Archive for December 2006
Happy Christmas no sorry Season’s Greetings oops wrong again Happy Hanukkah. Oh why are we suddenly forced to forget the Christian heritage of this country. Tomorrow is the celebration of the birth of Christ – it is not a general time for people to celebrate being.
Now I may be slightly biased to all of this but I have been really pissed off with everyone who is trying to remove all references to the celebrations that we are about to enjoy. I will admit that the true spirit of the coming days has been lost and forgotten in recent years but that shouldn’t mean that we become a completely secular, non-religious day where we eat some meat (or Quorn for you vegetarians), drink some wine, exchange presents and that’s it.
I don’t class myself as a practising Christian but you don’t need to be in order to understand where the significance of tomorrow comes from. I usually end up going to church tonight for Midnight Mass at St John’s in Leatherhead but this year we have decided that it isn’t how we would like to celebrate Christmas. I am sure that I will have the option to go to a service, should I wish, on Christmas day. Although the family service is possibly the most annoying of them all with crying babies… Bah Humbug!
I think that we will also find that those politicians who have said that we should be more generic to avoid the other religions from feeling “left-out” will be going to church themselves which makes a mockery of the whole idea anyway.
We shouldn’t stop each religion from celebrating their own festive days in their own way. This country is multi-national/cultural/faith but our country has been built on a base of Christianity and should be respected.
Well last night was awesome – great food, entertainment and company. I think I remember everything that happened. Check out the video and pictures below courtesy of Mr Nick “Scatman” Jenkin.
Got any more then email them over to me and I will stick them online!
christmas party · wavex · Work
Back in the day when Coke produced decent adverts the sign that Christmas was coming was heralded by the bright red Coke trucks and some happy music.
This year Coke have given us a CRAP advert that is poo and no where near as good.
Well it’s been over a month since I last wrote something here (not including the facebook bit I just published) and that’s mainly been due to the fact I now have a job and am incredibly busy.
I now work for Wavex where I am a Service Desk Engineer. Since starting there I have been incredibly busy and just not found the time to actually write anything here. My day starts at 6:45 am when my alarm goes off and I am out of the door 30 minutes later. I get the 0724 train from Leatherhead up to Waterloo and spend most of that time trying to complete the Solitaire game on my phone. Initially I got the tube but found that the Central line is possibly the most painful 5 minutes of my life each day so I have started walking from Waterloo to Holborn which makes the journey much more interesting and actually takes about the same time. My day doesn’t end in London until 6 and then by the time I am hope it’s normally around 7:30 and I just don’t want to have to worry about using a computer again until the next day.
Work is great fun and the office is incredibly relaxed – Jeans and T-shirt beats a suit any day. I find the work challenging and also incredibly rewarding as you never know who is going to phone you up next. Hopefully this is going to be something that I can develop and start to understand and learn more about IT.
I must admit that when I got the call from the HR manager at work saying that he had read this Blog I was slightly worried that the content may have been slightly random and odd for potential employers to be reading but having been at Wavex for a month and a bit now I can see that the sort of things here fit in with the way the company works!
Computer · mobile phone · Work
List the last 15 people to write on your Facebook wall, numbering them 1-15. Then answer the questions below.
1. Roger Willis
2. Lindsay Hodges
3. Peter Filcek
4. Annemarie Carroll
5. Matt Maude
6. Charles Knight
7. Stuart Fingland
8. Andy Crossley
9. James Hinde
10. Anna Bosanko
11. Robert Cromarty
12. Rachel Hoyes
13. Gemma Watson
14. Simon Alexander
15. Paul Alcock
How did you meet 10?
Working on all sorts of technical thigs
What would you do if you had never met 6?
Had a more boring time at DASH
What would you do if 5 and 15 dated
Be ever so slightly worried!
Have you ever seen 4 cry?
No
Would 4 and 12 make a good couple?
I doubt it
Would number 14 and 7 make a good couple?
I really don’t think so
Describe 8:
Crazy DJ but a god bloke
Do you like 6?
Yeah
Do you think 9 is attractive?
Not personally
Tell me something about 2:
During our gap year she was fond of the Wispy Poof
What’s 7′s favourite colour?
I honestly haven’t got a clue
What would you do if 14 just confessed they liked you?
start to worry
When was the last time you talked to number 11?
A week ago
How tall is 8?
Around the same height as me
What language does 13 speak?
English and a bit of Latin
Who is 2 going out with?
Stephen
What year is 7 in?
Real life
What is 5′s favourite music?
Classic Rock… The Rigging and De-Rigging discs!
Would you ever date 13?
yeah
Would you ever date 12?
Not if things stay as they are
Where does 8 live?
Durham at the moment
What is the best thing about 4?
Great personality and always cheery
What would you like to tell 15 right now?
Yo Yo Whiteboi
How did you meet 9?
Way back on the first day of school
What is the best thing about 3?
He’s good fun to talk to and be around
What did 1 say?
Yeah, I got selection board briefing at the end of January. I could be at Sandhurst by May if I don’t fuck up!
What sex is 2?
female
When was the last time you talked to 2?
Too long ago
What is 5′s best feature?
Ability to make the Ass. Rms look HOT
How old is 8?
21 – i think
Is 5 a psychopath?
quite possibly
Are you related to 7?
Nope
What is the last thing you said to 1?
How did your interview go?
What kind of car does 1 drive?
he doesn’t
How long have you known 2?
18 years on and off
Would 2 and 7 make a good couple?
That could be interesting :p
4 and 9?
Once again interesting
Have you ever had sex with anybody on this list?
yes
How many of them are ex boyfriends?
0
Who was the last one you saw?
Annemarie
Talked to?
Crom
Which one have you known the longest?
Lindsay
Who are you most scared of losing?
Most of them
Who’s parent/s have you met?
1,2,4,6,9
