maybe they checked the wrong box

i'm still looking for a job. for one i sent, i forgot to attach my resume to the email. *slaps forehead* i definitely will not be called for that interview..

i found one job on a uk recruiting site: marketing research specialist
requirements:

• educated to a degree level (2:1)


• minimum of 2 years experience within a research based role

sounds reasonable, no? they say the position pays £65-70,000. uh.. what?! for so little experience, they're willing to pay a minimum of £65,000. that's like $130,000! now i don't know what they mean by 2:1, that *could* explain the high salary for all i know.

women overshoes

so yesterday on my way home from school, i saw a man wearing overshoes which got me thinking.. guys are lucky - women don't have anything like that. but i quickly came to the realization that women overshoes really wouldn't work. first, it's hard to make an overshoe look fashionable. second, you can't wear it with any kind of shoe. there are different types and sizes of heels which would require different kinds of overshoes (and women don't usually have less than four different styles of shoes in their closet..). lastly, there's the obvious: women wouldn't be happy with only one colour of overshoe. there must be different ones to go with different outfits. which ties into the fashionable point. women are usually concerned about the fashionista aspect no matter where they are, what the situation.

i know these fashionista opinions are not the same for every single female out there. my mind was just going into business mode thinking.. women's overshoes - untapped market! yeah, that would be a tough sell to professional women, let alone women in general.

smash!

yesterday because of the freezing rain, there was a sheet of ice on the hood and the headlights of the car. on my way to the bus station, that whole sheet of ice just came off, flew over the car smashing to the ground behind me. i wasn't going fast either! for once i was even going the limit (well because both lanes were blocked by slow drivers going at the same speed almost right beside each other.. *sigh*). that was pretty weird.. hadn't had that happen before. i've had chunks of stuff fly off the roof, but never off the hood. luckily there wasn't anyone behind me.. imagine if someone was tailgating me when that happened? great way to say back off!

the pains of winter

this morning there was freezing rain (with more to come later today..). anyway, i was scrapping the ice of the windows when it hit me. i mean literally, the ice hit me. right in the eye of all places! my eye's not red at least (that would really suck for grad pictures). man it hurts.

maybe i'm going a little overboard..

so i booked my appointment for grad pictures - thursday afternoon. i already have an appointment at a hair salon for that morning, and i'm getting my make-up done at mac an hour before my sitting. before i even sit down for my grad pictures, i'll probably already have spent $150 for the "prep work".. am i going slightly overboard for my grad pictures? yes, but i don't care. i'm incompetent enough with hair and make-up that it's necessary. at least i didn't go all out like this for my high school grad picture because that one doesn't really count.

q&a: our omnipotent president

holy batman, i couldn't stop laughing at this:
fafblog's q&a: our omnipotent president

code red!!

wednesdays i have my internship at cheo (children's hospital). anyway, this past wednesday over the speaker system someone announced, "code red in otc, code red. i repeat code red in otc, code red." so i'm sitting there looking around.. no one's panicking.. everyone's just sitting there doing their work. okay. five minutes later, they announce it's over or the code red is cancelled or something. i don't remember the exact terms. i turned to my supervisor..

reena: so.. what was that?
supervisor: hmm? oh the code red? oh, it's just a fire..
reena: uh..
supervisor: did they say it's in the otc? yeah, the otc is like a school so they have to have monthly fire drills. you get used to it after a while and it just becomes background noise. the colours you really need to be concerned about are things like brown, black, orange, green..

she told me to look on the back of my id card which outlines the different colours. so the things i need to worry about are hazardous spills, bomb threats, disaster, and evacuations. you know, the REALLY horrible situations.

i saw van!

i ran into van at the rideau centre on wednesday! pretty surprising since i thought he didn't live in ottawa anymore.. i'm not sure where i got that idea from, an assumption on my part. anyway, he said he's quitting his job and will be trying for a swap experience. he's considering new zealand as his destination of choice, which has me kind of jealous.. and has me thinking. i've been considering applying to jobs in england, but am unsure if i want to take that step. the other side to it is: will i ever get a chance again? maybe.. maybe not.

i hate job hunting!

why are the good ones already taken?

the hottie i.t. guy from toronto was in town today! *sigh* smart, nice, tall, and cute. unfortunately .. he's married. at least my computer provides him with much amusement every time he visits because he always assumes that upgrading my computer would be a quick in and out job. he has yet to experience that! something ALWAYS manages to go awry. it's pretty entertaining how spiteful my machine can get.

now that i'm running xp and office 2003, my agreements of purchase and sale are all messed up. because we were running office 2000 before, any comments or formatting changes didn't show up - the computer was ignorant to them. now they show up and have messed up my forms. so now i have to go in on thursday morning to fix the entire thing because i can't be bothered to have i.t. support deal with it. hopefully this will only take about 2 hours, but we'll see..

aww.. sugar.

conservatives won. at least it's a minority government. and, it's a good thing that we have so many soldiers in afghanistan making it almost impossible to send any troops anywhere at bush's beck and call.

i don't know..

while driving home from toronto yesterday evening, my dad got a speeding ticket. i don't think he was paying attention to the cars he was passing because apparently one out of the three he passed was an unmarked car. normally you should be able to see all the antennas at the back of the car, but it was night time and, more than likely, my dad was probably singing along to the music like a fool. anyway, the cop charged him for driving 129km/h and gave him a $138 ticket. my dad plans on contesting it. his logic: he was actually going faster so the cop's leniency actually makes the ticket invalid. ... wonder if that would actually work.

sugar daddies at work

on friday, i met up with sarah p, alex, milan, and ragini to go salsa dancing! milan had one of his coworkers come along as well (can't really remember her name :S i think it was michelle..). obviously there's a lack of males in the list. milan and ragini would be obvious partners cause they're married. then there was the four of us. we figured we could just double up and work it out that way.. but when we got to the club, they were already getting into some of the complicated things and the dancefloor was full. anyway, so we sat and watched for a bit. then music started to play. there was some REALLY good dancers. especially the 60 year old male / 20 year old female combination! total sugar daddies at work.. *kidding*

i *heart* mexican food

the sarahs and i went out for lunch today. had some DELICIOUS mexican food at ahora! it's pretty damn good considering how cheap it is.

it's been a while since i've driven mum's car. i had to pick it up from her today during her lunch hour because she was going to the sens game with work people and didn't want the burden of driving/parking/driving. wow, i totally forgot that, that car can really pick up and go when you want it to.

i don't have an ego, really..

a new guy was hired at work to do data analysis. i haven't met the guy and already he bugs me. all because of one simple, little thing: his email signature. he ends all his emails with "yours in greatness". seriously. not "yours truly", or "kind regards". yours in greatness. my boss talked to his supervisor about it. all the supervisor said was, "you know these 20-somethings. they have their own language." uh.. hello? i'm a 20-something and i act far more professionally. i guess this provides a good base for nicknaming. he's now known as "the pope".

latin or english, oh the choices

i received the form to register for my degree and provide information for my diploma in the mail today. the school gives me a 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" diploma at no charge! (their words, not mine) oooohhhh.. dad wants me to buy a 17" x 14" as well because my brother's diploma is that size. the 17" x 14" will be in english because dad wants people to be able to read what's written on my diploma! for the smaller one (which will travel with me wherever i end up), i have a choice of english, french, or latin!

Baccalaureate with Honours in Commerce
Baccalauréat avec spécialisation en sciences commerciales
Baccalaureati cum majore in Commercio

oh the choices i have! i'm thinking latin because it's latin.. it seems more exciting than english or french.

body part bakery

i made muffins on sunday! they turned out pretty decent considering how much the kitchen seems to hate me.. anyway, half of the muffins turned out normal, the other half came out looking like nipples. out of the six nipple muffins, only one remains:

yeah, i'm not going to discuss the freudian psycho-babble of why only the nipple muffins are being eaten.. anyway, i'm not really sure why half turned out this way. maybe i'm supposed to push the batter up the sides of each muffin cup?

the weather's fucked up.

holy batman i can't believe the weather this past week. cold, warm, cold. friday, i was walking around with my spring coat, sneakers, and a scarf for "colour" (cause i'm apparently a girly-girl now..). then on saturday, i headed off to work in my winter jacket, hat, gloves, scarf, and winter boots. yesterday and today were pretty nasty. now the next couple of days it's supposed to warm up again. if this isn't a sign that we fucked up the environment, i don't know what is.

i want a beavertail.

head hunter extraordinaire

a head hunting company called me today. they saw my resume online and asked if i was interested in becoming a recruiter/head hunter. apparently their company is expanding and are looking for more staff. they're located in the middle of the high tech area in kanata and things are starting to pick up again, so i'm not surprised by their need to expand. i know they're on the up-and-up because my dad knows about them, but i'd rather not go into recruiting. preferably, i want to work in a salary + benefits environment, not commission based.

always the guinea pig, never the experimenter

i started my voluntary internship at cheo today. this morning i forgot to print out the bus route i needed to take, but luckily for me hospitals are landmarked on the transit map. anyway, i met everyone in the pr department except the director. i think she stayed home because of the freezing rain - my dad has a tendency to do that.. so they have three projects they want me to work on: a database of media contacts, create content for the website with information on childhood obesity, and the third one i don't know yet. apparently it's a project the director has for me, but no one really remembered what it was. i left half an hour later than i was planning on because they were using me as their guinea pig for a seminar they were going to have. basically they wanted to practice and make sure it made sense. thankfully the bus ride to school from there is less than 20 minutes, so it wasn't a big deal. i'm really excited about this. it totally sounds like it's going to be an interesting experience! the downfall is it seems like it will go by quickly. i only need to do 5 hours a week for 13 weeks, which is once a week for 3 months.. ah well, at least i'll get somw experience on my plate.

when i'm a multi-billionaire..

..i'm buying one of these:


this penthouse is available for only $47 million. pfft.. only? pennies! you can go to the website to see the two half floor floorplans, but they're not as exciting as the penthouse.

another day, another class

i had technologies, world and society today. this bugs me.. the invisible second comma. it always looks weird to me when i see a list like that without a comma in front of the and. anyway..

we have to write an essay answering the question, "what impact has the emergence of _______________ (insert an information and communication technology) technology had on _______________ (insert people/context)?" i figured i should try to think of a few ideas, so i can eventually start researching. maybe "what impact has the emergence of sms technology had on the english language skills of students in england?" or "what impact has the emergence of im technology had on the english language skills of students in north america?" can't think of anything else..

impeccable timing

this morning traffic was pretty backed up because of the snow. it took my mum 2-1/2 hours just to get to work! my dad didn't even get off our street without being faced with a line of cars (and we don't even live on a busy street). anyway, as i was just about to get into the car after cleaning it, the snowplow just happened to drive by. ugh. luckily my dad stayed home because he wouldn't have been able to make it to work on time for his conference calls, so he came out and got rid of the pile pretty quickly. bah, snowplows ALWAYS know the right time to make an appearance.

there's a first for everything

i fell asleep in my first class ever!! it was business ethics of all classes. i couldn't even remember putting my head down on the desk.. wow, glad it didn't turn into an embarassing situation. when i woke up i saw about five others sleeping, so i guess the lectures could possibly help even insomniacs fall asleep. i know i didn't miss much because the last thing i remember was a heated discussion between two students about torture, and they were still arguing (25 minutes later) when i woke up. i think i found my "i really hate this class" class.

it's only just begun..

it's been almost a week of resume writing, cover letter writing, and job applications. well, i'm starting to go crazy.. slowly. it took me a day and a bit to spruce up my resume after my consultation, then all i've been doing, mostly, is sending out and posting up my resume everywhere and anywhere. i haven't even gotten to two-thirds the sites i was given/found. nuts i tell you, nuts. hopefully i can find a job in two to three months.. *cross fingers* (don't laugh)

my little cousin has a website!

hemita (my dad's youngest sister's daughter) made herself a wee little website. a little geek in the making. *sniff* i'm so proud! *tear* warning though, it's full of embedded music, ghetto/im spelling, and scrolling text goodness. not to mention the repeating background pictures on almost every page. for a girl her age, i'm impressed she did this on her own.
cute sweet indian csi
oh and please pray for her and her taste in music.. her favourite song is my humps. *slaps forehead*

finally, a decision is made.. sort of.

if i work my arse off this term, i think i'll consider going for a masters in communications next year. i know i want to go back to school and take some courses, so some people have been telling me to just do a masters. my problem is i want to do it part-time while working full-time meaning it would probably take me the full four years to do that. there doesn't seem to be any point of me getting an mba.. cause well, i'm graduating from business anyway. though i suppose we'll see about that once i enter the working world.

so it's settled. if i do well this term, then i'm going to apply for a masters program. maybe if i put a big sign on my bathroom mirror that says "master of communications program" serving as a constant reminder then it would help get me motivated.

ac/dc did what?

my dad's knee swelled up on tuesday night for some reason. he went to the doctor yesterday and found out it was due to .. well my mum said it was because of eh-see-dee-see. uh what? ac/dc? dad doesn't usually get all riled up while listening to bob fm. i realised afterwards she meant acidity. :)

here we go again

my FINAL term started yesterday! this is very exciting. at this point i'm just anxious to finish and get my degree and say, "i paid how much for this piece of paper?"

anyway, yesterday i had business ethics. oh, it's as interesting as it sounds.. ... i was half an hour late because i was standing in line for over an hour for a 4 month bus pass only available at certain locations. *sigh* i was glad i was late because i felt like i was going to die of boredom for the 40 minutes i was there. most amusing part during the lecture is the prof would say something, laugh (cause apparently it was a joke), and all there would be was silence in the lecture hall. there are no projects in this class, which is good so the work load is minimal.

today i had international marketing. this one was a bit better but not so much. the prof was actually funny during the first half of the class. the second half i wished i had a pillow to rest my head on. it was pretty dry. there are class discussions over case studies for every class, so hopefully it will liven things up.

get your booze on

so here's a handy website: extra tasty! it has the standard search for or upload drink recipes. on top of that, you can upload your bar/fridge contents onto a database and it gives you a list of the different drinks you can make. pretty smart..

no green beer this year

i was looking at the syllabus for my strategic management class. the major assignment is called intopia, it's a group project that requires decisions to be made during the term. there's one weekend where the simulation game occurs; basically you spend almost the entire weekend at school, only going home to sleep, because throughout the day you're making decisions and negotiating with other groups. well i'm amused.. the simulation falls on st. patrick's day :)

and the job hunt begins

this morning i met with a career consultant at right management consulting. my dad's work hires this company to provide career counselling to employees who have been laid off as part of their severance package. to increase relations with their clients, rmc offered basic services to the soon-to-be graduates of current employees. obviously i jumped at the chance since my resume is kind of stale and in need of some improvments.

it was EXTREMELY helpful. she said my resume was impressive experience wise (for a soon-to-be grad) but needed more depth in the explanation. the type of depth she said was needed was the type i thought you put on cover letters. .. i should email her about that cause i'm not sure what i'd put in a cover letter now.

what was really nice is the amount of help she gave and the amount of help she offered for after the fact. once i redo my resume, she said to send it to her and she'll revise it. also, she offered to give me more interview practice. i totally lucked out. *cross fingers* on my job hunt now.