The Bank of Canada admitted last week that the recession is over for Canada. So why are companies and firms refusing to bounce back? As some of you know, I started a company last week. Banks are still being hardasses with credit, and the girl said “well, with the way the economy is…”. So I said “well, the Bank of Canada says the recession is over…”, but she had no response. Yeah, sure, it’ll take a while for the word to spread I guess that “hey employer…you can give me more hours now that recess is over and you’re making billions again”, but let’s pick up the pace people. We’re keeping ourselves poor by not taking chances and trusting that things will get better.
Economies may still be recessed in other countries, but the Economist is saying that the value of trade has finished falling. In fact, recent figures have shown improvement. Yet so many companies and countries have cut international trade that recovery is “far from over”. For the trade industry to recover, it starts with consumers. Retailers won’t order if demand isn’t there. So go out, shop! Pretend, for one paycheque, that the world wasn’t just in a recession. The time to thrive is now.
So this seafood restaurant in Germany hired a clearly genius ad agency who came up with the best transit ad I might have ever seen. They took the side of a bus hut, filled it with water, and put in some fish.
Good, eh?
Your local steakhouse can’t do this kind of advertising. My only thought is…who’s monitoring the fish in case one dies? That could turn a good ad bad.
Tomorrow, something amazing happens. I leave teenagehood and enter the wonderful world of adulthood. The only thing that makes me sad about this event is the fact that my age used to be a “wow” factor. Whenever I did something considered to be overly “mature” for my age (this one’s for you Farrah!), I could say “I’m ONLY 19″. But now I’ll be 20. 20 isn’t as impressive because I should be totally responsible and all that jazz already. I know one day isn’t going to change anything about me, but the number isn’t as impressive.
But with that now out of my system, bring it on 20! Show me what you got!
So there’s a case goin’ on in Saudi Arabia right now. A company that recently folded, owned by one of the wealthiest and most respected families there, is claiming it was frauded…by a son-in-law of one of the founders…for $10 billion.
Okay now, it’s analogy time. That is like running an elephant park and having your only elephant go missing. Oh, and not notice that it’s gone. In other words, how the hell is something like that possible?! That is a sizeable amount of money to go missing. Apparently it’s been going on for years. I guess no one noticed until the company went bankrupt.
So I thought I should explain in advance why I won’t be posting anything for a few days (probably till next Tuesday). I’m going to be in the GTA all weekend with the family for my big, and only brother’s wedding. So excited! Just hope the rain stays away.
So I caught this going around on Twitter…tweeted by Gen, who retweeted it from about 5 other people. This video is actually amazing…some Japanese music vid. Check it oooout!
So tonight a few of us went out to dinner to celebrate my roommate’s and another of my close friends’ birthdays. The following is exactly how the dinner finished with our waitress, as I paid my bill.
Waitress: Are you in Crim?
Jen: Criminology? Haha, no.
Waitress: Oh, I thought I overheard you guys talking about it.
Jen: You probably heard us making fun of social sciences. Most of us are in management.
Waitress: Oh, what year are you going into?
Jen: Third. Are you at Ottawa U?
Waitress: Yep
Jen: Oh, what program?
Waitress: Social sciences.
After bursting into uncontrollable laughing out of sheer embarrassment, I and my friends left. Thank you, to our wonderfully enthusiastic and attentive waitress, some girl named Bryn.
This is not the first time I have done this to myself with a waitress/bartender. You really can’t take me out in public.
