Visiting my old blog

So just comming back to "visit". I still want to keep this blog for memory sake. It's got lots of memories and was my first blog. :)

Switching to WordPress

I've decided to switch to WordPress. Here's the new link.

Loo Who's Yoo Hoos

Will keep this blog just for old times sake, but will not update probably, unless I decide to switch back. :)

A picture I took with my new toy, a digital SLR - Canon EOS Rebel XT.

Jumper

A few weeks/months (I forget how long ago), I watched the movie "Jumper" on DVD. The concept was the main character can "jump' to any place in the world as long as he's seen the place before (either having physically been there, or have seen a picture of it). This is one "ability" I wouldn't mind having because I like travelling, but I don't enjoy the process of getting to that place or going home. That is, I don't enjoy the packing, going to the airport, going through airport security, flying to the place and then do it all over again before getting home.

It would be very wonderful if I could jump to Maui for example for a few hours after work, and jump home again in time to go back to work again. :) I can dream....

This is a really cool video I found on Yahoo!

So I still haven't gotten around to getting my a/c fixed. I guess I should get that done soon or else I will continue to melt whenever there's a heat wave.
June is almost over, half a year has gone by. This year has been crazily busy for me at work so far. I finally felt that the pace has gone back to normal just the past couple of weeks. So I'm going to try to enjoy the "down" time as much as possible. Next week I'm only working 2 days, so that is great. :)

Heat Wave

We're going through a 4 day heat wave, Friday to Monday. Of course, my air-conditioner is not working properly during this time, and I don't have time to get someone to come and fix it. Work has been totally crazy and I haven't been able to start enjoying our summmer hours program, even though with the overtime I've worked during the past few months, I probably could have taken a few more Fridays off. Anyway, I think I can start to enjoy my summer hours next week, and I'll definitely have to schedule someone to come in and fix the air-conditioner since it's going to be a really hot summer.

April almost over!

Wow, the last time I blogged was more than a month and a half ago and Torontonians were all digging out during and after a huge snow storm. Today is a nice unusually warm Spring day. We've had nice sunny and warmer than average days the past couple of weeks. It was so nice after the cold and snowy winter. A few days I even turned on my air-conditioning in the house because it got so warm. :)

Anyway, not much is new with me except my sister gave birth to my new niece, Abigail Hope, a few weeks ago. I can only see the pictures posted on their blog so far, but my parents tell me that Abigail looks just like me when I was a month old. I guess I'll take their word for it. :)

I've decided to be totally lazy this Saturday. TTC, the Toronto public transit system went on strike at midnight last night without any warning. Everyone thought it was over with and they reached a deal. I was totally surprised when I woke up and saw the news. I thought it was a error in the system, and they published news from a few years ago. :) I have some stuff I can say, but I'm going to refrain. I just hope the strike is over before the work week starts again. As it is, it's creating havoc for people who normally takes the TTC downtown for the Raptors, Jays or other sporting events. There's a Raptors NBA play off game, and a Toronto FC (soccer) game today. It's going to be crazy for people trying to get down there.

I'm exhausted. Shovelled 3 times. The 3rd time had most snow, prob around 6 to 7 inches. I had nowhere left to put the snow, so I pushed it out to the back laneway where we access our garages. Feeling very bad about it, but my neighbour 2 houses over kept telling me it's okay and even told me not to push the snow to the opposite side, he said no use clearing the laneway for my little piece coz everywhere else is pretty much blocked. Well I hope no one needs to drive through the laneway until the plows come and take the snow away!

Oh my back hurts....

It's March already and we are going through the 2nd snow storm in the week. The first part of this 2nd snow storm has happened, the 2nd part which is the nasty one is coming this afternoon. I do not look forward to that. First I have to go out and shovel the snow from the 1st part. Not even sure where I can put the snow. Then I guess throughout the afternoon I will be shovelling.

And we also lose an hour this weekend, and I have work to do. What an exciting weekend!

I'm back in Toronto! So nice to be back home, even though it's cold and there's lots of snow all around.

Flight delays seem to like me. I'm waiting at the Atlanta airport right now as our flight has been delayed for 1 hour. I hope it's just 1 hour and not more. :)

Georgia Aquarium & Coca Cola World

Today we went to the Georgia Aquarium and Coca Cola World. The Georgia Aquarium is the place that my dad really wanted to visit, and he got his wish today! I have to say that the aquarium is pretty cool. Especially the Ocean Explorer exhibit. It is one giant fish tank with whale sharks and all sorts of fishes! Huge fish too. After lunch, my dad spend some more time looking at the different exhibits while my mom and I walked across to Coca Cola World. It's pretty neat too, but not as good as the aquarium. We got to see some history, and looked at some pop art, and also the machines involved in making and bottling cokes. The neatest part is tasting all different flavours of Coca Cola products from all over the World. There were over 60 flavours. I only tasted 6 or 7 I think. We also got a bottle of free coke to go. Then we have to go through the gift store and I bought a bunch of stuff. :)
So tomorow we leave Atlanta and go back to freezing cold Toronto. I'm glad to go home, but sorry to miss the warm sunshine of the South.

Atlanta, Georgia!

I have arrived in Atlanta! The drive wasn't too bad. We end up stopping 3 times. The first time was about an hour after we left Orlando because I badly needed a washroom break. :) The 2nd time was for lunch and then the 3rd time was for gas and washroom break. I think in total it took us about 7 hours (including the stops). We started at 9:30 am and arrived at our hotel in Atlanta at 4:30 pm.

Tomorrow, we'll be visiting the Georgia Aquarium and hopefully I can visit Coca Cola World as well. Then Wednesday is our flight home to Toronto! I can't beleive the vacation is almost over and I was able to drive from Fort Lauderdale to Orlando and then from Orlando to Atlanta!

We went to Sea World today. Saw two of the shows - Blue Horizons and Believe. Both were great. Blue Horizons had dolphins and whales and birds and divers and acrobats. Believe had Shamu and two other killer whales. One of which is probably still a baby.

Got back to the hotel early afternoon and we all vegged out. I think I'm ready to go home, but still have to drive up to Atlanta tomorrow.