Monthly Archives: April 2006

     After my retirement, I have more time to stroll in the shopping in my neighborhood during the “normal work hours”. Last week, I saw something that I expected but had not noticed before.      I was in the Medical … Continue reading →

     It is now almost 3 weeks since I returned to Vancouver. However, I think I am still in the transition period of settling down to routine retiree life. In my case, it is much more complicated as I have … Continue reading →

     Last night my daughter Sylvia called and suggested to meet for family dinner. We met at our usual Vietnamese restaurant on Kingsway and 33rd, which we went just about every time I came back from Ottawa for the last … Continue reading →

     There are now only two more weeks to do my tax return. For the last few days, I slowly put the tax stuff together to prepare do my returns. Yesterday, I collected all the tax forms like T4 and T5s … Continue reading →

     For people who planned their retirement, they would get an estimate for the pension amount for a proposed date of retirement. Then they would look at it and decide whether really to retire on that date or not (depending … Continue reading →

     Time seems to go very fast and before I know it, I am already two weeks into retirement. For the last two weeks, I have been busy with the typical “work” associated with my move from Ontario back to … Continue reading →

     Last fall, the gas company said they would come to replace the gas meter. They told my wife to shut off all the gas appliances in the house and they would re-lit their pilots after they finished to make … Continue reading →

     Today I started to tidy up my music CD collection. I need to catalogue them and convert them into MP3 so I can play on my computers and MP3 players.One of the things that I wanted to do in … Continue reading →

     Our credit card would expire at the end of this month. The renewal cards arrived this morning and my wife asked me to call the cable and telephone companies to update the expiry date information as we have automatic … Continue reading →

     I sent 7 parcels during my last week in Ottawa (see blog March 28). Last week, they all arrived. The postman delivered to the door and so we did not have to go to the post office to pick … Continue reading →