Tag: travel

  • Lisboa

    Lisboa

    Due to the short notice of my departure from Bangladesh, I had 2 weeks to say good-bye and pack my life back up into 2 bags (and a carry on). This was going to prove much harder (or perhaps easier) than when I did it for the first time back in June. I had substantially…

  • 2019 in Review

    2019 in Review

    Wow. What a year. This time last year I was back in Canada for my second R&R, enjoying time with my family at home, as well as some quality time running and cycling through the mountains. It was a much needed break from the stress of work, but I was excited to be going back…

  • Burn Out

    Burn Out

    24 February 2019 “This past week I was involved in a training session on PFA – Psychological First Aid. One of the key topics we discussed was on resilience, or as I like to call it, “Bounce Backiness.” As a whole, people are resilient. The vast majority of us have the capacity to overcome some…

  • Life in a Rice Field

    Life in a Rice Field

    I now live in the middle of a rice field. Or, as we’ve affectionately come to call it: “The Shire”. We don’t yet have the rustic wooden sign outside the front of our big, white 3 story house to announce your arrival into Hobbiton… but it’s coming. Instead, we just have exposed electrical wires, unreliable…

  • “A Day Behind And A World Away”

    “A Day Behind And A World Away”

    Do you know what one of the greatest things is? Getting mail. Not e-mails (though those can also be pretty sweet when they’re not work-related), but proper snail mail. Like, writing out mailing addresses, licking stamps, and wandering around foreign cities trying to find a post box (or some nice stranger willing to mail things…

  • Chittagonian Princess

    Chittagonian Princess

    It’s 6:10am on a Friday, and after pushing the snooze button a couple times I finally drag myself out of bed. Half-asleep, I fumble across my flat to boil some water for coffee. A few of us were up late last night, sipping on wine, chatting about Ebola, and discussing how not to kill the…

  • Canada, Eh?

    Canada, Eh?

    I’ve been back in Bangladesh for a week now, and although I had an amazing time in Canada, it feels really good to be back. It’s starting to feel more like home here. Since being back I feel like I’m more familiar and tolerant of those things that were driving me crazy before I left…

  • 2018 re-visited

    2018 re-visited

    Countries Visited: 8 New Jobs: 2 Races completed: 0 Relocations: 1 2018 has been a year jam-packed with changes; and to say that my learning curve has been steep is probably a bit of an understatement. I’m currently sitting on a plane en route from Canada to China, and what better time to reflect on…

  • Across the pond to a White Christmas

    Across the pond to a White Christmas

    COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh Today is the day I finally cross back over the ocean, returning to the land of snow and ice. I’m ill-prepared for the drastic change in weather I’m about to face, (pretty sure my leggings and long-sleeved dress is no match for a Canadian winter), but I’ve got my new cozy Cath…

  • “Don’t do your laundry on the weekends”

    “Don’t do your laundry on the weekends”

    “Do you really know where you live? Do you know the ins and outs of every street, and every seemingly unknown path? Take a minute and explore the unknown. Say hello to a complete stranger and ask them to show you around… and I’m pretty sure you’ll be amazed at what you can find, even…