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July 17th, 2010
Last weekend was packed full of adventure. My journey started directly from work. I had the pleasure of taking a 2009 BMW 750Li for the trip. This made the driving extremely enjoyable, comfortable, and easy. The first leg was Ottawa to Kingston. I needed to stop into Kingston to pick up my tent and [...] June 28th, 2010
I went to the International Chicken and Rib Cook-Off on Sunday after church. It was delicious. Alex and Matt came to the city to pickup a subwoofer but couldn’t stay for the cook off, in part due to an incident at a Tim Horton’s. Later in the day I had a milk emergency, which [...] April 28th, 2010
As of last night, I have finished another semester of school. I had two classes this semester, which meant two exams. My Managerial Accounting exam was held last Friday evening, and my Financial Management exam was last night. I was nervous going into both exams. I had many weeks to prepare leading up [...] March 21st, 2010
It was a bit of a chilly day, but an eagerness to get the bike out in the warmer weather led me to pick my motorcycle up from Kingston. I drove it back to Ottawa where it sits safely in my garage. Now, I am quite tired after a long day (early wake-up, gym, drive [...] February 9th, 2010
Another quick update, this time on my busiest day of the week. Normally on Tuesdays I play squash with Kate. She’s busy and had to cancel so I played with Evan. It turned out to be the best game of squash I’ve played all year. The intensity was unmatched, and the speed of [...] February 5th, 2010
Between my time spent working, at school, and playing squash I was able to find time to cook two really fantastic meals this week. I had an chorizo sausage, red peppers, and cream that I had to use up. I roasted the red peppers (reserved two) and made a red pepper cream sauce with some [...] August 26th, 2009
Tonight I have sold my bicycle–the one I bought during the Alpencross. Today I also sent a fax to my ISP in Germany announcing my account cancellation. It was very well presented, in both English and German (summarized) to cover myself. Yesterday I mailed my last batch of expense reports to Ottawa–further [...] August 16th, 2009
Two weeks ago I was returning from Madrid; why does it feel like two months have passed? I am not sure if it’s just me, or if this is “normal”, but for me time passes pretty quickly (usually) but my mind extends the feeling of time since an event occurs. If I was talking about [...] August 12th, 2009
After I returned from Madrid my manager here in Germany made a comment to me along the lines of “that distance is like a day trip to a Canadian”. Yes, he was exaggerating the truth a little bit but the premise of his point is correct: North Americans are more accustomed to travelling long [...] |
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