media's next top model

There was a photo booth at one of the work events I went to a few weeks ago...

Just another random post...

Work has been crazy busy the past few weeks. Our September workloads are quite big so it's been a bit mental. I'm managing though. It's just a matter of learning time management and such. But I'm really enjoying it.

Had another night out on Thursday with WebTV. It was girls only so they took everyone for dinner and drinks. Bobby and Brady (a couple of friends of mine from university) were in London for a few hours so I missed the dinner bit. It was lovely seeing them though! Nice to have familiar faces around. Once they left, I went and met up with the girls for dessert and drinks. We then headed off to one of my coworker's leaving drinks.

All in all it was a lovely evening.

Happy its the weekend - been catching up on some sleep.

I've also booked my flight home! I've cleared everything with work and I'll be back in Saskatoon on 18th December and staying until 8th January. It's gonna be amazing! Although, I have a feeling that the cold is gonna throw me off guard - sort of getting used to English weather!

Can't wait to see all of you - 4 months!!

well welsh.

So an exciting weekend was had. Just got back from Cardiff, Wales last night. Lou and I just went for the weekend. It was a very good trip!

Cardiff was beautiful and much quieter than London. Even today I've found myself getting frustrated with the swarms of people - mostly because the streets were empty in Cardiff! The weather was lovely, which is shocking because Wales is supposed to be much more rainy than London. (So that's two places I've gone - Edinburgh and Cardiff - and had sunshine where there was supposed to be rain!). The nightlife was great and we just went around the Bay on Saturday.

It was nice to get away from London for a bit.

Not sure at the moment if Greece is going to happen or not - more than likely getting postponed. But Prague is still happening in October.

Work is busy as ever - this morning just flew by! I'm hoping to book my flight back to Canada soon, so stay tuned for confirmed dates.

For now, I leave you with a photo of me at Mermaid Quay in Cardiff.

Love and miss you all. x

me and a few colleagues at the sports day.

Wow! It's been a very long time since my last post. I just keep forgetting. I know I don't post as frequently as I used to but if anything this makes each post a little more interesting as I have much more to say!

So since we last spoke, I've been very busy! I've started my new job at work which has been keeping me busy! I'm loving every minute of it though. I'm now working as an assistant buyer for the broadcast team. Basically, clients (ex. Kellogg's) decide to spend a certain amount of money of TV advertising. I then get this budget which is allocated to different stations. Throughout the month, I basically have to monitor how this money is being spent and make sure that it's hitting all of the quality parameters in place. (This was the easiest possible way of explaining!). It's more complicated than that, but I do really love it. I was thrown in the deep end at the beginning of July with my own 2 campaigns. At the moment, I'm buying 2 Kellogg's campaigns as well as 3 Lego campaigns. All in all, it's going really well and I'm quite pleased.

Jen was also here for the duration of July. Well, not in London the whole time, but in the UK nonetheless. She stayed in London for a week and we just hung out which was really nice. It was different having a familiar face here! She then trekked off to Scotland where I met her for a weekend in Edinburgh. It was beautiful. It really is a lovely city and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be continuing my discovery of the UK this weekend as Lou and I head off to Cardiff on Friday.

We also had a nice little Broadcast Sports Day a few weeks back which was amazing. One of the stations took us out for a day of random sports (not serious sports, think things like Sack Races and such). All in all had a wicked time. Everyone I work with is amazing and we always have a good time when we all go out.

Speaking of, I'm heading to another station event tomorrow. It's called Media's Next Top Model. Basically, the saleshouse that deals with America's Next Top Model puts on a runway show with different people from agencies across London. One of my close friends is Carat's rep. But I somehow managed to score an invite so myself and a few work friends will be heading to that tomorrow night!

Everything is going well here. I miss you all and am currently trying to sort out when I'll be home at Christmas. Yes, you read that right. I will be coming home for Christmas this year! So excited!

Love you all, miss you more. Take care.

x

Mixing work up with play... it's the Canadian way

Well first of all - changed the layout of the blog again. It's more refreshed and a bit more summery (despite the lack of sun right now).

Over the weekend, a little thing called the World Cup (you may have heard of it!) started and it's been crazy World Cup Fever ever since. The TVs are all on at work on a daily basis whenever a match is on. Anyway, I had my first football/soccer experience over the weekend and it definitely was something else!

Katie (Lou's roommate) was also celebrating her birthday, so we all headed down to our local to help her celebrate as well as catch the England-USA match. It was insanely busy at the pub! We got there at 4pm (4 hours early) and managed to snag the last table. But the atmosphere was something I've never seen before and it was definitely a cool experience.

It wasn't fun getting mistaken for an American - but this was something that I was fully expecting before hand! Most people were completely fine once I corrected them.

All in all it was a good experience and I look forward to catching some more football before the tournament's end. Work has even booked out a bar close by for the England - Slovenia match next week so we can all have some drinks, food and watch the footie (check me out with my new lingo).

Hope you're all enjoying the newfound sun I heard about - hopefully it's still around!

Love you and miss you all x

enjoying the beautiful weather!

Some travel plans are in the pipeline! My friend Jen is coming here in July for a month and she's doing a tour of the UK. She's going to be staying with me for a week and then heading off to adventure all that Great Britain has to offer. I've planned to meet her Edinburgh for a weekend and everything is now booked! So soon I can add Scotland to my list. Plus, I'm really excited as Scottish accents are way cooler than English ones (in my opinion anyway)!

Also - Lou and I are steadily planning a holiday in September. Hopefully Greece. But something that's definitely happening is a trip to Prague in October! We've booked some NHL tickets with friends. Yeah, you read that right. NHL. In Prague! Apparently two years ago the NHL decided to start opening their seasons in Europe. So this year, myself, Lou, our friend Rachel and her boyfriend Mark (who is an avid hockey fan despite being English) are going to a Boston - Phoenix game!!! Words can not describe how excited I am for this. It'll be cool because not only will I get to see a hockey game BUT I will also get to see the Czech Republic.

Oh and did I mention Lou and I are also going to Wales in August and Paris (again) in November! Exciting - I'm hoping that we also get away to either Italy or Amsterdam before the summer's over ... only time will tell!

Anyway, I'm gonna head back to work and then thoroughly enjoy the lovely +24 weather at the pub afterwards!!

Love and miss you all x