On November 2010 near the end of my contract at NetSecure Technologies, I asked for and received the ok to relocate and continue working from Toronto (and obviously, a renewal. Otherwise this blog post would be short and 2 months overdue). What was supposed to be a yearly adventure was extended a bit as they didn’t want me to leave immediately. I am obligated to stay in Regina until April 1st, but will likely stay for a few days/weeks after (depending on a number of other factors).

I have mixed feeling about this. While I do enjoy the city and would love another year to explore some more, I have had some difficulty adjusting to the different expectations of small(er) town life. I cannot see myself growing and enjoying some of things I did back in the big city, and I cannot make the same close friends that I did back in Toronto. But I think I have adjusted better in these last few months than I did all year.

That said, I will miss the good quality of life I have in the QC. Here, with my present salary I can enjoy the privilege of a car and owning my own one bedroom. Maybe after another year or two to finally buying my own place or a condo.

In Toronto, I’ll probably have to give up the car or share a apartment, or both if I want to live somewhere downtown.

It’s a fairly difficult decision for me to make. But I know that this decision will put me in the right direction in life. Even if going back to Toronto doesn’t work out, this experience leaves me hopeful that I can just pack my bags and find somewhere new to call home.

Yesterday, I accepted an offer to work at NetSecure Technologies which is a company based in Regina doing Firefox extension and C# work (mainly the former. I never worked with the latter, and they are aware of that). This also means I have to relocate to a city who I know nothing about. In fact, I will likely be a typical snobby Torontoian for the year contract that it is for.

Unfortunately I will be leaving my current employer PPX. Good people. But I am excited about my new job responsibilities, and think it will be a better fit for me.

Toronto was transformed at night on Saturday October 5th for some art thing called nuit blanche. Basically, it’s an event open all night with gallery’s across the city open for the public. Tom, Lucy and I spent all Saturday night and Sunday morning making trips to these exhibits, and had breakfast at 6-7am with Mike.

I was also surprised by meeting Armen there, and his brothers. It makes sense now.

While loads of fun (I didn’t know what we were doing when we met up. And I didn’t know how much I would enjoy it when I found out. But it turned out to be a great way to spend a Saturday night), I didn’t get home until later in the morning, where I crashed in my bed and didn’t wake up until 16:00 today. I didn’t manage to get any pictures because I didn’t bring my camera, but I did get a video of blinkenlights on my cell. They took over City Hall, and it was an entertaining light show. They also had it rigged up to play pong and tetris, but it was not well executed.