June 21, 2006
Immigration woes
Going back to the immigration situation, which was meant to change for the better this week. My job sponsor heard back from the Canadian Human Resources Department saying that he hadn't advertised in enough places for a Canadian to fill the position. So now he's forced to place ads in the city press, local press and on the web, which is fair enough, but surely if he's gone to the time and effort to try and employ and immigrant, any applications are going to be looked on less favourably, it just seems a little pointless.
It amazes me why they make it so hard for a skilled worker to get into the country for a legitimate reason and job when every day the press is reporting on the status of a) illegal immigrants b) diminishing population c) lack of skilled workers within the current employment pool?
Edit: Joy - $300 paid to place an Ad that is effectively useless.
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June 13, 2006
Glacier Skiing
Ok I meant to make this update at the weekend when I had loads of exciting news but I have forgotten what it all was now so I guess it can't have been that exciting.
Saturday was spent on the mountain, skiing on the glacier. The snow was suprisingly good and it was beautiful to be up on the hill in such glorious weather, it's difficult to complain when you can go skiing in June. It was the last weekend I was able to go up using my winter pass so I guess bye bye mountain, until next time. Anyway, I also bumped into a bear on the lift, ok he was underneath, but I managed to snag a couple of photos of him chilling out which was kind of neat.
Unfortunately work beckoned on Sunday but a client needed some immediate help and 8 hours work paid my rent for a month which one cannot scoff at.
I'm travelling to Toronto on Friday, woo! Actually it's come round pretty quick - work has been insane recently and I think the stress contributed to a bout of wicked insomnia last week leaving me absolutely obliterated for a couple of days.
I also meant to say that Portugal are going to win the World Cup, it's been an awesome tournament so far even though it's in its infancy. Except England were absolutely shocking, since when did we play the long ball game and more importantly why did I only see 2 crosses from out wide during the entire game, pitiful.
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June 4, 2006
Biking photos
Not much to say, the weather remains poor. I obliterated my legs on a 4 hour bike ride yesterday covering "A River Runs Through It" a very technical black run with seesaws, bridges, drops etc. A nice short downhill run called "Rainbow Falls" which follows the waterfall down and "Beaver Pass" kind of a mix of the two, which starts pretty high up and meant a 700m vertical climb (oww).
Anyway I added a few photos to Flickr - I guess I should change the image at the top at some point...
Whistler closed today, apparently it's appalling conditions up there, having not been up for a fortnight I couldn't possibly comment but I guess thats it for the season!
I get 2 weeks free glacier skiing on Blackcomb starting Monday so I'll make use of those then pack the skis and board up for the season.