Moosing around

Today is my last day at work in Canada. Unbelievable! I've worked at UBC for... 10 months now. Here's some stats for you:

5 - Number of different positions I've temped in here

2 - Number of campuses I've worked on, the main one and Robson Square in Downtown

312 - Number of times I've said to myself 'Don't the students look young'.

$5679.03 - Amount of money I've spent on tea and muffins at Starbucks. Damn you Starbucks!

17 - Number of times co-workers have thought I was from Australia

4 - My favorite bus to get to work on, not too slow, not too quick, comes just at the right time and is never busy. Special mention goes to 84, my second favorite bus

14 - Number of people I see on the above bus nearly every day but have never spoken too...

I was very lucky to end up at UBC and have enjoyed my time working here. I never quite got to work in the cool, hip, young department that I imagined I would end up in (not sure what that department was though I've heard that there's a Wine Testing Department) but practically everyone I've worked with has been nice. I've not made any long term friends while here sadly (partly because of the nature of temping and the types of job I've mostly done) but met lots of good people. My favorite position? Probably Computer Science. It was the most challenging of my jobs (in terms of stimulation of the work as opposed to just working hard), worked with some cool people and I got a badge. Worst? Financial Services. The job was probably the hardest I've ever done, with people shouting at me because they haven't been paid for one reason or another. Not fun. Though the people there were great and I was given a cake, card and joke present from the whole Dept when I left which was nice of them.

So its over. At least 2 months of unemployment beckon. Or holiday, depends how you look at it. Tomorrow I set off on a tour around Western Canada for a week. I then get back for one, no doubt very busy, last week in Vancouver then I'm off to the States. Then its back to... well, you know where.

I'll try to update the blog when I get back from my Canadian tour, promise. Have a great week.

Oh, and finally - BYE UBC!