Ikea shopping

Like many of us going to Ikea is nice once in a while, you always seem to run in to things you don't need but that are so handy to have.

But yesterday I wanted to get a bed so you go through the whole thing from choosing the one you like and that fits your budget and then you start writing down all the parts you need. And then finally you go downstairs to get a cart and start getting the products that you need.

And that is where it go's wrong in lots of cases.

In my case the bin where the Bed should have bin was empty and a check with a Ikea employee made it clear they are not in stock but are on the way and should be there in a couple of days.

So now i have my list of what i want and then it is not there and that is frustrating. Why can't Ikea put a note on the product that says not in stock come back next week then you don't have to go through the whole hassle!

Apprentice

OK you got me I watched TV.
I always liked the apprentice series and yesterday was the final episode of the celebrity apprentice and I had seen a couple of episodes before Lent so i wondered who made it to the end.

I was positively surprised that Trace Adkins was one of the two finalist. He was and is Mister nice and if any of the candidates deserved to win it was him.
But unfortunately Donald Trump decided different and let Piers Morgan win and in my eyes he was the biggest bastard of them all yes even worse that Omarosa.

What did you think of this finals??

Nothing on TV AGAIN

OK if you followed my lent post you know that i was not watching TV for a long while and now i am back watching TV and guess what since i started watching TV again on Sunday there was really nothing on TV worth watching. And the TV guide for today doesn't show anything worthy either.

I guess it will be going to bed early with my book again. And that is good to because i really enjoy "the time travelers wife" it is a very interesting book. Much better then the stuff on TV!

Lent the end

We made it, it is Easter so my lent is over for 2008. And did i really mis tv? maybe i did sometimes but in general i have to say this not watching tv thing was easier then i thought.
But then tonight i though oooh i can watch tv again so lets see and guess what nothing on tv worth wasting my time on.

Maybe my lent keeps going for a while because if tv is so not worth watching then why should i wast more of my time on it.

control

Some people realy like to control and by doing so they make a fool of themselfs.

Like my new landlord i would do somethings on surtain days but he didn't really pay attention when we made those plans so now he calls me for this and that while we made clear arrangements for them and so everytime i end up telling them about them.

Would have bin so much easier if he would have written it down.

Traffic flow

The last couple of days you could find me on the deerfoot in the morning and most of the people in Calgary seem to agree that this is an way to busy road.
But after traveling it for 4 days in a row at the same time i have to say rushour traffic at the deerfoot is not nearly as bad as i imagined. Being used to Morning traffic in Holland I have to say why are people complaining about this?

if it still moves then it is not a problem i think. It is funny to see that traffic amounts vary from day to day but still no worry about getting to work on time if you keep that in mind.

Apartment Hunting

Yep i am looking for an apartment and of course it should not be to expensive.

Then yesterday i thought i found something. The pictures looked so nice and the price was right to.

So i went to see it and quickly i noticed that they really knew how to use there digital camera.
The bathroom had all new stuff and nice tiles around the bathtub but why did they have to leave holes in the walls? and why didn't they show on the pictures?

Also the living room walls where like covered with small holes and the heating was connected with duck tape.

After this to me it became clear that don't go by the pictures to much. A well for now i am still looking for a nice place to live here in Calgary.

Calgary Health Care?

People know that health care in Canada is cheap for it's people BUT it has disadvantages.

Unfortunately we needed to spend time in the ER from the Foothills hospital here in Calgary.

We got there at 7 p.m. and we left at 11.30 a.m. and it took them till 7 to even make an effort to do something and that took them still till 10 a.m. before it happened. But i am not complaining about that what made me want to complain is something else.

Imagine you are sick and you need help and you go to the ER then you expect help. In the hours and hours i spend at the ER i noticed that a lot (guess 40 - 50%) of the people that come in at night end up going home without being seen by a doctor.
There was even a guy that came by ambulance but after 4 hours decided to go home and guess what he came back again by ambulance the next morning.

Or people that are just waiting to get admitted. So you are in lots and lots of pain but there is no bed for you. The average wait yesterday was 68 hours. So you are sitting there in pain waiting for 68 hours to get a bed. Is that gone help your health?

I know that the health care system in Calgary is under way to much pressure but i guess there are ways to make it better without needing more doctors and get me right i don't mean we need more doctors but the system that is in place now is not very efficient.