Robots, White Trash and Ottawa Fog

The January thaw as it's called has arrived in Canada's capital city and it's damn wet. All this week temps are hovering around the 10c mark which is a bit of a climatic rollercoaster ride considering it was close to -30c just a week ago! So, it looks like there'll be no skating on the Rideau Canal this week or the next few. I'm hoping the Canal will be frozen so Mai and I have a chance to do some skating before she heads back to Japan.


What's this?? It's the view from my apartment window this afternoon. Normally there's a nice view of Ottawa, but today the fog was thicker than pea soup. What wonderful winter weather we have.


Normally a beautiful site, here's the locks at the Rideau Canal beside the Chateau Laurier Hotel this afternoon. Sure doesn't feel like Winter.


I was going through some of the piles of old footage I have on my laptop and came across this little snipit this afternoon. I took it when I was in Shibuya in Tokyo last Spring. I thought it was mildly amusing.

The little "robot flagman" at the construction site was just weird. The "White Trash Charm Japan" jewelry shop in Rypongi was also a nice hoot. Gotta love Japlish!!


Well, back to school nice and early tomorrow morning. It's going to be rough waking up at 6:30am after such a long and relaxing vacation. Lots of new courses and projetcs on their way, all designed to make me a better teacher I suppose. Sounds like a few of them will be pretty cool and a few others...well, I'm just not sure at all what to expect.