Latest News 24 October 2005

Yeah I know its been quite on the blogging front, so apologies for that!

Life news:

Things at home are pretty good although the weather has definately taken a change for the colder. Having said that its still great to have sunshine in late October. I am finally starting work on my garden, wasnt sure where the main water pipe ran and like a prized wally found it with the pick whilst i was digging the garden. Manage to get it fixed with help of a friend. I am returning to the UK for three weeks but on my return I shall get the remainder of the garden, grass, plants, patio etc.... I have also started to go to local restaurants to find some good grub. Not done too badly so far although it would be great to find a decent Chinese restaurant somewhere, if anyone knows one, let me know. I do like my food and however great spanish food is, its nice to have a variety.

My spanish is coming along slowly but I dont need to tell anyone living locally the fun we have with understanding what comes when you ask a question. Where I am in Andalucia (for those not familiar with the area) the locals speak very fast (muy rapido) and have a tendency to miss the letter "S" from a lot of words and they also shorten the sentences, this makes learning a little more difficult. I am getting better with spanish people I chat with on MSN because its all written and gives you time to think of an answer. If only real life was like that, especially when you are in the queue at the supermarket and the check out person asks you a question, only to go bright red because there is a queue of people behind you..... aaaargh!

Work news:

The website is gathering pace slowly. I am currently without internet access at home but am able to use a friends connection, which is not ideal but a start. Most of the time I am updating the database. Everyone gets a free listing on the site. The word on the street is positive, most people like the look and feel and find it easy to navigate around. Admittedly its early days still for me so I am still ironing out the hiccups but ithink that is natural. I finally got around to updating the Links page and I have also added a new section for classifieds.

Well thats it for the moment, will keep you posted of further developments either at home or work. Please feel free to say hello and add your comments.

I was asked the other day if I was going to add a forum and decided not to but if there is something you would like to see on the site then let me know and I will see what I can do.

Catch you soon.......

David