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A Street Cat Bob is a novel written by James Bowen. It was published in 2012. It’s his first novel and later he has written a few more novels about his life with Bob.
The narrator of the novel is James Bowen himself. He is a poor man who has lived on the streets, taken drugs and so on. He makes some money by busking on the streets. It’s the only way he earns money at all. One day he finds a ginger cat in the flat he is living in and has no heart to leave it alone, because it seems to have nobody to take care of it and it is not doing well. James decides to take care of it until it will be healthy again and gives it a name; Bob. Bob gets well fast and don’t want to leave James anymore.
The theme of the book is friendship. Bob and James become fantastic friends and they help each other. James becomes somebody to live for and Bob somebody to love and to take care of him. It could be said, that they rescue each other. The problems of society are also a crucial theme of this novel. James tells his story and how he did end up living on streets and how it is really like. It makes everyone of us to see these people like James with new eyes and to remember, that they also are humans.
This novel is one of my favorite novels. The story of James and Bob is touching especially, because it really has happened and James himself tells it. I would like to recommend the novel for everyone. It’s not a story only for those who love animals. It’s an awesome story of friendship and finding hope at these moments, when it seems to be lost.

The 9. June 2014 was the day for a legendary rock band Uriah Heep to come to Pori to play at Promenadikeskus. There isn’t any rock concerts very often at all, so it was a great chance for me to enjoy the music I like.
The band was popular many many years ago. Nevertheless I was a bit surprised, because there weren’t almost any other people in my age except a friend that I had asked to come with me. But now when I think better about it,  it is easy to understand. The most people were in age of my parents and my father has liked this band when he was young.
I have nothing to compare with, but I think Uriah Heep has played just like so many years ago. I was happy to have a chance to hear the song “Lady in Black” played live. It’s a song, which everyone can play on the guitar. Many of my friends don’t want to hear this song anymore, because it’s always played in the school. I think it’s a bit sad, because I think it’s a great song.
For the feeling of a rock concert it is not so good, that everyone has a seat to sit on. Even though the most people didn’t sit on their seats at all, because the band wanted so, was the feeling not that feeling you think you find in a rock concert.
Anyway, I liked the concert very much and it was worth seeing and listening to. I knew the older songs better, but the new ones sounded good too. It was a bit suprising, that they had just released a new album. Somehow I had thought they wouldn’t do new songs anymore, because I hadn’t seen any new albums for years. In the fact the newer albums are just not so popular. I didn’t have any memories with these songs, like so many others there, especially with the older ones I guess but I could enjoy the good music anyway and it’s the most important I think.