tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55259552024-03-17T21:03:56.397-06:00The other side of the Globe: How is it?A Troublemaker and Nonconformist's Daily LifeThe Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2577125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-40102086309658357662024-03-15T10:55:00.001-06:002024-03-15T10:55:00.245-06:00Workplace Stories (24): Nice but StupidThe most important factor in being successful at work, after having enough knowledge, is being able to build relationship with everyone. Was I able to do that part of the job? I can't say that I always have been. It's mainly because there're assholes that you can't level with them in any possible way, no matter how hard you try. Now I'm five months to this job, things haven't been so great: The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-47712769333631324752024-03-14T20:03:00.002-06:002024-03-14T20:20:18.580-06:00When a Thunder StrikesThere's nothing more pleasing to me while I'm on the road, rather than seeing people are pulled over by the authorities. I think there have been days that I saw at least once a day! In winter when it's dark, it's very easy to get caught. You're driving and you don't even see the car in pitch dark and all of a sudden you see the beacons. Now that it's bright, especially in the afternoon, The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-57994891734294773552024-03-12T20:15:00.005-06:002024-03-12T20:15:58.930-06:00On the Road to RecoveryI don't know if you believe in this or not but I have a saying for myself which goes: Once a Loser, Always a Loser! And in that I'm talking about myself! After my separation from my wife, 8 years ago, I never was able to get myself into a meaningful relationship, despite the opportunities and trying. There has been always a problem or an excuse. And will be like that probably until the day I die,The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-5240436671869114132024-03-09T09:13:00.004-07:002024-03-09T09:15:29.803-07:00My first Apple PieWinter is the proper time for backing. At least for me. I turn the oven on to make something delicious and make the house warm as well! Sounds cheap? It's not! Home baking isn't cheap, if you use the proper or perhaps I shall say good ingredients. This time I decided to make Apple Pie and the result was spot on! As always I used Whole Wheat Flour which is way healthier than the cheap item they The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-42009850607839729242024-03-03T14:59:00.001-07:002024-03-03T15:12:19.386-07:00SALT This post is about three different types of salt: Salt, the mineral, which is used for cooking. SALT, the movie and S. A. L. T. a treaty between the US and former Soviet Union and I'm sure this is the most understood one, amongst the three. Not that it is important.I wrote an e-mail to Health Canada with the hope to make them understand that when they use the term Sodium to address Salt, The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-22311921406190909692024-03-02T21:23:00.002-07:002024-03-02T21:23:54.081-07:00Is Restaurant Industry about to Die?Éclair called me to go for lunch with him a few weeks ago, at work, again and on the way he said he wanted to have Egg. We went to a local restaurant and he ordered a couple of Eggs, Toast and Hash Brown. I ordered the similar dish. Nothing more. Not even a beverage. Since he had paid all the time we had lunch together, I decided to pay this time, despite the fact that he had told me that he The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-8900549109076484662024-02-19T18:58:00.003-07:002024-02-19T22:15:34.806-07:00Who was Targeted in Top Gun: Maverick?When Top Gun: Maverick was about to be realized, two years ago, I think, there was all trailers, teasers and such to market the American propaganda enough, so it will not become a failure after spending millions of dollars on it. Hollywood was in such a deep shit that Spielberg later said that Cruise has saved it by this movie!I never was excited by the movie because I knew what it would be The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-55049325570472343052024-02-18T11:18:00.005-07:002024-02-18T14:44:13.794-07:00The MachinistI'm aiming at two topics in this post a movie called The Machinist which I watched a few months ago and a machinist who works for the same company as I do. I was working on a part late one afternoon when everyone leaves and this guy approaches me and starts a conversation. Lonely people always try to find a time to have a conversation with others. That's how they feel their void. I do that to butThe Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-87159137502945811672024-02-13T22:56:00.000-07:002024-02-13T22:56:04.486-07:00The Government of Canada is the biggest Money WasterI went to Texas in the pick of Covid-19 Pandemic: Nov. of 2021. It was a fairly good trip. On the way back, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston I was asked if I had installed ArriveCan App on my phone. It was an additional requirement to having negative Covid-19 test result. I received the latter as a text message shortly after my arrival at the airport. For the App, a WestJet The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-73613891384273662612024-02-04T21:48:00.000-07:002024-02-04T21:48:27.315-07:00There's not such a Thing as a Bad HabitThe Chef has this bad habit of drinking for years. He told me once that he developed it in India, where he spent his life more than 10 years or more. He drinks everything: From Beer to different chip Wine, to Vodka but his favorite, recently, is Red Wine because he believes good for him! Drinking has caused him so many problems that he had lost his job, his home and his vehicle but still has not The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-54795536556049885552024-01-27T14:39:00.006-07:002024-01-27T14:39:54.103-07:00Thanks Sweet (Home) AlabamaOne of the things that bothers me about Canada, and someone might say you don't like it, go back to your country(!), is the Justice System. This is how it basically works: You can be accused, charged, prosecuted and convicted of something as insignificant of blowing a candle(!) and your punishment would not be very harsh either but it will stay with you for a long time. On the other hand youThe Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-84789675462181849042024-01-21T21:02:00.005-07:002024-01-21T21:02:55.269-07:00Online OrdersI'm not a fan of online shopping. I like to go to a store and see the item I'm buying and compare it to the similar merchandises. Besides waiting has always been painful for me, especially for something that I can buy in five minutes! With that said, there was one thing that I was not able to buy from the stores and had to order it, recently: A mobile phone. One might say that phones can be The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-23708624167230787572024-01-14T13:13:00.002-07:002024-01-14T15:43:44.194-07:00Baked Goods in CanadaCanada is amongst the top 10 producers of wheat and most likely other grains and oil seeds in the world but unfortunately I've had some of the worst breads, in terms of both taste and health-risks in the country. First of all, if you buy bread here, you contribute to world pollution and garbage accumulation because bread here is always kept in plastic bags. Imagine how many millions bags have so The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-79190734084380440942024-01-13T09:41:00.003-07:002024-01-13T09:41:59.291-07:00Sensing the Real Alberta WinterThe real Alberta winter arrived this week, after months of mild or perhaps I shall say bad weather. Why? While everyone was happy because it was not cold or there was no precipitation, they don't understand this simple fact that no precipitation means a horrible summer of drought and higher prices of food! Even the so-called Engineering Manager of us was surprised when I said that and he, rather The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-77600639603470450552024-01-07T11:37:00.003-07:002024-01-07T11:38:30.817-07:00Finally Ordered a VehicleI went to a dealer yesterday and I ordered a vehicle after nearly 4 years! It was an interesting experience but I feel that I was deceived. My intention was to get either of these cars but in Hybrid model:1) Camry2) Prius3) Land CruiserYou know how these salespersons play. This guys, whom I had met before and didn't know, takes me to a very nice vehicle which a Sold sign on it and then later The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-70876352630301566322024-01-06T19:21:00.005-07:002024-01-07T11:39:09.990-07:00The almost Unbelievable ResultsOne week into 2024 and there hasn't been anything like the previous days! Just work and work and of course that disgusting sickness which hasn't completely left me! One thing happened though and that was receiving the result of the Government Job which I think will be in Quebec, if I get it. I have been accepted and added to the pool! While this is a surprise, the statement is The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-16360024406170156832023-12-30T08:45:00.003-07:002023-12-30T09:26:41.787-07:00Worst Christmas Ever It's been one week since Christmas and I'm still sick! We were off work at noon the previous Fri. (not yesterday) so everyone could spend enough at home to get ready for the big night. Not that there was not already enough time available! Did I care? No! Because for me it meant going all the freaking way back and add to the top of that being sick, it didn't help much! I was so sick that I The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-3710965847934899962023-12-18T22:53:00.000-07:002023-12-18T22:53:08.510-07:00A Nightmare on Highway #2 Travelling on a major highway on daily basis cannot be fun but there are people who chose that as their career because the pay is good. A majority of truck drivers here in Canada are Punjabi Sikh Indians but people of different ethnicities could be found doing this job. I have been driving on a major highway for nearly 2 months now and the only thing I am lucky about is the fact that it's The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-12979200269379262162023-12-16T07:56:00.001-07:002023-12-16T07:57:00.550-07:00Hard and Difficult as alwaysI had my interview for a Federal Government once again a couple of days ago. While I have a job now and it's been going well, I always wanted to work for the Government of Canada. Not that easy! I'm going to make a list of the Government jobs that I've applied for and never got them to show how embarrassing it is! So here I'm sitting at my desk one hour before the interview starts and an The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-59589829461102616502023-12-09T11:46:00.000-07:002023-12-09T11:46:21.067-07:00The Week-long CourseJust came back home after a miserable week in a hotel, near a training center. The course was not bad and learnt plenty but the living condition was awful, except for a ting bit. Stayed in the same hotel and despite the fact that it's generally quite and clean, the damn mattress was killing me! The first first four days had difficulty sleeping which certainly affected my learning abilities. The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-45742183581812876392023-12-03T12:13:00.005-07:002023-12-03T12:13:45.517-07:00The Old GalI had an interaction with an old woman for awhile. There was no intention from me and I don't know what hers was until one day, when I was on break from work, I saw a book laying next to my vehicle. I don't know who had put it there. I grabbed it, had a look and put it back. My door bell rang a few minutes after that. It was the old gal! She asked me if it was mine and my answer was negative. I The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-17486007097853099022023-12-02T17:28:00.003-07:002023-12-02T17:28:43.703-07:00The 2023 Christmas PartyThis years Christmas party was held a bit early. When I say this year's it doesn't mean that there was a last year! The previous work did not hold a Christmas party or if they did, I was not invited. I didn't want to attend first and then I was told that it would not have a good impression on the top management. The party was held in a local bar which I would not name it here because despite the The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-71574874955275287902023-11-30T21:41:00.003-07:002023-11-30T21:41:42.898-07:00Year 23 has just StartedThis winter has been so disappointing so far. Today is the last day of November and I have not seen a day colder than-15 ℃ (5 ℉). It has snowed, I think, only 3 times. This means that we will have a hell(!) of a summer. It's about -8 ℃ (~17.5 ℉). Just came from jogging. It was good. I was going last night but became lazy. Then thought to myself: 22 years has passed since the day I landed in The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-21534991487343030222023-11-29T21:03:00.003-07:002023-11-29T21:03:28.609-07:00The Meth Test (Not Lab.)We, I and the BigHead, had to pass this math test to be considered qualified to attend an NDT course. There was another course that we already had passed so we are a bit close but the problem with this one was that we had barely any idea what would be asked because it says math! It is a very general term! I was angry and frustrated because I imagined what everyone would think if I failed theThe Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525955.post-35375893817502061232023-11-26T16:27:00.003-07:002023-11-26T16:27:31.203-07:00A Widespread LieI'm not a liar but I lie to liars! I've said that to the face of people whom I suspected them of being liars. Some had strange reactions! At times I tell white lies. That doesn't hurt anyone but satisfies me.With that said, my manager asked me where I lived, completely out of blue, last week. The good thing is the Retiring Fella has asked me how the road was a few days prior to that which it was The Tough Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04324635943101291859noreply@blogger.com0