Long long time ago...

I can still remember...

Man, to be honest I feel tired just when thinking about the idea of writting everything down... but since this past wednesday so much has happened. I AM LOVING IT HERE!.

Ok well, probably one of the nicest thigs was my interview with Jason, he is the Senior Graphics Programmer and a VERY nice guy... we were supposed to meet on tuesday but he cancelled, and he was SO upset about it!. He he he... still, the interview did happen, and it happened in the "Knights of the Old Republic" room... yay!!... they have several meeting rooms, each one with a different theme, and they are like nice living rooms with great couches and all... anyway, we talked for about 45 minutes or so, and he was pretty pacient and answered all my questions. I get the picture now of what a graphics programmer does, and to be honest, it's quite interesting... it's a technical job, but still, it's based in creativity, and very visual too... you are always working with art, and artists... hmmm... it's hard to explain.

Anyway, so he told me what he looks for in a person, studies, knowledge, attitude, etc... in a way, I felt like cheating because he was giving me all this great insights before I would aske him for a job... he he he. But still is very cool, and even better was that, after the talk, that pretty much turned into a nice conversation by the end, he gave me his card and said that he would be willing to help me during my process... wheter it was a masters, or anything else... wow....

I still haven't gotten over that talk... and actually I've done nothing but thinking about a cool thesis to write during my masters!!... ha ha ha ha... funny how things work.

That same day I got to spent the whole time in BioWare, I stayed in the rec room, watched tv, played a little, read a lot, drew, had some soda... man, I wish I had gotten some ice cream... but that is sacred you know, and stealing their ice cream just didn't seem right. he he he... still, I really liked the "ambience" over there.

After that we went to the Taiko class, which was great because the next day a show was going to be presented so they rehearsed the whole thing and I got to listen and so some pretty nice things. It's so serious and martial... so nice.

Then we went to some club close to white Av. to a "good bye" party... it was SO MUCH FUN!!... Daniel and I did drank more beer than usual, he he he... so we had this great philosophical "merry" talk about life and all... and of course, we had to cheer for raistlin. At a moment we all went inside to the dance floor, and thus became the kings and queens of the night. We danced for about 3 or 4 hours non stop... and by the end several Canadians were just partying with us. When we were "kicked out" beucase they were closing, some girls approached and said to us all "yous guys rock, it was so much fun, I had the time of my life, thank you so much"... and on and on stuff like that... he he he... I liked it... there are several prictures from that night too. he he he.

After that we walked a lot on white avenue, then had some dinner, and at a point we just came back to sleep. The day after, when we woke up, it was at about 12, and it was a holiday... CANADA DAY!!!... a pretty fun day too. Daniel, Sandra and I spent the day together, and then at a point we joined the others and went downtown. Downtown Edmonton is very nice, it reminded me a little of chicago, just a smaller version of it. Anyway, we went by a bridge that had set up nice nice water fall, then there was music all over the place, people with Canada painted all over them, flags, stuff... There is some sort of court house with a huge fountain in front... well, tons of guys and girls were having fun IN the fountain... he he he. It was nice walking around there, and to see the Canadians get as crazy as they can get, yelling "HAPPY CANADA DAY" all over the place, and honking their cars. For a while we walked down white avenue again, and then at a point we came back to see the fire works. Those were, to me, honestly the best fireworks I've even seen... I just don't know how they make them do that... I just don't.

Hmm... what else?... after the fire works we went to have dinner with some guys to Boston Pizza (yummmy), and then to bed... he he he.

On friday we woke up kind of early, and went downtown to pick up the car... after all we drove all the way to Calgary. The road was extremely nice, straight, and taken care of... thus it was terribly boring. It was so nice and well done, and so straight, that there is no way you won't fall asleep... I don't know how this guys stay awake... I guess that's why there are so many second cups and star bucks all over.

So we arrived to Calgary at a decent time, did some stuff, and head over to the circus... Calgary is an awesome city, much larger than Edmonton... I wonder why edmonton is the capital though... probably it was settled before... who knows. About the circus... what can I say?... nothing but magic... just like that... there were so many awesome numbers... I was of course breathless and in complete awe all the time.

Wow... a time of silence for that wonderful experience.

After the circus we went to Carlos' house, he lives with his girl Dee (who is a doctor), and they gave us housing during the weekend... we went to buy stuff for dinner, ate, had a pretty good talk, and pretty much feel asleep because the next day was going to be a tire some one!!!!...

And so it was, we went to Banff and Lake Louise!!!!... hmmm... I really can't say a lot about those places, is all about looking at them... maybe I should post pictures on this thing... Banff is a lovelly mountain town that has a great Arts centre... very very cool... it's like the "shangrilah" of arts... and lake louise wow... those views... hard to explain... What can I say though?... well, we walked a lot, had some good talks, but mostly, I was quiet and loving the views... thinking so much... I do that a lot don't I?.

When we came back to Calgary we just stayed in and have a nice time, watched a movie and what not... Sunday... what did we do?... Hmmm... yes!!... we had "brunch" in a Vietnamese place called Pho Kim (sounds like fuck him... he he he), and they had the bestest noodles... delicious... then we helped carlos and dee because they had a flat tire, and eventually we drove back to Edmonton. On the way back we talked a lot of course, trying to entertain Sandra and keep her awake. (she was driving).

Once we arrived, Daniel and I took the stuff to the apartment, and Sandra went to have dinner with her supervisor. Daniel and I had dinner in a very cool japanese place, and yet again, one of those great talks... it lasted till after 10pm, since after dinner we walked a lot around the avenue... When we came back we joined Sandra and watched some episodes from "dead like me"... then... went to bed...

He he he... this has sooo little detail!!!!... still, I don't have that much time... that's pretty much it though, so we will see...

CHEERS YOU ALL!... TAKE CARE!!...