The City of Mississauga wanted about a week in order to make a decision regarding their vacancy in Purchasing. After a little over a week, and having heard nothing from them, I called them and asked for the status. Continue reading
Autobiography
Dear Diary – Page 103 (1975)
Getting to and from work was an adventure as it dictated me using the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) which, during October, necessitated standing outside and waiting for the appropriate bus in clothes that were suitable for the climate! Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 102 (1975)
Working for the North York Board of Education as my first job (albeit short term) in Canada, was quite the experience. Continue reading
Ray – The Book update 6
As we are getting very close to establishing a book release date, I thought that you guys deserved a bonus – two stories in one! Continue reading
Brilliant (Ray) Sherlock!
This will be quite a brief Post because it recounts an event that I did not witness, so will be short on some of the details however… Continue reading
Ray – The Book update 5
This is another extract from Ray’s (soon to be available) book, which I am using to shamelessly promote same! Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 101 (1975)
Continued from Dear Diary – Page 100
At breakfast the following day, I was told to pack sufficient clothes for a few days as the family were all going to a cottage on a lake in the country, and I was expected to go with them. My initial reaction was to politely decline because my main priority had to be getting some work however, I had apparently landed at Thanksgiving so I couldn’t do any job hunting for a day or two anyway, and they were insistent on my joining them at their cottage. Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 100 (1975)
Continued from Dear Diary – Page 99
I showed them my documents which confirmed that I had been approved as a landed immigrant but, for some reason, they felt it necessary to question it. “Where have you come from? Where are you going? Where’s your family? Where did you live in England? Is anybody meeting you here?” Continue reading
Dear Diary – Page 99 (1975)
Continuation from Dear Diary – Page 98
This being my first time to use Heathrow Airport as a traveler, it was a pretty daunting experience made more so by the knowledge that this was going to be a one-way trip! Continue reading
Ray – The Book update 4
The book’s final changes have been submitted to Friesen Press and so, subject to no oversights, I will be “signing off” the book which will then take us to the next stage which is agreeing on the cost price for the soft copy, hard copy and eBook! Continue reading
A New Direction Perhaps? 