Seems like every day now we get a "rainfall warning". Here, a rainfall warning seems to mean "more than 50mm of rain in 24 hours". Can some Australians fill me in, but doesn't it take a lot more rain before we get any kind of warning? Mind you, Vancouver has big mountains and matching valleys, amplifying the effects of any rain.
Oh, and check out that 14 day forecast. :)
Finally managed to implement a corrected version of my thesis algorithm tonight. No idea if the implementation is correct, but it's there, it runs, it solves problems, it's a huge step forward for me. Now I need to debug and test and tune and debug some more. I had felt like I was catapulted into the sky, was expecting a hard landing, but somehow landed without too many broken bones.
One thing I have done recently is get myself a Canadian MasterCard. It's from HSBC, simply because it has no annual fees and puts most of my banking with the one bank. It feels easier to set up pre-authorised debits within the one bank, and doing so ensures I'll never miss a bill payment.
The only real pain was needing to leave a deposit of "twice what your limit will be". If you want a $1000 credit card, you have to leave a deposit of $2000 for two years. On the bright side, they do give the 3% per annum interest back to you at the end. Lovely.
It's been too long since I blogged, but very little has happened. The rain falls. Life continues to be stressful, though I'm forcing more breaks nowadays. I bought a new coffee table and rearranged my living area to provide a clear divide between "office" and "living". Quite a challenge in roughly 400sqft of space (that's the whole apartment), but I now have a more organised apartment.
Some friends from work invited me to brunch today. They always set an amazing good table, but this topped all of them:
It was the the sauce that made it so good, covering the eggs and perfect for the potato. When I feel like cooking my own breakfasts I will have to get my hands on the recipe.
