ROC solid weekend....JIGGA WHAT???

K I don't even know where to begin with this post, I think I'm still bouncing from the Jay Z concert I was at last night, Jigga What? Jigga Who?...k that said I'll get going on the post...So weekend started off with a romantic dinner with my flatmates Mark and Paul at pizza express...then we headed back to the flat to play a little poker for a few hours with a few blokes...I was out second of course cause I have no patience for poker...then once Paul got knocked we headed to the bar to meet up with some south Americans he met a week ago...had some more drinks and ended up chilling at their place till about 430...all in all a pretty fun night, oh yeah turned out on of the girls we met up with is dating a guy on my vball team...small world...

So the weekend got off to a pretty good start, then I got a phone call from the legend Pat Healey who had an extra ticket for the Arsenal football match in the new Emirates stadium which is SIC...So headed into London around 1pm to meet up with Pat and his boys for the game...I roll up to the stadium to meet Pat and there is a sea of red jersey's (60,000+ to be exact)...the stadium is brand new and absolutely amazing...we walk in and come through the hall and into the stadium and I was blown away by the size of the place...take a look at the picture below...so Arsenal went on to destroy Sheffield United 3 - 0 and I gotta say, people in Canada get into hockey games and go crazy but I have never seen people go as mental as I did at the football game...the British are BAT SHIT CRAZY about football, so much fun to be a part of...anyways the game was really cool then we headed off to a pub for a few drinks...well about 6 pints...but who's counting...well we all know Cunningham would be, "I've had 5 beers, 2 tequila shots, 3 jager bombs, 2 red bull vodkas, and 4 rye and sev's...I'm soooo shmammered"...oh how I miss making fun of you Matty...but yeah we had some drinks and bounced around some pubs/bars in London..even tried some strawberry beer (kinda weird)...then I booked back home on the train...

Sunday was pretty chill, slept in and watched some more football...Sunday night however was EPIC...me and Mark had tickets to the Jay Z concert (thanks Paul real shame you had to give those away haha)in Wembley arena...WOW best concert I have ever seen...the show kicked off at around 730pm with Kano as the first opening act (sick mc from London)...he was then followed with Lupe Fiasco KICK PUSH KICK PUSH KICK PUSH COOOOOOAST...followed by UK legend Tim Westwood spinning...then out came the Jigga man himself and I think the roof was nearly blown off, it was so crazy, 20000+ people going mental...and as if all that wasn't enough about half way through out blasts NAS and the stadium errupted!!! Him and Jay went on to spit a verse together in a one-off performance of 'Dead Presidents II'...EPIC is all I can say...then after Nas leaves, as if the show could get any better out comes Beyonce too "Bonnie and Clyde" and I gotta say she is hotter in person than on TV...Jay did a few more songs and guess what he came back to do for the Encore...If i have to tell you then you are dumb and don't deserve to know...j/k...well kinda...it was Encore...anyways show was amazing and capped off one of the best weekends ever...I LOVE LONDON...HOLLA AT CHA BOY

The Office...well my office...not the show

K due to popular demand (my mum) I am putting up a couple shots so you all can see my place of work...ENJOY!

Skype is Hype

Aight so finally got Skype all set up on my lap top...I have had a built in a mic the whole time...I'm an idiot...leason learned...but yeah if you wanna set up skype go to www.skype.com and my contact name is SCUTTER...so yeah got a bunch of credit so I'll be calling y'all soon enough...if you are important enuf to warrant a call...j/k we all know im desperate for friends...

Oh yeah played vball on monday and looks like I'll be getting put on the div 1 team as of thursday which is really wicked, I'll get to play in a good mens league...that's not gay is it? Also played some football last night...gonna be the keeper for my flatmates team which will be fun...as long as I dont suck...haha so we played on this fucked up turf stuff with sand all over it...it's like diving on sand paper..my knees got scraped up to fuck...now they resemble the knees of a hooker from east hastings...or one of your mothers ZING...K on that wicked burn I'm gonna get back to work...have a good week and Hola at me on SKYPE CAUSE ITS HYPE...MIKE SCUTT LYRICAL GENIUS!

ZEEE GERRRRRRRMANS

Aight so it's been a little while since the last post and I know you are all so very eager to hear about the trials and tribulations of Michael James Scutt!!! As you know from my last couple posts, I got to go to Germany last weds and thurs for work/fun...

Well it went pretty damn good, Frankfurt is a really nice city, even tho it is full of Germans (apparently if you are British you aren't supposed to like Germans, there were a couple big wars with them around the 30's or something, something about some guy named Adolf)...anyways the city was really cool, I got in around 3pm on Wednesday and left the hotel to tour the city around 4...Spent about 4 hours just walking around takin pics and enjoying the scene...it's really multicultural there as well, kinda reminded me a bit of van city...oh yeah they drive on the right side of the road there which was a nice change, I can't even count the number of times I've nearly been hit crossing the road England cause of the whole driving on the left thing...so yeah after my long walk had some dinner and headed back to the hotel to prep for Thursday’s training session with the good folks of Lufthansa airlines (ps they are a sweet airline to fly, leather seats, good service, runs on time...much respect...and I'm not just saying that cause they are one of our clients)...so got up bright and early the next day to grab some grub and head to the Lufthansa training center at Frankfurt airport...got there at 9 and met up with Pia the marketing head for Lufthansa and got set up to train to about 10 students...so I've never actually trained people before or been any kind of teacher, always been the last person you want to listen to or else the person giving the teacher a hard time...so this was a pretty big change of pace for me, and I now have a lot more respect for teachers...that shit is tough, you got a couple smart kids and few not so smart ones, and trying to keep everyone at the same place and at the same pace is pretty tough and very frustrating...but I made it through the day relatively smoothly and found out I get to do it all over again for one of our other clients in a few weeks...good lord what have I gotten myself into...oh yeah met a pretty cool guy who works in Sweden for Lufthansa and is a snowboarding instructor (or was) but rides in Switzerland all the time and I think I'm gonna head over there to meet up with him and show him how we do it in Canada...or at least how someone from Canada can do it poorly...but yeah from the training session caught my flight back to London and low and behold I ended up on the same flight sitting next to Pia the marketing head...ended up having a great chat with her and getting some good feedback for when I next have to train people, which is always good...anyways landed in London caught my bus home and crashed hard...

Woke up Friday with a cold so called in sick for work and chilled at the house all day...then went out with the roomies in the evening and proceeded to get very drunk and stagger (or cab...im not really sure cause i dont remember) home by myself...woke up around 1pm on sat watched some football and other bs on the tube then headed for a couple socials with the roommates and their buddies at some bar and came home around midnight...pretty chill night which was nice...Sunday got up and checked out a couple places to live, went for a run and chilled...that pretty much sums up my weekend, nothing too exciting at all cept I think I’ve found a place to live which will be a huge monkey off my back...

Oh yeah forgot to mention last week I went to vball on Monday night which was really fun...2 hours of training with drills and shit (haven’t done that since like high school, but it was a good workout) then an hour game...the people I played with were aight but nothing too competitive, however one of the guys there told me to come out on Thursdays to train and play with the div 1 or div 2 men’s team which will be really fun...it will be nice to play in a competitive men’s league instead of coed for once...not that there is anything wrong with playing with girls, just hate feeling bad when they catch a ball in the head (Perdo you of all people know what I’m talking about)...so yeah got some vball tonight which will be fun then, god help me, I’m playing football (soccer) with the roommates on a 5 a side league on Tuesdays...havnt played football in like a decade so this should be very fucking interesting...so yeah that is my life to date...hope you are all keeping real...talk to you soon...

Mr. Scutt

Weekend of London, London and more London

Hello ladies and chaps, so this weekend got a little out of hand...Started things off Friday night with a couple social red bulls and vodkas with the roomies, at which point when I asked "how are we getting home tonight when the trains don't run past 1am in London?"..."we catch the first train in the morning" (630am)...with that in mind I decided 4 or 5 cans of Red Bull should keep me up...so headed down to the train stations around 10pm to make the trek to the world renown Fabric night club in London () with a good buzz and a bottle of booze for the ride down...so we get there and there is the second longest line for a club I've ever seen...the first being the line for the killers on the Wednesday...so we grin and bear it (nice thing about England you can buy booze in the corner store and drink in the lineup)...so over an hour later we get in...The place was unreal 3 floors underground with each floor having a different killer DJ and was rotating all night...ended up shutting the place down at 6am with about 2000 other people then made the trek to the trains home...which resulted in me getting to bed at about 930am...not tired at all :|

Got woken up at about noon the same day to call from Josh's cousin Patrick who wanted me to come London to meet up with him and Josh’s sister Sarah...and me being me figured what the hell, I can sleep when I'm dead...so headed to Ikea with the flatmates in Wembley where i caught the tube into London to meet Pat in Piccadilly circus...hit up a massive sports bar with him and chatted it up while watching the football match (it was kinda packed, standing room only at 5pm on Saturday)...PS: Josh i had to tell him about when you got booed in Vegas, sorry bud but it's a great story...so yeah after the game me and Pat made our to Sarah's place in Putnam after watching some kid on the tube nearly get the shit kicked out of him for wearing the wrong football jersey...my first time seeing real life soccer hooligans (im sure it wont be the last)...So got to Sarah’s met her roomies had some beers then headed to some club in Clapham which was aight, but nothing compared to Fabric...made it a bit of an early night and headed to Pats to crash around 2...had some food chatted for a bit and passed out hard...

Sunday made the long ass trek home where i slept all day and watched the shield...was a pretty good first weekend experience in London, definitely be partying with Pat and Sarah again they good shit...Thanks for getting in touch with them Josh I owe ya! Anyways got some vball tonight and still trying to find a place to live...coming down tot he wire just a tad...but yeah I'm outa here, hope you all had a wicked weekend.

PEACE

A Phone finally...and what a phone!!!

So I'm finally connected to the world once again...I got my new phone today and it is SIC...3mp camera with flash, movie mode, blue tooth, mp3 player, etc...I didn't realize the phones here were this sweet...k I'm done, just got a bit excited it's been a week and a half with no cell...I have no idea how I’ve managed, how sad is that...Here is the number should anyone feel the need to holla at cha boyyyyyyyyy (this is how you dial it from Canada) 011-44-788 199-1341 oh yeah and my work number 011-44-118-902-6670...so now none have an excuse about not being able to get ahold of me...

Oh yeah had a pretty interesting night last night...so my flatmate got four free tix to see the killers and beck perform at a club in London for some TRL type show...Got really excited about heading down there with them to my first London concert...we get there and it turns out a lot of other people got free tix cause there was a line about 2 blocks long for both ticket holders and guest list people...turns out the killers and beck are somewhat popular here, who would have thought...so we had to go to plan B, headed to a pub in Camden and watched England kick the shit out of Macedonia...okay the score was only 1 - 0 but I hate Macedonia ever since the whole incident with them keeping me and Sara in police station for 11 hours...but i digress, the night ended being pretty fun, met some new peeps went to a couple pubs and saw a bit of London for the first time since I've been here...so yeah that is where I'm at now...Oh yeah just booked my flight for next week to Frankfurt Germany for my job cause apparently I'm ready to train one of our clients over there (Lufthansa Airlines)...so that should be interesting, get to have a little taste of Germany...

Anyways, that's all i got for now...so now i got my phone you can HOLLA AT CHA BOY (that was for you perdo)

Rockin Reading

Welp, I made it...sorta...got a bit lost on the way here with my Grandparents but one pit stop, two maps, one questioned pedestrian, and two hours later, we made it! Met the new flatmates Mark and Paul...couple of really cool english "blokes"...the place is pretty cool...never lived in a house that is over 100 years old...don't get the wrong idea it's just been renovated so it's really nice...location is sick, right in the town centre near the "Oracle" (the really cool place on the river where all the shopping and bars and restaurants are) got everything I need close by: gym, university, hospital, food, pubs, pubs and more pubs...so over all I'm really happy with the new digs

Sat night grew into a bit gong show...went to the nearest pub to watch England beat the shit out of Angola (yeah i know big deal...but a wins a win!)...then headed back to the flat and proceeded to polish off a bottle and a half of vodka with the roomies...we headed to a bar at the oracle then to some other club called the vodka room (more vodka than i could ever dream of)...night finished off with a pit stop for some chinese take out on the walk back to the house...

Woke up Sunday with a nasty hang over...but battled through it and headed the shops at the oracle to buy some fresh gear for work...3 hours and a couple hundred pounds later and I look fresh to death for the first day of work...oh yeah that night we went to...take a guess....that's right another pub for the trivia night...i was in heaven...you have some food, drink some beer...then all the tables in the pub play triva for a pound per person...we came 3rd to last but it's all good it was really fun...turns out im not the trival pursuit king of England...

Today is the first day of work...the new boss gave me a ride in his sic new GTI, they are very slow cars : ...met the new coworkers, everyone is really cool...the office is really sweet in this brand new building in the tech sectre of Reading...found out im gonna get a cell paid for by work so guess I won't have to worry about LD calling ;)

Anyways that's all i got for now...hope everyone had an awsome long weekend and I'll post on here again soon...CHEERS

32 hours with no sleep...but I'm here...

Well it may have taken awhile but I finally got to my Granddads house in Hertford, England on Tuesday at about 630pm...wasn't tired at all :

Before I give the run down of how things have gone here just wanted to say thanks to everyone. My last weekend...well summer...in Vancouver has been awsome it couldn't have gone better had I planned it...which as we all know is not something I'm any good at...cept for vacations when it's a Rupie/Bruce/Blizzy colabo...Specifically though I really want to thank all of you who came on Saturday night to my going away party at Video Monster (Duran and Naomi you did a phenomenal job THANKS)...The party went without a hitch (cept for the jackass who thought it would be funny to walk accross the roof of the laser) I had a chance to talk to and say bye to everyone which was great and hopefully you all had a chance to meet some new peeps...Anyways just wanted to give you all a big thanks and let you know you are all more than welcome to come stay at my place in England anytime you want...unless you sold out and didnt come to the party...j/k

So far England has been pretty mellow, was pretty overwhelmed when I got here and realized how much different it is and how I barely know anyone or where anything is...But I've got my shit together now, went into town yesterday with the folks had a couple pints and set up my bank account...though not in that order...checked out the local grocery store Tesco...that place is crazy huge and to be honest most of the food is cheaper here...as well as most other things...so not really sure why everyone says it's so pricey...no wait I remember GAS IS TWICE THE PRICE!!!

Wow the cell phones are sick here (most have at least 2 or 3 mp camera, and you can have video phone calls which is kinda werid but whatevs)...gonna have one early next week or this weekend...not really sure why the phones in Van are so much older than here but whatever, when in Rome....oh yeah and while im talking about phones I'll have a pretty sweet set up once I have my computer from work...I'm gonna use skype and set up a number in Van and one in Vic so all of you can call me whenever you want and it is the same as a regular local call for you...as long as I'm on the comp I can talk...cause that is where my headset will be...also when I got my bank account set up they threw in a sim card for cheap LD calling...so just when you thought you got rid of me I'll be calling everyday...haha suckers

Anyways tonight I'm heading to my uncles for some dinner then to a local pub with my cousin for some drinks with her friends...should be interesting...but most likely take er easy cause I have to be up early to move into my new place in Reading on saturday...get to meet the new roomies or I guess flaties???

So yeah I'll probably post on here again next week...PEACE