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DanaMario spune:

Dana Podeanu merci mult de raspuns
Nu nu mai bagat in ceata mi-ai confirmat concluzia la care ajunsesem si eu ca nu se merita sa cumperi un condo doar pentru al inchiria



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lorelaim spune:

- imi pare bine ca v-a placut ideea cu Cap Saint Jacques - e un loc fain pt mici si mari. Sa speram ca va fii vreme faina in weekend si va puteti intalni.
Uite aici un articol care m-a infuriat... V-ati imaginat vreodata ca sunt oameni care sa nu-si ia vacanta? care sa fie fericiti ca e luni si merg din nou la servici? Eu NU! Si uite ca exista si asemenea specimene!
Work, sweet work
REBECCA DUBE

From Monday's Globe and Mail

April 23, 2007 at 5:00 AM EST



You know who you are.




You skip dinner with the in-laws to work on your PowerPoint presentation – which isn't due until next month.




You nix the December vacation to Miami because that's when all the best office parties are.




You schedule conference calls for 7 p.m. so you don't have to go home and watch

Dora the Explorer with your kids.



Eager beavers: 31% of Canadians say they look forward to the start of each work week

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Live 2 p.m. EDT: Work/life stress expert takes questions


You're one of a legion of Canadians who end the weekend with a silent prayer: Thank God it's Monday.




“No one comes up to you at work and says, ‘Oh, Jeffrey in accounting has just been sick at his desk,' “ says Jim Wortley, the creative director of a Toronto ad agency and the father of three daughters. At work, he says, “you have meetings. It's doable.”




Everyone complains about being overworked. But experts say that what keeps many of us at the desk until 8 p.m. isn't just an overflowing in-tray. And what lures us back to the office each morning isn't just the paycheque.




“Work life is much more enjoyable than the time we spend outside of work,” Richard Earle, director of the Canadian Institute of Stress in Toronto, says matter-of-factly.




“What gives people enjoyment and satisfaction is expression, experience and growing themselves, and frankly that happens a lot more at work than in your home life.”




That's one reason we spend so much time there. Statistics Canada reports that the average workday was 8.9 hours in 2005 – up from 8.4 hours in 1986. During the same two decades, the average time Canadian workers spent with their families shrank by 45 minutes. When we do finally leave work, we spend more time alone, and we're loath to take vacations.




A 2006 Ipsos Reid poll for Expedia.ca found that a quarter of workers don't take all their vacation days and one in 10 skips vacation altogether.




Almost one-third of Canadian workers say they look forward to the start of the work week, according to a poll conducted in March by the Strategic Counsel for The Globe and Mail.




One in five – including one in four women – say work life is less demanding than home life.




Twenty-seven per cent say they've used their job as an excuse to avoid a family function.




And why not hang around? More than one-third say most of their friends are people they've met at the office.




Sure, work has its stresses and your colleagues aren't perfect. But rarely at the office does someone scream “I hate you!” or hurl a bowl of cereal to the floor just for the fun of watching you pick it up. (And if they do, you should probably start looking for a new job.) If your personal life isn't particularly rich or busy, working long hours in the company of likeminded people seems better than going home to an empty apartment.




In her influential book

The Time Bind, sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild studied work-life balance at a major U.S. corporation and discovered that, in the minds of many employees, work and home had switched places. Work was an oasis of calm, while home life caused stress.




“One reason some workers may feel more ‘at home' at work is that they feel more appreciated and more competent there,” Ms. Hochschild wrote.




Busy parents also find they get more “free” time at work than they do at home. Sandy De Simas works a stressful job as an intensive-care nurse at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Still, she remembers rushing out of the house one typical, hectic Sunday, trying to run errands before going to her in-laws' house for dinner.




As she herded the family out the door, she realized she hadn't had time to eat breakfast or lunch. She looked at the clock and told her husband, “You know, if I was at work I'd be at lunch right now.”




Even for those without kids at home, work is sometimes less complicated and more rewarding. “Relationships are hard. They can be really complex, hard and emotional.… Working actually is easier,” says Vancouver life coach Laura North.




Couples counsellors see the negative effects of TGIM syndrome all the time – one spouse spends a lot of time at work, which makes the partner angry, which in turn makes the spouse want to spend even more time at work, and the vicious cycle continues.




Unlike drowning your sorrows in alcohol, or gambling, working crazy hours is a socially acceptable way to avoid personal problems.




Carol Stewart, an administrator at the University of Calgary, remembers how she threw herself into her work when her marriage was disintegrating – teaching at the school, running her consulting business and pursuing a masters degree. She frequently lingered after class to talk to students and help them with assignments.




“I was looking for escape,” says Ms. Stewart, who is now divorced and content in her job and a new relationship. “To have fun, to find purpose, to be fulfilled. And I wasn't getting that from the marriage.”




Using work as an occasional refuge from home life is probably more common than anyone will admit, says David Posen, an Oakville, Ont.-based stress-management expert and author of

The Little Book of Stress Relief.




During his training years ago, he recalls, he once admired the dedication of a doctor who always volunteered to take emergency cases at night.




“Somebody said, ‘Are you kidding? He's got five kids, he doesn't go home at night until they're all in bed,' “ Dr. Posen says. “People get a lot of positive reinforcement at work. It can be very alluring and seductive.”




For some, though, work is more than a sanctuary from the pressures of home – it's a place to find friends. As the lines blur between our professional and personal worlds, work is replacing churches, civic groups and neighbourhoods as the social centre of people's lives.




“You just send around a message – ‘Who wants to go for a pint?' – and you could gather up a dozen people,” says Jeremy Barker, an online content manager in Toronto, whose friends are mostly former or current colleagues. When he's considering taking a job at a new company, he says, he asks people who work there whether they go out together.




Having friends at the office, of course, makes it easier to work long hours. “You can get through a lot of things at work if you enjoy the people you work with,” Mr. Barker says. “If you're hanging out and chatting, it doesn't seem as much like work.”




Not everyone buys the idea that workers are deliberately lingering at the office for fun or self-fulfillment. Many workplaces exert real pressure to stay late and work weekends.




Clarence Lochhead, director of the Ottawa-based Vanier Institute of the Family, says North American culture bombards people with the message that they should work more, spend more, consume more. Personal debt is on the rise, and people feel they have to work harder than ever just to keep up.




“They may be spending more time at work and less time with the family precisely because they want to provide for the family,” he says. “It's not because they don't want to spend time with the family or they don't care – it's precisely because they do care.”




Yet some people who genuinely breathe a sigh of relief when they walk into the office on Monday say they still care about their families.




While Ms. De Simas enjoys her child-free time at the hospital, she's usually thinking about calling home on her next break to talk to her son.




“It's a double-edged sword,” she says. “When you're at home, you think about work, and when you're at work you're thinking about home.”





With files from Elena Cherney


Three-steps to satisfaction

Richard Earle, director of the Canadian Institute of Stress, suggests a three-step process that he says will help you increase your satisfaction with your home life — without increasing the amount of time you spend at home:

1. "Know what gives you satisfaction in your family life," he says. "The average person has no top-of-mind idea." Do you like cooking with your husband? Walking the dog with your kids? Do you always have good conversations during the afternoon carpool? No one can be filled with domestic bliss all the time, so figure out what situations make you feel satisfied

2. "When you're in a 'satisfier' situation, focus on it," Dr. Earle says. Make a conscious effort to banish chatter from your mind. Don't worry about your messy kitchen or check your Blackberry for work e-mails.

3. "Relish it afterwards. Talk to yourself or talk to your spouse. Just saying 'Hey, I really enjoyed that' greatly deepens the sense of satisfaction," Dr. Earle says.


"Daca dragoste nu e... nimic nu e..."

nelia spune:

Hai ca am lamurit cu programul nostru: nu putem! Dar nu din motivele enumerate mai sus, ci pentru ca avem bilete la teatru pentru unul dintre noi si Agata. Biletele sint de la ora 3, pina la 12.30 avem activitati, asa ca e clar ca nu avem cum sa ajungem.

Deci eu sint pentru Cap Saint Jacques, dar nu in weekend-ul asta, pentru celalalt se pare ca nu avem nimic, asta daca nu mai descoperim prin sertare niste bilete luate de acum o luna sau doua. Noroc cu intilnirea, ca uitasem cu desavirsire de ele.

CORNELIA, mami de AGATA si TUDORA

Ira spune:

Buna.

Daca e vreme frumoasa venim si noi. Cu bicicleta. Cu bicicleta in masina, of courz. Si cu bebele Sofiei care plange cu lacrimi adevarate si urla ca un isteric, poate scap de el si-l fac uitat prin ferma cu animale... cum or fi putand astia inventa asemenea jucarii tampite frateeeee, ca ne-a batut si concierge-a cu coada maturii in podea de atatea crize cate-a facut! A uitat copilu' sa-i dea de mancare si cretinittea s-a pus pe urlat, butonul de dezactivare ioc, io am cautat vreo 5 minute surubelnita sa-i scot bateriile, bineinteles ca nu am gasit-o si atunci l-am infasurat in pilota si l-am pus in dulap, chestia e c-a vazut si Sofia mauvaise-ul exemple, dar n-am avut de ales. Pana se descarca cele 12 baterii mai avem de asteptat. Sper sa nu apara si alte functii, sa se apuce sa se plimbe prin casa si sa ceara de mancare, ca u stiu cum o sa ma manifest! O sa ma duc sa-i reclam si p-astia de la Toys'R Us lu peste' ca inventeaza jucarii cu factor de stress peste limita admisibila ...ca sa nu mai vorbim de faptul ca doctor pediatru nici pentru jucarii nu se exista aici in Canada, dar'mite de oameni.


Cat despre departe ....departe e o notiune relativa. Unii de ex. pe rive nord sunt mai aproape decat departele, degeaba am stat eu 2 ani in centru, ca la nimica nu mi-a folosit, pacatele mele. De departe vedeam aproape. Eu ma refeream si la faptul ca accesul direct la autoroute nu se compara cu statul in intersectii, semafoare si stopuri, chiar daca esti geografic mai aproape. Si depinde si de autoroute, daca sunt vestite ca si incarcate, depinde si unde vrei sa ajungi ...ca e lung Montrealul, ba e lat, dar ca quebecu' de umblat nici astazi provincie pe lume nu-i.

bebitzu spune:

ok, pana acum avem urmatoarele confirmari pentru Cap Saint Jacques :


ktrinel
pitilache
ira
ana
carmen

lista ramane deschisa.
Fetele care ati mai fost si cunoasteti zona, ne puteti spune un loc de intalnire?Ramane dupa ora 11.00 pana la ... (cat poate fiecare )

Simonna spune:

Cap St Jacques sa fie... si-asa n-am fost pe-acolo inca :) De cite ori ne-am pornit intr-acolo ne-am oprit la Ile Bizard!
Acum... dac-ar fi dupa mine, as face 2 liste separate, cine poate duminica asta si cine duminica viitoare sa vedem cind e de intilnit. Ca mie mi-ar place sa vad pe toata lumea, including Ana, Nelia si Oana, care deja au zis ca duminica asta nope. Doar ca e evident ca duminica viitoare o sa fie alte nume lipsa de pe lista, asa ca e greu de ales Dana, pe tine te las cu cumetriile tale, se termina pina pe 1 iunie? Cred ca trebuie sa planificam intilnirea cu ocazia lui 1 iunie de pe acum... sa trecem in agenda... ca iar ne trezim ca nu sintem disponibile. (ar fi pt. duminica 3 iunie..., anybody intrested?! :))Ca uite-asa, idealismul meu, mi-ar place sa facem din intilneala de 1 iunie o traditie...
Revenind la Cap St Jacques, Bebitzu, duminica asta sau duminica viitoare e ok pt mine.
Simonna

lorelaim spune:

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=0bb850e5-8724-4109-a488-7045eb33248a&k=38544

Mom decries violent poem

CanWest News Service


Tuesday, April 24, 2007



CREDIT: Calgary Herald/Tim Fraser
Crossfield mother Carol Watson holds a copy of the graphic poem written in the '70s by British poet Roger McGough.

CALGARY - A woman in a small town near Calgary is livid that a poem depicting a teacher violently attacking students was taught in her daughter's Grade 6 class just one day after the mass shooting at Virginia Tech last week.

The piece called The Lesson was written by British poet Roger McGough and was published in the 1970s, apparently as a piece of satire. But Carol Watson of Crossfield said is was totally inappropriate to be read to students especially considering the timing after 33 students and staff were shot dead at a college campus in the United States.

"I'm absolutely appalled," said Watson. "I can't believe an adult would think this is an appropriate poem to read out to Grade 6 class."

The poem starts with a teacher coming into a class and announcing the theme for the day would be violence and it would be a lesson "you'll never forget."

The teacher then cuts, hacks and shoots students. The Lesson includes a verse: "'Please may I leave the room, sir' a trembling vandal enquired, 'Of course you may,' said the teacher, put the gun to his temple and fired."

The incident is under investigated according to the Rockyview School Division.

"We're still gathering information," said school board spokeswoman Sally Powis. "The issue is under investigation and we will deal with the teacher directly if necessary.

Calgary Herald

© CanWest News Service 2007

"Daca dragoste nu e... nimic nu e..."

Denisam spune:

Nelia, FELICITARI DIN TOT SUFLETUL SI JOS PALARIA PT CURAJ SI PT O DOAMNA ASA DE BUNA! Un baietzel sanatos si voinic iti doresc si o sarcina usoara!
Ktrinel, LA MULTI ANI!!!!! Sa fii santoasa si baftoasa!chiar daca cu intirziere , dar am lipsit motivat:))
Ma bucur ca au mai aparut fete ca CataD, Ina si restul- pupicei la toata lumea!
Noi ne-am intors din Jamaica- f. frumos, noroc ca se fac 13-15C pe aici, ca altfel innebuneam si eu si EMMA cu care treb sa merg azi alpediatru pt vaccin si sa vedem dc am scapat de puffer
- O sa scriu mai multe impresii despre vacantza cand ma eliberez acasa si mai ales la job, am pus doar cateva poze si va dau acum linkul.
O saptamina buna si numai bien d ela noi!
www.dropshots.com/emdeni



Denisa 29+ w si'de Emma Andreea (17 Ian.2006)

Ira spune:

Denisa, bine ati venit din vacanta, am dat o tura rapid prin poze, sunteti mumosi cu totii. Tu esti gravida ?

Simonna, vaz ca vine - Ana e pe lista lui Bebitzu, sau ne-om fi incurcat cu totii ? Mai erau si Ica'75, si niste mamici care-au venit in Joyce, dar le-am uitat nick-ul.

Bebitzu, noi am fost la cap st jaques o data la plaja, dar nu stiu ce punct de reper am putea da. Poate ne ajuta Carmen, ca ea a fost mai des. Ferma o fi deschisa de acum ? Yupi, abia astept cu Sofelu', stiu ca data trecuta a mangaiat niste iepurasi f simpatici printre gratii - acolo.

bebitzu spune:

quote:

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Originally posted by Ira

Denisa, bine ati venit din vacanta, am dat o tura rapid prin poze, sunteti mumosi cu totii. Tu esti gravida ?

Simonna, vaz ca vine - Ana e pe lista lui Bebitzu, sau ne-om fi incurcat cu totii ? Mai erau si Ica'75, si niste mamici care-au venit in Joyce, dar le-am uitat nick-ul.

Bebitzu, noi am fost la cap st jaques o data la plaja, dar nu stiu ce punct de reper am putea da. Poate ne ajuta Carmen, ca ea a fost mai des. Ferma o fi deschisa de acum ? Yupi, abia astept cu Sofelu', stiu ca data trecuta a mangaiat niste iepurasi f simpatici printre gratii - acolo.

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mii de scuze, asa este, Ana a spus ca week asta nu poate.
au strigat prezent

Bebitzu
Ira
Simona
Pitilache
Ktrinel
Carmen

Nu stim inca de Cami (Ange), Ica si celelalte fete care au fost in parcul Joyce (pe care din pacate nu le cunosc, inca)