Happy Birthday to my Good Friend Christopher

Happy Birthday to my good friend, and fellow QPR fan, Christopher. CEO of Digitell Marketing

My Dog Patrick

My beloved puppy Patrick, passed away on Tuesday morning,  following injuries from an accident.
An accident I am sadly responsible for. I had stopped paying attention for a second...

Patrick

11-2012-2013, a brief life but a beloved and brilliant one.

Garda Adrian Donohoe,

Gardai have 'all resources' to find detective's murderers

Garda Adrian Donohoe, killed in the line of duty. Killed upholding the laws, and defending the people and property of the Republic.

Father, Guard, Husband

Happy Birthday Patrick

Happy Birthday to my youngest brother Patrick

Congratulations

Congratulations to my new friends Raquel and Alexis, on their first anniversary of there wedding
Congratulations to Miss Misery. On her award at work

The life of Pi The extraordinary journey.

I saw this in Spanish, so the dialogue was lost on me. This also probably affected my capacity to suspend disbelief.

One virtue of Latin American cinema, they start the show from the appointed hour. There were no trailers,

Having recently adopted a puppy. I kept wondering where the Tiger's dung was.. I wondered why there was an Island full of Meerkats, what did they eat..? and Meer kats are Savannah living animals. Why would they be on a Mangrove Island

Nice to see Poincherry, I remember it from 80 days around the world. Here it is shown as a home of Bike riding belle femmes. Speaking of French Icons, Gerald Depardieu makes a cameo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu

I presume the Taxes went to Belgium or Russia.

I wonder if Pi, converting from Hinduism, to Catholicism, and Islam would have gone down so easily

There is a wow moment for the Audience, when the tiger reappears on the lifeboat. But I was expecting the tiger to reappear again. We saw the tiger on the trailers, and promo.

The audience enjoyed it. Maybe I am just a stick in the mud.

KLM Air France

I did not get a refund from Air France/KLM. This is there final response.
I even asked for store credit. They also kept referring to my brother as Miss

I ask you to remember this when making a choice with Airlines. 

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Now that you have confirmed that you were not returning to Amsterdam with your brother I must reiterate my previous explanation: our Reservations Department should have been informed of this before the date of travel in order to cancel your seat and to have time to assess your brother's condition to best establish the kind of assistance he needed for this long haul journey with a transfer at our Amsterdam Schipol Hub. 
He might possibly have been able to travel as planned with assistance for the transfer at Amsterdam Schiphol airport; the only assistance we can provide unless specific arrangements are made and paid for, is for a wheelchair transfer which covers all airports involved to assist with long corridors, and at Amsterdam Schiphol often means a caddy transportation from one gate to another. 
It was much too late to mention any special request at our check-in desk on the day of departure and our ground staff would not be able to assess such medical situation. 
Because you had originally mentioned your brother as having a mild learning difficulty and specifically asked for assistance with his transfer, our local ground staff and cabin crew,as well as captain could not have allowed him to board unless they were hundred per cent certain that your brother could travel safely on his own. 
We fully appreciate that there are many levels of disability and as you explained, your brother did travel on his own on several occasions but at this late stage it was not possible for our team in Lima to have all the facts at hand to make a learned decision. 
I do sincerely regret that he was not able to travel back as originally booked and am sorry for the consequential extra cost. I believe our staff acted correctly and as per Company policy and in the circumstances, we cannot agree to reimburse the unused fare portion of your brother's ticket. 
As a commercial gesture we will however agree to reimburse the unused refundable taxes for that ticket. 
I have sent the request today to our KLM Refunds Department and your reference is: 17A-1D2F6EC18FB8; the contact annotated is your mobile phone number as per your reservations file. The credit will be made to the Visa card account used for the original purchase of your two tickets. You will be contacted in a few days once the credit has been processed and I thank you for your patience. 
I trust the above will convince you of our genuine goodwill. 
I take this opportunity to offer you and your family our best wishes for 2013. 
Yours sincerely, 

Robert Chew

Robert F Chew

``Proposition Joe''

1960-2013

Actor, Mentor, Teacher

One of my favorite characters in the Wire. An interesting character, in another world, a Bishop or a Tory. See his last speech to Cheese, when he talks about his grandfather the first coloured man to buy his home in Baltimore. Or when he fixes a toaster, puts it in his shop window, and prices it.  On the streets of Baltimore a murderer and drug dealer.

Grand Hotel Hernancor

This time last week, I was in Ecuador. Somewhere I never thought I would go. I have no quarrel with Ecuador or it's people. I just did not give it a second thought. Its fresher in my mind, these days because of the situation with the Embassy in London and Julian Assange.

However because I had to leave Peru on a Visa run. We went across the border.

I stayed here

http://hotelhernancord.blogspot.com/

It was a neat and clean hotel. There was a small market. The staff were affable The location was good. The wireless excellent.

I regret to say I have no photographs of Ecuador.

I would like to thank the Taxi Driver. Mr Washington, who drove us safely to the Peruvian side of the border. He is a credit to his profession. I wish I could give his details here. Alas I cannot.

The country side approaching the border was very beautiful. I hope to visit there again

Update 17-1-2013

I had a job interview at a langague school in Lima. Its the World famous B-liz school. I had to learn their method. I found it very tough. I am not good at following aural instructions. I made mistakes when I copied the structure of each aspect of the method. I found the method used interesting, and I would like to keep abreast of it. I think I can use the lessons. I used

I gave my second French lesson.

I gave the Dog its first bath today. My wife checked it for ticks,

The heat in Lima, is getting worse. Next month it will be even more humid

It looks like I will not be tutoring anymore.

thank you

A big thank you, to the policemen who helped us in Tumbes on saturday

A happy Orthodox christmas

A happy Orthodox Christmas

Happy Birthday

A very happy Birthday to my Little sister, who is currently enjoying the sunshine in Australia

Update 4 January

KLM-Air France have agreed to refund my taxes. I am not happy with this. I am still  exploring other options.

I have had no reply from my interview last week. My wife made a copy of my cv in Spanish, and sent it to several langague schools

QPR beat Chelsea

I have heard that Gerry Anderson, of Thunderbirds, Terrahawks, Stingray fame has passed away.
I hope this is not true, but my best to his family if it is so.

My Doggy has effective bowels if nothing else.

Happy new Year 2013

There is no new year's video message this year.
2012, has been the most incredible year of my life. I had a great start to 2013. I went for a walk with my fiance. Then I watched the bonfires and fireworks. I was deafened a few times, as the kids across the street threw there fireworks into bonfires. After listening to music and drinking wine, Yes I have started to drink wine since I moved under Capricon. I thanked the lord for my fair fiance. with my beautiful woman. We went to a house party. I was out till 7am. Normally I am the first home on New Years eve. I remember 2010-11. When I had a miserable time, I ended up stealing a glass drunk. This time, I went out for soup! Pictures of the bonfires to follow