A Little About Me
I consider to have a passion life in career, with my partner, friends and family.
Hobbies and Interests
Enjoy the great outdoors. Summer months very passion in camping, hiking, rollerblading, beach volleyball, ultimate freebie and watersports. In winter months, all time sport is skiing. However, I also enjoys all types of sports.
Favorite Things
Typically, I like to read a great novel while sitting beside a bodies of water. Mostly, I like to go a walk along the seawalk or in the neighbours. Enjoy architecture and having a great conservation with friends at small party, just dining out either on Friday or Saturday evening or entertaining friends. Usually, I enjoy reading the morning national papers with a chai latte. Always love to escape away the current residence life for a weekend with my partner.
Comprehending Engineers
Comprehending Engineers - Lesson one
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
Comprehending Engineers - Lesson two
A pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!" The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude!" The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him." [dramatic pause] "Hi George. Say, what's with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?" The greens keeper replied, "Oh, yes, that's a group of blind firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime." The group was silent for a moment. The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight." The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he
can do for them." The engineer says, "Why can't these guys play at night?"
Comprehending Engineers - Lesson three
There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired. Several years later the company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multimillion dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine to work but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the past. The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small "X" in chalk on a particular component of the machine and stated, "This is where your problem is." The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again.
The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. The engineer responded briefly: One chalk mark: $1.00. Knowing where to put it: $49,999.00
Comprehending Engineers - Lesson four
What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers?
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets.
Comprehending Engineers - Lesson five
"Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."
Comprehending Engineers- Lesson six
An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship. The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there. The engineer said, "I like
having both." "Both?" Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done."
Comprehending Engineers- Lesson seven
An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week." The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want." Again the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?" The engineer said, "Look I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog...now That's cool."
Paul Martin believes humans have "Three great responsibilities" during thier limited on this planet.
1."Make sure that the people who are closest to get through life as well as they possible can"
2. Looking out for people beyond our own families.
"Our responsibility to those who live on Earth with us is to make sure that the lives they lead are as fulfilling as they possible can be. I have responsibility to you and I have that responsibility to somebody living in Africa as you have to me and to them.
3. Obilgation to ensure that the state of human knowledge constantly progresses, "ultimately what our responsibility is to make sure that every single generation discovers more about what makes the world go tick what it's all about. "
