Two months...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Two down... two and a half to go!
Sheesh! Two months already?! Time flies when you're having fun, eh?
I suppose things have been good here, still no issues. Apart from my housemate who's somewhat losing his mind at times? And the fact that my SA salary converted to CA$ is just over half of a starting FIRST YEARS' salary!!!!!! And five times less than a manager's!!! How do I survive?
Anyway, temps are seldom above zero, but I can easily walk around in -5C temps with no real shivering as long as I'm wearing my insulated, double thermolated and triple warmerized snow jacket, beanie, scarf, gloves (one of which I almost lost remember?), two undershirts, thermal socks and my Walmart long-johns.
But I should be positive and focus on the good things like:
- Central heating.
- Really high quality two-ply paper (can't live without it, hey Pot?).
- E-Bay - the world's largest online stolen goods store ever!
- Internet so fast I haven't had time to even look at ALL my downloaded por... tuguese soccer clips that I have stored in that hidden folder called "Portuguese soccer clips".
- Gorgeous Canadian ladies. Seriously, they're good looking. No, seriously...
- My Safrican accent.
- Due to all the internationals in my team, I have added Venuzuelan (she's no beauty queen), Kazakhstani (I would!), French-Belgish (if I was REALLY drunk) and Kuwaiti (hell no!) accents to my repertoire.
- And train noises. No sound auditor is complete without train noises.
- The huge-assed Chinese buffet downtown.
- Tim Horton's donuts.
- Price tags that are red or yellow. And price tags that are red AND yellow.
- The looks on people's faces when I tell them I'm 24 (and a half), and a MANAGER in RISK AND RESILIENCE (Mel, you probably had that look!).
- Snowboarding this weekend (with the Kazakhstani and Belgish chick) at Lake Louise (pic).
- AND FOR BEING ALIVE!!! And not in that gay, spiritual way that Oprah goes on about. Literally, for not being cancelled earlier this eve while walking home - there I was on the street corner admiring my newly acquired suit when two cars collide in the intersection! The SUV spins off and hits the lamp-post right next to us. It happened so quickly I didn't even move. But here I am, to tell the tale!
Okay, let me know of anything random that may have happened in G-teng, the west Ealing Massive, Oz (like if the Force ever score a point?) or Boston, Massatooshits. Or wherever the hell you may happen to be! Not like I care any way but reading your mails makes me look busy when at the clients...
