Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Control F5
Sometimes the web can be very nice to solve a problem. I just could not get new posts to show up on my weblog. Someone suggested to try Control+F5 and look... it updated...
Major relief.......
Oh BTW, I checked my credit score with experian and it seems I have gone from no visible score what so ever to a "Good" rating within 6 months. Not bad at all...
Major relief.......
Oh BTW, I checked my credit score with experian and it seems I have gone from no visible score what so ever to a "Good" rating within 6 months. Not bad at all...
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Vegas, LA Zoo and Griffith Observatory
I know I haven’t been updating this web log as often as I should. Truth be told is that my Dutch web log is taken up more of my time than I thought it would. My initial idea was to start with a Dutch and English web log and keep it side by side. In practice this is not working at all, as it is simply too time consuming. Also my Dutch web log is visited a lot by family and friends back home that want to keep up to speed with my life here in the US. My English web log isn’t visited as often, however that might go hand in hand with the not being updated frequently thing LOL.
A lot of people ask me what the differences are between Holland and the USA. Not something that is easy to answer. The USA is such a vast country and there are differences between the individual States as well. What the differences are between Holland and Los Angeles would be much easier to answer. For me however, I have not yet noticed a lot of differences that I wasn’t already aware off. The one thing I can say about LA is that it is one of a kind. I am not quite sure what to think of LA yet, whether I love it or hate it. But then again I have only been here for 6 months and a lot of people tell me that it takes years to get somewhat used to LA. What I can say is that it is definitely different from Orlando, East Lansing and any of the other cities I have been to when visiting the US. And the entertainment industry is definitely number 1 here, and not an easy industry at that either.
So what have I been doing in between the last update and now? Well a lot of touristy stuff. I recently bought a new digital photo camera and figured I needed to put my investment to good use. I went to Las Vegas, NV, LA Zoo, Griffith Observatory and Malibu just to mention a few things. Not all in one day of course LOL
In Las Vegas I stayed at the Tropicana by the way. I found a nice deal on Expedia for $40 a night. The hotel is not the best, but it wasn’t bad either. It is right there on the Strip close to MGM. The room was nice and clean, not sure about the buffet and restaurant as I went out to eat at the nearby Food Court.
Let me share some pictures with you:
LAS VEGAS
LA ZOO
GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY
Other than this I don’t really have a lot to say at the moment. I am keeping busy but not really anything I can say anything about right now. Boring? Yeah kinda.
I look forward to the release of the new Harry Potter movie however and the very final book about a week after the opening of the movie. Don’t know what it is with Harry Potter and me but ever since I read the first book I was hooked. And that while I was very skeptical at first, I mean how on earth could a kids book be so popular with adults…
Needless to say I can’t wait for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to open at Universal Orlando. I really wonder what they have in store for us with that attraction.
A lot of people ask me what the differences are between Holland and the USA. Not something that is easy to answer. The USA is such a vast country and there are differences between the individual States as well. What the differences are between Holland and Los Angeles would be much easier to answer. For me however, I have not yet noticed a lot of differences that I wasn’t already aware off. The one thing I can say about LA is that it is one of a kind. I am not quite sure what to think of LA yet, whether I love it or hate it. But then again I have only been here for 6 months and a lot of people tell me that it takes years to get somewhat used to LA. What I can say is that it is definitely different from Orlando, East Lansing and any of the other cities I have been to when visiting the US. And the entertainment industry is definitely number 1 here, and not an easy industry at that either.
So what have I been doing in between the last update and now? Well a lot of touristy stuff. I recently bought a new digital photo camera and figured I needed to put my investment to good use. I went to Las Vegas, NV, LA Zoo, Griffith Observatory and Malibu just to mention a few things. Not all in one day of course LOL
In Las Vegas I stayed at the Tropicana by the way. I found a nice deal on Expedia for $40 a night. The hotel is not the best, but it wasn’t bad either. It is right there on the Strip close to MGM. The room was nice and clean, not sure about the buffet and restaurant as I went out to eat at the nearby Food Court.
Let me share some pictures with you:
LAS VEGAS
LA ZOO
GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY
Other than this I don’t really have a lot to say at the moment. I am keeping busy but not really anything I can say anything about right now. Boring? Yeah kinda.
I look forward to the release of the new Harry Potter movie however and the very final book about a week after the opening of the movie. Don’t know what it is with Harry Potter and me but ever since I read the first book I was hooked. And that while I was very skeptical at first, I mean how on earth could a kids book be so popular with adults…
Needless to say I can’t wait for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to open at Universal Orlando. I really wonder what they have in store for us with that attraction.
