"I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy." - Ryan Gosling

Sandwiches at work

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Yes, that's right, the best day in the world!  Today I woke up a bit tired, but I headed out, went to work and there were Canada flags everywhere and some maple cookies!

But that didn't matter, we had a lot of meetings that I had to focus on while getting through the day. I went downstairs at around lunch and grabbed some sausage and chicken jambalaya. It was probably the best soup I've ever had. It was well spiced and delicious!

Beautiful decorations

Downstairs, there were some sandwiches and other foods up for grabs so I grabbed some to enjoy. I was just working to get to home time.

Work got out early at 3pm so I went straight home, ate some food and then took a nap, for a while. I

was so darned tired. When I woke up, I had a few missed calls and messages (my alarm didn't go off properly).

My friends came over for a bit, and then we headed down to PHD rooftop lounge and bar where they were hosting a mad Canada day Party!

Canada crew

When we got there, the decorations were gorgeous and people were dressed up

in "Canadian Tuxedo (all denim)" and so many people wore it. It was hilarious seeing how much denim it is. However, many other people wore red and white as well as just hardcore suits/dresses.

It was such an amazing night. They had cardboard cutouts of famous Canadian people (drake, Body Break, David Suzuki, etc.) as well as playing a bunch of different Canadian videos on TV, like old school Don Cherry and Body Break.

They were handing out Poutine and Montreal smoked meat all night and they had Canadian, Blue, Labatt and caesars! They had all the Canadian drinks and food. And at the end of the night, they started giving out Tim Horton's timbits. It was adorable.

They played Canadian music the whole night and so much of the place just sung the music out so loudly, like Complicated, summer of '69 and so many other songs like that.

Yummy 

At one point, they actually stopped the whole room so that we could sing off O Canada. It was beautiful. Even though it was raining outside constantly (it's a mostly an indoors patio), it was still an amazing time.

When it stopped raining, there was a beautiful view of the Empire state building in RED AND WHITE.

Gosh, it was beautiful guys, I swear I shed a bit of a tear.

We left afterwards and went to a friend's house to say goodbye to almost 5 or so people who were leaving the UN and New York for a while.. It was a bit of a sad night, but good. Enjoyable.

All in all, a successful Canada Day and wonderful time with great company!

Happy Canada Day :D