As 2007 nears its end, it seemed appropriate to put my conclusion on the year that passed. This was a year of change (graduation from university and a new job) but also a year where things stayed the same (I’m still studying for exams., for example.) In many ways, it was a year of enjoyment (Wednesday afternoon bar trips with Chris) but also a year of irritation (wisdom teeth removal and ingrown toenails.) Simply put, it was just like any other year.
In my last post of the year, I thought I’d share some music that I’ve had on while studying lately. By Austrian artist Gustav, Genua starts with a fragility that eventually evolves into a ballad one can imagine she wrote on a rainy, autumn afternoon. It strikes me, above all, as a song of reflection.
Throughout the previous four years that I was university, December and the whole holiday season were filled with studying and writing exams. With my degree in hand and a new full-time job, I had assumed that this pattern would change for the better. In reality, this pattern did change but for the worse. A upcoming professional exam that I have on January 3 has meant I will be studying through the Christmas holidays and New Year this season. Further, the extensiveness of the material implies a need to study on a fairly consistent basis to ensure that I have a grasp on, at least, most of the material. As a result, I won’t be able to get out quite as much with my friends and enjoy the season.
In essence, this exam means more of the same sort of schedule I dealt with at university, but just at the end of December instead of the beginning. Things never really change, do they?
Winter colds (cough, sneezing, sore throat, and all the other symptoms mentioned in cold medicine commercials) are one of the bigger nuisances throughout the year. The persistent coughing and runny nose slow down nearly everything you are trying to do. For example, today I was reviewing some accounting material for an upcoming professional exam, and the cold symptoms were rather disruptive. It is rather difficult to review the rules about translating and consolidating the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries whiling blowing your nose twice a minute.
After studying for some 8 hours today (Yes, it was a bit excessive.), I went out to the pharmacy to pick up some cough medicine and a toothbrush. For some reason, when the cold wind hits a runny nose, it’s like a faucet is suddenly turned open and all the the stuff in your nose suddenly comes gushing out. I was almost at the point of just leaving some tissues in my nose, but that might have made me look like I had done too much cocaine and was getting the random nosebleeds. And that was basically all I did today. That, and eating some tacos on semi-stake tortillas (not my favourite meal ) made my day rather uninteresting. Anyway, tomorrow can’t be much worse. I only have a practice exam to write.
Oh, the joys of winter in Canada. Now I just need to get around to that Christmas Shopping…
Yesterday, while attending a course for my work, I went to a restaurant with some friends near the University of Toronto. While ordering our food, we were confronted by an unkempt man who apparently was cleaning the store windows. He felt it necessary to tell us that he cleaned the windows for chicken wings and that he liked working there because they let him take a crap whenever he wanted. Then he wouldn’t leave until we high-fived him. Afterwards, I had to scrub my hands rather vigorously. Anyway, this is just one small experience from my everyday life.
Shlok Vaidya hat ein gütes neues Blog über die Kommunistischen Auflehnung in Indien. Sein Blog, Naxalite Rage, ist eine genaue Beschreibung über einen kleinen Krieg, dass ich nicht darüber weiß. Sie sollen dieses Blog jetzt lesen.
Die Naxaliten entstanden in den späten 1960er Jahren und sind nach dem Ort Naxalbari im Distrikt Darjiling in Westbengalen benannt, wo 1967 ein unter der Führung einiger Mitglieder des linken Flügels der Communist Party of India stattfindender Bauernaufstand von der Polizei niedergeschlagen wurde.
The first big snow storm of the season hits here today and it couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s the winter time in Canada and some snow on the ground seems just right. Although I’m sure it will melt soon, it is a promising sign that the holidays are approaching.
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