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Translation Statistics

Posted on June 2, 2013 by stenoodie

On Friday, I shadowed a fellow friend and former CCVS grad and now court reporter at an examination for discovery. There was an interpreter for this examination and it pertained to a local business! I was pretty excited for it since the material was relevant and I had never been on an examination where there was an interpreter before. The witness spoke in Cantonese, interestingly, so I was actually able to understand what was being said without the interpreter. Continue reading →

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Short shadowing session

Posted on May 29, 2013 by stenoodie

I shadowed Lisa today again on a case! Yay! To my surprise, the case was only 48 minutes lol. We started at 10 a.m. sharp and before we even had any sort of break at all, the lawyer announced he was done questioning. To date, this is the shortest case I’ve been on. I’m not complaining, of course; I got to spend the rest of my day completing things on my to-do list. Continue reading →

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Zumba

Posted on May 24, 2013 by stenoodie

Zumba fun! First time at this location. 🙂

I think I’m addicted. I had my fourth class doing Zumba tonight and I’m still pumped and energetic from the high energy and endorphins from the class. Amazing!! I was just looking up classes and more locations where I can learn Zumba from and it appears that there’s a TON of places to go to! I’m so excited!!! Continue reading →

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Job Shadowing at the Federal Court

Posted on May 22, 2013 by stenoodie

Cool beans! I got to shadow a court reporter today at a Federal Court trial. 😀 This doesn’t happen very often since special permission needs to be asked; students from our school typically sit in on cases at the reporting agency or the Law Society of Upper Canada. Continue reading →

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Green Juice

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stenoodie

I’ve jumped on the green juice bandwagon — it’s the latest health craze: grinding up your favourite veggies and fruits into smoothie-like consistency and chugging it all down.

The first day, I mixed an apple, orange, avocado, a handful of spinach, half a lime, and water into the blender. Continue reading →

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A Look-back at Teaching Phoenix Theory at CCVS

Posted on May 14, 2013 by stenoodie

It was a Thursday afternoon in late August 2012 when I received an e-mail from CCVS asking me if I was interested in teaching Phoenix Theory at the school. My first reaction after reading the e-mail was, “No way, I’m not going to be a theory instructor; I want to be a court reporter!” However, after thinking about it for a few minutes, I was curious about the job and wanted to find out more. Continue reading →

Posted in Steno | Tagged CCVS, court reporting, court reporting students, memories, Phoenix Theory, steno, teaching, Toronto | 2 Comments

Awesome sauce weekend

Posted on May 12, 2013 by stenoodie

This was one of the most enjoyable weekends I’ve had in a while :). Best times always include the 4 Fs: Food, friends, family, and fun! New experiences are always added to the mix of fun stuff too. This weekended started off with zumba on Friday with a friend; SO fun! Shaking our hips to LMFAO’s “Shake That Body” and realizing that I have terrible body coordination has never been so fun and invigorating. Continue reading →

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Job shadowing Lisa Lamberti

Posted on May 10, 2013 by stenoodie

I shadowed another court reporter today. Yay! I’ve actually shadowed her before too, Lisa Lamberti, so it was quite nice when she came into the room and said, “Hi Karen! Good to see you again!” This was another examination for discovery and was very relaxed and short! We started at 11 am, took a 10 minute break in between, and then ended at 1 pm. Less than two hours. Lisa got 66 pages and I got __. There were 3 people in the room, so the speakers were easy to keep track of. Continue reading →

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Job shadowing Teresa Forbes

Posted on May 7, 2013 by stenoodie

Today, I got to job shadow Teresa Forbes for the second time. She’s a realtime court reporter who has worked for many many years. The first time I heard of her was actually the very first day I also saw a steno machine demonstration and tried out one for the first time. It was at the Open House in March of 2009 at my court reporting school. I had called ahead of time for the 5 pm slot, and when I got there, I sat in a room to wait for the demonstration to start. I remember sitting there with other potential students and reading through the information package that they gave us. In this info package was also articles about successful court reporters, and in the featured article was Teresa Forbes. (This was the exact article I read. ) Who would have known that one day I’d get to job shadow her? Continue reading →

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High Park Cherry Blossoms

Posted on May 6, 2013 by stenoodie

This weekend I went to High Park to see cherry blossoms for the very first time! I went with a group of friends, and since it was the second day that nearly all of the blossoms were out in bloom; it was a weekend; it was perfect 26 degree weather; and perfect sunny skies, the park was literally packed with people. It was my first time at the park to see these blossoms. Continue reading →