I am a provisional psychologist, a doctoral candidate who has not graduated, a huge technology lover, a man constantly fighting off the fat, and a father.
Got to see one of my favorite stores, NCIX first day in Toronto. MSI GS70 in person and I really liked the build but the overheating issues and the relatively light GPU (Nvidia 765m) isn’t really impressive for the price, although the style is very cool and quite a bit cheaper than the Razer Blade Pro.
Shopping in Markville Mall. Got to see the Sony Store and still really impressed witht eh Smartwatch 2- going to try to use the Sony points on my card and the 50 dollar gift certificate bonus for buying a 50 dollar gift card on this Boxing Day. Hoping it will go on sale.
Got to try the Sony Alpha 7 in store for two days and I LOVED IT. It fits really well in my hand like most Sony cameras seem to do, and the full frame but compact magnesium body with clicky manual controls just screams to me to get it. Its going to be a pain to get all the accessories that I use on my Nikon to make sure I can shoot the same as I shoot with my Nikon- wireless trigger and a bounce flash thats compact. I might use my benefits on this next year. I like it that much. The most insane thing? ISO 200,000! The max I would shoot on my D90 is ISO 1600 before image degradation is too big. I don’t know what useable ISO on this is, but the full frame benefits are amazing on top of the compact body.
Getting my hari cut in China town. Pretty slick and happy with it. Shaved a ton of hair off the side of my head.
EIA ready to fly out on this winter day.
Looking nice and shiny inside
Looking totally freezing outside as we head out for some de-icing on the plane.
Set up my battlestation on the plane- watching Pacific Rim and pumping out a publication on my Surface tablet that is AMAZING for travel.
Toronto inbound.
Landing in the airport at Pearson.
Standing in front of the Sony ad for the PS4- there used to be a Blackberry Playbook ad here but I guess that didn’t work out for them anymore.
FREEZING outside- the humidity makes the -15 here feel like -30 back home in Alberta.
Luggage pickup.
Late night snacks as soon as we arrive.
Freezing morning run outside- the only time I might do a run cause there is a TON of snow out on the road now.
Milk in a bag- not used to seeing milk in a bag compared to our cartons back home.
MASSIVE Corsair 900d case that I could put my already big InWin DFrame inside and still have a room for a swimming pool.
Wedding day
Massive pinecone in the floral shop.
Christmas set up in a local Chinese shopping center.
Food court inside Chinese strip mall
Love how much food is available here for so cheap- and how the menus cover the entire restaurant face.
Markville mall shopping.
Freezing wedding day.
Impromptu workout at the bed- situps, ab rolls and reverse crunches for abs and today as many pushups off the incline on the bed in half an hour.
My favorite restaurant in the world- hainan chicken, cold coffee and …..
Malaysian beef stew curry- toend down in heat cause they really made the heat pop on this since I first had it.
BBQ pork at wedding night- wish we could do this for ours
Got into a debate abotu whether this was a sea snail or not. Feel like I should know given my background with invertebrates.
Shark fin soup- do not approve the use of shark fins but do approve respecting tradition and values in culture. Tasted great but still nto happy with how they are treated. Like the unhappiness of a couch advocate.
