Hello my possibly-non-partisan friends, it is the Reverend Huy Dang, and I'm back to talk about my boring life, as you know it, for the first time in about an entire month Sure, I talked about my trip, and yes, it was amazing, but I haven't talked about my boring life since I returned to Saskatoon.
But before I talk about my boring life, and the things I like to complain about, I would like to draw your attention to an awesome email that I received a while ago. As a Seinfeld fan, I think you would appreciate the email. However, the email is a sad reminder of what Canada and Canadians do not have access to. To see the awesome email, click here.
Although it has been a good month since I've last updated this blog, I am glad that I still update my blog as much as possible, as it makes my blog something interesting to read as I get older, and how my views may have changed between now and ten years down the road. For instance, only six years ago, I preferred having a Liberal prime minister in Canada than having a prime minister from the Conservative Party of Canada. However, for some reason, in 2005, I got annoyed with the current governments that were in power where I lived, and my political views began to shift to the right (although I am still liberal in a sense, as I support the right for same-sex marriages, even if I am against it myself). If you were to ask me why my political views started to shift to the right in 2005, I have two parties to mention: the Liberal Party of Canada under the leadership of Paul Martin and the Saskatchewan New Democrats under the leadership of Lorne Calvert. I disliked both of them very much. And as you may or may not know, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien was recently "hung" on the walls of Parliament Hill. Well, when I was there during my visit to Ottawa, the latest prime minister that was "hung" was the Right Honourable Kim Campbell. So, it appears that I had missed the hanging of Mr. Chretien's portrait by a number of weeks, but I am still glad that I got to visit Parliament Hill, as it was a beautiful place and I will never forget it, unless I go again. And yes, I miss Ottawa very much. It was a nice city, and the folks there were friendly, as it seems, and I would not have any objections to living there. However, the only thing missing is a reason to move there.
Recently, I requested to be friends with someone I knew from my days of attending Mount Royal Collegiate on that social networking website everyone likes to call... Facebook, who originally requested to be friends with me on the social networking website two years ago? For some reason between then and now, he decided that he didn't like me. So, a few weeks ago, when I added him as a friend on Facebook, after assuming that it was a mistake, or some sort of misunderstanding, as it seemed like I had nothing against him. So, I added him as a friend on Facebook. Two days after I made the request, I received a private message from a gentleman named Aaron Reynolds. The subject was "Friend Request?" As for body of the message, it only contained one word: "Ha!" So, it was already obvious that Mr. Reynolds decided to ignore my friend request, as he obviously didn't like me all that much. Then, in addition to that, he decided to act like he was better than me. Well, if he doesn't like me, that's fine... but the fact that he sent me that message makes him a douche, and is an absolute disgrace (the same way Yasmin Ratansi refused to allow John Baird to speak).
Speaking of John Baird, who is the honourable minister of transport for the Government of Canada, Mr. Baird recently got angry because he was not allowed to speak, even though it was procedure for him to be heard because Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi thought she was above the procedures. For more information, click here. To see the entire committee hearing, click here. Mr. Baird's outburst, although hilarious, is something I do not blame him for. In fact, I don't think he got angry enough. Had he been angrier, he probably would not have been required to ask for the floor fifty times.
Speaking of shouting, question period in the House of Commons is my favourite period of time every weekday when Parliament is sitting, and I especially love the period when John Baird rises to answer questions, as he often shouts. However, a Conservative MP named Michael Chong (Wellington-Halton Hills) has introduced a motion to reform question period, and would require the ministers responsible to actually answer the questions, instead of giving off smart-mouth remarks. That, in my books, is wrong, and should not be adopted. As a result, I have written a letter to the honourable member telling him about my disappointment towards the idea of reforming question period. However, I doubt that the letter will make a difference.
Since my last update, a lot of things have happened.
Shortly after I returned from my trip to Ottawa, David Cameron became Britain's newest prime minister and the youngest prime minister in almost 200 years. But by the time I had arrived in Saskatoon, things were already looking to go down... and within 24 hours, I was already having anger issues, thanks to specific people and others that are beyond my control.
On May 7, 2010, I saw the first of seven new transit buses (four of which are from New Flyer) that were delivered this year to Saskatoon Transit. The bus I did see was 1004, which was a 2010 New Flyer D40LFR. To date, I have only seen three of the seven buses delivered this year, which in all three instances, were a 2010 New Flyer D40LFR.
The weekend at that time was lame, because I had to work, again. But while working, I had a cool idea, after watching an old episode of That '70s Show. The bright idea was to throw a party, invite your friends, get them drunk, have their cars towed, and then watch these newly-drunk people look for their cars after their cars have been towed.
And on May 13, 2010, I started thinking that the fall is the greatest season, ever, as I dislike the summer. Sure, summer is fine, sometimes, because there is no school, but work makes up the painful burden of summer. Another reason that I dislike the summer is because of the heat. And at this point, I was starting to consider taking a French class during the 2010-to-2011 academic school year.
On the evening of May 14, 2010, I was travelling from downtown to Stonebridge via the Idylwyld Freeway, and noticed that traffic was backed up. As it turns out, there was an accident that took up one lane, but police officers thought it would be bright to take up two lanes as they pulled over. That's a big deal, considering that the specific portion of the freeway between the 1st Avenue on-ramp and the Lorne Avenue exit is only three lanes.
On the morning of May 15, 2010, I made a "power reservation." I made up that term. However, on the phone, the guest wanted to make a reservation at a Marriott hotel in Boston that he often stays at, and did not care how much it costs per night. As for the rest of that weekend, it was great, as I did almost absolutely nothing.
As for the week of May 16 to May 22, 2010, aside from working from 6:00 am until noon on Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings, I spent most of my days sleeping in, napping or watching television, and it was great! I felt like a kid again, and I felt like I had lots of energy, which, of course, would be wasted. But other than that, it felt great! However, there was one exception: I did spend an hour and a half at the Hilton Garden Inn on the evening of May 19, 2010. Why? Well, as a member of the SaskWatch research panel operated by Insightrix Research, I was invited to a focus group that was held at the hotel about cellular phones. For my participation, I was paid $75.00 in "cold, hard cash." Speaking of that, I highly suggest that you join as well. However, you should use this link so that I get $3.00 for the referral.
May 22, 2010 was the day I returned to working full-time. Although I didn't like the idea, I didn't actually have to work until May 23, 2010, when I worked from 11:00 am to 7:30 pm. I then got Victoria Day off, but felt sick on the day after that. On Wednesday (May 26), I went back to work. But on May 22, 2010, my cousins that I usually hang out with (Ky and Tho) went to Regina for the day, but the trip didn't make sense to me (they were part of a church event, and everyone else planned to leave Saskatoon on Sunday morning and return Sunday evening). So, I spent a good part of that day performing work on the yard, and hauling gravel to the dump from my uncle's house. After a long day of doing so, I had to feed and walk my uncle's new dog, Jack. Thankfully, it was raining, and he refused to go for a walk. However, he did his business, which I didn't bother to clean up, because it was my uncle's house, and is ultimately his responsibility. And by business, I meant that he urinated on dirt. Eventually, I came home, showered and watched an episode of America's Most Wanted. And at that time, my mom invited her friends over for dinner.
May 23, 2010 wasn't very different. In the morning, before coming home to work a full-time shift for the first time in months, I went across town to feed and walk an annoying dog. After doing so, I returned home, showered, had lunch and was set to work at 11:00 am. By the time my shift was over, my mom's friends were over, again, and it was time for dinner. Then, I had to drive across town again, just to feed that annoying dog, again. If my uncle wants me to take care of his dog again in the future, well... he's screwed, because I dislike his dog greatly.
May 24 was Victoria Day. Early in the morning at around 10:00 am, I received an interesting phone call from my cousin Tho asking me if he could come over to my house and whether or not I would pick him up. So, when asked why I should pick him up, he simply said, "You have to." Because he sounded a lot like his younger brother Tony, I decided to pick him up. And yes, I picked them up, later.
Now, at some point back in May, I had an idea that didn't make any sense, but was funny to me, nonetheless. My idea was for a television show, but based in Canada, spoofing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. During my visit to Ottawa, while listening to 1053 KISS FM, I kept hearing radio ads for a local Toyota and Lexus dealer called Bel-Air Lexus Toyota. However, back then, I didn't give it much thought. But upon my return to Saskatoon, I started to have a crazy idea. I thought about the show having its own Canadian version. In this Canadian version, the main character would be Peter Poorman, rather than Will Smith. And instead of Philadelphia, the character's hometown would be Saskatoon. And instead of Bel-Air, California, the show would take place in the Ottawa area, in a neighbourhood called Bel-Air. The show works out too, as Peter has relatives in Ottawa! So, all he needs to do now is get into a fight to the extent that his mother gets scared and sends him to Ottawa to live with his aunty and uncle. In fact, Tammy Poorman, who liked the idea, used her remarkable talent with Adobe Photoshop and created this:
That is awesome! However, I doubt that Mr. Poorman's uncle is an angry judge. From what Mr. Poorman has told me, his uncle in Ottawa works with technology and that he kicks some major ass.
Anyway, May 24, was of course, Victoria Day, and I didn't work, as you already know. But best of all, it rained all weekend, and that delayed any yard-work I needed to perform. Eventually, I took my annoying cousins to Dairy Queen on College Drive, where I saw a bunch of Marriott pens. It was like the employees of that Dairy Queen location were staying at Marriott hotels too! Why? Well, in Ottawa, I took home a few Marriott-branded pens. Then, at the Dairy Queen, I saw five of those exact same pens!
Later that evening, I dropped by the Real Canadian Superstore located at 2901 8th Street East and saw Shelly, who told me a hilarious story about Andrew Pang's dad performing some sort of odd exercise in the parking lot of the Real Canadian Superstore. Yeah, it's funny that everyone seems to have at least one funny story about his dad. Then, on the way home, I stopped at the Starbucks Coffee location on 8th Street East near Campbell Avenue. After getting that coffee, I finally headed home. At the intersection of Clarence Avenue South and 8th Street East, however, I saw two girls "rocking out" to their probably-hippie-like music. When they saw me, they started making "kissy" faces at me. I then decided to act like I was too cool for them, and drove away. But as I drove away, they sped up in order behave the same way, again. While at the store, however, I saw three people that I knew. Before the night ended, I also bought donuts from Tim Hortons. And as for those donuts, I didn't eat them all on Monday night.
On Tuesday (May 25), I ate some donuts with a knife and fork. Now, that leaves me with one question? How do you eat your donut... with your hand? By that time, I was developing an annoying sore throat, and eventually felt sick enough to not work. Luckily, tons of advanced downtime was available, and I didn't have to take an unpaid sick day. Later that day, Jean Chrétien had his official portrait hung on Parliament Hill. When I was there, the most recent prime minister to have their picture hung was the Right Honourable Kim Campbell. However, someday, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper will have their portraits hung too!
On Friday (May 28), the iPad was launched by Apple, which is a useless device that is shiny so that the masses would enjoy it. So, as a curious bastard, I went to Future Shop to play with one. While I was there, my cousin Ky did something that he thought was funny, and insisted that I take a picture of it. If you look at it, you'll probably think, "What the hell is wrong with this kid?" In fact, here it is:
Yeah, it is retarded, isn't it?
However, despite my cousin's odd behaviour, something else overshadowed it: the death of Gary Coleman. Mr. Coleman, sadly, really did pass away, and I am going to miss him as much as I miss Michael Jackson. At some point, I did visit that Randy River store at the Midtown Plaza so that my cousin could buy that "sweater" that he is wearing in the picture above. Anyway, before ending my evening, I decided to drop by Westgate Books located in the Cumberland Square shopping centre (located on 8th Street East near Cumberland Avenue) to give the Reverend Nathan Dutnall the "dangerously silly move." While I was there, I performed two awesome transactions, which cost the store $1.00 in total, according to the minister's step-daddy. For the record, I must say that after I said that I would charge $0.01 to my Visa and debit cards respectively, the minister simply said, "Go for it."
On Saturday (May 29), it rained outside, hard. So, doing what I usually do, I went grocery shopping, and eventually picked up my cousins from their home and drove them to my house, where they stunk up my house, like they usually do. Eventually, I went out, and returned with a game rental from BLOCKBUSTER. The game that I rented was The Price is Right. I also tried some awesome "sliders," or small burgers, which were awesome.
May 30, 2010 was an interesting day, as I started working at 11:00 am, and had nothing to look forward to on television at the end of the day. At this point, I started considering another trip to the Ottawa/Montréal areas. This time, I would visit Montréal most of the time, and visit Ottawa for at least one day, in an attempt to visit the museums that I failed to visit during my original trip. Also, the drive around the Ottawa area was pleasant. And thanks to David Lee, I am now using a fully-licenced version of Microsoft Office 2010.
May 31, 2010, which was a major holiday in the U.S., was also my day off from work, until I picked up some extra hours in attempt to offset the amount of hours lost from my previous "sick day." I lost eight hours, but picked up five hours. But before working, I paid a visit to the Real Canadian Superstore and made a purchase, which had a total of $6.66. But later in the day, I also published a nonsensical article about the advantages of being a Member of Parliament in an Ottawa-area federal riding. And now that I think about Ottawa, I really wish that Air Canada were cheaper, because it seems like their planes have more leg-room, they offer direct flights to Ottawa from Saskatoon, and they also offer Wi-Fi services (for a fee), unlike WestJet. And before I knew it, the month of May as I knew it, was over.
May was a decent month overall. Although I disliked most of it, what will stick with me is my visit to Ottawa and Montréal, as it was my first time visiting those cities, and I will never forget the trip, unless I visit those cities again.
This past Tuesday, I got a new muffler installed at Midas on Circle Drive, where I saw a sign that "fails at life." Since they were backed up, I got a ride home from that lady at the front, "receptionist." She drove like a crazy bitch. But when they were finished, I was working, so my mom ended up picking up the car. But on the bright side, she paid for it, and if I say anything, I'll probably have to pay her back... so I'm just going to keep my mouth shut.
On Thursday, June 3, 2010, I watched a news conference in England on CPAC with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and David Cameron, Britain's newest prime minister. However, I thought it was odd that Mr. Harper was speaking French in England. But then again, I forgot that Canada is multi-lingual and that Mr. Harper was simply showing Brits that Canada is unique (based on my assumptions).
Friday evening was interesting. Instead of staying at home, I went to my uncle's house, and eventually went to the Real Canadian Superstore located at 2901 8th Street East... and to my dismay, they installed new automatic doors. But while there, I did see something interesting. Yeah, I'm going to miss the automatic sliding doors that were there until last week.
Here is what one of the new sets of doors look like:
Aside from visiting the Real Canadian Superstore, I drove around town, and eventually headed out of town for a brief minute, stopping at Peter Poorman's former workplace:
On Saturday, I went shopping at the Real Canadian Superstore located at 2901 8th Street East. And as I paid for my groceries, I saw a couple of morons with construction materials enter the store through an exit door, hitting it as they came through, and knocking one of the doors off the track. The doors, managed to close, but failed to open. Here's a picture. Anyway, after a long day of my cousins stinking up my house, as well as yard-work, I eventually returned to the store to buy some Febreze, in an attempt to eliminate the odours that were left behind by the two fat kids. Oh yeah, I did visit the Burger King on Confederation Drive at one point, and found an extra-wide parking spot. So, naturally, I parked in it. Here's a picture of the spot, with my car parked in it:
And eventually, I purchased gasoline at the Petro-Canada gas station on 8th Street East at the corner of Cumberland Avenue South, where I purchased regular gas at 91.9¢ per litre, thanks to my Preferred Price card, which saves me 10¢ per litre for up to 250 litres, to the dismay of Tyler Koch, who is Wayne's cousin, who is a crazy bastard, and apparently a rebel as well.
Now, recently, I purchased a TomTom ONE 125 GPS device, which supposedly only comes loaded with maps of the USA. However, I found a way to load North American maps to the device without charge. But when I opened the packaging and turned it on, I was pleased to find that maps of Canada were already on the device, thus saving me a bunch of time that would have been spent loading maps of Canada to the device. However, what I have done since purchasing the device is load Homer Simpson's voice to the device.
And at some point on Sunday evening, I decided that I must visit Oliver Jewellery on Eglinton Avenue West if I ever visit the city of Toronto. Why? Well, you should check out the YouTube page for his business, which contains many awesome commercials. In fact, here's my favourite commercial:
That's hilarious, isn't it?!
Anyway, today is Monday, and I spent most of the day, working like a crazy bastard.
Now, as I finish up this nonsensical and long blog update, there are a few things I would like to discuss before officially coming to a conclusion.
First off, Justin Bieber is the kid that slightly entertains me with two of his songs, but also annoys me. Other than that, I don't really have anything against the kid. However, the fact that he will be in Saskatoon annoys me. Why? Well, I don't care how many young girls like him. What annoys me is that my cousin Ky previously stated that "Justin Bieber is gay," but wants to attend the concert in September at Credit Union Centre. So, it appears that my cousin Ky holds a double standard of some sort. But then again, I probably have some sort of double standard too. Actually, I'm pretty sure that I do.
Aside from Justin Bieber and his minor annoyances to the reverend, Noelle, and Peter Poorman, may be surprised that this note is a little shorter than usual, as I have used pictures in this post.
Now, recently, my uncle told me about some cheesy Toyota commercials that the company had on Canadian television when the company first started selling cars in Canada. Although I didn't find those commercials on YouTube, I did find others, including this one, which is pretty cheesy:
Anyway, that is all for this edition of my insanely-awesome blog update!
But before I come to an official conclusion, things to look forward to this month include the summer break for my cousins, and Canada Day next month! Now, remember... don't get ripped by the riptide!
