Beginners tips from the beginner vol.2

Three months have passed since the first installment of this series. In the meantime I didn't found out about any magical shortcuts unfortunately. Instead I'll layout some stuff that will maybe sound pretty dull, but there are many things that seem normal / common sense stuff to me and not to the guy next to me and vice versa.

Canadian "vs." immigrant workers

Couple of days ago our GM (General Manager) called a meeting for all company's staff (cca. 15 of us). By the sound of it I thought that maybe company is shutting down after 10 years of being in the industry. Fortunately that was not the case. Subject of the meeting was that there is a lot of job down the pipe in a near future but next couple of weeks will be sluggish. Less jobs, less hours worked, less money.

One flag is missing. Coincidence?!

Breaking news! Nothing is happening

Vancouver is covered by snow once again. But this time is has pretty much melted in couple of days. I'm witnessing one of the coldest winters in Vancouver and yet when going out short sleeves and jacket is all that is needed. Hearing people complain about it reminds me about our human nature, easily settling for better but having a hard time when we encounter some bad short term anomalies.

Full moon rising, Garibaldi Provincal Park, BC

New job, dating scene, going back home / what to do in Vancouver if you're not outdoorsy

Like many people out there I have beautiful and caring friends. Pretty much all they are interested in is "tell us how are girls like up there". Especially my dear friend Mario M. (+385 98 177 92XX) and yes, he is still single believe it or not! So today I'll start with that subject. Maybe I'll sound like a jerk, but I can always blame it on Mario M.!

I have a (big) dilemma(s) about ladies here. First one is where are ladies more beautiful, back in Croatia or in Vancouver. I think I'm becoming more and more biased, but more and more I think the situation here is better, not by the amount but by the quality. More blondes, less make up. We have to take into account that I haven't seen summer here yet. Fuck, I'm gonna entangle myself so I'll skip this part.

My new two buddies with striking resemblance of somebody I know (me)

Why...? (REvisited)

Reminder that I need to continue writing this post came in a form of a older man in his late 30's, longer messy hair, born and raised in Kelowna, BC. It's not what you think it is, although it would be a nice twist. Last couple of days Guss and I spent in a mountain range called Marriott Basin between Pemberton and Lillooet, roughly 200 km driving North of Vancouver. 

Chasing sunset at UBC

Holidays with family and friends

Actually this Christmas holidays I spent completely the opposite, in the mountains for 3 days of endless fresh snow and 30+ random people. I don't care too much about any holidays but as a week in the mountains it was beautiful. At work we are having a week off because of the network operators don't want to mingle anything with network hardware during holidays = higher cell usage. Since I started working almost immediately upon arriving in Vancouver not working for couple of days is a nice treat, to take a breath, sort thing about driving licence, diploma recognition, IETLS test, medical insurance, immigration stuff, changing companies / careers...

Few more days and holidays are over and of course I didn't do any of the mentioned above. Only thing I'm really committed to is planning where to go next weekends. And yea, Mario made zeljanicu (burek from zelje, zelje = spinach in Bosnian, Bosnians are grumpy when saying burek from zelje so I'll be politically correct and say it pita from zelje), I was also really committed to ate it all. Unfortunately for Mario, cover picture will be mountains, but zeljanica will be 2nd to the top, promise!

Trail to Elfin Lakes, BC

Beginners tips from the beginner vol.1

Today I threw away my first Canadian toothbrush. Such a fulfilling moment! So glad to be #alive #nofilter #besties #forever21 #behappy #notwrittingnewposts #hippiehashtagbullshit. It takes few hours to write something meaningful and especially to correct all the gramar mistakes (see what I did there?!? #grammarjew) and I'm short on time and as always, lazy. If you're an outdoor person and love food, saying that you're bored in Vancouver is a crime against humanity. Add a usually 9+ working hours a day and you get the idea. 

Dad, you're going to google translate this so tell mom to send more woven socks from zavicaj, old ones are dying. Also, she needs to get rid of flying sooner or later. :D

Vancouver Downtown

First month in Canada

I don't like stress. Skype has much less lag than Whatsapp/Viber for long distance IP talks. That's about it for this post. And yes, Vancouver police cars are so cool! 

I need to suck up to them, because they were nice to me and my buddy Captain Morgan. They gave us just a warning ticket (230$ fine otherwise) for carrying an open bottle of alcohol.

Officers play ARMA III inside while on duty!