# b2comments

comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-04 23:12:18
comment_content:
  It is even better.We have to cut grasses.Supposed to be raining over the weekend.Enjoy your movie.Anytime on Sunday will be good with us.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-06 16:31:45
comment_content:
  I can see that you got into I-M area :-) I think it is a good idea to go with Business Directory.  What about some business magazine for Ottawa?  They might have some ads.


comment_author: mom-2
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comment_date: 2004-06-06 16:36:29
comment_content:
  Heard that you are going to Bern to meet pope.  Excellent idea! I\'m at work for maybe 4 hours.Have 3 reports going to general Manager, my monthly reports, KPI\'s for Scorecards,and on top of it Training readings,  Ufff.  Trying to catch up. If you are not too tired after your trip we can talk about 5PM. I love you and miss you so much.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-09 22:21:51
comment_content:
  I\'m very busy, too.  I mean it.  Never like that before.  It seems like so many people want my charts.  2 request (big ones )from Gen Mgr. Dad had his surgery yesterday. He is pretty OK.Not so much pain. Tomorrow they are going to toronto to remove stiches or sth like that.  He got 6 weeks sickness leave. Quite happy about it.Burt &amp; I less :-) It means that he \'ll be more after us every day ;-(


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-10 18:12:48
comment_content:
  Netmeeting might be fine tonite.Might...because dad and Burt went to Toronto.  They might be back around 6PM or later.  I am available from 5:45 and would love to talk to you :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-14 18:24:52
comment_content:
  Supermodel?  Czeszki so przecietnie ladne i zgrabne.  Like Ivana Trump.  Does Lubica have this funny accent?  Saying wer for were? Have you tried to communicate with her in Polish?  Czeski jest calkiem podobny do polskiego...


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-15 20:28:53
comment_content:
  I don\'t think it is good that Deltavista has lost Jelmoli as an investor.  But you don\'t have a choice, don\'t you?  Did you have a chance to talk to anybody about Burt?  Maybe it would be better to talk to Thomas?  Have fun tonite.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-22 20:07:11
comment_content:
  I guess our family is in a sport mood.  Burt and I went for a walk yesterday evening.  it was pretty long one. About 1.5 hrs. Funny part is that for last 20 mins it was pouring.  But guess what. Burt took his umbrella with him! Just like on this picture from Swiss mountains when you and he hiked together in the rain :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-22 20:08:40
comment_content:
  I admire you for your spirit.  But...wasn\'t that too long jog after break?  How are you feeling today?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-06-25 23:54:26
comment_content:
  great!  Have fun! Nothing interesting here.I\'m still pissed off about that change of hours ;-( Did all my grass yesterday but it was hard! Life is a peach!


comment_author: burt
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comment_author_IP: 24.150.138.177
comment_date: 2004-07-03 20:52:14
comment_content:
  yes it is weird. but i believe you shouldn\'t provide them withanother guy\'s name.  just try toconvince them that you are good.  Try towrite another message to them and ask them for some kind of test. love you.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-08 17:43:14
comment_content:
  wow!  That\'s really cheap.  How are you going to get from Munich? By train? Netmeeting is OK.  As you remember I am coming home about 4:40 now :-) Talk to you later.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-09 22:44:01
comment_content:
  Yes, it is Friday in Canada, too :-)Hopefully you\'ll have a nice weekend and we\'ll be able to talk a bit tomorrow or on Sunday.  Love you.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-12 19:09:30
comment_content:
  And here it was so beautiful, especially on Saturday.  So Dad and I went for a walk.It was pretty long one, along the river. 2 hrs! Yesterday for change it was hot and humid. Maybe it was a reason of Burt\'s behaviour.  He burst out and made a whole mess in the dining room. He broke a plate and was really upset. Dad and I have been worried about him.O God, I want him to get a job. Same like you. I would love to have you back in Canada. Life is cruel! Talk to you tomorrow. I love you Mikus :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-15 17:09:57
comment_content:
  No netmeeting today, Thursday because I have a pool party.  It is raining and it is cold but we still have it :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-20 22:28:48
comment_content:
  Ty  tak ciezko pracujesz, ze az mi Cie zal.Pamietaj abys dobrze odpoczywal.Na te Jobs to weszlam przez przypadek. Zobacz ile ich jest.Jak wyslalam Bartkowi to mnie opieprzyl :-) Moze nie chce pracowac :-0


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-22 22:38:02
comment_content:
  Can\'t believe that house.  It is sooo beautiful.  Relax and enjoy summer.  Sunday is OK for netmeeting. I love you, mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-23 18:27:43
comment_content:
  I looked at web and both sites look absolutely beautiful. Stanserhorn is probably easier but they\'re talking about lots of Alpine flowers and mamots (co to jest?). Windgallenhuette more like high mountains.It\'s so wonderful that you can go to any of them.Will be interesting to see which one you choose. Have a great time.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-07-27 23:06:54
comment_content:
  No jak Ciebie nazwac grubym to ja chyba bylabym potworem ;-( Cos (lub chyba ktos) Ciebie ciagnie do Spain :-) U nas dzisiaj typowo jesienna pogoda. Duzo pracy w pracy i codziennie szkolenie.  ps. mam nadzieje, ze sie nie rwiesz ze znalezieniem pracy dla Ady. Buzka :-)


comment_author: burt
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comment_author_IP: 24.150.138.177
comment_date: 2004-07-30 22:49:19
comment_content:
  Mike,<br />
  you give this  bitch a  job  or help her find a job, i will make sure you  will  be erased from my \"i know  you\" list.   She  is  only after high school and is a  snot,  she better  not  be getting anything from  you.   Oh yeah  we\'ll talk  more  when you come  down.   I\'m just warning you, and i  usually  stick  to   my words :p


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-03 17:52:34
comment_content:
  I\'m glad that you showed us her email because it is true that we are interested whatis going on there.And a fact is that really babcia is not writing about that type of stuff.So thanks again for those type of msgs. You know from anybody, Ada, Karolina,Rafal,etc.A reason I\'m a bit touchy about Ada working over there is that her \"By the way asking\"  remainds me of her mother\'s \"Asking for something like it is nothing\". Then she profitied and never really felt obligated to even say \"thank you\". People...:-) Funny part is that Burt and I talked about Ada\'s request and he was even more steaming about the way she asked you to do her a favour. I\'m very glad that you\'ve come to a conclusion not having any intentions to find her a job. One Smart Guy :-) Working in Switzerland is a privilage not sth like a vacation work for 18 yr old, isn\'t it?


comment_author: mom
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comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2004-08-03 17:56:31
comment_content:
  Netmeeting even earlier is fine. Dad works mornings, Burt is still home, and I\'ll be back @4:40 PM. Talk to you, then. Happy that you had such a good time in Barcelona. You are not planning to move there, aren\'t you? :-( Just kidding :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-03 18:07:41
comment_content:
  You probably haven\'t slept for 3 nights. You\'ll sleep in Canada! You are right...9 days left. So far, we haven\'t got your return ticket. So you won\'t go back to Zurich, hurah! But we have to wait and check post office this week for a new mail.  We had here a long weekend, Civic holiday. So the mail might be delayed. By the way a weather was so beautiful last weekend, even a little bit too warm. But before that we\'d had heavy rains for 2 days so a change was more than welcomed.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-06 19:24:11
comment_content:
  I wonder if you had the right address to Gino as he is not with Enbridge anymore.  He is with Centrica Direct Energy because Home Services had been sold to them and he went with them.Gino Moretti <br />
  Director IS Client Services <br />
  Direct Energy <br />
  Tel.  416-758-8090 <br />
  Pgr. 416-758-8226 <br />
  E-mail: gino.moretti@na.centrica.com


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-06 19:30:53
comment_content:
  Very interesting!Thanks for your info about flight. So far your ticket hasn\'t arrived yet. Dad was on the post office yesterday.Do you want to try some jobs in Niagara? Last week I found at least 5 not bad positions in St Catharines Standard. Do you want me to look at St Cath and Toronto papers? It is amazing how many jobs were there. Even Burt was surprised :-) Can\'t wait to see you. Only 5 more days :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-10 23:06:30
comment_content:
  We won\'t :-) Could you pls bring some Swiss chocolate.  Not too much.10 bars at the most. And maybe some taste not Dark Chocolate.See you soon!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-11 19:16:31
comment_content:
  Have a safe and nice flight. See you tomorrow!  Yes, you deserve relaxation time and you will get it! I call at 5AM your time to make sure that you are up.:-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-25 14:45:23
comment_content:
  It\'s quite different here.  Sunny with breaks but temp very comfortable. I was in Toronto yesterday all day on training.  It was OK. Toronto WMC manager showed us her dept. It is huge compared to Niagara WMC. It was interesting to see that many young and colour people work there.  Also it seems like more and more work is being centralizing in Toronto, which is not good.  I mean it doesn\'t look like they are going to close WMC in Niagara but more interesting work goes to Toronto.  I would prefer to work there if I have a choice :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-27 20:07:34
comment_content:
  Good for you!  I really mean it.  You should do whatever suits you the best.  You like going to Spain? Then just do it!  I wouldn\'t mind to go there myself, to a such beautiful country, not mention a nice company.  Enjoy your trip!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-27 20:13:26
comment_content:
  You are right.  This is pretty crazy, doing a company picnic with the employees money.  So...are we having Netmeeting today or on Monday?  Just asking not pressing.  I want you to have enough time to relax so you will not be tired in Spain :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-08-30 15:22:51
comment_content:
  I\'m happy for you that you enjoyed your trip to Spain. How\'s your friend? You like her a lot, don\'t you :-) That\'s why your trip to Spain was sooo perfect ;-) But it is OK. I\'m glad that you have a good time. Nothing much here. Yesterday it was really funny. Burt and I went for a walk and we had a company. A nice dog wanted to walk with us badly. We stopped, he stopped, we walked, he walked, we turned around, he turne around.  It was really funny. He was also very friendly, almost like looking for a new master. He really liked Burt so we kind of considered taking him home :-) But instead of doing it we took him back along the street and it turned out that his real master was looking for him. That was a big event. I forgot to tell you that last Sunday a priest from St Catharines Cathedral died. I was really shaken as I think he was around my age and I liked his masses. I don\'t know if you remember him but he conducted a mass on Sunday when we went to church together and you almost fainted. By the way, I\'ve been thinking about that incident in the church and came to a conclusion that you need a thorough check up by a doctor. I feel very uncomfortable that you haven\'t seen a doctor and a dentist for over 3 years. Hopefully this can be fixed when you get a job in Canada:-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-02 17:01:28
comment_content:
  Actually that place (Wiartom) doesn\'t look that bad because it is right on the lake and across from US.  Agree that it is small but if somebody likes nature that would be his domain. You should try those places in Calgary and Kitchener.Maybe you\'ll get interviews.Don\'t forget to underline that you\'d worked for them before :-) Burt is having a preliminary interview today for this IT job with my company.  It is a 4-5 months contract in Toronto.  Hopefully he gets it. Keep fingers crossed :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-02 17:08:41
comment_content:
  You meant raw beef, didn\'t you?  I love it, too.  I like to add a lot of onion, pickles, paprika, pepper, and lots of maggi. But I think you wouldn\'t eat it too much because then you\'ll suffer from heartburn. Don\'t work that hard.  Leave some work for Niall :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-02 17:11:17
comment_content:
  I\'m not sure about not getting a month ticket.  It is pretty embarrasing being caught without it.  And there\'s always a possibility that one month you might be caught more than once :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-03 23:06:06
comment_content:
  Ale duzo tych muzeow w Zurichu. Zaloze sie ze w Toronto nawet tyle nie ma. No to do ktorych sie wybierasz? Pogadamy w niedziele


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-10 15:21:08
comment_content:
  Wow!!! Sounds really good. Special the one from IVRNET and first Quote are very promissing.  Oh Mikus, I want you to get any of those positions so badly! Let\'s keep fingers crossed :-) And keep trying! Love you


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-17 20:44:19
comment_content:
  Trzymam kciuki i modle sie:-0 Burt got the other position, too for $20 per hour despite a fact they they said 15-18 first. But he declined.  Oh Mikus that would be wonderful to have you both here.  Kocham cie!!!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-21 17:19:20
comment_content:
  Trzymamy kciuki.Good luck!!! Last Sunday Burt and I went to see where they are located.  Right Downtown close to Sky Dome.  In an old building but very elegant.  It looks like they are doing well because keeping an office in that area must cost a fortune.  Love you.mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-23 22:10:41
comment_content:
  I\'m going to polish store because we are having lunch tomorrow and everybody is bringing sth.  I thought about sledziach.  Nie bede przeciez gotowac jak tak goraco.  Powinnam byc w domu okolo 6-tej.


comment_author: mom
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comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-09-27 14:35:58
comment_content:
  Good Morning Mikus,<br />
  Would like to have netmeeting today or any day during this week?  Dad works afternoons but I am home after 4:30.<br />
  It would be nice to have a little chat, still across the ocean :-)  Not for long thou, not for long :-) :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-29 18:41:46
comment_content:
  great letter!  I\'m proud of you.  So much tacts and deteremination.  They don\'t have a choice but accept it with respect.  I bet you any money that they feel sorry that you are leaving :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.4
comment_date: 2004-09-29 18:44:10
comment_content:
  I feel sorry for you that you have to say good bye.  But it is your choice and you sounded yesterday that you are looking forward to being back in canada.  Have a great time, have more tapas and more pictures.<br />
  Love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-09-29 18:49:48
comment_content:
  It was so foggy same as we were there.  I guess it is always foggy there.brrr. Woods looks great, thou.  I remember all those tall evergreens.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-01 00:01:05
comment_content:
  ale cie trzymaja.  Do ostatniej chwili :-) So Toronto at 12:45 on Saturday. Well, we\'ll be there to pick you up!!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-01 00:02:35
comment_content:
  Open house?  You\'ll really very energetic about this renting business.  Hope that everything will be ok, too.  Wish all the luck :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-02 23:37:44
comment_content:
  You have to emphasize that its so close the city centre (downtown) and to the bahnhof and city train.  Migros is 5 minutes away and tram stop is just around the corner.  SELL/PROMOTE/MARKET it.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-04 23:27:51
comment_content:
  Good luck!  I don\'t even know what kind of position you got in Toronto.  Is it better or worse?  But go for that interview! Who knows, maybe they are better and maybe they will pay you more$$$ :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-04 23:30:58
comment_content:
  About Spain.  It is nice to have a wonderful memories.  Hopefully you want miss Alex too bad. I\'m really glad that you had a wonderful weekend.  Whenever you have time please have netmeeting with us.  I know that you are very busy, that upcoming interview and renting your apt...But would be nice to chat to you, at least for a few mins.<br />
  Love you :-)


comment_author: d
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comment_date: 2004-10-08 19:31:34
comment_content:
  from mom: I\'m very glad that you\'ve almost rented your apt. That would be a big relief for you. About Replica: I saw their web very impressive.but so far away again and everything owned by Hindu.Who knows which position is better. But wait for the second interview, It s/b quick. Then you\'ll see. My ankle is doing better but still lots of pain,didn\'t go to work (second day already!!). Fortunate weather is nice here so I can sit outside. I\'m not going to see a doctor b/s I think it\'s not broken. Are you going away this weekend? you should. Just to use more of this nice fall\'s sun and more of SWitzerland. Talk you on Sunday.Love you :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-15 23:54:27
comment_content:
  love you, too.  I\'m very busy at work, too. I\'m soo happy that i will see you soon :-)  Let us know about netmeeting.  Sat or Sunday?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-19 21:47:39
comment_content:
  You are on the way home and it is almost 8 PM.  You are working way too hard!  Hopefully you will be better here in Toronto :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-21 17:31:06
comment_content:
  Sure.  5PM is OK.  8 days left!!! :-)  I sent  a few pictures and info about a few houses but don\'t worry to much about analizing them because I haven\'t called them yet.  It\'s mostly just to give you an idea :-)


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 216.209.140.83
comment_date: 2004-10-25 22:13:16
comment_content:
  zapomnialem ci powiedziec ze cibc przyslali ci czeki nowe na twoje nazwisko bedziesz mial czym placic


comment_author: mom
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comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-10-26 19:59:46
comment_content:
  don\'y you worry.  We will come with a lorry :-)  By the way we were planning to come by 2 cars.  Yeah baby!  Only 3 days left :-)


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 216.209.140.190
comment_date: 2004-10-27 03:06:57
comment_content:
  na lotnisku w zurichu zaplac wozek i zebys sie nie meczyl wszystko zapakuj na wozek i jezdzij z tym podobnie w toronto..............masz lunies na wozek..............?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-10-27 23:00:38
comment_content:
  2!  :-)  Hopefully everything goes well.  All packed? Could you let us know details about your flight.  I might have them at home but just in case I didn\'t print it.  You know that your msg are disapearing from your blog after a week or so...Have a good night sleep.  Dream about Canada :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-11-04 17:22:15
comment_content:
  Glad to hear from you!  I sent you yesterday a note but it came back with \"failure notice\".  I think you\'ve made a good decision about your apt.  It is really the best from all of the ones I had seen.  I agree it is quite expensive but look at it this way:  It\'s only about $100 more than the other possibilities.  Are they going to repaint that place after that girl moves out?  Another advantage of that apt is easier transportation.  It will probably take you about 15-20 mins to get to work.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2004-11-10 01:31:53
comment_content:
  Misiu,<br />
  I think today is Tuesday :-) Nov 9/04.  Am I right?  I will talk to you about Insurance.


comment_author: mom
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comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-11-11 01:37:44
comment_content:
  Great!  Have more apples and oranges :-) Now serious business.<br />
  Insurance for at least 6 months will be really high because you didn\'t have any Insurance records.  You have to find Insurance comp who is willing to insure you special with G2.  When you get G and half a year of history than you are much better.<br />
  examples: Toronto btw $400-$500 a month.  $400 for Pntiac Sunfire, $500 for Mercedes.  There\'s no big difference between them because they both are sport cars (2 doors, etc).<br />
  Welland $324-&amp;494, but Insurance Comp won\'t let you to get Insurance from a different city than your address on Driving License.  Unless you don\'t change your address on Driving License.  But how can you do that without applying for G.  So forget it.  It has to be Toronto and try to make appt for G.  She said that waiting time is not long.  After 6 months and with G your insurance drops to about $1926 for Pontiac Sunfire ($160 per month).  you can call Cheryl anytime for more info btw 8:30 and 4:30 at 1-877-281-1111.  Or tell me what else you want to know. :-)


comment_author: d
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comment_author_IP: 24.150.135.94
comment_date: 2004-11-15 22:59:23
comment_content:
  zrob appt na te prawo jazdy  na22 lub 26 to wtedy sobie wezmiesz wolne i nie bedziesz musial jechac do toronto tych 2 duzych paczek dalej nie ma


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 216.209.140.163
comment_date: 2004-11-17 02:58:44
comment_content:
  ustal z bartkiem o ktorej mam byc  u was w piatek najwczesniej moge byc  w toronto o5 .......430 ..........bartek wczesniej konczy to chyba pojade po niego wpierw????????????????ustal to i napisz


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.226.233.150
comment_date: 2004-11-18 03:12:37
comment_content:
  do ktorej sa otwarci z tym pawer supp..............czy cos ci przywiesc ....jakies paczki ......dzis przyszly dwie mniejsza i srednia..........ja moge zlozyc siedzenia i przywiezcz co chcesz.........


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-11-23 20:38:25
comment_content:
  Thanks for all contact info.  Iam working like crazy because this new system is nuts.  Anyway don\'t want even talk too much b/s i am so tired!  Love you.<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-11-25 21:19:35
comment_content:
  From Dad:  He said that you should come this weekend to St Catharines because he wants to do Thanksgivings Day :-)  You will stay in Toronto later when it will be snowing and blowing :-(  Just think about it OK?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-11-30 14:07:16
comment_content:
  Hi,<br />
  I\'m having 1/2 sdo today and  had yesterday.  I did a lot of garden cleaning so everything is ready for Christmas decoration in front.  Today I\'m planning to do my backyard.  Lots of work but it is nice outside so I don\'t mind.  Hey, are you coming here this weekend?  Burt said that he is coming.  What about you?  If you can I can go on Internet this evening.  <br />
  Love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-12-02 18:43:36
comment_content:
  It is a very interesting msg.  I can see that you like it but you are missing your friends.  Maybe you should try to get Burt involved in more activities.  You don\'t make friends at work only, don\'t you?  The main thing is to start to go out.<br />
  Anyway we talk tomorrow.<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-12-07 10:06:32
comment_content:
  Toronto looks nice in winter, too.  I\'m happy for you that you have those extra days off as all of us.  My company has those days off, too.  So it good to know that your company is following everybody\'s shoes.  I\'ve booked some vacation so I\'m really off btw Dec 22- Jan 2.  You do what you like with your vacation but it would be probably better for you to leave your vacation for later, like going to Switzerland or Spain :-)  Remember I told you not to worry about having 2 weeks vacation only.  There are always extra days off, like long weekends or because of holidays :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-12-08 14:15:53
comment_content:
  It\'s nice of you that you still think about Christmas in St Catharines.  We\'ll here and you\'ll be HOme For Christmas :-)  Do whatever you feel and like to do with your vacation.  This is your time off and you work hard so you deserve whatever you choose.  If it\'s Spain so let it be Spain.  You can also try last minute vacation, like Florida for $299 :-)  I have fax home so I can let you know.  They were awsome  and unbelievable cheap!!!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-12-08 14:18:44
comment_content:
  It sounds really good.  That goat cheese with pear in sauce, I would love to try that.  Home made fresh bread...Maybe next time we can go there, too.  You\'ll try first :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2004-12-14 18:18:40
comment_content:
  Yesterday was nice but today it is a different world.  Zamiec, sniezyca, zima cala para.  Ubieraj si cieplo, zakladaj szalik na ta Twoja dluga szyjke :-)  Czyzbys byl zainteresowany praca w Calgary?  Interesting!  Ide do domu bo sie juz napracowalam.  Wczoraj naprawilismy suszarke  u lokatorow.  I mean dad was fixing and I was a personal assistant :-)  To tyle u nas.  Ciekawe czy Russian guy was fired or maybe he quitted.  Maybe you will learn sth more tomorrow on party.  Have a good time there and lots of food!  Try that goat cheese with pear :-) Just kidding! <br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-12-15 09:46:44
comment_content:
  I\'ve read it.  Maybe I should apply for one of those business positions :-)  It looks like they have so many openings.  How big are they?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-12-15 09:54:38
comment_content:
  Very interesting stats.  You are very right.  Only somebody with computer knowledge can appreciate your potential.  You will have a difficult decision to make soon :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-12-15 10:07:38
comment_content:
  Small problems?  It took me almost 15 mins to read it, not mentioning to understand it :-)  Sooo...which one have you chosen?  You have to rush, haven\'t you?  3 days is not much special when you work and have a party.  Anyway, good luck!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-12-16 09:49:54
comment_content:
  He might have German or Jewish background even back  from WWII.  You know how many Germans were prisoned there and they never came back to homeland.  How are you progressing with your project?<br />
  I\'m not surprised about food.  Canadian kitchen is pretty poor.  Usually chicken, pasta, lasagna and stuff like that.  It tells you how much Canadian it is :-)<br />
  Our parties aren\'t that excited, either.<br />
  Therefore I\'m not attending them.  Only if I have to.  We had Christmas potluck yesterday and it wasn\'t anything spectacular.  Have a good day :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2004-12-21 20:06:20
comment_content:
  Bez zartow, jest -20!!! Mam nadzieje ze sie ubrales cieplo.  Czapka, rekawiczki...Na szczescie sie ocieplilo :-)  Zobaczymy sie wkrotce to pogadamy :-)  Ja od jutra mam wolne.  Hura!!!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-01-03 17:18:38
comment_content:
  Me too!  I like beach :-)  Special when it\'s cold and grey and I\'m still coughing.  At least I can tell that they missed me :-) But still there\'s tons of things I don\'t like it.  I.e. How Beth can be a trainer to her  daughter.  She will be here as a COOP student till April!  Beth is very clever about her laziness and now both of them will be protected by Chuck.  Brrr! I\'m going home.  I\'ll write tomorrow more.  I have a headache.  But I\'m happy thgat you are OK :-)  I love you.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-01-13 14:31:01
comment_content:
  HI MIKE,<br />
  you might like to bring your laundry and do it here.  several reasons, such as you don\'t really have time during week, saving money, saving time, and better washer. see you tomorrow :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-01-18 18:07:07
comment_content:
  You are right.  It\'s unbelievable cold.  Just remember to wear warm clothes, sweather, hat, scark,gloves.  To ni zarty!!! :-)  And better stay inside :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-01-20 16:53:02
comment_content:
  Where\'s blue mountain?  About Jacob.  It doesn\'t look like it is sth steady.  And that counts at the end :-)  So I think you still doing much better than him :-)  What about some netmeeting on Saturday or Friday?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-01-26 17:02:10
comment_content:
  Super!  Zwlaszcza ze chodzisz do gym.  Burt was told that they are going to renew his contract :-)  I think it is great! special as i just learnt that Sheila\'s daughter was told to look for another job as of April.  Imagine she has been here as a summer student for 4 yrs!  Now she was On Call.  And she is a Big Manager\'s daughter (Big because she plays a big role in this new system).<br />
  well...I didn\'t get a position.  Sb got it with more accounting experience...whatever.  Maybe it\'s better this way.  No decisions to make :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-02-02 12:22:06
comment_content:
  You,ve made me laugh loudly (about dinner with your freind).  I\'m really happy that you are attending the new events, gallery and Ski club.  Hopefully you are going to make some friends :-) I think photography might be intersting, too.  I\'m having a hard time because my trial is coming :-(  I think I take the same lawyer as dad had, as all of the lawyers here want $1500!  Chwila nieuwagi i glupoty kosztuje duzo!  Okropnie mnie to wkurza! Anyway I\'m off this afternoon. I will go to see another lawyer here.  Then I will make a final decision.  Good luck with your Performance Review.<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-02-03 08:24:00
comment_content:
  So dad must have driven like 80-90 yrs old when he talks and drive.  I don\'t use cell when I drive :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-02-04 18:15:35
comment_content:
  ok.  Maybe it\'s better for you to come on Sunday.  Co bedziesz tracil  $$$ :-)  I have appt at 1:15 Pm.  Talk to you tomorrow maybe <br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-02-16 16:40:03
comment_content:
  Hi,<br />
  Finally I went back to Mike\'s Blog and read some interesting stuff.<br />
  Today we had lots of snow in the morning but the roads weren\'t too bad.<br />
  Busy at work but it is good.  I\'m guessing that you guys are coming home this weekend :-)  <br />
  You are rightit would be nice to live in warm climate.  That winter stuff is really annoying. White Christmas is OK and it should be over right after Christmas, shouldn\'t it? <br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-03-01 16:52:52
comment_content:
  I\'m guessing that the numbers at the end they are hours and minutes.  Am I right?  How\'s winter in toronto?  U nas pada juz drugi dzien!  Wszedzie pelno sniegu.  Ale gorka do pracy byla OK. Chociaz rano zabralo mi z 10 mins odsniezanie samochodu.  Bylo sniegu gdzies na wysokosc 20 cm.  Unbelievable!  But at least everything looks really picturesque :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-03-03 16:44:24
comment_content:
  wow!!!  Vacation looks really promising!  How nice of them to take days off.  They are the real friends, aren\'t they?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-03-10 17:05:08
comment_content:
  OK. Dad will be there on Sunday around 8PM. I\'m glad to hear that you are enjoying your vacation.  It is quite cold here in Canada.  At least not too much snow.  Have a great birthday tomorrow!  Ale juz jestes stary ;-) ;-)<br />
  Hopefully we\'ll be able to celebrate when you come back.<br />
  love you ,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-03-11 08:34:02
comment_content:
  from Dad<br />
  Wyglada na to, ze Bartek pracuje w ten weekend.  Czy to bedzie duzy problem dla Ciebie dostac sie z lotniska do domu samemu?  wziasc taxi? Pls respond asap.<br />
  thanks


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-03-17 08:38:51
comment_content:
  I like Switzerland photos better.  It is so beautiful there!  And you looked so happy :-)  I\'ve printed a picture of you with a snowboard and you with your friends.  Of course I showed some of the pictures at work, i.e one with a hotel, drogowskazy (I don\'t know how it is called in English), mountains, snow on the roof,  They are my favourite. I\'m not that big fan of cars.  I\'m happy with my<br />
  car.  I like a car if its price is not too bad.  Expensive cars are for people like you :-) I only had a few picks...


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-03-22 17:16:06
comment_content:
  Sooo, now you have to read all of them :-)  How are you feeling?  Is your cold gone or not yet? Nothing much here. No phones re; renting. Chyba sami bedziemy tam mieszkac. 2  domy, czemu nie... jedna noc w jednym, a druga noc w nastepnym :-) Ciesze sie ze masz wolne! Bedzie czas na walking tez, right?  Ja dzis poszlam nareszcie na walk.  I\'ve enjoyed it thou a weather was on a cold side. Have a good night sleep so you\'ll be able to recover fully.  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-03-30 17:00:16
comment_content:
  wow!!! trzymamy kciuki.  or cross fingers :-) dali mi 4% podwyzke.  Frank told me that the highest in dept.  Carolynn told me that she got 2%. so maybe it is true:-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-03-31 17:10:41
comment_content:
  wow!  very impressive and your company sounds so sofisticated.  Jak to dobrze,ze zmieniles sobie prace, nie?  <br />
  love you,<br />
  mom<br />
  PS.it was funny about the weather in your prv msg


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-04 16:22:15
comment_content:
  Would you think that Venesuela is so attractive?  There are so many beautiful places on the Earth.  Those pictures are breathtaking<br />
  :-)  I,ve copied some of them


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-04-08 16:01:36
comment_content:
  ogladalismy pogrzeb papieza.  To znaczy tato od poczatku a ja od 5-tej.  taka masa ludzi tam byla, unbelievable.  Ale przeciez On tez byl nadzwyczjnym czlowiekiem!  Wszyscy o tym mowia.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-08 16:04:15
comment_content:
  ale bylyby jaja jakby naprawde zastrajkowali.  wyobraz sobie jak ci na przyklad od Bartka mieli by sie dostac do pracy.  Ale z drugiej strony to zwykle kazdy trzyma samochod w domu.  Moze faktycznie powinnienes sie rozejrzyc za samochodem.  Wiosna sie zbliza moglbys miec z niego pozytek :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-12 16:47:11
comment_content:
  Hi Mike,<br />
  it is so nice to get a message like this from you.  interesting to hear about your everyday activities.  It almost makes me feel guilty that i wrote that message to you \"z zalami\"  :-)  but on the other hand at least you wrote to us that nice msg.  hopefully you are coming here this weekend ???<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-13 17:00:40
comment_content:
  very smart! Mike,  I talked to the Welland broker about car insurance.  She told me that you better think faster about changing your driving license because it will expire soon and you will not have any more valid driving license!<br />
  She said it is definitely worthy to add you to our policy because when you decide to get a car any insurance company is looking for your insurance record.  It doesn\'t matter for how long you are on somebody\'s policy.  It matters that you are...


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-20 16:58:55
comment_content:
  i like that second option and you, too!  sometimes you think why my life is so boring.  But on the other hand you can\'t do sth really different each day simply because it won\'t become  different.  And sometimes if it\'s too much excitement i will tired.  So there\'s a need for a balance...I guess a nice vacation in the tropics would do :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-22 16:50:22
comment_content:
  image 1 s/b deleted.  i\'m sooo fat.  I mean I look fat :-) have a great weekend Mikus and be in touch


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-26 16:44:20
comment_content:
  a weather is not as bad as the forecast was.  Little bit on the chilly side but not bad.  Have some nice meat and veggie meal.  Meat is not as expensive here as it was in Switzerland, remember? :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-04-27 08:35:49
comment_content:
  you are a workoholic :-)  to sa pierwsze oznaki, gdy nie masz czasu isc do toalety :-)  Druga czesc twojej msg bardzo mi sie podoba.  Niech zyje gym!<br />
  Seriously I am very glad that you set up your goals this way.  Only one thing is missing (G) but it\'s a matter of time.  No rush ;-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-05-03 17:37:08
comment_content:
  I thought that I served you that dressing last Sunday :-)  I like it , too :-( But seriously, just want to let you know that I ordered materials, so construction will be done.  One very nice guy helped me and I saved $200 on materials.  basically b/s i changed the type of doors and trims (i don\'t think we need fancy doors and trims there, do we?).  have a good night sleep.  Don\'t dream about Switzerland and nasty soups :-)  Nie ma to jak Canadian beef !


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-05-13 16:39:08
comment_content:
  FANTASTIC!!  Don\'t forget to do netmeeting with us or phone call.  It would be great to talk about it!  love you


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-05-13 16:43:55
comment_content:
  cool pictures.  ta wieza szczegolnie...ja to lubie modern architecture...no ide do domu.  Zabrali nam wreszcie tego grata z podjazdu z castlewood :-)  Have a nice weekend!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-05-16 17:28:25
comment_content:
  hej, you should invite me.  i wouldn\'t be embarassed to use it.  It would be my pleasure  :-) :-)  Anyway I\'m glad that you have a passion to clean your bathroom sometimes :-) I\'m going home now.  can\'t wait to check on new hse :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-05-20 08:58:22
comment_content:
  sth like Nikofor will be more appriopriate :-)  Anyway, yes you are painting this weekend.  As you\'ve offered :-) Probably on Sunday as Dennis is still finishing on Sat.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-06-08 12:21:49
comment_content:
  wow! $3000?  are you sure that you haven\'t added extra zero at the end :-) I also checked photos from hotel.  unbelievable that chinese can have sth like that.  soooo exclusive!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-06-08 12:24:51
comment_content:
  i wrote comments yesterday but didn\'t click on OK.  I said that your resume looked really awsome!!!!  I would hire you on spot.  I love you and Cayman islandes  :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-06-10 15:31:11
comment_content:
  It would be nice to have a car for a trip like this, wouldn\'t it? special when it is sooo hot.  How are you dealing with hot weather?


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-06-27 16:05:36
comment_content:
  Yes, it\'s true.  You are very fortunate to be healthy and wealthy, so you can go to all those places.  hopefully we will bring some nice photos.  Have fun!  I love you<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2005-07-04 17:27:01
comment_content:
  wow! Beautiful pictures.  And She is very attractive.  And sooo slim!  I envy her :-) You look like a GRUBAS beside her :-)  And who was a guy?  I can tell that you had a wonderful time.  i guess I can\'t call you Mikus anymore after seeing you kissing a girl :-)  Just joking.  But thanks for showing us the pictures.


comment_author: d
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 24.150.141.131
comment_date: 2005-07-19 20:19:37
comment_content:
  moze dzis............my jestesmy na deku ja zostawilem glosnik wlaczony jak chcesz to zaczynaj w kazdej chwili...teraz jest 820pm.....


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2005-07-27 12:40:59
comment_content:
  too bad.  You should have breakfast every morning.  Fruits are the best!  Have some , give yourself at least about 45 mins before eat sth else  :-)  Good luck this evening!  I \'m confident that you will do well.  You are soooo good at interviews!!!<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 24.150.141.131
comment_date: 2005-08-13 21:02:30
comment_content:
  DLACZEGO AZ 600 ZOBACZ TO<br />
  http://quickfares.bestfares.com/quickfare/qfsearchpost.jsp?DepartureCode=BUF&amp;ArrivalCode=SFO&amp;o=DBUF&amp;d=ASFO


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-08-29 16:53:58
comment_content:
  have a good time.  don\'t worry about technology, but on the other hand we know how important for you is to use your cell properly.  special with the latest events.  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-09-08 09:54:37
comment_content:
  ogladnelam wszystkie zdjecia,  Kanada jest absolutnie wspaniala!  Matt napisal bardzo interesujaco a podrozy.  ma talent pisarski.  Zachecil mnie do jazdy do Vancouver :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-09-13 10:42:32
comment_content:
  naprawde \"very impressive\".  He must like you a lot.  And he is a real friend.  But I think every sentence is true.  Because you are A GREAT AND VERY TALENTED PROGRAMMER  :-) Wish you luch in SM.  love you, mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-09-29 15:47:43
comment_content:
  what?  there\'s no direct flight to SF?  Why are you doing this?  Spending 9 hrs instead of 5 for a trip?  It\'s bad :-(


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-10-07 06:43:14
comment_content:
  we are glad that you have a good motel.  Hopefully your body will adjust fine to time difference.  Make sure to have enough sleep.  Try to look for newer apt.  Old ones might be smelly...Have fun and luck in looking for a nice apt.  Love you and thanks for the messages


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 24.150.141.131
comment_date: 2005-10-10 13:02:40
comment_content:
  BILET do sf wylot 27oct od 10am<br />
  powrot31oct poznym wieczorem lub wczesnie rano 01 nov do buffalo.....ja musze byc w pracy na 3 pm (01 nov)............DWA BILETY 2 WAY......


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-10-14 13:41:39
comment_content:
  wow!  thanks for your news.  I was worry about your bed.  I thought last evening: \"Hopefully he has a bed or sleeping on a floor.  Brrr that vision was horribly\"  Dzieki Bogu ze uklada Ci sie dobrze.  Uwazaj Zabciu jak tam pedalujesz.  Czy kupiles sobie Helmet?  Wypocznij sobie przez weekend.  Powoli kupisz sobie i meble.  Lozko najwazniejsze.  Chocby for dreaming  :-)


comment_author: Burt
comment_author_email: amipower
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 69.192.32.90
comment_date: 2005-10-14 18:54:35
comment_content:
  * internet - took me 2 weeks and i bitched and called rogers everyday.<br />
  * bike - lucky bastard you are.  maybe you should get a harley davidson . i seriously would esp in california.<br />
  * work - there is a lot of spying going around people trying to outdo one another.  steal each others ideas.  Learn more and Reveal less is what my motto is !<br />
  * work complexity - anything is complex in the beginning.  then it gets boring.<br />
  * my album - when will you set it up<br />
  * lamers dont protect their wireless internet lol... now thats how you hack shit using someone else Ip... (there you go mom &amp; dad}.  and its not likely you get caught unless you do it all the time.  (key is to use different Wireless every time so no one can listen and track the area down to specific location right mike...


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-10-17 09:37:32
comment_content:
  very nice...I like sofa in cream colour.  It looks sooo elegant !!! $700 not bad at all :-)  Widze ze night stand bardzo ci sie podobal w Toronto jako ze kupiles podobny :-)  Very nice!!! I thought that your coffee table is black.  I like it, too.  You have a very good taste :-)  to juz gdzies wydales $2500.  Jak to dobrze duzo zarabiac :-)  Masz ochote to wydajesz pieniadze i nie musisz sie martwic czy cie stac..prawda?


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-10-17 09:48:58
comment_content:
  GREAT!  We take  this flight.  Looks good!  I have 3.5 days vacation.  I\'ll be leaving on Wednesday about 11 AM.  It should be OK.  the only thing is that I don\'t have any vacation left.  Hopefully I won\'t be sick till the end of the year  :-(  I still have my floaters for Nov &amp; Dec :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-10-19 05:41:52
comment_content:
  Beautiful!  And it\'s so nice that somebody thought about sending those pictures to you. <br />
  Well, i read San Francisco guide yesterday.  So far it scared me about possibility of earthquake.  Do you know that a huge \"crack\" is between SF and Daly City (or sth like that), a little bit above San Mateo and towards Ocean.  On a positive side in that big earthquake in 1989 only 68 people died.  And case...it says in the guide that in case of earthquake you should look for a quick shelter under a table or in a door frame :-)  Dad and I have booked vacation already.  so it is a GO definitely :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-03 14:16:44
comment_content:
  this is funny.  You there not even a month and already feeling like home... interview, eh?  It is nice that they trust you.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-03 14:19:14
comment_content:
  thanks for letting us know.  I printed both of them.  I\'m assuming that both of them were better to toronto than to Bufallo.  Ciesze sie ze masz sofe.  a co ze stolikiem?


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-11-07 06:27:48
comment_content:
  congrats!  my God, 20km in less than 2 hours!  You are in a really good shape :-)<br />
  Yesterday Dad &amp; i were busy, too.  actually we had power outage for about 2 hrs...so we decided to move dining room furniture from upstairs.  We moved around like two lunatics as it was completely dark outside :-)  But it\'s done!


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-08 05:46:07
comment_content:
  Nice car!!!  Are you buying it?  Some of the places I\'ve recognized.  Can you believe it?  i.e. picture 2 and 3.  unless i am mistaken :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-08 05:48:55
comment_content:
  zmiesciles sie w 1/3 czolowki.  To jest wspaniale osiagniecie, bo przeciez nie trenujesz maratonow.  Mysle, ze jestes we wspanialej formie!  Gratulacje!!!  Ale ta strona jest ciekawie zrobiona, nieprawdaz?


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-11-10 13:32:42
comment_content:
  great!  Many people would do anything to get US Security # :-)  You are settling down over there quite easily,aren\'t you?  Here it is getting colder and colder :-(


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-11-11 13:40:12
comment_content:
  you must be a mind reader.  I was going to ask you for a photo of your furniture :-)  I\'m gla dthat you\'ll have a night out tonite and relax over the weekend.  Talk to you on Sunday. Love you :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-15 13:59:50
comment_content:
  i will talk to dad tonite but i think i will be the one to pick you up.  Then we can pick Burt up if he wants to come on Thursday.  If not he can come later on by bus :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-11-16 05:28:05
comment_content:
  it looks like you are going to work for free :-) :-)  Don\'t worry, Dad and I can support you as long as you are still there, in California, and we can come for a visit :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-21 13:09:35
comment_content:
  vey jelous!  It\'s cold and grey here.  It\'s barely 4 PM ans it\'s getting dark already.  But weekend was nice and sunny, thou on the cold side.  A few more days and we can see you!  :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-11-24 07:47:56
comment_content:
  ok. i\'ll be at the airport before 3PM.  It\'s snowing here in Niagara like crazy.  I\'ll take you a coat :-)  see you soon :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-29 07:11:48
comment_content:
  wow.  he is a really smart guy.  Dla pocieszenia - zabralo mu dobrych kilkanascie lat aby miec sukces.  Wiec ciagle macie czas z bartkiem :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-11-29 07:18:08
comment_content:
  I don\'t know even if I like...Looks nice but all the nice cars are pretty much the same to me :-)  I like Mazda 3, too.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-12-02 14:35:14
comment_content:
  Sunday 1PM sounds OK.  We\'ll be home all day as I\'m doing groceries today.  So we can do netmeeting anytime.  let\'s say 1PM.  If anything changes pls let us know.  Enjoy rides :-)  Don\'t get speed ticket :-)  Pomyslalam, ze powinienes sobie kupic lepszy samochod niz Sunfire.  You know everybody around you with those fancy cars and you... the cheapest one :-(  Of course it\'s up to you :-)  Have a nice weekend...Love you,mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-12-12 08:51:16
comment_content:
  Congrats on passing the test.  Try to go for the drivers test soon and get rid of it.  Buy a car :-)  :-)  And enjoy it!  IT\'S COLD HERE &amp; OUR FURNACE GAVE UP!!!  Tato pracuje na popoludnie wiec musze sie tym zajac.  Zadzwonilam do Ian, tego co kiedys ze mna pracowal i jest na pseudo emeryturze...bo ciagle pracuje dla contractors.  Dobrze miec starych znajomych :-)  Ma przyjechac okolo 3-ciej.  Mam nadzieje, ze nie zamarzniemy :-(


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2005-12-19 05:14:54
comment_content:
  of course i recognized her.  The tall one in the middle.  They have a nice office.  Your office is nice, too. people look very relaxed :-) wonder which desk is yours?


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-12-19 05:19:18
comment_content:
  czyli teraz nic sie nie zmienia, bo spisz :-) bedzie ciekawe zobaczyc ile bedziesz mial oszczednosci po roku :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2005-12-23 05:39:55
comment_content:
  snow is everywhere.  It looks like we are going to have a White Christmas!  and right now it\'s not that cold.  But I wouldn\'t count on more snow as a forecast says about some rain and snow as temp is around 2 degrees above zero :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-03 11:05:49
comment_content:
  hey, you don\'t think about expenses when you go to Christmas party :-)  The most important part is that you\'ve enjoyed it :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-03 11:10:55
comment_content:
  hi,<br />
  I understand that at least you don\'t have flood in San Mateo.  Hopefully you\'ll be able to have some skiing fun maybe in Whistler if you\'re be able to go there. <br />
  love you


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-03 14:05:31
comment_content:
  same here.  But it\'s good to be back to work :-)  :-) how\'s your visitor?  Disturbing you or you like her visiting you ? :-)


comment_author: dad
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 24.150.141.131
comment_date: 2006-01-05 21:50:55
comment_content:
  suuuuuuuuuuuuuuupppppppppeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-01-13 13:39:23
comment_content:
  sure.  we can do that..good luck on you Mazda purchase.  I would buy sth else..but it\'s me not you.:-) To me Mazda 3 looks like a small car.  Not too safe.  But I\'m probably wrong :-( I\'m glad that you\'ve decided to get a car finally! :-) love you,mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-01-16 09:22:11
comment_content:
  congrats!  Mazda of that colour looks very attractive.  Absolutely different then that red.  I\'m happy for you that you did it!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-16 09:24:15
comment_content:
  beautiful pictures from skiing.  You look very happy there.  And a girl is very pretty.  I guess both of you had a wonderful time there.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-16 11:37:58
comment_content:
  sorry that I wasn\'t on line.  Actually Dad and I spent almost whole afernoon fixing leaking gasket and the front door on Castlewood.  Actually Dad did and I was supervising :-)  Potem myslalam wieczorem okolo 9-tej czy do ciebie nie zadzwonic ale potem zdecydowalam, ze pewnie probujesz Mazde :-)  Let us know when you are available to talk :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-17 05:13:31
comment_content:
  Did you see Elvis Suite at the hotel?  It says that they have one there as he was a frequent guest there.  Can you believe that?  Were you lucky to get room with Lake view?  Be careful when driving your Mazda :-)  I\'m confident with your skills but...Anyway, GOOD LUCK &amp; ENJOY IT!!<br />
  love you <br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-23 07:42:20
comment_content:
  ;-)  :-)  :-)  Great!  Finally.  And it is healthy.  I bet, it is also faster (no need to go somewhere) and probably cheapier.<br />
  love you.  I was grinning at the picture.  you\'ve made my day.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-24 05:33:49
comment_content:
  thanks for a very interesting message.  You were probably pretty tired after all those presentations.  But on the other hand it is nice to learn more and more about a company.  It is great that they are doing so well.  Chances for promotions and raises :-)  And it is good that IT guy got recgnition, too.  Maybe one year you\'ll be the one, too.  Because you are always so nice to people.  I think people like guys like you :-) And i\'m proud that you are my son.  <br />
  I love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-01-26 07:36:34
comment_content:
  glad to here that. Don\'t you dare to move to Australia :-)  Way too far away.  I\'m going to toronto today and I\'ll be missing you even more because you are not there. anyway, i better go  .  mtg at 1PM


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-01-30 09:39:24
comment_content:
  thank you for your message.  Dad &amp; I have been really waiting to hear from you!  So glad that you are enjoying yourself.  All that fun and fresh air!  Hopefully we will have a chance to talk a bit soon.  Burt was here for a long weekend as he had Friday off.  It was nice, very relaxing.  Weather here is more like California.  No snow, sunny, but on a chilly side.  Have you heard of a disaster in poland?  Roof had collapsed on the Exhibition Centre and 66 people died.  Horrible!  Anyway, let us know when you can have a netmeeting.<br />
  Love you <br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-02-03 06:32:40
comment_content:
  yeah, Tato mi mowil jak bardzo zajety jestes.  Jak zwykle niby dobrze placa ale oni zawsze chca miec pewnosc, ze dostana Twoje efekty za ich pieniadze :-) Wazne jest,ze lubisz to co robisz.<br />
  Jak bedziesz mial czas to mozna zrobic Netmeeting w sobote.  Bartek mowil ze tez sie podlaczy. Powiedz kiedy ci pasuje.<br />
  Powodzenia w pracy!<br />
  mama


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-02-13 14:29:46
comment_content:
  thanks four your message.  Szkoda ze cie nie mialam szansy dostac na telefonie.  Ale to nic.  Grunt ze wiem ze jestes OK.  Tak pamietalam, ze masz gosci.  Jak bedziesz mogl to porozmawiamy w srode.  Daj znac.<br />
  Kocham Cie.  Happy Valentines Day.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-03-01 14:39:09
comment_content:
  No wonder you have sleeping problem :-)  Time difference and all that excitement  after vacation don\'t help either.  Routine will come back and good night sleep.  Make sure you have enough sleep and vitamins.  Love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-03-08 14:21:19
comment_content:
  looks beautiful!!  Fajnie wyglada nawet z tylu.  I kolor jest perfekt.  Wyglada bardzo nowoczesnie.  Teraz to juz bym go rozpoznala na ulicy po tych wszystkich zdjeciach  Jablko ni pada daleko od jabloni :-)  Tak jak Tato lubisz fotografowac samochod :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2006-03-20 06:09:35
comment_content:
  ciekawe, ze ci pozwolili dac po box address zamiast street address.  inna rzecz od kanadyjskiego prawa jazdy to to, ze jest podpis no i to male zdjecie.  Very interesting.  Fajna tablica rejestracyjna.  Thanks for the pictures :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2006-04-03 10:22:36
comment_content:
  GREAT!!! I\'m so glad that you are so much into sports.  Dad told me that you went with a whole bunch of people from work, including Ichnovski.  And you drove your Mazda, didn\'t you?  I was in a shower so i didn\'t even have a chance to talk to you :-(  But we can talk this week, whenever you can.  I guess it can\'t be today or Thursday (soccer) :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2006-04-04 05:37:47
comment_content:
  that\'s so funny, about your yellow jacket.  So, it\'s Jeff now, not Ichnowski :-)  Sounds like you had a lot of fun.  Enjoy your computer but don\'t forget to do netmeeting with us :-)  I\'ve signed 4 leases from Sept to Sept (very proud of myself as I had to bargain with one of the guys.  They are all from all over the world: Hongkong, Egypt, India, and China (Burt is going to love them all :-)<br />
  And I have another one, very promising ofer,  from Lebanon :-)  Next year should be better than this year as all of them are 12 months lease!


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2006-04-13 09:37:44
comment_content:
  GREAT PICTURES!  YOU LOOK LIKE A MOVIE STAR!  6 digits salary for software engineers,yours is only 5 :-)<br />
  Talk to you tomorrow.  have a great flight and arrive safely here. lo


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-05-15 06:23:41
comment_content:
  great picture!  Taki Sportowiec, ze glowa boli :-)  Na jakim kilometrze zdjecie bylo robione?  Mi sie wydaje, ze wygladasz zmeczony.  Biedactwo!  Ja to bym sie tak nie meczyla.  Stanelabym i juz :-)  Mysle, ze to olbrzymia satysfakcja dla Ciebie po takim biegu.  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-05-17 06:39:08
comment_content:
  your company must be doing really good.  They can afford 2 day meeting for all employees :-)  Enbridge has financial problems this year :-(  So we had Mtg in the office (without any coffee or donuts) instead of anual mtg lol


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-05-24 14:17:35
comment_content:
  wow! she is good looking girl.  szkoda ze ci sie nie podoba za bardzo. Ale serce nie sluga, nie wybiera :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-06-06 12:19:01
comment_content:
  Hi,<br />
  what\'s up?  How was your weekend?  Did you relax? Or got upset with us?  Thanks for standing up for me.  I really appreciate it.  It seems that Dad likes to yell and curse at me a lot recently.  You know me.  I usually don\'t react that strongly but sometimes it really, really upsets me that he treats me without any respect.  Everybody has some flaws, he too.  And nobody should be judged and critisized every day!  Thanks again.  Hopefully you and Burt will be much tolerant to your wives.  Life is too short.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-06-07 05:47:07
comment_content:
  Thank you so much for your message as I was worried about you.  You are absolutely right!  You can\'t and you shouldn\'t hold anything inside of you.  It is better to let it out.  <br />
  It\'s sooo good to hear that you like your work and your social life is blooming.  I am so happy for you.  That\'s my MIKUS!  Sounds so busy and quite happy about it.  I am busy at work, too.  And it makes me happy, too.  Burt is opposite.  Yesterday he was so pissed off and he said because he is too busy :-) I guess it is his personality.  I started to walk in the morning again hurah!  Enjoy your date, dinner and party!  Saturday or Sunday will be good for netmeeting.  Just let us know.  We are not going anywhere lol<br />
  love you, too (very much)<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-06-16 06:30:13
comment_content:
  Hi,<br />
  widze,ze sie interesujesz pilka nozna. Ciekawe kogo kibicowali ci wszyscy polacy z Dortmundu.  Pewnie sie klocili o to, lol.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-06-16 06:34:46
comment_content:
  Ty to jestes taki ambitny jak ja :-)  Jak masz project, to chcesz aby wypadl jak najlepiej i jak najszybciej byl gotow.  Ale pamietaj,abys tez nie zapominal o swojej skromnej osobie.  Specjalnie gdy masz dlugi dzien w pracy, to miej pewnosc, ze sie odprezysz.   Albo spacer na lunchu lub po pracy, albo posiedziec na balkonie.  You know what I mean?  Fresh air and peace of mind, total relaxation.  What happened to your yoga?  Are you still trying it?


comment_author: MOM
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-06-19 05:54:29
comment_content:
  You like reading, don\'t you :-)  Same here :-) I love reading.  Do you mean that I can read those books on internet,as well?  The only inconvience is that you spend more time on the computer after all day work with the computer.  So book is better but then..internet is free :-)


comment_author: MOM
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-06-19 05:57:37
comment_content:
  good idea because you don;\'t have to buy a book if you are really interested in part of it. <br />
  I felt so tired yesterday with the heat, that I wasn\'t much up to talking :-(  After our conversation I didn\'t even have a chance to go on hammock as we had to plant 4 (!) new bushes.  I swear, that\'s it.  I\'m not buying anything else for planting!


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-06-21 13:31:16
comment_content:
  I thought that you are hacking some page and can read free :-)  I understood the hard copies pretty well.  I\'m glad that you will bring some of them back to canada, then O can puit my hands on them :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-06-27 13:45:55
comment_content:
  Ty moj biedaku!!! Tak ciezko pracujesz :-)  Ja tez :-) I Bartek tez :-) I tato tez :-) Cala rodzina pracusiow lol.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-07-17 14:08:19
comment_content:
  Hi, did you have a chance to talk to somebody about Pacifica?  I think you are right...if the apartments are old you shouldn\'t consider them as good ones.  Don\'t forget that you spend a lot of time during the day out.  What about those other apts in San Mateo?  Did you like any of them?  What about the rent $$$?  My first day at work just flew.  Everybody asked me about California :-)  And they said that I look very ralaxed and good ;-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-07-19 05:49:35
comment_content:
  thanks for info about apts. you are right. If the fogs are not that common in Pacifica then you should try to find apartment there. After all it would be nice to view ocean and probably you would feel more inspired to walk or jog on the beach.  It would be really nice. But the bottom line is to find a nice apartment. Dad feels better but far away from good. So he will stay home for the rest of the week.  I decided to get that trainer position. My future boss told me that she will have permament full time position in January.  Hopefully I will get it :-) podlosc ludzka nie zna granic...dala mi tylko 2% podwyzki :-( Ale to tylko na 4 miesiace, jako ze mam zaczac w styczniu.  Frank and Lynn told me that it is a great opportunity to get more experience...we\'ll see :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
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comment_date: 2006-07-20 10:02:14
comment_content:
  SF?  Traffic is really bad in that direction, isn\'t it?  But then you can ride a tramway each day lol...Seriously, i think you better stick to San Mateo ir surroundings :-)  What about a netmeeting this weekend?  Saturday or Sunday, name the time.  It can be around 12,1,2,3, as it is very hot here during the day.  So we don\'t really sit outside around noon.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-07-27 05:35:58
comment_content:
  Good luck on Friday.  I wish you to get a score!  Are you guys getting some kind of uniforms to distinguish yourself from the other team?  Hopefully somebody will get some pictures :-)  U nas wszystko idzie dobrze.  Tato czuje sie OK.  Dzis nawet mnie podrzucil do pracy, bo bedzie robil hamulce.  Pomimo goracej pogody.  U nas jest po 30 &amp; > C.  Ale slyszalam, ze u ciebie tez sa upaly.  O ktorej jest wasz mecz?  Chyba nie na lunchu?  To chyba za goraco.  Bartek byl u nas od piatku do wtorku.  Mial appt z lekarzem w poniedzialek i zwolnienie na wtorek.  Ma jakies bole po lewej stronie brzuszka, ale lekarz mowil, ze tam wlasciwie nic nie ma.  Ja mu powiedzialam, zeby zaobserwowal, kiedy dokladnie ma te bole i znowu trzeba pojsc do lekarza.  Right?  Anyway, back to work.  I\'m pretty busy, too :-)


comment_author: name
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comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-08-01 05:33:14
comment_content:
  i like Iceland on 4th position lol.  What are they happy about?  Cold weather doeas sth to their brains, I guess :-)  And Poland on 99.  It\'s not bad :-)  And we (Canada) are much better than you (USA) :-)  It will be very hot today ...record 37 C. :-(  <br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-08-02 05:49:20
comment_content:
  it feels so good to know that you like the gift from us.  I am very busy at work, too.  But not complaining :-) We had a fish yesterday (from BBQ).  It wasn\'t bad, but probably not as good as yours :-)  But we also had corn and potatoes on the BBQ and they were very good.  Dad helped yourself to almost all of them lol.  Thank God for BBQ. It is imposible to cook inside because it is soooo hot here !!!!! Imagine that we are actually using air condition third day in a row.  And during the nights :-)  It is a long weekend this week and 3 of us, unless you decide to join us :-), we\'ll relax.  Dad got extra days off from a doctor, so he is off all this week.  Burt has another doctor\'s appt next Tuesday, so it will be a longer weekend for him.  I am thinking about taking half a day off on Tuesday as I will be driving him back to Toronto.  That\'s about all news from here :-)  <br />
  Take care of yourself.  Remember, fruits, good meals, and outdoors :-)  I love you and I miss you.  Hopefully youl\'l visit us soon.  <br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-08-04 05:31:06
comment_content:
  Vegas??? wow!!!! Can I go with you?  :-)  Put me in your travel bag :-) :-) Anyway, I am very happy for you. I always wanted to go there. Maybe some day...Today was a beautiful morning. Not Hot!!! it was raining a lot yesterday and the air is fresh.  I went for a walk and I enjoyed immensely.  long weekend is almosr here :-)  Talk to you then :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-08-11 09:31:30
comment_content:
  oh my God.  The hotels are really beautiful.  Special the big one, Belagio.  Make sure you use that pool :-)  Have fun and take some pictures.  .  Did you hear about extra precausions on the airports?  Make sure to be at SFA on time.  Enjoy your weekend!<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-08-14 06:52:10
comment_content:
  thank you for your message.  I sent you updated email :-)<br />
   gotta go, lots of work &amp; mtg, delegating from my boss (mtg with her boss wow! ):-) :-) Life is good! :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-08-18 05:35:34
comment_content:
  Thank you for a very interesting msg.  Congrats for winning $$$ and for stopping gambling :-) It is nice to hear that you had a great time in Las Vegas.  It seems that\'s it\'s hot everywhere in that area in US.  You are very fortunate that you live in SF.  Netmeeting anytime :-)  Whatever suits you better.  We are home.  Iam moving.  I will have a separate cubicle, like a real supervisor.  I\'ve also realized that a person whom I supposed to cover had \"supervisor\"  in her signature.  Cool, eh?  Have to go.  Good luck with finding a nice apartment!  Try to look at many of them as possible.  I know it is a tedious job, but it is worthy.  Just think that you might live there for years :-)  It\'s better to spend more time now instead to go thru that process again, isn\'t it?


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-09-19 07:21:29
comment_content:
  nice name for the street :-) And you don\'t indicate apt# or unit# or do you? Yesterday dad and I went to see our new family doctor.  Very nice Italian guy. We\'ve got tons of referrals to do, as some blood check ups, etc.  That will keep us busy for a while :-)  then we went to buy you the new beds as we used the old ones for the students.  We\'ve bought the really good ones this time :-)  Hopefully you will feel comfortable.  Well...not comfortable as on your king size :-) but at least better then on the old one. 2 more days and summer is over :-( It\'s getting cold and you can smell autumn in the air.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-09-21 14:01:51
comment_content:
  The flights time looks super !!!<br />
  here\'s my new signature<br />
  *************************************************<br />
  Grace Bochenek<br />
  Performance Support Specialist<br />
  Operations Office Training and Support<br />
  Enbridge, WMC Niagara Region<br />
  Office: (905) 704-3693<br />
  Cell: (416) 420-4476<br />
  Pager: (416) 426-1615<br />
  **************************************************


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-11-01 12:49:12
comment_content:
  Happy Halloween to you, too :-)  Did you celebrate?  I don\'t think so Lol.  That will be quite a bit of fun for you to show Magda California, Pacific, SF etc. It is nice that she\'ll be there over the weekend.  Have fun!  Actually I like a message from your president.  And of course I love that he mention your name (and the other guy) and covered the other 12 engineeres without the names :-)  Congrats...


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-11-17 06:04:58
comment_content:
  very interesting news about Truition.  One would think that a founder of the company would never leave his baby.  Apparently it is possible.  It is good that you are in California now.  Your new company is blooming>  Have a great vacation :-)  Let us know if you can that you are safe and well in Japan.  all my love and best wishes are with you :-)<br />
  mom


comment_author: d
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 24.150.139.115
comment_date: 2006-11-26 17:51:08
comment_content:
  kiedy net ...zadzwon dzis w niedziele jak sie obudzisz..........ja pracuje na popoludnie caly tydzien............


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-11-30 13:36:39
comment_content:
  busy, busy, right?  That\'s good, thou...Make sure you get enough sleep.  Even if you need to have a nap in the afternoon :-)  Going to Toronto now..bye<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-12-06 14:50:24
comment_content:
  And I thought that you had a date on Sunday :-)  Roland?  Is he a guy from Switzerland who tries to find a job there?  Or one of your co workers?  It\'s winter here already.  So you can ski when you come over :-)  Right from the escarpment :-)<br />
  Holiday greetings from mom :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-12-08 14:10:16
comment_content:
  Enjoy a party!  Saturday or Sunday sounds good.  We\'ll be home.  I think I will put a christmas tree up.  Thought originally about not doing it b/s of mom but...life is short and who knows how many Christmases we will have together.  better get moving.  It\'s weekend :-)<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2006-12-20 07:57:07
comment_content:
  very clever.  specjalnie, ze w twoim biurze pracuje duzo \"nerds\" lol.  oni lubia czytac ksziazki.  ale powaznie, to naprawde jest dobry pomysl.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-12-20 07:59:10
comment_content:
  a o ktorej poszedles do domu?  skoro byles w pracy tak rano, to pewnie o 16:00 :-) <br />
  ps.  na pewno pracowales dluzej ;-)  tak jak ja :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2006-12-21 14:06:01
comment_content:
  I knew it :-)  Looking forward to seeing you.  I am off tomorrow.  trying to organize myself so I will have more time for you, guys.  see you on Saturday :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-02 13:34:24
comment_content:
  slowly but up :-) A real hit was in Toronto, wasn\'t it?  No i nie liczac faktow, ze rodzice cie naciagaja, np Bartek przypomnial mi ze Ty zaplaciles za moja podroz.  On Ci juz oddal a ja ;-)How convinient from me to forget it lol.  Okropne. sorry!!!


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-03 21:21:49
comment_content:
  and it was healthy!  You should really treat yourself to a good home cooked meal at least once a week :-)  Happy New Year!  I love you very much :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2007-01-11 05:37:49
comment_content:
  600 za cell !  to okropnie duzo.  ale ciebie stac na to ;-)  zwlaszcza ze ty uzywasz cell bardzo duzo.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-11 05:43:15
comment_content:
  moze podsun im Bartka jak sa zainteresowani nowymi ludzmi :-)  i\'m very glad that you started to cook.  Try bbq (meat and veggies)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-15 17:56:36
comment_content:
  hahahaha, a long time?  For each shirt should be no more than 5 mins.  Maybe you will need a refresher training when you get here for Easter :-)  Or maybe I will be in California earlier :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-18 08:28:15
comment_content:
  The office looks very nice.  Modern, all glass (that\'s what I like it).  Hopefully you\'ll get more room over there for yourself.  I.e. some nice separate office as a supervisor for all software engineers :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2007-01-21 13:21:33
comment_content:
  thanks for the updates.  Let us know when you are back home.  Thanks.  Burt is staying till Monday as he has dr appt (our Italian new family doctor).  I will be driving him back on Monday evening. U nas zrobilo sie zimno brrr. Bylo -12 ostatniej nocy.  Sniegu tez troche kest ale nie za duzo.  <br />
  cheers,<br />
  mama


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2007-01-23 08:35:50
comment_content:
  thanks for interesting news.  Wondering if you took some pictures?  Sounds like you had lots of fun :-)  super!


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-25 16:53:53
comment_content:
  It\'s amazing that a company much smaller than ours has much bigger event than ours.   It\'s pretty cold here, -12-15 C.  Dad got a cold,too.  cough and sore throat and...you are right, lots of self pity.  But I guess one always feels like that with a nasty cold ;-(  Burt was called again for a fourth (?) interview.  They want to show him what they are doing there.  He is not too excited about it, but...I am lol.  63K  that\'s a good money for somebody who graduated from unversity 3 yrs ago, isn\'t it :-) I told him today that really each job at a certain point is about  the money.  It doesn\'t really matter what you do, working on charts, tables or error lists.  After a while each of those tasks are boring.  At least money gives you the comfort living.  And recognition.  Anyway, I will start my training class (3 and 4 people in the class because they have to have enough coverage on the phones) on Monday.  2 weeks and i am a LEAD in the training!  :-)  :-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-01-25 16:57:35
comment_content:
  how i got two copies of my message is beyond me lol.  Have a good night.  I love you (hopefully this sentence will be copied twice)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-02-19 14:07:23
comment_content:
  Hopefully your cold is gone :-)  With that beautiful weather in California you are not allowed to be sick ;-)


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2007-02-19 14:09:16
comment_content:
  Hi,<br />
  Have you booked the flight already?  It\'s April 8 and 9th.  Never mind the most important April 6th !


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2007-03-05 14:06:31
comment_content:
  super!  I\'m glad that you are having a good time.  It is important to relax and enjoy life.  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2007-05-04 12:59:47
comment_content:
  W koncu zaczales znowu pisac.  Wspaniale!  Hmmm, 40 razy buty na nogach i do wyrzucenia.  To nie dobrze swiadczy o Addidasie lol.  Jak tam planujesz swoje wakacje?  Kiedy i gdzie?<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-05-04 13:02:33
comment_content:
  dzisiaj wynajelam mieszkanie czarnemu ktory tak mowi, ze go wogole nie rozumiem lol.  na 2 miesiace, ale dobre i to.  wyslalam ci troche emails do czytania, zeby ci sie nie nudzilo Lol.  Zartuje :-)  Mam nadzieje ze porozmawiamy w ten weekend.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-06-11 09:41:44
comment_content:
  it\'s great to see that it is working!  I checked those links and it looks like Kayak is still the best.  Northwest usually shows one way prices so when you add them they still more expensive.  Burt and I will book our flight tonite.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-06-17 12:25:21
comment_content:
  12 weeks waiting for passport, brrr. Really long period.  But it seems you are still within this period as you applied sometime in March.  Wait till July and then start calling.  Otherwise it is a waste of your time.  I am sure you have better things to do :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-06-20 06:54:42
comment_content:
  read them both.  But they really mentioned SuccessFactors only once.  It was more about that other company, Cognos,  and its product.  But still it is very good that they are talking about your company :-)  Finally it\'s getting a little bit cooler.  Last night was about 15 degrees compared to 25 C previous night.  Uff, certainly it makes a huge difference :-)  See you in just one month !


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-06-25 14:10:03
comment_content:
  Thank you!  She is very attractive! And pretty! and so slim!  Just a match for your size :-) Even smaller than you:-) I really liked pic # 3 and # 1 because I can see your faces.  But frankly all pictures are very nice in that sequoias.


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 24.150.128.9
comment_date: 2007-07-02 12:28:34
comment_content:
  we\'ve seen it.  3 times!  pretty interesting.  a moj Misio w kolorowej koszuli, wylowiony z tlumu ;-)  super!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-08-03 10:27:11
comment_content:
  Very good!  pasta is healthy.  Did you find all vegetables and apples in your fridge?  hopefully.  It would be a waste to throw them out :-) Have you tried a blender yet?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-08-07 05:12:40
comment_content:
  i\'m gkad that you\'ve  found it useful.  and it is sooo healthy.  I read it that if you add 1 tablespoon of icecream the shake will be more dense.  is it true?  I haven\'t tried it yet...


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2007-08-07 05:21:36
comment_content:
  and a whole weekend went so fast.  Burt had to go back to Toronto by bus b/s my car is broken.  sth with a fuel pump, etc, no power to accelerate.  Dad tried to fix it but in vain.  So today we are taking it to Canadian Tire.  Do you remember about your passport?  September is around a corner :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-08-09 09:10:24
comment_content:
  hey, Impala turned out pretty oK.  no charge.  Catalic Converter is under warranty till 130,000 km.  My Impala has only 80,000 so it was covered.  dealership did all the exchange and they didn\'t charge even for a diagnosis :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2007-08-09 09:35:13
comment_content:
  If you can come on Tuesday, Aug 28th that would be wonderful.  I am in Toronto on Monday and Tuesday so it will be very convinient to pick you up :-)United  <br />
  Flight 720   Departs: 2:05p<br />
  San Francisco (SFO)    Arrives: 5:35p<br />
  Denver Inter&#173;national (DEN)  <br />
     Coach  | Fare code: VOA14NR7  | Aircraft: Boeing 757-200  | 2h 30m  <br />
    [ Layover in Denver, CO (DEN) for 1h 05m ]  <br />
    United  <br />
  Flight 370   Departs: 6:40p<br />
  Denver Inter&#173;national (DEN)    Arrives: 11:59p<br />
  Pearson Intl (YYZ)  <br />
     Coach  | Fare code: VOA14NR7  | Aircraft: Airbus A319  | 3h 19m  <br />
  <br />
   Return &#8211; Mon 3 Sep 2007  <br />
    United  <br />
  Flight 749   Departs: 7:20a<br />
  Pearson Intl (YYZ)    Arrives: 9:45a<br />
  San Francisco (SFO)  <br />
     Coach  | Fare code: VA21NR4  | Aircraft: Airbus A319  | 5h 25m  <br />
   <br />
    Airfare  Taxes &amp; Fees  Total Cost     <br />
  United Airlines   $377.40 $92.67 $470.07 select


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-08-10 06:10:08
comment_content:
  i think Article #5 is the most interesting and the most important one.  The guy actually is doing some kind of analysis and asks very important questions.  Like, about spending money versus debts, selling SF\'s product to the big companies versus small companies, competition from Oracle, etc.  So, our question still is without answer:  do we want to buy your company\'s stock?  Mr Greenbaum said it is a hot company!  Are you buying any shares?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2007-08-10 06:11:53
comment_content:
  Oh, so you are going to NY first.  i guess to meet Yuko\'s family.  Are you planning to bring Yuko with you to Canada?  It is fine with me, you know that, don\'t you?


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.58
comment_date: 2007-08-14 05:50:42
comment_content:
  very nice pictures!  You are a very beautiful couple.  I didn\'t look too much at the cars first time :-)  I had to go back to look at other details :-)  And of course I showed some of the pictures to the people in the office.  They said that Yuko is a lovely girl...


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-08-21 13:09:46
comment_content:
  Yes!  Wyglada na to ze bede w Toronto tylko w poniedzialek, wtorek i srode.  czyli bede z powrotem w srode po poludniu...Bede spieszyc do Michalka :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-08-24 06:13:06
comment_content:
  read them both.  interesting and it is a good sign for your company.  By curiosity, are you guys using your own software for your own Performance Evaluations?  I\'ve found the article in Globe and Mail very beneficial, specifically with the conclusions at the end for Talent Management Program. About parking...this is s....but I think it\'s not your company doing , it\'s the building management.  Hopefully you\'ll get a parking spot.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-09-04 13:38:21
comment_content:
  Super!  so glad to hear that you have a parking spot.  They must think about you as a special person :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-09-10 06:03:01
comment_content:
  12 hours!  Oh my God!  But talking about having lots done...that\'s a spirit!  <br />
  Finally we were able to meet Emily/Ramax broker.  and guess what?  She said that the house can be sold right now for &amp;199,000!  If we clean and renew the floors and maybe paint that front wall outside (another words do some renovations) we should be able to get even 220,000!  Can you believe it?  We paid $170,000.  So maybe it is a good thing that we are not renitng anymore...I called \"our renovation guy\"  and I am meeting him today.  I am pushing to get everything done before leaving for Poland so the HOUSE (we need to talk with respect about it now lol) can be out on the market asap.  It looks like the bad news about housing from USA hasn\'t reached Canada yet:-)  Emily said that a market here actually picked up after slow summer.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-09-10 06:08:48
comment_content:
  I replied to your mesage last week but I don\'t see my reply here.  Obviously I lost it.  I wanted to let you know that i looked at all offers.  Amazing!  Lots of sales, IT and marketing jobs.  everywhere, even in Japan ;-)  Definitely your company is on run.  They said in the link that it has been announced what?  23 or 27 among the 50 best small companies in usa.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-09-10 06:11:17
comment_content:
  and I love your car, too.  I wrote so much about it in my lost msg :-(  basically i said that i would buy Mazda if I need a new car.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.250
comment_date: 2007-09-11 07:15:05
comment_content:
  Glad to hear that you feel better.  I guess it is a secret what or who upset you on Sunday ;-)  I am working on the house...today i have to go to Pen centre to return a modem and i am meeting a renovation guy on my lunch.  hopefully he\'ll start today...i\'ve checked a weather in Poland.  pretty cold there :-(  Oh well, we need to take the umbrellas :-)


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comment_date: 2007-10-04 05:51:41
comment_content:
  Oh Misiu.  take lots of fluids, Lemon Tea, Lemon Drink (medicine) and Bayer aspirin.  Try also sleep as much as possible, even 12 hours :-)  I was thinking about you this morning that you are not even writing in Blog.  So I am glad that you wrote but sad you are catching a cold.  well, autumn and maybe you played footbal last Saturday and it was cold?  It is pretty warm here but I don\'t have time for anything.  Just work and it seems that I am so tired in the afternoon.  I haven\'t even unpacked! brrr


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-11 13:50:27
comment_content:
  Congrats!  She mentioned you as ABOVE! Obviously your efforts were recognized.  I am very proud of you!  Not only smart but also hard working :-)  Way to go Misiu!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-12 13:45:38
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  probably it depends on his presentation skills :-)  and he was happy maybe because people learnt about SF.  anyway iam going home then to toronto and then weekend is here. Hopefully we we\'ll talk on the weekend :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-17 07:14:33
comment_content:
  I read a whole article.  Very, very interesting.  I think Saas model indicates that you and Burt shuld think about your own software company.  Profits are not that relevant at the beginning.  as they said for each $1 of sales SF spends $1 on marketing


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-17 07:18:17
comment_content:
  very smart :-)  milkshakes are good for you.  Yuko and you should try to make a cream soup when it gets colder :-)    Also, getting ready for a half marathon is very smart.  You don\'t want to collapse on Golden Gate Bridge, do you?  I wish I can see you on that half marathon.  I would probably cry :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-17 07:28:31
comment_content:
  read it.  No wonder Lars was happy.  there were lots of positive comments, special about a design, which was your work, right?  As I said the presentation skills are important, too.  I\'ve spied on the winner, Authoria... It was founded in 1997, so they are longer on the market.  they have 4 offices, also in California :-)  Are they a real cometition to SF?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-17 07:31:16
comment_content:
  I\'ve started to get busy at work, too.  And it is fine with me, too :-)  You reminded me about fondue.  I will try to do it for dad and me :-)  I really liked it :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-10-24 13:29:14
comment_content:
  Hi,  nie wiem czemu sie utarlo wsrod Was, ze Polki musza byc niemile :-(  Czyzbym ja byla taka niemila?  Ja mysle ze zwykle jestem az za mila!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-11-13 11:49:31
comment_content:
  How come we didn\'t see those flowers when we were there? They are beautiful, same as people presenting them :-)  You and Yuko look very relaxed and happy there.  California blues :-)  I love that song and I think it really reflects California very well.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-11-13 11:52:12
comment_content:
  Nice shirt!  Tato mowil, ze pewnie ktos myslal, ze polski zawodnik przyjechal :-)  Czy ktos do Ciebie zagadal po polsku?  Nawet nie wygladasz zmeczony na mecie :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-11-13 12:04:43
comment_content:
  I don\'t understand all those GF, GD, etc.  and they don\'t have a Polish or Canadian flag on top.  maja hiszpanska :-)  Ostatni , no coz..ktos tez musi byc ostatni lol. moze za malo macie kolorowych w druzynie, oni so zwykle dobrzy w soccer.  Moze uda sie wam wyminac tych na 14 pozycji jako ze ich punkty sa zblizone do waszych.  Pewnie te GF to Gole strzelone (oni i wy macie  po 7).  GA to pewnie gole ktore Wam wrabali (tez jestescie blisko) :-) Najwazniejsze jest to ze przynajmniej uprawiasz sport i masz ruch :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-11-13 12:07:42
comment_content:
  o 11 tej w nocy w pracy!  To chyba rekord?  Misiu za ciezko pracujesz.  U nas dzisiaj przepiekna pogoda.  Prawdziwa ZLOTA JESIEN.  Z tylu domu mamy cala game kolorow.  Nawet przepiekny czerwony, to ten nowy klon!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2007-11-28 14:59:46
comment_content:
  finally some messages!  i checked so many times and then i forgot to tell you about it on the phone :-)


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2007-12-03 12:56:17
comment_content:
  Monterey!  I\'ve been there :-)  And I remember that hotel!  There was a wedding there.  Remember I was saying that all those women must be cold in those nice backless and sleeveless dresses.  Wow, now you are staying there with Yuko!  And Aquarium, I envy you that you can go there anytime :-)


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2007-12-06 06:11:04
comment_content:
  Thanks for updates.  Did an eye doctor say how bad your eyes are?  Do you have headaches at the end of the day?  Usually that a perfect indication that you need glasses.  In example I need to change my glasses for the stronger ones. The last question :-) Do you have a coverage for glasses under your insurance?


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2007-12-06 06:13:56
comment_content:
  Jelly fish within an arms length ;-) Wow!  I will have to see that.  I am thinking about the California vacation maybe in March :-)  It is so grey around this time of the year and usually I am tired with the winter.


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2007-12-18 06:11:59
comment_content:
  You must be really tired! You-don\'t want to go out? Hmmmm.  It\'s good that you are coming for 10 days.  It will be a nice break :-)  3 more days and I see you :-)  Despite all this extra work I love Christmas :-)


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2008-01-23 08:01:38
comment_content:
  I watched video but without sound.  My guess is that I missed a lot.  I will try to see it again with sound at home.  Burt got a week off from a doctor, he is doing some tests because of a pain in his belly.  It is probably either gold bladder or stress.  we\'ll see.  At least it is nice that he is home.  We\'ve watched some movies together and the pictures from Poland.  Thanks for reminding me placki.  I\'m going to do them this week :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-01-24 11:17:00
comment_content:
  you sound like Burt.  He kept saying:  \"I hate those mtgs because they waste my valuable time\" lol.  <br />
  Russian food is very similar to Polish.  I think all middle European kitchen is very similar, i.e. German kitchen is almost like ours.  So what did you have there?  Was it expensive?  I am pretty tired today.  I had a report and analysis to be done by this afternoon so I stayed yesterday late at work and at home.  I was up till 2 AM!  But a result was very good and Operations manager was actually beaming.  He said that it was excatly what he meant :-)  It is snowing here but we don\'t need to shovel :-)  Burt finished the tests yesterday so hopefully soo we will know what\'s wrong.  I kind of believe that you might be right about the stress.<br />
  Dad got a SPEEDING ticket this morning :-( lol.  142 km/hr.<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-01-30 06:14:22
comment_content:
  thanks for the updates on a calendar.  You\'ve picked up my curiosity.  Now I can\'t wait to see it :-)  Misiu, I need to tell you sth personal so if you can give me a call.  There\'s no rush<br />
  love you<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-02-05 15:56:24
comment_content:
  Hi Mikus,<br />
  glad that you and Yuko are doing OK.  I bet this a big change for you.  But, hey it is a real life.  Sometimes full of surprises, sometimes only one, but a big surpprise.  The most important part is that you are involved with a lovely person and you want to be involved :-)  And you are soon 29 so this Baby might be a real blessing.  You know it is not too early to start a family at age of 29.  I love you very nuch and I am truly thrilled that next Christmas will be more of Bocheneks :-) A za rok to ONA (tak jak Yuko mysli, ze to bedzie dziewczynka) bedzie chodzic!  Zobaczysz, ze to jest naprawde niesamowite uczucie wiedziec, ze takie male stworzenie jest czescia Ciebie :-)<br />
  Miej tylko pewnosc aby wszystko mialo rece i nogi.  Jak chcesz to mozemy pogadac na ten temat.


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2008-02-07 08:00:34
comment_content:
  super.  hopefully Burt will be here  this weekend and he will pick it up.  Hopefully...b/s it is snowing and they announced really bad conditions in Toronto area :-(


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-02-12 09:42:19
comment_content:
  The calendars are finally here.  They are absolutely awsome!  What a great selection of pictures!  It was a wonderful gift idea!  THANK YOU :-)<br />
  LOVE YOU


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-02-12 20:00:11
comment_content:
  odkrylam Twoja kalendarzowa taktyke :-)  Jan Yuko &amp; Mike, Feb -Burt, Mar - Mike, Apr-Grace- May- Jonathan.  You are lucky that we all were born in different months :-)  Thanks again.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-02-15 09:44:28
comment_content:
  You should take a better care of yourself.  You are right.  A headache might be a result of luc of sleep or luck of fresh air.  Sometimes could be a stress or too much work.  Try to do sth over a weekend.  Wow, your company is doing really good!  But Enbridge is not bad, either.  As you know Burt has got &amp;9,200 and Grace...well $7,600 :-)  And 4% raise.  We\'ll be interesting to see how much you will get.  I bet much more than Burt and Me together :-)


comment_author: name
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comment_date: 2008-02-21 11:22:03
comment_content:
  hmmm...tired?  You definitely need some rest and fresh air.  Very often close to spring your body signales that you need to relax.  Interesting news about this guy from Pasadena.  I would like to know whether he gets the same money in Toronto.  Probably not?  Nothing much here...I am busy at work, too.  I know that Burt complained about it, as well.  He is actually here for a day as he has a doc appt (specialist).  Yesterday Dad fell down on the driveway while doing a garbage &amp; of course he blamed me for it lol.  I am laughing now but yesterday it really p....off.  I have to walk on this ice to get to my car every day.  And I only sometimes think that we\'ve never had the ice on the driveway when you guys lived with us :-)  I am very glad that you will be here for Easter.  It means a lot to me to have you and Burt for holidays. It\'s a pitty that Yuko can\'t come.  Hopefully next year will be better :-)


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comment_date: 2008-02-21 11:24:29
comment_content:
  you\'re right, blog is slow.  But I guess it is OK as long as we get some news from you :-)<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-02-29 12:32:06
comment_content:
  I\'ve been trying in vain to access blog a few times since Sunday.  And today booom, it\'s just come up without a problem :-) nothing new here.  work, home, sleep, etc :-) I was really busy at work with some presentations.  I had 4 of them last week.  but it seems it will be queit next week.  Good that you\'ve  almost packed.  Hopefully everything will go smoothly and you and Yuko will like your new apartment.


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-03 07:38:20
comment_content:
  don\'t worry about slowness of blog.  We can live with it as long as we have some news from you :-)  Dad told us about an \"incident\" during your moving.  I felt really sorry fou you because I imagined your stress (and probably Yuko\'s).  Moving is always very stressful.  And you moved so many times in your short life!  And it is not the end yet :-)  Well, at least you will live in a nice apartment now.  And I am happy for you both :-)  When you settle down a little bit, pls send us some pictures of your apt.  Last weekend was pretty lazy on our side.  Burt came over as his birthday was last weekend.  I\'ve made him \"salatke\" and casserole.  I\'ve changed ingredients (added broccoli and cream mushroom soup) and I think it was really good.  Yuko and you should try this casserole some time.  I didn\'t bake a cake because you are coming in 3 weeks.  We will be able to celebrate your and Burt\'s birthday together, won\'t we?  I\'ve never  liked March because it is so grey.  But with your calendar March is not so bad anymore :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-03 07:42:21
comment_content:
  forgot to tell you that BURT SENT YOUR CALENDARS TO GRANDPA AND GRANMA!  Last Saturday so they will get it this or next week and definitely before Easter :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-03 07:46:37
comment_content:
  They should pay you much more money than to other people at successfactors.  The conference call with a big bank and you are among 3 people representing SF.  hmmm....remember that when they will talk about bonuses, you hear me Misiu!<br />
  I love you and I am very proud of You!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-05 11:34:44
comment_content:
  Awsome! This is a very first time I used Google for viewing your area.  Tato wyslal mi link.  I like it very much!  It looks like even the area is great.  Washington Park looks big.  Does Yuko like it?  I think so :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-07 15:23:20
comment_content:
  Hi Misiu,<br />
  To prawda, bo tacie dr Aleksiejuk mowil to tez.  Misiu uwazal na siebie.   Try to relax.  Hopefully you will have some time during a weekend so we can talk.  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-20 08:13:13
comment_content:
  I\'m very happy that you\'re coming here :-)  Thank you for the last message.  It was really good!  It will be probably a sleepless night for you but...don\'t worry!  We let you relax in Canada :-)  I think Burt will pck you up on Friday at 10AM.  Have a nice trip!  Pick up your mail before leaving.  There might be something there for Yuko and you :-)<br />
  See you tomorrow :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-20 08:16:12
comment_content:
  I new about your Archive file.  Sometimes I looked at the messages from Switzerland and Toronto.  I found them different than the ones from California.  I mean your mood is different :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-03-28 07:40:57
comment_content:
  WOW!  To jest firma!  nawet jak polowa idzie na podatki to i tach $15 000 jest dodatkowo.  Porownaj Bartka i moj bonus.  Ja na reke dostalam okolo $4000.  Mniej jak 1/3 twojego bonusu :-)  Moze jednak nalezy przyznac racje Bartkowi \"There\'s a life outside Enbridge\".  Considerably better life!  CONGRATS, Misiu!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-01 08:44:28
comment_content:
  It is interesting what you are saying because I feel the same way.  I thought that I don\'t have all this energy at work because of all this disappointment about Burt/Enbridge.  I guess maybe it is not totally that reason.  So...what did you guys do last weekend that you didn\'t have enough time to relax?  Last night I had a dream about a small baby, but it hadn\'t been really said in the dream that it was your Baby but it was a Boy :-) And He made such a big poop lol.  It smelt so badly but I told myself that it was time to get used to it, lol.  I guess I will be a good grandma if I have a chance to prove it :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-04 07:27:59
comment_content:
  I was not able to access blog yesterday but today, you are right...it was really quick :-)  So.....how much did you get after taxes?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-04 07:33:14
comment_content:
  How was soccer?  When are you moving outside?  It will be more beneficial with fresh Californian air to play soccer outside:-)  How is Yuko doing?  Getting bigger?  How does she feel?  Maybe you should take her and go somewhere on vacation.  After 4 months it should be OK.  You don\'t have to fly anywhere, just drive.  It sounds like you need vacation.  And I\'m sure she wouldn\'t mind to have one, too.  Just a thought :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-15 05:40:15
comment_content:
  I like picture#1 very much.  Yuko looks very nice even in pregrancy.  She has a very good taste in clothes :-)  She is still very slim &amp; doesn\'t look like she is pregnant.  I think my tommy is bigger than hers lol.  But seriously, you both look very happy and very nice.  Keep it up!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-18 09:00:23
comment_content:
  It seems like you don\'t like working there anymore :-(  You don\'t feel any excitement about work, do you?<br />
  about taxes...<br />
  You better than me.  I still need to do my taxes.  Did you go to H &amp; R or did it yourself?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-24 13:11:38
comment_content:
  Wow!  Some weeks look horrible. 50 hours, 44 hrs, etc.  My guess is that your week should be 35 hours.  So it was always more.  Even a week of Apr 14th - you were off on Friday but you spent some time at home doing work :-)  Definitely March 31st week was crazy!


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-04-28 05:55:52
comment_content:
  I\'ve never played tennis but I like this sport a lot.  It looks classy (from the movies, lol)  and it looks like a good workout.  Maybe you will be able to play more :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-05-15 10:22:52
comment_content:
  Excellent!  It\'s good to work for a successful company, isn\'t it?  Maybe Burt should apply for a job there.  Or you would rather not have a brother at the same company :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-05-20 05:53:12
comment_content:
  I envy you the weather.  Last few days it was pretty cold here. Today even below 10 degrees. Definitely we cannot wear shorts :-( But at least we can observe all flowers and bushes/trees blooming.  I think a spring makes you always appreciate life. Here\'s another spring and I am alive :-) God, thank you! Our weekend was pretty lazy.  Dad, because he was preparing to go back to work, lol.  Burt and myself, because we were following a bad example, lol.  At least I woke up today well rested at six debating weather I should go for a walk.  But when I got up I didn\'t have any problems.  Definitely too cold.  So I didn\'t go :-(  Burt started to look for a job.  Yesterday he told me that he needs to do it b/s with applying for UI he will have to prove that he is actively searching for a job.  And I\'m glad.  It breaks my heart looking at a young man like him without a job :-( Hopefully he will be very energetic in his search.  I agree that it is ridiculous not having air conditioning at work.  Do you have one at home?


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-05-20 06:08:48
comment_content:
  Are you going to Maui?  Have a nice trip and a very happy honeymoon!  Very often people get pregnant during honeymoon because of all this romantic things :-)  You\'ve already took care of one part of the honeymoon, hahaha.  But you still have lots to catch up, watching moon, listening to the waves, romantic suppers, etc.  I think it will make a difference.  Just being together on this beautiful island.  Dad and I never went to the honeymoon and therefore I am very happy for you.  Enjoy a marriage ceremony and remember that you will be thinking about it sometimes at the least expected moments :-) So make sure that it will be beautiful for Yuko and You.  <br />
  Love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-05-20 06:29:41
comment_content:
  ALOHA!  Thanks for letting us know.  It is not a direct flight, isn\'t it?  What hotel are you staying at?  I hope it is a really nice one.  Will you have a view of the ocean?   Aloha:-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-05-22 07:40:02
comment_content:
  I looked at the hotel links.  They all look very atractive.  You had an excellent idea with trying different hotels :-)  And the island!  Just a heaven :-)  Have a great time!


comment_author: d
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comment_date: 2008-06-14 00:26:04
comment_content:
  czemu nie to od ciebie zalezy..... yuko bedzie sie wiecej zajmowala dzieckiem ..........swiat sie nie konczy na tym nie przejmuj sie<br />
  bedzisz tak robil jak bedziesz chcial....


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-06-19 09:37:23
comment_content:
  Cool.  Now you will be able work twice as much as before :-) lol.  I looked at quality of living link and noticed that SF is the safest city in US.  Toronto is 15 on Quality of Living list.  How are you? Call us this weekend, pls,  to chat :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-06-23 13:40:14
comment_content:
  I really think you should have sth for breakfast every morning.  You are so slim :-)  Some fruits, cereal or yogurt if you don\'t like a real breakfast.  It is half a day by the time you have your lunch.  Misiu, musisz dbac  o siebie.  Bedziesz Tata i musisz byc zdrowym tata :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-06-25 07:50:29
comment_content:
  Great :-)  Apple pie is good :-)  Thank you.  Have fun tomorrow at the park.  Your company is better than mine.  We don\'t have this type of events anymore.  Save, save, save, all the times :-(  Finally there\'s a nice weather here.  Sunny but not too hot.  I\'ve planted all my flowers already.  So now I have to water them.  Special at the beginnig, right after planting, you need to water them every day.  I don\'t mind doing it, thou.  You can almost see them growing over night :-)  I also have a cucumber.  Hopefully a crop will start in July :-)  nothing better than a taste of the fresh cucumber.  Very refreshing :-)


comment_author: mom
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comment_date: 2008-07-02 11:11:56
comment_content:
  very cool!  Both, Opera and a pie :-)  It looks like Yuko is fond of domestic life, isn\'t she?  And we spent Canada Day working like crazy on cleaning the basement.  All (almost :-) content of the closets, old desk and dad\'s table are gone.  You wouldn\'t believe how many bags and recycling boxes we have right now outside lol.  And today we will continue.  Thanks God I had to go to work, so at least I can relax lol.  Burt is still sleeping (2 PM).  But I think it would be really hard to clean all this mess without him.  And he believs, and me too, that he inspired and inititated all this cleaning process when he actually worked on his and your stuff.  But it will  be much nicer and CLEANER, CLEANER &amp; CLEANER!


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2008-07-16 05:53:05
comment_content:
  Tell Yuko to eat honey and garlic.  Old methods are really good.  Your Grandma Bronia used to make this mixture.  Chop 2 cloves of garlic, add 3 tablespoon of honey and cook slowly until is really warm (you can smell garlic but it is not burnt).  If she doesn\'t like garlic she can have this mixture with bread.  She can have this on top of the drugs.


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2008-08-01 13:34:59
comment_content:
  Hura!  Misiu napisal.  To tylko zart, bo ja wiem jaki jestes zajety.  Ja tez sie ciesze na weekend, zwlaszcza, ze my mamy long weekend.  Hopefully Yuko and You are doing OK now, after last weekend events.  Please remember to let us know about any special events in your family :-)  Ty jestes taki skryty :-(  Anyway, have a nice weekend :-)  <br />
  mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2008-08-14 14:04:51
comment_content:
  Forgiven :-)  We all know how busy you are.  Not only with work but also with home stuff.  And you still managed to call us almost every week.  Not bad.  But definitely you can improve Blog.  I like reading it very much :-)  It\' s almost like talking to you.  love you, mom


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2008-08-26 09:03:10
comment_content:
  I\'ve just thought about email to SF and then I saw a blog.  And ....surprise, msg from Mike :-)  Glad to hear that everything is OK.  We\'re heading to September so the BOY can come anytime :-)  He\'ll be more than welcome to this world :-)  Let\'s prey for Yuko so she won\'t have a long and difficult labour.  Other than that everything wil be bearable as soon as Your Baby :-)  I\'m busy aat work, too.  Today I\'m having 3 presentations.  They announced reorganization of Training in Enbridge.  It will be called: Technical Training and it will be under Engineering.  It means that I will be reporting totally to Toronto.  I like that part :-)


comment_author: mom
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2008-08-26 09:05:46
comment_content:
  I missed a word \"arrives\" in a sentence about a Baby...I mean: \"...as soon as Your Baby arrives\"<br />
  love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2008-09-03 05:23:56
comment_content:
  Very nice!  I wouldn\'t mind to learn how to cook this fish.  Did she bake it?  How come it is not broken?  We are very busy at home.  Dad is planning his trip to poland so right now he is pushing with the renovation.  We are going to paint now :-)  Yesterday we bought a paint, colour is called \"silk pillow\".  I let you guess what colour it is :-)<br />
  mom


comment_author: name
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2008-09-04 06:47:06
comment_content:
  wrong, wrong about the colour lol.  It is WHITE with a little shade of beige so it is the warm white :-)  When I will be visiting you I would love to try this fish.  Even dad talked to me about your picture.  He said that it looks very much like home.  I think I would like to start to bake fish instead of breaded one.  It is healthier.  Don\'t forget about us when you take Yuko to hospital :-)  Let us know.  We want to support you at least in our thoughts and prayers :-)  <br />
  I love you,<br />
  mom


comment_author: mama
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2009-02-17 08:51:15
comment_content:
  I tried to read it but it is too much talk about money.  Ciekawe ze nic nie mowili o zwolnieniach.  Chyba ze mowili w czasie zebrania.  Enbridge tez oglosil \'a very good year\'.  A zwolnili okolo 120 osob w zeszlym roku.  They said that it was because of Enbridge using Inncentive Regulation as a financial model, hahaha.  Any reason is good to get profits, isn\'t it?


comment_author: mama
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 209.202.107.203
comment_date: 2009-02-26 18:55:56
comment_content:
  ja tez teraz jestem bardzo zajeta.  My training started.  Right now I have 6 people in each class for 3 days.  Then two weeks break and training will start at fiull speed.  it will be for 3 months.  I\'m doing really well.  I\'ve got excellent training evaluations :-)


comment_author: mama
comment_author_url: http://url
comment_author_IP: 207.164.58.11
comment_date: 2009-02-26 19:00:10
comment_content:
  He is so cute!  And you were able to film a moment when he turned from his back to his belly.  And then he was trying to crawl lol.  W koncu polozyl glowke na raczkach aby odpoczac.    He is so funny.  I can watch him for hours.<br />
  mom


# b2posts

post_date: 2003-10-09 16:23:38
post_content:
  So this is my very <b>first</b> post.  I am pleasantly surprised how easy it is to set up a blog.  Basically the idea started when I saw other people using a blog to ramble about their life.  Then I searched the web and found something that looked decent, well that was roughly 60 minutes ago.  Yes I am a geek and I am loving it :-)


post_date: 2003-10-10 21:53:50
post_content:
  Interesting <a href=\"http://www.softwarereality.com/soapbox/softwarefashion.jsp\">article</a> from softwarereality.com about how people make technology decisions based on trends.  One might think that the situations are far fetched, but I have experienced many of these scenarios myself at work.<br />
  <br />
  I think all companies need tech-savvy management that will prevent developers from using technology for technology\'s sake alone.  And let\'s face it, software developers do not care about the business case behind a piece of software, they are simply excited to build some piece of rocket-science that someone might use someday.


post_date: 2003-10-12 16:44:52
post_content:
  I\'m back at the gym.  Just came back a few hours ago.  Felt pretty good - I did some weights, 13 minutes on the rowing machine and about 10 minutes on the stair master.  The workout was probably around 80 minutes.  Door-to-door (time from leaving my house until I was back) was exactly 2 hours.<br />
  <br />
  <b>Hopefully I can keep it up</b> :-)


post_date: 2003-10-26 17:16:10
post_content:
  A cool <a href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2003/10/06/pf/work_less/index.htm\">article</a> from my brother:<br />
  <br />
  Working Class Heroes<br />
  Annual average hours worked in 2002, selected countries.<br />
  	<br />
  South Korea - 2,447 <br />
  Japan - 1,848  <br />
  Australia- 1,824 <br />
  United States - 1,815 <br />
  Canada 	1,778<br />
  Ireland - 1,668 <br />
  Sweden - 1,625 <br />
  France - 1,545 <br />
  Germany - 1,444 <br />
  Norway - 1,342 <br />
  <br />
  During most of 2002 I worked roughly 48 hours a week.  Which means that I worked around <b>2160 hours in 2002</b>.  Isn\'t that terrible?  [calculation:  weeks in a year:  52 - 4 weeks vacation - 2 weeks public holidays - 1 week \"here and there\" = 45 weeks.  Now 45 * 48 = 2160]


post_date: 2004-03-07 11:01:14
post_content:
  I am not sure if I like blogging.  But anyways, I thought that I do at least one post in 2004.  I updated the front page of bochenek.ca.


post_date: 2004-05-31 18:03:48
post_title: adventures
post_content:
  Today started off very slow, but in the end worked out very nicely.  Around lunch time I met Magda and her friend Eric, who is visiting Zurich.  It looked very dark outside, so I took my umbrella with me - and of course, it did NOT rain ;-)<br />
  <br />
  Despite the gray looking weather, we ended up walking around the city for about two hours.  This Eric dude was quite interesting, he works for this Dutch bank called ING - which owns this famous online bank in Canada called <a href="http://www.ingdirect.ca/en/" title="ING Direct">ING Direct</a>.  He also worked in Madrid for a little bit, so we had stuff to talk about.


post_date: 2004-06-01 11:35:05
post_title: auto repair
post_content:
  Wow, congrats - Burt and Dad are ahead of the trends :-) check out this <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,63615,00.html?tw=rss.TEK" title="article">article</a>:<br />
  "Today's cars have 1,000 times more computing horsepower than the moon rocket. But automakers resist letting car owners access diagnostic tools. Why? Because dealers can charge $100 just to turn off the Check Engine light."


post_date: 2004-06-02 19:44:31
post_title: company meeting
post_content:
  During the day we had a meeting about company strategy.  It was not very interesting because most things everyone knew.  The most interesting facts were the ones to do with costs and profits.  Basically, Deltavista has been only profitable since December 2003.  This is the first time since the company was founded that revenue (around CHF 15'000'000 per year) was higher than costs (around CHF 14'000'000 per year).  Another interesting factoid was that in the last four years, the two big investors (Jelmoli and Deutsche Post) have invested CHF 15'000'000, which is basically money down the drain until the company becomes profitable.<br />
  <br />
  It's already 19:40 and I am still at work - gggrrrrrr!  I have to finish something for Friday and it's not going very well.  But there is still one day left, so we shall see.<br />
  <br />
  The weather is terrible - it has been raining for the last three days, and it supposed to continue being gray for the next four days.


post_date: 2004-06-02 19:46:51
post_title: bill cosby
post_content:
  Cool <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/26/opinion/meyer/main619640.shtml">article</a> about Bill Cosby: "used the high profile and somber setting to issue biting, direct and sometimes sarcastic swipes at things he finds unacceptable and destructive in the black community"


post_date: 2004-06-02 23:03:11
post_title: netmeeting
post_content:
  You wanna know what I think:  I really really have to start looking for a job in Canada.  Nothing is really wrong in Switzerland, but I just feel like it\'s time to go.  And I keep thinking that the longer I stay here, the harder it will be to leave.  And plus, there must tons of jobs out there.  Maybe I am doing something wrong in my job search.  I must find a way.<br />
  <br />
  And the other thing that I really should start doing again is more sports.  Like running at lunch time or doing some other stuff in the gym at the office.  I think the last few weeks or months, I\'ve been having lots of fun, but now it\'s time to be more disciplined and do some of the things that are good for me.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, how about <font color=\"#FF0000\"><i><b>netmeeting Thursday at 5:00pm your time</b></i></font>?  Please let me know :-)


post_date: 2004-06-03 00:40:44
post_title: job applications
post_content:
  whew.... I did some job searching and applied to these companies: <a href="http://www.ams.com/">ams</a>, <a href="http://www.aksure.com/">aksure</a>, <a href="http://www.organic.com/">organic</a>, <a href="http://www.baxtergroup.com/">baxter group</a>, <a href="http://www.attegra.com/">attegra</a>, <a href="http://www.andrienel.com/">andrie nel</a>, <a href="http://www.ajja.com/">ajja</a>, <a href="http://www.ascnet.com/careers.html">asc</a>, <a href="http://www.zeditsolutions.com/wd.html">zedIT</a>, and <a href="http://www.adga.ca/careers.asp">adga</a>.  All of them are in Ottawa (with the exception of zedIT which is in St Johns).


post_date: 2004-06-04 18:24:46
post_title: not much time...
post_content:
  Hey, everything is well with me.  Very busy and not much time left, because I wanna leave work early-ish and see a movie ("troy").<br />
  <br />
  Lets do <font color="#FF0000"><b><i>netmeeting Sunday at 3:00pm</i></b></font> your time, is that OK?<br />
  <br />
  Love you :-)<br />
  Mike


post_date: 2004-06-05 20:41:10
post_title: saturday frolics
post_content:
  So far today, I did some shopping, read a little bit and even took a nap.<br />
  <br />
  Dad was saying that he'd prefer <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting Saturday at 6:00pm</font></i></b>.  I am not sure how that time suits mom,  <i><b>it</b></i> it is not good <b><i>then</i></b> I will also go online <b><i><font color="#FF0000">Sunday at 5:00pm</font></i></b>.<br />
  <br />
  I saw that mom started using the <i>comment</i> section of the blog - I think its pretty good because it keeps the responses linked to the original message.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, gotta run.


post_date: 2004-06-05 20:53:34
post_title: ongoing job search
post_content:
  Oh yes, and I've been also doing some job searching.  Right now I am milking this online business directory for Ottawa.  I am basically going through all the companies and either applying immediately or bookmarking the company for later.<br />
  <br />
  Today I applied to these places:  <a href="http://www.c-latitude.com/article.asp?objid=569">C-Latitude Ltd.</a>, <a href="http://www.cognilore.com/Career.htm">CogniLore</a>, <a href="http://www.cadlink.com/corporateinfo/careers.php">CADLink</a>, <a href="http://www.certainkey.com/contact/#Employment">CertainKey</a>, <a href="http://www.contenta.com/contact_us/index.html">Contenta</a>, <a href="http://www.fenix-solutions.com/careers.php">Fenix</a>, <a href="http://www.gns.ca/careers.html">GNS</a>, <a href="http://www.epals.com/about/hr/">ePALS</a>, <a href="http://www.emas.ca/s.nl/c.ACCT88510/sc.5/category.3/it.I/id.17/.f">eMAS</a>, <a href="http://www.eprocuresolutions.com/Contact.html">e-Procure Solutions</a>, <a href="http://www.e-storm.com/contact.html">e-Storm</a>, <a href="http://www.gotmarketing.com/corporate/corporate.html">GotMarketing</a>, <a href="http://www.marchsoft.com/">Marchsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.i4design.ca/career/index_e.asp">i4design</a>, <a href="http://www.industrialmedia.ca/presence/index.cfm">Industrial Media</a>.


post_date: 2004-06-06 22:14:44
post_title: WW II
post_content:
  Some interesting articles about WW II PL from BB<br />
  <br />
  <a href="http://www.panzerfaust.piwko.pl/czat.html">Czat z Boguslawem Woloszanskim</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.eksplorator.os.pl/10.htm">Bomba Atomowa Hitlera</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.gazeta.olawa.pl/doczytania_new/2002_10/podziemia.php">Podziemny Dolny Slask II</a>


post_date: 2004-06-06 23:17:22
post_title: Pope's visit to Bern
post_content:
  Sunday I went to Bern to see the pope.  Got up at around 7:00 and was there at 10:00.  Mass was pretty cool - in german and in french.  I went with this Polish girl from Schaffhausen (originally from Szczecin).  So this is was the third time that I've seen the pope, not bad eh?<br />
  <br />
  Here are the <a href="http://bochenek.dynalias.com:8080/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=popeinbern-06062004">photos</a> that I took.<br />
  <br />
  And there are 3 short videos: <a href="http://bochenek.dynalias.com/photos/2004_06_06/100_0027.AVI">video1</a>, <a href="http://bochenek.dynalias.com/photos/2004_06_06/100_0028.AVI">video2</a>, <a href="http://bochenek.dynalias.com/photos/2004_06_06/100_0008.AVI">video3</a>.


post_date: 2004-06-07 00:49:10
post_title: t-shirt for dad
post_content:
  Oh yeah, before I forget:  I got a t-shirt for dad - it's blue and has a heart on it.  It says "I saw the pope"... "june 5-6 2004 Bern".


post_date: 2004-06-07 16:17:11
post_title: starting a new week on monday
post_content:
  Hey, so today is monday at its the start of a new week.  Everything seems OK at work so far.  The weather has finally improved - its nice and sunny and summerlike.<br />
  <br />
  I am not sure why these pictures that I posted aren't working.  If they work for you great, otherwise, you can also see them <a href="http://bochenek.dynalias.com/photos/2004_06_06/">here</a><br />
  <br />
  I will be online for <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting today at 5:00pm</font></i></b> your time.  I can stay up late today, because I had lots of sleep last night.<br />
  <br />
  Love you,<br />
  Mike.


post_date: 2004-06-07 21:37:43
post_title: ongoing job search
post_content:
  Yes, I guess I am getting into the job search now.  Today I've applied to more companies in Ottawa:  <a href="http://www.online-learning.com/comp_ops.html">online-learning.com</a>, <a href="http://www.nrns.ca/careers.htm">NRNS</a>, <a href="http://www.mojavenorth.com/Contact/">Mojave North</a>, <a href="http://www.mediabox.com/contact.html">MediaBox</a>, <a href="http://www.maskery.ca/about_us/design_team.htm">Maskery</a>, <a href="http://www.pixsol.ca/careers.html">Pixsol</a>, <a href="http://www.pricedex.ca/default.html">Pricedex Software</a>, <a href="http://www.sesamenetworks.com/company_careers.html">Sesame Networks</a>, <a href="http://www.sixdion.com/careers.htm#jobs">Sixdion</a>, <a href="http://www.tanjun.com/careers.htm">Tanjun</a>, <a href="http://www.utechsoft.com/corp/employment.jsp">Unlimi-Tech</a>, <a href="http://www.protus.com/positions.asp">Protus</a>, <a href="http://www.webdirector.ca/">WebDirector</a>, <a href="http://www.webethos.com/">webEthos</a>, <a href="http://www.wrappedapps.com/wacwebsite/html/wac_contact.jsp">Wrapped Apps</a>, <a href="http://www.viasafe.com/vsWork/WebSite.jsp?dir=/Contact_Us&file=contact.html">Via Safe</a>.


post_date: 2004-06-08 20:56:20
post_title: tuesday adventures
post_content:
  Once again my day was filled with adventures.  Well nothing overly exciting, work stuff mostly.  I am quite busy at work today.  Its crazy, I am working on like 3 things at the same time.  I will write more a bit later on.


post_date: 2004-06-10 12:09:01
post_title: long one
post_content:
  Lots of very interesting events yesterday.  I meant to tell you about them yesterday, but I got home pretty late, so I just went to sleep.  First things first; do you want to do netmeeting this Thursday?  I have plans for Friday already, and I'd prefer to do it on Saturday or Sunday, but it's really up to you.<br />
  <br />
  Wednesday's adventures started with me going to Generali (insurance company who is our new customer) with another person from Deltavista.  This was basically my first important customer meeting.  On Saturday I went shopping and got myself a black suit.  The shopping-for-the-suit experience was very interesting, because I started at some very expensive shops; and I first saw suits for 900 or 1200.  Than I found suits for like 500-600.  In the end; after only 45 minutes of shopping-around I found a suit for only 159, isn't that amazing?  Its a cheap one and I don't know if it will last long, but I needed a suit for work, so I got something cheap at first.  If I end up using the suit more often, than I will buy a better/newer one :-)  The suit is totally black and fits me very well - the lady at the shop was very nice and helped me choose the right size.  The coolest thing was when I came into the office super-dressed and everyone (ESPECIALLY the women ;-)) was like "wow - you look really really good in the suit".<br />
  <br />
  Armed with my new suit, on Wednesday I went to this customer together with Yves.  It was pretty good - there were two guys from Generali who were swiss, but spoke excellent English.  I was the only non-german speaker, so the whole 5 hour meeting was in English.  Basically we were there at 10:00am, had lunch at 12:00 and finished at 3:00pm.  It was very interesting, and both me and Yves made lots of notes.  Well, enough about that, I can tell you more details during netmeeting.<br />
  <br />
  Another interesting event (also took place on Wednesday) is that Alex (this Yugoslavian programmer) decided to leave Deltavista.  He found a job with another swiss insurance company called "swiss re".  He will leave Deltavista by the end of August.  So now there will be only two real programmers left at Deltavista Zurich - me and Niall (the irish guy).  Alex has been working for Deltavista for four years, and he decided to leave, interesting eh?<br />
  <br />
  BUT here is it gets interesting.  Apparantly this Austrian manager said that he wants to hire a junior-type-systems-engineer.  So I was thinking that maybe Burt can get this job.  The job is not advertised yet and the position doesn't really exist.  But basically I think that this is a really good chance for Burt.  I already got Burt's resume and I will talk to Manfred (this Austrian manager) on Monday.  The earlier the better, BUT I first want to change Burts resume.  I am going to Geneve to meet more customers on Friday, so I will be out of the office the entire day (me and Yves are catching the train at 6:30am - meetings from 10:00 to 15:00 and we come back by 19:00).<br />
  <br />
  In the meantime I really really think that Burt should try to learn a little about Deltavista and more importantly refresh his german.  Because his german/polish/english speaking skills are the biggest selling point that I wiill present to Manfred when I talk to him on Monday (or Tuesday at the very latest).<br />
  <br />
  I think that we shouldn't get our hopes up or anything, because its still very diffiicult to get a work permit in CH.   The sitaution would be totally different if Deltavista was in Canada and no work permit was required.  Also, I don't know if the position really exists or not.  So like always, there is lots of "ifs" and "maybes" and "I am not sure".  Having said that, its still a a very very good chance and we should go for it.<br />
  <br />
  And the last interesting event was the at 10:30 last evening, this girl from Prague called me and said that she wants to meet me.  And of course, I said - "I can meet you in 10 minutes, where?".  So we walked around and talked by the lake until 1:00am and thats why I got home late.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, gotta run for lunch, I will write more later.<br />
  <br />
  lots of love<br />
  Mike


post_date: 2004-06-12 18:25:27
post_title: netmeeting
post_content:
  Hey, so when should we do netmeeting?  I am free all Satuday evening.  So how about <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting 2:00pm or 3:00pm</font></i></b> your tme?


post_date: 2004-06-12 20:27:23
post_title: ongoing job search...
post_content:
  I am still applying for some jobs: <a href="http://www.arc.com/company/resume.asp">ARC</a>, <a href="http://www.aai.ca/company/jobs.html">Applied AI Systems</a>, <a href="http://www.amagx.ca/apply_ottawa.asp">Anthony Macauley Associates</a>, <a href="http://www.amikanow.com/corporate/careers.asp">AmikaNow</a>, <a href="http://www.amita.com/opportunities.asp?focus=179#179">Amita</a>, <a href="http://www.recruitingsite.com/csbsites/allstream/english/futureopps/application.asp?JobNumber=24973">allstream</a>, <a href="http://www.atlantis-scientific.com/jobs.html">Atlantis</a>, <a href="http://www.assetmetrix.com/about/careers.asp">AssetMetrix</a>, <a href="http://www.atomicmotion.com/316/Contact%2520Us.htm">Atomic Motion</a>, <a href="http://www.atreus-systems.com/careers/integration.html">Atreus Systems</a>, <a href="http://www.attegra.com/contact/">Attegra</a>, <a href="http://www.automatedlearning.com/aboutus/contact.cfm">AL</a>, <a href="http://www.autoskill.com/about/careers/">AutoSkill</a>, <a href="http://www.auvinet.com/careers/index.html">AUVINET</a>, <a href="http://www.averna.com/careers.html">Averna</a>, <a href="http://www.axentra.com/contact_us/">Axentra</a>, <a href="http://www.bajai.com/home.html">Bajai</a>, <a href="http://www.bedarra.com/contact.html">Bedarra</a>, <a href="http://www.beyond2020.com/aboutus/careers.html">Beyond 20/20</a>, <a href="http://www.biodentity.com/">biodentity</a>, <a href="http://www.certicom.com/index.php?action=company,careers">Certicom Corp.</a>, <a href="http://www.cifelli.com/contact.htm">CIFELLI</a>, <a href="http://www.caseware-idea.com/fsr.asp?surl=%2Faboutus%2Fcompany%2Easp">CaseWare IDEA</a>, <a href="http://www.bytequest.com/contact.html">ByteQuest</a>, <a href="http://www.cadlink.com/corporateinfo/careers.php">CADLink</a>, <a href="http://www.chaumontsystems.com/">CSDI</a>, <a href="http://www.client1.com/z1_contact_us.htm">Client 1</a>, <a href="http://www.cognimax.com/about/index.htm">Cognimax</a>, <a href="http://www.codefarms.com/contact.htm">Code Farms</a>.


post_date: 2004-06-12 22:14:36
post_title: netmeeting
post_content:
  Hey so I am guessing that its too late to do netmeeting today, I think that I notified you too late...  sorry about that.  I am off to bed now.<br />
  <br />
  I am pretty sure tomorrow morning I will go to work for a little bit.  Than during the day I will try to meet this supermodel that I met during Friday's party.  I am just kidding, she is not really a supermodel, but she is very pretty:  her name is Lubica, she's from eastern Europe and 22.  I think she is busy during the weekend, so I might not be able to meet her on Sunday but we will see.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, all in all, for me the best time for <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting would be Sunday at 5:00pm</font></i></b>, is that OK for you?


post_date: 2004-06-14 21:01:02
post_title: not much exciting...
post_content:
  Nothing overly interesting to report.  Went to work at 9:00 and left at 19:00.  Had steak, spinach, and rice for lunch.  Bye


post_date: 2004-06-15 16:08:38
post_title: stuff...
post_content:
  I'm going out for coffee with some friends this evening.  Work is really busy as usual - I really really have to find some spare time and start doing some sports:  in the gym or going for a run or whatever.  I have to do something!<br />
  <br />
  At work, Thomas, the CEO of Deltavista, annouced today that he now owns 66% of Deltavista shares, which means that he has all the power.  Up to today, he had less than 50% and therefore he had a lot of problems whenever he wanted to do anything, because basically he needed everyone's agreement (everyone who had a stake in the company to be exact).  Thomas told us that today he purchased roughly 25% of the company's shares from Jelmoli, which was one of the investors (Jelmoli is a Sears-like shopping chain in Switzerland).<br />
  <br />
  I think thats about it.  Oh and some more details about this new slovakian girl.  I haven't met her a second time yet - but I will invite her for tonights meeting, so we will see.  I didn't try talking to her in Polish, because she speaks really good english.  She lived near Manchester for a few months as a student-exchange-type thing.  I will keep you posted on further developments.<br />
  <br />
  Bye


post_date: 2004-06-16 11:31:17
post_title: weather
post_content:
  Monsoon season has started in Zurich again - it rained all of yesterday and all of today :-(<br />
  <br />
  Today I am all dressed up again (suit, tie, shirt, etc) for a 2 hour meeting with Generali.


post_date: 2004-06-16 11:46:47
post_title: girls...
post_content:
  In my last message, I was going to write about this slovakian girl - and the fact that she probably doesn't like me, because she didn't reply to my SMS about meeting up for coffee yesterday.<br />
  <br />
  But maybe I was wrong, because she just sent me a message saying that she had problems with her phone.  Maybe she is not being 100% honest, but the bottom line is that she is still trying to keep in touch with me.  Which is nice, eh? ;)


post_date: 2004-06-16 19:40:21
post_title: todays events..
post_content:
  Today I went to this visit this Generali customer again :-)  It was pretty interesting..<br />
  <br />
  During a few spare moments at work (because I am honestly very busy) I read these two interesting articles:<br />
  <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_25/b3888601.htm">Digital convergence</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.sys-con.com/story/?storyid=45250">Java vs C++ "Shootout" Revisited</a><br />
  <br />
  Anyways, gotta finish some stuff at work still and than hopefully I can go home at a half decent time ;-)<br />
  <br />
  Love you


post_date: 2004-06-18 13:49:10
post_title: craziness..
post_content:
  Hello, I guess its been a few days since I wrote something.  I was crazy busy the last 3 days with work.  Nothing overly exciting to report.


post_date: 2004-06-18 21:37:00
post_title: netmeeting...
post_content:
  Hey, I am going to be home all of Friday evening - if you want to do netmeeting.  I think me and dad kinda agreed to do it friday around 5:00pm... or something like that - I forget exactly.  If we don't make it Friday, we can do it on the weekend.


post_date: 2004-06-19 14:24:35
post_title: Happy Fathers Day!
post_content:
  Happy Fathers Day!<br />
  <br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/413983-4760dc4d182a38d4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />


post_date: 2004-06-21 23:17:35
post_title: running...
post_content:
  Today after work I got home and started watching a football game (switzerland vs. france).  And after about 15 minutes I made a really cool decision:  that I should start running again!  So I got dressed and went outside and started running.<br />
  <br />
  After 1:13:48, I got home: the run was longer than planned, but it was very nice.  Basically I ran from home to the office (don't worry, I didn't actually go inside or anything) and than back home.  Tomorrow, I will try to find out how many kilometers that is, but I think its somewhere between 13 and 18 kilometers :-)<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I am going to sleep now, as I am only a little teeny weeny tired.<br />
  <br />
  Love you!! :-D


post_date: 2004-06-22 21:31:02
post_title: average day
post_content:
  Not much exciting to report.  For lunch I had some type of mexican food. I got home around 19:00 and read a little bit and did some stuff on the internet.


post_date: 2004-06-23 21:08:43
post_title: long one
post_content:
  Hello how is everything going?  Everything is pretty much OK with me.  The weather isn't so good the last few days, but it's not really all that important because I am at work for most of the day anyways.  The good news is that I did check the weather report for the weekend, and it is supposed to be nice and sunny.  I am thinking about going for a hiking trip in the mountains somewhere.  It's been a while since I've last gone in the mountains, and I think I really need a day off from everything :-)<br />
  <br />
  I am kinda tired today, so I would prefer doing netmeeting on Thursday, is that OK with you?  How about <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting Thursday at 5:00pm</font></i></b> your time?<br />
  <br />
  I was really encouraged by Monday's jogging because I didn't really feel all that tired after it.  My leg muscles were a little bit sore the next day, but that's about it.  So I think I will try to go and do a jog sometime soon.<br />
  <br />
  Girl situation has quieted down recently.  Somehow all the girls I've been trying to keep in contact with have suddenly become very quiet.  I would like to think that they are <b>all</b> extremely busy.  Or maybe they found someone more interesting?  Who knows... I am actually enjoying some of more free time for myself.  Reading for example &#8211; which reminds me, I have to send you the list of books that I recently ordered from Amazon.<br />
  <br />
  Well, thats all that comes to mind right now.  Bye :-)


post_date: 2004-06-24 18:14:50
post_title: books
post_content:
  As promised, here is the list of books that I have been reading :-)<br />
  <br />
  In March, I got these books:<br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671027387/qid=1088093207/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books&n=507846">Deception Point</a> (already read)<br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400060737/qid=1088093229/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-3500670-6948935">The Birth of Venus</a> (already read)<br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130669431/qid=1088093243/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books">Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice</a><br />
  <br />
  Last week I ordered these books:<br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0486280861/qid=1088093257/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books">Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764119745/qid=1088093270/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books">Spanish the Easy Way</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802130852/qid=1088093284/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books">Juliette</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789723107/qid=1088093314/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books">Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability</a><br />
  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/140003146X/qid=1088093327/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-3500670-6948935?v=glance&s=books">The Best Business Stories of the Year, 2004<br />
  </a>


post_date: 2004-06-25 21:27:19
post_title: dancing
post_content:
  Going dancing tonight with girl from Prague, swiss girl, and guy from Columbia :-) international.  Gotta run because I am already late.<br />
  <br />
  Work was crazy as alwasy bye


post_date: 2004-06-28 20:15:21
post_title: netmeeting
post_content:
  <b><i><font color="#FF0000">Netmeeting today (Monday) at 5:00pm</font></i></b> your time?<br />
  <br />
  I still have some stuff to do at home, so I won't write much now.  All is OK, generally speaking :-)


post_date: 2004-06-29 00:52:21
post_content:
  <title></title>Mom wanted to see my cover letter, so here it is :-)<br />
  <hr><br />
  Dear Human Resources Administrator,<br />
  <br />
  I am very interested in possible career opportunities at XXX.  Although, I am currently employed by a software development company in Switzerland, I would love to know more about XXX because:<br />
  <ul><li>Business case and technology has sparked my interest </li><br />
  <li>Company size and location is appealing </li><br />
  <li>I love working at small companies where I can make a difference </li><br />
  </ul><br />
  I would make a great addition to the XXX team for the following four reasons:<br />
  <ul><li>I have three years experience working for a startup starting as a software developer and advancing to project manager </li><br />
  <li>I have completed my four year university degree with distinction in only three years </li><br />
  <li>I am hard working, task oriented, dedicated, and a very quick learner </li><br />
  <li>I am fun to work with and have a tendency to create an awesome atmosphere which benefits both employees and company.  I have many hobbies, sleep very little, and have never owned a TV. </li></ul><br />
  Detailed information on my accomplishments and qualifications is available online at: <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/career/">http://www.bochenek.ca/career/</a><br />
  (there is a short menu from which you may view my <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/career/index.php?link=resume.htm">resume</a>, <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/career/index.php?link=deltavista_reference.jpg">latest reference letter</a>, <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/career/index.php?link=diploma.jpg">diploma</a>, and more)<br />
  <br />
  Thank you for your interest and I hope to hear from you soon.<br />
  <br />
  Sincerely,<br />
  Michael Bochenek<br />
  <hr>


post_date: 2004-06-29 00:54:44
post_title: resume viewers..
post_content:
  And <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/career/visitors.php">here</a> you can see people that click on my resume.


post_date: 2004-06-29 00:55:50
post_title: photos from hiking trip
post_content:
  Here are the photos from Saturday's <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/appenzell">hiking trip</a> :-D :-D it was a lot of fun!


post_date: 2004-06-29 15:24:17
post_title: greetings
post_content:
  Good day how is everything going?  The weather is getting nice in Zurich and in the area.  I think today is around 23 or 24 :-)  Today we had lunch in this small cafeteria by the lake; I had ravioli.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday during lunch, we played basketball in this gym that we have rented for every Monday.  The game was 2-on-2; me and Niall against two swiss guys.  We didn't really keep the score, because we were playing for fun mostly.  I am guessing that the score was pretty equal, but I don't know what it was exactly.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I can't really think of anything interesting to say, so I say "good-bye"...


post_date: 2004-06-30 10:50:53
post_title: seat
post_content:
  There is a car dealership in Krakow:<br />
  <a href="http://www.autobochenek.pl/">http://www.autobochenek.pl/</a><br />
  [Scroll down a little to see the marketing strategy ]


post_date: 2004-06-30 18:08:38
post_title: greetings...
post_content:
  Today is a very very nice day (again).  We had lunch by the lake, and we even saw 4 or 5 people swimming.  According to the newspaper, the lake  temperature is around 20.  So hopefully, I can go and start swimming sometime next week.<br />
  <br />
  I am meeting some friends this evening.  Do you want to do <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting tomorrow - Thursday at 3:00pm your time?</font></i></b>?<br />
  <br />
  ciao


post_date: 2004-07-01 11:13:50
post_title: happy Canada Day!
post_content:
  First, and foremost, happy Canada Day!!!<br />
  <img src="http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/canadaday/_images_common/8.jpg" border="0"><br />
  <br />
  Lots of interesting events again.  Last evening I met some of Niall's girlfriend's (her name is Nadia) students.  Nadia is a german teacher and last evening, she took her class to the lake and they were chatting there and watching some of the football games for Euro2004.  I met lots of interesting people again; from Brazil, Estonia, Ukraine and others.  It was pretty cool, but also short, because I was home by 23:00<br />
  <br />
  Oh and this morning, I woke up and when I was taking a shower - to my horror - I discovered that there is no hot water.  What a disaster, eh?<br />
  <br />
  And last, but not least, I decided to make (another!) trip to Spain this weekend.  Plane tickets are not that expensive and I really love spending time with Alex (Alejandra).<br />
  <br />
  Outbound flight OAW020<br />
  Fri, 7/2/2004<br />
  15:00  Zurich (ZRH) Dep<br />
  17:15  Madrid (MAD) Arr<br />
  <br />
  Return flight OAW025<br />
  Sun, 7/4/2004<br />
  18:10  Madrid (MAD) Dep<br />
  20:25  Zurich (ZRH) Arr<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, chat to you tonight.  Bye!


post_date: 2004-07-01 12:20:24
post_title: interesting email...
post_content:
  I got this email from some guy in New York City:<br />
  "I know your not a fit for the below position but...<br />
  Do you know anyone with these skills?<br />
  <br />
  etc.. "<br />
  <br />
  My response:<br />
  "I actually think that I would be a good fit for this position, but..<br />
  Another person that you might want to try is:  K.Grodek@deltavista.com"<br />
  <br />
  Isn't that weird? :-)


post_date: 2004-07-08 14:38:25
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey, sorry that I've been so quiet the last few day.  I was quite busy at work and at home.  Anyways, me and dad agreed to have <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting Thursday at 4:00pm your time</font></i></b>.  Is that OK?<br />
  <br />
  I got a very cheap (CDN $352) one way ticket from Toronto to Munich.  I will buy tickets for myself from now on (they are usually cheaper if I get them from Zurich myself and I can be more flexible when buying).<br />
  <br />
  Flight details are:<br />
  <font color="#0000FF">From Pearson International, Toronto, Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at  8:30 PM. Air Transat Flight  TS 238. arrive at  Munich, Franz Josef Strauss at  10:40 AM, Wednesday, August 18, 2004.</font>


post_date: 2004-07-09 20:24:54
post_title: friday
post_content:
  Hip-hip-horray!  Friday is finally here.  I am looking forward to relaxing a little bit.  No major plans, but I'd like to go for a trip somewhere in the mountains (hopefully the weather will coorperate).  Anyways, gotta run, because I have to meet someone ;-) bye


post_date: 2004-07-12 18:56:02
post_title: weekend
post_content:
  Hello how is everything going?  I am pretty good.  I didn't really travel on the weekend because the weather was somewhat tricky - it would rain a bit and than it'd be sunny for a bit.  I did keep myself busy with shopping, reading and internet.<br />
  <br />
  Friday night I met up with Magda and her friend from Belgium named Vanessa.  This Vanessa girl is interesting but she is very american-ized.  Saturday night I went to a small party - it OK at best, and I was home around 1:00am.<br />
  <br />
  Mom will be very pleased to know that I finally got some eggs and made them for breakfast on Sunday.  And I had sausages for dinner on Sunday.  The food was OK, but it was a lot of work to prepare and especially clean up.  But don't worry; if I have more time next weekend, I will do the same.<br />
  <br />
  Sunday during the day I updated by resume by adding my photo.  And I also applied to some jobs, but didn't get any replies.  In fairness, I only applied to 3 I think.  So yeah, that's what I've been doing last weekend.<br />
  <br />
  Monday has been kinda slow at work.  I am feeling a bit bored.  And the weather is really terrible - gray and rainy the whole day!  Anyways, I think I am going to go home now.  Bye!!


post_date: 2004-07-16 18:58:46
post_title: halli-hallo
post_content:
  Me and Niall were making fun of this swiss silly way of saying HI:  "halli-hallo".  Doesn't it sound funny?<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, not much overly exciting - the weather is really wonderful in Zurich the last few days.  Perhaps even a litle bit too hot.<br />
  <br />
  On Wednesday during lunch, we played football:  3-on-3.  It was a lot of fun.  Right after the game, we had a very quick swim in the lake (mostly to check water temperature) and than we had lunch.  All in all, it took about 2 hours :-)<br />
  <br />
  Cool article on polish history called <a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11441">"Shafting the Poles"</a><br />
  <br />
  Another cool articles on IT outsourcing called <a href="http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/13/0558249">"Is Canada the solution for offshore outsourcing-wary U.S. companies?"</a><br />
  <br />
  Oh yeah... so what else?  Oh yes, I am working tomorrow :-) not good on the one hand, because the weather is perfect.  Its good on the other hand because I have more vacation days that way.


post_date: 2004-07-17 17:10:14
post_title: netmeeting sunday?
post_content:
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Netmeeting on Sunday at 5:00pm your time?</b></i></font><br />
  <br />
  ... that would be the best/easiest time for me :-)


post_date: 2004-07-19 22:15:41
post_title: hey
post_content:
  Monday was OK at work; busy but interesting.  After work I did some shopping and read a little bit and than went to sleep :-) bye


post_date: 2004-07-20 20:44:16
post_title: happy tuesday
post_content:
  So whats new?  Not much exciting over here.  I am short on time as always.  I did see Mom's email with the various jobs and their salaries.  You have to remember that I am not qualified for some of those jobs.  The bottom line is that I have to organize some time and try to start looking for jobs again.  It might be difficult to find time now that the weather is nice.  Oh no - its like a vicious cycle!  I promise to apply to some jobs this week.<br />
  <br />
  I've been reading a little bit in the afternoons.  Work is crazy busy as always; monday was 12 hours, and today too :-)  But the stuff is interesting.  I do feel a little stressed out.  But you gotta do what you gotta do.  And the pay is good, so I can't really complain.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, gotta run - meeting some friends by the lake at 21:00.<br />
  <br />
  Love you


post_date: 2004-07-22 16:46:10
post_title: another day at work
post_content:
  Just another day at work:  busy but interesting :-)<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I went to see a movie called Troy - it was excellent, and very relaxing.  Today sometime during the day I am probably going to go for a swim in the lake.  The water temperature is around 22 or 23 - which is very good.<br />
  <br />
  On Saturday, this friend of mine (who used to work at Deltavista and now works at Credit Suisse) is having a BBQ party and than we will probably go to this "beach" afterwards.  Lie around and tan and swim and just in general be lazy ;-)<br />
  <br />
  Sunday me and Niall will go hiking somewhere around Luzern - there is tons of areas there but we haven't organized anything yet.<br />
  <br />
  August 7th is the <a href="http://www.streetparade.ch/">street parada</a> in Zurich.  So I am really looking forward to that.  Last year it was really good - excellent music, sunny weather, and lots of people.<br />
  <br />
  And August 12th is my plane to Toronto.  Yeah, the next few weeks are going to be pretty busy.<br />
  <br />
  Oh yes, before I forget, I decided to buy a house, this picture below shows what it looks like:   :D :D<br />
  <img src="http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/00017751.jpg" border="0">


post_date: 2004-07-22 19:37:47
post_title: hello again
post_content:
  Let's do netmeeting on Sunday.  I am very tired today and not really in the mood.  And I have plans for Friday and Saturday.  So that only leaves Sunday.  If there is something urgent, than I can readjust my schedule.<br />
  <br />
  I am really really looking forward to this weekend :-)


post_date: 2004-07-23 17:41:47
post_title: hiking
post_content:
  Weather doesn't look good for the weekend, but me and Niall will probably go hiking.  We are basically deciding between two places:  <a href="http://www.stanserhorn.ch/mainmain/mainmainwanderneng.html#Wanderung1">Stanserhorn</a> or <a href="http://www.aacz.ethz.ch/club/huts/windgalle/trips.html">WINDG&Auml;LLENHUETTE</a>.<br />
  <br />
  I gotta run now, but I will write more later.  Bye :-)


post_date: 2004-07-25 01:12:53
post_title: netmeeting Sunday?
post_content:
  Hi!  The BBQ was pretty good, despite the fact that it rained the entire day :-)<br />
  <br />
  We will be going hiking to Stanserhorn on Sunday.  We are meeting at the train station at 09:00.  I should be back around 19:00 or 20:00 Zurich time.<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>How about netmeeting at 4:00pm your time?</b></i></font>


post_date: 2004-07-26 11:15:58
post_title: hello
post_content:
  Sorry I missed netmeeting yesterday - I just fell asleep.  I slept for about 12 hours, but I really needed it.  Because I was short on sleep Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.


post_date: 2004-07-26 11:17:23
post_title: news from Ada
post_content:
  News from Ada - hot off the press - just got it today:<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>Witaj Michal!!!<br />
  <br />
  Przepraszam ze tak dlugo nie pisalam, ale uczylam sie do matury a nastepnie do egzaminow wstepnych.Moje trudy zakonczone zostaly pewnym sukcesem bo dostalam sie na romanistyke(french) teraz mam dlugie wakacje bo 3miesieczne.<br />
  <br />
  Zastanawiam sie czy planujesz przyjazd do Polski.Serdecznie zapraszam raczej cale wakacje bede w domu takze rozwaz moja propozycje. Zaprosilam Anie Kurys i moze przyjedzie w sierpniu. Jesli sa u Ciebie wolne posady jakas szansa pracy to daj znac.Z gory dziekuje i pozdrawiam:</blockquote>


post_date: 2004-07-27 19:45:36
post_title: more news from Ada
post_content:
  I haven't replied to Ada's email yet, but she send me another one:<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>Czesc jednak moje plany wakacyjne ulegly zmianie wybieram sie na oboz od 16 do 30 sierpnia napisz jak Ty spedzasz wakacje(urlop)Widzialam na jednym ze zdjec z Hiszpanii fajna dziewczyne tez mozesz o Niej cos napisac:))<br />
  <br />
  Ostatnio byla u mnie w Konstantynowie Babcia Kazia z Tata. Chyba Jej sie podobalo choc byla zaledwie 4 dni.pozdrawiam.                                                                                     <br />
  <br />
  Ada</blockquote>


post_date: 2004-07-27 19:53:37
post_title: my day today...
post_content:
  My day today has been pretty busy.  I came in early to finish some stuff and I am <i>still</i> here.  Ah, such is life, no use complaining, it could be worse and I am thankful that overall I am doing very very very well.  Don't you think so? :-)<br />
  <br />
  At lunch we had this all-you-can-eat chinese food.  It's a pretty good deal, because it's the same price as a normal meal.  The food is nothing spectacular, but it's OK.<br />
  <br />
  My plans for this evening are as follows:  eat something, get home, maybe call Alejandra, check plane tickets to Barcelona (to visit Alejandra, post some photos on my website, read "best business stories of 2004", and than go to sleep.  I'd like to go to sleep early today - maybe 21:30 or 22:00.  We'll see :-)<br />
  <br />
  Hmm... so what else?  I think that would be it.  Oh yes, during the BBQ on Saturday, Atila (the host) had this electronic scale which can also measure the fat percentage in a persons body.  So I am 86 kilo (189 lbs) and my fat percentage is 26%.  Which is around average according to this one book.  Niall had a fat percentage of 17% and Atila had a fat percentage of 16%.  This one swiss guy had a percentage of 40% and he did look overweight.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I guess I am going to try to get moving, otherwise I will never leave the office.<br />
  <br />
  <b>Lots of love and see you soon!!!</b> :-)


post_date: 2004-07-28 17:19:20
post_content:
  <title></title>I am going to Barcelona next weekend, only 300 bucks - flight details below:<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#0000FF">Flight: AF5111<br />
  Zurich (ZRH), Friday, Juli 30, 2004 07:45<br />
  Charles De Gaulle (CDG), Paris, Friday, Juli 30, 2004 09:10<br />
  <br />
  Flight: AF1348<br />
  Charles De Gaulle (CDG), Paris, Friday, Juli 30, 2004 10:00<br />
  Barcelona (BCN), Barcelona, Terminal: A,Friday, Juli 30, 2004 11:45<br />
  <br />
  Flight: AF5895<br />
  Barcelona (BCN), Barcelona, Terminal: A, Monday, August 02, 2004 06:30<br />
  St Exup&eacute;ry (LYS), Lyon, Monday, August 02, 2004 07:45<br />
  <br />
  Flight: AF3472<br />
  St Exup&eacute;ry (LYS), Lyon, Monday, August 02, 2004 08:35<br />
  Zurich (ZRH), Monday, August 02, 2004 09:40</font>


post_date: 2004-07-28 17:27:28
post_content:
  <title></title>Busy day at work again.  We had chicken by the lake during lunch and the lunch break felt pretty relaxing :-)<br />
  <br />
  This evening we are going to Luzern to see a blues music festival.  It's happening in Luzern all this week and it should be interesting.  The only bad thing is that its 40 minutes away by train.<br />
  <br />
  I didn't do all the stuff that I had wanted to do yesterday.  Basically I did one load of laundry and read for 15 minutes.<br />
  <br />
  I guess that would be it :-) bye!!!


post_date: 2004-07-29 23:18:41
post_content:
  <title></title>Finally the week has come to end and I can start my super duper break from work :-)  I am so excited, and I know that the trip will be great.  It is only a bit of shame that it will be only 3 days, but you can't have everything.  I read up a little bit about Barcelona and it seems like a very nice place.<br />
  <br />
  Work was OK this week &#8211; Monday and Tuesday were super busy and Wednesday and Thursday was just plain average.<br />
  <br />
  Can you please tell me if the flight tickets from Toronto to Munich on August 17/18 have arrived by mail?  I think that they are supposed to send them to the PO Box address..<br />
  <br />
  Did you realize that we will see each other <i>in only 13 days?!?!?<br />
  </i><br />
  Anyways, I am off to sleep, otherwise I will miss my plane!<br />
  <br />
  Bye


post_date: 2004-08-02 12:16:18
post_content:
  <title></title>I'm back from Barcelona:  it was really great - lots to see, great food and good company :-)<br />
  <br />
  About the message from Ada:  don't worry, I have no intention of helping her - I innocently showed you her email, because I thought you like to know what is happening in that part of the world.


post_date: 2004-08-03 14:47:01
post_content:
  <title></title>Dad's watch is finally on its way.  The customs office was holding it since Wednesday last week.  I emailed them the info on Thursday and called them today.  The watch should be finally arriving tomorrow or Thursday.<br />
  <br />
  Everything else is going OK.  Work is quite busy after my absence and short day at work on Monday.<br />
  <br />
  Did you know that I am coming in only 9 days? :-)  Do you want to do <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>netmeeting today at 5:00pm your time? </b></i></font><br />
  <br />
  Tomorrow I am going to the movies, Friday there is a BBQ (again) and Saturday is the street parade - it's going to be very very cool.  I can't wait!<br />
  <br />
  Gotta run, bye!


post_date: 2004-08-04 12:37:36
post_title: flight details for Thursday August 12
post_content:
  Hiya,<br />
  <br />
  So here are the flight details:<br />
  <font color="#0000FF"><i><b>My flight from Milan (number AZ 0652) is arriving at Terminal One at 1:40pm on Thursday August 12.</b></i></font><br />
  <br />
  All info:<br />
  <font color="#0000FF">Zurich-Milan<br />
  Flight number: AZ 0567 <br />
  Departs Zurich (ZRH) 7:00 AM  <br />
  Arrives Milan (MXP) 7:55 AM <br />
  <br />
  Milan-Toronto<br />
  Flight number: AZ 0652<br />
  Departs Milan (MXP) 10:30 am<br />
  Arrives Toronto (YYZ) 1:40 pm </font>


post_date: 2004-08-04 23:45:47
post_content:
  <title></title>Dad's watch hasn't arrived yet.<br />
  <br />
  Today I went to see a movie called "before sunset".  It was kinda interesting - not a great movie; but OK.  Bascially it was about a guy and girl who meet each other after not seeing each other for nine years.  So it doesn't sound overly exciting.  I didn't pick the movie, so I cannot blame myself.  You can read a review <a href="http://www.chicagosuntimes.com/output/movies/wkp-news-sunset23northc.html">here</a>.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I am going to sleep.  Good night!


post_date: 2004-08-05 12:10:37
post_title: job stuff...
post_content:
  Hi, just so that you know - I emailed Gino from Enbridge asking about jobs (and I told him that I will be in Toronto August 12-17 doing interviews).<br />
  <br />
  I also emailed Mitra, NCR, and Milltronics (the companies I had interviews with in June/July 2001) :-)<br />
  <br />
  Ciao


post_date: 2004-08-06 17:38:46
post_content:
  <title></title>Hiya!  So today I have this BBQ with some of the ex-software developers from Deltavista (it will be interesting to catch up and see what all of them are up to these days).  Tomorrow is the street parade so that should be a lot of fun.  Should we do <b><i><font color="#FF0000">netmeeting on Sunday?  4:00pm your time?</font></i></b><br />
  <br />
  What else?  hm... I guess thats all that I can think of right now.<br />
  <br />
  Did you know that on this day, (Aug. 6, 1945) "the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, killing an estimated 140,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare."


post_date: 2004-08-09 00:13:25
post_content:
  <title></title>The test for Business Objects is to be written at 16:30 in:<br />
  <b>Courtyard Marriot Hotel<br />
  475 Yonge St</b>


post_date: 2004-08-09 00:40:56
post_title: photos
post_content:
  Here are the photos that I wanted to post for a few days, and I finally did today :-)<br />
  <br />
  <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/popeinbern">Pope in Bern</a> (June 6)<br />
  <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/album20">Zurich</a> (June 26)<br />
  <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/stanserhorn">Hiking in Stanserhorn</a> (July 25)<br />
  <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/barcelona">Barcelona</a> (July 30, 31)<br />
  <br />
  Oh, and I forgot to ask:  should I bring anything from Zurich?


post_date: 2004-08-10 11:57:05
post_content:
  <title></title>This would be an interesing <a href="http://www.freep.com/money/business/small2e_20040802.htm">company</a> to work for :-)<br />
  <br />
  Other than that, not much exciting.  Yesterday I applied for some more jobs (mostly banks and big companies like IBM or Siemens).  Than I went to see the movie "Shrek 2" - it was really really funny.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, see you in two days, don't forget eh? ;)


post_date: 2004-08-11 10:59:19
post_content:
  <title></title>Today is my last day at work before the one week off.  I am really tired and looking forward to a rest.  I think that's about it...


post_date: 2004-08-18 16:57:12
post_content:
  <title></title>I've arrived in Zurich.  I think I am going to unpack and than go to sleep.  Trip was OK :-)


post_date: 2004-08-21 17:18:09
post_content:
  <title></title>We are planning a trip to Fribourg (<a href="http://caen.myswitzerland.com/en/destinations.cfm?category=Destinations&subcat=Fribourg&id=9079">summary</a> and <a href="http://www.fribourgtourism.ch/default.asp?lang=e">tourist website</a>) and Neuchatel (<a href="http://caen.myswitzerland.com/en/destinations.cfm?category=Destinations&subcat=Fribourg&id=9081">summary</a> and <a href="http://www.neuchateltourisme.ch/e/home/">tourist website</a>) this Sunday.  They are two very beautiful cities in the French part of Switzerland.  So no hiking this time - only sightseeing.<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>How about netmeeting Sunday at 4:00pm your time??</b></i></font><br />
  <br />
  Sorry that I haven't been writing since coming back, but stuff has been very busy with me.  Wednesday I didn't do anything other than sleeping.  Thursday I moped around at home, unpacked, read a bit, and went to sleep.  Yesterday I went to this free outdoor music festival.  It was very nice.<br />
  <br />
  Lots of love!<br />
  Mike


post_date: 2004-08-23 19:28:58
post_content:
  <title></title>Wow, busy day at work, but its finally over.  Can't talk much now because I have to catch the train in 2 minutes - yikes!  I am going to see a movie tonight.  Its called "fehrenheit 9/11".  Hope its good.  Bye


post_date: 2004-08-24 19:02:30
post_content:
  <title></title>Everything is going well with me.  I read (<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/tech/hardware/10177988.html">full article</a>) that IBM is apprantly going to hire a lot of people this year.  I guess it's worth checking for jobs there :-)


post_date: 2004-08-24 19:07:57
post_content:
  <title></title>Today was a very rainy day.  I am pretty sure that it rained the whole day.  And it was very gray.<br />
  <br />
  I am on my way out, and on the way home I might pick up some groceries and later do some laundry.<br />
  <br />
  No plans for the weekend yet, but I might have to stay at home because the weather will not be very good.  We'll see how it goes, and I can decide when it gets closer to the weekend.<br />
  <br />
  Bye


post_date: 2004-08-26 16:26:08
post_content:
  <title></title><font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Wanna do netmeeting today Thursday at 5:00pm?</b></i></font>  Otherwise we can do it Friday evening; I don't have any plans for that day.


post_date: 2004-08-27 17:16:05
post_content:
  <title></title>Another day, another dollar...  working at permanent job is a tad dull.  But I am not letting that get me down; my plan is to live for the weekend.  So I decided to reward myself with a trip to (yes, you guessed) Spain!  again... :-)<br />
  <br />
  I thought that this the thing that I like doing the most (compared to mountains or whatever) and I decided to do it.  This is my 3-year anniversary reward (I started working for Deltavista on September 2, 2001)<br />
  <br />
  Flight details:<br />
  <font color="#0000FF"><i>LX-1952 SWISS Zurich (Terminal -) Barcelona (Terminal A) 07:10 / 28Aug 08:50 / 28Aug<br />
  LX-1953 SWISS Barcelona (Terminal A) Zurich (Terminal -) 09:40 / 30Aug 11:30 / 30Aug </i></font><br />
  <br />
  Which unfortunately means that I will have to postpone netmeeting until monday (but the good thing is that I can tell you about my trip than)


post_date: 2004-08-27 17:22:41
post_content:
  <title></title>Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that during the week I officially got my B-permit renwed (work visa).  Which means that I can stay in Zurich until August 2005.  Time flies, doesn't it?<br />
  <br />
  Today at work we have a BBQ.  It's totally done "deltavista-style"; everyone brings all the food (so that no company cash is wasted), it starts at 17:30 (so that no work-time is wasted).  I am not complaining or anything, because its nice to have some social events (basically we have one once a year).  But I do know that I would be doing things a lit bit differently if it was my company.  Even if I didn't have any cash...<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, everything else is good - feeling good about work; health, and everything else.<br />
  <br />
  Lots of love...


post_date: 2004-08-30 14:33:10
post_content:
  <title></title>I've arrived safely in Zurich.  The trip to Barcelona was very nice .... I think it was perfect; lots of fun!  The only thing was that it rained a little bit on Sunday.  And that maybe the trip was too short.  But you can't have everything perfect, and I am thankful for last weekend.<br />
  <br />
  Hope everything is going OK with all of you.<br />
  <br />
  Stuff at work is OK.  A bit busy, because now there is only me and Niall left to do a lot of the things.  There is two guys from Krakow here for about 2-3 weeks.  Yeah... so what else?  I think thats about it.<br />
  <br />
  Bye


post_date: 2004-08-30 18:21:58
post_content:
  <title></title>Check out this story/joke :-)  a bit communist, but interesting<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.<br />
  <br />
  "Not very long," answered the Mexican.<br />
  <br />
  "But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the American.<br />
  <br />
  The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family.<br />
  <br />
  The American asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"<br />
  <br />
  "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends,<br />
  have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs...I have a full life."<br />
  <br />
  The American interrupted, "I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat. With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even New York City! From there you can direct your huge enterprise."<br />
  <br />
  "How long would that take?" asked the Mexican.<br />
  <br />
  "Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years," replied the American.<br />
  <br />
  "And after that?"<br />
  <br />
  "Afterwards? That's when it gets really interesting," answered the American, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!"<br />
  <br />
  "Millions? Really? And after that?"<br />
  <br />
  "After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife, and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends!"<br />
  </blockquote>


post_date: 2004-08-30 22:47:07
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey, I am just on my way to bed.  I am quite tired.  I had a lot of stuff to do at work and I came in pretty late, which means that I had to stay late :-(<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>How about netmeeting Tuesday at 5:00pm your time?</b></i></font><br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I am going to sleep <i>right now </i>:-)


post_date: 2004-08-31 10:29:08
post_content:
  <title></title>Here are the <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/MontreuxTrip">pictures</a> from the sightseeing trip in Switzerland on August 22.


post_date: 2004-09-01 18:08:03
post_content:
  <title></title>Hello!<br />
  <br />
  Slowly but surely, everything is returning to <i>normal </i>for me again.  Niall is in Sweden from Wednesday until Sunday, which means that I am pretty busy.  Not as busy as I expected.  He went there because a good friend of his (also from Ireland) is getting married.<br />
  <br />
  Today at lunch, we had chicken and potatoes by the lake.  Nice weather - not too hot and not too cold.  I am probably going to stay at work until roughly 20:00 and than I will do a few small things at home and probably try to look at some jobs.  Last night I quickly checked, and saw that Mitra (now Agfa) has 4 or 5 job ads in Waterloo.  And ThoughtWorks has a lot of job openings in Calgary.  I had a phone interview with ThoughtWorks in April 2004 for a software development position in London, England, as you might recall.  And Jakob also had an interview with them way back in 2002.<br />
  <br />
  I also got an email from a friend who graduated from Computer Science at University of Guelph one year later than me.  He was the guy who totally gave up on the IT industry and went back to school to become a teacher.  It looks like his plan did work out, because he found a job as a grade 11/12 math teacher in Wiarton.  Wiarton is in Ontario, but quite a bit away from civilization (<a href=\"http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&zoom=3&mapdata=Qg5DZUlxQC8W%2bDiMKqQkmJoCqMcuYBwTG35Oojr6MPsd1i44nKamQuDlwa69xLTxnZ2sWJJEACBaPE0%2bIzIVHDmOOoloc7XZhAEHP6fKEA0leNyehqEuPlA7ruBkr%2bV2dfr4gEAg2jZBbFGDc2CU598Dbehg%2btmn%2b5%2fJ9hrycV4UQeyqHS%2fS01hF4rL2UWa%2bUP%2fKuCQa245psfi%2bFrAhricp%2bnUt1CNX%2f%2ftBHeu%2bajHssmEsZpUcaIkckDCIzuJk%2bgTdUqUpJzGgVpByHko%2b4a5zKCGPjfXGIkNEIS30DoE93zRAnu2XqzGIqxCL%2fob%2fejqtnsmIdbl%2fsSwB2a1ahQ%3d%3d\">see map</a>).  It\'s interesting to see how everyone is prepared to move anywhere, as long as they find a job there.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, lots of love.<br />
  Bye


post_date: 2004-09-01 22:45:11
post_content:
  <title></title>On the way back from work, there was a ticket inspector on the train (checking if everyone had tickets).  I kinda realized how rare, these ticket inspectors are.  I honestly think that it would probably be cheaper not to buy a monthly train ticket, and just pay the fine whenever I get caught.  The monthly train ticket is around 100 bucks, and the fine is 80 bucks.<br />
  <br />
  I had tatar for dinner.  It was really good.  I\'ve had it once before, but that was a long time ago.<br />
  <br />
  bye


post_date: 2004-09-02 21:14:00
post_content:
  <title></title>Not much exciting at work.  In the evening I applied to <a href="http://jobs.agfa.com/corporate/jobs.nsf/jobs/W07-04">Agfa</a> (formerly Mitra), <a href="http://www.thoughtworks.com">ThoughtWorks</a> and <a href="http://www.ecommstats.com/corp_careers.jsp">Ecommstats</a>.  I am tired, so I will read a little bit and hopefully fall asleep in bed.


post_date: 2004-09-03 14:49:29
post_content:
  <title></title>Today we had lunch by the lake,  the same story as every Wednesday and every Friday.  The weather was perfect:  very sunny but not too hot and a little breeze from the lake.  When I was sitting right by the lake, I could see tens of little fishes swimming around.  There was also about 3 or 4 ducks and a white swan.  I think it's very relaxing to watch animals doing their thing in nature.<br />
  <br />
  Regarding the weekend:  the idea is that I will try to do some small trip on Sunday, but I still have to pick a destination, somewhere not too far away as I am going for only one day.  On Saturday, there is a special event in Zurich called <a href="http://www.langenacht.ch/veranstaltung/langenacht.asp">Die Lange Nacht der Museen</a> where you can go to all museums in Zurich between 19:00 and 02:00 for one price.  Here is a <a href="http://www.langenacht.ch/veranstaltung/museen.asp">list</a> of all museums which are open.<br />
  <br />
  This Monday there will be a football game with some people from the company and some former employees.<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Netmeeting:  how does Sunday at 4:00pm your time sound?</b></i></font>


post_date: 2004-09-06 21:09:15
post_content:
  <title></title>Today I had fish and potato for lunch.  Didn't get any replies from the jobs I applied to over the weekend.  The football game was awesome.  I am exhausted, so I am going straight to bed.  Love you! :-)


post_date: 2004-09-08 11:57:05
post_content:
  <title></title>Last evening my monitor at home broke.  Nothing to worry about, gives me a good excuse to buy a new one.  This old monitor was annoying me anyways.  Hopefully I can get one sometime today after work.


post_date: 2004-09-09 16:02:05
post_content:
  <title></title>Hope everything is OK with you.  I am doing good :)<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>How about netmeeting Thursday at 5:30pm?  Friday is OK too... same time</b></i></font>


post_date: 2004-09-10 12:09:49
post_content:
  <title></title>I did buy a LCD monitor on Wednesday evening, and I have been testing it like there is no tomorrow by applying to jobs :-)<br />
  <br />
  No concrete responses yet from the employers, but I did get several very positive replies:<br />
  <br />
  Quote #1<br />
  <blockquote>You have great qualifications.  What position is it that you would be interested in? </blockquote><br />
  Quote #2<br />
  <blockquote>Thank you for contacting Ivrnet.  I am pleased to see that we have caught the interest of some one as far away as Switzerland!!<br />
   <br />
  We may be looking to fill positions early next year.  Please feel free to forward me a resume, and with your permission I will hold it for the next six months for review in the event that we are indeed looking for staff at that time.   I am impressed that you have found us this far away, and that alone merits consideration should we have a need to fill.<br />
  <br />
  Best of luck in your endeavours, and I look forward to receiving your resume at your convenience. </blockquote><br />
  Quote #3<br />
  <blockquote>We do not have any positions available and do not expect any in the near future. However, we will keep your resume on file. We do have a possible development project in the UK and Switzerland.</blockquote>


post_date: 2004-09-10 21:02:14
post_content:
  This monitor that I got for myself is so awesome :-)<br />
  <br />
  It\'s a NEC Accusync LCD 71VM.  Here is some more info on the monitor:<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.fust.ch/fust/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Fust%5FOnline%5FShop&category%5Fname=Bildschirme%5FPS&product%5Fid=6917258&nav=Computer%5FPS%2FBildschirme%5FPS\">link</a><br />
  <br />
  The original price was 750 CHF.  It was on sale down to 600 CHF, on top of that I got a 10% discount and I had 100 CHF in special coupons (from my credit card company).  So in the end I paid 445 CHF.  Which is a pretty good price ;-)


post_date: 2004-09-10 21:10:26
post_content:
  <title></title>The week is finally over and the weekend is starting.  I am not sure what the plans are for this weekend, but I want to go for a short trip somewhere.  Not for the whole day and something that is not too tiring.  I am not sure about other participants, so I might be going alone.  I'll let you know, as soon as I know more.<br />
  <br />
  During the week, I've been applying to a lot of jobs.  I did get some good positive replies which have given me more motivation.  I've written longer replies to the ones that wrote back to me.  Hopefully I can apply to some more and one day something will work out.<br />
  <br />
  Well, thats all that I can think of right now.<br />
  <br />
  Lots of love,<br />
  Mike


post_date: 2004-09-12 13:28:55
post_content:
  <title></title>Hello, how is everything going?  I am a little bit disorganized this weekend, and I kinda forgot to plan <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>netmeeting</b></i></font>.  I am at home all day on Sunday, so whatever time is best for you...  How about at 4:00pm?


post_date: 2004-09-12 13:31:58
post_content:
  <title></title>Wow, check out some of these <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/canada-gov-jobs.htm">Government of Canada jobs</a> - wouldn't it be nice to have one of those?


post_date: 2004-09-14 11:37:39
post_content:
  <title></title>Thomas now officially owns 100% of the company again :-)<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>Dear team,<br />
  <br />
  please find below the official statement sent to the press today concerning the restructuring of our shareholders. It is agreed with Jelmoli and DP. You may also use it in contact with customers and partners. <br />
  <br />
  Its meaning in English is: <br />
  The management purchased the shares of all not in the management active shareholders. This was possible thanks to the healthy financial situation of Deltavista and the excellent perspectives. The separation from the partners DP and Jelmoli was done in mutual agreement and best understandings. They welcomed the possibility to remove minority positions from their investment portfolios. The existing, excellent supplier and customer relationships with them remain intact. <br />
  <br />
  This change will increase Deltavista's flexibility and ability in helping our customers with innovative and cost savings solutions. <br />
  <br />
  cheers and best regards<br />
  Thomas St&auml;mpfli<br />
   <br />
  Pressemitteilung: <br />
  <br />
  DELTAVISTA BEREINIGT AKTION&Auml;RSSTRUKTUR<br />
  <br />
  Im Juli 2004 hat das Management von Deltavista die Anteile von Jelmoli Holding AG, Deutsche Post Ventures GmbH und allen nicht im Management aktiven Aktion&auml;ren zur&uuml;ckgekauft und damit 100% der Aktien von Deltavista &uuml;bernommen. <br />
  <br />
  Wir sind stolz, dass uns dieser Schritt gelungen ist und f&uuml;hren dieses Gelingen unter anderem auf die ausgezeichneten Marktaussichten und die gesunde finanzielle Lage der Firma zur&uuml;ck. Deltavista kann mit der neuen schlanken Entscheidungsstruktur schneller und besser auf die Marktentwicklungen und Kundenbed&uuml;rfnisse reagieren und diese auch entscheidend mitbestimmen. <br />
  <br />
  Die Trennung von den Partnern Deutsche Post und Jelmoli verlief im besten Einverst&auml;ndnis und unter Beibehaltung der ausgezeichneten Kunden-Lieferantenbeziehungen. Sowohl Jelmoli als auch die Deutsche Post begr&uuml;&szlig;en diesen Schritt, zumal beide Unternehmen bestrebt waren, ihre Minderheitsbeteiligungen zu bereinigen <br />
  <br />
  Wir sind &uuml;berzeugt, dass wir durch diesen R&uuml;ckkauf unsere Flexibilit&auml;t weiter erh&ouml;hen, damit wir unsere Kunden bei der Erreichung ihrer Ziele durch innovative L&ouml;sungen noch besser als bislang unterst&uuml;tzen k&ouml;nnen. <br />
  <br />
  R&uuml;ckfragen bitte an:<br />
  <br />
  Thomas St&auml;mpfli<br />
  CEO<br />
  -- --------------------------------------------------------------<br />
  Deltavista AG, Goldbacherstr. 8<br />
  CH-8700 K&uuml;snacht, Switzerland<br />
  ----------------------------------------------------------------<br />
  direct line:  +41 (1)   913-50-52<br />
  mobile:       +41 (76)  413-50-52<br />
  main line:    +41 (1)   913-50-50<br />
  fax:               +41 (1)   913-50-51 <br />
  </blockquote>


post_date: 2004-09-17 19:30:25
post_content:
  <title></title>A friend from work asked me if I want to do a half-marathon again this year.  And of course I said "sure, why not?".  So I am running 21km this Saturday as a participant of the <a href="http://www.greifenseelauf.ch/">Greifensee Lauf</a>.  The round is very very nice, becaues basically you are running around a lake (<a href="http://www.reygrafik.ch/htm/streckenplaene/greifenseelauf_halbmarathon.htm">see map</a>).  I am running at around 15:00, and hopefully I should get home by 18:00 or 19:00, so I can let you know how it went ;)


post_date: 2004-09-17 19:39:25
post_content:
  <title></title>The other interesting thing is that I applied for a job at Yahoo in California.  Their main office is Sunnyvale (California) which is less than 100km away from San Francisco.  It'd be nice to work there, wouldn't it?<br />
  <br />
  It all started last week sometime, after Niall came back from this wedding in Sweden, he told me that he met this one person (Jaime) who actually works at Yahoo in Sunnyvale.  Apparantly they were having difficulty finding a person to fit this open position that they had.  Niall told Jaime that he knows someone who might be interested (me) and than Niall told me.  I emailed Jaime and he got back to me with more questions on Thursday.  So now I am kinda waiting.  The hopes are really slim because I am not sure if they realized that I am not a US citizen (and this means that they will have to arrange a work visa for me, in case that they do decide to hire me).  But whatever, we'll see how it goes.<br />
  <br />
  During the week I also checked salary ranges for this type of job in California.  The low end is around $55K/year, average is $65K/year and the high end is around $72K/year.


post_date: 2004-09-17 19:55:16
post_content:
  <title></title>YEAH BABY!  Cheeck this out:<br />
  <br />
  <b><blockquote>Hi Michael,<br />
  <br />
  I would like to set up a telephone interview with you at your<br />
  convenience next week. What times/days are OK for you?<br />
  <br />
  Leon Kuperman, CTO<br />
  Truition Inc. </blockquote></b><br />
  <br />
  <a href="http://www.truition.com/">Truition Inc</a>. is a small IT company based in Toronto that I emailed on Wednesday evening with a job application despite the fact that they had no job postiongs.


post_date: 2004-09-17 20:01:14
post_content:
  <title></title><blockquote><b>How about 3 PM on Tuesday. Please email me a phone number that I can<br />
  call you at. </b></blockquote>


post_date: 2004-09-18 19:40:34
post_content:
  <title></title>I am home and online for the rest of Saturday evening (my time) if you wanna do <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>netmeetnig </b></i></font>:-)


post_date: 2004-09-21 15:28:34
post_content:
  <title></title>I'm alive and well.  Sorry that I haven't been writing.   Today is the big day.  I'll write how it went after 3:00pm :)


post_date: 2004-09-23 19:30:43
post_content:
  <title></title>Sorry that I haven't been writing so much.  I was really busy at work and a little stressed about this whole thing in Toronto.<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Anyways, wanna do netmeeting today? how about at 6:00pm your time?</b></i></font>


post_date: 2004-09-26 20:18:04
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey, sorry I have to cancel netmeeting today.  I am tired from today's hiking trip and I wanna do some quick things and than go to sleep.


post_date: 2004-09-28 17:51:15
post_content:
  <title></title>I am going to Barcelona this weekend, to see Alejandra for the last time :-( :-(<br />
  <br />
  <i><font color="#0000FF">Thursday 30 September<br />
  Swiss LX 1946<br />
  18:55 GENEVA<br />
  20:15 BARCELONA<br />
  <br />
  Monday 4 October<br />
  Swiss LX 1957<br />
  19:40 BARCELONA<br />
  21:30 ZURICH</font></i>


post_date: 2004-09-28 20:49:32
post_content:
  <title></title>Pictures from Sunday's trip to Pilatus on my <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/pilatus">website</a>.


post_date: 2004-09-29 12:55:48
post_content:
  <title></title>The text of my resignation letter from last week (that I had to sign and have management sign)<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>Dear Deltavista CH Management<br />
  <br />
  I have decided to leave Deltavista because I want to go back to Canada to be closer to my family and friends.  I have always felt Canadian and somehow I knew that I would not stay in Switzerland forever.<br />
  <br />
  It was a very difficult decision, there are always pros and cons and one has to weigh them carefully.  I do enjoy working at Deltavista because I find it challenging and I really love the team atmosphere that has evolved between all the project managers and developers.  It really is a pity that I have to leave at a time when Deltavista is finally starting to do very well.<br />
  <br />
  I have already found a job in Toronto, Canada and I have told my new employer that I will start work on November 1, 2004.  In fact, they had wanted me to start earlier and I had to negotiate a later date.  Me and the project management team will attempt to coordinate the handover of my current tasks and current projects so that I can leave Switzerland shortly before November 1.  The exact details are to be determined as soon as possible.<br />
  <br />
  I would like to sincerely thank you for the opportunity and the great experience.<br />
  <br />
  Kind regards<br />
  </blockquote>


post_date: 2004-09-29 12:56:57
post_content:
  <title></title>In other news, I finally picked up dad's omega watch from the repair shop.  The guy said that everything should be OK now, and that he had <i>to make some adjustments to fix it.</i>.  So he didn't really tell me what was wrong with it.


post_date: 2004-09-30 09:10:45
post_content:
  <title></title>Yesterday I posted my apartment online for rent.<br />
  <br />
  <a href="http://www.students.ch/wohnungen/page_details.php?id=7402&kat=1">www.students.ch</a> is a free website where you can post apartments (mostly for students)<br />
  <a href="http://www.homegate.ch/homegate/detail?advertisementid=100608968&CURRENT_PAGE=1">www.homegate.ch</a> is the most popular portal in Switzerland for apartments (you have to pay for posting advertisements)<br />
  <br />
  I already have two people interested who will come and see the apartment on Tuesday evening :-)


post_date: 2004-09-30 12:32:24
post_content:
  <title></title>Some quick details:<br />
  <br />
  My last work day is Friday October 29<br />
  <br />
  My flight to Canada is on Saturday October 30 (Zurich-Frankfurt-Toronto with Air Canada/Lufthansa)<br />
  <font color="#0000FF"><i>30.Okt.2004   ZRH   FRA   08:40   09:45   AC9027<br />
  30.Okt.2004   FRA   YYZ   10:40   12:45   AC873</i></font>


post_date: 2004-09-30 13:22:30
post_content:
  <title></title>I have another person viewing my apartment on Wednesday evening.<br />
  <br />
  And I also wrote a general comment on the online advertisement that there will be an open house on this Tuesday.<br />
  <br />
  I hope everything goes well :-)


post_date: 2004-10-01 16:44:33
post_content:
  Barcelona is really nice.  I think that I will miss Alejandra and Spain when I go to Canada.  But hey, life goes on and there will be lots of other great girls.<br />
  <br />
  I have to be very energetic about the apartment search, because I \"everything\" doesn\'t work out, I might lose my 1,800 deposit.  I want to find someone young, so that they won\'t be picky about the carpet, old kitchen and everything.  Because I don\'t know if the rental company can make me pay for demages or renovations.  Its tricky so I have to do everything right.


post_date: 2004-10-04 22:44:02
post_content:
  <title></title>I've arrived back home after a wonderful weekend in Barcelona.<br />
  <br />
  On Wednesday evening I have an interview with a software company in Calgary for a junior developer position.  The company is called <a href="http://www.replicon.com/aboutreplicon/careers.asp">Replicon</a>.


post_date: 2004-10-06 14:44:18
post_content:
  <title></title>I had five people looking at my apartment yesterday.  I think four of them were interested, and took this special application form.<br />
  <br />
  Today two or three more are supposed to come and afterwards I have that job interview.  Sorry that I haven't been writing so much, but I've been quite busy...<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Do you want do netmeeting today (Wednesday) at 6:00pm your time??</b></i></font>


post_date: 2004-10-08 12:55:31
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey, sorry that I haven't been writing so much.  But I was very busy at work and at home too.  I had maybe 8 people to come see the apartment on Tuesday and Wednesday.<br />
  <br />
  One of them was very interested and very keen and wants the place.  Today at lunch I am going to the rental company's office to work out the details.  So I am very happy because it's another very important problem <i>almost </i>solved :-)<br />
  <br />
  Dad's watch is doing good.  Yesterday I checked it against my computer clock and its within two seconds of the computer clock.  So thats pretty good.  I don't have it with me today at work... but I will continue testing it this week and next week.<br />
  <br />
  The job interview with Replicon was actually on Thursday - I made a mistake, I originally thought that it was on Wednesday.  The interview was very short and kinda useless because I was talking to a recruiter and he only asked me questions that he could have answered by reading my resume.  The good thing was that I had a chance to ask a bit more about the company.  The next step is that they will call me within a week or two weeks at most, to set up a second interview.  I kinda lost interest in this Replicon company already because I am so busy with everything else.  But whatever...<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, lots of love and gotta run!<br />
  <br />
  Hope mom's ankle is doing better :-D :-D


post_date: 2004-10-08 18:54:32
post_content:
  <title></title>I think I had a very exciting and very tiring week.  I am really glad its done and that I can rest and relax on the weekend a little bit :-)<br />
  <br />
  I didn't manage to finalize anything regarding the apartment.  Hopefully sometime next week.<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#FF0000"><i><b>Do you wan to do netmeeting Sunday at maybe 4:00pm your time?</b></i></font>


post_date: 2004-10-12 15:59:01
post_content:
  <title></title>Here are some links that can be used for apartment searching:<br />
  <a href="http://www.rentersnews.ca/modules/search/?rID=2&">Renters news</a><br />
  <br />
  <a href="http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/access/systfr.htm">GO transit map</a><br />
  (I will work very close to "union station")<br />
  <br />
  <a href="http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc/pdf/subway-rt.pdf">subway map</a> from TTC (I think TTC is different from GO transit)


post_date: 2004-10-13 19:27:24
post_content:
  <title></title>Everything is good with me.<br />
  <br />
  I've been timing dad's watch.  <br />
  <br />
  When wearing it, it was slow about 2 seconds in 24 hours.<br />
  When it was sitting on my desk it was slow about 3 seconds in 24 hours.<br />
  When it was sitting on my desk with the timer on, it was slow about 12 seconds in over 36 hours.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, nothing major to report.  Tomorrow morning I have an appointment with my banker.


post_date: 2004-10-18 19:09:13
post_content:
  <title></title>Everything is going well :-)  good day at work, I am on my way home now! <br />
  <br />
  bye


post_date: 2004-10-20 15:49:18
post_content:
  <title></title>Some <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/album35">photos</a> from my trip to Barcelona at the start of October.


post_date: 2004-10-20 15:51:09
post_content:
  <title></title>Here is part of the email that I got from Karl (the Canadian guy who used to be the CTO Chief Technical Officer at Deltavista)<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>...<br />
  <br />
  I understand that you are returning to Canada.  I envy you.  I too would<br />
  like to return.  Unfortunately, our children are quite Swiss, and Heather<br />
  attends Med School in Z&uuml;rich - something quite extraordinary and not easy to<br />
  walk away from.  As you might imagine, I am embarking on new ventures<br />
  already.  There is every reason to think that I might be successful, so I<br />
  seem destined to stay here.  I remain very reticient about what I am doing<br />
  because I hate the thought that Staempfli should know anything about me.  I<br />
  distrust the man intensely - I have never met a more amoral, and hence a<br />
  more dangerous, person than this man.  I will say this, however: I remain,<br />
  as ever, on the bleeding edge of technology ;)<br />
  <br />
  ...</blockquote>


post_date: 2004-10-21 13:59:21
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey how is everything going?<br />
  <br />
  Sorry that I haven't been writing so much, but I've been feeling very stressed out.  Too many things that I have to do (work, obligations, being polite to friends and other contacts, etc)... and too little fun :-(<br />
  <br />
  Do you want to do netmeeting on <i><b><font color="#FF0000">Sunday at 5:00pm</font></b></i> your time?  It might be that my PC and stuff will be disconnected, so if you don't see me online, than expect a phone call.


post_date: 2004-10-21 17:41:19
post_content:
  <title></title><blockquote>Postanowilam wziac kr&oacute;tki urlop. Uzmyslowilam sobie jednak, ze przeciez wszystko juz wykorzystalam.  Ba, chyba nawet zalegam szefowi dzien lub dwa.  Pomyslalam, ze chyba najszybciej zmiekcze bossowe serce, gdy zrobie cos tak glupiego, ze ten zacznie sie nade mna litowac! No bo przemeczona jestem, przepracowana... zaczyna mi odbijac. Samo zycie...<br />
  <br />
  Nastepnego dnia przyszlam troche wczesniej do pracy. Rozejrzalam sie dookola... MAM! Odbilam sie od podlogi i poszybowalam w kierunku zyrandola- zlapalam go mocno i... wisze!<br />
  <br />
  Wchodzi kolega z biurka obok - i rozdziawia gebe patrzac na mnie (on ma taki jakis drewniany wzrok!)<br />
  Ciiiii - szepcze konspiracyjnie - rzne psychola, bo chce kilka dni wolnego od starego. Gram zar&oacute;we(!), rozumiesz?<br />
  <br />
  Kilka sekund p&oacute;zniej wchodzi szef. Juz od progu huczy swoim basem, co ja tam robie u g&oacute;ry.<br />
  - Ja jestem zar&oacute;wka! - wypiszczalam.<br />
  - No co ty? Chyba cie cos straszy! Wez lepiej kilka dni wolnego i jedz sie gdzies przewietrzyc. <br />
  Wdziecznie sfrunelam na podloge i zaczynam sie pakowac. Ale katem oka widze, ze kolega tez zaczyna sie pakowac...! A gdy szef zainteresowany pyta go:<br />
  - A pan to dokad"<br />
  Kolega odpowiada:<br />
  - No do domu... przeciez po ciemku nie bede pracowac!!<br />
  </blockquote>


post_date: 2004-10-22 12:39:19
post_content:
  <title></title>I made a list of things that want in my new apartment :-)<br />
  <br />
  <font color="#008000">things that are <b>very important </b>(in order of importance)<br />
  1.  price between 900 - 1300<br />
  2.  location - walking distance to work OR very close to public transport<br />
  3.  1 bedroom + 1 living room<br />
  4.  modern, nice, new and well kept<br />
  5.  parking of course<br />
  6.  at least 700 square feet (which is 65 square meters)<br />
  7.  wooden parquet floors<br />
  <br />
  things that would be <b>nice to have </b>(in order of importance)<br />
  1.  airconditioning... <br />
  2.  laundry facilities<br />
  3.  big windows <br />
  4.  small gym<br />
  5.  green stuff close by (so a park or trees or something)<br />
  6.  cool layout<br />
  <br />
  things that are <b>not important</b><br />
  - balcony - do not need balcony because I won't use it anyways<br />
  - no more than 1 bedroom<br />
  - price is not that important because I want to have a nice place (FINALLY!)<br />
  - floor (level) that its on is not important - can be 2nd floor or 22nd floor<br />
  - lenght of contract (required one month deposit or two month deposit) is not imporant<br />
  - noise - it can be noisy because I am a hard sleeper and during the day I have music on anwyays<br />
  - close to shopping or close to restaurant or anything - not important at all</font>


post_date: 2004-10-22 14:35:22
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey mom thanks for the emails with the apartments!<br />
  <br />
  So far I have been only looking at apartments within walking distance, and I've found four which might be interesting:<br />
  390 Queens Quay West<br />
  50 Stephanie St<br />
  736 Bay Street<br />
  424 Yonge Street<br />
  All the details are <a href="http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/aprt/"><b>here</b></a>


post_date: 2004-10-25 19:10:12
post_content:
  <title></title>Hey, pretty busy with stuff at work and outside of work.<br />
  <br />
  Lots of love for you all :-) :-)<br />
  <br />
  On my way home right now, hope that I can have <b>everything</b> done by wednesday.


post_date: 2004-10-25 19:12:01
post_content:
  <title></title>Mom:  I just read your email now.  I transferred $7000 to my CIBC account a few weeks ago already.  Right now I should have about $7500 in that account.  So everything should be OK.


post_date: 2004-10-26 18:24:56
post_content:
  <title></title>Only FOUR more days!!!! see you soon<br />
  <br />
  btw, I will most likely have lots of luggage with me, so you might want to come with two cars.  I am 99% sure that I will have two suitcases, two big bags (same size as suitcases) and one or two small bags (backpack size).<br />
  <br />
  bye


post_date: 2004-11-02 23:12:41
post_content:
  Hey.. everything going well :-)<br />
  <br />
  My work email address is:  Michael.Bochenek@truition.com


post_date: 2004-11-04 15:55:45
post_content:
  Hey, sorry that I haven\'t been writing very much.<br />
  <br />
  I got the apartment on Jackess Ave (by St. Clair and Yonge) and I can move in next-next Saturday afternoon (so after 12:00 on 13.11.2004).  I\'m very excited about that!<br />
  <br />
  Me and Burt will be (obviously) coming back to St. Catharines this weekend.<br />
  <br />
  Today I took public transport to work and I think I will do the same on Friday.  It\'s quicker and cheaper:<br />
  - it\'s $4 both ways for public transport vs. $10+gas+car usage for the car<br />
  - it\'s around 45 minutes by public transport vs. around 60 minutes by car<br />
  <br />
  In terms of car buying:  I\'ve decided that I want to get something considerbly cheaper.  I want to get something for under $20,000; because I realized that right now I don\'t really need anything better.  This means that Toyota Celica is out, VW Golf is out, and Mercedes and Volvo are out.  But anyways, we can talk about that over the weekend.  <br />
  <br />
  umm... and I think that\'s it.<br />


post_date: 2004-11-04 18:29:57
post_content:
  <b>Correction:</b><br />
  <br />
  My work email address is:  <b><i>MichaelBochenek@truition.com</i></b> and not <b><i>Michael.Bochenek@truition.com</i></b><br />
  <br />
  (without the DOT)


post_date: 2004-11-09 00:06:56
post_content:
  I have my drivers license since <b>May 1997</b><br />
  It\'s a <b>G2</b><br />
  B6041-5447-90311<br />
  <br />
  Please check what it would cost to insure these cars with <i><b>minimum coverage</b></i> (I am assuming that I won\'t have accidents or anything and I am willing to pay high deductibles etc):<br />
  * 2004 VW Golf <br />
  * 2005 Pontiac Sunfire<br />
  * 2004 Mercedes C 230<br />


post_date: 2004-11-10 00:01:51
post_content:
  Everything going well with me.<br />
  <br />
  My <i>temporary</i> phone number at work is 416 673 4229.  It will change this week or next week.


post_date: 2004-11-10 21:54:53
post_content:
  Nothing overly exciting today.  I had one apple and one orange every day at work for three days in a row.<br />
  <br />
  Today I had lunch with Paul - this friend from University of Guelph who studied computer science and visited me in Zurich in Spring 2002.<br />
  <br />
  Bye!


post_date: 2004-11-15 20:19:02
post_content:
  Everything going well with me.  At work I am supposed to get a better desk today after 18:00 which means that I can\'t work late today.  What a shame :-)<br />
  <br />
  I am very sad today because I got my first paycheque today...<br />
  <br />
  :-) :-) just kidding :-D :-D<br />
  <br />
  ... the paycheque is exactly what I expected:  $1550 for half month, which means $3100 per calendar month.  It\'s not as big as the last one, but the cost of living is lower.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, lots of love!<br />
  Mike


post_date: 2004-11-18 00:36:28
post_content:
  The bed frame got delievered yesterday :-)  So now I just have to put it together and it should be OK.<br />
  <br />
  <b>For this Friday:  I think that the best thing is for Dad to get Burt first (as soon as possible).  Because we need to pick up the new powersupply for my/dad\'s computer.  We can do the details later, but the main point is that Dad should get Burt first, than pick up the power supply, and lastly come to my new apartment :-)</b>


post_date: 2004-11-22 14:13:33
post_content:
  Good day today: very sunny and just good to be alive : - ) <br />
  <br />
  Not much exciting to report...


post_date: 2004-11-22 14:13:56
post_content:
  Here are all my contact details in one spot:<br />
  <br />
  <b><i><br />
  Home number: 416 964 2319<br />
  Work number: 416 673 4235<br />
  Cell: number 416 939 5239<br />
  <br />
  Home address:<br />
  Bretton Place<br />
  1715-44 Jackes Ave<br />
  Toronto, Ontario M4T 1E5<br />
  <br />
  Work address:<br />
  Truition Marketplace Solutions<br />
  156 Front Street West<br />
  Suite 400<br />
  Toronto, Ontario M5J 2L6<br />
  (416) 504-3067<br />
  </i></b>


post_date: 2004-11-22 18:34:48
post_content:
  Still at work, but everything is going pretty good :-)<br />
  <br />
  Had cereal for breakfast, and pizza and tomate salad for lunch.  Not sure what I will get for dinner yet.


post_date: 2004-11-25 16:25:21
post_content:
  <br />
  hej, mi nie pasuje w ten weekend byc w St Catharines.  Mam duzo swoich spraw do robienia w Toronto.<br />
  <br />
  :-(<br />
  <br />


post_date: 2004-11-30 12:17:25
post_content:
  Wonderful weather today, isn\'t it? :-)<br />
  <br />
  Not much exciting yet.  I\'ve been trying to do some furniture shopping, but I haven\'t picked anything yet.


post_date: 2004-12-02 11:08:17
post_content:
  So I\'ve been working one month for these guys at Truition so far.  I think that so far I like it.  The main thing seems to be that all the developers seem a lot more relaxed than in Switzerland or in the PL office in Krakow.  The work is interesting and so far I am glad that I made the decision.<br />
  <br />
  The one thing that I am not so happy about is the fact that I haven\'t really made any new friends in Toronto so far.  It\'s weird - because in Zurich I knew lots more people and I was always doing something or meeting someone after work or on the weekends.  Maybe it just takes some time :-)  so we\'ll see how it goes.  I think I kinda miss Alejandra too.  Hmmm.. maybe it\'s time for me to start looking for a job in Spain?  That way I wouldn\'t have to deal with the cold weather :-)<br />
  <br />
  I got my last pay from Deltavista (around 2000) for 7 days vacation in the first week of November.  So this is kinda the money that I got for working until the very last day and having no time off from work when chaning from CH to Canada.  I didn\'t receive my apartment deposit yet (1800) and I didn\'t receive some of the \"pension fund\" (between 3000 and 5000) from zurich (and I should get that sometime in the next few months)<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, thats all for now<br />
  love you


post_date: 2004-12-06 15:41:57
post_content:
  Hey, check it out - my office will be closed on the following dates.<br />
  Friday, December 24, 2004<br />
  Monday, December 27, 2004<br />
  Friday, December 31, 2004<br />
  <br />
  Which means I get a couple of free vacation days :-)!  Isn\'t it awesome?<br />
  <br />
  <img border=\"0\" src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/december.JPG\">


post_date: 2004-12-06 23:33:09
post_content:
  As you might have heard, there is some snow in Toronto alrady.  Hence, the skiing and snowboarding season is beginning.  Hurray!<br />
  <br />
  Here are some pictures from this morning from my apartment (click to enlarge)<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/res2113173573.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/res2113173573.thumb.jpg\"></a><br><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/res979982980.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/res979982980.thumb.jpg\"></a>


post_date: 2004-12-07 17:00:10
post_content:
  I was thinking about taking those three days off and going somewhere interesting:  maybe skiing or to Spain or somewhere <b>warm</b>.  This way I could go for Christmas to St. Catharines and go for a week somewhere else and spend New Year\'s somewhere else.  The only problem with this great plan is that it\'s impossible to find cheap flight tickets this late.  I checked it online and couldn\'t find anything.<br />
  <br />
  So the bottom line is that I will probably not take these three days as vacation.


post_date: 2004-12-07 17:52:14
post_content:
  <br />
  Some interesting <a href=\"http://www.torontotourism.com/Visitor/AboutToronto/FactFile.htm\">facts</a> about Toronto


post_date: 2004-12-08 13:10:38
post_content:
  My company (Truition) will be having their Christmas party next Wednesday (December 15) at Sauvignon Bistro & Bakery.  Some info on the restaurant is <a href=\"http://www.wcities.com/en/record/240,29323/89/record.html?event_name=&display=1\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.dine.to/sauvignon\">here</a>


post_date: 2004-12-08 20:18:36
post_content:
  Hey, sorry that I couldn\'t chat to you today around 19:00 or 20:00.  I was still at work :-)  doing very good... and having fun at work.  I am very lucky:  I have the perfect job right now, in the perfect place (well, almost perfect place, because Canada is too cold).<br />
  <br />
  I have MSN and Yahoo chat installed on my computer at work and at home now.


post_date: 2004-12-13 13:03:55
post_content:
  Nice weather to start a new week:  it\'s very sunny and the skies are clear.  You wouldn\'t think that it\'s mid December.<br />
  <br />
  I was just checking my swiss bank account - and I finally got my apartment deposit back from the rental company:  1840 (so the deposit + 40 interest).


post_date: 2004-12-14 13:16:57
post_content:
  I think they fired one of the russian developers at Truition.  Yesterday he left the office early and today he is not here, and this one photo of his family he has on his desk is not there anymore.  Noone really said anything officially, but we\'ll wait and see.<br />
  <br />
  In other news, I have an interview with ThoughtWorks in Calgary at 18:00 today.  They are based in Canada, US, and in Europe.  Sometime in April 2004, I had an interview with the London office, as you might remember.  I\'ll let you know how it goes.


post_date: 2004-12-14 19:01:59
post_content:
  I \"passed\" the interview with ThoughtWorks! :-D :-D  Now we go to the next step:  they send me a small project to work on, to see what I can do ;-)<br />
  <br />
  The interview went very well because I was speaking with an ex-software developer.  I have always (without exception) done well in job interviews where I was talking to someone who knew their stuff.  The only times when I didn\'t do well on interviews was when I was talking to a human resources administrator who didn\'t really know much about software development.<br />
  <br />
  Interviews that I \"paased\":<br />
  <li>1999:  Mitra in Waterloo:  I got the job after an interview with Rick (their CTO - Chief Technical Officer)<br />
  <li>2001:  Deltavista in Zurich:  I got the job after several interviews but the first one was with Karl (the CTO)<br />
  <li>2001:  Siemens Milltronics in Peterborough:  I got the job after I drove there and talked to tekkies (never talked to HR on the phone)<br />
  <li>2001:  Mitra in Waterloo (again):  got the job after an interview with developers (remember that Stephane from Mitra asked me \"why I want to leave Canada\" when he found out that I got the job in Zurich)<br />
  <li>2004:  Truition:  again, after interview with Leon (the CTO)<br />
  <br />
  Interviews that I didn\'t \"pass\":<br />
  <li>1999:  ABB in Burlington for a coop job (talked with HR only)<br />
  <li>2001:  NCR in Waterloo in summer 2001 (talked to HR and developer) * OK so that\'s one exception<br />
  <li>2001:  Legato in Burlington in summer 2001<br />
  <li>2001:  PrinterOn in Waterloo in summer 2001 (talked to HR only)<br />
  <li>2004:  ThoughtWorks (London, UK) in April 2004 (talked to HR only)<br />
  <br />
  Hey pretty cool:  as you can see above, I have a 50% chance of getting a job when I get an interview!</li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li>


post_date: 2004-12-14 19:06:16
post_content:
  Next time you visit me in Toronto, you can dial <b>3036</b> when you are at the bottom.  Or you can look at the list of tenants and find me (by lastname under \"B\") and dial the number thats shown there.  Finally!


post_date: 2004-12-14 19:10:22
post_content:
  I am not sure if I want to move to Calgary right now.  I will really have to see how it goes and think about it.  I would love to move to one of ThoughtWorks\' other offices (San Francisco for example, or even Nashville).  I think that the company is very interesting and a good experience.  I also think that they pay better salaries than Truition.  But like I said, I haven\'t really decided anything and for now I am just doing the interview process for fun.  Speaking of the process, these are <a href=\"http://www.thoughtworks.com/us/career/selection.html \">the steps that they do when they select someone </a>(it\'s pretty strict)


post_date: 2004-12-15 00:12:32
post_content:
  I am not sure if this is interesting, but I thought that I could show you.  This is the <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/tw-code.html\">project</a> that they asked me to work on.  There are three small problems to solve and I am supposed to select one and do it within one week.


post_date: 2004-12-15 23:03:27
post_content:
  The food at the christmas dinner wasn\'t anuthing exciting.  In fact the whole event was dull and unexciting.  I am not complaining, I talked a little bit to some people.  And I found out why so many software developers at Truition are russian - Leon Kuperman (the CTO who interviewed me) is in fact russian :-)  He\'s from touristy town in the Ukraine - on the red sea.  And just when you thought that \"kuperman\" was a german or swiss sounding last name :-)


post_date: 2004-12-22 22:00:54
post_content:
  Getting busy at work.  The worst day in terms of cold was Sunday I think.  Now it\'s back to normal winter weather :-)  See you tomorrow


post_date: 2004-12-28 14:31:47
post_content:
  The office is pretty empty today - I would say that about half the people are not here.<br />
  <br />
  I got my new watch resized (fitted) during lunch.  I also saw lots of sales for snowboards.  I think I will buy one and I would like to try it in Collingwood (Blue Mountain) before going to Vancouver.  The best thing would be if I could  try it this Saturday or this Sunday...  hmm...  What do you think?  Maybe Burt wants to come with me?   we\'ll have to see.<br />
  <br />
  For some reason I can\'t connect to MSN or Yahoo today, so we\'ll have to do \"the test\" some other time.  I am not sure what\'s wrong.


post_date: 2004-12-30 17:42:53
post_content:
  Cool <a href=\"http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3521037\">article</a> on investing.


post_date: 2004-12-31 00:49:36
post_content:
  My flight details for next weekend<br />
  <br />
  <b>Fri 07Jan05<br />
  Westjet flight# 683 <br />
  TORONTO 7:45pm<br />
  VANCOUVER 10:00pm<br />
  <br />
  Sun 09Jan05<br />
  Westjet flight# 702<br />
  VANCOUVER 11:05pm<br />
  TORONTO 6:35am</b>


post_date: 2005-01-03 14:08:05
post_content:
  First message of the new year - 2005 :-)<br />
  <br />
  Work is going good.  I think I am feeling a bit lazy.  The job is good and very interesting and everything like that.  Everyone never appreciates what they have - everyone wants always more and more and better and better.  I want to lie on the beach 8 months a year and work 4 months a year.  Do you think it\'s a good idea :-D


post_date: 2005-01-03 14:11:53
post_content:
  Regarding next weekend, here is some info:<br />
  <br />
  The place I am going to is called Whistler.  This is the main <a href=\"http://www.whistler.com\">website</a>.<br />
  <br />
  There are some pictures <a href=\"http://www.whistler.com/seewhistler/\">here.</a>


post_date: 2005-01-11 14:34:38
post_content:
  Hey, I think I\'ve recovered from my busy weekend.  It was good.  I think that I am lot better at snowboarding now.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I visited Burt and got all my stuff that he had for me.<br />
  <br />
  My swiss e-banking works fine now.<br />
  I got and deposited the cheque - thanks.<br />
  I paid the parking fine today and got the receipt.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, gotta get back to work.


post_date: 2005-01-13 14:25:03
post_content:
  Everything good with me.  A little bit strssed out because I feel that I don\'t have any time to do any of the stuff that I\'d like to do.  but hey, thats life and I am trying to get better ;-)<br />
  <br />
  I think that tomorrow you can pick me up from work around 17:30 or 18:00.  I am not taking much stuff with me, and it\'s easier if you get me from work.  Is that OK?  call me when you get there and I can come down from the office in 1 or 2 minutes.  Bye!


post_date: 2005-01-14 15:36:41
post_content:
  As I wrote last time - please pick me up from work.  Call me when you get there:  416 939 5239<br />


post_date: 2005-01-17 11:32:50
post_content:
  Hello,<br />
  <br />
  Mondays are not as much fun as Fridays, or Saturdays or Sundays ;-)<br />
  <br />
  Remember this website called www.autotrader.ca?  Truition just finished doing a project with them:  see <a href=\"http://www.internetretailer.com/pressReleaseDetail.asp?id=13833\">the full article</a>.<br />
  <br />
  I guess that\'s the only news for today :-)<br />
  <br />
  Love you!


post_date: 2005-01-18 11:51:24
post_content:
  Wow, it\'s so cold!  I quickly checked the official weather report for Toronto and it\'s -20 and <b>it feels like -28!</b>


post_date: 2005-01-20 13:19:15
post_content:
  Hey, how is everything going?<br />
  <br />
  <b>I don\'t want to come to St. Catharines this weekend.  I want to do some shopping and relax on Saturday.  And on Sunday I want to go to blue mountain for skiing.  Sorry </b>:-)<br />
  <br />
  I got some interesting news from Jakob from Copenhagen:<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote><br />
  ... <br />
  <br />
  In addition to studying for exams I\'ve started working for IBM on a project for<br />
  Swift, the international bank organisation. I work as a freelancer (10K+ euro a<br />
  month). Nice to finally make som money again. Studying makes me feel poor :-/<br />
  <br />
  ...<br />
  </blockquote><br />
  <br />
  &euro;10,000 sounds like a lot, but after 66% tax (which is the rate that Jakob is probably paying) it\'s only about CDN $5000 (which is less that I was getting in Zurich) :-)


post_date: 2005-01-24 13:57:00
post_content:
  Here are the pictures from the snowboarding trip to <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/whistler\">whistler</a>.<br />
  <br />
  Nothing exciting other than that...


post_date: 2005-01-25 18:34:39
post_content:
  List of holidays for 2005:<br />
  Firday March 25 (Good Friday) - 3 day weekend! (Easter)<br />
  Monday May 23 (Victoria Day) - <b>3 day weekend!</b><br />
  Friday July 1 (Canada Day) - <b>3 day weekend!</b><br />
  Monday August 1 (Civic Day) - <b>3 day weekend!</b><br />
  Monday September 5 (Labour Day) - <b>3 day weekend!</b><br />
  Monday October 10 (Thanksgiving Day) - 3 day weekend!<br />
  Monday December 26 (Christmas Day)<br />
  Tuesday December 27 (Boxing Day)<br />
  <br />
  Nothing new other than that :-)<br />


post_date: 2005-01-26 16:24:08
post_content:
  Hey, not much new to report.  I am getting better at going to work early :-)  hopefully by the time spring/summer is here, I can be a regular 9-5 type of guy ;-)<br />
  <br />
  And I\'ve been going to the gym regularly.<br />


post_date: 2005-01-26 22:13:43
post_content:
  One of the things that I\'ve wanted to do is to find some salary surveys for Toronto :-)  It turns out that I should be making between 52,000 and 72,000 per year.  The range is so big because there are many ways of describing my job.  All the surveys I\'ve looked at show someone with 2-5 years commercial experience.  See for yourself:<br />
  <br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/applications-systems-analyst.GIF\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br />
  <hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\"><br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/software-engineer.GIF\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br />
  <hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\"><br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/programmer.GIF\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br />
  <hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\"><br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/client-server-programmer.GIF\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />


post_date: 2005-01-26 23:43:48
post_content:
  Entrepreneurs Tap Virtual Success on eBay - full article <a href=\"http://www.canadaone.com/ezine/jan05/ebay_success.html\">here</a>


post_date: 2005-02-01 21:27:39
post_content:
  Everything is going good with me.  This evening I had dinner with Jasveer and her husband - so far he made no attepts at killing me ;-)<br />
  <br />
  Lots of interesting events coming up:  Next week, I will have a performance review with my boss at Truition.  I think that all developers are having one and hopefully I get raise.<br />
  <br />
  This Thursday I am meeting with a few people from some type of toronto ski club.  Maybe a chance to meet fellow sports fans.  We\'ll see how it goes...<br />
  <br />
  And coming up in a few weeks is the Canadian International Autoshow which is in none other than Toronto :-)<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.autoshow.ca/\">Autoshow website</a>


post_date: 2005-02-01 22:47:16
post_content:
  Tomorrow there is a cool art exposition at this <a href=\"http://www.thepowerplant.org/\">Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery</a> which is very close to where I work and it\'s free on Wednesdays.  I am pretty sure that I am going to go after work.  Really looking forward to it :-)<br />
  <br />
  They are showing basically two things<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.toronto.com/profile/877266/\">Ken Lum Works with Photography:</a><br />
  A 20-year retrospective of Ken Lum\'s internationally renowned photo-based works.<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.toronto.com/profile/877271/\">The Story of Art:</a><br />
  British artist Emma Kay projects the history of visual art onto the gallery wall at the Power Plant.


post_date: 2005-02-02 15:50:44
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=463588\">Study: Cell Phone Use Ages Young Drivers</a><br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>SALT LAKE CITY Feb 2, 2005 � Talking on a cell phone makes you drive like a retiree even if you\'re only a teen, a new study shows.<br />
  <br />
  A report from the University of Utah says when motorists between 18 and 25 talk on cell phones, they drive like elderly people moving and reacting more slowly and increasing their risk of accidents.</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-02-03 21:37:32
post_content:
  <b>Hey, I will <i>not</i> be coming to St. Catharines with Dad and Burt on Friday.  I will come on Saturday by bus or with Mom on Sunday. :-) :-D</b>


post_date: 2005-02-08 13:52:08
post_content:
  Nothing overly exciting.  I went to the gym and read a bit yesterday.<br />
  <br />
  As you noticed, I can send and receive email on my cellphone.  I got your reply that the test worked :-)  The email address is 4169395239@fido.ca<br />
  <br />
  bye!


post_date: 2005-02-11 00:08:38
post_content:
  Hey, so me and Burt will stay in Toronto this weekend.  We will try to explore Toronto a bit.  We will not be coming to St. Catharines.


post_date: 2005-02-11 18:26:05
post_content:
  I didn\'t have my review this week.  It was postponed - maybe next week; I don\'t know.  All the developers had their reviews postponed.<br />
  <br />
  I send my boss (Leon) those salary surveys that I showed you.  It might be the reason why everything is getting postponed... who knows :)


post_date: 2005-02-15 16:41:08
post_content:
  Hey, how is everything going?  Nothing overly exciting with me.  I am thinking of ordering some computer books again so that I can read up on new technologies.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I went to the gym.  Today and yesterday were pretty busy at work, but it was good because I am doing interesting stuff and enjoying myself.  <br />
  <br />
  I am thinking of going to Quebec for skiing the first weekend in March.  There is a famous ski resort there, and its a bit closer/cheaper than Vancouver.  And if I go to Quebec, I can visit this friend of mine in Ottawa - and get a free nights stay, while I am at it ;-).  I\'ll ask Burt if he is interested... we\'ll see<br />
  <br />
  bye


post_date: 2005-02-16 11:51:38
post_content:
  Good morning!  I am getting to work very late these days :-(  Winter sucks, I need to go someplace warm like California, Hawaii or Spain :-) :-)


post_date: 2005-02-17 00:04:13
post_content:
  click to enlarge :-)<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/b2.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/b.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/a1.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/c2.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/c.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>


post_date: 2005-02-18 12:53:50
post_content:
  I had my review today, got an increase in three ways:<br />
  - salary from 52K/year to 55K/year<br />
  - vacation from 2 weeks to 3 weeks<br />
  - and 5000 stock options in the company<br />
  <br />
  anyways, very excited about the whole thing.  We can talk more on the weekend! :-)


post_date: 2005-02-21 15:40:10
post_content:
  Hey, everything going good so far today.  I got to work pretty late - but I got there before my boss, so thats what counts ;-)<br />
  <br />
  I got some news from that chinese friend of mine who studied computer science with me at Guelph:<br />
  <br />
  <i><blockquote>I\'ve been lazy to read hotmail since I came to Shanghai last September. I am<br />
  working on a transaction with a team from my bank. The closing date has been<br />
  pushed, from originally planned end of June to very likely Oct or Nov. For<br />
  now I believe I will continue to spend most of my time here to at least May.<br />
  It is definitely better to work here than Hong Kong, in terms of working<br />
  load, or freedom, flexibility.<br />
  <br />
  I am going to get married on March 18 in Hong Kong. But no banquet this<br />
  time. We plan to schedule it in June. I may send you an invitation for<br />
  banquet, though i know you will not show up to my wedding, breaking your<br />
  little brittle heart. After the wedding, I may take vacation (if my bloody<br />
  boss releases me ;). Currently we think of travelling to Hawaii (maybe too<br />
  cold), or/and California/Vegas, if we can get visa in time. Alternatively we<br />
  may choose to go France (and a few countries around it), or Australia and<br />
  New Zealand (closest destination, and probably easier to get a visa for us).<br />
  </blockquote></i>


post_date: 2005-02-25 16:11:48
post_content:
  I\'m going to Switzerland for skiing/snowboarding next week.  Just got the plane tickets for $910<br />
  <br />
  Outbound :<br />
  AC 846 <br />
  Departs Toronto 04 Mar 2005, 2015 <br />
  Arrives Munich  05 Mar 2005, 1025<br />
  AC 9125 <br />
  Departs Munich 05 Mar 2005, 1115 <br />
  Arrives Zurich  05 Mar 2005, 1215<br />
  <br />
  Inbound :<br />
  AC 9126 <br />
  Departs Zurich 13 Mar 2005, 1325 <br />
  Arrives Munich  13 Mar 2005, 1425<br />
  AC 847 <br />
  Departs Munich 13 Mar 2005, 1515 <br />
  Arrives Toronto  13 Mar 2005, 1835


post_date: 2005-03-03 16:31:13
post_content:
  Hey, sorry that I haven\'t been writing very much.  I guess that I just got into a different flow where I was only concentrating on me the whole time.  Everything is OK.  Some of the plans for Switzerland are starting to clear up.  I am staying at Niall\'s place Saturday and Sunday and maybe other days as well.  Niall has Wednesday and Thursday off from work.  Atila has Wednesday off from work.  There is a party planned for both Saturdays ;-)<br />
  <br />
  But those are all the plans so far .... <br />


post_date: 2005-03-09 16:16:56
post_content:
  SUNDAY 13 MAR 05<br />
  <br />
  LUFTHANSA FLIGHT LH3725<br />
  DEPART: ZURICH<br />
  2:40P<br />
  ARRIVE: FRANKFURT<br />
  3:45P<br />
  AIRCRAFT TYPE: 32S                             <br />
  <br />
  LUFTHANSA FLIGHT LH9626<br />
  13 MAR 05<br />
  DEPART: FRANKFURT<br />
  5:00P<br />
  ARRIVE: TORONTO<br />
  7:45P<br />
  TERMINAL 1               <br />
  AIRCRAFT TYPE: BOEING 767 JET                  <br />
  FLIGHT DURATION:  8:45                                    <br />


post_date: 2005-03-09 16:18:53
post_content:
  So once again the most important stuff is in bold.<br />
  <br />
  Everything going very good so far.  Really really enjoying my vacation so far.  I really have to do this more often <br />
  <br />
  LUFTHANSA FLIGHT <b>LH9626</b><br />
  13 MAR 05<br />
  DEPART: FRANKFURT 5:00P<br />
  ARRIVE: TORONTO<br />
  <b>7:45P</b><br />
  TERMINAL 1               <br />
  AIRCRAFT TYPE: BOEING 767 JET                  <br />
  FLIGHT DURATION:  8:45                                    <br />


post_date: 2005-03-09 16:20:49
post_content:
  I have a new flight for sunday - the one I wrote below.  The original one that I wrote a few weeks ago is not valid anymore.  Because of all the stuff that happened on Friday with mz original flight<br />
  <br />
  Please come pick me up at the airport - so thats its easier for me...  around 8:00pm this sunday.$<br />
  <br />
  bye


post_date: 2005-03-15 09:45:50
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/switzerland2005\">photos</a> from last week in Switzerland:<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/autoshow\">photos</a> from the Canadian Autoshow:<br />


post_date: 2005-03-20 15:12:50
post_content:
  From Ada:<br />
  <blockquote><br />
  A dziekuje u mnie wszystko ok ale ten czas za szybko mija czekam teraz na swieta zeby by&#322;o troche wolnego. Tak studiuje francuski jezyk w &#321;odzi to jest ok 100km od Warszawy. Mieszkam w akademiku z kolezanka. Jak trzeba to sie ucze jak nie to troche korzystam z zycia i jakos lepiej lub gorzej leci. To fajnie ze praca Ci sie podoba:-)to najwazniejsze...sorry za ciekawosc ale co u tej sympatycznej dziewczyny - pani psycholog??Teraz naresznie w akademiku mam sta&#322;e &#322;acze internetowe wiec moge korzystac bez ograniczen.A co tam u Bartka wszystko ok?Moja kuzynka Dominika zdaje teraz mature i egzaminy i sie boi wiem jak to jest bo sama niedawno przez to przechodzilam. I nie tesknisz juz za Szwajcaria?ok koniec z pytaniami:-)<br />
  <br />
  Pozdrawiam serdecznie  <br />
                                            Ada<br />
  </blockquote>


post_date: 2005-03-20 16:04:04
post_content:
  <blockquote><i>Monday, March 14 to Friday, March 18:  Spring break. No classes will be held in the Pre-service Education Program.</i><br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/2004/undergrad/sche.html\">link to brock schedule</a><br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.brocku.ca/registrar/guides/returning/importantdates.html\">another link to brock schedule</a></blockquote>


post_date: 2005-03-20 16:04:59
post_content:
  <blockquote><a href=\"http://www.brocku.ca/och/index.php\">brock housing website</a><br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.brocku.ca/och/detail.php?id=58&list=535-607-2400-872-1859-1207-2533-2022-2544-2547-2395-1753-271-555-910-1902-2038-2006-581-1952-1377-1933-2527-1890-1992-2528-298-676-2198-2009-1686-2507-571-2586-2592-1599-2526-2529-2530-821-1378-2545-2451-2068-735-1215-2090-1914-1585-2030-570-625-2477-2450-1586-657-2575-2580-1880-1266-1334-2596-975-1103-2503-2057-2519-2175-2464-1034-1294-1404-1944-43-2505-563-2116-2138-2385-958-164-732-2461-2421-2520-1961-2437-2418-756-1714-2566-2569-1049-2578-445-1976-2598-2610-1330-2221-1945-831-2535-2542-2091-2427-2552-1935-2494-2564-1909-1636-2224-2512-2496-2599-2601-738-748-2540-2543-1955-695-1896-2554-2117-2120-2602-2606-1012-2044-1338-1447-1962-1996-1417-870-1600-687-921-1337-2106-1854-67-816-2487-1428-32-986-2214-2576-2583-2591-1382-2513-1874-2534-1664-2560-2062-1901-336-1657-2579-159-2589-2590-2261-23-2604-2232-665-2430-2434-1889-1925-1346-2099-2423-2522-2525-876-2531-127-2473-2541-1480-1726-707-1387-2553-2558-1923-588-901-1299-2433-2561-2562-2563-2217-2348-952-2568-2570-2571-2572-2574-1959-2577-1315-1327-2581-2582-2585-2587-2588-758-2597-1680-244-86-2518-1652-1849-2504-2010-392-2152-2516-2521-2216-2538-1084-1007-2124-2550-2551-747-1235-1863-2499-2573-1638-2500-2593-790-2392-2310-484-2387-17-2546-424-953-519-2607-2611-534-31-1305-1815-2565-1013-668-757-630-631-2467-626-2557-557-1270-1958-2584-215-1078-2600-2605-2020-2448-2608-2468-2444-2549-2406-1228-301-2331-2524-2559-1946-2242-257-1240\">your posting</a></blockquote>


post_date: 2005-03-22 14:48:13
post_content:
  I got next Monday off from work - so the four of us can spend together.  Everything going OK these days.<br />
  <br />
  All my books finally arrived:  one book on yoga, one book on biology, and three computer programming books.<br />
  <br />
  Not much else to report :-)


post_date: 2005-03-28 23:02:22
post_content:
  Remember that whole story with my Toronto-Zurich flight?  How it was all messed up and they had to change the schedule and there was a delay?  Well, it is getting even more interesting all of a sudden:  I might be getting the flight for FREE :-)  The charge of 900 CHF still has not appeared on my visa bill, and I just called the visa company and they still don\'t have it.  It would be so awesome if that happened - free flight to Zurich for me!  All I have to do now is keep very very quiet and hope for the best!


post_date: 2005-03-30 20:04:44
post_content:
  Hey, if you have some free time, take a look at this <a href=\"http://www.driving.blackbullet.com\">very cool trip and awesome photos</a>.  One of the programmers at work knows one of the guys who is in the trip.


post_date: 2005-03-31 14:24:42
post_content:
  Hello how is everything going?  I am having some problems adjusting my sleeping schedule:  when I go to sleep I can\'t really fall asleep and than I wake up late.  It\'s OK - it just means that I go to work later.<br />
  <br />
  The weather isn\'t so good the last two days, but Tuesday was wonderful.  On Tuesday at lunchtime, I went for a short walk and it was very nice.  I <i>would</i> ask you how the weather is in St. Catharines, but I guess it\'s almost the same as Toronto.  I am just so used to thinking \"I wonder how the weather is St. Catharines\" from the days when I was in Zurich :-)


post_date: 2005-03-31 14:26:49
post_content:
  Truition bought a small software company in Germany (Jena, a city in former \"east germany\").  I guess it\'s a good sign; that the company has money... :-)<br />
  <blockquote>Truition Announces Acquisition of AGETO GmbH<br />
  <br />
  Gains Impressive Retail Client Base, Localized eBay Selling Solution for Expanding German Market <br />
  <br />
  (Toronto, Canada, March 31, 2005) � Truition Inc., a leading provider of hosted e-commerce solutions for online sellers, today announced that it has acquired German software provider AGETO GmbH (AGETO). <br />
  <br />
  AGETO develops and markets sales channel automation software for the eBay marketplace.  Based in Jena, Germany, AGETO provides enterprise level German retailers with the ability to integrate eBay as a strategic sales, customer acquisition and asset recovery channel.  AGETO�s German client base includes Baur Versand, JPC, Max Bahr and buch.de.<br />
  <br />
  Among AGETO�s core technical assets is an ability to quickly and easily integrate its eBay sales automation platform with the leading business management, inventory and resource planning systems of most large European software providers.<br />
  <br />
  �This acquisition marks a key milestone for Truition as we strive to become a truly global provider of hosted e-Commerce solutions,� said Butch Langlois, CEO of Truition.  �AGETO�s impressive technology, experienced management team and excellent relationships in the German retail market will have an immediate and positive impact on our German operations.�<br />
  <br />
  As part of the agreement, AGETO�s founders, Sirko Schneppe and Sascha Sauer will retain their roles as Managing Directors, reporting to Patrick Israel, Truition�s Country Manager for Germany. Prior to founding AGETO in 2003, both Schneppe and Sauer held senior product development and marketing positions with German software giant, Intershop.<br />
  <br />
  �The combined business operation of Truition and AGETO provides our customers with the most complete solution for online marketplace management,� said Sirko Schneppe, Managing Director of AGETO. �Truition�s broad range of eBay-specific services and capabilities will be a definite asset to our core client base in the German retail market, and we are excited to provide Truition with a completely localized, German product offering.�<br />
  <br />
  AGETO will retain its corporate brand during a pre-determined transitional period.  During this timeframe, a combination of the AGETO eBay offering and Truition CMS platform will be completed and launched to the German market.<br />
  <br />
  �This merger provides Truition with the ability to enhance our existing sales and services group with an experienced German employee base,� added Patrick Israel.  �Truition�s strong commitment to the European market is evident in this transaction, and we look forward to serving the European retail community with hosted e-Commerce solutions that are tailored to their specific needs.�<br />
  <br />
  About Truition:<br />
  Founded in 1998, Truition is a leading provider of hosted e-Commerce solutions for online sellers. Truition offers a unique mix of technology and account management services, enabling its clients to have strategic, cost-effective access to the world�s online marketplaces.  <br />
  <br />
  Truition is headquartered in Toronto, with additional corporate offices in Frankfurt, London, Boston, San Jose and Jena.  Truition�s European client base includes L�Tur, TUI, Comet, Thistle Hotels and lastminute.com. <br />
  <br />
  More information about Truition can be found at www.truition.com.<br />
  More information about AGETO can be found at www.ageto.de.<br />
  </blockquote>


post_date: 2005-04-03 15:50:30
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/pl/\">Various photos about PL</a> - for example:<br />
  <br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/pl/100tys.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br />
  <br />


post_date: 2005-04-03 16:04:16
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/venezuela.htm\">Cool pictures </a> from national park in Venezuela<br />
  <br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/venezuela_files/Koala%2520en%2520Puerta.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />


post_date: 2005-04-03 22:36:23
post_content:
  I went to St. Michal\'s cathedral by myself for a few minutes.  Not much exciting...  I think that the most important thing is that people mourn or go through the death of the pope in their own way.  Dad has his way:  following all the stuff on TV.  I have my own special way.  Everyone is different...<br />
  <br />
  Two interesting things from the cathedral:  there were TV cars in front of it (CP24 station) and there a flagpole with the vatican flag at halfmast.  Another sad thing was that when I left the church, there was a guy there selling T-shirts with the pope on them.  How terrible!!!  Makes you really wonder what is becoming of our society these days... it\'s so focused on money :-( :-(


post_date: 2005-04-05 22:28:50
post_content:
  Everything going normal :-)<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday me and Burt went to St. Michael\'s Cathedral and than we went to the Polish street to see that statue of the Pope.<br />
  <br />
  Today I went to the gym.  I am so tired, so I am going to go to sleep soon.


post_date: 2005-04-06 13:07:51
post_content:
  I think that I would really prefer the next weekend (not this weekend).  I am meeting this girl Thursday evening, so I think that I want to keep my weekend free, in case we decide to meet again.  Her name is Trysh ;-)  She is the travel agent that helped me with my flight to Zurich on the telephone.  Since than we talked a little bit on the phone, wrote a few emails, and exchanged photos.


post_date: 2005-04-06 15:06:21
post_content:
  Very cool satelite images and map:  <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/\">google maps</a><br />
  [Click Satelite/Map in the right corner to alternate between two modes]<br />
  <br />
  Unfortunately the part where you live is not visible, it\'s very dark for some reason, maybe a cloud or something.


post_date: 2005-04-06 19:20:01
post_content:
  I should really start reading the news.  According to <a href=\"http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Story/20050317-004/page.asp\">this story</a> the TTC might go on strike.  Which means that there will be no public transportation in Toronto!  Time to get a car?  <br />
  <br />
  Apparantly there was a deadline until Wednesday, than they pushed it to this Friday and now they are pushing the deadline until next Monday.  Which means I am safe until next Monday.  After that, we\'ll see..


post_date: 2005-04-08 21:30:15
post_content:
  Richest man in the world - Bill Gates<br />
  Second:  Warren Buffet (famous US investor - who as a newspaper delivery boy filed first tax return at age 13; claimed $35 deduction for bicycle!)<br />
  Third:  Lakshmi Mittal (some Indian guy - uh-oh!)<br />
  Sixth:  Ingvar Kamprad (founder of Ikea - furniture)<br />
  Eight:  Karl Albrecht (founder of ALDI!!!)<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/2005/03/09/bill05land.html\">full list</a><br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/lists/\">other lists..</a>


post_date: 2005-04-12 14:24:30
post_content:
  Hello, I guess I have been very very quiet the last few days.  No calls and no messages.  Sorry about that... I think that sometimes this happens to me for some reason.<br />
  <br />
  Work is going good - I am finishing some interesting stuff and today is a pretty easy day.  Well, at least so far.<br />
  <br />
  During the weekend I did lots of shopping.  I didn\'t really buy all that much stuff, but I did look at lots of jackets and stuff like that.  I did buy some tshirts and new cologne spray.  And some food of course.<br />
  <br />
  On Sunday me and Burt played some football and some soccer outside.  It was very nice.  And I went to the gym on both days.<br />
  <br />
  At home I have been doing some reading and I\'ve been also reading a bit one the subway (when going to Burt\'s place because its a long ride).  And I also started writing this letter to both grandparents.  Its almost ready, I\'ll try to send it to them this week.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, thats all that comes to mind.  See you soon :-)


post_date: 2005-04-13 15:30:55
post_content:
  Hello, not much exciting to report.  Work is going good.  I\'ve stopping drinking coffee and I switched to drinking water and juice.


post_date: 2005-04-14 21:36:02
post_content:
  Burt says that you should try to pick him up late:  around 20:00.  He says the he will be working late...<br />
  <br />
  You can pick me up anytime after 18:00.<br />
  <br />
  So..... the best plan seems to be trying to get me around 19:15-19:30 <b>from work</b> and than going to get Burt.


post_date: 2005-04-20 11:40:08
post_content:
  Interesting weather changes eh?  yesterday was so hot and today it\'s so wet and dark...<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lillian_wonderland/album?.dir=/a203&.src=ph&.tok=phO9K3CBhosWaCUC\">photos</a> from Dave\'s wedding (that Chinese guy that studied at University of Guelph with me, who is now in Hong Kong)...


post_date: 2005-04-20 12:37:09
post_content:
  <blockquote>Why tell your grandkids you worked 9 to 5, five days a week for 40 years and quietly sat in traffic jams while people went to war, suffered disease and shot their own classmates?<br />
  <br />
  Tell them you refused to live in fear.  Tell them you crossed the Amazon, saw the Lost Cities of Gold and met your soul mate in Casablanca.  Travel to the ends of the earth.  Go now and live adventures that will make your grandkids proud.</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-04-22 10:00:04
post_content:
  Pictures from our walking trip (taken with my cellphone):<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/de/17-04-05_1545.jpg\">image 1</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/de/17-04-05_1546.jpg\">image 2</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/de/17-04-05_1647.jpg\">image 3</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/de/17-04-05_1648.jpg\">image 4</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/de/17-04-05_1649.jpg\">image 5</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/de/17-04-05_1650.jpg\">image 6</a>


post_date: 2005-04-22 22:20:28
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sat/burt.JPG\">photo</a> of Burt\'s neighbourhood at Pharmacy and Shepphard.<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sat/mike.JPG\">photo</a> of my neighbourhood at St Clair and Yonge.<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sat/work.JPG\">photo</a> of downtown Toronto where I work.


post_date: 2005-04-23 14:34:21
post_content:
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/forecast.GIF\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /><br />
  <br />
  Oh no!!!  Terrible weather coming up the next few days...


post_date: 2005-04-25 13:20:14
post_content:
  Not much overly exciting to report.  Work is going pretty good and I am having a good time at work.  Working on really interesting stuff and getting things done - so having lots of satisfaction.


post_date: 2005-04-25 20:10:41
post_content:
  Pretty interesting day at work.  I can\'t really go to the gym today, because my neck hurts a little bit (I think I must have slept wrong...)  Sooooo I guess I will do some shopping and cook myself a feast.  I am thinking of something with LOADS of bacon.


post_date: 2005-04-26 23:09:22
post_content:
  Today was a pretty nice day.  I went to work and started working on some really cool stuff.  At one point, I was so excited about the programming, that I didn\'t want to stop to go pee!  Very nice day all in all.... after work I went to the gym and did the rowing machine for 12 minutes and than did the cross-trainer machine for 40 minutes.<br />
  <br />
  Sometimes I think that I am living the perfect life ;-)


post_date: 2005-04-27 11:14:48
post_content:
  Last night I had a dream that Burt came to my apartment at 9:00am (right away I should have known it was a dream) and he said that he was here because Mom asked him to check if my windows are closed!<br />
  <br />
  And in my dream, I wasn\'t so shocked about this.  I only asked him why he didn\'t call me before coming to check if the windows were closed.  That way I would know that he is coming.  Strange dream!!!


post_date: 2005-04-27 15:44:15
post_content:
  Today at lunch, I had a very very healthy meal:  all salads!  The only disadvantage is that it\'s all cold.  But that\'s OK because it\'s finally getting better/warmer outside.<br />
  <br />
  Good day at work again... 


post_date: 2005-04-28 22:05:56
post_content:
  ... and today I had another interesting dream.  I was doing something that was a little bit wrong and than someone came and I said \"ok, I surrender\" and than the guy put handcuffs on my hands!<br />
  <br />
  In that dream (or perhaps in another dream) I was somehow back in Switzerland.  And in this dream I was working at Deltavista again and there was a new restaurant very close to the Deltavista office, and I was going for lunch there - I had some strange soup there in my dream.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, see you this weekend!<br />
  love you


post_date: 2005-05-02 16:38:43
post_content:
  Yesterday when I got to Toronto, I had salad and this really cool dressing sauce:  dried tomato with something-or-other... :-)


post_date: 2005-05-09 11:24:47
post_content:
  Yesterday evening I went for a run in this park (close to where I live).  It\'s very nice!<br />
  <br />
  Today after work, a bunch of us are going to the blue jays baseball game :-)  Truition does some business with the blue jays, and apparantly we have some free tickets.  Toronto is playing vs. Kansas City... and it might be on TV - who knows.  The game starts at 19:07.


post_date: 2005-05-10 23:50:38
post_content:
  The baseball game was very cool.  We had excellent seats - third row!<br />
  <br />
  Today I got to work pretty late, and I stayed until 20:30.  Than I went to the gym and had a pretty good workout.<br />
  <br />
  bye!


post_date: 2005-05-12 13:44:48
post_content:
  <i>Hej, czy ja musze w ten weekend jachac do St. Catharines?  Tak wlasciwie w ten weekend, to ja wole nie jechac...<br />
  <br />
  Bo wiecie przecierz ze nastepny (maj 21/22/23) weekend ma trzy dni?  Nie lepiej wtedy pojechac?</i>


post_date: 2005-05-13 00:20:16
post_content:
  Thursday at work I had a very neat surprise.  This software developer from Germany was standing by my desk and talking to me about work.  And at this particular moment, this one manager at our office, Rick, comes up to us and asks the German developer if he wants to go sailing after work.  The German guy says that \"yes, it would be very cool\" and than Rick asks me if I would like to come as well, and of course I agreed.<br />
  <br />
  So after work, at around 18:30, the three of us:  Rick, me and the german guy, left the office and walked about 10 minutes to the lake.  Apparently Rick is in some sailing club and he has access to a sailboat.  We went up on the boat, and he was teaching us and showing us all the interesting stuff.  The boat had a motor in it for maneuvering in the harbor and for backup.  The wind wasn\'t very strong, so we didn\'t really go very fast, but it was still a very very cool experience.  We sailed in the harbor for about two hours and got back before it was dark.  And than we grabbed some dinner in the city....  yeah, so out of the blue, I had a completely amazing experience.  I think that I will have to check how expensive it is to get involved in sailing :-)


post_date: 2005-05-13 12:13:55
post_content:
  Don\'t forget that today is Friday the 13th, so be very very careful ;-)<br />
  <br />
  Here are some <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/baseball\">photos</a> from the baseball game on Monday.<br />
  <br />
  And these are some <a href=\"http://www.structurae.net/structures/data/photos.cfm?ID=s0006478&min=0\">photos</a> from Jena.  The big tower is in (east) Germany, and we now have a small office inside that tower.  


post_date: 2005-05-16 16:36:34
post_content:
  Yesterday I ended up doing a lot of cleaning.  I cleaned my kitchen and my bathroom and the floors.   Everything is so clean now that I am afraid of using any of it :-)<br />
  <br />
  Work is busy as usual on Monday/Tuesday.  I noticed that I am the most productive on Monday/Tuesday and my productivity drops as the week goes on...


post_date: 2005-05-17 13:34:20
post_content:
  Not much new or exciting to report.  I am almost finished reading this one cool book on outsourcing/offshoring and the new economy.  The book is called \"the world is flat\".  There is a review/summary of the book on <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374292884/qid=1116351193/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-0544545-7888614?v=glance&s=books&n=507846\">amazon</a><br />
  <br />
  Yesterday and Sunday I had two really good workouts.  I think I am slowly getting a little bit more fit.  It\'s weird because I still have a bit of a belly...<br />
  <br />
  Oh, and before I forget, Burt said that he knows a good place in St. Catharines where you can get lots of CD jewel cases for a dollar.  They are in a \"dollar store\" somewhere in the pen center.


post_date: 2005-05-17 15:56:06
post_content:
  Some <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/sailing\">photos</a> from the sailing trip.<br />
  <br />
  Some <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/office\">photos</a> from the Truition office.<br />
  <br />
  All of them were taken by Marco, that one guy from Deutschland.


post_date: 2005-05-18 14:17:55
post_content:
  Only 2.5 half days until the long weekend!  Yeee-hhaaa!! :-)<br />
  <br />
  Any exciting plans yet?  As long as I can go for a run every day (Sat, Sun, Mon) I\'ll be happy.<br />
  <br />
  Am I doing any painting on the weekend?  Should I do some research on Picasso or Dali or Monet?


post_date: 2005-05-18 23:57:41
post_content:
  In the last few weeks I realized that so many customers or companies that are working with Truition are Jewish or Russian.  Isn\'t that amazing?


post_date: 2005-05-19 11:02:21
post_content:
  They usually have all kinds of advertisements on the subway, and the last few days I noticed advertisements for... you\'ll never guess - DAB Dortmunder Bier!<br />
  <br />
  Other than that, nothing overly exciting...


post_date: 2005-05-24 23:14:17
post_content:
  One of the guys I know from the Krakow Deltavista office is in Atlanta right now.  He is attending some type the 2005 ICCS conference (International Conference on Computational Science.  Check out this <a href=\"http://www.iccs-meeting.org/schedule/program.php?show=W09b&showAbstracts=true\">link</a><br />
  <br />
  His name is Marek (last article) and Piotr is another guy that works in Deltavista.  Pretty impressive, eh?


post_date: 2005-05-25 19:02:54
post_content:
  Wow!  Dad was right about the weather - very nice today!  I had lunch outside in this tiny little park very close to work.  It\'s not even a park; it\'s an area 10x20 meters with grass and trees.


post_date: 2005-05-29 23:54:49
post_content:
  June 1st will be the 7th month anniversary of me moving to Toronto.<br />
  <br />
  In those seven months, I finished seven books:<br />
  <li>The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman [economics + outsourcing]<br />
  <li>Effective Java Programming Language Guide by Joshua Bloch [java]<br />
  <li>Snow White and Russian Red by Dorota Maslowska [polish fiction translated to english]<br />
  <li>Sundowners by Lesley Lokko [fiction about teenagers]<br />
  <li>North by Roger Hubank [fiction on arctic expedition]<br />
  <li>The Rebel Sell by Andrew Potter [society and marketing]<br />
  <li>Last Citadel by David L. Robbins [fiction on world war II]<br />
  <br />
  And there are two other books that are half finished:<br />
  <li>The E-myth<br />
  <li>The Pragmatic Programmer</li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li>


post_date: 2005-05-30 11:15:05
post_content:
  Today I woke up at 7:00, cleaned up a little bit, went to the gym, than had breakfast, went to the grocery store and got some snacks for work, and made it to work for 10:00 :-)<br />
  <br />
  we\'ll see how tomorrow goes...


post_date: 2005-05-31 10:47:21
post_content:
  I think that I must have slept wrong yesterday, because my neck hurts a little bit.<br />
  <br />
  Not to worry, today is payday, so it will be a good day either way!


post_date: 2005-06-02 11:56:16
post_content:
  hej, ja przyjade w ten weekend do st. catharines, ale prawdo-podobnie w sobote rano autobusem.  Bartek chyba nie przyjedza... z tego co ja rozumiem.<br />
   <br />
  duzo nie pisze bo mam duzo pracy :-)


post_date: 2005-06-07 01:10:24
post_content:
  During the weekend, I updated my resume.  It was actually a lot of work, but I think it\'s a lot better now.  You can see it <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/career/\">here</a>.<br />
  <br />
  Today I applied for some jobs in....<br />
  <br />
  ... the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_islands\">cayman islands</a> :-)<br />
  <br />
  It\'s very interesting, because it\'s a very small island with a small population, and I think that it\'s pretty hard to look for jobs there because I think that things move very slowly there.<br />
  <br />
  These are the companies that I applied for (I sent them a nice long email, mentioning my IT banking experiences in Zurich):<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bluebison.ky/employment.html\">Blue Bison Software Consultants</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.caymannational.com/jobs/index.cfm?CFID=110779&CFTOKEN=30518066\">Cayman National</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bankofbutterfield.ky/html/vacancies.htm\">Butterfield Bank</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.ncbcayman.com/\">NCB (Cayman) Limited</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.dboffshore.com/\">Deutsche Bank</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.csx.com.ky/\">Cayman Islands Stock Exchange</a>


post_date: 2005-06-07 19:33:10
post_content:
  Very good day at work today... worked on interesting stuff and got lots of stuff done.  Listened to good music on the headphones almost the whole day.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday and today I had an absolutely healthy lunch:  loads of mixed salads (lettuce, various vegetable salada, and fruit salad - all mixed together)


post_date: 2005-06-08 10:56:38
post_content:
  Dave -  that guy who studied Computer SCience with me at UofG - is having his wedding bonquet this Saturday <a href=\"http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/SHAJW\">HERE.</a><br />
  <br />
  He sent me a wedding invitation, as a gesture of politeness.  I would not really go, but I did check plane tickets to Shangai (Toronto-Vancouver-Shanghai) and they are <i>only</i> $3000!!!  Can you believe that - I guess because its such short notice.


post_date: 2005-06-10 13:19:31
post_content:
  Not too much exciting to report.  Work is going good - I\'m writing some interesting little programs and I am having fun.<br />
  <br />
  Saturday I am going to London to visit this girl from high school - you might remember her - her name is Michelle.<br />
  <br />
  No replies from the Cayman Islands, unfortunately :-(


post_date: 2005-06-10 22:34:54
post_content:
  In the last two weeks or so at work, I realized that sitting so close to the boss has some advtanges.  I know whats going on in the company a lot better than other software  developers.  And I get to hear lots of phone conversations where my boss is trying to sell the company\'s products to new customers - that\'s quite interesting!!!


post_date: 2005-06-10 22:36:05
post_content:
  This is a <a href=\"http://www.intershop-tower.de/de/webcam.html\">webcam</a> from that office in Jena, Germany.  I\'m not sure if it\'s interesting, but I tought that it was kinda cool...


post_date: 2005-06-15 21:40:03
post_content:
  Late Tuesday night, I applied to about 35 java jobs in California.  It took me about 90 minutes - so I guess it\'s pretty fast.<br />
  <br />
  I was rewarded with one pretty good reply:<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>Hi michael,<br />
   <br />
  Thank you for emailing your resume. Please let me know if you are open to come down to the bay area for personal interviews. This position is with Cisco Sytsems in San Jose, CA. Also needed is your hourly pay rate informaiton. This is a W2 contract for 3-6 months.<br />
   <br />
  Aruna</blockquote><br />
  <br />
  I\'m sure that not much will come out of it, but at least I can write a reply and qoute them a nice hourly rate.  I think I\'ll write $40-$45, because that\'s the rate that I have seen for other jobs like this (in this part of the US).


post_date: 2005-06-15 21:47:14
post_content:
  Check out this <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/other/res662800675\">cool picture</a>.  You remember <him> right?</him>


post_date: 2005-06-16 12:08:29
post_content:
  Enbridge stock price in the last 12 months :-) :-)<br />
  <br />
  <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/enbridge.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />


post_date: 2005-06-17 12:29:03
post_content:
  The photo of me and the bear is from the giant mall in Toronto:  the one if Vaughn off MacKenzie drive or whatever.  Anyhoo, see ya later on today.


post_date: 2005-06-17 14:58:09
post_content:
  On Sunday September 18 there is a <a href=\"http://www.instride.ca/2005/grapes2005.html\">half-marathon</a> in St. Catharines :-)  I am definitively going to do it... the only bad thing is that it starts at 8:00am.


post_date: 2005-06-19 23:15:20
post_content:
  <b><i>FLIGHT INFO:<br />
  Toronto to Barcelona:<br />
  Toronto:  2005/06/24 21:00 --> London: 2005/06/25 09:00 (Skyservice Airlines 250)<br />
  London: Sat 25 Jun 14:10 --> Barcelona: Sat 25 Jun 17:15 (easyJet flight 5135)<br />
  <br />
  Barcelona to Toronto:<br />
  Barcelona:  Sat 02 Jul 22:55 --> London Sun 03 Jul 00:10 (easyJet flight 5138<br />
  London: 2005/07/03 11:55 --> Toronto: 2005/07/03 14:55 (Skyservice Airlines 261)</i></b>


post_date: 2005-06-19 23:16:48
post_content:
  <b><i>Alejandra\'s contact info:<br />
  <br />
  Alejandra Carrero<br />
  +34 660 684 178<br />
  [011 34 660 684 178]<br />
  calle del Pi 10<br />
  entresuelo 1ero<br />
  08002<br />
  Barcelone, Spain<br />
  <br />
  ... another friend\'s phone number:<br />
  Valle Jimenez<br />
  +34 639716900</i></b>


post_date: 2005-06-20 12:41:58
post_content:
  If you want to prevent other people from modifying your MS Excel files, you can \"protect\" them with a password:<br />
  <br />
  You can either protected a single sheet or an entire workbook:<br />
  <br />
  In the menu at the top, go to:<br />
  Tools -> Protection -> Protect Sheet<br />
    or <br />
  Tools -> Protection -> Protect Workbook


post_date: 2005-06-20 18:42:50
post_content:
  Statistics Canada report said, nearly half of Canadian households spend more than they make.  <a href=\"http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050620.wspend0620/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20050620.wspend0620\">more....</a>


post_date: 2005-06-21 19:17:30
post_content:
  3 more days until my vacation starts :-)<br />
  <br />
  The <a href=\"http://www.truition.com/\">corporate website</a> for Truition looks completely different now.  Very professional :-)


post_date: 2005-06-22 00:07:00
post_content:
  Toronto can be very nice when shown by a professional photographer (not me).  I think <i>anything</i> can be beautiful when you look at it from a positive viewpoint ;-)<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/clouds_sunset_sep16_cn.jpg\">toronto #1</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/cn_tower_downtown_ice_chunks_night.jpg\">toronto #2</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/cn_tower_pov_west_skyline.jpg\">toronto #3</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/lake_walkers.jpg\">toronto #4</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/lone_skater_on_lake.jpg\">toronto #5</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/photographer_cn-tower_sunset_thompson_park.jpg\">toronto #6</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/trinity_park_self_shadow_and_cntower.jpg\">toronto #7</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/union_shooting.jpg\">toronto #8</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/eaton_tower_reflection_canada_flag.jpg\">toronto #9</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/stiched_eaton_center_tall.jpg\">toronto #10</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/toronto/stiched_eaton_center_tall_2.jpg\">toronto #11</a><br />


post_date: 2005-06-22 14:53:16
post_content:
  another interesting reply from someone in California:<br />
  <blockquote>Thank you Michael; your experience is interesting but not quite senior<br />
  enough for this position. I have another position, however, in San Mateo<br />
  which could be a good fit. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts.<br />
  Please don\'t worry if you don\'t have everything on the description; they\'re<br />
  not expecting that!</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-06-23 12:44:08
post_content:
  Toronto stocks finished at their highest closing level since October 2000 on Wednesday in a broad-based rally led by surging energy (<a href=\"http://feeds.torontonews.net/?rid=647677aa30889176&cat=03cb86c5037f9622&f=1\">full article</a>)<br />
  <br />
  1.5 more days until vacation!!!


post_date: 2005-06-24 12:34:16
post_content:
  Wow - last day at work :-)<br />
  <br />
  I think that I ma very lucky that in the last two or three years I have been taking lots of interesting and expensive vacations:  Swiss mountains, skiing, snowboarding, London, Paris, Italy, Spain :-)


post_date: 2005-07-04 08:45:14
post_content:
  These are <i>all</i> the <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/barcelona-2005/\">photos</a> that I took in Barcelona....<br />
  <br />


post_date: 2005-07-07 14:23:10
post_content:
  Bombings death toll rises to 37<br />
  Four terror attacks on London\'s transport network leave more than 30 dead and hundreds injured. <br />
  <a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/4661059.stm\">news article</a>


post_date: 2005-07-10 16:22:09
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html\">You\'ve got to find what you love</a> - the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005


post_date: 2005-07-12 22:59:20
post_content:
  Yesterday was very busy for me:  I did my laundry, cleaned the toilet, cleaned the kitchen.... :-)<br />
  <br />
  Work is going OK so far.


post_date: 2005-07-14 19:57:07
post_content:
  Not much overly exciting to report.  Tuesday I met with Jasveer and Jagi and on Wednesday I saw a movie with Tom Cruise with a guy from work and Ben (another friend University of Guelph) and Sarah.  Sarah is Ben\'s very attractive girlfriend, but she seems really dull, unfortunately.<br />
  <br />
  Remember that one guy from the UK who worked for Deltavista, and he would work from his home in the mountains and come to the office only once per week or once every two weeks?  Well, he has a <a href=\"http://271828.net/\">blog</a> too and that\'s where I found a link to that Steve Jobs speech (about \"You\'ve got to find what you love\")


post_date: 2005-07-15 22:44:45
post_content:
  Today I got a surprise phone call from a recruiter from San Francisco.  She works for a recruiting company called <a href=\"http://www.trinova.com\">Trinova</a>.  I applied for a job a few weeks ago and we\'ve been emailing each other since then (<a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/sanfran.html\">see full thread here</a>, read from the bottom).<br />
  <br />
  So she talked to me about two possible positions.  I am not sure if anything will come out of it, but it was interesting to talk to her either way.  At the end of it she said what my salary expectations are, and I said between USD 65K and  USD 75K per year.  And she agreed saying that these jobs pay between USD 70K and USD 75K.<br />
  <br />
  One of the two jobs would be with this company called <a href=\"http://www.successfactors.com\">SuccessFactors</a>.  Anyways, we\'ll see how it goes .....<br />


post_date: 2005-07-15 22:47:14
post_content:
  Karl Dawson, the Canadian guy who hired me at Deltavista in September 2001, is now working for <a href=\"http://www.keyone.ch/\">Key One AG</a>.  The website doesn\'t have any meaningful information.  I found out from one of the Polish guys from Krakow who is now working with Karl.  Apparantly, Karl has hired <b>four</b> Polish programmers who used to work in Deltavista.


post_date: 2005-07-19 12:21:49
post_content:
  Hey, it\'s me :-)  sorry that I completely disappeared in the last few days...  not much too exciting happening these days.  Work is good, going to the gym, reading, and eating healthy.  Yesterday I had a huge salad for lunch.<br />
  <br />
  Do you want to do netmeeting today or Wednesday?  Maybe around 7:00 or 8:00?


post_date: 2005-07-22 07:53:46
post_content:
  Funny story about my boss yesterday (Leon - the guy who started the company 6 or 8 years ago).  As he is leaving the office, he has a small box in his hand and he quickly talks to some of the developers including me.  He says that this box has a very expensive bottle of champagne that he got as a gift from a friend.  He said that he is going to return the bottle of champagne to a shop for a refund, and then buy a different battle and give it as a gift to that same friend :-)  Unbelievable!!!


post_date: 2005-07-23 14:24:43
post_content:
  Hey, just on my way out to see this:  <a href=\"http://www.beachesjazz.com/mainstage.html\">jazz festival</a><br />
  <br />
  Afterwards, I want to try to see the beaches in Toronto [and compare them to Spain ;-)]<br />
  <br />
  Not sure if I can do netmeeting this weekend, - worst case scenario, we can do it Monday <br />
  <br />
  love you :-D 


post_date: 2005-07-24 13:44:18
post_content:
  Here are a <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/jazz_festival\">few photos</a> from the yesterday\'s adventures.  I walked around yesterday during the day at the beach and it was pretty good.  It wasn\'t all that hot and there are lots of places with shade.  And the music was very nice.<br />
  <br />
  In fact, I went back there with Jasveer during the evening.  In the evening they had a large part of Queen street closed off to traffic.  And they had so many performers on the street.  It was very nice!<br />
  <br />
  Hope that everything went OK with the cleaners at Castlewood.  I had a dream about the cleaners:  I came home and the cleaners were cleaning and Dad was trying to convince me to talk to one of the cleaners because she was beautiful.  And of course, Dad kept saying that this cleaning girl is better than Alejandra.  Funny how your mind works eh?


post_date: 2005-07-25 22:22:38
post_content:
  Long and tiring day at work today...   but on the positive side I had a really good workout at the gym:  trying to release some stress and stuff like that.


post_date: 2005-07-26 14:58:18
post_content:
  <blockquote>Hi Mike,<br />
  <br />
  Good news! Jeff Ichnowski at Successfactors would like to interview you for the<br />
  Java developer position we discussed. He is available today, tomorrow or<br />
  Thursday. Please give me a couple of timeframes that would work for you; you<br />
  should budget about 45 minutes.<br />
  <br />
  Thank you!<br />
  <br />
  Also, please tell me which number he should call you on.<br />
  <br />
  Best regards,<br />
  <br />
  Elise</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-07-26 19:48:56
post_content:
  <blockquote>Jeff will call you Weds. at 6 PM, PST. He\'s a really nice guy ... a software<br />
  engineer so he\'d be a peer of yours, if you get the job. This will be a very<br />
  technical interview -- assessing your knowledge of client and server-side<br />
  Java techs (mostly server-side). Also assessing your overall intellectual<br />
  agility; ability to think on your feet; think creatively; embrace new ideas;<br />
  articulate your own ideas; assess the methodologies/best practices you<br />
  adhere to, etc. He won\'t deliberately try to trip you up or anything though<br />
  ... it should be pretty straightforward!<br />
  <br />
  Good luck!!!</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-07-29 00:18:06
post_content:
  Hey, so me and Burt will not be coming on Friday.  I think we are coming by bus sometime on Saturday.  I am not exactly sure whate the plan is, but we are not coming on Friday.<br />
  <br />
  Another funny story from work:  Next week some people from United Airlines are coming to the Toronto office to talk about a contract with Truition.  You know, figure out the final details and agree on things.  Because of these important visitors, someone decided that we need to place a computer and a chair in the reception area, so that it looks like Truition can afford a receptionist.  While in fact, Truition doesn\'t have a receptionist right now.  All for looks!


post_date: 2005-07-30 03:16:42
post_content:
  On Friday evening I got some praise from my boss (company co-founder) - see full <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/praise/praise.html\">email</a>.<br />
  <br />
  The nice thing is that he said <i>\"Nicely done Mike! This brings a tear to my eye ;-)\"</i> in the email which was sent to all the software developers.  In the email, the two screenshots show what I have been working for during the last two days.


post_date: 2005-07-30 14:47:54
post_content:
  Me and Burt are taking the bus this weekend.  We should be arriving at 7:30pm... we\'ll call a little later just to confirm.<br />
  <br />
  see you soon!


post_date: 2005-07-31 19:58:37
post_content:
  <blockquote>R�wnie&#380; w 1894 roku pozna&#322;a swojego m&#281;&#380;a Pierra Curie, kt�ry by&#322; w tym czasie doktorantem w laboratorium Becquerela. Po zrobieniu doktoratu przez Pierra, Maria po&#347;lubi&#322;a go w 1895. W zwi&#261;zku z bezwyznaniowo&#347;ci&#261; Pierra i oboj&#281;tno&#347;ci&#261; religijn&#261; Marii by&#322; to &#347;lub cywilny, za kt�ry Mari&#281; \"wykl&#281;&#322;a\" na jaki&#347; czas jej polska rodzina. Pierre zarekomendowa&#322; Mari&#281; Becquerelowi, kt�ry zaproponowa&#322; jej podj&#281;cie studi�w doktoranckich pod jego opiek&#261;. Becquerel zaproponowa&#322; jej pozornie ma&#322;o atrakcyjny i pracoch&#322;onny temat zbadania dlaczego radioaktywno&#347;&#263; niekt�rych rodzaj�w rudy uranowej jest znacznie wy&#380;sza ni&#380; wynika to z udzia&#322;u w niej czystego uranu. Maria, pocz&#261;tkowo z pomoc&#261; m&#322;odego chemika robi&#261;cego licencjat - A.Debierne rozpocz&#281;&#322;a pracoch&#322;onn&#261; prac&#281; rozdzielania rudy uranowej na pojedyncze zwi&#261;zki chemiczne i poszukiwanie zwi&#261;zku powoduj&#261;cego jej wysok&#261; radioaktywno&#347;&#263;. A.Debierne szybko si&#281; zniech&#281;ci&#322; do tej pracy i zast&#261;pi&#322; go w tym sam Pierre Curie. Badania te, po czterech latach &#380;mudnej pracy doprowadzi&#322;y do odkrycia najpierw polonu a nast&#281;pnie du&#380;o bardziej radioaktywnego radu a tak&#380;e do wyja&#347;nienia prawdopodobnych przyczyn zjawiska radioaktywno&#347;ci jako efektu rozpadu j&#261;der atom�w. W 1903 roku Maria jako pierwsza kobieta w historii otrzyma&#322;a tytu&#322; doktora fizyki i w tym samym roku przyznano jej te&#380; nagrod&#281; Nobla.</blockquote><br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Curie\">full article</a><br><br />
  <br />


post_date: 2005-08-02 10:07:41
post_content:
  The stuff I was talking about on the weekend:<blockquote>I\'m sad to announce that today was Adam Keller\'s last day at Truition.  He is making a big move to San Francisco, where he will be a Computer Programming teacher to students at an exclusive private high school.  Not the first time that people I know have fallen in love with San Francisco and packed up and left.  He\'ll be missed in this office and in the company.</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-08-03 10:32:42
post_content:
  More exciting news from San Francisco:  I have two more interviews today (with two seperate software engineers).  One phone interview is at 12:00 and another one is at 5:00 or 6:00pm.  A bit stressful, because it\'s tricky to schedule them:  I was thinking about taking a day off from work, but these vacation days are so precious to me, so I\'d rather work around...<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I had my first Spanish lesson:  from 6:30pm to 8:00pm :-)  it was very cool.  I told Mom and Burt, but I am pretty sure that I didn\'t tell Dad.  So now I know a couple of spanish words.  I have my second lesson on Thursday, the lessons run for 5 weeks, and I paid $155 (so it works about $10/hour of lessons).<br />
  <br />
  I didn\'t call the wreckage guys with the wheels yet.. I\'ll try to do it today or tomorrow :-( :-(  arh!!! too much stuff to do :) :)


post_date: 2005-08-04 11:38:19
post_content:
  Car parts stuff:<br />
  <br />
  <b>The Source 416 742 5559 has four steel wheels for $40.00 each - <a href=\"http://www.thesourceforvw.com\">website</a></b><br />
  <b>Carcone Auto Parts 905 773 5778 has four steel wheels for $50.00 each - <a href=\"http://www.carcone.com/\">website</a></b><br />
  <b>North Queen Auto 416 233 5801 hsa four steel wheels for $50.00 each - <a href=\"http://www.northqueenauto.com/\">website</a></b><br />
  Standard Autowreckers 416 286 8686 has only three steel wheels for $75.00 each<br />
  Dominion Auto 416 777 9172 has nothing<br />
  400 Auto Wreckers 416 565 8402 has nothing<br />
  A-1 Super 416 246 1141 has nothing<br />
  Stark 416 652 3300 has nothing<br />
  Hollywood 416 652 2501 has nothing<br />
  404 Auto Recycliing 1866 277 4045 has nothing<br />
  Airport 905 584 4949 has nothing<br />
  <br />
  ... The best one is the first one of course because it\'s the cheapest AND because they specialize in VW parts :-)<br />


post_date: 2005-08-05 01:03:04
post_content:
  I must be doing something right during the interviews:<br />
  <blockquote>Hi Mike,<br />
  <br />
  It\'s been my pleasure talking to you this morning.  Aaron Au, our Director of Engineering, would like to give you a call as well.  Could you please let us know when it is a good time for him to call you?<br />
  <br />
  Thanks,<br />
  <br />
  ben</blockquote><br />
  <br />
  Aaron Au is on their website as part of the management team - <a href=\"http://www.successfactors.com/company/aaron_au.php\">link</a> :-)


post_date: 2005-08-06 14:52:56
post_content:
  I checked some salary surveys on the web, and the summary is in SF I should be making around $75K/year.  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/sanfran-pay.html\">details here</a>


post_date: 2005-08-06 22:58:31
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.rfdtv.com/PDF/bigjoe/RFD36LOW.pdf\">Big Joe - Joseph Siedlik</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.rfdtv.com/survey.asp\">RFDTV survey</a>


post_date: 2005-08-07 12:42:33
post_content:
  All the articles on skunks say that there is no real easy way of getting rid of them.  <br />
  <br />
  One suggested this temporary solution:<br />
  \"Lights, sounds, and chemicals such as moth balls or ammonia soaked in rags, may temporarily discourage skunks from entering an enclosed area. However, other methods are necessary for a permanent solution to the presence of skunks.\"<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bug-guy.com/skunks.htm\">http://www.bug-guy.com/skunks.htm</a><br />
  <br />
  All the others say that you should make keep everything clean and ensure that there is no place for the skunk to hide or live:<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74118.html\">http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74118.html</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.cityoflewiston.org/police/Animal%20Control-Skunks.htm\">http://www.cityoflewiston.org/police/Animal Control-Skunks.htm</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/ag/wildlife/skunks.html\">http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/ag/wildlife/skunks.html</a>


post_date: 2005-08-13 15:49:59
post_content:
  I\'m flying to San Francisco for vacation and more :-)  These are the details:<br />
  <br />
  <b><i>AC 5001 Departs Toronto 20 Aug 2005, 0625 Arrives Chicago Via Ord 20 Aug 2005, 0700<br />
  AC 5255 Departs Chicago 20 Aug 2005, 0800 Arrives San Francisco  20 Aug 2005, 1020</i></b><br />
  (there is a three hour time difference, so the real travel time is 6:55 hours with a connection in Chicago)<br />
  <br />
  <b><i>AC 754 Departs San Francisco 22 Aug 2005, 2220 Arrives Toronto  23 Aug 2005, 0607</i></b><br />
  (there is a three hour time difference, so the real travel time is 4:47 hours via a direct flight)<br />
  <br />
  Unfortunately I am paying for the flight ($600!) and everything else (probably $300-$400)...  But whatever, my plan is that I tour San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday and then I\'d do the interview on Monday.<br />
  <br />
  I am also thinking of trying to arrange some other interviews with some other companies in that area (as a backup plan) but it might be tricky because it\'s on such a short notice.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, we can chat all about it Sunday at 8:00pm :-D


post_date: 2005-08-16 00:07:41
post_content:
  Not too much exciting on Monday.  I had a pretty good day at work - I did lots of interesting programming done.  When I compare this job to Switzerland or even to Mitra, this job is definitively the most challanging :-)<br />
  <br />
  At lunch I had a very healthy gigantic salad and after work I went to the gym.  bye!


post_date: 2005-08-19 22:46:27
post_content:
  SuccessFactors <br />
  999 Baker Way Suite 500<br />
  San Mateo, CA 94404<br />
  650 645-2000<br />
  <br />
  two main guys I talked to:<br />
  Paul Kavanagh <pkavanagh @successfactors.com><br />
  Aaron Au <aau @successfactors.com><br />
  <br />
  The recruiter:<br />
  Elise Holland <elise @trinova.com><br />
  1 415 834 1311<br />
  <br />
  Grant Plaza Hotel  	<br />
  465 Grant Ave<br />
  San Francisco, CA 94108<br />
  Tel: 1 (415) 434-3883</elise></aau></pkavanagh>


post_date: 2005-08-20 03:29:08
post_content:
  this is the hotel I\'m staying at:<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.expedia.ca/pub/agent.dll?qscr=dspv&htid=803213&itid=138527988&from=i\">http://www.expedia.ca/pub/agent.dll?qscr=dspv&htid=803213&itid=138527988&from=i</a>


post_date: 2005-08-20 03:31:27
post_content:
  When you look at the list of departures at Toronto airport for Saturday, my flight is <i>the very first one</i>!<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.gtaa.com/index.aspx?Sid=Node4&Tpl=2&ARRDEP=D&FLIGHT=&AIRLINE=&TERMINAL=0&submit.x=38&submit.y=2\">http://www.gtaa.com/index.aspx?Sid=Node4&Tpl=2&ARRDEP=D&FLIGHT=&AIRLINE=&TERMINAL=0&submit.x=38&submit.y=2</a>


post_date: 2005-08-23 12:37:05
post_content:
  The interviews were long and pretty hard.  It started around 2:00pm and ended at around 6:30pm :-) <br />
  <br />
  No news about the next steps.  The main guy there said \"thanks... we have to discuss the decision with everyone and we will let you know\" 


post_date: 2005-08-24 19:41:34
post_content:
  No news from the guys from SF.  I will let you know as soon as I hear anything at all.  I wrote them a short email on Tuesday and they replied that they would let me know as soon as possible.  I guess it could take up to a week.<br />
  <br />
  Everything going pretty good at work.  Having lots of fun because I am working on interesting things :-)<br />
  <br />
  love you!


post_date: 2005-08-26 00:23:19
post_content:
  I talked to Burt and he said that he is not coming this weekend.<br />
  <br />
  I am going to take the bus to St. Catharines... most likely early Saturday morning.  Is that OK?


post_date: 2005-08-29 13:19:52
post_content:
  Last night I didn\'t fall asleep until around 1:15 or 1:30 and I ended up being very lazy in the morning.  I think I woke up around 9:30 or 45, but I didn\'t make it to work until 11:30.  And to top things off, I am being so annoyed with Fido - my cellphone service provider - because I am unable to refill my accound using my credit card!  Can you imagine?  well, whatever, if they annoy me more, I will have no choice but to switch to a different one.  After work, I will probably go see a movie with two guys from work.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I\'m off for lunch :-)


post_date: 2005-08-30 19:16:43
post_content:
  My phone call is tomorrow at 12:00pm (noon).  It will not be critical or important, because I will be only talking to one team member that I didn\'t speak to last weekend.  So I am not talking to any management type guys.  I feel completely and utterly relaxed about the whole phone call.  Or maybe I should be scared of a trick?  :-)  Well, I\'ll drop you an email when its over.<br />
  <br />
  Not to much exciting today:  I had very a healthy salad for lunch and I missed spanish class again.


post_date: 2005-09-01 00:32:56
post_content:
  My phonecall with SuccessFactors is postponed until Friday 12:00pm (noon).  Something didn\'t work out on their end, so they rescheduled it :-)


post_date: 2005-09-07 21:20:12
post_content:
  Not too much exciting happening.  I haven\'t heard anything from the guys in San Francisco.  I think I am going to ask to write them a short email today.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday before work I had two peaches and today before work I had two more peaches.


post_date: 2005-09-07 22:00:23
post_content:
  Some <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/reunion\">photos</a> from the little reunion on Tuesday :-)<br><br>


post_date: 2005-09-07 22:41:42
post_content:
  Matt - this good friend of mine from highschool and university send me <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/matt/trip.html\">this</a> a while back.  I wanted to show you, because there are some very nice photos of Canada there ;-) :-)


post_date: 2005-09-08 13:56:04
post_content:
  <blockquote>Average age for first marriage in Canada:<br />
  <br />
  The average age for first marriages is rising steadily for both brides and grooms. In 2000, first-time brides were 31.7 years old, while grooms proclaimed their first marriage vows at an average age of 34.3.<br />
  <br />
  Only two decades earlier, women and men were 25.9 and 28.5 years old, respectively, when they got married. Statistics Canada attributes the change to greater economic opportunities for women and the growing popularity of common-law unions.</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-09-13 08:50:57
post_content:
  The weddings were very neat.  Paul\'s was on Saturday:  first a catholic wedding in a church at 1:00pm and then dinner and reception afterwards in a very nice golf resort in Mississauga.  For their honeymoon, they are going to Malta (because Paul is from Malta and still has lots of family there)<br />
  <br />
  Sunday:  Umair\'s was a lunch and reception from 12:00 until 16:00 or so.  This one was totally different; because it was not catholic; I don\'t know what religion he is (Islamic I think).  Their wedding was 3 days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) and the lunch that I went to was just lunch and taking pictures and shaking hands.  For their honeymoon they are going to Paris.<br />
  <br />
  In both cases the food was excellent and in general it as quite enjoyable.


post_date: 2005-09-13 08:53:17
post_content:
  Niall - the Irish developer from Deltavista - has forwarded me what he wrote for his <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/blog-stuff/ns-ref.html\">reference</a> (it turns out SuccessFactors is doing some/all of them electronically).  Very nice and very positive reference :-)


post_date: 2005-09-13 23:22:29
post_content:
  Me and Burt will be going to <a href=\"http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago\">Chicago</a> this Friday through Sunday.  There are 1.3 million people of Polish origin in Chicago :-)


post_date: 2005-09-13 23:25:48
post_content:
  I found out that the guys from SM also contacted two other persons for references via email.<br />
  <br />
  - <a href=\"http://www.avalu.biz/www0/index.php?pid=team\">Alex Bayliss</a> - the british guy who used to be my boss in Deltavista and who later started a company called Avalu with another guy.<br />
  - Jakob Jenkov from Copenhagen<br />
  <br />
  Both of them were chatting to me on MSN about answering the questions and joking around about this or that :-)


post_date: 2005-09-14 09:09:28
post_content:
  I\'ve posted <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/sanfrancisco\">photos</a> from my trip.  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/goldengate/res_1688686448\">This one</a> is definitively the nicest :-)


post_date: 2005-09-15 11:24:26
post_content:
  Not too much exciting these days:  I\'m working very hard and having fun at Truition.  No news from SF.


post_date: 2005-09-15 20:20:13
post_content:
  Still no news from SF.<br />
  <br />
  Today I had lunch by the lake (lake Ontario this time).  I walked there with the one Romanian developer during lunch.  It takes about 15 minutes and there is lots of food to choose from.  We had a small picnic about 2 meters from the water.<br />
  <br />
  The guys from SF are probably checking all the references:<br />
  Atila - the one Yugoslavian developer who works for Credit Suisse - mentioned that he was contacted too (4th person).  He is in many of my (ski) pictures with his wife.<br />
  Ueli also told me that he was contacted, which makes him the 5th person.  He has also forwarded me his <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/blog-stuff/ueli.html\">reply</a> to the questions.


post_date: 2005-09-16 13:52:46
post_content:
  This is the official website of the <a href=\"http://www.swrapexpo.org/\">SWRAP Fall Commodore Expo</a>


post_date: 2005-09-21 13:24:52
post_content:
  Hey, sorry that I haven\'t been writing very much.  Busy week at work and I just feel tired after work.  No news from SF yet.


post_date: 2005-09-22 01:17:40
post_content:
  The recruiter gave me this <a href=\"http://www.craigslist.com/\">excellent resource</a> for finding things in the SF bay area.<br />
  <br />
  And I found <a href=\"http://www.craigslist.com/pen/apa/97933049.html\">this</a> interesting deal - $250 room per week.


post_date: 2005-09-24 22:00:13
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/blog-stuff/alexc.html\">Reference email</a> from Alex Cetkovic :-)<br />
  <br />
  And <a href=\"http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/radnicka17/my_photos\">photos</a> from his wedding (not sure if you are interested or not...)


post_date: 2005-09-28 19:39:26
post_content:
  Flight info below:<br />
  <br />
  <span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\">Thursday October 6, 2005<br />
  <b>Buffalo (BUF) Depart 2:00 pm to Pittsburgh (PIT) Arrive 3:05 pm </b><br />
  299 km Duration: 1hr 5min  	<br />
  UA United Airlines Flight: 3472<br />
  Operated by: US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-PIEDMONT AIRLINES -- US4329<br />
  Please check in with US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-PIEDMONT AIRLINES -- US4329. If checking in at a kiosk, use your name rather than confirmation number.<br />
  <br />
  <b>Pittsburgh (PIT) Depart 5:50 pm to San Francisco (SFO) Arrive 8:04 pm</b><br />
  3619 km Duration: 5hr 14min  	<br />
  UA United Airlines Flight: 2175<br />
  Operated by: US AIRWAYS -- US741<br />
  3 Economy/Coach Class, Food For Purchase, Airbus A320<br />
  <br />
  Total distance: 3919 km (2435 mi)<br />
  Total duration: 6hr 19min (9hr 4min with connections)<br />
  <span></span></span>


post_date: 2005-10-05 21:21:43
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/print2/97933049.html\">The hotel that I am staying at for the first week....</a><br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?q=526+Whipple+Ave,+Redwood+City,+CA+94063&iwloc=A&hl=en\">Map of where it is...</a>


post_date: 2005-10-06 16:29:41
post_content:
  Hey so I\'m in Pittsburgh right now.  Using free wireless internet access on my laptop :-)  cool eh?


post_date: 2005-10-06 16:31:48
post_content:
  The plane from Buffalo to Pittsburgh was propeller driven (not a jet plane).   I think that I flew a small plane like this from Italy to Zurich once a while ago...<br />
  <br />
  The wait in Pittsburgh is a bit longer than I thought.  I originally thought that its only one hour.  It\'s OK - I have some more time to eat a nice meal and also to check email and everything like that.


post_date: 2005-10-07 00:15:19
post_content:
  Hey, so the rest of Thursday went pretty good:  I got the car (tiny chevy... like a cavalier, I can\'t remember the name right now).  The motel is fine:  it looks pretty normal and there are lots of nice&new cars in the parking lot.  So no issues there.  The room is fine and clean and new and there is wireless internet access.<br />
  <br />
  I saw one apartment for 1050 / month:  its one bedroom + one living room - very very similar to my old one in toronto; but not as nice.  I think that this apartment I saw was quite old.  The main disadvantage is that its only available after Oct 15, probably sometime in late October...  we\'ll see.  Just letting you know whats going on.<br />
  <br />
  Well, I\'m off to sleep, its 00:15 here.  lots of love!


post_date: 2005-10-07 08:17:49
post_content:
  I got up pretty early and I\'m ready for action.  I am leaving right now.  I had an apple and a granola bar for breakfast.


post_date: 2005-10-09 11:33:04
post_content:
  These are the three places that are making my list (in order)<br />
  1.  $1125 for 2nd floor apartment facing towards a residential area<br />
  <a href=\"http://brelakeshorelanding.com/floorplans.htm?bigPic=/virtual/properties/1070/models/Shoreline/pics/f.gif\">website with photos and floorplans</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2717+S+Norfolk+St+San+Mateo+CA+US&ll=37.554921,-122.279935&spn=0.014900,0.037916&hl=en\">google maps</a><br />
  <br />
  2.  $925 for the one beside the garage on ground floor<br />
  <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?q=338+catalpa+San+Mateo+CA+US&hl=en\">google map</a><br />
  <br />
  3.  $1170 for 8th floor apartment far from work<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.desabla.com/edgewood.html\">website with photos and floorplans</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Baldwin+Ave+%26+N+El+Camino+Real,+San+Mateo,+CA+94401&hl=en\">google maps</a>


post_date: 2005-10-13 09:23:34
post_content:
  Hey, I am sorry but I don\'t have time to look for your plane tickets.  I wanted to do it yesterday and today, but I don\'t have any time after work and I am too tired.  I might try it from work or during the weekend, but I don\'t think that you should wait for me.<br />
  <br />
  Here are the places I would check:<br />
  <br />
  [1] Travel sites out of US:<br />
  http://www.expedia.com<br />
  http://www.travelocity.com/<br />
  http://www.bestfares.com/home.asp<br />
  <br />
  [2] american airlines<br />
  http://www.united.com/<br />
  http://www.delta.com/<br />
  http://www.aa.com/<br />
  http://www.southwest.com/<br />
  <br />
  [3] travel sites out of toronto:<br />
  http://www.flightcentre.ca/<br />
  http://www.expedia.ca<br />
  <br />
  [4] canadian airlines<br />
  http://www.westjet.com/	<br />
  http://www.aircanada.com/en/home.html<br />


post_date: 2005-10-14 10:20:45
post_content:
  This morning I rode my bike to work.  It took about 6-7 minutes total time:  from the time I put on my shoes to the time I locked my bike in front of the office.  The bike ride was pretty enjoyable - lots of trees and a few palm trees along the way.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I returned the car and signed out of the hotel.  Thursday morning, they delivered a new bed to my apartment (king size - same as last time!).  Last night after work, I got some groceries and two pillows and a duvet cover   Which means that I had a really really good nights sleep yesterday.<br />
  <br />
  Work is pretty stressful and pretty competitive.  Or so it seems right now.  Most people are in at 10:00 and start leaving at 7:00 or 7:30.  We�ll see how it goes.  The software stuff is pretty complicated.  But I am sure I�ll get it ;-)<br />
  <br />
  My telephone and internet at home is getting connected sometime early next week - yeah I know; it seems like a long long time.  At the moment, I am able to use someone else wireless internet access for free :-)<br />


post_date: 2005-10-16 12:44:10
post_content:
  Hey, I\'ve checked some of the plane ticket prices for:<br />
  Morning Wednesday 26/10/05<br />
  Evening Monday 31/10/05<br />
  <br />
  The cheapest I could find is CDN $323 with one connection.  It seems that direct flight for those dates is around 600-700.  I checked almost all the sites that I usually check.  <br />
  <br />
  The $323 is the total price including all taxes and fees.  To see the times/details for the $323, <a href=\"http://www.expedia.ca/pub/agent.dll?qscr=fexp&flag=q&city1=Toronto%2C+ON%2C+Canada+%28YTO%2DAll+Airports%29&citd1=sfo&date1=26/10/05&time1=362&date2=31/10/05&time2=362&cAdu=1&cSen=0&cChi=0&cInf=&infs=2&tktt=&ecrc=&eccn=&qryt=8&bund=1&load=1&rfrr=-47209&lnkcid=62&&zz=1129521670296&\">click here!</a> (the link works, but you might have to click \"welcome, english language\")<br />
  <br />
  When looking for prices, its easiest to enter the destinations by airport code:<br />
  YYZ - Toronto<br />
  SFO - San Francisco (15 minutes drive from my apartment)<br />
  BUF - Buffalo<br />
  OAK - Oakland (less than 1 hour drive)<br />
  SJC - San Jose (less than 1 hour drive)<br />
  <br />
  www.bestfares.com - that other one that Dad likes has flights for US $248.  You have to add about $20-25; which brings your total to US $275, which is CDN $330.<br />
  <br />
  This is what they say on the bestfares website....<br />
  <blockquote><small>Airfares shown are for one adult in U.S. dollars. These airfares include any airfare-imposed fuel surcharges and some, but not all, taxes and fees. Any or all of the following taxes and fees may be added and are the responsibility of the passenger at the time of purchase:<br />
  <br />
      * (i) a federal excise tax of up to $3.00 per each U.S. domestic flight segment,<br />
      * (ii) up to $18 per round trip in local airport charges,<br />
      * (iii) the September 11th Security Fee of $2.50 for each enplanement that originates at a U.S. airport, up to a maximum of $5 per one way or $10 per round trip,<br />
      * (iv) a U.S. Transportation Fee of $13.40 per round trip (Hawaii and Alaska destinations only), and<br />
      * (v) a Federal Inspection Fee of $6 per round trip (Canada destinations only). </small></blockquote>


post_date: 2005-10-16 17:32:22
post_content:
  Hey, I just got back from my wonderful and adventurous bike trip :-)<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/map2.PNG\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/map2thumb.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small>click to enlarge</small><br />
  <br />
  It took a bit more than I originally planned, but I\'m done now...  do you want to do netmeeting sometime today?  I should be online for the rest of the day/evening.<br />
  <br />


post_date: 2005-10-16 17:59:05
post_content:
  Some links on my latest purchases:<br />
  <dir><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.furniture.com/common/product/ProductInfo.aspx?itemid=0&ChildId=79884&xs=750e29d58b7-ec47-4fce-9e85-ba37f3b88727\">coffee table</a><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.furniture.com/common/product/ProductInfo.aspx?itemid=106094&ChildId=104570&xs=859e29d58b7-ec47-4fce-9e85-ba37f3b88727\">sofa</a><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.furniture.com/common/product/ProductInfo.aspx?itemid=70740&ChildId=43300&xs=78e29d58b7-ec47-4fce-9e85-ba37f3b88727\">night stand</a><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.sealy.com/productCatalog/detail.asp?productLineID=7\">bed</a><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.k2bikes.com/products/bikedetails.asp?ID=9\">bike</a><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/2003_full_suspension/product_121272.shtml\"> another bike link</a><br />
  </li></li></li></li></li></li></dir>


post_date: 2005-10-16 23:43:18
post_content:
  I got the plane tickets as you both said (I think that we can still <i>kinda</i> change them for a small fee... if you change your mind or something doesn\'t work out with getting vacation from work):<br />
  <b><i><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\">Wed 26 Oct 2005 <br />
  <br />
  Toronto (YYZ) Terminal 3  Depart 3:52 pm  <br />
  Atlanta (ATL) Terminal S  Arrive 6:18 pm<br />
  DL Delta Flight: 1427<br />
  <br />
  Atlanta (ATL)  Depart 7:25 pm Terminal S  <br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Terminal  Arrive 9:33 pm<br />
  DL Delta Flight: 1029<br />
  <br />
  Mon 31 Oct 2005<br />
  <br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Terminal 1  Depart 3:00 pm  <br />
  Cincinnati (CVG) Terminal 3  Arrive 10:15 pm<br />
  DL Delta Flight: 946<br />
  <br />
  Cincinnati (CVG) Terminal 3  Depart 10:50 pm  <br />
  Toronto (YYZ) Terminal 3  Arrive 12:12 am +1 day<br />
  DL Delta Flight: 5792<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/itn114371433083.html\">*** link to all details ***</a></span></i></b><br />
  <br />
  It\'s pretty amazing that you got flights for $325 only nine days before your flight.  You don\'t have so much time left.  The book that I used when sightseeing San Francisco is on my bookshelf, so you should really take a look at that.  It\'s yellow and its somewhere on that big black bookshelf from Toronto.<br />
  <br />
  Another thing that I just remembered, is when I was flying from Zurich to Barcelona or somewhere in Spain, I remember that I lost about 50 francs because I waited one day when buying plane tickets :-)


post_date: 2005-10-17 13:34:31
post_content:
  I think that I forgot to mention that today after work a bunch of guys from the office will be playing some soccer somewhere.  I brought my running shoes so I am going to go.  We�ll see how it goes.


post_date: 2005-10-17 21:03:11
post_content:
  All my new contact info in one place:<br />
  <span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"><b><i>CELLPHONE:  +1 650 787 2919<br />
  HOME:  +1 650 286 1705<br />
  <br />
  HOME ADDRESS:<br />
  Michael Bochenek<br />
  2763 South Norfolk St. #207<br />
  San Mateo, CA 94403<br />
  USA<br />
  <br />
  ... or:<br />
  Michael Bochenek<br />
  P.O. Box 6131<br />
  San Mateo, CA 94403<br />
  USA<br />
  <br />
  WORK:<br />
  SuccessFactors <br />
  999 Baker Way Suite 500<br />
  San Mateo, CA 94404<br />
  650 645-2000<br />
  650 645-2099 (fax)<br />
  http://www.successfactors.com<br />
  <br />
  My work email address:<br />
  mbochenek@successfactors.com</i></b></span>


post_date: 2005-10-18 21:22:59
post_content:
  One guy from Switzerland send me these two photos of lake Zurich.  The first one shows exactly where the Deltavista office is (its right by the chimney...  behind the building with many glass windows).<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/album20/res45410955\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/album20/res45410955.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/album20/res277516916\"> <img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/album20/res277516916.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>


post_date: 2005-10-20 12:26:09
post_content:
  Today it was a bit chilly in the morning.  I didn\'t see the sun shining before I left the apartment, so I grabbed my new jean jacket and it was fine.  Its about 18 according to the weather forecast :-)


post_date: 2005-10-22 00:56:25
post_content:
  <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 51, 51);\"><b><i>Hej, z tego co ja rozumie, to w sobote Tato bedzie jechal do Toronto po zeczy do VW i po Bartka.<br />
  <br />
  Czyli Bartek albo Tato musi oddac te moje klucze wtedy.  Te miszkanie moje bedzie wyrentowane przed November.  <br />
  <br />
  Klucze mozna oddac do biura ALBO oddac straznikowi ALBO wzucic im przez taka dziure w drzwiach na ktorych pisze \"rental office\"<br />
  <br />
  Jasli jakos nie pasuje, to klucze im tez mozna ostatcznie wyslac poczta.  Albo oddac jeszcze puzniej.<br />
  <br />
  Wlasciwie zapomnialem o tym wczesniaj napisac.  Jak cos, to lepiej zadzwonicie 1 650 787 2919 albo 1 650 286 1705.  Ja tez chyba zadzwonie w sobote sprawdzic jak tam idzie.<br />
  <br />
  <br />
  Moj numer apartmentu jest 1715.  Ten duzy klucz otwiera dzwi na dole, a ten maly klucz otwiera dzwi na 17 pietrze.  Ja mysle ze wy nie musicie tam wchodzic i sprawdzac - bo tam ktos moze sprzatac, malowac, albo nawet mieszkac.</i></b></span>


post_date: 2005-10-22 19:16:10
post_content:
  List for you to pack for me...  It should be the same list as Mom was making on paper, except the last two items:<br />
  <br />
  - sheets<br />
  - blue shoes<br />
  - yellow jacket and black jacket<br />
  - glass + cofee cups<br />
  - pots for cooking<br />
  - toaster<br />
  - POCZTA!!<br />
  - small snoopy pillow <br />
  - koc do spania<br />
  - silver radio and remote<br />
  - 3 books: [1] cryptography (green) [2] design patterns (white) [3] refactoring (white) 


post_date: 2005-10-23 23:48:12
post_content:
  Some info for you:<br />
  * Driving from San Mateo to Yosemite National Park is 3:37 hours <a href=\"http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&1gi=0&un=m&1da=-1.000000&1rc=A5XAX&1n=San+Mateo&cl=EN&ct=NA&1si=gaz&rsres=1&1ahXX=&1y=US&1a=&1c=San+Mateo&1s=CA&1z=&2ex=1&2y=US&2a=&2ac=sQ%252fq3X8VM3JaPCP8MsfK54PSow2qeXg0cg0DxTZXYdlQ2FMaepYntO7ECqIgQ%252bqC3aMvTbrWr8w%253d\">directions</a><br />
  * Driving from San Mateo to Redwoods (the big tree thing...) is about 6:30 hours <a href=\"http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1a=&1c=san+mateo&1s=ca&1z=&2a=&2c=crescent+city&2s=ca&2z=\">directions</a><br />
  * another place that might be interesting is Big Sur (<a href=\"http://jrabold.net/bigsur/\">link #1</a> <a href=\"http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/\">link #2</a>) which is about 2 hours driving from San Mateo.<br />
  <br />
  Your backage allowance <b>per person</b> is two suitcases of 23 kg and carry on luggage - <a href=\"http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/baggage/baggage_allowance/index.jsp\">baggage allowance @Delta</a><br />
  <br />
  Shopping:<br />
  1.  <a href=\"http://stanfordshop.com/\">Sanford Mall</a> is about 10 minutes south of San Mateo<br />
  2.  <a href=\"http://shophillsdale.com/spring2005/index.asp\">Hillsdale Mall</a> is in San Mateo, about 15 minutes walking from my apartment.<br />
  3.  The best shopping area in SF is around Union Square (Macy\'s and everything else...)<br />
  4.  There used to be a huge famous mall at West Bloomingdale but its not that popular anymore <a href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/02/07/MN76838.DTL&type=travelbayarea\">details</a><br />
  <br />
  You should print this #1:  <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-momanddad.htm\">updated flight info</a> (including ticket numbers)<br />
  You should print this #2:  <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/momanddad-carrental.html.html\">car rental</a> - I am going to meet you at the airport and we can go get the car together...<br />
  You should print this #3:  <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/momanddad-numbers.html\">addresses and numbers</a><br />
  <br />
  I have two very good maps and another travel guide of California.<br />
  <br />
  And lastly, I got the digital camera (canon powershot SD 400 - the expensive one) and I got the <b>queen sized</b> blow up mattress.


post_date: 2005-11-02 23:42:58
post_content:
  Tuesday evening I booked my flight for American Thanksgiving (Thursday and Friday are holidays)<br />
  <b><i><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\">Thursday 24-Nov 2005<br />
  <br />
  San Francisco (SFO) 07:00 - Terminal 1<br />
  Toronto (YYZ) 14:55 - Terminal 2 <br />
  AirCanada 758<br />
  <br />
  Sunday 27-Nov 2005<br />
  <br />
  Toronto (YYZ) 7:15am - Terminal 3<br />
  Calgary (YYC) 9:35am<br />
  Westjet 653<br />
  <br />
  Calgary (YYC) 11:00am<br />
  San Francisco (SFO) 12:40pm<br />
  Westjet 904</span></i></b>


post_date: 2005-11-02 23:49:28
post_content:
  I finally got my sofa!  Yippee :-)  It\'s very comfortable and I like it very much.  You\'ll have to try and tell me which is better:  the black one you have or this new one:  the new one is made in USA, so Burt will be happy too!<br />
  <br />
  On Monday I had one interview with an Indian girl who wants to work at SuccessFactors as a software developer.  I think she came in for about 3 hours of interviews with 6 separate people from SuccessFactors.  And I was one of the guys doing the interviews.  I think that she wasn\'t that good, and my opinion was confirmed when I talked to the other people from SuccessFactors that were talking to this girl.  I submitted my feedback to one of the team leaders in an email and my final statement was a rating of 6 out of 10 and a \"I would not hire this person\".


post_date: 2005-11-03 00:39:03
post_content:
  I also booked my flight for Christmas (I only have two days vacation for 2005)<br />
  <b><i><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\">Friday, Dec 23<br />
  <br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Dec 23 8:29 pm<br />
  Las Vegas (LAS) Dec 23 9:57 pm<br />
  United Airlines 1524<br />
  <br />
  Las Vegas (LAS) Dec 23 11:25 pm<br />
  Toronto (YYZ) Dec 24 6:45 am (Next day)<br />
  United Airlines 8476<br />
  <br />
  Wednesday, Dec 28<br />
  <br />
  Toronto (YYZ) Dec 28 8:25 pm<br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Dec 28 11:02 pm<br />
  United Airlines 8519<br />
  </span></i></b>


post_date: 2005-11-06 12:09:43
post_content:
  Hey, I finished the race this morning:  about 1 hour and 55 minutes - I don\'t know the exact time yet.  In 2003 I did the same race in terms of distance in 1:54.  In 2004, I also did the same on in 2:08 :-) :-)<br />
  <br />
  I have a chrysler <b>convertible</b> this weekend.  So I want to make a short trip along the coast.  I am not sure what time I am going to come back.  It gets dark at 5:00pm, so I should be back at 7:00 or 8:00pm my time.  But I can\'t promise anything.<br />
  <br />
  I got the car so cheap - $15 per day!  I booked the car rental online on Friday for a regular compact car.  When I got to the rental office, the friendly girl said that I can have the convertible as a free upgrade if I like :-)  So I\'ve been driving around with the roof - not the whole time, because it gets very windy on the highway.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, if I see you online later today, than we can do netmeeting.  Otherwise lets go for Monday or Tuesday.  Bye!


post_date: 2005-11-08 01:43:52
post_content:
  A couple of photos from my trip on Sunday.... (click to enlarge)<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/bigsur/res1377029842\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/bigsur/res1377029842.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/bigsur/res_1447199214\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/bigsur/res_1447199214.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/bigsur/res_1937445294\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/bigsur/res_1937445294.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/bigsur/res_1127146420\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/bigsur/res_1127146420.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>


post_date: 2005-11-08 01:46:11
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.runpix.info/ush05/21/finord.php?LastName=1579&lan=\">Here</a> is a link to the half-marathon results showed graphically:  statistics and map of the race.


post_date: 2005-11-10 12:19:10
post_content:
  We have really nice weather today - very sunny and quite warm:  when I was biking to work in the morning, I took off my jacket because I was getting too hot!<br />
  <br />
  The last few days I was kinda busy because I had to get a US social security number.  I have it now, but it took me two trips.  I originally thought that I don\'t really need one and legally I don\'t really need one.  But it makes some things easier when you have it.  The main point is that a lot of forms and credit card applications for example, require a US social security number.<br />
  <br />
  Me and Dad scheduled netmeeting for this Sunday at noon your time.


post_date: 2005-11-11 12:15:22
post_content:
  It\'s finally Friday!  I\'m really looking forward to a relaxing weekend at home:  reading, computer stuff, some sports (running or biking), but NO real trips anywhere.  I think that the last few weekends have been pretty busy in terms of travelling and just getting things organized.  I need a break and I need to do some things that actually enjoy :-)<br />
  <br />
  Work is going good so far.  My work hours seemed to have settled to be from 10:00 to 19:00.  I made it to work before 10:00 a few times, and hardly any of the developers are there.  I think that I will try to go for 9:45 and then I will try to leave around 18:00 or 19:00... <br />
  <br />
  Today almost all the developers are going to a \"poker night\" at someone\'s house in Palo Alto.  Apparently, we have some poker fans in the team and someone organized an evening of poker and everyone decided to go.  I am going too, but I don\'t really know how to play.  I mean I do know the rules, but I don\'t like playing cards all that much and I don\'t have much experience playing.  Well, we\'ll see how it goes :-)<br />
  <br />
  The weather is pretty nice.  Fairly warm during the day, but cold in the mornings and in the evenings.  The last two nights I slept with the window open.<br />
  <br />
  On the furniture front, I cancelled that black/glass coffee table that I was supposed to get.  Instead of that one, I got a coffee table at Ikea which is the same color as the dining set that I have.  I did that for three reasons:  [a] the coffee table fits better because of color and size and [b] the Ikea coffee table is $100 vs. $200 for the black/glass one [c] I can\'t put my feet on the black/glass one because the edge of the coffee table is uncomfortable (its kinda hard to explain).<br />
  <br />
  The funniest part about me cancelling the black/glass coffee table is that they made a mistake when they were refunding me the money.  Instead of refunding me about $170, the refunded me $340!!!  So I \"made\" $170!!  Isn\'t that nice, eh?  I am not sure how that stuff works, they might find out that they made a mistake and they do have my credit card number, so they might try to correct it.  Well, I am going to wait and see.  I\'ll take a picture of my living room and send it to you so you can see how nicely everything worked out with the matching colors and layout and everything else.


post_date: 2005-11-12 11:12:41
post_content:
  During the half-marathon last Sunday, they were taking photos of all the runners during the race.  I got <b>six</b> of them :-)<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/half\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/half/res_798690559.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small> click on image for all six images</small>


post_date: 2005-11-13 18:34:26
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/album38\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/album38/res2095705055.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <small>click for all apartment photos</small>


post_date: 2005-11-13 20:42:22
post_content:
  In special situations, you can send an email directly to my cellphone - the address is:  6507872919@cingularme.com


post_date: 2005-11-14 14:02:34
post_content:
  Oh I forget to tell you, one of the developers working with me is from Timmons, Ontario.  Which happens to be the same city where Shania Twain is from (remember that Shania Twain now lives in Switzerland).  Strange how things are connected in interesting ways.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, this person doesn\'t really work with me so much because she is usually working from home.  She comes to the office about once per week.  During the poker game she asked me where I\'m originally from and I told her that I was born in PL and she suggested this <a href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/food/?p=22\">restaurant</a>.<br />
  <br />
  Another person that I work with has parents who live in Ottawa.


post_date: 2005-11-14 14:39:28
post_content:
  Successfactors has a strange policy of sending a \"welcome email\" to everyone together with the <b>person\'s resume</b> :-)<br />
  <br />
  So my boss, Jeffrey Ichnowski, send out this email with my resume to the whole company:<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>Please welcome Michael Bochenek.  Mike joined the SuccessFactors UI engineering team a few weeks back and has already proven himself a valuable team member.  In the short time he\'s been here, he has already fixed many bugs, started working on long requested enhancements and has even endured the trial-by-fire of fixing bugs on the branch.  Mike comes to us from Truition Marketplace Solutions and previously Deltavista AG, and has worked as a software architect and project manager in addition to software development, and proved to be a quick learner.  So please join me in welcoming Mike.  And if you want to drop by and say \"Hi,\" he is sitting next to Jane and Kendra.  Thanks, -Jeff</blockquote>


post_date: 2005-11-14 23:49:21
post_content:
  I thinking of going to Switzerland for some skiing between Saturday February 18, 2006 and Sunday February 26, 2006.  Monday February 20 is Presidents Day - a public holiday, and I have only 12 days holidays for 2006, so I think it would be a good time to go.<br />
  <br />
  <b>Is there a plan for next Thursday?</b>  My plane is arriving at 14:55.  It\'s only <b>9</b> days away! :-)


post_date: 2005-11-15 12:05:50
post_content:
  Today is supposed to be my first payday.  As you might imagine, I am looking forward to it.<br />
  <br />
  Nothing much exciting going on.  Very nice weather:  sunny and pretty warm.  Sunday I had pizza for dinner and Monday I had pizza leftovers for dinner.<br />
  <br />
  Love you :-)


post_date: 2005-11-15 21:26:51
post_content:
  Hmm.... very strange:  I didn\'t get paid yet.  The person who does the payroll was not at work.  I guess most people get direct deposit, so they don\'t care.  I didn\'t investigate or ask anyone - because I can wait a day.  We\'ll see if I get a cheque tomorrow :-)


post_date: 2005-11-21 12:00:10
post_content:
  My monday is going pretty good so far.  Trying to get some things done, and it\'s a short week...<br />
  <br />
  Today I have two interviews:  one at 2:00-2:30 and another one at 3:00-3:30.  The first one is for a Quality Assurance candidate and the second one is for a software developer.<br />
  <br />
  Nice weather, very sunny - makes me <b>smile!</b> :-)


post_date: 2005-11-23 12:04:53
post_content:
  Hey there.... <br />
  <br />
  just a reminder about the flight details:<br />
  <b>arriving at 14:55 - Terminal 2<br />
  flight: AirCanada 758</b><br />
  <br />
  Also, I\'ve seen a lot of email viruses going around at work and on my private email address - so be careful!  Never open any attachements from someone you don\'t know and be careful when opening attachements from people you do know.


post_date: 2005-11-24 00:02:30
post_content:
  Hello again - one more thing before the flight:  I am only taking my carry-on luggage with me, which means that I won\'t have to wait 15-20 minutes when I arrive in Toronto.  I am letting you know, because it might mean that I will \"ready\" earlier than usual (because usually I have to wait for luggage).<br />
  <br />
  I am taking the carry-on because it\'s easier for me and because I am not taking that much stuff with me.  I am taking a huge folded bag with me (inside the carry-on), and I can use that to bring stuff when I travel from Toronto back to California.<br />
  <br />
  Another thing is that it turns out that this Chinese developer from work is also flying for Thanksgiving to visit her husbands family in Kentucky.  Their flight is somewhere after 6:00, and her and her husband will pick me up and drive me to the airport.  Remember that I live very close to the highway, so it should be pretty good.  This is that same woman who was hosting the poker party at her house.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, <b>see you soon!</b>


post_date: 2005-11-28 12:05:56
post_content:
  Work is going pretty good.  Pretty nice weather.<br />
  <br />
  I think that I really really don\'t like flying.  I always feel so tired after the flight.  I think I\'ll have to do some research about what to do to make the flights more bareable.  I think I feel more tired after a flight than after running a half marathon :-)<br />
  <br />
  Oh well... thats life :-)


post_date: 2005-11-28 12:07:33
post_content:
  Here is some <a href=\"http://www.successfactors.com/aboutus/sf-aboutus_management-lars.asp\">info</a> on our CEO - that guy from Denmark :-)  I don\'t know if its interesting or not, but we talked about him so many times...


post_date: 2005-11-28 19:15:35
post_content:
  That developer from work who drove me to the airport and missed her flight was very lucky:  both her and her husband got a flight 2 hours after their missed flight and everything turned out pretty good for them.<br />
  <br />
  You know what I\'ve been thinking: that instead of getting a pontiac sunfire OR a mazda 3 OR a hona civic OR a VW golf, maybe I should be thinking a Mitsubishi Eclipse.  Some photos and more info <a href=\"http://www.mitsucars.com/eclipse/index.html\">here</a>.  I think they start around US $19500 and it comes with everything included (air conditioning, abs, power windows, cd/mp3 player, etc).  


post_date: 2005-11-30 12:07:36
post_content:
  Sorry that I haven\'t been writing or in contact so much...  this girl that from Switzerland is travelling around the US and she stopped by San Mateo.  She is originally from Peru.  So the last few days we were hanging out together and thats why I didn\'t have so much free time.  To be honest, I feel really really tired.  I think it\'s the lack of sleep.


post_date: 2005-11-30 12:22:37
post_content:
  Oh yeah - in other news:  I got my first <i>regular</i> paycheque via direct deposit:  dwa trzy siedem osiem :-)


post_date: 2005-11-30 19:46:43
post_content:
  Yup - you are dead right:  it\'s a lot of money.  Maybe I should get a nicer sports car?  I was also looking at this <a href=\"http://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/ModelHomePage/0,,126240,00.html?destination=VLP&modelName=z\">Nissan Z 350</a>.  It starts at $27500 or something like that...  we\'ll see.  I don\'t think I want to go high:  I mean a porsche or BMW will be probably too much.  I checked some car insurance prices, and both the mitsubishi and the nissan would be around $2400 per year, which is not all that bad.<br />
  <br />
  First things first:  I have to get my drivers license stuff sorted out.<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I\'m going to go home now, it\'s getting really late here! :) :)


post_date: 2005-12-02 13:28:32
post_content:
  Very nice weather today.  The last few days it has been raining, but today it\'s sunny again.  I\'ll have to check the weather for the upcoming weekend.<br />
  <br />
  <b>When should we do netmeeting?  How about sunday at 1:00pm your time?  so it\'ll be 10:00am for me...</b><br />
  <br />
  Work is getting pretty busy.  I am getting some more tasks assigned to me.<br />
  <br />
  I think this weekend I might try to look at some of those sports cars I told you about.  I mean that I want to test drive them and see what they look like and everything like that.<br />
  <br />
  Well, thats all that comes to mind... bye!


post_date: 2005-12-07 21:00:02
post_content:
  On Thursday, Dec. 15th from 7:00pm to 12:00am, SuccessFactors will be having a company xmas party in <a href=\"http://www.roerestaurant.com/\">this restaurant</a>.  Looking forward to it :-)  The invitation said <i>Cocktails & Hors D�eouvres will be served.  Don�t forget your dancing shoes!</i>


post_date: 2005-12-07 21:02:00
post_content:
  Remember Marina?  She is coming to visit me for New Years :-)  She is swiss/czech and I went snowboarding with her in Whistler last January.  I think she is arriving on the 29th and staying at my place for a few days.  So that should be neat......


post_date: 2005-12-08 11:30:55
post_content:
  I only found out about Marina coming here very recently - like two days ago.<br />
  <br />
  The company is paying for snacks and drinks only - all the developers thought that it was kinda strange that we are not getting dinner.  But whatever, no complaints from me.<br />
  <br />
  In other company news, today we signed a huge business deal with Sears:  everyone at work is very excited about getting them as they have 350,000 employees which translates to a lot of money.


post_date: 2005-12-10 12:49:07
post_content:
  On Friday I passed the written part of my drivers test - YAY!  So now I have to schedule a on-the-road drivers test.<br />
  <br />
  <b>Do you want to do netmeeting Sunday at 11:00am your time?</b>  This would be the best time for me, because that way I will have all of Sunday ahead of me (11:00am your time, 8:00am my time)<br />
  <br />
  Love yoU!


post_date: 2005-12-11 12:57:12
post_content:
  Hey, sorry that I missed the netmeeting in the morning.  Let\'s just do it on Monday or Tuesday or something like that.  I have to do some work for SuccessFactors :-( :-(  yeah - I am feeling some pressure.  And I want to buy some basic groceries later on, because I have a car rented (at $15/day)<br />
  <br />
  sorry :(


post_date: 2005-12-12 13:49:38
post_content:
  Oh no - what a disaster, I have to go to work at 8:00 tomorrow:<br />
  <br />
  <blockquote>We have a film crew who will be in our office tomorrow at 8:30 am to interview Lars and our company.  I know that we are not all morning people, but Lars has requested that we all be in the office at 8am warming our seats.  The crew will be using different areas of the office as a back drop.  We�ll have Krispy Kreme and coffee ready for all of you.</blockquote><br />
  <br />
  (Lars is the CEO of the company!)<br />
  <br />
  :-) :-D


post_date: 2005-12-15 14:04:49
post_content:
  Sorry that I haven\'t been writing so much in the last few days.  I think that I was taking work too seriously and worry a bit too much.  By Tuesday I think that I stopped worried, and I had two very relaxing evenings (Tuesday + Wednesday).  I did some reading and slept a bit too much.  On the positive side, after two lazy days, I am ready for the weekend :-)<br />
  <br />
  Today is another payday - yay!<br />
  <br />
  And today is the company christmas party :-)


post_date: 2005-12-16 12:37:34
post_content:
  The party was pretty good... lots of people dressed up and some people brought their husbands/wifes :-)  There was a lot of single people too.  I got home around 12:30 or so.<br />
  <br />
  Nice weather today - sunny and a bit cold.<br />
  <br />
  I scheduled my drivers exam for January 5th :)


post_date: 2005-12-16 12:41:18
post_content:
  How about <b>netmeeting Saturday at 1:00pm your time?</b>.  That should give me enough time to wake up :-)


post_date: 2005-12-17 01:21:08
post_content:
  Some photos from the office:  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office1.jpg\">office #1</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office2.jpg\">office #2</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office3.jpg\">office #3</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office4.jpg\">office #4</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office5.jpg\">office #5</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office6.jpg\">office #6</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-office/office7.jpg\">office #7</a><br />
  <br />
  And some more photos from the party:  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/009.jpg\">party #1</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/010.jpg\">party #2</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/011.jpg\">party #3</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/012.jpg\">party #4</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/013.jpg\">party #5</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/015.jpg\">party #6</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/016.jpg\">party #7</a> (the guy with the beer in his hand is Lars - the CEO),  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/017.jpg\">party #8</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/018.jpg\">party #9</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/019.jpg\">party #10</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/020.jpg\">party #11</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/sf-party/021.jpg\">party #12</a><br />
  <br />
  <small>sorry that some of the images are so big, but then again, on the positive side, you can see more details of the office</small>


post_date: 2005-12-18 14:20:51
post_content:
  I don\'t know if you\'ll find this interesting, but <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/Denim_gang_dec_16_2005.jpg\">this</a> is a picture that Jasveer sent me from her office.


post_date: 2005-12-18 18:49:23
post_content:
  Jasveer is the one Malaysian girl from University of Guelph computer science (I thought that you would recognize her from the photo...) :-)


post_date: 2005-12-18 18:50:24
post_content:
  Donghui (or Dave) - that guy from University of Guelph computer science, who is now working for Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, lives on the 33rd floor of <a href=\"http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=120308\">this building</a>.


post_date: 2005-12-18 21:18:53
post_content:
  I\'ve made this little page that shows my <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/temp/earnings.php\">after tax earnings</a> at SuccessFactors so far.  The amout will change automatically while I am at work (Mon-Fri, 9 to 5) because the page refreshes itself every second :-)


post_date: 2005-12-19 12:28:58
post_content:
  My office pictures were taken in the morning, so you can\'t see any of the programmer or me.  You can see my desk very far away in one of the pictures.  I\'ll show you on Saturday :-)  which is coming up very fast by the way :-)<br />
  <br />
  love you!


post_date: 2005-12-21 22:07:25
post_content:
  Wow, only two more days!!!  How is the weather in Canada?  Are we going to have snow for Christmas???? :-)<br />
  <br />
  Flight info once again:<br />
  <b><i>Saturday Dec 24 6:45 am (Terminal 2)<br />
  United Airlines 8476 (arriving from Las Vegas)</i></b>


post_date: 2005-12-22 12:19:00
post_content:
  Some news from Switzerland - Niall (my Irish friend) finally got a job and he\'ll be leaving Deltavista in a few months.  I don\'t know what type of position he got, but I know he will be working for <a href=\"http://www.elca.ch\">this company</a>


post_date: 2005-12-30 01:33:41
post_content:
  Work was pretty hectic today, but everything should be OK.  I did work pretty late though:  I think I came to work at 10:00 and left after 20:30.  It\'s OK though, tomorrow is Friday and there is a long weekend coming up!  With some cool parties taking place - I\'ll send the links in a second.<br />
  <br />
  After work, I got some groceries and started unpacking.  Then I checked the airline arrivals on the internet and realized that I only have about 30 minutes to do everything - unpack my suitcase, unpack groceries, clean, shower, etc....  I thought that Marina was coming at 23:30 and she was actually coming at <b>22:30</b>.  The airport is quite close from my apartment - about 10-15 minutes.<br />
  <br />
  The bottom line is that my apartment got pretty clean very very fast and the fridge got quite full very very fast.  I think that my apartment has <i>never been this clean</i> and my <i>fridge has never been this full</i> :-)


post_date: 2005-12-30 01:40:22
post_content:
  The plan is to have <a href=\"http://www.greenroomcomedy.com/special.html\">dinner</a> at this restaurant, with a <a href=\"http://www.greenroomcomedy.com/lineup.html\">comedy show</a><br />
  <br />
  After 10:00pm, we will go to this <a href=\"http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index.html\">club</a> for this <a href=\"http://www.mighty119.com/gallery/index_flyers.html#salt\">party</a>


post_date: 2005-12-30 13:32:03
post_content:
  Today is the last day before the long weekend and the office is quite empty.  Lots of developers are working from home and people seem more relaxed.  I think I am going to go home pretty early and start enjoying the weekend...


post_date: 2006-01-01 03:10:00
post_content:
  New years went really really .... really really good :-)  I liked it quite a lot.  The comedy show was excellent - so funny and really smart.  The club afterwards was very nice too..<br />
  <br />
  I think the only thing was that it was expensive:  taxi, tickets, drinks and everything was a lot, when you add it all up together.  But you only <b>live once</b> right?? :-)


post_date: 2006-01-01 03:11:32
post_content:
  Oh - and I really wanted to call you at 11:45 or 11:50 or something like that to wish you happy new year, but I somehow forgot, because of the time difference - I only remembered at 9:30pm (so 12:30 your time) and than I thought that it would be too late...


post_date: 2006-01-01 22:58:28
post_content:
  There has been lots of very very heavy rain in California the last few days.  There has been <a href=\"http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/01/01/western.storms.ap/index.html\">some flooding</a> in some places (not where I live, luckily).<br />
  <br />
  I am not sure if I will be able to go snowboarding on Monday, because the weather might be too bad to drive and it might be too rough in the mountains (too much snow, too much wind, etc).  We\'ll see... :-)<br />
  <br />
  love you!


post_date: 2006-01-03 12:39:09
post_content:
  Not too much exciting... lots of work at the office.  On the plus side, it finally stopped raining :-)


post_date: 2006-01-05 12:54:16
post_content:
  Today is the big day - my drivers exam is at 3:40pm :-)  I\'ve been practicing quite a bit in the last 3-4 days.  I\'ve been driving carefully, obeying the speed limit, checking the mirrors, and keeping both hands on the wheel.  I also practiced some parallel parking.  We\'ll see :-)<br />
  <br />
  Me and Marina are going to try to organize a snowboarding trip this weekend.<br />
  <br />
  Good thing that we didn\'t go snowboarding anywhere last monday, because someone at work has told me that the main road that goes to the mountains has been closed because of the weather.  In other words, if we had tried to go on Monday, we would not have been able to go because the road was closed anyways!<br />
  <br />
  Other than that - not too much exciting :-)


post_date: 2006-01-05 12:58:56
post_content:
  Remember that guitar that is in my room?  It belongs to Sheri, this Canadian teacher that I met in Zurich while we were both working there.  One day, she will get her guitar back.<br />
  <br />
  I was just catching up with her, and she told me about her exciting plans for 2006.  She is currently in Oslo, Norway studying.  She finished a masters there and is starting a PhD - impressive eh?<br />
  <br />
  Her crazy plans for 2006 are:<br />
  Cape Town, South Africa Feb. 6-22<br />
  Hawaii March 11-25<br />
  Uganda April 3-9<br />
  Latvia April 22-30<br />
  Tanzania for field work in from May to December<br />
  <br />
  The travels to Africa are related to her studies....<br />
  <br />
  Anyways, I found it kinda interesting :-)


post_date: 2006-01-05 19:59:42
post_content:
  I passed my drivers exam :-)  It was pretty easy and I only made a few really small mistakes.  It was quite long - perhaps 45 minutes - driving around very slowly in a very quiet area with lots of houses and lots of stop signs.


post_date: 2006-01-12 13:40:30
post_content:
  Pretty busy the last few days at work :-)  Yesterday I was working a little bit from home in the evening.<br />
  <br />
  Today its very sunny and we had a really big lunch.


post_date: 2006-01-13 13:21:46
post_content:
  Hello how are things going?<br />
  <br />
  I might be trying to buy my car this weekend:  the Mazda 3!  I\'m so excited :-)  I don\'t know for sure yet, but I\'ve been getting some prices and so on.  I\'m doing the first few parts online.  I submitted a requeest online to 4 dealers and I got some initial bids.  We\'ll see...<br />
  <br />
  Do you want to do netmeeting Friday evening?  I am not sure what time - but probably around 19:00 or 20:00 my time :-)


post_date: 2006-01-15 18:33:34
post_content:
  I\'ve posted some <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/heavenly-tahoe-early-jan2006\">photos</a> from last weekend in <a href=\"http://www.skiheavenly.com/\">Heavenly</a> (Lake Tahoe).<br />
  <br />
  We were staying at this <a href=\"http://www.horizoncasino.com/hotel/\">hotel</a>


post_date: 2006-01-16 00:55:13
post_content:
  Hey, as I mentioned to Dad, I got the car on Saturday :-)  Finally!  It\'s a <i>Mazda 3 i touring</i> or Mazda 3 for short.  The color is dark gray - called Titanium Gray for better marketing.<br />
  <br />
  I was online for most of sunday, but I didn\'t see you.  Anyways, we can chat about it and catch up later.<br />
  <br />
  I really really love my car - its the car that I wanted and the color that I wanted with the options that I wanted.<br />
  <br />
  The money stuff was good too, I got a pretty good discount.  Unfortunately, I didn\'t get a good financing rate (and hence I did 24 months and a big down payment).  All amounts below in US $<br />
  15,823 starting price<br />
  17,354 total before interest<br />
  18,631 total with interest [1,277 interest]<br />
  7,500 downpayment<br />
  And then I pay 463 x 24 months and thats it :-)


post_date: 2006-01-16 00:59:53
post_content:
  And here is a couple of Mazda 3 photos from their website for marketing (I did not take my own photos yet..)<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/mazda/pho_gallery_M3S_ext3.jpg\">photo #1</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/mazda/pho_gallery_M3S_ext14.jpg\">photo #2</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/mazda/pho_gallery_M3S_ext15.jpg\">photo #3</a>, <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/mazda/pho_gallery_M3S_ext17.jpg\">photo #4</a>


post_date: 2006-01-16 22:56:16
post_content:
  Today I drove my mazda to work in the morning :-)  It felt pretty good...  I definitively made the right decision.  Also, I am glad that I didn\'t buy a sports car, because I would worry too much and I think that I don\'t want one right now.  Maybe next year or in two years or three... we\'ll see ;-)<br />
  <br />
  love you! :-)


post_date: 2006-01-17 10:57:34
post_content:
  Yes - thanks for the note - I am being a very careful driver; because its a new car and in general I am pretty safe...<br />
  <br />
  Do you want to do a short netmeeting on Thursday around 9:30pm your time?


post_date: 2006-01-18 12:34:57
post_content:
  Hello!  I drove my Mazda 3 to work today.  I think I like the car more and more every day :-)<br />
  <br />
  Work is going pretty good.  Had some meetings today and one interview with a pretty good candidate.<br />
  <br />
  I think that I\'ve gained weight in the last 3 months.  I want to do some sports and some exercising in the next few weeks.  Unfortunately the gym at my apartment is temporarily closed because of repairs.  I\'ve been doing some situps and pushups at home, but its not the same.  I think today I might go for a run if it is not raining.<br />
  <br />
  Oh, another thing, Niall and his girlfriend Nadia (she is a swiss girl teaching german in zurich - same one as before) is coming to San Francisco for a weekend.  They will be here between Friday Febraury 10 and Monday February 13.  Niall and Nadia will be in the US for two weeks visiting Niall\'s family and they\'ll be in SF for only two days.  My apartment is turning into a hotel!!! :-)<br />
  <br />
  love you!


post_date: 2006-01-19 21:24:16
post_content:
  Unfortunately, I could not make it home for netmeeting at 6:30pm - as I\'ve told Dad.<br />
  <br />
  I am still at work, believe it or not.  It\'s quite scary to think that there are so many people here at 9:30pm - there is about 8-10 that I can see...


post_date: 2006-01-21 00:26:30
post_content:
  I want to continue my <i>tradition</i> of doing a half-marathon every year:  I\'ve signed up for the <a href=\"http://www.firstwave-events.com/sc_half/\">2006 Santa Cruz Half Marathon</a>.  The race will take place on April 23 and one software developer from work has signed up for it already.  Another guy might sign up too...<br />
  <br />
  In 2003, I ran the 21 km in 1:54 in Winterthur.<br />
  In 2004, I ran the 21 km in 2:08 in Greifensee.<br />
  In 2005, I ran the 21 km in 1:55 in San Francisco.<br />
  For 2006, I am going to try to finish in less than 1:50 :-)


post_date: 2006-01-21 02:00:07
post_content:
  ... and I finally purchased my plane tickets for snowboarding in Switzerland:<br />
  <br />
  <b><i><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\">Saturday 18 Feb 2006<br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Depart 8:24am --> Dallas (DFW) Arrive 1:53 pm 	<br />
  Flight: AA American Airlines 1530<br />
  Dallas (DFW) Depart 3:05 pm --> Zurich (ZRH) Arrive 7:50 am +1 day 	<br />
  Flight: AA American Airlines 38<br />
  <br />
  Sunday 26 Feb 2006<br />
  Zurich (ZRH) Depart 10:20 am --> Dallas (DFW) Arrive 3:00 pm<br />
  Flight: AA American Airlines 37<br />
  Dallas (DFW) Depart 4:10 pm --> San Francisco (SFO) Arrive 5:54 pm<br />
  Flight: AA American Airlines 49</span></i></b><br />


post_date: 2006-01-21 19:12:17
post_content:
  I finally used that indoor BBQ that you got me for Christmas.  The food was pretty good and it\'s very quick to make!<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/IMG_1755_1.JPG\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/bbq-thumb.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small> click on image to enlarge</small>


post_date: 2006-01-23 23:40:39
post_content:
  Me and Marina and Golden Gate bridge:<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/IMG_1804.JPG\"><img src=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/mm-0.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small> click for larger image</small>


post_date: 2006-01-23 23:49:17
post_content:
  Today we had the yearly company meeting.  It was held at this big hotel and it lasted for a long 14 hours:  from 08:00 until 22:00.  There were lots of presentations from the  morning until roughly 7:00.  Then we had a dinner and some team building games.<br />
  <br />
  Apparantly, our company is doing very good:  we had about $27 million in sales in 2005 and we planned/expected only 21 for all of 2005.  So in other words, we were better in sales than our own expectations.<br />
  <br />
  Remember at the start of the year when Lars (the CEO) announced that the top salesman would get a new corvette and the second best salesman would get a VW Touareg?  Well, he changed the rules a little bit:  they gave out <b>FOUR 2006 VW Touareg</b>.  Two of the cars went to the best two salesman.  And the other cars went to two other employees who were voted to be the most valueable by everyone in the company.  <br />
  <br />
  1. Marty Pitkov got a VW for recording over $2 million in sales for 2005.<br />
  2. R.T. Barcik got a VW for getting about #1.2 million in sales for 2005 (I met him once in the elevator and he doesn\'t have an accent... and he really speaks like a total salesman - even in the elevator).<br />
  3. Mark Bisseli got one as well - he does customer support and project management<br />
  4. Carlos got another one - he is the IT help desk guy who is always helping everyone and is always overworked.  So I guess a lot of people found him helpful and voted for him.  I voted for him too.  It was nice to see a computer geek get a reward like a car too.<br />
  <br />
  I am still enjoying my Mazda 3 - I think I like it more and more every day - it was definitively the right decision for me :-)  In 2 or 3 years <b>if</b> I get bored of it, I can always get something else :-)


post_date: 2006-01-24 23:37:38
post_content:
  Whew, just finished a long day at work and a 60 minute run around the neighborhood.  I am pretty tired.  For dinner I had olives, cheese and english muffins and pineapple juice.<br />
  <br />
  You are both right about Marina:  she\'s attractive but too old.  There is nothing special between us.  Only friends ;-)<br />
  <br />
  During the company meeting on Monday I did meet a couple of interesting girls that work for SuccessFactors but I never really get a chance to talk to because they work somewhere else.  The most interesting one was from our office in Australia:  blonde hair, absolutely gorgeous and a sexy Australian accent to top everything off!  I\'m moving to Australia!!!  <br />
  <br />
  I\'m only kidding... I like CA too much and I think that I\'ll stay here for at least 2 or 3 years.


post_date: 2006-01-25 12:22:43
post_content:
  Pretty good day today:  I\'m pretty glad that I don\'t feel sore or tired after yesterday\'s run.<br />
  <br />
  On Saturday and Sunday I\'m going to heavenly for snowboarding again.  Really really looking forward to that!


post_date: 2006-01-25 22:02:12
post_content:
  Some photos from the SuccessFactors office:  this is the team that I am working with, and we were having a short status meeting.  The guy with glasses is the project manager - Will.<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/work01/DSC00076.jpg\"><img src=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/work01/DSC00076.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small> click to enlarge</small><br><br />
  <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/work01/DSC00077.jpg\"><img src=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/work01/DSC00077.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small> click to enlarge</small>


post_date: 2006-01-25 22:05:30
post_content:
  And here are <a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/birthday-3.html\">more photos of my teammates</a>.  Yesterday we went out for lunch because three people had birthdays within this week.  For all the photos, you can click to see the full sized image.


post_date: 2006-01-26 23:38:08
post_content:
  In the last week or so I\'ve used the indoor BBQ four times:  the first one I send you a photo, the second time I had a giant piece of salmon, the third time I had two spicy sausages.  Today I used the BBQ again and I made mushrooms and sweet peppers filled with cheese ;-)<br />
  <br />
  It was a great gift - thank you!


post_date: 2006-01-29 23:42:14
post_content:
  I just got back from a really excellent weekend of snowboarding in Lake Tahoe :-)  So much fun!  I really love snowboarding.<br />
  <br />
  I\'m a bit tired now, so I think I am going to go to sleep right now...


post_date: 2006-02-02 12:54:40
post_content:
  Very busy at work the last few days :-)  But having lots of fun, so it\'s OK.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I used the indoor BBQ again for dinner.  I made 2 sausages, with mushrooms and peppers and lots of cheese.  It was really good and really quick!<br />
  <br />
  Thats about all that comes to mind at the moment :-)  Bye!


post_date: 2006-02-07 12:17:48
post_content:
  Work is pretty busy but I think that I don\'t mind it too much.  It\'s only a little bit stressful.<br />
  <br />
  I\'ve been using the indoor bbq a few times in the last few days:  making sausages and eating them with mustard and bread.  I also have some salmon and some mushrooms that I will throw onto the bbq one day.<br />
  <br />
  The weather is pretty good - sunny and fairly warm :-)<br />
  <br />
  I am really looking forward to my vacations:  only 8 more work days left!


post_date: 2006-02-18 06:38:40
post_content:
  All packed and on my way out:  its 6:41 and taxi is coming at 6:45 for 8:24 flight :-)<br />
  <br />
  love you!


post_date: 2006-03-01 11:36:58
post_content:
  Work is pretty busy after I came back from vacation.  I don\'t mind it too much because I am working on some pretty interesting and challenging stuff.<br />
  <br />
  Sunday and Monday there was lots and lots of rain and wind.  There was no electricity in my apartment when I got home on Monday evening.  My laptop had the battery charged, so I could play with that for about 30 minutes and then the electricity came back on.<br />
  <br />
  In the last few days, my sleeping has been a little bit off:  I am going to sleep really early (11:00 or so) and I usually wake up at 3:00 or 4:00am and then I have some trouble falling asleep.<br />
  <br />
  I haven\'t posted any of the pictures from my vacation or pictures of my car that I took a few weeks ago.  Hopefully I can do that in the near future.<br />
  <br />
  No plans for the weekend yet.  But I do want to buy some jeans and some other small things.<br />
  <br />
  Umm... I think that\'s about all that comes to mind at the moment.


post_date: 2006-03-02 12:02:20
post_content:
  Work is going pretty good.  The weather is nice.  What else could you want? :-)<br />
  <br />
  Well, for one, I need to buy a new cellphone.  The old one I have still works for the most part, but I want something nicer:  something that can play music and do other things.  I am probably going to get this <a href=\"http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/slvr/\">Motorola SLVR</a><br />


post_date: 2006-03-04 11:47:19
post_content:
  <b>How about netmeeting Sunday at noon (12) your time??</b>  .... I should be online for parts of Saturday and Sunday.  Now I have to run to the post office before they close it at 12:30.


post_date: 2006-03-07 11:26:13
post_content:
  I got that cellphone that I told you about a few days ago!  I really really like it :-)  It looks very nice, its small, and its functional! :-) :-D<br />
  <br />
  Also, I posted some <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/mazda3\">photos of my car</a> that I took at Stanford University in early February;


post_date: 2006-03-12 12:02:20
post_content:
  My flight details for Easter: (I got the ticket yesterday...) <br />
  <br />
  <span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"><b><i>San Francisco to Toronto [Thursday, Apr 13]<br />
  United Airlines 8518 [Operated by Air Canada]<br />
  Depart from San Francisco Apr 13 10:15 pm<br />
  Arrive in Toronto Apr 14 6:13 am [Next day]<br />
  <br />
  Toronto to San Francisco [Tuesday, Apr 18]<br />
  United Airlines 8515 [Operated by Air Canada]<br />
  Depart from Toronto Apr 18 8:55 am<br />
  Arrive in San Francisco Apr 18 11:20 am</i></b></span>


post_date: 2006-03-12 12:16:17
post_content:
  This is a pretty neat website that shows <a href=\"http://traffic.511.org/traffic_map.asp\">traffic conditions in the bay area</a>.


post_date: 2006-03-14 12:05:36
post_content:
  I just remember that I didn\'t give you my work phone number.  The thing is that you should <i>always always</i> call my cellphone because I don\'t always answer my home phone and I am away from my desk at work very often.  My cellphone has call display and shows me that you are calling, so I always always answer.  BUT - here are the other numbers just in case :-)<br />
  <br />
  cellphone: +1 650 787 2919<br />
  home: +1 650 286 1705<br />
  work:  +1 650 645 2039


post_date: 2006-03-16 12:06:23
post_content:
  I got the two big envelopes with all my mail - thanks for that!<br />
  <br />
  Today there is going to be a soccer game and after that I am going to some kind of <a href=\"http://www.laszlosystems.com/developers/community/event_060314.php\">seminar</a> in San Francisco.


post_date: 2006-03-19 16:59:50
post_content:
  My California drivers license (click to enlarge):<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/driverslicense.PNG\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/driverslicense-t.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><br />
  <br />
  My license plates for the mazda 3 (click to enlarge):<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/plate.PNG\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/plate-t.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a>


post_date: 2006-03-21 12:10:27
post_content:
  Very nice day today.  I am feeling pretty good about things in general today.  I think that I am the luckiest person in the world:  lots of money, the dream job, lots of girls around me, NO WIFE (which is a good thing for 27)...  etc etc :-)<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I went for a 45 minute jog.  That was really good - I have this nice path right by the water that I always do.<br />
  <br />
  Gotta go for lunch!<br />
  bye


post_date: 2006-03-23 11:50:52
post_content:
  One of the software developers who works us, brought oranges for the whole team from his own orange tree that he has in his backyard.  I thought that was very cool and very nice of him.  The oranges were really good and he says he doesn\'t use any chemicals at all...<br />
  <br />
  Oh yeah - I did get the birthday card 3-4 days ago, and I just forgot to mention it.  Thanks!<br />
  <br />
  All the US stocks that I started investing in this year are up around 1% today.  The stocks are Google (symbol:GOOG), SalesForce (symbol:CRM), and ING Russia Fund C (Symbol:LETRX).  It sounds nice, but I\'ve really noticed that they fluctuate quite a bit in price.  So being up 1% is nothing to be excited about.  But it\'s an interesting experience for me anyways...


post_date: 2006-03-24 13:20:12
post_content:
  Yesterday after work I did some shopping and I also washed my car (with a spray gun at a car wash).  I checked the weather and it shouldn\'t rain for a few days - hopefully!<br />
  <br />
  Other than that - not too much exciting...  when should we do netmeeting on the weekend?  I think I might be working pretty late today and afterwards I want to do some of my stuff - so Saturday or Sunday would be best.


post_date: 2006-03-25 10:41:37
post_content:
  Let\'s do netmeeting sometime Sunday:  what time is good for you?  I would prefer around 3:00pm your time?  Will that work?  I should be online for most of Sunday afternoon... :-)


post_date: 2006-03-30 12:21:10
post_content:
  It\'s Thursday - and we usually play soccer on Mondays and Thursdays.  Today it will be 5 vs 5.  I am really looking forward to it.<br />
  <br />
  I might be going snowboarding on Sunday, but I am not sure yet.  A bunch of guys from the office seem to be interested, but it\'s not for certain yet.


post_date: 2006-04-02 22:52:20
post_content:
  I went snowboarding around lake tahoe on Sunday.  It was really really fun.  I feel very much relaxed after that day.  Just came back about an hour ago.


post_date: 2006-04-04 01:21:56
post_content:
  I didn\'t get to play soccer today - the weather was really bad; too much rain.<br />
  <br />
  The funniest thing about the trip was that the whole day Jeff (Ichnowski) was wearing my yellow rain jacket as a ski jacket.  He didn\'t bring a real ski jacket so I volunteered to let him borrow mine.  In total we had 6 people in two cars.  We also had 5 walkie-talkies, so we could communicate easily in the mountains.  It was really fun with the walkie-talkies and we were all saying \"over\" at the end of each sentence.<br />
  <br />
  I finally got my laptop this morning.  Delievered at 9:30am - shipped from Shanghai to Alaska to Indianapolis to Oakland to San Mateo (<a href=\"http://bochenek.ca/blog_images/shipping-details.PNG\">see all details here</a>).  I was playing with it after work, it seems really fast and I like it a lot!  This is what it came with:<br />
  <ul><li>HP Pavilion dv8000t CTO NB<br />
  <li>Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2<br />
  <li>Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2300 (1.66 GHz)<br />
  <li>17.0\" WXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1440x900)<br />
  <li>256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400<br />
  <li>2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)<br />
  <li>100 GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive<br />
  <li>DVD+/-RW/R & CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer Support<br />
  <li>Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network w/Bluetooth<br />
  <li>8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery<br />
  <li>Microsoft(R) Works/Money<br />
  </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul>


post_date: 2006-04-04 01:46:18
post_content:
  More photos of amazing California from March:<br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/driving-march2006\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/albums/driving-march2006/res_315629565.thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a><small> click to view all images</small><br />
  <br />
  The first five photos are from March 11 and the rest are from March 25 :-)


post_date: 2006-04-07 13:50:12
post_content:
  Nothing overly exciting to report today.  <b>Do you want to do netmeeting today at 10:00pm your time? (7:00pm my time)</b><br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I made some eggs for dinner and I want to the gym :-)


post_date: 2006-04-13 01:56:20
post_content:
  Here is the flight info once again:<br />
  <br />
  San Francisco to Toronto [Thursday, Apr 13]<br />
  United Airlines 8518 [Operated by Air Canada]<br />
  Depart from San Francisco Apr 13 10:15 pm<br />
  Arrive in Toronto Apr 14 6:13 am [Next day]<br />
  <br />
  It should be arriving at Terminal 2.  I will not have any check-in luggage, so I should get out pretty quickly...  see you soon!


post_date: 2006-04-13 01:59:38
post_content:
  A couple of very silly photos.... <br />
  <br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/005.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/005t.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/097.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/097t.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/102.jpg\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/102t.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <small>click for larger image</small>


post_date: 2006-04-13 02:48:26
post_content:
  According to CNN/Money Magazine, the Best Job in America is a... Software Engineer!  <a href=\"http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/moneymag/bestjobs/frameset.exclude.html\">full article here</a>


post_date: 2006-04-23 05:09:41
post_content:
  Hey, on my way out to the half-marathon :-)  really excited about it.<br />
  <br />
  Lets do netmeeting today around 1:00 or 2:00pm your time.  I should be online the whole day.


post_date: 2006-05-04 00:46:23
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.firstwave-events.com/sc_half/Downloads/SChalf06.htm#AAA\">All results</a> from the half marathon a few weeks ago.  I am number 165 :-)  The one guy from work is number 39 (Paul Littlefield).  There were 1106 total participants.  This is the <a href=\"http://www.firstwave-events.com/sc_half/index.html\">main website</a>


post_date: 2006-05-14 15:27:29
post_content:
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/santa-cruz-half.PNG\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/santa-cruz-half-t.PNG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /></a> <small>click to enlarge</small>


post_date: 2006-05-16 22:56:26
post_content:
  That photo was taken near the end of the race.  And I was feeling really really tired at that time.  I like doing the races because it gives me really good satisfaction and more importantly builds confidence.<br />
  <br />
  Monday and Tuesday we have our big company meeting where we all meet in this hotel and do team building stuff.  This means that I don\'t have access to the internet during the day.  Wednesday afternoon, I should be back in the office.<br />
  <br />
  Me and Burt are not going to PL in June.  We will most likely go in September :-)


post_date: 2006-05-22 22:51:21
post_content:
  Today after work, I went to play soccer.  It was really good and I even scored one goal.  After soccer, I cooked some dinner:  tortellini with pesto sauce.  It was really really good.  I thought about taking a picture, but only after I finished eating it.<br />
  <br />
  Instead, I can send you a picture of Audrey - that girl from Friday: <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/audrey.jpg\">here is a professional photograph</a><br />
  <br />
  ciao!


post_date: 2006-06-01 14:52:46
post_content:
  California\'s economy:  California would have the 7th highest economy (GDP - gross domestic product) in the world if thought of as a country<br />
  <blockquote><i>This is a comparison between US states and countries\' nominal Gross Domestic Product. Many of the states of the United States have large Gross Domestic Product (called gross state product) which would rank highly on a list of countries world GDP. For instance, California would have the 7th highest GDP in the world if thought of as a country (not including the US as a whole, if so, it would be 8th). Even the lowest ranked US state, Vermont would still be 74th out of some 200 countries.<br />
  <br />
  1 	United States 	$11,734,300,000,000<br />
  2 	Japan 	$4,671,198,000,000<br />
  3 	Germany 	$2,754,727,000,000<br />
  4 	United Kingdom 	$2,133,019,000,000<br />
  5 	France $2,046,292,000,000<br />
  6 	Italy 	$1,680,112,000,000<br />
  7 	People\'s Republic of China (mainland only) 	$1,653,6862,000,000<br />
  1 	California 	$1,550,753,000,000<br />
  8 	Spain 	$1,041,338,000,000<br />
  9 	Canada 	$993,443,000,000</i></blockquote><br />
  <br />
  longer article <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_nominal_GDP\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.answers.com/topic/comparison-between-u-s-states-and-countries-nominal-gdp\">here</a>


post_date: 2006-06-01 14:59:36
post_content:
  Yesterday I made myself this for dinner (<a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/102_0244.JPG\">click for photo)</a>.  It was really really good... but I am not sure if it looks all that good in the photo :-)


post_date: 2006-06-02 13:31:44
post_content:
  Thursday I played soccer from 6:00 until 8:00.  It was really fun and the weather was pretty good.  I was really tired when I got home, so I read a little bit, did some work, and then went to sleep.  I knew that I had to wake up early Friday.<br />
  <br />
  Friday, at 9:30, SuccessFactors had a visitor from from the Danish Monarchy, His Royal Highness Prince Joachim.  Our CEO (Lars) is from Denmark and he is getting a lot of publicity there because he is a successful danish businessman in silicon valley.  There were lots of people there and people were taking pictures.  I\'ll tell you more a bit later, gotta run to a 1:30 meeting :-)


post_date: 2006-06-06 23:03:10
post_content:
  I\'m pretty busy at work and outside of work these days.  Work is interesting and there is a lot to do - I guess that\'s what happens when a company makes lots of sales and has lots of customers.  Lots and lots of plans for the next few days.  Wednesday night I am meeting Justine (28, blonde hair, chemist, very cute, I met her dancing a few weeks ago).  Thursday I am going out for dinner with my boss Jeff and other developers and Friday there is a birthday party planned.<br />
  <br />
  Which means that I can\'t do netmeeting until Saturday....  so Saturday evening your time?<br />
  <br />
  About last Sunday:  it\'s really difficult for me to always hold everything inside of me.  So Sunday I told what I was thinking and I was little bit upset.  I am not upset anymore ....  I still love you as my parents (of course)!!!!!!!


post_date: 2006-06-13 21:08:26
post_content:
  Loooooonnng day at work - it\'s 21:05 and I am just leaving now.  This makes it two 11 hour days in a row.  Monday I was working from 10:00 to 21:00 and today I\'m working 10:20 to 21:00.  I did have pretty long lunches on both days, so in the end I was actually working for about 9 hours each day.  Right now I am working on a couple of small and exciting projects, so I don\'t mind it so much.


post_date: 2006-06-13 21:10:21
post_content:
  Tomorrow Poland is playing against Germany in the World Cup.  <b>And</b> they are playing in .... Dortmund!  I think that the game is at 14:00 or 15:00 your time :-)


post_date: 2006-06-16 13:12:18
post_content:
  Yup - Poland lost and they are out of the world cup.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday we were playing soccer with the usual guys.  Lots of fun and a good workout.  And I even scored two goals.  There is usually lots of goals and we don\'t really keep track of who is winning or what the score is.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday there was a small earthquake about 100km south of San Mateo.  <a href=\"http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs/Maps/San_Francisco.html\">This map</a> shows where the earthquake took place - near a city called Morgan Hill.


post_date: 2006-06-17 14:09:39
post_content:
  When should we do netmeeting?<br />
  <br />
  I think Sunday between 2:00pm and 9:00pm (your time) would be the best.<br />
  <br />
  It\'s already 2:00 Saturday, and I have some plans for the evening, so I would prefer Sunday.


post_date: 2006-06-18 20:02:36
post_content:
  Since I moved to California about 8 months ago, I\'ve read these eight books:<br />
  <ul><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486274543/qid=1150685341/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6984627-4653521?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/dali.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> The Secret Life of Salvador Dali</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037542363X/qid=1150685295/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6984627-4653521?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/fastboat.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Fast Boat to China</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590595009/qid=1150685251/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6984627-4653521?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/thebest.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> The Best Software Writing I</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060554738/qid=1150685119/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6984627-4653521?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/thegame.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> The Game</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594200807/qid=1150685077/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-6984627-4653521?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/ruins.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> The Ruins of California</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743287215/qid=1150685035/sr=53-1/ref=tr_239771/104-6984627-4653521?n=283155\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/jarhead.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Jarhead</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400096898/sr=8-4/qid=1150684942/ref=pd_bbs_4/104-6984627-4653521?%5Fencoding=UTF8\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/memoirs.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Memoirs of a Geisha</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/141430577X/sr=8-1/qid=1150684814/ref=sr_1_1/104-6984627-4653521?%5Fencoding=UTF8\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/the-regime.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> The Regime</a></li><br />
  </ul><br />
  When I moved to Toronto, I was reading quite a bit during the first two months as well.  On <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog/index.php?m=200505#288\">Sunday, May 29 2005</a>, I listed the books I was reading in Toronto.


post_date: 2006-06-18 20:29:29
post_content:
  When I want to read technical books, I can read them online using this service called Safari.  Right now I am reading these books.  I have not finished any of them, and I usually read small parts here and there and skip the parts that are not interesting.<br />
  <ul><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0596101694\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/ajax-hacks.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Ajax Hacks</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0321193687\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/uml.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> UML Distilled</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0131860828\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/design.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> The Design of Things to Come</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0735618798\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/software.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Software Requirements</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0596000480\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/javascript.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> JavaScript: The Definitive Guide</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0596100167\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/info.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Information Dashboard Design</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0321278658\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/extreme.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Extreme Programming Explained</a></li><br />
  <li><a href=\"http://safari.oreilly.com/0321334612\"><img src=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/books/eclipse.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" /> Eclipse Rich Client Platform</a></li><br />
  </ul><br />


post_date: 2006-06-18 20:31:58
post_content:
  <blockquote><b><i><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\">Happy Father\'s Day!!!</span></i></b></blockquote>


post_date: 2006-06-21 11:33:33
post_content:
  Monday and Tuesday I had a really good time playing soccer.  Both times I was very very confident about my abilities and I was very energized.  It was a lot of fun.<br />
  <br />
  This Friday we have our monthly deadline, so everyone is pretty busy (remember I was telling you that we have a deadline about once a month).  Other than that, everything is pretty good.<br />
  <br />
  Oh and the thing about the reading:  I think that I didn\'t explain the properly.  So there are two lists, the technical books that I read online are not free; I am paying 19.99/month and I can read as many technical books online as I want.<br />
  <br />
  The second list of books - the non-technical ones, I have the actual physical book and I will probably bring some of them back to Canada.


post_date: 2006-06-27 12:42:30
post_content:
  It looks like this week I will be working 9:00 to 6:00 or so for most of the days.  I have meetings scheduled at 9:00 so I sorta have to be there.  That one thing that I had to finish on Sunday took me abnout 5-6 hours (and I thought that it would take me closer to 1-2).<br />
  <br />
  Switzerland is out of the world cup - they lost to the Ukraine yesterday, and I saw parts of the game yesterday during lunch.<br />
  <br />
  Yesterday I played soccer - so much fun! :-)


post_date: 2006-06-27 12:44:03
post_content:
  News from Ada:<blockquote>From: ada4@interia.pl <ada4 @interia.pl>	<br />
  To: mike@bochenek.ca<br />
  Date: 26 Jun 2006 23:54:38 +0200<br />
  <br />
  Hej Michal!!!<br />
  przepraszam ze tak dlugo sie nie odzywalam ale bylam w trakcie zdawania egzamin�w. W sumie jeszcze zostal mi jeden jakos dlugo tutaj trwa ta sesja. Tak Dziadek bardzo jest chory. Szkoda, ze tak sie stalo.<br />
  Ja jeszcze jestem w Lodzi, gdzie studiuje ale za tydzien wracam do domu i sie szybko pakuje bo 7 lipca mam lot do Francji, gdzie bede do konca sierpnia. Bede tracowac u dw�ch rodzin i zajmowac sie dziecmi ich opieka. Tak bez powodu bym tam nie jechala ale chce poduczyc sie francuskiego a tam to jest najlepiej. Bo tutaj studiuje ta romanistyke czyli francuski i hiszpanski ale z m�wieniem slabo u nas niestety.<br />
  Pozdrawiam goraco.           Ada<br />
  P.S. A jak tam w pracy i kiedy jakies wesele u Ciebie??hehehe :)</ada4></blockquote>


post_date: 2006-06-28 09:02:00
post_content:
  I\'m up really early again - for 09:00 meeting about Human Resources:  \"recruiting talent and doing it legally\".<br />
  <br />
  Looking forward to your visit :-)


post_date: 2006-07-03 20:36:49
post_content:
  We had lots and lots of fun on the weekend travelling and seeing really beautiful nature.  Monday was pretty busy at work...


post_date: 2006-07-16 23:18:44
post_content:
  Friday night I went to San Francisco, as a whole bunch of us were celebrating this girl\'s birthday - she is a product manager at SuccessFactors.  We stayed out really really late.  Saturday I did some cleaning, reading, and a bit of shopping.  On Sunday I looked at a whole bunch of apartments in the area.  I think that I am no longer interested in the \"apartment with an ocean view\" in Pacifica.  Pacifica is a small town and all the apartments are old and I am thinking that its too far.  The fog is also discouraging, I was there Sunday around 5:00pm and it was very foggy.  Apparantly, the summer is the foggiest part of the year in Pacifica.<br />
  <br />
  I\'ve moved that small lamp to the bedroom.  It looks really good in that room.  And the lamp is connected to a power outlet which is controlled by a nightswitch on the wall:  which means that I can quickly and easily turn on that lamp, without having to walk up to it.


post_date: 2006-07-19 00:24:41
post_content:
  I talked to a few people about apartments in Pacifica, and it seems that summer is the worst time for fogs.  All the other months are pretty good, you don�t really get that much fog.  So I am still thinking about it.  I think that it would be like 15-20 minute drive to the office.<br />
  <br />
  On Sunday I saw a really really nice apartment for about 1800/month.  A little bit too expensive, but it�s good that I saw it, because that�s how you get to know the market.  And then I saw two other apartments for 1100 and for 1400.  The point is that I just wanted to see a couple of apartments, to get some ideas.  None of the apartments I saw were in Paciica.  All three were kinda around San Mateo, but not exactly in San Mateo.<br />
  <br />
  Monday and Tuesday I played soccer after work.  Both days were pretty intense because we played for about two hours.  And I finally got \"shin-guards\" which are special pads that you put around your lower legs and your ankles, for protection in case you collide with someone or someone kicks you while playing soccer.<br />
  <br />
  I hope that your sunburn is getting better...


post_date: 2006-07-19 23:39:27
post_content:
  Congrats on your new job (once again).  <i>Dwa procent</i> isn\'t that great, but it\'s just the beginning, and hopefully it will go up from there.<br />
  <br />
  Yeah, you\'re right about Pacifica.  I have to remember that I would have to drive to work 5 times a week and that I don\'t really spend that much time at home.  I am also thinking about renting a place in San Francisco.  Maybe this weekend, I will have some time to look at more apartments.  We\'ll see...


post_date: 2006-07-24 11:23:53
post_content:
  The concert I went to on Sunday was really really good.  I have to do stuff like this more often :-)<br />
  <br />
  The event was the <a href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/event_info.asp?nodeid=250&callid=93&eventid=1141\">Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O�Farrill</a> and it was performed at the Davies Symphony Hall - which is close to city hall in San Francisco.  There are some photos <a href=\"http://www.sfsymphony.org/dsh25/photos/dsh01.htm\">here</a>


post_date: 2006-07-26 13:49:06
post_content:
  I\'ve been pretty busy at work the last two days.  Both Monday and Tuesday I came to work around 9:30 and left around 6:00 to play soccer, BUT I ended up working in the evenings.  There were a couple of pretty serious customer bugs and we were working on them.<br />
  <br />
  Really looking forward to our game on Friday.  We have a pretty good team and we should be able to win :-)


post_date: 2006-07-29 14:12:18
post_content:
  Unfortunately, we lost our soccer game - 3:0 :-(  The other team was much quicker and better skilled than us.<br />
  <br />
  When should we do netmeeting?  I should be online Saturday evening and Sunday morning and Sunday during the day...


post_date: 2006-07-30 20:42:35
post_content:
  Denmark is the \"happiest place on earth\" according to <a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5224306.stm\">this BBC news article</a> (<a href=\"http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html\">full study from UofLeicester</a>).  Switzerland is #2, followed by Austria and Iceland.  Canada was #10, USA was #23, Poland was #99


post_date: 2006-07-30 20:57:42
post_content:
  There a couple of soccer photos <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/gallery/album39\">here</a> (there are two sizes:  small and large)


post_date: 2006-08-01 12:23:15
post_content:
  Nothing overly exciting happening over here.  Work is pretty busy the last two days.  I played soccer on Monday, it was kinda fun, but I was little tired because I didn\'t sleep so much Sunday night.  Monday morning, I had to go to work at 8:00am because Jeff wanted someone to be on a customer phone call, so I volunteered.  Yesterday we had a really really good lunch:  I had this italian dish with fish and fancy vegetables and white wine.  We took our time and also ordered dessert.<br />
  <br />
  The lamps that you got for me have been working out very very nicely.  I\'ve used both of them a lot:  the one for reading is perfect and that other one on my nightstand is also very nice.  Thank you!


post_date: 2006-08-03 11:04:48
post_content:
  Hey, sorry that I haven\'t been writing so much.  I\'ve been pretty busy at work recently and somehow I kept putting it off.  I haven\'t called the grandparents, because the only time I can really call them is before work and usually I am pretty late...<br />
  <br />
  Exciting news on my end:  in mid August (I think 11-13) a bunch of us from the office are going to Vegas for a weekend.  This one girl from our office is really really into kickboxing and she has a fight on the 12th in the Bellagio.  So we are going there to support her and also using it as an excuse for a fun trip :-)  I don\'t know exactly who is going, but a couple of developers, my boss Jeff, the main boss Lars, and others.  I\'m really really looking forward to it :-)


post_date: 2006-08-10 23:38:19
post_content:
  Here is the flight info for this weekend\'s trip to Vegas:<br />
  <i><b>Friday 11 Aug 2006<br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Depart 8:30 pm<br />
  Las Vegas (LAS) Arrive 9:58 pm<br />
  HP America West Flight: 465 [Airbus A320]<br />
  <br />
  Sun 13 Aug 2006<br />
  Las Vegas (LAS) Depart 6:20 pm<br />
  San Francisco (SFO) Arrive 7:47 pm<br />
  HP America West Flight: 469 [Airbus A320]</b></i>


post_date: 2006-08-10 23:53:15
post_content:
  The last few days have been pretty busy.  I was trying to get lots of stuff done at work, and I played soccer on Monday and Thursday.  I saw three additional apartments during the week.  All of them were studios (one room) apartments in San Mateo, their prices were 950, 1050 and 1350.  I am really tempted to get something nice this time.  But I still haven\'t decided...<br />
  <br />
  And on top of all this, I have the trip to Vegas coming up.  I am really excited about and everyone at the office is talking about it.  I think we have about 15-20 people going.  I have not tried to find additional information on it, but Jennifer Nguyen (the girl who is fighting) has forwarded us an advertising poster for the fight, and from there I found some things...<br />
  <a href=\"http://www.womenkickboxing.com/images/jen_nguyen.jpg\">photo of Jennifer in her fighting stence</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.bochenek.ca/blog_images/jenfight.jpg\">advertising poster for the fight on Saturday</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://quindara.net/christine/index.htm\">website of the opponent (the girl who will fight vs. Jennifer)</a><br />
  <a href=\"http://www.womenkickboxing.com/jennifer_nguyen.htm\">women kickboxing website</a> <b>(apparently she is a USA Silver Medalist... impressive huh?)</b>


post_date: 2006-08-10 23:59:09
post_content:
  I am not 100% sure, but I think I am staying at <a href=\"http://www.harrahs.com/casinos/flamingo-las-vegas/hotel-casino/property-home.shtml\">this hotel</a>.  The fight is going to be held <a href=\"http://www.bellagio.com/index.asp\">at this hotel</a>


post_date: 2006-08-17 19:45:25
post_content:
  I guess that I haven\'t really written anything in a while.  But I did talk to Dad and Burt on Yahoo... so to me it kinda felt like I was keeping in touch but in reality I haven\'t really written that much.<br />
  <br />
  I haven\'t really found an apartment yet.  During the week I didn\'t get a chance to do anything.  Work has been pretty busy and stuff like that.<br />
  <br />
  Las Vegas was really really fun.  Jennifer lost the fight unfortunately.  Her fight was 3 rounds of 3 minutes each, and at the end there was no winner, so the judges had to make a decision.  Jen\'s opponent was from Nevada, so everyone was thinking that\'s why she won the judges\' decision.  But it\'s hard to tell - I am not an expert in kickboxing, so I am not sure, the fight looked pretty equal to me.  Apparently, they are already talking about a re-match in San Jose.<br />
  <br />
  The rest of the weekend in Vegas was pretty nice.  We spent a lot of time going to clubs and dancing and partying and picking up girls.  During the day we spent a lot of time by the pools and places where it is not so hot, because it gets really really hot in Nevada (especially in the middle of the summer).  It was really really hot even late late at night.  Almost all the attractions are inside buildings and inside where there is air conditioning.<br />
  <br />
  I played a little bit of blackjack (21) and a little bit of roulette.  All in all, I ended up winning about $70.  In blackjack I did really well, I won about $120.  In roulette, I did pretty bad - losing about $50.  So all in all, I came out + $70 which is a good thing :-)  I was pretty happy with myself and I can see how gambling can be so addictive.  The hardest part was to stop playing, because you really don\'t want to stop playing if you are winning (or even if you are losing, because then you try to win your money back...)


