A waste of bits and bandwidth

I had a nice dinner at Fred & Krista’s place last night; happily, I knew that it was a dinner this time so there were no awkward moments. Well, none related to the type of function anyway.

I was in charge of buns and dip; what the hell is going on in this city? I had to go to three stores to get a dozen buns. You’d think that would have been the easy thing to do. Now I have Krista doing as Rachel does; “Tell me what you need and just give me a list” It’s how I work best.

It was potluck and there were about a dozen for dinner. Like a ‘tard I forgot my camera so no pics to share this time around. As normal, Bruno and I sat around talking motorsport and bemoaning that fact that the Paris-Dakar rally wasn’t televised this year.

Bruno made a dvd for our departing Princess which we watched while munching some of Spanky’s dessert. He’s getting to be quite the baker.

In an unforeseen turn of events, we learned that a member of the circle has developed a facial scrub fetish… I didn’t see that one coming. I’m a lucky guy to have so many great friends

Hmmm, facial scrub fetish… that’s gonna have the search engines going crazy.

“That’s a strange expression your majesty” and she smiled quietly to herself…

RLD

I awoke this morning and had no place to go. I hate that. For some reason I looked at my horoscope…

No doubt… maybe astrology isn’t bullshit after all.

I was ‘on the job’ first thing today, updating my resume. The good news is that I have an interview on Tuesday. It was a referral from my former employer and the company is a client. I’m excited by it as they look to be a great company; one of the 50 best managed and one of the top ten fastest growing companies in Canada.

Sounds good to me and they’re downtown. I had a minor panic attack when I thought that they were in Surrey. That could have been a deal breaker.

The market seems pretty robust; I need to follow up with some contacts and get back to that headhunter. She had called me a few weeks ago and luckily I didn’t blow her off. You just never know in this business. Even though I’ve had a rocky road in IT, I still want to be a part of it but there is a bigger world out there. At this point, I don’t know what else to do.

[cryptic] I’ve been having thoughts though. I don’t give them too much credence as it’s only been 24 hours and I know that logical thinking probably isn’t taking place at this point but maybe this is a sign. It’s not the first time I’ve had them but now they seem clearer.

Except one thing. One thing that keeps coming back to me. An adventure and an experience with a practical application. One thing that I might end up practically being forced into doing if I want to achieve my bigger goals in life… Now could be the time; I mean if not now, when? Seems as good a time as any when I think about it.

It bears investigation, which I will do. Time will tell; I’m sure that everything will unfold as it should. [/cryptic]

RLD

Well, I guess 30 weeks turned out to be a bit optimistic… My company has been bought by our their largest client and my department, plus a handful of others are gone. Damn near 30% of the staff are on the street.

There had been something in the air as of late; no concrete talk of projects and I had been getting more nervous about all the partner meetings. It’s been my experience that when the big-wigs are locked away in meetings, it ends in tears.

It’s not too bad as the severance package was quite generous; I don’t need to worry about money for a good while, but I’m not sitting around. Sitting around is the worst part of looking for a job and it’s not going to happen this time.

What kills me more than anything is that this probably will put an end to my trip, at least for now. Unless I can get the time off or be able to start after the trip, I really can’t go. How ironic that I find myself in the very same position that I was in last year; lose my job in an acquisition a month before I am to leave for Korea.

I called MiHwa and told her last night. That was the hardest phone call I’ve had to make in a long time. She understood and was very supportive; after she stopped crying… Salanghae MiHwa ({)

Biff knows. I ran into him at the Yaletown Brewing Co. as he was there having lunch while the QA department was having a liquid lunch. The ‘bitch’ I’ve complained about lost it in the meeting and again at lunch. Not quite the hard-ass that she wanted to be known as. I felt bad for her as she had been there a long time and I think her world just imploded on her.

I’m not sure when I’ll post this. Maybe in a few days… I don’t want people worrying about me. I’ve developed a thick skin to this over the years but I know it’s a strain for the friends and family.

Don’t worry, I’m fine… Disappointed but fine.

RLD

…at work. Yay me! Let’s see if I can make 30 weeks. I’ve always felt it was important to set goals…

I got my departing flight confirmed today, which was a relief. I’m all set to go if that includes not having the money to finance the trip yet. If that’s the case, I’m ready! 9 days in Seoul and 4 days in Tokyo. I’m so excited about it as this time I won’t be quite so wide-eyed and stupid.

Back in class last night and I wasn’t all that excited to be there. I did pass my midterm but I was disappointed in my grade. Nothing I can do about it now but still, it sucks.

Filed under ‘You know you’re bored when…’ I realize that it takes no more than 5 paces to reach any room in my apartment. I pay how much?

RLD

I’m thinking of renaming this site to iBlog because an eBlog would sound dated… I wonder how long it’ll take for it become pass? to start every tech related word with ‘i’. I think that moment has arrived…

Again, confusion abounded over my weekend plans. I would bet anything that Biff said, ‘Hey, wanna come over for drinks this weekend? Karan and Claire are coming over.’ Great. I was in no rush and when I finally decided to get into motion, I stopped off for something to eat so that I wouldn’t pass out at 10 PM.

Well, it was actually an evening of dinner and drinks so I showed up with a hamburger taking up precious stomach space. Not to mention that I was late though I didn’t know there was a start time. Rachel made a great meal and was kind enough to send me home with a doggy bag.

We watched Touching the Void after dinner and it was the most amazing movie I’ve seen in a long time. Watch the trailer and then go and see it. Really. I hate movies and this one was great.

I have my ticket for Asia booked! w00t! I got it on Friday and at a great price too. Well, free would be great but this is good. I figure that I need a name for the trip; something catchy like “The Midbach Asia-fest 2005″ or perhaps “iAsia 2005″ or even “The Midbach Asian Deficit Tour 2005″. Yeah, I’ll keep trying…

Good to have dates to plan for though JAL has put on a connecting flight from Narita to Seoul so no more free hotel. Dammit!! Now I have a four hour layover and arrive in Korea at 9 PM, which would feel like 4 AM to me. Nice. Mom had a great idea; stay at the airport hotel for the first night. Yes, that is a great idea except that there is no hotel at the Inchon airport. WTF?

Oh, the Fido love-fest is over; I still don’t have my replacement phone…

RLD