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Archive for November, 2007

Very Quiet Week

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Well, 7 days on and ive got nothing interesting to say really. Have been ill since wednesday so havent been able to go out or play footy, so going a bit insane on my own! Aside from that its a bit… tepid! Got a few major things going on at work, which im not allowed to talk about :-) Aside from that its all good.

Crazy Snowstorm

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Well, on the way back to Swindon from Wigan with Matt on Sunday night we seemed to have driven into the north pole! Snow storms, blizzards, rain etc It was…scary to say the least! Going round a round-a-bout and the back end spinning out was interesting!  Nothing much interesting has happened this week – Badminton on Monday, and went out for a few jars and a curry last night with my department as a leaving do for my manager whos going to Australia! Woke up today with the worlds worst man flu, which is currently kicking my ass as i sit in the office typing this.

Back in Gods Country

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Well, after a loooong ride home with Matt on Friday night, i stayed up with Zena and just watched TV till about 2am! Got up on saturday and went Vegas with Ste and Wonky, stayed there until 5pm, went the Hares, stayed there until about 8pm after the footy, then went an met Aidy, Shannon and co in the Royal before going Vegas for a pretty messy night out! Met up with ginner, tyrer and Alec and had a pretty good night! Got up today feeling pretty messy, but its good to be home! Me and Emma had a good old text conversation  as well ( lol ) and i think my er… relationship future is pretty much sorted now hehe In some strange way anyway!! ^_^ Anyway, off for Sunday dinner, peace up and all that.

i32

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Well, i think ive just recovered from the tiredness that was, the i-series of 32.

Got there Thursday morning and sat around doing nothing until dinnertime, where we went to a pretty posh nosh resteraunt for dinner. 35+ quid a head meant it was verrrry nice, and we went back to work on a full stomach. The rest of the day was spent frantically setting up PC’s, Plasmas on the walls, racing simulators, servers etc. On friday morning, we did some final configuring, set up the monitors on the PC’s and opened the stand to the gaming public.

Friday night came, and we went out into town for an Indian meal and beers with the boys from Scan and NVIDIA. Ended up getting totally hammered with the XFX models and stumbled into our room about 4-5am for a 9am start. Saturday flew by, as i was on the racing simulator and COD4 all day, and saturday night we decided to chill out mainly and just play on the stand etc till late. Sunday was pretty much the same, and we had a  chinese and played Battlefield2 / COD4 8vs8 against the SCAN lads (which we won :) ). Ended up getting back home on Monday an going straight to work to finalise a project, so im still knackered.

@Special Mentions ;-

  1. Crazy receptionist guy ” ROUND THE ROUND ABOUT “
  2. Russian bloke on bench ” STEAL A LIFE “
  3. Bens random sleep talking and telling the cleaners he “didnt want any free beer!!”
  4. The random crap on Swindon TV.
  5. The black guy outside Liquid with no shirt on who thought he was a gangsta.
  6. The random asian bloke who sat that the racing simulator assaulted him and didnt stop following us around all weekend.
  7. Taxi driver who skanked Ben out of 6 quid
  8. Train driver who skanked me by charging me 19 quid for a single.

Brunel for winners haha

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Still sobering up from yesterdays death binge lol. Woke up at 12, rolled out of my bed, got dressed an walked to Tomas. Got 24 stellas on the way, an sat in his watching the united game, Rugby game an playing Pro till about 10pm with some quality banter going on. The usual lads were round, Me, Toma, Andy Li, Jamal, Adjei and Jules, plus guest appearances from Mr Weston and Mr Shields! Ended up getting royally pissed, with Andy Li getting battered off 2 southern comforts and falling asleep under a ton of chairs! Ended up going to Brunel rooms and had a quality night, proper good laugh! Highlights of the evening include taking the piss out of a guy who was taking gangsta by saying ‘ok busta, chill the fuck out’, or Andy Li wondering why the pictures were dark when he had his finger over the flash lol. Ended up drinking about 15 pints of smirnoff ice (gotta love stealing drink vouchers), and we all had a quality night. Videos and pics are on facebook!

Slowly going insane

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Well, another 2 months+ straight stint in Swindon is once again driving me crazy. The people in here are absolute nut cases, i swear to god. Nobody trusts anyone, everyone is out to fuck each other over, it is like everyone says; being back in High school. Spending 9 weeks of it straight through absolutely drives you to the brink though, add to that my dire situation with women, and the fact i spent 19 years of my life not wanting a girlfriend when i could have had .. tons, without bragging, and hey, as soon as i decide i want to get .. serious, with someone, there isnt one in sight. I know life is a funny old game and that god likes to have a giggle with everyone, but its infuriating at best. I was supposed to go home this Friday, but my family isnt in so no point going home when theres nobody there lol. Got the i-series next weekend, so its another 2 weeks before i go home and see everyone, which totally pisses me off. Something is going to snap soon in Intel, i can feel it.