Blog of Random Thoughts
Growing up I had to build a lot of resiliency. This started at a young age growing up on the mean streets of South Vietnam. I have told this story before, but as a child I loved eating spicy food. A treat that I use to eat was pineapple with a spicy salt. As a…
The post today is going to be quite different. As I have multiple appointments through our the day I will write my thoughts through the day and post later tonight. I came here early and the registration is filled. Normally it is a relatively quick process and things flow smoothly. This morning I sat next…
It is the day before I my PET scan and my appointment with my oncologist. At this time tomorrow I will be fully aware of what the treatment plan is and whether the cancer is localized to one location or spread throughout my system. I would be lying if I said that I was not…
We won our first game yesterday with Xavier in net and then lost the second game. We should have won the second game as we had more opportunities. In Xavier’s game today we lost. We were heavily outshot and spent most of the last 2 periods in the box. By no stretch of the imagination…
We drove down to Toronto last night and in the vehicle we play a card game called how well do you know your family. It is fairly easy for everyone as we all know each other fairly well. Olivier is interesting. The specificity of some of his answers makes it rather difficult to guess the…
Yesterday someone had mentioned that I do not speak about Olivier as much. At the end of the summer, to treat the kids for their behaviour we went to hardwood hills so Xavier could bike with Mel as I was in no shape to bike for hours. So it was Olivier and me and we…
Work life balance is something that is quite important to me as a leader. I always tell my team that you need a safe haven at either work or at home to help alleviate pressure and stress. When you are faced with pressure in both it is a real struggle. Since I can not control…
I still have not heard back about my PET scan. I can see how easily it can get lost within the system and how difficult this is to navigate. I am lucky because I can get information through people that I know. A lot of people would struggle not knowing what the status of things…
Early in July I started the process of getting Xavier’s goalie mask wrap done. It is now late September and we do not have a design yet. Initially I was informed that it would take 10 days and I had not heard back for a very long time. We had to start the process over…
The way that they show relationships and things within the Chinese shows is rather amusing. It is reminiscent of adolescent love the way that it is presented and acted out. A confession of any sort of affection is seen as a really big deal and there are next to no public displays of affection. I…