Today has been a day from hell. Firstly my leasehold company want to charge me to rent out my house. The company in question is Simarc. Now you probably won’t be able to get hold of this company, their numbers have changed and their website doesn’t work. Basically they just sit there and rake in the money.
Then as if things weren’t going badly enough I am informed that my mortgage cannot be turned into a letting mortgage. I was advised by Countrywide that this was the best mortgage as the change to letting was quick, simple and free. Turns out it’s not so much simple or free, but it certainly is quick.
Well there you have it; two useless companies encountered in a single day. How these companies can justify their actions I’m yet to find out.

My Sister, Joy, finally got engaged to her long-term boyfriend Simon this last week.

They’ve been together for something like 8 years to it’s nice to hear that they’re going to get married. Looks like there’s a growing number of wedding for me to attend in the UK over the next year or two.

While at the gym this morning I noticed something a little odd on one of the TVs. Since the sound is turned off, each TV shows the sub titles for the program. The program on in front of my tredmill was BBC1’s City Hospital. Here’s some of the quotes that I can remember:

I’ve just flown in from Ni robi.

…taken to a hospital in Nybroie…

He’s got a broken…sorry that was wrong…He’s got apaendsytus
sorry… appendicitis.

…who’s hd an operation last night

Now either this person was drunk, dyslexic or just not concentrating. But it made me think, these must be written live as it was a live show.

Warm weather, a few cans of Red Stripe and cool music. This was the recipe for last night as The Redwings returned to Dry Bar in Manchester. Despite the low turnout on a wednesday evening, the band were even better than just a few weeks ago. Most of the crowd were must younger and there for the last band of the evening. Only thing I can say fro the last band was that they were a little “christian rock”.
If you get a chance check out The Redwings in; Manchester, Preston, London and Barnsley.

I’ve finally had my first article published online. It’s been put in Ovi Magazine an online publication in Finland that an old school friend, Asa, runs.

The article, entitles H1-B: The elusive visa, is just a short piece about the current state of US immigration. This has spurred me on to think about writing some more articles.

So yesterday it finally settled in, I’m moving to another country! agggh! I’ll say that again, aaaagh! Having had my leaving party you would have thought this would have settled in before now but no. Only now have I realized the number of things that need sorting and sheer about of change that’ll occur during the coming months. There really isn’t much to worry about now, any problems that arise can probably be fixed with money.
Now, of course this move is my choice and it is going to bring many great benefits to my life. Time to “get with the program” and get on with the move! Everything is going to be just fine.

This weekend was my leaving party. I know it’s a while until I actually leave the country but it was the only weekend that most people could make. With the England match kicking things off a steady stream of people began to arrive. With lots of food and a very generous helping of booze this was going to be a good night. Now, I can’t actually confirm that it was a good night, since I don’t remember all of it. Going purely off the amount of alcohol left in the morning it must have been. Almost everything was gone, apart from a small amount of Tequila.

Thanks to everyone for coming, especially those who helped clean up the next morning (as I was completely incapable of doing so).