I am proud to say that I have gotten through the
toughest terrain in the Corporate Communications and Public relations
(C.C.P.R) program which was last month (February). Where we had to start a blog,
write a communicator report, track a Journalist, present a start- up proposal, rebrand a company(LCD) and lots more in total we had roughly 15
assignments and I survived. That is not to say there are no more assignments. It
is just that the work load has reduced a bit so there is little time to explore
and mingle in this beautiful city and so I will be giving you an overview of
all of the beautiful places I have visited so far in Toronto.
My first major outing was the Comi con at the Toronto
Metro centre, this activity wasn’t even planned. I had gone to a married
friend’s house for brunch and her son wanted to attend the Toronto Comi com
festival and I was invited to come along which I gladly accepted, because it was a great
opportunity to get to know the city of Toronto a little more. At first I had
the impression that it was a kid event. But when I got there I was surprised to
see adults all dressed up in their favorite comic costumes, in fact they
outnumbered the kids in attendance.
Some Executive Producers of these Comi con were in
attendance and there were signage stands. I got to socialize and take pictures
with some of them. Over all it was a nice gathering and I enjoyed it.
CN
tower
The next day my friend Gbenga and I decided to go to
one of Canada’s great tourist sites the CN tower and Ripley’s Aquarium, I
thought why not use one stone and kill two birds, besides they were both within
a walking distance from each other both located in downtown Toronto. So I saw
the tallest free standing structure in the western hemisphere from there we
headed to the Aquarium.
There was a large number of people standing outside
in the cold waiting to get into the Aquarium. This gave me nostalgic memories
and made me remember Nigeria, because most times back home we had to queue for
almost everything. Eventually we got in after we paid our ticket fee of $30 +
taxes.
Initially I felt the fee was exorbitant, but by the
time I saw all the wonderful sea creatures like starfish, sharks the aquarium
had to offer, I say it was worth it. Although I couldn’t stay as long as I
wanted as I got in late at about 4:00pm and the Aquarium closed about 6:00 pm
that day. I plan to revisit the Aquarium some other time.
I can’t end this without attaching these lovely pictures
of the Aquarium. Ripley’s Aquarium is definitely a go-to destination for
tourists.
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| Me in the shark tank at Ripley's Aquarium |
