so i was lamenting to marcus about how everyone else's blog is so much more culturally interesting than mine- with trips to glorious beaches, and meetings with high ranking country officials, and visits to the hospital...but then i realized that right in front of me was an everyday experience that i was taking for granted: the PATH. for folks who may not be familiar, PATH is downtown toronto's walkway that spans 28km and is filled with restaurants, shops, etc. it's basically a massive maze of a mall, all underground. this confused me at first because in NYC, PATH referred to a train line to New Jersey...when i first saw PATH here, i was wondering why there were so many signs for it, everywhere. but now, i've come to love and rely on the PATH for all my lunch eating needs...plus, i'm taking a course at the miles nadal centre @ the ernst & young tower, which, you guessed it, can be accessed by PATH! amazing.
the other interesting work development is that the folks which kindly sponsor office space for the Council have World Cup FEVER! yesterday, they brought in a 47inch flat screen TV in anticipation of the first game. like many stereotypical americans, i'm not much of a soccer fan (well...not much of a TV sports-watching fan in general) but now that there's TV in the office, i might just become one!
47 inch flatscreen ?!?! JEALOUS. Here in Brazil we get time off to watch soccer, but only when our team plays. For the rest of the games, the technical manager brought in a tiny mini-LCD so we can watch "while we work". Although if we had a 47inch flatscreen we probably wouldn't work at all here.
ReplyDelete52 inch flatscreen just installed in York International. The soccer fans in our office are pleased.
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