Month: July 2005

  • August already

    Trish has now been back from Canada for 2 weeks, and me for about 6. It seems like I never went away.Last w/e was Budhist Lent start (Farang Terminology). A long w/e thankfully and a fairly quiet one for us as it was Tricia’s first w/e back, so we stayed in town here.Budhist lent lasts…

  • More news of Canadian holiday

    After we returned from our trip to Ottawa and Montreal. I decided to take Mum to the Royal Ontario museum in downtown Toronto for a days sightseeing, we set off and after a failed attempt to get into the Kennedy Road subway carpark we found the next one along (minor miracle as my sense of…

  • Canada trip

    Hi, guys! Anyone that still reads this. I just got back from 6 weeks in Canada. Wow! I had a great time. Dave was over for 2 weeks during which time we cleaned and fixed the car and C.’s house. My Mum arrived after 1 week, in time for Christina’s Graduation Ceremony on 14th June.…

  • toronto vs. thailand

    I recently returned from a six-week trip to Thailand. Since then, I’ve noticed many Toronto nuances I would never have paid attention to previously. For one, when I first drove downtown after returning home from the crazy Bangkok traffic (in which I only observed, never drove), I noticed how everybody looks surprised and offended if…