August 14th, 2008

Went for a job, brought back chicken.

So I had an interview at noon today in downtown Toronto. Lovely area, very cool and I guess hip.

I did my scouting beforehand on Google maps and of course I still got lost as soon as I stepped out of the King subway station. Didn't matter though as my tummy was a rumbling, so I had to look around to make a deposit. Lo and behold there was a CIBC at the corner... about the only time I found one when I kinda needed it. (They had a food court at the bottom.)

Did you know that there's an "undermall" of sorts underneath downtown? I was lost in this labyrinth of commerce and followed the scent of food so I could find a toilet. Makes sense. I also approve of those toilets, not those weak little Enviro-Friendly loos but some good ol' fashioned (but new with those laser sensors) gallon chuggers.

Thankfully I exited randomly from that place onto the street I needed to be at.

Again I arrived early for the interview wearing my lucky (perhaps not so lucky) yellow shirt. They were very serious looking men, in their grays and browns but the nice lady wore yellow and pink. So I kinda threw them off with my gray suit and yellow shirt outfit.

The interview went well I guess. It lasted around 10 minutes from my guess, been through some that lasted an hour or so.

Walked on and called my mom, we met up for lunch downstairs from her work (big cool place) in another part of this "undermall". Had greek lamb and tried that Vitao green tea which was kinda good. The lamb was just... greeky. 

Then we walked around some more, of course my mom would know her way around these shopping caverns, and then we bought some chicken for dinner which I have been lugging for the last few hours. Had to go off on my own and walked to Eaton Centre.

Yep, just go straight this way and you'll exit at The Bay. Then just go inside Eaton's.

No less than 15 metres from where we left I took a wrong turn. How do I know? Because I was outside. As in the sun and everything. Not supposed to be. No, no, no. So I went back in, feeling sheepish and followed the people. But not too closely lest they smell my chicken.

Then I spent a good 15 more minutes looking for the Games Workshop in Eaton's. They've closed down or moved or or whatever, got replaced by this health foods store. Pfft. In retaliation for this injustice I went to Indigo's and bought a book there.

I believe I can now build a bookshelf made out of books and still have enough books to put in there. Of course they wouldn't be in alphabetical order.

And that's how my day was.