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the amazing bacteria killing man 2007-07-11 03:27:00 a couple of weeks ago as i was walking home i saw a man. no, that's not the interesting part... he was carrying what looked like a leaf blower that was spewing smoke and fumes into the street. he was walking up and down all the streets with this 'smoke blower'. i thought it odd, but hey, this IS korea, and i've encountered stranger things, though i'm at a loss to think of any at the moment.the 'smoke blower' made an awful lot of noise as well, so a couple of days later when i heard it outside my house i leaned out the window to take some photos of him:from a little far awayand closer up...what is that thing? if you look closely you can see the smoke coming out the front of it. well, being the curious cat that i am, i had to find out, so i went to the venerable source that is my co-teacher. she said he was spraying to kill the bacteria in the air. "bacteria?" i asked her. "there is bacteria in the air at this time of year," she said... she couldn't tell me more than that... i gu
the beginning of the end 2007-07-18 04:07:00 this is the last week of the spring/summer semester for middle schools across korea. lucky me. and i guess lucky kids too, though most of them will spend their summer vacation studying. as we all know, i'll be going to thailand (in less than three weeks now - 18 days if you wanna get right down to it).monday was my first last day of class. my after school class finally finished. i've been teaching an extra two hours every monday for the last two and half months. it was my favourite class of all though, and was sad to see it end. i had three girls that showed up every week without fail. the rest of the (20 odd) students showed up a maximum of four times each. so i ordered pizza for the girls and got them little prezzies. they got me a necklace and a jewelry box... so sweet. they all have my email and i hope they'll use it, especially Siria, she is an amazing bright teenager.Grace, me, Siria, and Mia - my after school girls.today was my second last day of the semester (tomorrow will b
g & t, fire, and newness... 2007-07-16 04:45:00 another weekend has passed. i've only got about four left in korea, so making the most of them is pretty important. on friday i went to mr. parks (of a hobo-christmas fame) to hang out with brandy and a bunch of other waegooks... at around 1 am kim and i decided to go shopping at the "trial mart" next door for some shirts. this is one that we both bought:HAHAAHAHAAHA!!!! you thought it said "poopie", didn't you!?!? i love korean shirts!on saturday i went out for a nice dinner with kim and scott (who is new in town and knows kim from back home), then we went to the "cockstail" bar near kim's house. i'd never been before, though i have been to the one near my house... this one was much nicer.it was nice to go out somewhere that you could drink something other than beer. (korean beer doesn't sit well with me, and lots of bars don't have mixed drinks.) it was a nice place too - plush and comfy chairs replaced little stools, dim atmospheric lighting, and the best part, a bar show. yes
the gimhae garbage police 2007-07-27 03:57:00 garbage disposal in korea is a very specific kind of thing. at home we have recycling and regular garbage - if you don't recycle it isn't "the end of the world" (but you should!!!) but we also have LOTS of space - something that korea is lacking. so, they have very specific rules about the way you dispose of your waste.they don't have recycling bins like we do back home. you just kind of put everything out and different trucks come by and pick up things according to what's in the bag. you're supposed to use a special bag for "real" garbage, but the recycling can just go out any which way (and it very often does).the special bags are blue and have "gimhae for you" written on the side, you can buy them at just about any grocery store for about fifty cents each. at home i used to buy ten bags for a dollar and they were five times the size of these bags... but that's the way it works here, so i have been obliging since i arrived. usually i will use a grocery bag and then put that ins
the dragonfly days of summer 2007-07-25 02:36:00 that's right, dragonfly, not dog. don't think i've mentioned it, but the dragonflies are out in full force. it's pretty incredible to see hundreds of them just floating through the air above you. haven't taken a picture yet because i haven't had my camera with me and they probably wouldn't shoot that well, being as small as they are, but i'll see what i can do.it's been hotter than hell of late... hovering around 30 C, plus humidity, which brings it to something like 50 C (okay, might be exaggerating a little) which is kind of nice on some level, but i am praising the fact that i have air conditioning in my apartment. i don't know what i'd do without it sometimes. it's one of those really nifty ones that has a remote and all kinds of controls. i'm not sure what most of them are, (the remote is in korean) but as long as it keeps spitting out cold air, i'm ok.the coolest part is that i can adjust the temperature. if i want to leave it on when i sleep i can leave it on warme
at long last... 2007-07-23 01:36:00 this weekend was another one for getting things done... things that i haven't done before. on saturday a bunch of us headed to Beomeo-sa (pr. bomo - sa is temple in korean). it is one of the largest buddhist temples in korea and i've been trying to get there since october. it was on my "to-do" list before leaving, and as with many things you always think there is so much time, but there really isn't - with only 6 weeks left til i'm home (and two of those in thailand) i'm really running low on that particular commodity.so, we left the g-spot at around 11 am. we stopped for a korean lunch when we got into busan and then headed up the mountain. we could have taken a bus, but we all decided that we could make the 2.6 KM walk up... it wasn't too hard, some of us were huffing and puffing more than others, but we all made it up.the weather was pretty crappy but it was my last chance (as well as d and a, who will be leaving (?) at the end of the week) to see it, so we went anyway. the cl
it's actually august 2007-08-02 06:38:00 I can't believe how quickly time goes by. I know I’ve said this before on this blog... but everything is just happening so fast and it's making me think too much. I’m leaving for Thailand on Saturday. First stop is Seoul for the day - where I will finally buy my digital SLR!!! My flight leaves from Incheon international airport on Sunday at 9 AM. So this might be the last post for a while, though I haven't been posting much of late anyway, and for that, I am sorry.It’s amazing that I’ve made it. I have a total of eight teaching days left. Tomorrow is the last day of summer camp and then I have seven days when I return from Thailand. If you had asked me in November if I’d still be here in August the answer would have been NO WAY! But here I am, and much better/happier for it too.I’m really happy that I stayed. I know that I would have regretted leaving and I don’t like to have regrets. Every year around the time of my birthday I inevitably think back on my life and try
tigers and elephants and thais, oh my! 2007-08-20 05:19:00 i'm back! this is going to be a quick post as i'm knackered from traveling overnight and i'm still not thinking straight. so as a preview of things to come:August 5th i arrived in Bangkok and met R at the airport. we toured around the sights on the 6th - the grand palace, the reclining buddha, and other places in the city.on the 7th - we took a tour to the floating market and the tiger temple, and made a quick stop at the bridge over the river kwai.the 8th brought us back to the airport to fly (domestic) to surat thani about halfway down the country - a long bus ride and then a ferry brought us to our "home" on the islands - Koh Samui. we experienced local thai culture, a touristy elephant ride, swimming under waterfalls, and lots of beach time.the 13th (my "birthday" in thailand) we boarded a high speed catamaran for the island of Koh Tao - otherwise known as paradise.on the 16th it was back to samui for the night and a flight to bangkok on the 17th (didn't want to leave...)out la Read more:elephants
Thailand - The Land of Smiles 2007-08-24 01:57:00 Koh Samui - Lamai BeachWe left Bangkok early in the morning. It was raining. The flight is an hour from Bangkok to Surat Thani, which is in the middle of the country. We were headed to Koh Samui, which is Thailand
's second largest island.I hope this picture is self explanatory!Bye bye Bangkok!After arriving in Surat Thani we had to take a bus from the airport to the ferry - this took about an hour and a half (it was included in our ferry ticket). We boarded the ferry, which another hour and a half to get to the island. We had decided on the airplane that we'd go to Lamai Beach on Samui. It is the second largest beach on the island - the first is Chaweng. We didn't go to the biggest one because Lamai was described as being quieter and more relaxing but still a really nice beach.A songathaew full of locals... Me on the first of many songtaew rides.When we got off the ferry we caught a songathaew (pr songtaw) to Lamai. We weren't sure where to get off so we asked the driver to tell us Read more:Smiles
Thailand - The Land of Smiles 2007-08-23 04:27:00 The Floating Market, Tiger Temple, and Bridge over the River KwaiWe had both read and heard about the The Tiger Temple (real name Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampannoin) Kanchanaburi (about two hours out of Bangkok) and it was something that we both really wanted to do. In fact, if there was one thing I wanted to do in Thailand
, (other than sit on a beach) it was to visit this incredible animal sanctuary.We bought a day trip package from a travel agent near Khao San Road for 600 baht each. A pretty good deal considering the rip-off artist the night before tried to sell the same thing to us for 1700! The trip was going to take us to the floating market, the bridge over the River Kwai (known as the Death Bridge), and the Tiger Temple.We got picked up from our hotel at around 8:30 and boarded a mini bus with eight other tourists. Some of the them were on half day tours to the floating market only, but there were 60 of us in all, (ten mini vans) with only one tour guide.After a two hour drive Read more:Smiles
Thailand - The Land of Smiles 2007-08-21 22:14:00 The Grand Palace and Wat Po - Bangkok, part twoAfter fruitlessly seeking out the TAT we decided that the afternoon would be well spent checking out some cultural/touristy things in Bangkok. The major attraction being, of course, the Grand Palace - where the King and Queen live.So we headed there in early afternoon - on foot - it's about a 20 minute walk from Khao San Road.Inside the entrance at the Grand Palace - the Upper Terrace in the backgroundThe Grand Palace was built in 1782 by King Rama I. It houses the throne halls, government offices and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (closed for renovations while we were there).One of the main attractions is the Upper Terrace where four monuments are found; a reliquary in the shape of a golden chedi; the mondop - a repository for Buddhist sacred scriptures; a miniature model of Angkor Wat (in Cambodia); and the Royal Pantheon where statues of former Kings are enshrined.The reliquary on the Upper TerraceAngkor Wat modelA statue guarding th Read more:Thailand
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Thailand - The Land of Smiles 2007-08-20 23:54:00 Bangkok - part oneI flew out of Seoul, Incheon International Airport on Sunday August 5th. I spent the previous day wandering around Seoul and bought my new camera at the electronics market. It's a Canon EOS 20D - and i love it. It was really great to hold a "real" camera in my hands again. I shot around 2000 photos in two weeks with it! And there are thousands more to come, I'm sure.Anyway, I flew with Thai Air - which was lovely. I lucked out on my flight there when the two people sitting next to me changed seats after take-off to be closer to the TV - so I had three seats to myself to lie down and lounge on! It was the next best thing to being in business or first class! The food was really good, the service was decent, (the only thing I would say wasn't prefect actually) the seats were comfortable, and i got to use the business class bathroom since i was so close to the front of the plane - the furthest forward I've ever been actually (not on the wing like usual).My lunch on Th Read more:Thailand
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Thailand - The Land of Smiles 2007-08-27 05:29:00 Elephants and a WaterfallOur third day on Koh Samui we took a half day trip to go visit Namuang Waterfall (the second biggest on the island) and go for an elephant trek in the jungle.We had organized the trip through a local travel agent and so, we were picked up at our hotel at around 9:30 AM. It took about half an hour to drive to the elephant trekking. There was a baby elephant - Tongkul - right at the entrance - he's so cute! We proceeded to the elephant station, which is an elevated platform where you climb onto the elephant.The first thing that surprised me was that I actually had to step on it's back to get into the seat. Now, I should have expected that, I mean, how else do you get on an elephant? But it immediately made me ask the question I hadn't thought of before - is this humane? I still don't have an answer.So we sat in our seat on top of this massive 45 year-old male elephant named Sankom, and his trainer sat on his shoulders. We were off. I hope that doesn't sound Read more:Thailand
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Thailand - The Land of Smiles 2007-08-30 02:22:00 Ko TaoAfter five glorious days in Ko Samui, we left our little home and headed for the ferry to Ko Tao. It is the smallest of the three islands in the Gulf of Thailand
.uh, ko tao... on the map...It is a mere 21 KM squared (sorry can't find the little sign...) and is about 70 KM off the mainland, but could be in the middle of the ocean for how "undeveloped" it is. Koh Tao means Turtle Island, so named for all the turtles that used to breed there. It became famous in 1899 when King Rama V visited and engraved his monogram on a rock at Jor Por Ror Bay near Sairee beach.King Rama V rock.From 1944 to 1947 the island was used as a political prison. The prisoners were all pardoned and the island was abandoned. A few years later a couple of brothers settled their families on the island and became the first real residents.Ko Tao has only become a tourist destination in the last 10-15 years, which makes it much less developed than its neighbours, Ko Phangan and Ko Samui. Most people go to Tao f Read more:Smiles
a break from the tales of thailand 2007-08-29 04:21:00 I'm sorry, dear reader, but I must take a break from Thailand and come back to reality here in Korea for a moment. I apologize in advance for the negative tone this post is bound to assume, but this blog has been so much about my life in Korea, and that hasn't ended yet.Another payday came and went with no transfer into my account. It was four days late again. The reason I was given was that there was extra paperwork to be done since it was my last pay. This led me to believe that the extra paperwork was due to my severance - makes sense, doesn't it? Well, I have now been informed that I will only be getting my severance in late September or early October, which makes it pretty useless as it's meant to help me get by until I find another job.I can't wait to say good riddance to all of the bullshit that the Korean education system has dealt me, but I suppose that will have to wait yet another month. That is, of course, if I get the money. They didn't even ask me for my account num
Coming up... 2007-09-08 14:57:00 Well, it's been about a week since I posted, but only because I didn't have any internet access until today. I have SO much to write about, but very little time at the moment. So, I hope this little note will suffice for now. I still have to finish writing about Thailand - the last leg of our trip in Bangkok and I also have to write about my amazing and wonderful birthday in Korea and then I have to write about my 28 hour trip home to Canada...So, stay tuned, I think I will have more time in the next week to write often as I will be staying with a friend about an hour outside of Montreal (where there is nothing else to do but blog!!!)If anyone out there knows of a room I can rent (possibly short-term) please let me know!
the last 2007-09-01 07:06:00 I did it. 375 days ago I landed at Seoul Incheon International Airport and tomorrow I will be leaving from it. I have mixed feelings. I know I wrote a pretty nasty post a couple of days ago about my experience here, but I was angry. That anger has subsided since my severance pay has been transferred to my Canadian bank account, and the pension office has my payment in the works.It’s not all about the money though. In the last few days I’ve realized a lot of things about a lot of the people that I’ve known here – most of them Korean. The principal and vice-principal, along with the head teachers, took me out for a really nice lunch on my last day. At the end of the school day I had to say a few words to the teachers in the office and then they presented me with two wonderful gifts – a pair of traditional Korean dancing shoes and a hand-made Korean fan. They are both beautiful and expensive, in fact, some of the teachers were shocked by how expensive they were and commented tha
a month is too long... 2007-10-02 09:27:00 So sorry it's been so long since my last post... I guess I just haven't felt like there has been anything interesting to put here. I've been back in the Montreal region for a month now and I will hopefully be getting out of here in the next month! Destination: England.I'm working on getting my visa right now and then I just have to wait. They've told me the turn around is about 10 days... not sure if that's working days or not, but it probably is.So that's the plan.Other than that, I've been playing house with Alexia out in Otterburn Park, about an hour outside of Montreal. It's nice sometimes, but I miss the city and all the conveniences that come with it. I feel very isolated out here.Being home is strange. It isn't really "home" anymore. It just a place that I know really well, and I'm ready to experience new things, not the same old, same old. Keep your fingers crossed for me and I promise lots of exciting tales from the UK and Europe...I promise to write again soon...
it's about time 2007-10-06 09:39:00 I haven't been posting. I'm sorry. I guess I needed a break, or maybe I just thought there was nothing terribly interesting to write about. Here's what I've been up to for the last month...I landed in Montreal, sans luggage, on September 2nd. My luggage spent the night in Chicago and joined me at Trisha's apartment on the third. I spent the next week at her place in a daze of delicious and naughty food, and sleepless nights. I was waking at 3 or 4 AM every morning no matter what time I went to bed.It's further than it looks!A week after getting back I "moved" out to Otterburn Park, my childhood town, to stay with Alexia and Bilal at Alexia's mom's house. It's been nice playing "auntie Liz" to Bilal the cutest six-year-old I know."Monkey B"We walk to school in the morning and home in the afternoon. We play and watch movies. We argue and we hug and make up. I missed him a lot while I was in Korea and actually wrote to him more than anyone else! I don't want him to forget me...A
a girl and a bike 2007-10-17 16:28:00 The other day, feeling like I haven't been exercising enough of late, decided to go for a bike ride/photo expedition out in the country. I opened google earth to map out where I wanted to go, packed some snacks, and took off into the glorious sunshine.My routeMy goal was to get to Chambly. It's a couple of town over and up the river from here. I approximated the ride to be about 30 KM's. I had all afternoon, so I didn't really care how long it took me.Mont St. Bruno A barnIt was incredible to be out in the middle of nowhere with no other people in sight (especially since I must have looked a little goofy all decked up in my winter jacket with a camera hanging around my neck!). The sun was shining; there were big puffy white clouds in the sky; the trees were all changing into their autumn glory; the air was crisp, but not cold, it was a perfect day really.Trees in their fall coloursDown by the riverI stopped a few times to take pictures. I biked through a field to get to a copse of
new digs... again. 2007-10-23 18:43:00 I've moved into the city. There are a number of reasons for this, but I won't list them. There is something sad about leaving Otterburn, but it's also a good thing for me. I'm stuck here until the 4th of December, so I might as well make some money in that time, right?Today I got a job at a market research firm where I will be calling people and asking them questions. Fun. I had some friends way back who did this while they were going to school. I'm just doing it to be able to survive for the next six weeks without spending any of the money currently in my bank account. Hopefully I can stand it enough... if not, maybe I'll head back to the country...I found a great deal at redtag.ca for my flight to London. $480 one way on British Airways... the same flight is listed at just over $1000 on their site, so I'm looking at it like a 50% off sale! Plus BA lets you bring more luggage than the (only) cheaper flight that I found. Anyway, I've got two days until I start my new job, hopef
i'm so.... 2007-11-01 18:32:00 EXCITED!!!It just hit me that I'm leaving for England in 33 days. Maybe it's the half bottle of wine I had with dinner (actually there's no maybe in it) but I'm all of a sudden looking forward to, and getting excited about leaving.I've also booked a rental car for a few days at the end of November so that I can easily get done any last minute shopping and so that I can drive to Ottawa to see my dad and a couple of friends... this is quickly becoming more real to me... more soon.
Happy Hallowe'en 2007-10-31 13:24:00 It's fright night!!! oooh.... scary.This year I'm having the most different hallowe'en experience that I can remember. Instead of dressing up and going out (or trick-or-treating as I did many moons ago) I'm staying in. I'm the designated candy passer-outer this year.I volunteered for the job actually. I did this a few years ago with a friend in the city and it was fun to see all the kiddies dressed up and begging for a sugar high. So, to make sure that the little 'uns come to the house, I organized myself and decorated outside. It's not the graveyard-haunted house-scary amazing kind of look that I would want, but I think it's a good job, given my short notice... and limited funds.the front of the houseAs you can see there are big orange bags - I filled them all with leaves yesterday... what a workout!!! - and there are faces drawn on all of them. I did most of them but Bilal did a couple and so did Alexia. Here's a close-up:My homage to Kiss! (not really...just came out that w Read more:Happy
Back and Forth 2007-10-29 15:13:00 This seems to be a theme in my life right now. I'm back in Otterburn - the cats at my (wonderful) friends' house were just too much for my immune system - and I'll be here until I leave in 36 days.Which brings me to the other "back and forth" part of my life - moving to London. I keep thinking how things would be so much easier if I just stayed here and then I think that I would regret not going (possibly for the rest of my life)... What's a girl to do? No one can make the decision for me, but sometimes I wish there were someone to just tell me what to do. Not that I'd likely listen to them if there was!So here is a pros and cons list to staying and leaving.Pros to staying:I could set myself up in a nice apartment for WAY less.I would be close to my friends and family.Cons to staying:I would always wonder "what if..."Finding a job in my field is more difficult here.I could get "comfortable" and forget about my dreams of seeing the world.Pros to leaving:I'd get to live in one of t Read more:Forth
A little peice of Korea 2007-11-11 18:10:00 This weekend brought me my first "Canadian-Korea
n" experience. When I moved to Korea last year I had never even tried Korean food here. This weekend, I did.I met up with a friend who had lived in Korea for three years, but that I hadn't seen in about ten. We both brought along a bunch of friends and headed to a Korean restaurant in the west end of Montreal.The restaurant wouldn't seat us because we were too many. hmph. I told my friends "welcome to Korea!" We found an alternative nearby, a restaurant called Hwang. It was pretty good.Since a lot of the people eating had never had Korean before, my friend and I decided what to order and we all just shared everything. We ordered so much we might as well have said "one of everything, please!"We had galbi, bulgogi, deok galbi, dwen jang jigae, pa-jeon, jap-chae, kimchi (a bunch of kinds), pork bone soup, and, of course, rice. I ordered a bottle of soju which came in a little
tea pot and they served us warm tea with our food. It was all pr
Fall in Montreal 2007-11-13 18:40:00 So here I am, stuck for another three weeks (no! I'm not counting!)... I've been staying with a friend at her mother's house in Otterburn Park (see previous posts on that), the thing is, this is a HOUSE, which means lots of cleaning and tons of yard work.I've been enjoying it mostly, but that 's probably because I don't feel entirely obliged to do it. I'm sure I'd be way less gung-ho if it was my OWN yard. Anyway, last weekend the three of us headed outside (thankfully the weather was nice) to rake the leaves.a BIG pile of leaveswith the bag to give it a little perspective...I'd already done 17 bags at hallowe'en and this past weekend the three of us managed to bag another 35!!! And we still have half the yard to do! We're hoping for good weather this weekend to get it all done. Anyway, I took a few pictures. Now I'm wishing I'd thought of shooting the 35 bags lined up on the road for collection, but oh well... Maybe we'll have just as many this weekend and I can show you Read more:Montreal
SNOW! 2007-11-20 17:41:00 I had forgotten about snow. Well, not really, but in the way that you forget what sand between your toes feels like, or the taste of salt water on your lips after you get out of the ocean. I was rather rudely reminded of snow this morning and also completely unprepared for it.I first noticed it when I looked out the back door. I was bending over to pick up my shoes to bring them to the front of the house, and there is was, covering the balcony in all of its glowing brilliance. I didn't notice that it was still snowing until I opened the front door to walk to the bus stop.It was kind of magical at first. I haven't seen snow in a while now... well, let's say a year and a half, but I grew up here in Canada and last year was my first snow-less winter. While I did miss it when I didn't have it, I don't miss it anymore. It's one more reason for me to leave Canada. I joke a lot with friends by saying "I think I'm going to spend the rest of my life avoiding winter". While I do despise
winter wonderland... 2007-11-23 08:48:00 Uh, ya. Wonderland. Mother Nature is playing catch up. I wasn't here last year, but I know/heard there was no snow, and winter
didn't really start until January. That was just because mother nature knew that winter would start early this year and she was giving everyone a break.In the backyard. This is the same shot (almost) as the leaves one in a previous post.I hate writing about the weather, since it's the kind of thing that you talk about when there's nothing else on the menu... but seriously. This week we've seen every kind of nasty winter weather possible. Sleet. Snow. Rain. Freezing rain. High winds. You name it.I didn't measure, but it looks like about two inches on the railing...It's not fun. I know that I wrote a little about it earlier in the week. I know that I said I thought it was kind of fun, and that I didn't mind it so much, but I also asked that there was no more until I left. I guess mother nature doesn't read this blog.Out back.Anyway, I must admit it is ra
The British Museum 2007-12-09 10:55:00 I woke up late this morning. I just didn't want to get up. I felt congested and flu-ish. Not a great way to start my life in London. After lazing about for an hour or so I finally got dressed and figured out how to make my way to the BritishMuseum
.It's really quite easy to use the public transit system once you know how it works. I used the website to plan my journey and then wrote it down even though it wasn't complicated. It took me about an hour to get to the museum.The main entrance - Montagu House on Great Russell roadFounded in 1753 it has always been and remains free to the public. That was the point in the first place. Sir Hans Sloane, physician, naturalist, and collector, left his 71,000 objects to King George II in his will, on the condition that the King pay 20,000 pounds to Sloanes' heirs. The King wasn't terribly interested, but parliament was, and so, the British Museum was created.One side of the Great Court - the middle building is the Kings' Reading RoomIt's al
fun in london 2007-12-07 10:44:00 On Wednesday (the day I arrived) Lisa had over a couple of her closest friends - A and K - and we had a vegetarian green thai curry and way too much wine. It was a lovely evening and I was able to meet a couple of really great women. A is an aussie but has been here for years and K is from Kent, I think. Anyway it was really a great night, though my stomach didn't appreciate it the next day!Yesterday Lisa and I went shopping. We hit Oxford street and went to some of the big department stores -the names all escape me at the moment- and then went to Tottenham Court road to continue the search for one of her Christmas gifts. We ended up finally buying most things online as it's cheaper, and as it turned out, easier.In the evening we were invited to the Of Montreal concert (or gig as they say here) - which was hilarious for me, since I'm from there and only just left there. The band, however, is not from Montreal... They're American from the States somewhere. They were pretty good and Read more:london
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