Of course, Frede took me to the wedding and the prayer group. A great guy... we joke around at work a lot. This picture is when we met the other IAESTE students, Brad and Stefan.
The friendly people I work with July 11th 2006 Just some pictures of people in my office and maybe the odd story... I will continually update this adding pictures etc...
Tectran does transportation consulting and design. For example, the government might ask them to do an engineering study on the viability of a new roads project or Tectran might be asked to design a parkade for a new shopping centre. ... read more
South America » Brazil » Minas Gerais » Belo Horizonte Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more
Days before leaving to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on an IAESTE internship program a good friend of mine, Hugh, wrote in to Rex Murphy's Cross Country Check-up. He commented on the disagreement between the Prime Minister and the Ottawa Press Gallery using the word "circumlocutorily" (sound it out) to express the way Stephen Harper answered the press's questions. The word stumped Mr. Murphy, quoting "I'll have to get back to you on that one." It reminded me of all the beating around the bush, to put it in layman's terms, leading up to my internship and I thought it a fitting choice for the tit... full info