a gay bar. The menu's have this guy wearing woman's clothing and a wig, but he missed that completely. When we told him he looked so surprised it was so funny. the Irish Embassy was so great. The food was great, and Chris did not criticize the food, but kept going on about all the things they did right! It was so bizarre, but cool. At the Duke of Richmond I got to meet Jeff's girl Simone, and Chris' cousin Laura. I shared skor that I made with everyone. Oh, and Ryan, you're a Fanny Farmer. So all in all, lots of fun, and the best part is that I'm not rushed to go catch a go train. I can just relax, and enjoy hanging out with my friends.

I am so surprised by my place. It seemed medicore, but it has turned out to be so great. I really like my neighbourhood. My dad drops by on his way back from dropping Vincent off and we go for lunch. I had very unique, amazing french toast. I want to have it again sometime. My roomates are awesome. They are so friendly and talkative. Whenever I run into them we chat. It makes me feel less isolated in this big city.

I've become addicted to sudoku's. Dave, his friend Jordan and I race. Normally Jordan beats me, and I beat Dave. Dave has beat me, and I have beat Jordan. It's so much fun. I don't quite understand why though.

Daily puzzle from www.sudokuworks.com
Solution on website

1-9 in each 3x3 square, 1-9 in each row, and 1-9 in each column.

This Saturday I'm going to try to get up to Peterborough to see my mom, dad, vincent, grandmas. Just have to work out some details, but it should be doable.

Studying for my exam has been going pretty well. I feel like I'm in a pretty good place. Not ready for it yet, but I feel that I can be ready. A month to go!!!! The hardcore studying begins! And Chris rocks, cause he said he'd explain cublic splines to me =) It's the only thing on the syllabus that I don't understand.

What else is new... I love tv! Gilmore Girls has been so amazing. I love it. OC has been "Season 1 good" hehe. The premier of Smallville was sweet... Spike has such a cool character on the show!!

I went to Waterloo the other weekend, when Keizo wasn't too busy with work. He made me bacon, and I had carrots and a yummy necturine. It was really nice. I got to see Ang and Kirsten and Hewan and Wilson and... I think you get the idea. I haven't seen them in a while, some in a long while! so that was cool. I can't wait for next term. It'll be great. I miss those guys.

I don't know how much I'm forgetting.... serves me right for not updating for so long.

Happy Day!

I had my last final this morning and now I'm sitting around... not doing much really hehe. I got to watch Days, which I haven't seen since my last study day. I went and bought more chocolate. Cadubury Special 43% Dark Chocolate with chopped up almonds. So good. I'm addicted!!

My new laptop was shipped today. Supposed to arrive between the 9 and 11th. I wanted to leave on the 10th... not sure what I'll do now.

I'm getting an ASM Study Manual!!! Work is buying it for me! This rocks. This is the first time I've worked for a company that pays for Study Manuals as a co-op. Makes me happy!

So some things that made this term memorable:
4 seasons of Scrubs
4 ice cream cakes (incl. Happy Wedding Bob and Stu)
many various trips across the street
24 Season 1
Gilmore Girls
The Wrong Guy (shot in BCE Place!)
Limited Edition Angel Puppet
Jays games (and my new love for Orlando Hudson)
mini golf
Simpsons Life
canasta
socialising during class (incl. giggling about no neptune and balogne)
laptop
passing Exam M
Just spending time with friends
pens and fungi(x2)
exploding taps
learning how to make toast

Some things I'm looking forward to
working at Aon
"wing" night
writing Exam C
watching the O.C. in HDTV (especially seeing Seth in HD!! Although, I haven't asked Chris or Jeff if Matt and I can come watch an epsidose of the O.C. at their place yet hehe *crosses fingers)

In the mean time, I get to spend some time with Keizo, go home home and see my mom and her garden. On Tuesday I get to see Wei and soon i get to see Holly!!

Lots of good stuff

First, this will be difficult for me to post. I'm using Keizo's computer and his theme is all weird and so currently I'm typing white text on a white background. I may have to edit it .

So, result day was the other week and I passed Exam M with a 9 so I'm very happy. Result day isisn't quite as fun when you're 99% sure you passed, but it's still nice to see my number up there! Soon my name will be up there too.

School has been going surprisingly well. I was having trouble studying for midterms, so I didn't study as much as I thought I would. Gilmore girls distracted me as well as not feeling like studying, but they all turned out well. Either The midterms were just generally easy or or I'm used to studying lots from Exam M so it just doesn't seem like I'm studyuing alot. I'll say it's a cobo,.

I have a place to live!! Yay! It's near Broadview subway station so not too far. It's fully furnished which is very convient. My own bathroom! It has a tv, vcr, desk, bed, microwave, toaster oven, sink, so it's pretty much self contained. I can go upstairs to use the stove if I want, which I might because I don't thinkI can live without LKraft dinner. I think I may buy a hot plate so I can make stir fry or grilled cheese or eggs or something.

My most exciting news is I got my Angel Puppet!!!! I will try to take a couple pictures soon, but I can't use my camera cause I still don't have my usb cord. I think Matt will let me use his =)

NTN

Tonight was refreshing. I've had a busy few days with school since I got behind studying for Exam M. I wrote a quiz today and it turned out to be easier than I expected so I was happy. I enjoyed my fresh food for supper, i love having food. I had no food left so I was so glad to go grocery shopping yesterday. Keizo brought up my CDs last night to rip some of them. People keep commenting on how random some of them are. So I played some French Rap for Matt and Ryan tonight. Quite amusing. It's really not very good *lol*

Graphics projects are fun! I'm glad I don't have to write one... but getting to see people's puppets is cool though hehe.

So Exam M is finished which means I can concentrate on school and interviews for a while. I can finally wear my new suit!!! horray!

Holly is the best. She sent me postcards and pasta and a scarf from Italy!! And chocolate from Germany and Switzerland. The chocolat is LONG gone and it was yummy. I plan on making my pasta last longer than the chocolate hehe. Thanks again Holly!!!!!

So the weekend after Exam M i got to see my O-Dog!!! The highlights of the game were O-Dog making a triple, and when they showed his ass on the big screen *lol* I was too shy to yell his name when he was walking by us before the game started in hopes of getting one of those beautiful smiles directed at me. Maybe next time... *wishful thought* hehe

I love Gimore girls. My mother, the Howard Roark of Stars Hollow. Yay for Ayn Rand references!

TI

I got a new calculator today. It's the same model I have right now, but it's in a pretty blue!! Why do I need two calculators of the same model you ask? In case one breaks of course. And just think how it'll give a fresh fun vibe to my studying.

My dad also bought me Angel Season 5. I now own the series! I'm excited to watch this season. It was really good. And since I know what happens, it'll be easier to see everything that was going on that I missed the first time. Kind of like The Sixth Sense. Yes, I just compared Angel to a Bruce Willis movie hahahaha.

I'm in a chip frenzie. We bought Sour Cream and Onion and Salsa chips. I'm still not hungry from lunch though, so I'm patiently waiting to dig into them. The question, which to open first? It would make sense if I opened the Sour Cream and Onion first, because we have 2 bags of that, but Salsa is still so new, so it's especially yummy and tempting. I wish my yogurt buddy was around. I'd trust his opinion on which I should eat first, since he has such great yogurt taste. Too bad Angela isn't around either. She could help. She loves both as much as I do. I could open both, but I don't think I would appreciate either to their full potential that way.

End of the Line

I just watched the last two episodes of Coupling Season 2. Funniest episodes ever!!!! I love Coupling!! But now, I have to pee. So that's all for now.

A bit of Everything

The weekend was lots of fun. Went to Benny's for supper with Keizo when I got into Waterloo. Watched some tv and slept lots. Saturday I watched Quantum Leap while Keizo watched Football then it was Bomber!! Bomber was lots of fun. We celebrated Wilson birthday and I got to see a friend I hadn't seen in a while which was cool.

On Saturday I got home in time to watch my newly decided favourite NFL team the Colts lose horribly to the Pats. Not such a bad thing, since Keizo is happy and I can cheer for them again.

Tuesday we went to Zelda's for supper. I was happy because they use no trans fat, non hydrogenated oil and have really nice salads. If we go in February we can watch Drag Idol *lol* Too funny.

Pleasant money surprise... I found out yesterday they are reimbursing me for my course 2 fee. They didn't mention they did that during the interview so bonus.

I discovered yummy low fat no trans fat granola bars that i'm in love with. Presidents Choice Rocks. Oh, and Jif has been added to the acceptable spready goodness list of Skippy and Nutella.

The OC was wacked tonight. I'm curious to see what next week will bring. Hopefully it resolves some things.

My dad's DVD burner is so much fun. I want one now =)

My brother leaves Sunday =( People probably think I'm so weird since I kept going on how I wanted him out!! Oh how things change...

I really want to go shopping. I think I need a shopping buddy in toronto. I want to go to the Eaton's center but I don't really want to go alone. I wonder if my girl friend Jeff would be willing to take up the challenge. It's much more difficult than just a girl's night in hehe.