Thursday, August 23, 2007

Busy, but not so bad

I think I fared better this week.

Apart from the problem of pc, things are getting well. I don't like my guide job, well, to say exactly, speaking certain things clearly in front of some people. Bet it's getting better for me. Now I can think in better way, I mean, I can have some motivation of self-improvement, so.....I'll try some more things next week.

Talking about my English, I've also decided to try to do a little new things, or some routine tasks everyday. I am not confident that I can keep doing, but all I can say now is ... just I'll do it!

CBC News - Vancouver No. 1, Toronto No. 5 on most livable cities list

Vancouver No. 1, Toronto No. 5 on most livable cities list
Vancouverが最も住みやすい都市のトップに。Torontoは5位。

Vancouver has been ranked the best place to live in the world for the fifth year in a row in a survey by the Economist magazine, while Toronto took fifth place out of 132 cities.
「エコノミスト」の調査によると、世界の132都市のうち、5年連続でVancouverが世界で一番住みやすい都市に選ばれた。また、Torontoは5位にランクインした。

The two Canadian cities rank among the top five because they have low crime rates, little threat from instability or terrorism, and a highly developed transport and communications infrastructure, says the survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
エコノミスト誌の調査機関(EIU)の調べでは、カナダの2つの都市が上位5位に選ばれた理由としては、その犯罪率の低さ、都市自体の不安定要素の少なさやテロの危険性の少なさ、そして交通手段や生活基盤としてのインフラが整っていること、などがあげられるとしている。


Vancouver scored a livability index of 1.3 per cent, with zero indicating exceptional quality of living and 100 indicating life there is intolerable or severely restricted.
生活のし易さを示す「居住性指数」については、Vancouverは1.3パーセントであった。(指数ゼロが最高ランク、100は大変厳しい生活環境、または耐えられない苦痛がある環境であることを意味する。)


Toronto's livability index was 3.0. Australia also fared well in the survey, securing four spots among the top 10 cities. Algiers came in at the bottom of the ranking. Nine cities, including Algiers, present the worst-case scenario in which most aspects of living quality are severely restricted, according to the survey.
Torontoの「居住性指数」は3.0であった。オーストラリアも住みやすい国としては上位に入っており、4つの都市が10位以内にランクインしいる。アルジェ(アルジェリア民主人民共和国)が最下位となっており、本調査によると、アルジェを含む9都市が、生活水準の低さや利便性の悪さなどの様々な面からもっとも好ましくない都市とされた。


The EIU's livability ranking is part of the magazine's Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. The survey considered 40 individual factors in categories such as stability, health care, culture, environment, education and infrastructure.
EIUのこの調査は、エコノミスト誌の世界の生活コストに関する調査の一環として実施され、生活の安定度、ヘルスケア、文化、環境、教育、生活インフラなどのカテゴリーから40の要素を元にして行われたものである。



◆掲載資料

上位10 都市  居住性指数 (%)*
1. バンクーバー  1.3
2. メルボルン  1.8
3. ウィーン  2.3
4. パース  2.5
5. トロント  3.0
6. アデレード  3.0
7. シドニー  3.2
8. コペンハーゲン 3.7
9. ジェノバ 3.9
10. チューリッヒ 3.9 
(*0% は生活水準最高値、100%は耐えがたい生活水準を示す。

Monday, August 20, 2007

a small solution

Well, I finely hardly succeeded to input something, after having great patience this past few weeks. I am not sure what was the reason.... could be my silly trial to open and fix my pc, and my keyboard of pc went crazy...

Anyway, after many many struggling, I came back.


Thinking back on this 2 weeks...... I was depressed more than ever.
Did I choose wrong thing?
How dare stupid I am!
I hate myself....

Since I have too much time to think, or just because of my bad nature, I could not put myself to think in positive way... and the result was, I was suffered a sort of homesick, self-hating, and being envious of someone's position.


These are things I have to overcome, I know.
I am weak, tiny, powerless and no-talented in special.

However, I have to be here.
Don't blame anything, but me, myself.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

I cannot live without PC....

Hi, there.

You know what!? Something has been wrong with my PC these few weeks, and this problem is getting worse now. Yesterday I tried to use my laptop, but weired system sound kept coming and coming, and finally, my keyboard system of Japanese went crazy.....

I'll do my best to fix it, otherwise I have completely no confidence to survive without PC, especially Internet.... how different the life here in Canada is, think about that of NZ.

Please keep your fingers crossed for my PC !

Monday, August 06, 2007

Never lasting trial


Hi, there. How're you doing?

It's getting cooler, thinking back on days some weeks ago, but it's still hot, very humid these days.

In this 3months, the time I've spent in this huge country, Canada, well ....... nothing happened, but something happened.


I am having a ball in my work in some meaning, but in other meaning, this is same old crap working working working boring stuff.... Whatever, here is very peaceful, and maybe I'll hang in there for a while.

Before my birthday, I've got the other, might be the last... working holiday visa to Australia. Honestly speaking, I am not sure what I am expecting for life abroad..... What I want, Where I want to be, and Whom I want to be with..... NO idea. My English, nothing to mention about French, is far from good... well... better. Having worked for English/French native speaker, it can be said, the fluency in languages is a must.

So...... I set this August as English(and hopefully French) enhancement campaign!

Do you think I'm gonna be the boy who crys for wolf!?!??!
You'll see, wait till next month! :p