July 9, 2002

Holy....... It's been more than a month since I last updated this damn page... well, I've been pretty occupied at work since I started. I bet nobody reads this page anymore. HAHA... so much the better.... less secrets will get out I suppose.

Anyway, start from the beginning. The month of June was pretty uneventful. Just working during the day, come home and do house chores (or lack of). Yeah, house chores isn't exactly something I am used to doing, but I should cuz my dad is on another business trip. Joy. I actually let the backyard grass grow to almost my waist.... and don't forget I'm 6'1" around... =P Pretty bad eh? We had a weed growing that was pretty huge. The root was like the size of a cabbage... Nasty.. was a pain to get rid of. Oh well, by now at least the backyard looks pretty decent, but I should mow it again before it turns nasty again.

On June 22, I had a little bday bash at my house (so now you should have a better idea of when my bday is... it's around that time). Wasn't exactly large, as I could only get roughly 17 ppl. But it was still fun and it was the only bday bash I ever held in a LOOOONG time. Usually bdays were celebrated w/ family only.. and I never understood why...... Mostly cuz I never took the initiative to get a party or something going. Sucks eh? Yeah it was alright though. Lots of chatting, and a little social drinking. Nothing tooooo deadly =P Next year I will try doing something like that again, but I gotta get some entertainment at home.. BADLY..

The week after, during the Canada Day long weekend, me and a few friends rented a car and went down to Six Flags Darian Lake! Our first road trip to the USA! (Funny, we celebrated Canada Day in the US..... how patriotic of us... lol) Of course, I had to drive the whole way cuz I was the only one who owned a car and had insurance to cover it. Here's a tip: GET A CAR WITH CRUISE CONTROL!!! Damn my feet hurt once we got there... we left around 7am on Sunday and spent a good 8 hours at the park. The Superman ride was AWESOME!!! It's fast, it's long and it was STEEP! Unfortunately, I lost my hat on that ride... the hat that my 'female friend' gave me for my bday last year.. sniff sniff. =~( Oh well, I told her about it later and she will get me another one when she comes. YAY! The rest of the rides at Darian Lake were ok... most were actually the same as the ones in Wonderland... so wasn't too shabby. We stayed at a hotel for the night, and bought some beer to drink for the night.. US beer really sucks. =P The night was rather boring cuz we had no music, and we had to rush out to buy some cards or something to do.... now we know how to REALLY prepare for a road trip. Hopefully we can pull something like this off again one day, and do it right with more people this time!

Now it's July.... and things start to get a little dreary. First off, to start off the new fiscal year for the company I work for, I find out that my position is getting axed starting Sept....... >_< Wow.... I now have experienced getting laid off... unbelievable. The thing is, I didn't get permission from the prof to take my 4th year compiler course, so I have no school during Sept - Dec. So I hoped to stay w/ the company for those 4 months... but now that I'm getting axed, I have to look for another job. Sucks. Oh well, the company hasn't been doing very well anyway... in fact, the whole market is still shit anyway. I wonder if I should change fields..... I'm really thinking about becoming a pilot instead.... cuz the road trip to the US proved that I enjoy driving, but I don't wanna become some fat redneck trucker, so the alternative would be piloting a cargo plane or something. It's an interesting thought... I will probably keep it in mind for the next while until I can figure out my career path. But for now, I need a new job.

Also in July, WORLD YOUTH DAY 2002 is almost here!! YAY! For those of you that don't know, Pope John Paul II is coming to TO to celebrate this even with us youth in Toronto in 2 weeks! JOY! I've been to two previous WYD's before, so it's a great event! Unfortunately, with the garbage strike and all, it doesn't look good. But the province should be enforcing back-to-work legislation to get that fixed soon. Damn unions... one reason why I want to leave this country... stupid unions.... while I understand their role, but I just don't feel Canadian unions are doing it right. I mean, it's like every half year we get a strike from some union. It's like a never-ending cycle.... what a waste of money.... Canada would be much better off if we didn't have so many strikes and everything... ugh... sucks