Gregory Styan:
CLASS OF 1985

St. Thomas More Collegiate High SchoolClass of 1985
Burnaby, BC
Ryerson UniversityClass of 1991
Toronto, ON
Dawson College - Pure & Applied ScienceClass of 1987
Montreal, QC
Kensington SchoolClass of 1983
Burnaby, BC
Sperling Avenue SchoolClass of 1980
Burnaby, BC
Gregory's Story
Life
The best way to describe my life so far is a work in progress. Right after high school I moved to Montreal for a year then back to Vancouver for a year then out to Toronto for 3 years or so and then back to Vancouver once again. That pretty much covers the first 5 years, I went to school in both Montreal and Toronto and just hung out in Vancouver trying to figure out what I want to do. While in Toronto I started to work in the Graphic Arts Industry to which I still work to this day. When I got back to Vancouver in late 1990 I found work and moved to the Jericho beach area, great place to live if you are single.
In late 1992 I began to work in the Metrotown area where I met my ex-wife and we were married in May of 1994. My life settled down at that point. We bought a condo in New West in the Spring of 1995. Unfortunately like most other building built at that time the thing leaked... lol. Life was pretty good for us, but not exciting. We got a dog, he was incredible. His name is Shaitan-Dragon and he is a Shiba Inu. For those who don't know that is a small Japanese Spitz Breed. We sperated in February of 2002, she moved up to Kamloops to live with her family and I kept the apartment and debt in New West. It was my choice.
I needed to make some changes with my life. I had been with the same company since August '92 and things were getting stale. I started to look for work in that Vancouver area but thanks to the wonderful NDP goverment we had previous the economy sucked. So I was forced to look for work else where. I checked out Calgary and Washington state as well as Toronto. In September of 2003 I made a 2 week trip to Toronto to check out the job market. I ran into an old employer of mine and he said he had a job for me if I was serious about moving back east. That was the easy part. We decided I would start in the Spring. I really had no desire to move ea...Expand for more
st for the Winter... lol. Now all I had to do was the preparations for the move.
I got back to Vancouver and started to look at the idea of renting my condo in New West. I had a special assessment to pay and the market was dead so selling it seemed out of the question. In January of 2003 my brother Chris took me and a mutual friend to Jamaica for my birthday, best gift I ever got. We had a blast. As time progressed the idea of renting my place in New West and living in Ontario didn't appeal to me, so I made a deal with my family for the condo. I still took a large loss on the sale but not as much as if I had sold it outside the family.
I moved March 21. 2003. I worked right up till I left. In the morning I loaded up my car, a 1990 Mazda 323, with everything I was taking with me and went to work. After work I got in my car and drove to TO. I got there 54 hours later and started working 2 days afterwards... lol. When I first got out east I was staying with a friend, sleeping in her living room, in downtown Toronto about a 10 minute walk to work. I was looking for a place to live and decided on Hamilton, don't ask me why but I did. I got a nice one bedroom apartment in downtown Hamilton. For the 75 km commute into work I to the commuter train in.
I did that till August of 2004 when it was mutually agreed that it wasn't working out at work. I then found work in Hamilton. I am still living and working in Hamilton. I have started to coach soccer in the area. In fact I am coaching 3 different teams. An under12 boys/girls team, an U12 select boys teams and an U14 girls team. I am looking at starting to play soccer again this Winter in an indoor league.
I am still single, big surprise there seeing as I never really have settled down. I am enjoying life out here and have no immediate plans to go back West. Although I am toying with the idea of moving to Hawaii... lol.
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