Ram and I went to pick our wedding bands tonight. I’m debating if I should get a ring that has diamonds half way around the band or just get a plain one. I sort of fell in love with my first option, but everyone thinks that that could be mistaken for an eternity band. Choices Choices.
I’m getting a little tired of being the poster child for the boards I sit on. And it really makes me wonder if I’m there because my skills got me there or it’s because I am a. ethnic, b. female, c. young (and I’m Ali’s sister)…. Thank you Affirmative Action, you have made me doubt my credentials.
I learnt today that my mom no longer eats meat or chicken and she plays soccer for an hour each day.
There is a lot I don’t know about my mom’s life in the last seven months, but like it always is, when I will see her in a few months, I won’t bother asking. Why have I always observed from a distance without every confronting anyone?
I need to decide if I want another Crest Smile graduation picture or not. The one I had done in Waterloo sits in a bookshelf in Ali and Alison’s house. (Which I think is kind of creepy). The only reason I got that one was for my parents, but things have changed and I’m not sure if I got another picture I can/would give it to my parents. Plus, Ram also has a million pictures of me, so will getting a ‘professionally’ taken picture be all that important? These are the questions that keep me from doing my CIP…
Update: I did it. I signed up to get my picture taken on April 3rd. By then I would have handed in my CIP, and will only have two more projects due!
In the last six months I’ve been to three hair salons and none of the stylists would ever give me bangs. One of them outright refused to do so! So tonight, after getting caught in the rain and my hair getting wet, I decided the time was right. I took out a pair of scissors and proceeded to cut. What do you think? Do I look an immigrant child? I should try to get Ali to scan in a picture of the last time I had this type of bangs which was in grade 2! I think I look exactly the same! ha ha… Thoughts?
Update: I like them. It’s also nice that I don’t have to maintain my eyebrows since my bangs cover them. high five ha ha.
So, I officially met the new hotshot at work… and he asked me my name.. He told me I probably don’t want to know what my name means in Italian? I think it means monkey, but I’m not 100% sure.
So I got this email today at my school address:
Dear Client
Royal Bank Financial Group audit department has detected a problem with transactions in your account. An amount was deposited and withdrawn by our accounting system. We warn you of this error so that you are not surprised when you see these transactions on your monthly statement. No Transaction expenses occurred. Never reveal your personal information on a site other than the RBC secure site. If you noticed another error, contact your institution during opening hours.
We encourage you to connect to your account and verify your transactions, by clicking the secured url below :
https://www1.royalbank.com/cgi-bin/rbaccess/
Be assured that RBC makes every effort to protect our internet users
Royal Bank Finacial Group thanks you for your business and appreciates your comprehension
RBC Financial Group
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The only problem is I don’t have an RBC account. I’ve emailed the folks at RBC and they said they would look into it. Anyone else received anything similar? .....Strange…
Has anyone noticed the new (?) streetcars? They announce the stop name and display the streetnames. This is the first streetcar that I’ve been on that does that. Is this old news?
There is a lovely park near where I work but it has no name. I’m going to call it Brant Park since it’s just north of Brant elementary school on Brant Road. It’s a very nice park and it’s neatly tucked away from the hustle and bustle on Spadina Avenue. I’ve gone there once in the morning before work (because I’d arrived way too early) and another time during lunch. It was busy at both times. There is a small kids’ playground and lots of seating and shade. The only thing missing is a nice water feature, but that would just be a bonus.
Does anyone know what the real name is? I’ve walked around the perimeter and I don’t see any City of Toronto Park signs and the City of Toronto: Parks and Rec website doesn’t suggest that it is owned by the city. Maybe it’s a private park?
UPDATE: I did a quick search on the City of Toronto Maps page and turns out the park is called St. Andrew’s Playground. Here is a little bit of history on playground rules and some archive pictures (1) (2) of St. Andrew’s Playground.
I haven’t had to pack since my days in Waterloo so I’m a little bit out of shape when it comes to deciding on what to take and what to leave. At least my parents are still within a TTC ride away this time around, so I could just pick up whatever I’ve forgotten in an hour. I can’t decide if I should leave my framed black certificate? Ram didn’t seem too eager about having to find a place for it, even though that is my most prized possession. I guess my room at home would look a little boring if I took everything so it could stay for now. At least I know for sure that Stitch and Mr. Platypus will come with me.
I was talking to my mom and she was pretty adamant about us moving uptown in a few years. I wouldn’t mind actually. I really like the neighbourhood I’ve been raised in, it rocks. Which reminds me, I need to find a advocate for the Sheppard subway line to replace me.
I already knew that, but I thought that didn’t apply to a citizen appointed committee for the City of Toronto. But I guess I was wrong. I was talking to one of my profs since he had served on the same board I applied to, and the first thing he asked me was if I knew any councilors that would support my application? Nope, I don’t.
The whole application process seemed so democratic. I don’t know how I was so gullible. Anyhow, it’s still pretty early so maybe I will get an interview. Perhaps I will go and bug my own councilor about a recommendation.
This has been bugging me for some time now. There is a tunnel that runs perpendicular to the Yonge Street Subway line between York Mills and Sheppard and I’ve only noticed it recently. This wouldn’t be news worthy except I think I’m losing my mind and I’m scared that
a. it doesn’t exist, and it’s a pigment of my imagination; and
b. they are going to take it away some how (put a wall up)
I’ve tried to look for information on it online, but no one mentions it, which makes me skeptical of its existence. Anyone know what it is? Or know what I’m talking about? Anyways, next time you’re on the Yonge line, look to the west side of the train. Mid-way between the two stations you’ll see the other tunnel. The train is always going way too fast, and I haven’t gotten a very good look at where it leads, but it’s a long tunnel as far as I can tell.
Transit gurus help!
This is for a friend of a friend of mine:
Suppose you TAed for a term and got an email from one of the kids who was not in your TA session, but sat in on your sessions. After several emails, that initially started off with a legitimate question about the exam, he asks you out? Is that crossing the TA/student line? And, how do you politely say no?
My friend of a friend would appreciate any help or advice you could give. :P
I would leave the door unlocked. Who knows what will happen!
My U of T visit was an eye opening experience. There is a lot of stuff to digest (do I apply to a school that maybe I‘m not necessarily interested in, or do I apply to a school which is nowhere close to “home”?). Though one thing for sure, after my little visit, I value the education I‘ve received at Waterloo so much more. Maybe not the “Planning” aspect of it, but that could be entirely my fault since I‘m not much of a Policy/Land use/social/environmental planner. But the stuff we‘ve done in the design courses, though not much, is, in my opinion, almost as good, if not better, than some of the stuff they are producing at a Master‘s level over at their Architecture faculty.
I feel so lost and confused about everything: school, life, work, relationships, family (not in the order of importance, but order of lost and confusedness). Who said being a[n almost] grad is any better than being an undergrad? This isn‘t happening to me. My birthday isn‘t even for another month, no old age blues for this little monkey. Btw, Curious George is coming out in February, Bren, want to go watch it?
If you had the opportunity to move back to your birth country, would you?
I love Canada so much but so many days I‘ll sit here and hate the fact I‘m not living in Iran.
I miss a country I can hardly remember, I wonder how my parents feel.