You wouldn't think that a year that started with getting thrown of of my band would turn out to be so much fun but hey, it did.
The Trip
The first few weeks of the year were spent waiting to find out if I'd get approval to go work in Canada. Then it got approved and we had to wait and see if the Canadian Government…
I was lucky enough to get the chance to come and work and live in Toronto for 4 months. Since I'm about to get shipped off home, I thought it might be useful to put together some info and tips about (aboot) living here.
Bear in mind that I've been living downtown, so this is very much from a non-suburbs point of…
It’s amazing how quickly four months can pass. It seems like no time at all since I had to don the heavy coat, gloves and scarf to head in to the IBI Group Toronto office for orientation but, here I am now at the last day of my secondment and only a few days before leaving the country.
To be honest, I'm absolutely…
So, my work does a weekly internal newsletter where they include a staff profile. This week it was my turn. The questions towards the end were submitted by colleagues. You'll probably be able to tell where the standard questions end and those begin.
Name:
Kevin Wilson
Position in Company:
Consultant / .NET Developer…
I like learning new things. I've been like that as far as I can remember, from getting a “How Does It Work?” massive textbook-like tome when I was about 8 or 9 which, despite the intonation of the title, actually did a pretty good job of explaining how things actually worked from how they made Christopher Reeves fly…
Just since various people have asked me:
1. Where are you going?
To work out of my company’s head office in Toronto for a few months.
2. Why Canada?
I've always wanted to visit there and to try living and working in another country so this is a perfect combination of both.
3. What about your wife?
She’s coming with…
Just some thoughts.
Terminator 2 is better than the original Terminator.
Wayne's World 2 is much better and has far cleverer jokes than Wayne's World.
Even with the Ewoks, Return of the Jedi is a better film than The Empire Strikes Back.
The Last Crusade is the best of the Indiana Jones films.
What's the Story…
In just over 3 weeks, I’ve lost two of my family - my Uncle Danny and my papa. It’s not really sunk in yet that I’ll not get to speak to either of them again but I’m sure it will in time.
I feel sad about it all, of course, but, looking at these photos, I keep remembering all the good times we had - trips to the…
Hope you have a good one, everybody!
I’ve just finished reading “Are You Dave Gorman?” where Dave and his flatmate Danny travel the world trying to meet his (Dave’s) namesakes so thought I’d try and put together a list of the other Kevin Wilsons out there. Or, at least, the ones with websites.
This should also be handy for the dozen or so people who come…
You have brought me to such despair that seemed gone, lost in the shining light I had found.
For a moment a raging anger casts a shadow upon my faith
But passes quickly with the love I have for my true saviour.
And to future people yet unknown I vow to hear your prayers and wrest you from the evil scourge of…