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ABOUT THIS RESEARCHER

Created: 29th January 2000 
Yet another introduction page
Well, I thought I might manage to become the oldest contributing member of H2G2 who hasn't edited their home page, but now I've decided against it. Why? Well, because I feel like writing something even though realistically, I'm too tired to be doing anything of the sort. So... on with the show.

My parents are Turkish and emigrated to Canada, where I was born. After living in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, St. Catherine, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta as well as reaching the tender age of three and a half, we moved to Saudi Arabia, where I spent my formative years. At the age of fifteen, I went to boarding school in the U.S. (Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, class of 1996). Then, I came to McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada where I study Electrical Engineering.

I speak English fluently (both American and Canadian with a spattering of HM's English), French at a conversational level, and Turkish at a seven-year-old's level (this having recently upgraded from a five-year-old's level). I was strongly torn deciding what to study in University between engineering, music (B. Mus. Performance (Vocal)), and medicine. I decided to go for the Engineering since it is a professional degree I stand to attain in a reasonable amount of time. I have since acquired reason to be glad of this decision as I find I abhor biology, and I know music doesn't pay, though I do hope to sometime in the future become an opera singer or something of the sort.

I have been called, at various times, a freak, silly, frighteningly intelligent, some drunk's daughter, kind-hearted, and the most sane of the bunch. Upon this last, I have decided to join a new bunch as being the sanest entails much too much responsibility and is not quite what I expected to be called.

Well, seeing as I should go to sleep soon so I can do more homework and also get up early for my intensive weekend of First Aid and CPR class, I shall stop writing now.


RESEARCHER DATA
Name:

Woodlark
Last posted: Jun 25, 2000
Researcher Number:

95201

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hey there woodlark, no i'm not turkishMay 24, 2000
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JOURNAL
Job!
May 11, 2000

I got a job!
I got a job!
Life is beautiful,
I got a job!

But seriously... I'm happy. I have a summer job that has the potential to become permanent when I graduate, and it's with an amazingly cool company, and the people rock, it's pretty much in my field, and they're paying me to be happy! Well, not exactly, but that's how it seems.

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Army
Mar 23, 2000

Hmm... I'm considering joining the Army (Canadian Forces). This will be interesting. I've been quite motivated and getting a lot of things done for this. Who knows, I might actually get the job I'm applying for!

Anyway, I'm applying as an officer for the 3rd Regiment Field Engineering, based here in Montreal. It's actually the same regiment an ex-boss of mine (when I worked in the Chem lab) works at. Hoo boy, I'm not sure whether I'm crazy in a good way or bad way that I'm seriously doing this.

I mean, I used to ponder joining the Grenadier Guards and getting easy money, but they don't really do much... just stand around looking pretty in the bear-skin hats in all weather (which would be why they pay a pretty penny). So I've been considering an Engineering type position for a while... but do I really want to handle mine fields? I mean, what else will I do, go for Medic training? I've decided to go for the Engineering, and we'll see if I can pull all the material together for them in time.

Hmmm... After that Fish'n'Chips article, I feel a real need to write about poutine, Montreal's answer to the british "instant heart-attack". Well... another day.

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Z
Oct 27, 1999

Browsing through the Guide's index, I noticed several posts on the topic of "zzzz" but none on "z", itself.

In the English language, z is the last letter of the alphabet. One can also determine which style of English the speaker has learned by how they pronounce this letter. U.S. Americans (and those who learned from them) pronounce this "zee". This pronunciation, besides sounding vulgar, rhymes with c, producing a potential conflict in understanding. Everyone else who speaks the English language pronounces this letter as "zed". Much better.

This biased journal entry was written by me while preparing to take my cat to the vet for her yearly check-up and shots.

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