Beer!

Man....

It's cack and boring being in an empty house, with one gaming chair, and a TV. The laptop is a pain to use, hunched over the 'foot stand', and my Xbox doesn't work with the power here.
Trying to get a new power supply from eBay.
Cannot wait until my stuff arrives!!

Beer is encroaching back into my life... good times, however beer is encroaching back into my life... bad times!

After work, it seems pretty grim to head home and sit in an empty room, so on Tuesday I went to Doolys for a quick sharp half. Paul, who looks like Charlton Heston and Gordon (not my boss, but an old bloke) were there and we were discussing the different pool rules. They seemed intrigued by the 'Northern ' up our way' UK rules', so gave it a try.
So we played pool, drank beer and I crawled home at 1:30am.

Wednesday, Matt sends an MSN message saying that Churchills, the pub, the 'British' pub, is curry night. This happens but once a week. So we head there for a curry. The place was jammed, and we had to wait well over an hour before we were seated. Stella costs $7.50!!!!
Have no choice but to give in to Molson soon:(
Anyway Viabhav (I think that's how you spell it :) ), another Indian guy from work turns up with his friends. So you've got the 3 Asian guys in Charlottetown, all in craving a good curry.
Well.... There once as an Indian place apparently, but it's gone now, so this is the 'only place to get a curry'. And not just any curry according to locals and immigrants alike... a traditional 'British' curry... because apparently that's what we are all about in the UK... beer and curry... I thought it was Fish n' Chips... but anyway...

The choice then.... potato skins and other random fried stuff for starters...
Korma, Madras or Tikka Masala. The good thing was that it was 2 for 1, so only cost about 11 bucks. The bad thing was that for less than 11 bucks I could have bought some Uncle Bens and had a better time. It was full of sharp tomato, and very sweet.

The best you're going to get 'on the island'.... so I cannot wait for my spices and wife to arrive :)
Matt has already been invited to get his arse round as soon as the spices arrive and make a chicken curry... proper.

Then last night I head to the bank to see about getting a Visa card. You see you 'need' one here. Sadly the bank charges, just to have an account and use it ($12.95 per month) to have unlimited transactions. The minimum was $3.95 per month, and that meant you can do 10 transactions... so getting money from the wall is a transaction, and so is purchasing food from the grocer's say.
So if you go to the super market, buy stuff, then realised you forgot milk, go back and use your card again, that's 2 transactions gone. Once you've used your 10, it costs per transaction.
It's all very pantz, so I went for unlimited, however - the card is not Visa, and Switch/Maestro doesn't exist here. There's an equivalent, but not so abundant.
Anyway, I chose TD as my bank because they're open until 8pm, so I go there and... it's closed.
Due to storm.
There had been a downfall of snow during the day, about 4 inches at least in the town.
So I headed back and saw Doolys open, so popped in, for a quick sharp half.

Some Scottish bloke soon heads over, Rory, who knows my boss Gordon and starts buying me beer. Well... I rolled out at 11pm, sauntered back and watched American Idol.

Matt wants to go out tonight... 'oi vey' more beer!!

The alternative... sit in an empty room on a gaming chair, with no games console...

A word to anyone thinking of leaving your country for a new job. Send your stuff well before you leave and bring your wife and kid with you!!