Benazir Bhutto Assassination
Earlier today Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Pakistan in a suicide ambush. I’ve seen several News Headlines that seem to indicate that some people are “shocked” by the killing. I am definitely not surprised given the threat Bhutto was exposed to ever since her return from her self-imposed exile on October 18th of this year. ...
Mick Jagger dream
Last night I had a strange dream that Mick Jagger had died. Normally I don’t remember the details of my dreams, but this morning I woke up and clearly recalled reading a news website that Mick Jagger had died. It’s not often that I have dreams about someone dying, and I would have brushed it ...
Do you guys have Lakeport?
Last night I came home around 1:00AM and let Mojo outside to pee. As she was peeing, someone threw an empty bottle of beer from their balcony that landed 10 or 15 feet away from Mojo and I. It hit a tree on its way down but landed safely on a pile of snow. I’m ...
Winter Storm "Disaster"
On Sunday, a snow storm passed through Toronto where we saw somewhere around 30 or 40 centimetres of snow dropped on the city. Two days later, the media is labelling the storm as a ‘disaster’. I laugh when I hear somebody call a snowstorm a “disaster”. Toronto is internationally renowned for its calling in the ...
Saved by the Urinal 1
{Been a while since I’ve posted a random useless thought} Have you ever had a few drinks at a bar and then upon entering the washroom you seriously question whether you entered the right room or not? This happens to me once in a while. I’ve already entered the washroom and it’s too late to ...
Could you become corrupt? 1
A while back a buddy of mine said to me “I would never want to become a cop because if I did I’d be corrupt”. It was an interesting statement to me because I had never thought of it quite like that. Like most other kids, I too had wanted to become a cop at ...
China Trip 2007 4
Last weekend we returned after 22 days in China for me and 53 days for Han. I know some of you have been anxious to see some pictures, so I must apologize for the delay. It’s been quite the shift from vacation mode straight back into work mode; and work has been busy; hence the ...
United Flight 232 Crash 2
Last night I watched a show on National Geographic that showed the crash landing of United Flight 232 on July 19th, 1989. This is an amazing story that I would like to share. At 3:16PM on that fateful day, a loud bang could be heard on United Flight 232 and the crew determined that the ...
The Rise of a Dictator 1
On Saturday evening we returned from 3 days in beautiful Sanya, China where we visited along with my old friend Mark who currently lives in Shanghai. Sanya is definitely a beautiful tropical place and I’ll post some pictures after I return to Canada. But for now the current topic on my mind is how Adolf ...
5th gear at 20K
The next topic that has irked me since arriving in China is the way people drive with manual transmission. I don’t know why this is but 98% of drivers that I’ve come across seem to shift gears around 1000RPM. It’s not uncommon for a taxi driver to be driving 40KM/hour in 5th gear. I’ve even ...