Here I am... I have about an hour before boarding my flight back to Toronto from Moncton. It has been a great week, and I do miss Toronto. Moncton is a great beautiful place for everyone except <40. It is extremly relaxed, with everyone having the time to greet you and meet you. No stress, no pressure, just good slow paced life. Nothing like Toronto/HK.
Word of advice for all the young engineers/young workers out there, get a travel job. You will live the life of "Up in the Air", sampling different beds at different days of the week depending on where you are, and lots of expensing. Thats right, expensing. The wonderful world of expensing. Of the 52 weeks of work available to be had at the office, I spend about 17 of them travelling all over Canada. From Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Abbotsford, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, London, Hamilton, Kitchener, Ottawa, St.Johns, Moncton, Halifax... yup, I've done them all. Travelled, met some great people, tasted the local wines/entertainment, and experienced some of the coolest events going on around the country. You name it, Kayaking, ziplining, rave concerts, strip clubs, etc. Theres always something to be discovered in each city, no matter where you go. Its always the people, the people that you go with that makes the experience so exhilerating, so exciting, so different than Toronto life. Everyone will always ask, "whats the difference, we can do all that in Toronto". Mostly its true, but when do we ever have the time to stop what we are doing from our everyday 9-5 and actually enjoy the lifestyle that Canada has to offer? When do you actually have time to enjoy the money you earned? After 3-4 years of work, I realize that the only time you do have the chance is if you just simply disconnect from the 9-5. Get a travel Job. Go. Enjoy the life outside of home, enjoy sleeping in different beds 5 days a week, enjoy meeting new people, new experiences. Enjoy Canada.
Theres so many people that travel that don't do anything different. The ones that go back to their hotels after work, the ones that just do nothing. What a waste of time and company money. Get out there and enjoy life. Theres no better time and place than that of the wonderful world of expensing. You can drive a car all paid for, a hotel all paid for, and eating whatever you want, and do whatever you feel at a foreign place... BEST of all , you get PAID. What more is there to life than that? How can a single person NOT enjoy travelling?
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