Friday 17 November, 2006

Brown water update

Today the water is not only brown, it's also smelly. I was standing the shower this morning, and feeling like I was camping - the water was muddy and the smell was... earthy. Now also most coffee shops in the city have stopped serving coffee - and in Vancouver that's like the end of the world.

Surprisingly, the world still turns.

Today at work it was a bit sad, one of my colleagues had her last day. She had only been with us for three months, but after all these problems with the new law in US she had decided that this wasn't stable enough job. To which I can only say: fair enough. I was expecting that some people would leave because of this, and although she was the first I don't think she'll be the last. I'm sad to see her go, I really liked her.

Posted by kolibri at 17 November 22:03, 2006
Comments
# 1 - andakmaye (on November 19, 2006 09:52 AM):

Excellent, a new expat blog! Having recently remigrated back to Finland after 5 years abroad, I occasionally still feel like an expatriate in my own country, so it's somewhat therapeutic to read about other Finns' experiences abroad. Not that great to hear about the brown water disaster though, and the thought of Vancouver coffee shops running dry is sobering. Is the situation improving at all?


# 2 - kolibri [TypeKey Profile Page] (on November 19, 2006 10:04 AM):

Well, the water is still brown but at least most coffee shops are open. I don't know if they are actually using clean water or not, but I have a feeling Vancouverites don't want to know ;)


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