A Typical British Bank Holiday Weekend

The Easter Bank Holiday Weekend, I feel is rather underrated, particularly after the feror surrounding Christmas. Under normal circumstances, I would have made big plans for the four day break. However, two things worked against me this year. Firstly I had to work on Good Friday. Working in an international environment, where you are supporting […]

Normal Service Resumed (Sort Of)

Went to see Kick-Ass at Vue Reading last night. I had been looking forward to the movie ever since I had seen the trailer a few months back. It was actually my Dad that told me late on Thursday night that Jonathan Ross’s wife, Jane Goldham, co-wrote the screenplay which turned out to be a […]

The Abandoned Blog

Where have I been for the past five months? Well I have been busy behind the scenes, converting my old school HTML blog into WordPress. I know what you are saying, it should be an easy job for a geek like me. Well actually, it turned out to be a rather tedious cut and paste […]

Military Discipline

I know in this modern age, most people find it difficult to live without their mobile phones. I too perhaps would be lost without a mobile but I actually have the discipline to switch mine off. Most days it is off during the course of the working day (between 8am until around 5pm when I […]

A Blue Chip Employer

Good things come to those who wait? Does that mean I was just getting impatient? Today was the start of a new chapter in my life and I was looking forward to one thing only, the return to normality, the sense of a routine. Something I have always craved. It felt rather strange to be […]

The Comeback

Even if you consider my job as a local supermarket as just a temporary blip on my resume, my unemployment period has been short (considering the current economical climate). It was 108 days from the 9th October (my last day at my previous full time employer) to the start date with my new employer (which […]