when do I get my adult certificate?
It’s not much of a surprise that I don’t own a car. In the past 4 years, I’ve worked on three different continents and only this year I’ve managed to break $20k in net worth. If I decide to move back to Canada with ten times the net worth I still wouldn’t buy a car.…
Friends often comment that I like to make life harder for myself and it’s quite true. This is because I’ve been happiest when I’m working on a difficult problem and I successfully solve it. Think back to moments when you’ve been really happy and fulfilled, and I’ll bet that it involved some element of overcoming…
I must be the first person to say that they love the internet in China. To be clear, the internet here is crap. I have a VPN, and the internet works almost all the time, but the speed is SLOW and even the best VPN goes down once in a while. In addition, the VPN…
For my yearbook quote as a teacher, I wrote down “luck favours the brave”. I also left it in a cafe where costumers can put sticky notes on the walls. Two colleagues who were with me saw what I wrote and we proceeded to have an interesting discussion of what really constitutes luck, and if…
Took a month-long vacation in January (China, Vietnam, and Japan) and you can see the corresponding dip in my net worth haha. The tax forms from work are also late so there’s about $5000 extra in my Chinese bank account I didn’t factor into my calculations. Should be around $28k if we add in the…
The Chinese don’t mess around when it comes to the world’s largest snow and ice festival. This winter break, I had the good fortune of being in Harbin during the Snow & Ice Winter Festival to see this breath-taking display of sculptures. Like, seriously AMAZING. Previously, the largest ice sculptures I saw were in Ottawa…
High lights First week of cooking club! We did American and French omelettes, and the kids got quite creative with their French toasts! Spent less than I thought for my winter vacation! It’s still a lot, but it was under budget 😀 Thank you past me for having all the lesson plans ready for this week…
High lights Thank goodness I bought adventure sports travel insurance coverage. Got to add more stickers to my laptop 😀 Feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the new semester! Got to sleep at the airport for a night! It’s certainly a new experience and saved at least $40 in hotel fees. A caterpillar ready to…