Nathan Ng

Second Week: Lessons Learned

Here we go again.  I started work, and there were a whole ton of things I discovered.  Keep in mind, CDS told us we were going to be ‘culture shocked’.  Really the only shocking thing so far was the sheer number of boxydelic Scions and gorgeous Maseratis.  There are quite a few things that were interesting though.

1) Canadian telecommunications SUCK (I assume everyone knows already).  I discovered that Americans don’t actually have to pay long distance fees.  You can call from California to New York and it’ll all just be local minutes.  WHY MUST YOU OVERCHARGE, TELECOM OVERLORDS.

2) American car rentals are sweet.  Since its paid by car size, you can switch cars anytime you want.  My roommate had a Sebring for the first week.  Not bad, but eh, in the end its a Chrysler.  So on the weekend, he traded for this:

Yeah, fitting 3 people in the car isn’t the greatest thing in the world.  But hey, we’re in Cali.  We got ta look good.

3) I really, really miss Tim Hortons.

Final comment: remember how I was raving on about zero clouds?  well they finally hit.  Mornings are now cold, clouds are in the sky, and evenings are cold.  Granted, anywhere from 12 – 4pm is still mad sunshine, but damnit, for the other 20 hours of the day, I’m getting friggin’ Toronto weather =/.