Hmmmmm
I knew it had been a while since i updated this blog, but didn't realise just how long ago it was. Oooops
I guess I will explain a little on what we have been doing lately. The weekend of
22nd April we went to Barnsley and spent with Graeme. We watched him play cricket and then went out for tea and had a look around the city of Barnsley. Barnsley is a lot bigger than i thought it was going to be. I was expecting a little town like Skipton but i was surprised. They actually had a KFC and a McDonalds. It works out well because i think it would be a touch boring living in some of the smaller towns that you find around.
After the weekend we went and saw another Manchester United match. We saw them play Middlesborough this time. Mark Viduka plays for them so we were kinda expecting to see him play. He didn't. As Middlesborough had made the UEFA Cup Final they rested all their quality players. Once again, we saw a game that ended in a nill all draw. At least this match actually was a bit more interesting and had more chances. A goal still would have been nice to see.
We spent a fair bit of time looking for jobs and looking around Manchester. One day on the bus ride into town a saw a poster on a fish and chip shop window for the 'Buddy Holly Musical'. I was so excited!! It was that week so we organised tickets to get see that on the Saturday 29th April.
During the week of job looking there was one agency that had a data entry job which i could do. Basic work, but it was money and something we need. After a week of we'll call you this afternoon, and then calling the next day, i eventually began work. I am working for Barclays Bank and working in Salford Quays. Nice little area just out of town. From where i work on the 6th floor i can see Old Trafford, the Manchester United stadium. Its a really nice area so can look down the river, see a mall and a theatre which is were Buddy Holly show is. More info on the area can viewed at http://www.thequays.org.uk/
The Buddy Holly show was pretty cool. I was humming and singing Buddy Holly songs all that week so someone was getting a little annoyed with the fact i wouldn't shut up. The show itself was pretty cool. It just went over the story of his life mixed with his songs. I guess its why its called a Musical. After the show we had to go shopping as i needed stuff for work. We walked into the first shop and they were also playing Buddy Holly songs. Funny...
The 4th of May saw a monumental occassion in the city of Manchester. Well it wasn't very
important for me but Renee thought it was. I am speaking of Take That coming back to their home town and performing their first concert here in over 10 years. Sadly... We were there. We didn't have the best tickets but they were cheapies bought on ebay. Paid less than what the real price to buy them through ticketmaster would have been. It was actually a little interesting to see them. Renee enjoyed the show while i secretly kept hoping Robbie Williams would appear. He didn't. Still... We have tickets to see them again on the 21st May so maybe he will be there then.
The weekend just gone we decided to go down to London. When we first arrived in the UK we saw One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest with Christian Slater. Renee is a big fan so we decided at some stage we would get back down there and see it. It was back for a 10 week period and finishes early June so it was either this weekend or not at all. Initally we booked a bus down there leaving at 6:45am on the Saturday morning but then found we couldn't get into town to catch the bus so we had to change to the 9am bus. Problem was that it arrived in London at 1:30pm and the show started at 3pm. Not much time but it was the only option.
We caught a bus early from our house into town to catch the London bus. The bus got stuck at road works and for a while it looked like we might miss our buss to London. In the end we got there and it was all fine. The London bus we found out was broken down so they had a temp bus instead. We started off and hit delays. We ended up making a toilet stop as this bus didn't have a toilet and by the time we got to London it was 2:30pm only leaving us 30 minutes to get to the show. We caught a taxi and got to Picadilly Circus. We then went searching for our theatre and after asking a couple of people we found it. We picked up our tickets and sat down at about 3:05pm. Luckily the show had started yet. We were only sitting for about 1 minute before the show started so we were fairly lucky.
That night we saw Blue Man Group (http://www.bluemangroup.co.uk/) as well which was cool. We stayed the night in a cheap hotel right on Picadilly Circus. I booked through a discount website and paid £39 for the room for the night. Pretty cool considering when we check in the priceboard behind reception had £89 as the price. Sweet!!
We got up the next morning and walked down and saw the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Interesting to see, but after a while it got a touch boring. We got a few photos though so i guess something mildly interesting came out of it. We caught our bus home and this time it was running on time. Got back to Manchester late Sunday night.
That Monday morning i went to work and Renee was still unemployed. By the time i finished work Renee had a job and was also finishing for the day. She is currently a receptionist in a Hydraulics place. Sounds like the job might only be temporary but its more money coming in at the moment.
So at the moment everything is going well. We are both well and everything is slowly sorting itself out. Any emails that come in I have been replying to but haven't sent many others. Write and say hello and let me know how everyone is going.
In short... What we have planned for the next few weeks
Sunday May 21st - Take That
Saturday May 27th - Unicef Soccer Aid Charity Match
http://www.unicef.org.uk/socceraid/
Thursday June 8th - Sunday June 11th - Dublin and see Robbie Williams Concert
Friday 16th June - Sunday 18th June - London to see my parents
I guess I will explain a little on what we have been doing lately. The weekend of
22nd April we went to Barnsley and spent with Graeme. We watched him play cricket and then went out for tea and had a look around the city of Barnsley. Barnsley is a lot bigger than i thought it was going to be. I was expecting a little town like Skipton but i was surprised. They actually had a KFC and a McDonalds. It works out well because i think it would be a touch boring living in some of the smaller towns that you find around.After the weekend we went and saw another Manchester United match. We saw them play Middlesborough this time. Mark Viduka plays for them so we were kinda expecting to see him play. He didn't. As Middlesborough had made the UEFA Cup Final they rested all their quality players. Once again, we saw a game that ended in a nill all draw. At least this match actually was a bit more interesting and had more chances. A goal still would have been nice to see.
We spent a fair bit of time looking for jobs and looking around Manchester. One day on the bus ride into town a saw a poster on a fish and chip shop window for the 'Buddy Holly Musical'. I was so excited!! It was that week so we organised tickets to get see that on the Saturday 29th April.
During the week of job looking there was one agency that had a data entry job which i could do. Basic work, but it was money and something we need. After a week of we'll call you this afternoon, and then calling the next day, i eventually began work. I am working for Barclays Bank and working in Salford Quays. Nice little area just out of town. From where i work on the 6th floor i can see Old Trafford, the Manchester United stadium. Its a really nice area so can look down the river, see a mall and a theatre which is were Buddy Holly show is. More info on the area can viewed at http://www.thequays.org.uk/
The Buddy Holly show was pretty cool. I was humming and singing Buddy Holly songs all that week so someone was getting a little annoyed with the fact i wouldn't shut up. The show itself was pretty cool. It just went over the story of his life mixed with his songs. I guess its why its called a Musical. After the show we had to go shopping as i needed stuff for work. We walked into the first shop and they were also playing Buddy Holly songs. Funny...The 4th of May saw a monumental occassion in the city of Manchester. Well it wasn't very
important for me but Renee thought it was. I am speaking of Take That coming back to their home town and performing their first concert here in over 10 years. Sadly... We were there. We didn't have the best tickets but they were cheapies bought on ebay. Paid less than what the real price to buy them through ticketmaster would have been. It was actually a little interesting to see them. Renee enjoyed the show while i secretly kept hoping Robbie Williams would appear. He didn't. Still... We have tickets to see them again on the 21st May so maybe he will be there then.The weekend just gone we decided to go down to London. When we first arrived in the UK we saw One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest with Christian Slater. Renee is a big fan so we decided at some stage we would get back down there and see it. It was back for a 10 week period and finishes early June so it was either this weekend or not at all. Initally we booked a bus down there leaving at 6:45am on the Saturday morning but then found we couldn't get into town to catch the bus so we had to change to the 9am bus. Problem was that it arrived in London at 1:30pm and the show started at 3pm. Not much time but it was the only option.
We caught a bus early from our house into town to catch the London bus. The bus got stuck at road works and for a while it looked like we might miss our buss to London. In the end we got there and it was all fine. The London bus we found out was broken down so they had a temp bus instead. We started off and hit delays. We ended up making a toilet stop as this bus didn't have a toilet and by the time we got to London it was 2:30pm only leaving us 30 minutes to get to the show. We caught a taxi and got to Picadilly Circus. We then went searching for our theatre and after asking a couple of people we found it. We picked up our tickets and sat down at about 3:05pm. Luckily the show had started yet. We were only sitting for about 1 minute before the show started so we were fairly lucky.
That night we saw Blue Man Group (http://www.bluemangroup.co.uk/) as well which was cool. We stayed the night in a cheap hotel right on Picadilly Circus. I booked through a discount website and paid £39 for the room for the night. Pretty cool considering when we check in the priceboard behind reception had £89 as the price. Sweet!!
We got up the next morning and walked down and saw the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Interesting to see, but after a while it got a touch boring. We got a few photos though so i guess something mildly interesting came out of it. We caught our bus home and this time it was running on time. Got back to Manchester late Sunday night.
That Monday morning i went to work and Renee was still unemployed. By the time i finished work Renee had a job and was also finishing for the day. She is currently a receptionist in a Hydraulics place. Sounds like the job might only be temporary but its more money coming in at the moment.
So at the moment everything is going well. We are both well and everything is slowly sorting itself out. Any emails that come in I have been replying to but haven't sent many others. Write and say hello and let me know how everyone is going.
In short... What we have planned for the next few weeks
Sunday May 21st - Take That
Saturday May 27th - Unicef Soccer Aid Charity Match
http://www.unicef.org.uk/socceraid/
Thursday June 8th - Sunday June 11th - Dublin and see Robbie Williams Concert
Friday 16th June - Sunday 18th June - London to see my parents
