Corn Mazes and Diversity Breakfasts...

So I actually had quite an eventful weekend (for me, in Canada... in case anyone has some wise cracks).

On Friday night, on the way out of the client this other guy from work, Mike (who was at that night in Calgary at the Stampede), said we should go for a couple of beers. So we went across the street to a Moxies (which is a restaurant/bar type place - v nice). So anyway one beer turned into a few and yeah went home and slept pretty well :P

Then I was invited to go to a halloween thing at a "corn maze". So I got dressed up as a cowboy (coz I still have the OTT cowboy hat from Stampede) and yeah met up with this group of people. The person organising it works at Air Canada, where I am doing a lot of work at at the moment. The corn maze was pretty kewl actually, its jst a massive field of maize with a maze cut into it; and you have to locate various point in the maze according to a checklist. So it was nice to jst spend some time with other people and chill with them afterwards.

Sunday morning I was picked up with Rick and we met up with Rowena, the other TSRS person in Winnipeg, for a "diversity breakfast". The thing is that the TSRS team in Canada is very multicultural so they often do "diversity" dinners where they will go to a Portuguese or Chinese restaurant. Well the Winnipeg team is all non-Canadian, so we decided to go out to this place called Green Gates for a breakfast, which we assume is a Canadian one. So anyways it is a buffet style and the food is amazing! 4 or 5 star type food. Lets just say I was very satisfied after leaving there! Wow!

"Other" Pics

This is the view out of the boardroom at EY on a particularly gloomy summer day. You can see the local baseball team's (The Goldeyes) diamond in this. The river you see in this picture is the Red River, and further upstream (to the right) is "the Forks" where the Assiniboine and Red rivers meet. It apparently has historical relevance during the fur trading times... Not totally sure bout all tho...
This is me in the CN Tower in Toronto standing on the glass floor. The CN tower is the tallest tower in the world (somewhere around 500m high).
This is me, very tired from not sleeping well, on Canada day (July 1st). Yes, I did end up going out looking like this... But everyone was dressed up all goofy lookin!
This is at the one large tent at the Calgary Stampede. Not sure what time this was, but it looks as though it was after a number of beers. The other guy in the photo is Mike, who works at EY.
This is the municiple building in Winnipeg. Not sure if you can see it clearly but there is a golden statue of a boy on top of the building. Everyone refers to it as the "golden boy", and it looks pretty good on a sunny day (which this wasnt)!

Niagara Falls Pics

This is me on the boat "Maid of the Mist" with the American Niagara Falls behind me. This is right in the beginning. The American falls are just straight falls and really arent as impressive as the Canadian falls. Look below to see me after we have been through the mist of the Canadian Niagara Falls!!!

This a pic of me pointing at the Canadian Niagara Falls after going through the mists at the bottom of the falls on a boat. Absolutely incredible overall experience as the roar of the falls was all around (the Canadian Falls are a horseshoe shape - hence the nickname "the horseshoe falls") , whats like heavy rain coming in sudden rushes, the boat churning up and down in the turbulent water, the sun being obscured at times because of mist.

Belated update

Yes I know - you have all probably had a look at the date of my last post and thought - "wow he has been lazy - not updating his blog for xx number of weeks". Do I have an excuse? Yes. Is it valid? Nope.

In terms of exciting things which have happened since my last post - I dont have much to report. I have been working pretty hard, but keep getting reminded that it will get busier still as this year end comes up. None-the-less I think I am starting to become a little more comfortable with the work that I'm doing, however it will be a while still until I feel like I have a complete handle on things.

Rick has been awesome, having me round to his house on weekends, keeping me out of mischief, helping with my sanity! Ted, the IT guy from work, has been really good too - I have been round to his place a few times too.

Thanksgiving was a couple of weeks back (for some reason Canada and the US have different dates for thanksgiving - no idea why!) and I went to Ted's house and had dinner with them. Peggy also had a dinner on the Friday night, which was awesome.

Everyone seems to be getting all excited about halloween now here, with decorations going up all over the place. I guess it must be one of those things that you grow up being excited about. I may be going to some party at someone from work's house this weekend, which should be interesting!

I am heading home to Zimbabwe in December (the 14th for all you interested people) and thats getting pretty close now. I am so excited to be able to see my family and friends. Not so sure about being excited about being back in the country, but y'know its still home no matter what happens to it...