Meet "Rooster Coffee"

If you want to have a nice tea or coffee in a very unique café then you should definitely visit Rooster coffee house on 343 King street E.

This wasn’t my first time there, but when my friend Ziad - who arrived yesterday from Lebanon – asked me to go for a coffee, automatically I told him let’s go to Rooster coffee house, and I felt happy that I started recommending places and getting to know nice cozy places like that one.

Not only the staff is very friendly and the place is esthetically beautiful with lots of art and vintage pieces which made it very homey, but their coffee, muffins and croissants are delicious, and you can’t but get tempted to try some.

It’s always busy there but we still managed to find a corner to enjoy my chat with my friend, my peppermint tea and my blueberry muffin.

I love to have such places around, where I can escape for a little bit of “me” time, a “tea” time, or even better “let’s catch up my friend” time.

Meet "Firas"

Firas is not a new friend that I'm meeting for the first time, but the last time I saw Firas was 8 years ago, when he left Leo Burnett Dubai, and after that he relocated to Cairo and then decided to move with his family to Canada..

And what a pleasure meeting Firas in Tornoto after almost 3 month of my landing, and hearing the story of the journey they went through and how they decided to change career and work closely with his wife after he tried couple of things until he reached exactly what he likes to do and overcome all the fears and doubts he had and many obstacles along the way..

Firas is, as he mentioned it in his Linkedin profile, "A breakthrough coach, a storyteller, strategist, Marketer and speaker".. And I can assure you he's good in every single one..

Chatting with Firas felt like almost a spiritual conversation, he was so zen and talking from the heart..

I shared with him the couple of ideas I have in mind and he gave me his point of you and asked me to listen to my heart, even if this will put me through doubts and sometimes stress and fear and lack of self confidence.. And asked me to forget about the "I should.. I have to.." And put myself as a priority vs what others want and expect from me..

Time passed so quickly and Firas had to head for his training and I left thanking him and kept thinking of our discussion and I was so glad to catch up with him after all these years and hoped we gonna see each other more often from now on.

Meet "Bashir"

My friend Maz started talking to me & Bashir individually about each other, and he was very keen to put us in contact as he felt we have some common interests like digital & mobile marketing, and since Maz was away most of the week, I agreed with Bashir to meet for a coffee in a beautiful cafe close to me "Dineen Coffee"..

I love this charming cafe and been coupe of times so far, and it's one of places where I felt I can go every day..

Bashir was slightly late, so I enjoyed my tea while waiting for him and once he arrived, as usual we started talking about my move and my plans for work and for studies and then Bashir started with lots of passion telling me about the business he's trying to establish in Mobile Marketing and about the company he launched Lokannounce and true I'm not much into the technical details but he tried to made me understand the step by step of Hylotrak (Hyper Local Track) he can offer to his customers..

We discussed the potential of working together and me helping him with the branding for his startup and that's a good opportunity for me as well to start building my Canadian experience and growing my freelance portfolio..

It was a very positive first meeting with Bashir, and for sure it won't be the last.. So thank you Maz.