Kura

That's good to hear =] And things are rather meh on my end. Work and school are being, well, what you would expect from work and school. That's honestly about it :|

Sounds exciting! :pink_blush:

The same professor wants to go for coffee / tea in the café on the first floor of my uOttawa job. She's so kind. Last time I had confronted her in order to explain my concerns about a professor I didn't feel comfortable approaching. She's friends with that professor, so she understands her mannerisms.

In any case, this time we talked about my French tutoring I do on Tuesdays. I had mentioned to her that my "students" had cancelled today and that I was available to see her earlier in the afternoon, but unfortunately she was busy till 15h00. I explained how the tutoring works - going over grammar first, looking at homework (if applicable), but mostly reading children's books aloud in order to correct pronunciation - and she was thrilled about it. We talked about the one class I'm taking - FLS3761 (she taught me FLS2761, the prerequisite course) - and how unequal the classes are ability-wise now. She says it's such an odd phenomenon: there's no middle anymore (70%). Either the students are 80%+ or under 50%. She's perplexed by it but attributes it to effort and laziness. She says I'm the kind of students all professors want because I do ask so many questions (thereby showing interest in material) and it's obvious that I put in a lot of effort.

We talked about work, too, and how laziness is seen there. I was saying how perturbing it is that students and workers sometimes accept offers of admission or positions and then waste the opportunity. For every person that does that, another person was rejected and may have taken it more seriously or needed it more (such as a single parent with kids to feed). I explained that there are people I work with that, on the weekends when the full-timers aren't there to supervise, spend time doing their homework and sending private emails on the work computers for hours rather than helping out with the work. They're paid 13$ to do really basic things to begin with, and they twitter away their time on the PC on the weekends when they know they can't do that. I'd feel so much shame knowing I was doing that and someone else was picking up my slack. She liked the wording of "There's no shame left in the world" (said in French, though) because she completely agreed.

Anyway, had pasta for dinnies. Tomorrow I have school and work! and homework. Tonight is essay writing :pink_nod:

Oooo OK :P disclosure rules! Got'cha.

I was reading on Jewish spatial tension in Montreal, QC. Very boring :pink_frown: I have to make a resume on it, too. Ugh.

Had a wonderful chat with a prof today! She's so supportive. Very nice lady :pink_nod:

It's night for you, right KuKu? What did'ja do today?

Ugh, it did that to me recently too. I lost an RP post I spent an hour typing and had to redo it.

You're welcome.
I don't know if new is the word, but all the recreational-level dancers at my studio have a competition this weekend so I've been flat-out with teaching them, especially because the boss keeps adding more events on for my students. I'm still in negotiations with her about a school dance programme I've written too which is taking a lot of time and effort.

So I guess when you count uni, it's not exactly anything new but I've got a large amount of the same haha! You're really lucky to have the job you have, so many people on here must be completely and utterly envious.

Goes good, how goes thee?

Oh naw. Screw that. That's amazing, no one needs to feel bad about themselves. I've always been super jelly of all your talent! Keep wrecking shit, cuz you can! Plus you're a doll.

oo~ and I'm good :pink_nod: just in Physical Geography class now! Had to go and see a bijillion people at uOttawa to make sure that I was 1) out of Co-op, 2) set up to receive emails regarding scholarships, and 3) set up to have two exams deferred due to over-lap.

And four classes today totalling 6h of classes. Have been up since 7:00am zzz at school since then asides the brief moment I had to run home to grab my charger because I forgot it. Took a full hour to get there and back :pink_no:

Anything neat you're working on at work right now?

Hi KuKu! ♥ Hope you're well :pink_nod:

I'm only four months late with this reply, no big. ;-; Hihi

You're pretty interesting and likeable yourself xD

Very little to be honest since it's not even 7:00am yet. I've got a very busy day of doing nothing ahead of me though which I'm looking forward to after how hectic the rest of the week has been. Yourself?

I'm glad you think so xD

If I ever get in the habit of using Skype more you'll be the first to know, in the meantime feel free to VM me and PM me as much as you like. This actually kind of made my day haha

I don't really use Skype sorry :/
Although you can still have it if you really want.

Yep; I'm a big fan of Rekordelig! I'll keep my eyes peeled for Aspall's in the future though! (Can't stand Magners!)

Unfortunately I'm in a similar boat... so with the rise of all these fancy games and MMOs I feel like an old fogey! That nutritional info sounds... damning, really. Kinda glad it's not one of our main takeaway places!

My Skype is bonkenhig; more than happy to talk there! I'll be cramming for a lot of this weekend but I should make appearances there now and then after that! I miss my university days where I practically lived on Skype, heh.

heck yeah! i need to make a better effort following whats up with them bc I saw them live those few times and then remember how good the shows were but like. i forget whats going on with them haha.

Our government loves to pry on our private conversations but doesn't particularly care so much about our actual welfare in terms of our accommodation being mouldy etc!

I guess I'm glad I haven't ate there yet. It sounds gross. Tho Wetherspoons is mostly oven churned rubbish as well imo. I try to eat PROPERLY lately. I've become something of a mild health freak? Better now than before it's too late.

I guess I need to open a supermarket in Canada and get some real business going there... Stella... ehhh. Not a big fan. I was out tonight and had a ton of ye olde Strawberry and Lime Koppaberg tho. I wonder what other Swedish drinks are like... I'd be tempted to go there just to have a bit of a dabble into their alcohol tbh.

And that's fair enough! I'll definitely keep an eye out for the games you work on if you let me know about them. :) NOT THAT ONE SALE IS GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD but still. Is there anything that would run smoothly on a bad laptop, by any chance...?

...apparently not! My house is thankfully okay on that front right now, and when I move to rent somewhere, they're gonna have to be mould-free for the sake of getting a lot of rent out of me!

Don't get me started on the Cornish language, that's just something on its own front!
...I see. I've heard of like one Taco Bell in Manchester over here and I've never been there. I just imagine it's cheese on a white wrap with a load of sauce/some beef?
And doesn't just getting rid of the stuff wasteful? Waste doesn't sound smart to me, even if you make more profit on the stock you don't waste!
Pints range from ~£2 for the standard Carlsberg etc. in a local pub to maybe £4 for a Koppaberg in the city. (Unfortunately my taste buds are suckers for fruity cider...)

What about the OLD projects? How many hours would you say you've put into each one? Also... how do the profits from things like Steam work? When they do their Steam sales, do you get only a little less profit or do you get a pittance? I'm considering trying that game when I get a decent laptop!

Tottenham being Totnum seems a bit weirder than Darrrrby! There are some odd curveballs in our wonderful British culture. Tho if you think the names in England are bad, that's like easy mode. Scotland is your standard difficulty, and Wales is where things get hardcore.

I guess we don't really take as good care of our homes because there's not a PRESSING need for good insulation etc. Are they cheaper/better in Canada, then?
You're not keen on any of our shops then!? No upsides? You're really selling Canada comparatively! How is your Subway better, exactly?

...and that sounds like a brilliant job. Can see why you're rooted here! What games have you worked on? Are you allowed to say anything about current projects or are they TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED?

he said he was interning somewhere, so I assume he finished school, he had a girlfriend and said he played Xbox with a few people from here, so I had him pass along a 'hello'.

Wow, what a fucking dick. Who pissed in his Cheerios?

I heard it was! And I can only imagine! But a sound investment none the less! Do it!

Time sure does fly, I haven't spoken to anyone in years, at least 2. I miss the old gang. The last person I spoke to was Alex, then indirectly Andy and David. And dude, he's such a little troll, he spends most of his time locking himself in rooms then crying about it.

Ugh.... Postpone it for as long as you can. I dunno about the UK, but here? It's such a pain. It's just tedious mostly. Ugly places that are over priced. At least renting someone comes and fixes our stuff when we're stupid or it brakes. Also, he'll be two in September.