2014 latergram post

I found this in my drafts of posts from back in 2014 that I never posted- I thought it would be good to get it out there anyways. In reflection, I spent a lot of time talking about Taipan restaurant- since then, the restaurant has totally folded in on itself. It was a shame, because…

DONE

DONE DONE DONE – After many many many years in school, I am done school. Its a hot hot day outside right now- there’s a heat warning and I have the AC inside cranked to the max because heat makes me panic; and I didnt want to panic with my freaking doctoral defense happening on…

quarantine thoughts

Mid November Musings- Originally, I had written a draft early in the shutdown and things have changed since then; my draft initially noted the following “The quarantine has brought some unusual surprises; we managed to clear our balcony finally (got rid of the christmas tree! and put the tires back to the garage; initially I…

the new normal/stir crazy

By now its been about a week since my clinic closed its doors physically to clients, a week and two days since they closed the schools and the daycares, and im not sure how long since the province issued a state of emergency overall. I’ve gone from worried about unpacking my lens from Tokyo as…

HOME STRETCH

I’ve managed to simultaneously ignore my blog and crank out my doctoral dissertation in the last 5 months.  The last weekend I just submitted my first draft of my entire doctoral dissertation to my supervisor. Its been one hell of a ride. The pessimist in me notes that there will be a giant plethora of…

off to portugal

The following is sort of a follow up blog of drafts I made in 2019 that I didnt publish. im killing time in the international gates at Pearson International Airport waiting for my next crap flight. I hate flying. I’m always worried that something will go amiss, especially in the security and customs gates. I…