Kasper

yeah, relatively boring matchday 1, no real surprise apart from the netherlands playing with 6 strikers and not being able to put it in (and while i had picked the dutch as one of my favorite, i know many don't feel the same way). hopefully we'll get better game going forward. hope the poles trash the ruskie too!!!

my work wifi is too slow to stream England v. France

i bought a tournament pass with tsn (canada sports channel) and it works about half the time, starting a stream takes over 20 tries. even though i'm wired straight to the backbone, it still lags all the time, very frustrating....

They are generally surprisingly well behaved. the rescue group we are working with specializes in difficult, sick or soon to be put down dogs so i was initially a little hesitant to foster, but have been consistently surprised by the dogs ability to learn and behave if given proper support. from our experience, dog with behavior issues tend to be young and easily trainable. there's a shocking number of older, perfectly well behaved dogs, in shelters and these dogs are generally a breeze to foster. that being said, you have know and set your limits. we live in a small downtown condo so we can't help dogs with hardcore separation anxiety (had a lot of problems with landlord / city because of one). most shelter / rescue groups will let you set boundaries with regards to potential foster (size, breed, issues, etc).

the gf has worked at shelters and through seizures (quebec is the puppy mill capital of the world) so i know the feeling (if i didn't say no, we'd probably have 30 dogs by now). it's tough knowing that you can't help all these animals. and i know how bad are japanese pounds, current life goal is to make it back to j-land in a couple years so the gf can open a no-kill rescue group / shelter (plan is not fully defined yet though and involve me being successful enough to be able to support such an idea so we'll see).

Here's my little dude with another foster celebrating Halloween.

Over the last 5-years, my gf and i have been fostering dogs for a local rescue. my dog was actually a foster that we liked so much, we ended up keeping. most of the dogs, especially small ones usually stayed for a short time (2-4 weeks). However, we had some that stayed longer so we do end up getting a little more attached to them. The one below was the toughest to let go, she came when she was a 4 months old puppy and stayed with us over a year.

not so long after we got her with our dog

Christmas

price drop on the UC tee

don't know why i never posted in this thread, here's my little buddy, his name is henry

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trying to rally some friends, it's my last day of work so i should be in a pretty good mood

i was hoping that having a working knowledge of japanese would give me a chance to work on something else, so i'm wondering if there are any other options besides that.

unfortunately, speaking the language doesn't really qualify you for anything. of course you with effort and luck, you can find something decent, a friend of mine found a really sweat and well-paying gig at an internet firm while he was writing his phd thesis, but i could point you to 10x more failures. for example a friend of mine who went to a good law school and worked at a white shoe law firm has been "trying his luck" without any success for the last 3 years, he currently works at a bar (i also think he isn't really 100% ready for corporate life, but that's beside the point).

as far as teaching english goes, it isn't as bad as many make it out to be, as long as you plan to do it for a short time and stick to the plan. the work and the hours are easy. the problem is that a lot of folks come thinking they'll do this for a year or 2 and get stuck and realize 5-10 years down the road that they are losing their time trying to teach to folks who think they'll magically become fluent by spending an hour a week at an eikaiwa, have no skills, mobility or way to leverage the first 5-10 years of their working life. the mid / late thirties eikaiwa teacher is the saddest thing you'll ever see.

Yeah, Grenson can be hit or miss. I generally like the shoes and how they "boldly" mix different materials of different colors, but agree that the quality has gone down in recent years. some of their shoes are now produced in India btw. But if you are buying from the UK, they are still a good value proposition IMO.

they did a collection with National Geographic last year and the shoes were really dope. i got some brown chukka and they are by far the pair i get the most complement from. pretty much this, but no pebble grain leather and slightly lower (2 eyelets)

what did you study?

without other qualifications, you're pretty much confined to teaching english, will otherwise be a very tough, but not impossible battle to find a job and you'll most likely have to sacrifice on professional development (ie. take a "worst" job than you would have otherwise been able to find at home).

most of my work shoes are Crockett & Jones. i really like most of their lasts (i have weird feet and the 337 fits perfectly) and design, i feel they achieve a good balance of showcasing English heritage in a modern way. at ~$500, the handgrade are IMO the best bang you can get for your buck (and the $100 extra vs. the benchgrade is really worth it if you can find a comparable shoe). No offence to Allen Edmonds, but the lasts are just too old school for my taste.

Obviously, Edward Green, Lobb, Corthay, Cleverley all make really awesome shoes, but still outside of my budget for the moment. Anyway, if i could, i would strictly wear bespoke Gaziano & Girling

i really wish g+ had more traffic so i could use it more, much prefer to facebook

Dude I'm in Kenya and my hotel got wi-fi, westin sucks ass.

yeah, i know... i stayed at a cheap ass airport four points last week and they even had wi-fi....

going to joe beef with some cook friends who i understand have some friends in the kitchen there next month. i'm really, really excited haha

you should be excited. i have done quite a lot business with one of the owner and have had the chance to go through the "special treatment" a few times (including having the whole restaurant for ourself with a "buffet" type meal) and it has been heart attack worthy each time (not having to pay does also makes it better)

my boys looking for something iphone compatable, any recommendations? he wants one with mic and controls

same here, i promised i'd buy a pair of decent headphones for the gf that are compatible with the iphone (don't care about controls too much though). any rec under $100?

i've had the foie gras at joe beef and it was good

reservations are recommended if you wanna go there though

joe beef is so awesome, definitely recommend. i rarely have foie gras at restaurants, can't be of much help, but would assume you'd be able to find at L'Express or Europea (two great restaurant btw).

Did you return the 35 and 33 they currently have? Can you give me an idea of how much bigger the waist was then the tagged size?

Thanks.

they jeans now seems to be sold out, but i had returned a size 32 and 33. to be honest, i'm a bit confused as to what my true waist size is. i guess i'm sort of a slim 48 (if that make sense) and ended up with a 31. they fit ok (i got the 20cm model so a bit of a more relaxed fit), but would probably grab a 30 next time. i would say they fit at least a size smaller than tagged, probably two, depending on the fit you are looking for. be careful of sizing down too aggressively, the waist button is super flimsy and would probably snap fairly quickly if too stressed.

you should be a 48

You also need to go to the place super early on a friday to attempt to grab the smaller sizes (or womens)

the sample sale in Montreal usually have almost the whole collection, but in Medium, which fits me, but i would prefer a small. it's on apr. 21-22 and only 3 blocks from my place so if i'm back from my business trip by then, i'll go and check and may be able to proxy. picked up a field jacket for like $420 tax in last fall, which was pretty cool.

that's my current situation right now that's why I ask...

use the multiple offers to get better pay / benefits. Finding a job is like dating, you are free to explore as many opportunities as you like up until you commit.

never mind, didn't read the whole thing... free bump

The hoody / long coat, not the waistcoat

wouldn't mind the matching chukka also. and another UC jacket, but someone already posted it on the previous page...

and all of the és SLB

Westin thinks it's ok to charge me $20 / day for internet and i have to hook up to a cable that doesn't even reach the bed...