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You should check the language title i was trying to find out more info from 8 but "teletubbies bye bye."-he said
http://www.dreamgate.com/teletubbies/bye.jpg

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And by the way where exactly are you from? Forgive me but there's no way you were born in this country. I'm guessing somewhere in Southeast Asia based solely on the fact that according to Wikipedia:

Krrish is a 2006 Bollywood science fiction superhero film directed by Rakesh Roshan. Released on June 23, 2006.

Based on that I'm guessing Indian, Sri Lankan or Pakistani and given the cultural makeup of Vancouver I'll bet India.

Am I right?

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Shhss man,Sophia do you know what ever happen with you guys at other end you never come to report back to confirm things,let me line things up here for you bdk strataman and other.

Most of Occupations are based on oppertunity not really on education.(what are you cooking sophia do you know how to make lasagna)next Hey krrish2 buddy you are a warehouse worker! Remember you had a shot on waitress,window drapers,taxi drivers etc.

Sophia no matter what it did not took life to learn a lesson only 1 year GIRL no wonder you stop calling him warehouse worker hey krrish2 did you see that?.

Anyway "he never wish you anything bad" said his mum.

Good Luck for the future his billow(beauty).

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The peculiar part about all of this was the timing. Essentially I had to liquidate everything. Luckily I liquidated before everything crashed, so at least there was more then enough to live on for a while. Funny how that works out. If they'd kept me on longer, I would only have about half as much available cash.

Life has a funny way of working itself out. I think I owe a lot of it to the voices of reason here and at VHB's old blog. Thankfully I knew what was going to happen and while I couldn't make money by shorting stocks etc, at least I was ale to cushion the blow. If I owned a home now I'd be *screwed*. Instead I think I can dig up the money to start a business.

A *lot* of people are about to go through what I just did. I can't imagine dealing with all that *and* one (or more) mortgages on one (or more) properties losing value daily.

To VHB, Mohican and the Pope: Thanks so much, and may I offer you the highest compliment any Vancouver blogger can offer:

Your excellent analyses and concise observations were worth every moment that I spent pulling my hair out over Krrish's stupidity.

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HR meeting seems to be very nice treat remember when you use to hunt for krrish2 from 8.30 to onward and use to go home by sayin"AH FINALLY"like cat had really nice meal every day after work by saying all this i mean lucky they did not fire you by monitoring your performance for productivity or else it could be actually the reason behind your termination.

Then you say their stocks are falling badly remember in your second post you say that you are stand by your words to advice people further to invest in stock market opppsss.

I just want to say don't ever hunt for him he is with you all the time walking stalking from CHILKO to further anyway wish you good luck and please only use blogs in your free time take no tension because some one say real estate vancouver never go down so just relax.

nobody!!!!!

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Sorry to hear about the shocking way you were laid off.I don't know what I would do if that happened to me. It is amazing that you were able to recover from it so fast.

I'm glad that you are just playing with knives and not throwing them:)!!

Well, I look forward to hearing about your restaurant in the future. In the meantime I hope you enjoy your life. It sounds like you are happier now. What did you cook up today?

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I was an IT project manager for a large telephone company. I'm not a knife thrower, I've just changed to a culinary career, so I'm *playing* with knives, not throwing 'em. I figure in good times or bad, people have to eat and I'm a gifted cook. Why not make some money?

They are trying to keep the whole layoff thing quiet, I hear. The company I worked for had a very large strike a couple of years ago and ever since they've been quietly shipping jobs offshore. They claim it's because there aren't enough people interested in call center jobs. Let's all pause a moment and consider the plausibility of that argument, shall we?

They are accelerating the offshoring. They've farmed out QA and product development. Rumour has it there will be massive layoffs around the end of November.

Monterey: That's precisely how it happened. It reminded me of a Kubric film. I had asked for some emergency leave because my apartment lease was up and I only had about 10 days to find something new. The HR guy asked me to put the information into a bulleted Powerpoint list. Seriously.

I refused and insisted on a face to face meeting. That morning, I walked into a plain white room with a single table, and three chairs. My manager and the HR guy were sitting at two.

My manager said "We've decided today that we're going to terminate our employment agreement with you. Here's your package, and we wish you the best." They slid a plan brown envelop toward me and walked out the door, without another word.

Then some woman came in and said "Hi, I'm a termination consultant. I wanted to ask how you're feeling right now."

The fact that she walked out of that room without a broken nose speaks volumes about my restraint, IMO.

I heard from my colleagues that it was just as Montrey said …. it was like I never existed. Needless to say they're freaked out. I've heard the same story from friends who were

God, I'm glad to be out of that environment. It was a nightmare. I've never met managers as incompetent and venal. I've never seen a company so poorly run. Every day I check their stock on my Mac, and laugh. All their gains from the last 5 years have been wiped out, which means many of the employees have lost a great deal of money. Some of them are close to retirement. Many thought I was stupid for saying local house prices here were just plain silly, and a price crash was approaching. I'm pretty sure they were counting on their company stock and the value in their homes to fund a comfy retirement.

Well… who's laughing now? I can literally watch their nest eggs collapse between the stock price and the value of their homes. When the time is right, that company will axe all of those people too, all the while trying to keep up the appearance of being family friendly and good to their employees.

Hopefully when my business starts up, I can purchase their homes from foreclosure then burn 'em to the ground… just for fun.

Yeah I'm a jerk but I cheerfully admit it. I hope those people can learn to like the taste of dog food.

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Van housing never goes down: You're being ironic, right? Even if you weren't, you're a funny guy. Keep the "hits" coming.

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