fa cup semi final

ok, this 'listening to the radio over the internet' is all very fine, but i find it somewhat annoying, when you can't listen to something due to the country you are in.
i AM currently paying £12 a month for my TV licence back in uk, but cannot listen to bbc football commentary in canada.
does it matter where in the world I am - my ears are with me wherever i go - i'm the one paying the money
when i am back, i shall cancel the thing, and only pay on a pro-rata basis - i should get money back for the time i am asleep, or out shopping, or watching a dvd.
don't get me started.

suitably unimpressed to say the least.

and to make matters worse, i now am on a quest to find a pub in downtown ottawa that will be showing the other semi-final tomorrow between west ham and middlesbro. it's either that, or attempt to watch it on chinese tv via the internet. controversial, however quite amusing, allegedly.

wheel of fortune

ok, how come on the american 'wheel of fortune' on tv, the contestants clap themselves when they get a right answer.
some of them clap when they get a wrong answer as well.



and another thing... so, when walking round the park, they have signs up saying that all dogs must be 'kept on a leash' - like a 'lead' i suppose.
now, that's all very well, but i did spot a big old labrador on a lead that the owner had coiled up in her arm that must have been about 50 ft long. - kind of defeats the object, and quite funny i would imagine when the dog walks round and round a tree or something.

easter weekend

blimey, been a while since a post...

top tip: do not purchase 'president's choice lasagne' from loblaws - quite revolting - give me sainsbury's any day of the week.

and $2.99 for a packet of digestives - whats that all about.
still, better than nothing i suppose - might have a word with the marketing director and see if he can get some malted milks in.
still, have discovered these coconut cream cookies which are quite nice actually.

well its easter sunday today - quite a pleasant spring day actually.
went to town yesterday for a mooch, but apart from that, not a great deal to report.

trific

so they've knocked down a record shop

it would appear that a shop called 'record runner' has been knocked down.
well i can't see it, and there's a massive crater where they are building some flats where i am sure it used to be.
scandalous.
whatever next

http://www.ocua.ca/node/4968

shame

friday afternoon

and now a look at the weather.

yes, it's raining.
what a surprise.


and some 'local' humour.

monday night

yes, well its monday night, and i have spent most of the day trawling the internet for jobs. tailoring cover letters and cvs can get a bit tedious i must say, but needs to be done.
have also post cv up to various 'job boards' and the like, so we shall see what they bring.

will be mainly ringing up the job agencies tomorrow - and we shall see just how buoyant the job market is for an 'englishman in eastern canada'

marvelous.

alas, nothing comedy to report, so i shall say this:

what do you call a bloke without any shins?
tony.

thank you and goodnight.

got me pc

yes, well got meself a pc - from a small little shop downtown.

quite a good deal by all accounts - cheap case, motherboard and big old monitor all for 600 dollars.
not the fastest beast on the planet, but at least it will do the business.
and hours of fun putting it all together.
shame i left a few useful disks back in uk, but then i suppose that is bound to happen.

miserable day yesterday weather-wise, but the sun has got his hat on today, which is always nice.

not a lot else to report - aside from the fire alarm in the building going off at half 5 in the morning, and then a voice sounding out over the loudspeaker that people on floors 4,5 & 6 needed to evacuate the building. Fortunately that didn't apply, so went back to sleep.

right, well clocks went forward an hour last night, so only 5 hours behind uk time now.

might nip in to town and get some fresh air.