And My Journey Thru' Breast Cancer
Customer wanted his 360 to be repaired.. coz’ it didn’t wanna work properly no more. I’ll have to tell you this.. and that is PB is right handy with repairing just about everything and anything. The Vietnamese lady who owns a nail place just round the corner.. has been asking him to repair her blow drying nail machines and the lights for the nail spa.
What is In-Service..?? yer probably wondering..! well.. In-Service is so often heard in this town of ours.. because it means.. the kids donch have to go to school.. for either the teachers.. have got some meetings on.. or they have to do marking..??!!?? What luxury eh..?? In all my life in school.. from primary to secondary .. to pre-university.. right up to University.. i donch believe . .we have had anything call in service.
Last year alone.. the kids didn’t have to go to school for in-service for like days..! unbelievable amount of time off for the kids.. that at times.. i wonder how are they gonna cope.. with finishing the year’s syllabus. I’ll have to ask Janice from HunnyBunz.. if they have in-service now in school. Or maybe.. i should check with our customer who is a teacher in one of the schools.. to see what this in-service is all about.
I worry.. because .. when Chloe goes to school.. what is it gonna be like. Already education is so different from what i was used to.. back home.. i foresee my kid not being challenged enough.. when she is at school. If so.. how is she gonna survive the hard knocks .. when she starts working..??
I read in the local papers today about how someone had written about it being an insult to spend 4 – 5 million for a new municipality building for the town councilors. Another customer of mine .. has been raising alot of questions during the town meeting .. but they wanna discredit him by saying that he is crazy.
People donch just speak up because they wanna make noise.. or become famous in the town.. ! Ppl speak up .. simply because they are enough. And although irate at times.. with this town… i donch speak up.. because i’m only on borrowed time…and borrowed land.
A fleet of cars just passed by our store… and all horning happily away..! This happens almost every Saturday.. when you find some suckers getting hitched..! Yes.. they get into the car.. from the church to wherever they are gonna have the reception.. and they horn away. At first i found it cute.. but after 7 yrs.. i find it really annoying.. especially if you have a sick spouse.. and a fussy brat.. who insist on camping in the store.
What annoys you .. where you are living..??
I write things close to my heart.. because it affects the business alot. It also affects if we are going to continue to stay in Yarmouth, and invest in this town. This morning on local news.. they wrote a small piece about the Provincial tourism official getting a earful last nite. But what is their action plan.. besides changing the stupid name on the brochure..?? (like it would ever helped..???!!??)
Business has been hurting downtown.. big time.. with Walmart and the expansion of Superstore and some other various specialty stores that sprung up on us.. during the last few years. Even we were not spared.. with Movie Gallery trying very hard to undercut us.. downtown merchants.
My question is ONLY ONE.. ! What is the action plan here..?? No more HOT AIR please..!
No kidding..! this is a real bear.. shot and hunted down .. by one of my customer and he had it in his truck last nite..! already skinned and ready to be made into a bear skin rug for his wall. My camera battery died.. if not i would have had a better picture for you all. But it’s a REAL BEAR..!! ppl here hunt down moose for their meat.. and real bears..!! amazing eh..?? I think I would freeze if i see such a huge bear..!! Hunting is a sport here.. that you will never get in Singapore.. and that’s for sure..!
As if they donch make enough..??!!!?? Now the doctors here in Nova Scotia.. wants more money or go on strike too..??? Local news reported that rural intensive care units in Nova Scotia may be without doctors for the next week or so. Until the doctors get a better deal with the provincial department..!!
I donch understand this..! i know the doctors are paid good here.. and just to entice them to come to Nova Scotia.. they have so many packages.. for them.. and their family. And you would think that morally the doctors wouldn’t go on strike right..??
I wrote about the Tourism Session scheduled this month and it was held today. We didn’t even planned to attend because we knew from the start that it is gonna come to naught. As i am typing this right now, there is a group of teenagers making so much din opposite our store and watcha gonna do about it..?? No one cares.. and no one is willing to take a step forward to look at the real problems downtown is facing.
Customers who attended the meeting said that there was no outcome.. and the mayor didn’t wait for the meeting to be over.. and slipped out the back door. NICE..! i think all those that depends on tourism to keep them afloat .. should prolly forget about the idea. A new president was elected too.. for the ppl who organized the Seafest here annually. I suspect he was elected because he was the one in charge of the bike rally that we had during summer. It was a success for the most part but i can assure you, we didn’t make a cent out of those bikers who came to town. So did it helped us. Absolutely no..! I just hope that the rest of the town did benefit from it though.
Something needs to be done for a major turnaround. By building a new municipality building for $4 – 5 million bucks just ain’t gonna do it. While you enjoy the new building a few year down the road, we can kiss downtown goodbye.
Voluntary Work or Charitable Work is not for everyone.. i just realized it today. A guy walked into our store today.. and dropped a file with some papers in it and said.. to us.. “I volunteered to do this today..!” and expects us to donate something..?? He didn’t say.. what chartable organization he is doing this for.. or how the donation will be used. Nothing at all..! And he didn’t even further elaborate.. ! So we absolutely donch know .. what the charity is for ..??
Some ppl just shouldn’t be doing voluntary work.. or collecting charitable donations.
I bet my father-in-law would love them on his sandwiches.. and for me.. i’ll do my lobster bisque.. and fry some lobster udon with it. But temporary resident in Yarmouth County had other plans for “Ralph” .. that’s the lobster’s name. Nope.. he didn’t BBQ Ralph .. nor is he keeping Ralph for a pet. Can you guess what he did..??? It is really nice to know that there are good ppl out there.. if that gives you a hint.
The money that was paid for Ralph is going to the Alzheimer Society. So even though Canadian posties were not included in the recent opportunity to promote the Alzheimer Society, we still did our part.
For everyone who can guess what was done to “Ralph” .. i’ll donate a dollar for every right answer to the Alzheimer Society. So come on.. make your guesses.. and donate for a good cause.