edmond's blog

a day to remember...

2008-12-20T10:23:00.000-05:00

Today, Aimee looked me in the eyes and made her best effort to articulate the words: "deh deh..."

Happy 2008!

2008-01-06T01:38:00.000-05:00

Not exactly a new year resolution but I did plan on getting rid of my Samsung E898 mobile phone in the beginning of last year when 2007 rolled around. Now a year later, I'm still with the same phone.Found this video I made a year ago and planned to post with the online auction: No new resolutions this year. Just the good ol' "do the best with what I have". Here's wishing everyone a good

just when we've forgotten how this world does not make sense...

2007-12-31T02:35:00.000-05:00

i was researching on dimmer switches (yes... you read correctly) as some light bulbs produce buzzing noises when the dimmer is at near half capacity. Luckily, there's a such thing called the lamp debuzzing coil (LDC) which can be installed to eliminate the problem.Perfect!... only one thing tho, as the LDC manufacturer notes: "LDCs themselves make an audible buzz, and therefore, should be

ipod light show

2007-11-19T09:09:00.000-05:00

WTF!?

:)

2007-11-05T11:50:00.001-05:00

i've been facebooked

2007-10-13T17:43:00.000-04:00

i've finally succumbed to the spells of Facebook. quite a few good ideas there, the user interface is a bit overcrowded tho, I found, pro'ly only to old geezers like myself. it wouldn't surprise me to see in the near future official marriages being affirmed by clicking on "Confirm" in Facebook's relationship request.the trip to canada was a... happy success. i got to meet my parents,

33296718 seconds have elapsed

2007-07-02T07:29:00.000-04:00

during which time i've gone thru:15 guinnesses, 3 poker matches, 2 bricks of cheese, 5 bottles of wine, 2 trips to thailand... and zero(0) golf games, driving range sessions, fishing trips, camping, patio lunches, xbox nights, badminton games, cigars on the balcony, tim horton's coffee or dunn's breakfast.

one of the funniest books i've ever read

2007-06-30T01:49:00.000-04:00

ULYSSES - Canadian French (for better travel)Bonjour. Hello. / Goodbye.Comment ça va? How are you?À m'â pogné é'fesses! She grabbed my buttocks!

long time no guinness

2007-06-16T02:02:00.001-04:00

cheers!

Project B1-14D

2007-05-13T15:14:00.000-04:00

the cheese story

2007-03-16T13:52:00.000-04:00

last time, i went to a local supermarket for some cheese (for the first time in hk), I found only a single brick of cheese in the entire store, one. i confirmed and reconfirmed by holding that brick of cheese and asking the stocker/stockist/stockologist. he politely pointed me to the fake cheese, ie, kraft singles. i asked if there were more like the kind I found, he said no with a look on his

5 minutes ago

2007-03-08T12:55:00.000-05:00

5 minutes ago... i did the unthinkable.

a glass half empty

2007-02-12T13:26:00.000-05:00

at 15, I think I know everythingbut can't do everythingat 20, I think I can do anythingbut don't have everythingat 25, I think I have everythingbut don't understand everythingat 30, I finally understand everythingI understand...I don't have everythingI can't do everythingI don't know everythingand I just hope I don't really understand everything either

on the blog again

2006-10-01T12:21:00.000-04:00

... or not just yet. but i do miss blogging. hope i'll have time to come back more often.[sigh]signing off.

an invitation

2006-09-14T13:17:00.000-04:00

two weeks after the trip to bangkok, pattaya

2006-08-13T03:18:00.000-04:00

i've been too busy to update my blog for weeks! i went to thailand with an empty 2GB SD card. on my way back to hong kong, i noticed i only had room for six more photos. here are some highlights:street food is very common in Bangkok. you can get anything from a quick snack to a full meal on the street. popular items: fish balls, fried drumsticks, squid, rice wraps, coconut, satay, pineapples,

off to thailand

2006-08-05T13:56:00.000-04:00

i'm a few hours away from take-off to bangkok, thailand. hope the weather will be nice; they're announcing rain... ):don't know if the hotel has (free) web access, i'll try my best to avoid a communication lockout in the next 5 days.

sigh...

2006-07-23T13:14:00.000-04:00

sigh... how hard IS it to put an image attachment from an email into a blog post?! blogger's gotta stop hiring lazy co-op students. there goes my master plan of giving y'all the frame by frame of my trip-to-be to thailand (trip not 'firmed yet tho).bought my aunt some bird's nest for her birthday. when consumed daily, bird's nest is women's best bet for better skin, health and immune system.

Testing image post again

2006-07-22T11:50:00.000-04:00

See it?

mobile blogging

2006-07-22T05:52:00.000-04:00

Is this working?

full day of coding

2006-07-20T13:59:00.000-04:00

i spent the entire day fooling around with C#. my laptop is really having trouble with visual studio 2005, a few web services and MS SQL server running at the same time (plus about 20 other memory resident applications). what can an on-a-budget programmer do, eh? (:the night finishes with a fine danish beer.

let's eat!

2006-07-13T13:54:00.000-04:00

made-on-the-spot snacks are everywhere on the streets of Hong Kong. it's impossible to try them all (or take pictures before i put them in my mouth). here are a few:pig intestines skewlette (or so i was told) and fried eggplants with fish paste. when you order, they are reheated in a deep-frying pan for 30 seconds before being served, giving you just enough time to pay and put away your wallet.

culture shock: part I

2006-07-07T11:08:00.000-04:00

interesting facts about Hong Kong:tipping is not expected in most low-price restaurants. i use the "table-cloth" rule: tip when the table is "clothed", though it doesn't always apply. another good indication is if the bill is brought to you in a leather-covered clipboard, then tipping is likely. the rate is usually around 5% if no special service has been asked for. only at really chic

HK: 1,749,124 seconds elapsed

2006-07-02T04:04:00.000-04:00

so far:- i'm still alive- nothing's been stolen- no money's been scammed- zero food poisoning- expenses kept under control- plenty of clean underwearregrettably:- laptop too slow for coding- poor reception from neighbours' wireless internet routers- missed Brasil vs France quarter-final- no Dunn's here (:

crossing to the eastern hemisphere

2006-06-22T08:03:00.000-04:00

the long plane ride to japan was somewhat less painful than expected. i was sandwiched between two middle-age japanese women who nodded (half-bowed) a lot and was extremely apologetic but didn't say much else during the thirteen-hour flight. i pretty much spent 10 of those hours staring at the 7-inch lcd display in front of me: starting with the english movies, then the japanese movies, then a

a cold morning

2006-06-10T10:37:00.000-04:00

didn't get any sleep last night. i stayed up backing up files, configuring my mom's computer to use my tv tuner remote and packing until the very last second before we load the last luggage onto the car.the ottawa airport security wasn't quite sure how to make out of what i had in the bag, so they checked and scanned and checked again, touching every single electronic equipment i had on me, like

wish I had the chance

2006-06-04T23:40:00.000-04:00

wish i had the chance to say farewell, goodbyeto reminisce the time that's gone byto talk to you about my life's planor just to talk you once more into buying me candies at the snack standto tell you how I enjoyed the way you burnt the oatmeal a bit so it becomes chewyand that i knew you always picked the coconut rice pudding for yourself coz you knew i liked the caramel one betterto thank you

spelling bee

2006-06-01T22:00:00.000-04:00

how would you spell "ooRSH-prah-kah"?watching the national spelling bee competition, honestly, is more exciting than watching the NHL finals. those words are tough! watching them spelling each lettre for the seemingly impossible word is like seeing gretzky going around 10 defensemen one-by-one by himself and scoring a goal.btw, it's spelled u-r-s-p-r-a-c-h-e.

about to collapse

2006-05-30T23:45:00.000-04:00

i've been working weekends and overtime to get everything done at work (which is not gonna happen); plus I'm selling my car so i had to deal with the safety check and proof of ownership and meeting potential buyers and all, thank god it's all over with, signing the car over tomorrow morning; on top of that i'm packing to move out of the apartment by june 2nd. don't even have a moment to catch my

bbq at sly's

2006-05-28T23:07:00.000-04:00

sylvain invited many of us from work for a barbeque today. we had good weather, good food and good conversations, and it was overall a very pleasant sunday afternoon.after the bbq I went to the driving range and killed two jumbo buckets of balls. by the end of it the skin on my fingers were ready to come off.checking my latest tv torrents, I notice a new download rate record...over 500kB/sec,

saturday is coding day

2006-05-28T01:06:00.000-04:00

eventhough i scored a mere 50% on the nerd test, i spent my saturday coding in front of a computer. by around 8pm, visual studio .NET kinda started to get on my nerves having crashed so many times... so i took a break and enjoyed a few hours of coding in VB6. i added a few more features to my MP3 application AttoPlay.the project really only serves as a platform to test some UI concepts. it's

golf game #2

2006-05-18T11:23:00.000-04:00

(sing to "rain drops keep falling on my head")rain drops keep falling on my headand that thunderstorm seems to be coming from the westi'm slicing to the left, cozrain's pouring, hands are slipping, bugs feast on my skinwhere are my tees?oh shit I left them at hole three...ee~

the adventures of mini chili: grand finale

2006-05-14T13:33:00.000-04:00

there's enough story involving these chili peppers they deserve a post. unforturnately they all evolve around john putting them in his mouth by accident.episode 4: a long time ago, in a city far far away (kitchener), jonathan was enjoying a nice bowl of vietnamese noodles, unaware of the unthinkable that was about to happen. the evil hot pepper (in green), infiltrated the sprouts and worked it

just when we thought we'd forgotten

2006-05-07T03:35:00.000-04:00

...this scene from the family guythat's gonna put me on a no-dairy diet for at least a couple of months.

second night

2006-05-05T04:20:00.000-04:00

of sleeplessness...semiconscious, in a state of fatigue-induced surrealness,everything I now see, will soon not be my realityone step towards hope, is two steps backward from fate,yet no one chooses fate, including meconvinced that hope gives me control, control of my destiny'cause for me choice is not a scarcity, just lacks qualityi guess now i understand, why i can't fall asleep,for a man needs

fender bender

2006-04-29T23:39:00.000-04:00

after much abuse from several moves, camping trips and the dry winter air at my apartment, my acoustic fender's neck became a bit bent. after several hours of tweaking at it, i finally got it straight(er). added an hour of tuning (not that it really needs an hour, but tuning a guitar does better than meditation to me, puts me in zen mode), my fender now sounds as good as new (i still play as

civic for sale

2006-04-22T20:46:00.000-04:00

it's sad, but I need to let my civic, my baby, go. I listed her on eBay for about C$6k and received this question/offer from an eBay shopper:Hello, I was wondering if your civic was still available for sale? If it is for how much? I'm a student in toronto and i have about $2800.To which I replied:Thanx for looking. Instead of writing you two paragraphs of swear words for low-balling me, I found

i feel dumber already...

2006-04-14T14:11:00.000-04:00

... having had three of my wisdom teeth pulled out yesterday.I'm feeling fine/numb/high today, not really sure which with all the pain killer in me. All and all, the experience was not as scary as I had let myself to believe for the past few days (or the past few years for that matter that I had refused to have my wisdom teeth removed).Bertrand Russell once said, "To conquer fear is the

taking a break from poker

2006-04-09T20:38:00.000-04:00

since the Red Hot tournament of champions in toronto on April 1st, I've been taking a break from poker. my prize from the tournament was this picture with Negreanu:another way of saying I didn't last til the end.On Friday night, Xavier, Karine, Bob, Christine, John, Guillaume and the two unborned are at my place for dinner. the night's special menu contained no fish, no cold cuts, no soft

probably the best piece of advice I'll ever give

2006-03-27T02:41:00.000-05:00

the next time you're looking for an original idea for a gift to give a female friend, get the Oral-B CrossAction Power toothbrush (not the Oral-B CrossAction Power Max, very important).if you want to be remembered for your gift, don't question it, don't try to find out why, just do it, and give it to her with a grin.again, this is probably the single most useful piece of advice I'll ever give my

cigars and martinis

2006-03-25T20:26:00.000-05:00

friday after work my colleagues and I met up at Mayflower II to have a few pints during the last moments of that pub. the owner sold the place, and we're now down another hangout for good beer and good food (my favorites: fish'n rings and wings night). i guess from now on it'll just be cock'n lion and brixton's.that night bob and guillaume came over with bottles of vodka and vermouth, a jar of

would you eat something made with...

2006-03-20T22:18:00.000-05:00

would you eat something made with sea coconut, white fungus, polygonatum, dioscorea, apricot, preserved dates, dried mushrooms, lean pork, one mini chili pepper and a south american monkey paw? i'm making a soup with everything mentioned except the monkey paw.yum...

saint paddy's day

2006-03-18T11:55:00.000-05:00

last night I had sushi and sashimi supper with my parents. then I went to bob's to join him and guillaume for the (ceremonial) pint of saint patrick's day Guinness. by 11 I had half a bottle of sake, two cans of guinness and a heineken in me. bob made me two aromatic expressos to keep me awake but the weight of the long week and lack of sleep forced me to retreat back to my lair.i got home and

personally inspected by...

2006-03-12T22:28:00.000-05:00

INSPECTED BY: 5167found on a little piece of paper in the new underwear I bought today... I don't think I feel very comfortable about 5167 inspecting my underwear... i'm going to wash it with bleach...

quebec and their taxes

2006-02-22T22:59:00.000-05:00

i've just finished my ontario tax return. I contributed half as much in rrsp this year but got more refunds than last year filing as a quebec resident. i know what you'll say: quebec's child welfare is better, houses/rents are cheaper, etc... but just look at the last line of my tax declaration, damn!today I was parliamentary secretary for an hour during the mock parliament debate in a

missed work

2006-02-21T23:59:00.000-05:00

missed work yesterday coz I felt sick... could've been my spending too much time outside in the cold on sunday, on the canal taking pictures. i stuck the pictures on my now picture blog on msn space. i was feeling a lot better in the afternoon after sleeping past noon. was going to go to work for a couple of hours but ended up just meeting up with mick at the cock and lion instead.didn't play

i am number 10

2006-02-10T16:11:00.000-05:00

i used to use 19 as my number (eg, coldfire19) until recent years coz I felt bad that it's also bob's number and he has a good reason for liking it, too. so I relinquished the number (afterall, it's just digits) and had been numberless for quite some time.having a number is useful in certain ways, such as using it for account name suffixes, temporary passwords, pager alias and/or lottery

so many goodies, so little money

2006-02-09T23:43:00.000-05:00

people say shopping and buying stuff you like cheers you up when you've got the blues. so I set aside a few hours on tuesday to do some shopping. I was looking at different mp3 players and headphones, and a birthday gift for my mom. I checked out almost every model of players out there. the iPod nano led the bunch, but I was looking for something cheaper. then I walked by Sears, and it

i love noodles

2006-02-05T16:34:00.000-05:00

i make myself noodles all the time, and tonite is no exception. it's easy to make a complete meal with a bowl of noodles, and it's fun (and delicious) to go all out with the toppings, too.take that, Pho Bo Ga! I had lunch with Bob, Karine, Xavier, Pierre-James and the long-time-no-see Arianne at the Eggspectation at noon today. Service was slow but we could see the servers were doing whatever

just having fun with the camera

2006-02-04T02:14:00.000-05:00

and a little bit of photoshopping...

stuffed up

2006-02-04T02:00:00.000-05:00

I am barely awake, yet I can't fall asleep.my nasal was bothering me I couldn't rest. when I do fall semi-asleep, I hallucinate and become very uncomfortable (usually result of a fever). maybe I should just take Aco's advice: get hammered and fall unconscious, even if I don't, I won't care too much about the cold anymore.... maybe not tonite.

errgghh.....

2006-02-02T13:13:00.000-05:00

I'm officially sick... scratchy throat, muscle aches, warm forehead, stuffed nasal...and there's so much stuff to do at work...just want to go home, turn on the music and hit the bed.

not the best day

2006-02-01T16:03:00.000-05:00

tired and stressed, I have not been well since monday night. I don't see things taking a turn for the better in the near future either.haven't been drinking lately, didn't feel like it.14 days... no more point to count...

happy chinese new year!

2006-01-29T15:26:00.000-05:00

"gung hei fat choi" to everyone. last night I spent more than an hour dialing to hong kong to every phone number I got only to get the "sorry, our network is busy at the moment, please try again...". I did get maggy and my aunt Helena on the line.it's sunday and I'm home at 3:16pm. got eliminated an hour into the poker tournament. I turned my way of play completely around this time:

my views on the elections

2006-01-23T20:58:00.000-05:00

hate to get political but I went to cast my ballot this afternoon, and this is how I feel about this election:"if it's not a clear choice, it's not a good choice."

to continue with the poker story

2006-01-23T02:27:00.000-05:00

(continued from this post) ... I was short-stacked and on the big blind with 8-7 off-suit in my hands when someone with about the same chip count as me went all in. the small blind and those who called folded and it was on me. I called and ended up hitting a straight beating his high pair. I raked in all of the guy's chips, the calls and the antes, and that was enough to put me in the comfortable

not the typical sunday

2006-01-22T23:58:00.000-05:00

my sundays are usually laundry, cleanup, brunch, a bit of programming and trying a new restaurant with maggy. last day of relaxation before the work week begins. however things have been different since last week: soccer season started and will occupy my sunday nights for the next four months, maggy will be in hong kong for a month and today (and maybe the following sundays), I play in the red

home alone

2006-01-18T23:46:00.000-05:00

maggy is now in hong kong and will be there for a month.monday I drove her to the airport at 7am and arrived at work before 8am. by 9 I got a call from her telling me that the U.S. customs officer wouldn't let her transit in chicago without a visa. not that it mattered because the flight was cancelled anyway. United Air rerouted her flight through Toronto the next day to avoid the hassle. the

me sick

2006-01-05T18:08:00.000-05:00

I'm not feeling well and missed work today. so tired, heavy-headed, prolly shouldn't have walked in the snow for so long...I went to pick up my new glasses today. they're pretty nice. I'll try to wear eyeglasses more instead of contacts since I look at the computer screen more than 12 hours a day. I want my eyes to be functional past the age of 35.another thing, I got the ugly ontario plate

Resto Lychee

2006-01-03T23:57:00.000-05:00

mag and I found ourselves on Sainte Catherine street in Montreal just as my car's trip meter rolled past 200km. it was january 2nd, the second day of 2006, and montrealers and tourists alike gathered in this downtown shopping area. many looked lost because most stores were closed. mag and I, however, had a pretty good idea where we were headed.after a short drive, we arrived at Resto Lychee on

happy new year 2006!

2006-01-01T18:09:00.000-05:00

The past week has been a lot of shopping, eating and drinking. I need a break.this christmas I decided to build individual gift baskets for everyone. so there were several trips back and forth dollarama to get all the necessary material for the construction: baskets, ribbons, clear wrapping paper, packaging tissues, scotch tape, etc. then it was off to the mall to hunt for the gifts. the

Merlot: another restaurant guide

2005-12-24T00:26:00.000-05:00

I went with Mag and her colleagues to the top floor revolving restaurant Merlot at the Ottawa Marriott for dinner last night.if I may jump right to the conclusion, this restaurant is a must-try for dinner.I will get the things I didn't like about the restaurant out of the way first:only one washroom and it's on a different floor (if there were other ones they had not informed me about them)no

bad news day

2005-12-21T15:49:00.000-05:00

who would have thought "a bad day" would have a sequel called "bad news day"...following the unpleasant events of paying for car fixes and missing my physical, I was just at home waiting for them to call me to pick up the car and reading a notice from my landlord saying the rent will increase by 2.1% in april (bad news #1). hours had gone by and no call so I called them up. turns out my car had

a bad day

2005-12-20T15:17:00.000-05:00

usually all days are bad for me, but today in particular is one of the worse ones.I had the day planned out coz I knew I had a lot to do: I need to go to three difference places for my car, have my annual physical, go out west to a particular Loblaws that sells the Häagen-Dazs limited edition Baileys® Irish cream and do some xmas shopping.I got the car e-tested, no problem, got the ice-cream, no

20 minutes of scare

2005-12-11T21:02:00.000-05:00

I was flipping through the channels when I came across this documentary on Canal D. It talks about this epidemy that went on all around the world in 2002 that killed more than 6 million people.I thought to myself: have I been living under a rock?there were interviews with officials from the centre of disease control and family of the victims, and there were footages of the victims (and they

the new restaurant in town

2005-12-11T01:33:00.000-05:00

Baton Rouge has just opened its doors in downtown Ottawa on Albert and Lyon. so mag and I went there friday night to check it out.we arrived without reservation and the place was pretty packed. we waited around 20 minutes for our table. service was good but was kinda chaotic, probably due to opening week. the kitchen, on the other hand, had no problem at all: the food arrived at a decent

not feeling well

2005-12-06T19:44:00.000-05:00

my sleep-deprived, exhausted body was in no shape to show up at work this morning so I took a sick day. didn't sleep well for the past three days. staying in bed did the trick. I was up and atom by the time 4pm rolled around.in the laundry room, I met a guy who works for CBC as a post-production editor named Pierre. he enthusiatically insisted that if ever I bump into him in the building, he

scotchy scotch

2005-11-23T01:09:00.000-05:00

tonight is dine and poke night again. guillaumem, biz, john, mike, roy, etienne and sylvain came for the game. I lost the first game and hung on to second place in the other game, so I broke even. had lots of scotch, which is just hitting me now. going down...

nothing much has happened

2005-11-15T00:06:00.000-05:00

it's been a few weeks since I last posted, nothing much has happened.bob, karine, xavier, john, christine, ali, mag and I had lunch at the Eggspectation a bit more than a week ago. mag and I finally were able to give xavier his birthday gift.on tuesday it was poker night, didn't win the game but gained a very valuable lesson: do not use tall stem glasses to serve drinks during card playing.on

guess who's turning 1 year old

2005-10-26T09:15:00.000-04:00

A BIG "Happy Birthday / Bonne fête" to Karine and Bob's baby boy Xavier!

thanksgiving weekend

2005-10-10T23:52:00.000-04:00

Mag and I were invited to dinner at Karine and Bob's place on friday. the fondue chinoise, the wines, the delicious birthday cake, the gracious hosts and good friends made for a very enjoyable evening.before the dinner, John announced his engagement with Christine. i was very excited and surprised about the news and apparently my facial expression did nothing to hide the excitement, ie, I gave

these guys had a lot of time on their hands

2005-10-10T15:16:00.000-04:00

prism night out

2005-10-07T12:48:00.000-04:00

last night my colleagues and I had a farewell party for Mathieu Beauregard. I showed up at Mayflower II around 5pm while the others had long arrived (and drinking). after a few pitchers and some food, we headed back to my place for some poker 101. Mathieu with his pocket pair streaks ruled the night. Mike and Sylvain followed closely behind. Ben gave the first two losers Monte Cristo cigars.

the leaves are still green

2005-10-02T22:02:00.000-04:00

it was a nice afternoon so i took mag on a ride in the Gatineau park. the leaves were still green so i headed north in hopes to find more red ones. after an hour of driving we turned back. we stopped by the docks in aylmer and took a nice stroll by the beach.by dinner time, we went to Big Daddy’s Crab Shack and Oyster Bar. I ordered 7 raw oysters and a fried seafood appetizer with calamari,

hot peppers

2005-09-29T22:43:00.000-04:00

mag and i went to Hot Peppers for supper tonite. at first glance, the place looked semi-classy. the servers tried to be courteous and exceedingly helpful like in high-class hotel restaurants. but the service was a bit all over the place. first they told us that the place was booked for a function, but then stopped us at the door and gave us a table. we waited forever to make our orders, to

scotch, poker and friends

2005-09-26T01:05:00.000-04:00

that is thus far my favorite post title.john, mag and i went to the black bear pub for an italian style brunch saturday morning. the selection was limited but the quality was quite satisfactory. there were some scotch flights in the alcohol menu there that caught john's and my attention. the 3 to 4 one-onze serving flights of various premium scotch and whiskey goes for around 30$ per person

last day of summer

2005-09-20T23:38:00.000-04:00

today is the last day of summer. I'll have to hurry up about passing my last motorcycle exam soon if I want to get the real license.I won the most chips I've ever had in one night playing online poker. it's not a lot of money coz I only play low-stake

my day off

2005-09-15T20:46:00.000-04:00

I made a new friend todayhis name is terrible terrible headacheI met him early this afternoonand his welcome he overstaysexpect I did a relaxing dayinstead I've just been popping tylenolsnow I can't even feel my head...nor can I find words that rhymethe end

so many movies to watch

2005-09-13T17:12:00.000-04:00

Last night Mag and I watched Mysterious Skin. I have no comments about the film except if you think your life is fucked up you may want to use the life of the main character in it as a yardstick. Mag was just disturbed by it. Being an asshole, I reinterated several times during the movie that we should've watched March of the Penguins instead while she was clinching against my chest during the

short stool in the shower

2005-09-06T12:38:00.000-04:00

If you haven't tried taking a shower sitting down, I'd suggest you try it. just place a plastic stool in your tub or your walk-in shower (and maybe an anti-slip mat underneath it). it's a very relaxing experience.

sleepless in ottawa

2005-08-29T00:06:00.000-04:00

man, I haven't been sleeping much for the past few days.on thursday, I hit a roadblock while finalizing a project at work. I was thinking about it all evening so I went back to the office at night and worked on it until 3:30am.then I woke up at 7:30am friday morning to the sound of drilling from my neighbours (the maintenance people were fixing up the apartment for the new tenants). I went to

visits from niagara

2005-08-22T00:44:00.000-04:00

Maggy's aunt and family came to visit on Friday. We went shopping, dining and visited the Royal Canadian Mint and the Parliament hill. Quite tiring for a weekend. More so, I imagine, for Maggy coz she had night shifts from Friday to Sunday. They should be giving her better schedules as per the agreement, but the schedule had already been set until next week. What the fuck.

golf day at manderley

2005-08-11T23:14:00.000-04:00

I played golf on a golf course for the very first time today. Today was the House of Commons ISSI golf tournament. I didn't play very well, in fact I played quite badly, but I was happy to have at least a couple of nice drives/putts that helped out the team.That night we had buffet dinner at the golf club. There were entrance prizes and prize draws. I got a towel, some ISSI golf balls, a

shitty day

2005-08-07T22:55:00.000-04:00

I took the opportunity of a nice sunny saturday afternoon to hand wash my car and rotate the tires. Today when I went to get the car, some birds shitted all over my baby.sigh, I just can't have nice things.anyway, I need some driving range time before the golf tournament on thursday. maybe tomorrow.

toronto plane crash

2005-08-02T23:16:00.000-04:00

Air France's plane crash-landed on the Toronto Pearson airport runway this afternoon during a thunderstorm. Thank chances all 300+ people on board walked out of the now-incinerated aircraft alive.From what I could gather of all the news sources, the plane was trying to land in zero visibility, found out it was too high when it was over the runway, descended suddenly, the tail struck the ground,

civic holiday weekend

2005-08-01T23:55:00.000-04:00

On Saturday Maggy and I walked to the Rideau Centre and shopped for a bit. Then we stopped by Patty Boland's in the Market for a pint and some Captain Black Sweets.On Sunday we went to see Mamma Mia in the afternoon (Maggy's treat!). I enjoyed it. I would've enjoyed it more if the girl in front of me didn't shift her big head left and right every two minutes during the entire show. It was my

good name for a toilet paper

2005-07-27T10:55:00.000-04:00

where's my money?

2005-07-22T00:23:00.000-04:00

I checked my bank account online today and found $4300 was debited from my line of credit. A quick call to the bank rectified the problem. I might've been sleepwalking coz they said a possible reason that could've happened was that I make a post-dated payment a few months back and forgot about it. I could've really done it or I could've engineered that memory while I was given the explanation.

itchy and scratchy

2005-07-18T22:05:00.000-04:00

My body was itching so much from the mosquito bites last night and all day today I could hardly work. so, like any normal person, I went to the pharmacy for some rat poison to kill myself. (:But instead I got some external analgesic gel, as recommended by the pharmacist who happened to walk by the household chemicals aisle. The one suggested to me was Cortate, but it costs six times more than

mosquitoes fest

2005-07-17T16:01:00.000-04:00

a.k.a. camping in the woods in mid July.I arrived at the campsite around 7pm Friday evening. Most people had already arrived and set up their tents. The moment I got out of the car, I was greeted by around a few thousand mosquitoes. Roy helped me quickly set up my tent and introduced me to his friends there (roy was the only person I knew there at the time). I got many of the names mixed up (some

sigh...

2005-07-14T10:35:00.000-04:00

I put a curb rash on the passenger side front wheel. I'm not going to elabroate on how it happened.stupid rain, stupid hotel, stupid me.

mike-o-bop

2005-07-12T12:47:00.000-04:00

A New Renaissance was playing at le Bop last night and I was going to check it out. I invited Roy at the last minute. He hopped on a train to join me in downtown so we would go together in my car. The train got delayed so he decided to take the bus. Surely, the train took off a minute after he got out of it.We got there around 9:45. There was a $6 cover so we wanted to first find out whether

edward made dinner tonite

2005-07-09T21:59:00.000-04:00

Edward invited maggy and me over for dinner tonite. Quite elaborated for a dinner I might say. He made appetizers, salmon, pasta, vegetable tomato sauce and homemade salad dressing, then finished off with a creme brulée. The fun part was using the mini blow torch on the dessert. I brought over a bottle of Yellow Tail chardonnay. It was pretty good, considering I'm not a white wine person. I

what a day

2005-07-07T19:07:00.000-04:00

This morning London (UK) received 4 bomb attacks. Some 50 people died and hundreds were wounded. In the evening, I got a speeding ticket while I was driving Maggy to her French class.What a day, the tragedy left me a bit depressed, and the bombings didn't help my mood either.When you get stopped for speeding, the worst thing you could do is denying it. coz you know and the cop knows that you are