Wonders of wonders...

Wonders of wonders! My boss is away for the weekend! When the cat is away, the mice will play... muahahahah!!! YESH!!! MERDEKA!!! I am freeeeeeeeeeeEEEEE!!!!!

Okay, enough of that. The past few days have been a sort of digital artists' euphoria for me! Playing with the new tablet which my company got recently, is simply... wonderful! I'm wondering why I never thought I getting one earlier. Shucks... Soon, there will be images being posted on this site! Muahahah!!! Watch this space...

Now, for Canadian updates...

Ottawa...

Morning beckons... it was early. The wind blows... it was cold. The taxi driver knocked on the door and seemed somewhat agitated by our 'asian' lack of punctuality. We didn't care...

Reached the airport, and checked in. Had breakfast, then boarded the plane to Ottawa. Phhhwiiiiish!!! Reached Ottawa. Took shuttle bus to town. Walked insanely long road carrying insanely heavy luggage. Arms grew two inches in diameter.

Reached dodgy looking 'guest' house. House was situated next to PM's residence. Nothing to shout about after seeing the inside. The place was musty! And dodgy! It stank!

Met the very first of many other 'challenges' regarding accomodation! Apparently the culure here is such that if you booked for two people, you get a room for two. No way you can suggle in twenty people like most Malaysians do. Hence, when we booked a room for two, we got ... (taaa daaaaa!!!) a room for TWO!!! Cool eh? So after a lenghty discussion, and thanks to our host's understanding of our 'asian' lack of moral values, he finally came to an agreement with us. Plus, the guest house wasn't really full at the time, so he decided we could 'rent' two more 'beds'.

After trying to settle in, we decided to move along to the town. Upon arrival, Agent Cryptobia called her friend, and that is how we eventually met MichaelAngelo 'not-the-ninja-turtle-and-not-the-artist' (name changed to protect identity). He shall henceforth be known simply as Mike.

Mike is a cool guy who's very into comics. So needless to say, I had a great time discussing with him the evolution of comics and of nostalgic and historic events in the comics industry. We headed down to the market place, where we looked around and enjoyed the beautiful and now warm Canadian weather.

Stopped by a shop to get some gelato, a type of ice-cream that's so compact, there are no air bubbles in between. I had the peanut butter chocolate flavour and have been experiencing the after effects (coughing) until now. Then we headed towards the Marche (it means market in French) restaurant, where we had lunch. After that, we took a walk to see the parliament building.

After that, the 'mother' wanted some Malaysian food, and backed by Agent Cryptobia and the Box, (notice it's always the women who want the local food? Exception is Agent Cryptobia, who hasn't seen the light reflect off a roti canai in ages) Kalamari, a.k.a. E-gore, a.k.a. Porter boy, a.k.a. He-who-shall-not-be-included-in-room-bookings-and-shall-be-smuggled-in, a.k.a. The writer, had no choice but to follow.

After a long bus trip, we finally arrived. We sat, we ordered, we ate. Nuff said. We took the bus back and somehow made our way back to the guest house. There, we enjoyed the mustiness of the room and finally slept mainly due to exhaustion. Tommorrow, we visit museums.... how interesting...