And here it is, the new Oceanic logo that will be the new signage for the the bar, isn't it lovely. Big thank you to Spiro for sorting it out for me.
I've re-designed the Oceanic website for you all to make it more user friendly, It was to be honest a pain in the ass having to turn all those pages, it looked good but not very practical. All this week I've been working on the new website and the website for the online shop. The online shop still needs some work as its a slow process building it with pics, shopping cart feature etc etc but should be live by April but until then enjoy the new site. Are you on the rogues gallery? If not post your pics of yourself in Oceanic on the facebook page or send them to me and I'll add them.
Also i will be adding my song of the week every week for you to listen to, it may be from a new band it may be an old classic but its just a little bit of fun for me, the mp3 player i had on the old site isn't available any more on the website that i built mine with.
And yes i know, the drinks aren't on there yet. Thats because i haven't finalized the cocktails for this season.
Lets look at a few things that have caught my attention in the news this week.
Very serious news as the Queen is taken ill. She may not be able to make her public appearance set for August.
Lets say it as it is, she's got the backdoor squits. She may not be able to make a public appearance in August? Give me a break, she hasn't lost a limb.
Kate Middletone almost slipped up that she's having a daughter.
One reporter said "you've got to feel sorry for her", Why? Cause she almost said daughter? You feel sorry for someone with a terminal illness or in difficult circumstances not cause they slipped up on the sex of their baby.
Thomas Cook to axe jobs and close shops after struggling with debts.
Oh dear, Not looking good eh? I say just put it on the market for a buy out to save the misery of people losing their flights and holidays. I'll bid a pound, you got to be in it to win it LOL
Justin Feeble, i mean Bieber was 2 hours late on stage and 1/3 of the audience had to leave as they were that young and it was past their bedtime. Parents were angered.
See, now if i was his manager i would do a matinee show for the under 16's and an evening show for over 16's then this problem wouldn't have happened but then again his evening shows would be empty, hmm tough call.
The Vatican has said they will take their time to choose the next Pope.
You know why that is don't you, they can't find where my house is to interview me. Damn living in the back of beyond ha ha.
People Like Us on BBC3 absolutely brilliant real life TV, TOWIE on ITV2 absolutely terrible, orange, fake, crap TV.
A baby was born on the 18:18 train from central London to Kent, the baby was born on the seat next to her mother.
The conductor said "You can't leave it on the seat next to you people have to sit there, it will have to go up on the luggage rack" Jobsworth! LOL
And thats the highlights of this weeks news.
We actually had a sunny day, don't faint now folks. I was surprised as well but i made the most of it. So out came the bike. The last time you saw my bike it was like this:-
But after a morning of washing and polishing she now looks like this:-
(Say this next bit with a southern American accent) Isn't she preeeeerty!
It was time for an adventure on the bike. Not far from where we live there is a river called Towy (No not like the crap tv show) which stretches from Carmarthen Bay far inland. Along that river were a Castle, forts, towers and an amphitheatre which were built many years ago and some of them still remain. My quest was to find out where they were. These were built along this river to stop the invading armies that landed in Carmarthen Bay. They were built up on high hills so they could see the armies marching from miles away.
I first found Dryslwyn Castle. This castle when it was built in 12th century for the Prince of Wales Rhys ap Gruffyd had a village surrounding it and a fort high up on the hill with a watchtower. Its a great place. Many of the foundations still remain and part of the watchtower but the village and fort have long gone as these were not built to the standard of the main castle.
This next picture was taken from the foundations of whats left of the watchtower looking towards the coast. Even from here which is a lower point than the original tower you can still see for miles on a clear day. If you look just to the right of the main building you can see in the distance a hill and on that hill you can just about see on the top of it another building.
This view is inland from the watchtower, you can see the river running through the valley. The large patch of water is flooding from the week before.
As stated in the previous pic this is the building on the hill you could see opposite it. Its a tower, a tower called Paxton Tower. Its an impressive building but for one i think a bit pointless as it had no importance apart from holding banquets on its first floor. It was built in 1806, that's 400 years after the castle was built. It was built in honour of Lord Nelson's death at Trafalgar. Bit extravagant and what a waste of money but then again Sir William Paxton was a Merchant and Banker so i bet he was loaded LOL
Stood close to it you could see this building featuring in a horror movie, it is very Gothic.
But the view you get from one of the 3 entrances is stunning.
After following the course of the river i couldn't discover any more buildings as most had been destroyed and the earth had grown over them. Where the amphitheatre used to be its now just a grass bank with not even a stone to show where it used to be but i enjoyed the places i had found.
I'm not really in to the whole history thing of who ruled what and married her and all that but i love being in buildings that have stood for hundreds of years and where battles were faught, people were imprisoned or sentenced to death. I think that's why Greece has such an appeal to me due to so many ruins and buildings that are hundreds even thousands of years old.
Even after being on Zakynthos for 13 years i still like to try to find new things out about the island but i think I've read all i can about it and visited 95% of it but while searching on the net i came across a band from the island called "Zante Dilemma". If i'm being honest their very good and enjoyed quite a few of their songs. After listening to their songs i looked at their cd covers and i think they could make quite a bit of money out of them with law suits.
Take this cd cover, its a great design but i think they should take some legal action against the band Marillion. How obvious is it that Marillion have copied them.
Can you spot the similarity?
And again their cd cover has a very moving image but look who's copied them, its only Tears for Fears. I don't know how Roland Orzabal and Curt smith can live with themselves LOL
As you know the other weekend we went to London and i gave you my report with a few pics. I forgot to raid Helens phone for her pics so here are a few more of what we did and where we went.
This pic was taken at a cafe in Spitalfield Market. I was going for a Jim Morrison moody type pic, he liked having pics from outside of himself inside bars and cafes. Don't think i pulled it off LOL
This was at Camden Market of a Scooter Boy with his scooter. I think if he took all those mirrors off he may go allot faster, may even reach 30mph.
This is The Shard. Me in a thick state of mind said to Helen its not finished yet only to realise it was meant to look like that as its meant to be a shard, DUUUUGGHH!
Now this place was amazing. Its in the heart of the financial district and haven't got a clue what its called. It looks like all buildings are original from the Victorian period with a glass roof and cobbled streets. Its near The Gerkin. It was like stepping back in time. Its just a small section of a crossroad in amongst all the high rise buildings, amazing.
Its video time, Hooray!
This weeks tv show blast from the past is again a childrens programme called H R Pufnstuf starring Jack Wild (The artful dodger in Oliver). I loved this show. Every morning during school holidays it was on. Mind you looking back at all thesze 70's shows i do have to ask the question, were these tv makers tripping on LSD.
Now for my song choice of this update. There are thousands i could choose from. Some normal, some weird, some you'd never of heard of but i've chose this one just for the absolute knowledge that its so crap its brilliant. Look out for the boggle eyed guy his name is Dan Hegarty, he used to scare me, freaky guy. At this band were like someone had grabbed a load of various people off the streets and said "Right, your a band" just weird. The band are called Darts with the song Daddy Cool. You may also recognise the presenter, miserable git LOL
Well that's it for this week my dear friends and readers. Hopefully by the next update the online shop will be almost ready to go live but i'm going to say the beginning of April so i got time to get it right.
So until then.
Serve all, Love all, Peace all. Kevlar out!
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