Still no news yet from Vanier about scholarships. Notification was supposed to be in March 2010, but as you can see, it is no longer March ( Read more... )

So, I underwent some radio silence there, followed by a larger period of procrastination. Basically, we bought a 2 storey condo in a low rise building in Thornhill. The complex is about 1km north of Steeles and has an indoor swimming pool, exercise room, games room, and sauna. Our unit has 3 bedrooms, 1 & 1/2 bathrooms, our own laundry room, ( Read more... )

2009 started out pretty hectic. I finished grading for two classes, finished & submitted my paper for alt.chi, and jumped right back into lecturing. The first week of classes at the college went pretty well. I have the same group of students all day on Thursdays from 8:30 - 2:30 and then again from 3:30 - 6:30. The first course is a projects course ( Read more... )

I have so very much to say to you guys and so very little time in which to say it!!!  I've been so busy these last few days I feel as though I have been pretty much incommunicado.  If this is noticeable on your end allow me to apologize.  If it isn't, oh well.  Mostly, I've been preparing for my lectures, which begin tomorrow.  Yep, that's right, I ( Read more... )

It's Rob's birthday next week. I was finally able to get out today to pick up his gift. Boys are so difficult to shop for...

The music department contacted me the other day to let me know that I will be marking for one of their courses this year. I really enjoyed marking back when I used to do it for the computer science department. Anything I can ( Read more... )

I've had a lot on my mind.  New job, current job, school in Canada, school in Tokyo, grad school, etc.  I have always had 3 main interests in my life; things computer-related, music, and my Japanese language studies.  At all times at least one of these 3 pursuits is my primary focus and the other two sort of get put on the back burner.  Last month ( Read more... )