Heavy Vancouver rains flood water supply

Over the last month in Vancouver there was so much rain (warm tropical rain from Hawaii) that our water supply system has been flooded. Officially from Thursday/Friday it was suggested not to drink from tap. At work, all the tea and coffee machines have been shut off. Useless water filter stations now have signs warning of the hazard. On Friday morning at one of the Costco stores in Vancouver a fight has been started .... a fight over a bottled water!

So, now, the official safe drink is beer for most of people and cola for the ones that cannot take the smell of the first one (?what the heck?). Beer with toast in the morning. Beer during lunch with sushi and, finally, beer at night with the main meal. I believe it's more healthier now than the tap water.

Now, since we do not have a clean water supply in the company and since before that all of the drinks including tea and coffee were free as well, I think beer should be supplied for free for the time being and supported as a solution for water hazard problem. I will raise that question on Monday. It should boost the productivity of engineers.

Finishing University...

After exams, after projects, after five aggressively interesting years of studying and internship have passed since I've stepped onto the ground of McMaster University campus, I am finally done! The Engineering Ring that has been praised by Canadian Engineers since 1922 has finally found its owner. To tell you honestly, I am happy.

Going back in history, five years ago, somewhere in March during one of McMaster's tour days, I have visited the campus for the first time. I remember it as a shiny day full of new faces, guys and girls, serious and happy, looking at everything with large eyes. The whole new world in front of them had promised the new atmosphere to breath in, the new friendships to start, the new challenges to overcome. The “large eyes” might be an exaggeration, but that's my way of telling that there is a huge difference between a frosh and a graduate student (or not?).

(I will continue in the next post as it is 1 am and I am really trying to get on Europe time before the trip, even though this is not happeing for now : )