Welcome to Tuesday 4 started by Toni Taddeo and kept going in honor and memory of her.
This week we go back 5 years to ask again about work....This week is about work.1. Describe the best job you ever had why was it good? (if it was awful, tell us about that instead).
I've had many good jobs. One of my earlier best jobs was working for a national non-profit organization in our nation's capital city. I was reviewing education legislation with a view to recommending changes. This was just one aspect of a nation wide study and not so terribly interesting. But other parts of the study were short staffed and the rest of us had to help out. It meant I got to travel to far flung locations in the country to meet and interview people. I was able to get to places I would not ordinarily get to and a few I had already been through. I enjoyed it a lot because we were basically setting our own schedules in the field, away from office politics and it was summer with great weather. I had the opportunity to travel to even more locations but I declined due to timing, fatigue and other work needs.
2. How did you learn to do your job?
No one taught me anything. Basically all of us were simply expected to know how to do our jobs and for the most part, we did through a combination of education, work experiences and an awareness of the end goals of the project.
3. You are now in charge of your town's public relations committee. Tell us why we need to move to your town.
You will love it here (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) because we have everything you could possibly want in a place to live. We have immigrants from all around the world. They bring their cultures and foods with them so you can experience the kind of food you like at a variety of festivals and restaurants.
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| English Bay in the West End |
Our temperatures are relatively moderate and the winters though sometimes cold with snow are milder and shorter than the rest of the country. The natural beauty here is to die for with majestic mountains and fantastically beautiful ocean front. If you prefer the fresh water, there are a number of destinations that are not too far away where you can take a weekend getaway and spend some time in a cabin by the lake or river.
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| English Bay looking west to the mountains & Pacific Ocean |
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| English Bay |
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| Looking to the North Shore Mountains from Downtown |
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| Spring at False Creek |
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| False Creek looking north to downtown Vancouver |
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| False Creek with a view northeast |
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| Aquabus at Granville Island Public Market |
If it's culture you enjoy we have all manner of concerts in every type of musical genre, a variety of regular sporting events, festivals, museums, attractions for adults and families and last but not least, the weather is suited to a great variety of sporting activities.
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| Rolling Stones Concert |
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| Leora Cash, local Jazz Musician |
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| Star Wars Movie with Live Orchestra |
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| Early Music Vancouver |
Aboriginal Day at Trout Lake
4. It's lunch time! Build your perfect sandwich for us.. what's in it and on it and what's in our cups? My perfect sandwich is a toasted, lettuce, bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. For a drink we can have home made lemonade, not too sweet. If you prefer we can have cold tea with some ice cubes and freshly squeezed lemonade and then you add your own honey. The sandwich may not be the healthiest lunch but it's tasty and eating it now and then won't hurt too much.
