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A Thought about Women Stealing Glances

Just walking around on the university campus here or through the malls, I frequently catch women around my younger age stealing glances at me. I…

Home Buying Blues

 It was my intention to buy my first home earlier this Spring- and have been having that goal in my mind all the way back…

First Impressions in Dating and Job Hunting 

They say first impressions don’t matter as long as you’re a good person, but it does- as many people can tell very quickly what kind…

Politics in Finding Work 

Inspired from a conversation about favouritism/prejudice through experiences looking for work, here are some of my experiences with dealing with such politics:  – In group…

Ambition and Wages

Regardless of field many people are stuck where they are because of lack of ambition- some admitably because of stress concerns, but usually because they…

Thoughts in July

In a conversation about studying computer science at one point and eventually arriving to the trades: I didn’t grad, just did years 1 and 2.…

Thought about rental properties or renting a room out

Get a mortgage, rent it out, and get them to pay your mortgage. Such an idea is very common around here, and prevalent in other…

In Response to “Is university worth it?”

On a forum I am a regular on, a topic beaten to death was the controversy of the worthiness of an university degree. Many prospective…

Theory of becoming rich

If you’re relatively frugal, use a roommate or two, and have no significant car payment, you can be worth $750k in 15 years, assuming you’ve…

Leaving family behind to escape control, as a ‘Chinese-Canadian’

Someone on a popular university Facebook Page wrote a long note about the burdens of growing up in Canada as a Chinese youngster, and I…