Goodbyes....

Well in the last few days here I've said proper goodbye's to many people. And it's really starting to hit me. I'm going to be leaving this whole life behind. Sue I've just been working in England but I've made friends, confidants, people I've shared my life story with and them the same. I've made real connections with people I work with, hangout with, or literally meet on the street. Sure England couldn't give me the weather i wanted but it's given so much more. The relationships that I've made here will last a very long time, and that's the hard part. To be in someone's life then to leave it within a few days. To all English people whom I've made friends with or literally just chatted to in the shop thank-you all for a wonderful experience and a great year. England i will miss you. Shout out to all Gul Falmouth Staff Guy, James, Carmen, Jon, Rach and my boys here Lee, Ash, Rob, Saf, Ducky, Fraiser and the girls (not in that way) Pops, T, Meg, Lex, Christina, and Sophie and all of the Blue house girls!! Cheers!

I freakin love longboarding....

I have really started to get good at this. Longboarding down the street to work is what wakes me up in the morning. Literally I will prop my head up look the crack between the shades and the window and if I see a nice bright light you know its on! This video is of just half of my journey but I'm going to try again tomorrow to get some better footage of my ride to work!

Just take a look into how many people I annoy in this one, just another day in the life of Andrew haha!

The Scare......

So as some of you may know already I had a scare from back home. My mom started having some pain in her chest and soon realized that she needed to do something about it. Sister called the ambulance, dad and sis waiting whilst mom got lifted onto the gurney. She spent the night in hospital just getting checks done to see if she may have had a heart attack or not. It was slightly inconclusive that night but they are continuing to look into it.

I've learnt two things from this. Don't go away. It has killed me being in England whilst big and major events happen back home. My auntie died, another had a stroke, a good and long friend died, Owen's 2nd birthday (haven't been to one yet: ENGLAND!), birth of Lillian, and finally my mom's scare. I've lived the life over in England but i need to go home. I need to see my family, tackle my dogs, NOT USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!

But the most important is to take care of myself. That's not just my body but other people in which are deeply rooted within me. My parents, my sisters, nephew, niece. I have a mission to keep this people in the utmost care. Starting when I get home the exercise regiment will start, the constant vigilance over ones health will start.

So to all of you out there chowing down on the sweets and stuff. YOU CAN but make sure that extra bit gets worked off later!

Living in Prairie Manitoba...

As you all know my home is Winnipeg, Manitoba. And right now I live in what you could call the opposite climate to it. England is nice for those who don't like extreme weather, which in most cases, is everyone! But if you are one for plus 40's to a staggering minus 40's then Winnipeg is where you are home! We can get excruciatingly hot summer that turn into absolutely subzero nights; Season's that change in a day; flash floods; super chills; heat waves; tornado's; anything mother nature has in her arsenal.
This is the July 1oth storm approaching a little town close to Winnipeg. It ended up forming a tornado but I just had to blog about it because it just goes to show the ridiculous weather we can get in Manitoba.

Dream Land...

Have you ever felt that your life, your memories, and all the people, places, and things around are just a figment of your imagination. That all of this just a dream. Travel with me for a second here. What if you are dreaming this; The screen you are reading, the thoughts being conjured in your mind are merely just a dream. Don't put it past the human mind to construct a world in which every one of your senses tells you it is real. We've all had those dreams; Those eerily real dreams in which reality gets slightly distorted and your dream world imprints into your real world. So what if we are trapped in a very ordinary comfortable dream world, sleeping away. So one can think; if we are in a dream world, what happens when we die? In this thought you could presume that we would wake up in the next 'level' up. This could very well be how it all works.

After seeing the movie inception it gave my mind a jolt. I have had these thoughts before but never had I had something so well placed, so well designed to illustrate my thoughts. I'm sure every one of us have had these thoughts and doubts if we truly are in the 'real' world. Inception was a breath taking experience in to the power of the human mind and what it is capable of. The explanation or in fact the manipulation of dreams and thoughts was not groundbreaking but relative and easy to understand. Thoughts and idea's being directly affected by your dreams, and visa versa. Because we all know if we have a stressful day it will play out into a dream we may have.

It's curios to think of what this life really is. Some say religion, others say nothing, but rarely do we hear that this life is not life at all. How scary would it be to finally wake up right now, realizing all of this was a dream. The human mind is wondrous and frightening all at the same time...

Racism....

Tooday i was a victim. Yes me the Canadian was a victim of Racism. I mean in full honesty the man was probably kidding but you could tell it was said with a little too much venom. He pretty much told me I didn't belong in England. Come on we live in a world where every country established country is multicultural. Plus who has ANY beef with a Canadian, maybe Russian because we kick their asses in hockey but seriously is the anything wrong with a Canadian.

Racism has been a big discussion for quite sometime. For example, it is actually racist to believe that the white population of the US is going to become extinct and whites have to fight back? I think so, let nature take its course, skin colour has nothing ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with anything any more. The only people who actually care about the skin colour of a person are those who a under educated, unworldly, and ignorant in all things.

But this leads me to another question. Is it really racist to say such comments as the man above. I thought about this more when i got home and really asked my self if it was actually racist. I don't Canadians are a race but more so the man was ultimately rude, and uninviting.

Being for a country in which multiculturalism is HIGHLY and WIDELY accepted it was hard to take. I'm still not yet rounded on the all the words but I think i better word for it would be that the man was being over nationalistic. Meh, i think the next time someone is about to buy something from me and completely insult the land i call home, they won't be wearing those DuBarry's that day!

I WANT TO BE FAMOUS!

I want to be famous so badly. I was talking to Guy today about his little visit to freakin Buckingham Palace, and being treated like royalty. I really want someone to be holding a door open for me and saying 'welcome Mr.Moffatt' before I've even entered the building. Someone to 'top up' my drink, or to have everything in the world pretty much complimentary. How sweeet would it be to be the queen for instance, pretty sure if she wanted someone to dance on a table for two hours it would happen! The Queen is my example only because of Guy's wickedly famous experience at Buckingham palace. Strolling out the gates with people taking pictures of you after you've only given a presentation to Prince Andrew. And in classic Guy fashion he asked the prince "and how are your daughters?" You dog you haha. Anyway's if someone needs someone who's 6ft tall, about 180 pounds, named Andrew Moffatt from Winnipeg, Manitoba, I WILL BE YOUR MAN!!