The Drive Thru
I was in a rush this morning cause I had to be in Mississauga by 8:30 am for a Training Class. I left the house at 6:45 thinking that would be enough time. It actually turned out to be okay cause I got to work around 7:45 so it only took me an hour. Now the problem was - I was early so what should I do?
I decided to visit the neighbourhood Timmy's at 401 and Mississauga Road. I saw the drive-thru line and thought..."Hell no, I ain't doing that. I am just gonna go inside, eat a bagel, drink some tea and relax". And that is exactly what I did. While I was "relaxing", I decided to make some simple human observations (cause I was sitting right by the window facing the place where people order their morning coffees, breakfasts, etc). This made for a very fun morning. I saw many different people, from all walks of life with many different mannerisms. Here's a highlight:
1. The cell phone talker who orders midsentence and then continues on their call
2. The hockey mom (you know who she is)
3. The prim and proper asian girl
4. The snow plow guy/plumber/electrician in their trade vehicle
5. The business man in his beamer
6. The chain smoker with smoke bellowing out of his car as he opens the window
7. The paranoid girl who opens up her window just a crack
8. The slick gino racing guy in his souped up car
So many people look up in the air as they order and a lot also closed their eyes. Not sure what that was about. There was this one cute girl who was ordering and when she was done, she looked through the window and saw me looking at her. She smiled and then quickly looked away, all shy and stuff. I am no Don Juan or anything but I guess I have that effect on the ladies. Well probably not but it's early...why not have some fun with me. The most popular cars (in the sample size of about 40 that I saw) were definitely SUVs - anything from Ford Escapes, Land Rovers, CRV, Saturns, Jeep Libertys...you name it. I also saw 3 Protege 5's (last years hit). All in all it was quite a funny morning.
All of them were so different (in the cars they drive, the clothes the wear, the way they talk) but something was the same - they all had $2.04 (just like me) to by a coffee/tea and a bagel.
Have a good day folks...
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
White Christmas?
Wow folks. Now that is some snow. We got about 20-25 cm last night and there is some serious blowing wind today. Apparently there are some ice pellets and some freezing rain as well. I shovelled last night (what else is new?) and woke up this morning only to find all my work has been covered again. That said...I think it was good for me to shovel cause now the base layer won't be hard and icy. I can now just quickly shovel the layer that has accumulated since midnight.
I need to be in the office for training at 12:30 today. I'll probably leave around 10:00 to make sure I get there in time. This week - training everyday from 7:30 - 6:00 pm each day (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) and 8:00 - 1:00 pm (Saturday). Allz I gots to say is...it's certainly white outside, but it doesn't feel like Christmas.
Wow folks. Now that is some snow. We got about 20-25 cm last night and there is some serious blowing wind today. Apparently there are some ice pellets and some freezing rain as well. I shovelled last night (what else is new?) and woke up this morning only to find all my work has been covered again. That said...I think it was good for me to shovel cause now the base layer won't be hard and icy. I can now just quickly shovel the layer that has accumulated since midnight.
I need to be in the office for training at 12:30 today. I'll probably leave around 10:00 to make sure I get there in time. This week - training everyday from 7:30 - 6:00 pm each day (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) and 8:00 - 1:00 pm (Saturday). Allz I gots to say is...it's certainly white outside, but it doesn't feel like Christmas.
Sunday, January 25, 2004
world travels
hey karen - thanks for referring this site...it's pretty cool.
you can check out all the countries i've travelled so far. it's 10 or 11 countries but only 5% of the world. what does that mean? there is still 95% more world out there for me to go and visit.
what will be next???
check it out at World66.com.
hey karen - thanks for referring this site...it's pretty cool.
you can check out all the countries i've travelled so far. it's 10 or 11 countries but only 5% of the world. what does that mean? there is still 95% more world out there for me to go and visit.
what will be next???
check it out at World66.com.
is it already sunday night?
wow...these weekends go by much too fast. let's go back a few days to start out. on thursday night january 22, my friend was over and her car was parked across the street on my road. i told her to give me her keys cause, as i said "I don't want your car to get hit" (cause that's what happened to our honda accord about 2 months ago. i was just finishing something on the computer and what do you know but i hear this loud "BANG". i look outside. i see her car rolling forward. i see this other car really mashed up against the snow on the curb. immediately, i go running downstairs...tell her and grab my jacket. i go outside and the guy who hit her car is just getting out of his car (kind of in a daze cause of what he just did). alls i gots to say is - wow that was damn annoying. basically, every since that happened...my plans (and her plans) had to completely change and we were trying to figure out all these little stupid details for the past 2 days (finally resolving something yesterday afternoon). he didn't want to go through insurance cause he was recently in an accident and his rates would have skyrocketed. we'll help this guy out but he better not stiff us. that's why it won't be totally good and finalized until that guys meets her at the honda dealership on tuesday morning to pay honda to have the car fixed. then, we'll breath a sigh of relief. until then - it's day to day ;o)
last night, i was supposed to have a "guys night" at my place. a bit of poker. some hockey. some beers. maybe some video games. it ended up being a complete flop. only eric and thomas showed up so thanks guys. i'm not sure what the heck happened. i actually didn't hear back from a bunch of the guys (so, thanks for that you fools!). anyway, maybe i'll try to do it again sometime soon. no guarantees though. we did watch T3 (my second time seeing it). i think i may have been a little dense during the summer cause the ending was kinda cool and definitely a twist from the norm that most of us were probably expecting. still though - no james cameron = a lot of b.s. arnold cheeky humour and a bunch of dumbass one liners like "talk to the hand", which as eric pointed out was from like 5 or 6 years ago.
i called my brother this morning and guess where he was. on a bus in austria. why you ask? well, he was off for a snowboarding week in austria. pretty wicked trip, eh? on another note - i might be going to glen eden with eric and some of his work buddies this tuesday for some boarding. somehow, it just doesn't compare. not exactly sure if i can pinpoint why but i just know that glen eden is probably the size of an ant-hill in austria.
today was a busy day. had brunch at summit grill at yonge and eglinton with sach, "melanie" and our friend fresh_resh who was visiting from vancouver. it was cool to catch up with those guys and i had a lot of fun. the food (especially the omelets and sweet potatoe fries) were very yummy. after, i went to my aunt claire's house for some afternoon chilling and swiss chalet for dinner. i taught her how to use her dvd player so hopefully she gets some good use out of it. as i was driving home from her house, some punk ass kids through a snow/ice ball at my car as i was passing them on don mills. what the fugg is that??? if i was more antagonistic...i probably would have stopped the car and cussed them out. instead, i went with the common passive agressive canadian mentality of bickering about it to myself throughout the rest of the drive home.
guess who is keeping me awake right now. going along with that passive agressive statement - what the fugg else can i do with this fool? he is just an inconsiderate idiot. i would like to think that if i ignore him for the time being, it'll go away but this is 4 straight nights now and there's no end in sight. should i blare hindi music at 6:00 am? what would that solve? he would just play his $hit louder and later at night. the police don't do anything either. you call them with a noise complaint. they take about 1 hour (or sometimes more) to respond. by then, the noise is off and the complainer looks silly. there really isn't a solution. this sucks big time.
gotta go and get the rest of my sunday night routine finished. laundry. bills. paperwork.
night
wow...these weekends go by much too fast. let's go back a few days to start out. on thursday night january 22, my friend was over and her car was parked across the street on my road. i told her to give me her keys cause, as i said "I don't want your car to get hit" (cause that's what happened to our honda accord about 2 months ago. i was just finishing something on the computer and what do you know but i hear this loud "BANG". i look outside. i see her car rolling forward. i see this other car really mashed up against the snow on the curb. immediately, i go running downstairs...tell her and grab my jacket. i go outside and the guy who hit her car is just getting out of his car (kind of in a daze cause of what he just did). alls i gots to say is - wow that was damn annoying. basically, every since that happened...my plans (and her plans) had to completely change and we were trying to figure out all these little stupid details for the past 2 days (finally resolving something yesterday afternoon). he didn't want to go through insurance cause he was recently in an accident and his rates would have skyrocketed. we'll help this guy out but he better not stiff us. that's why it won't be totally good and finalized until that guys meets her at the honda dealership on tuesday morning to pay honda to have the car fixed. then, we'll breath a sigh of relief. until then - it's day to day ;o)
last night, i was supposed to have a "guys night" at my place. a bit of poker. some hockey. some beers. maybe some video games. it ended up being a complete flop. only eric and thomas showed up so thanks guys. i'm not sure what the heck happened. i actually didn't hear back from a bunch of the guys (so, thanks for that you fools!). anyway, maybe i'll try to do it again sometime soon. no guarantees though. we did watch T3 (my second time seeing it). i think i may have been a little dense during the summer cause the ending was kinda cool and definitely a twist from the norm that most of us were probably expecting. still though - no james cameron = a lot of b.s. arnold cheeky humour and a bunch of dumbass one liners like "talk to the hand", which as eric pointed out was from like 5 or 6 years ago.
i called my brother this morning and guess where he was. on a bus in austria. why you ask? well, he was off for a snowboarding week in austria. pretty wicked trip, eh? on another note - i might be going to glen eden with eric and some of his work buddies this tuesday for some boarding. somehow, it just doesn't compare. not exactly sure if i can pinpoint why but i just know that glen eden is probably the size of an ant-hill in austria.
today was a busy day. had brunch at summit grill at yonge and eglinton with sach, "melanie" and our friend fresh_resh who was visiting from vancouver. it was cool to catch up with those guys and i had a lot of fun. the food (especially the omelets and sweet potatoe fries) were very yummy. after, i went to my aunt claire's house for some afternoon chilling and swiss chalet for dinner. i taught her how to use her dvd player so hopefully she gets some good use out of it. as i was driving home from her house, some punk ass kids through a snow/ice ball at my car as i was passing them on don mills. what the fugg is that??? if i was more antagonistic...i probably would have stopped the car and cussed them out. instead, i went with the common passive agressive canadian mentality of bickering about it to myself throughout the rest of the drive home.
guess who is keeping me awake right now. going along with that passive agressive statement - what the fugg else can i do with this fool? he is just an inconsiderate idiot. i would like to think that if i ignore him for the time being, it'll go away but this is 4 straight nights now and there's no end in sight. should i blare hindi music at 6:00 am? what would that solve? he would just play his $hit louder and later at night. the police don't do anything either. you call them with a noise complaint. they take about 1 hour (or sometimes more) to respond. by then, the noise is off and the complainer looks silly. there really isn't a solution. this sucks big time.
gotta go and get the rest of my sunday night routine finished. laundry. bills. paperwork.
night
Thursday, January 22, 2004
sorry in advance
i apologize for the tone of the folllowing blog and if any profanities come out. i've got something quick to say - i hate my neighbour. i want to kick him in the head. i want to step all over him and i want to kick his face repeatedly and shove his speakers and all of his CD's down his throat.
have a good night.
i know i won't.
i apologize for the tone of the folllowing blog and if any profanities come out. i've got something quick to say - i hate my neighbour. i want to kick him in the head. i want to step all over him and i want to kick his face repeatedly and shove his speakers and all of his CD's down his throat.
have a good night.
i know i won't.
Day to Day
I hate when I listen to the Fan 590 and they talk about injury updates on chumps like Vince and they describe them as day-to-day. It is quite annoying. I mean - I don't know how serious his injury is...he was rolling around as if he had his nuts kicked in. It's probably not that bad but I still question is heart, intensity and passion. Vince just seems to float around. He has flashes of brilliance but it's never 100%. Look at Iverson. Look at Garnett. Those are warriors who battle every minute of every game for their teams. Vince has done that... (well you can probably count the number of times he's done it on one hand this season).
I was at the Raptors - T-Wolves game last night and it was quite frustrating. They played well for certain pieces of the game but couldn't put together an entire 100% 48 minute effort. It seemed that Garnett, Sprewell and Cassell were just toying with the Raptors as well. They could just turn it on like a light switch.
Vince has it in him. He is just happy being a wuss and floating around. Why go crazy and rush back from an injury and play hard when you have a guaranteed contract? He needs a good kick in the ass from guys like Iverson or Garnett. Maybe all that Oakley talk is just - maybe the Raptors should give him a try. I can't see him really messing up anything more than it already is. He's good for 10 - 15 minutes/game, 4 - 6 rebounds, 3 - 4 hard fouls per game and the best part - he'll get in Vince's face and under his skin (like he used to).
I wonder what Vince's mom thinks of this? I think she's the one that ran Oakley out of town last time.
It's off to Pizza Pizza now to collect my free slice of pizza cause the Raptors scored more than 91 points last night.
I hate when I listen to the Fan 590 and they talk about injury updates on chumps like Vince and they describe them as day-to-day. It is quite annoying. I mean - I don't know how serious his injury is...he was rolling around as if he had his nuts kicked in. It's probably not that bad but I still question is heart, intensity and passion. Vince just seems to float around. He has flashes of brilliance but it's never 100%. Look at Iverson. Look at Garnett. Those are warriors who battle every minute of every game for their teams. Vince has done that... (well you can probably count the number of times he's done it on one hand this season).
I was at the Raptors - T-Wolves game last night and it was quite frustrating. They played well for certain pieces of the game but couldn't put together an entire 100% 48 minute effort. It seemed that Garnett, Sprewell and Cassell were just toying with the Raptors as well. They could just turn it on like a light switch.
Vince has it in him. He is just happy being a wuss and floating around. Why go crazy and rush back from an injury and play hard when you have a guaranteed contract? He needs a good kick in the ass from guys like Iverson or Garnett. Maybe all that Oakley talk is just - maybe the Raptors should give him a try. I can't see him really messing up anything more than it already is. He's good for 10 - 15 minutes/game, 4 - 6 rebounds, 3 - 4 hard fouls per game and the best part - he'll get in Vince's face and under his skin (like he used to).
I wonder what Vince's mom thinks of this? I think she's the one that ran Oakley out of town last time.
It's off to Pizza Pizza now to collect my free slice of pizza cause the Raptors scored more than 91 points last night.