Friday, 29 September 2017

Goodbyes, vegan meals & traffic

This week we said goodbye to Khaled who worked in the Seneca International team for more than 10 years. He will focus for a while on study, his new marriage and next career steps. Khaled has been the face of the Seneca international student recruitment team in the Middle East and Africa. In the photo he is the good looking fellow in the middle of the pack. In his twenties he was the Bruce Springsteen of Egypt; just ask him to show you photos from that period if you ever bump into him!
Mary and I are trying to go vegan (sort of). No more meat, chicken and eggs. Mary does better than I do but this was my lunch today: salad, noodles, tofu and a delicious peanut based sauce.
I attended a meeting this afternoon in downtown Toronto and left around 5 PM on my way to Niagara. This is a photo on Spadina towards the Gardiner highway. At one of the lights it was so slow that I saw the light change six times from green to red to green to red, etc.
And half an hour later almost at the Gardiner. All in all it took me more than three hours to make it to our house in Fonthill. But so be it. No rush and then slow traffic cannot upset you. Listen to "As It Happens" on CBC radio and life is a treat even in the traffic jam....

Tuesday, 5 September 2017

Start of a new academic year

Today at Seneca thousands of new students start their 15 week "Fall term". This is an impression of the Registrar Office which is a "one-stop-shop" for students for registration, admission, payments and financial aid. Busy, busy, busy.....

Many new students asking their way around for all the student services offered. And we also had a busy reception desk in the International Offices. On we go....

The "yes-no-yes" reply

Had lunch with Sean, one of the former colleagues at Niagara College with whom I worked from 1995 to 2014. His favorite response to a question is "yes-no-yes": yes we can do that, no we cannot really do that, but yes we will do our best. Golden way of keeping folks happy. One of his team members actually made him his saying as a gift.....; way to go Sean!