1. decide weather to continue G889 or start a new blog for my travels.
2. collect plane tickets
3. arrange travel insurance
4. buy some new clothes
5. buy triband mobile phone
6. buy a sleeping bag
7. buy mosquito net
8. pack
9. finish puttng music collection in mp3 player
10. read instrustcions to new camera
11. return guide books to library
12. sort out money
13. book taxi to airport
I'm sure there are some more that I just can't think of at the moment.
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
Saturday, 28 May 2005
the wedding DJ
Carlos has very specific musical tastes so he gave his wedding DJ a list of music that he'd like played at the reception.
The list had about an hours worth of music from gitar bands like Interpol, Keiser Cheifs and Snow Patrol, so we all asumed that the DJ would get the hint and play a similar selection of music once the list ran out.
However, once he'd played all the tracks on the list he launched into a mixture of cheesy pop and music from the 1980's. The guests were not pleased. The packed dance floor cleared in a matter of seconds and the only people to approach the dance floor for the rest of the night were 4 blonds of the party girl persuasion and the children who haddn't yet fallen into an exhausted sleep.
As the night wore on Carlos became more and more agitated. Eventualy he decided he'd had enough and marched over to the DJ to tell him to stop playing 'shite music'.
The next track the DJ played ? The Crazy Frog.
The list had about an hours worth of music from gitar bands like Interpol, Keiser Cheifs and Snow Patrol, so we all asumed that the DJ would get the hint and play a similar selection of music once the list ran out.
However, once he'd played all the tracks on the list he launched into a mixture of cheesy pop and music from the 1980's. The guests were not pleased. The packed dance floor cleared in a matter of seconds and the only people to approach the dance floor for the rest of the night were 4 blonds of the party girl persuasion and the children who haddn't yet fallen into an exhausted sleep.
As the night wore on Carlos became more and more agitated. Eventualy he decided he'd had enough and marched over to the DJ to tell him to stop playing 'shite music'.
The next track the DJ played ? The Crazy Frog.
Friday, 27 May 2005
so long, fair well
All good things must come to and end and so must crap things and things you're not sure about.
I sometimes look back on my time here through rose coloured glasses. I stop and think 'Actually it's not so bad here. Why am I in such a rush to leave ?'
Then I overhear the bitching and compaining and I remember.
I look back on my time here with fondness, apathy, contempt, frustration, complacency, denial, anger, sadness and joy.
But mostly I just wonder why the hell I stayed so long.
I sometimes look back on my time here through rose coloured glasses. I stop and think 'Actually it's not so bad here. Why am I in such a rush to leave ?'
Then I overhear the bitching and compaining and I remember.
I look back on my time here with fondness, apathy, contempt, frustration, complacency, denial, anger, sadness and joy.
But mostly I just wonder why the hell I stayed so long.
Thursday, 26 May 2005
the contents of my desk drawer
The desk drawer is the key to the office workers psyche. . .
While clearing out my desk I uncovered the following items:
an out of date bottle of eye drops
a chap stick
half a packet of antiseptic throat lozenges
2 nail files
a small pot of hair gel
a half empty tube of hand cream
2 note books with most of the pages torn out
a packet of paracetamol (thats Tylanol for those in the US)
a packet of aspirin
4 dead batteries
a map of Denmark
a Red Nose Day 2005 pin badge
a hair band
I'll leave you to do the analysis.
While clearing out my desk I uncovered the following items:
an out of date bottle of eye drops
a chap stick
half a packet of antiseptic throat lozenges
2 nail files
a small pot of hair gel
a half empty tube of hand cream
2 note books with most of the pages torn out
a packet of paracetamol (thats Tylanol for those in the US)
a packet of aspirin
4 dead batteries
a map of Denmark
a Red Nose Day 2005 pin badge
a hair band
I'll leave you to do the analysis.
Tuesday, 24 May 2005
how clean is your house?
My house is too clean aparently.
Mum got back from holiday and said the house was so clean it didn't feel lived in.
She wasn't happy untill her sisters kids came round and dirtied the place up a bit.
Mum got back from holiday and said the house was so clean it didn't feel lived in.
She wasn't happy untill her sisters kids came round and dirtied the place up a bit.
Monday, 23 May 2005
training my replacements
Since I handed in my notice I have spent many, many hours writing a comprehensive guide to doing my job. It has a glossary of acronyms, 2 pages of hints and tips and a step by step guide to using the computer software.
Nether of them have bothered to read it.
How do I know? I know because they keep asking me stupid questions that are thoroughly covered in my guide book.
When I started this job my predecessor left me a guide which I referred to constantly for the first few weeks. This meant that I only had to disturb my colleague on the odd occasion when something wasn't covered in the
guide or not explaned properly.
Why can't these ninnys do the same ?
Sunday, 22 May 2005
junk in the trunk
No, I am not reffering to my ample backside. I am refering to my first ever car boot sale.
I arrived with a car full of junk and left with a car slightly less junk and £101 !!!
Yes, £101 of pure profit and a house slightly less cluttered up with tat.
I arrived with a car full of junk and left with a car slightly less junk and £101 !!!
Yes, £101 of pure profit and a house slightly less cluttered up with tat.
Friday, 20 May 2005
annoying office chatter 2
Party girl got caught speeding in the pool car.
She was doing 50mph in a 40mph zone and she is really screwing about it.
She has spent the last hour trying to concot a scheeme to wriggle her way out of getting the 3 points on her licence.
I wish she'd shut up. It's getting old.
She was doing 50mph in a 40mph zone and she is really screwing about it.
She has spent the last hour trying to concot a scheeme to wriggle her way out of getting the 3 points on her licence.
I wish she'd shut up. It's getting old.
Thursday, 19 May 2005
Protect Darfur Campaign
On 31 March, the Aegis Trust launched the 'Protect Darfur' campaign, supported by 120 MPs from across the main parties, and by survivors from the Holocaust, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The 'Protect Darfur' Campaign aims to protect Darfur’s Africans from genocide, through creation of a UN mandate for peace enforcement operations led by the African Union with support from wealthy nations.
At the very start of its third term, it’s vital to put Government on notice that aid is not enough. The Government needs to know that when genocide happens, we all care about it – and we’ll hold it to its promises to protect.
Why it counts
This is a matter of life and death. 400,000 deaths since 2003. With 500 more lives lost every day. That means one African in Darfur is murdered every three minutes – just because they’re African.
Please circulate this to everyone you can and visit www.protectdarfur.org and add your name to the campaign statement.
At the very start of its third term, it’s vital to put Government on notice that aid is not enough. The Government needs to know that when genocide happens, we all care about it – and we’ll hold it to its promises to protect.
Why it counts
This is a matter of life and death. 400,000 deaths since 2003. With 500 more lives lost every day. That means one African in Darfur is murdered every three minutes – just because they’re African.
Please circulate this to everyone you can and visit www.protectdarfur.org and add your name to the campaign statement.
Wednesday, 18 May 2005
stop already !
I'm getting sick of people going 'not long now eh!...' and 'only x more days left' and 'I bet your looking forward to your leaving do'.
No actually I'm not. I would much rather have gone somewhere else for my leaving do as I had a horrible time the last time we went to this particular restaurant and I don't see this time being any more enjoyable. In fact I would have much rather not had a leaving do and just gone to the pub on my last day.
Frank had the best leaving day ever. He went to the pub at lunch time and didn't come back!
No actually I'm not. I would much rather have gone somewhere else for my leaving do as I had a horrible time the last time we went to this particular restaurant and I don't see this time being any more enjoyable. In fact I would have much rather not had a leaving do and just gone to the pub on my last day.
Frank had the best leaving day ever. He went to the pub at lunch time and didn't come back!
Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Thinking too much is bad for you
The last few days have been weird. I seem to be in a domestic frenzy and have been cleaning the house non stop for the last 2 weeks. On Sunday I even washed the windows and swept the drive way. It's weird that I should start obsessing about the way the house is just as I am about to leave it for an extended period.
N.B: You may have noticed that the last couple of posts have disappeared.
After much consideration I decided that they just weren't the direction that I wanted to go in. Besides the saga is quite long and I think that I should spend the last few posts before I leave my job blogging about that.
N.B: You may have noticed that the last couple of posts have disappeared.
After much consideration I decided that they just weren't the direction that I wanted to go in. Besides the saga is quite long and I think that I should spend the last few posts before I leave my job blogging about that.
Thursday, 12 May 2005
revision
I've just been speaking to my cousin who is busy almost studying for his
exams.
I remember the days when I had to revise for my A Level Exams.
The hours and hours of endless procrastination. . .
Tuesday, 10 May 2005
tick tock
My last day in this job is rapidly aproaching and I think I have the perfect itinery planned.
Did I tell you that the camp councilor thing fell though and I'm going to Australia instead ?
Did I tell you that the camp councilor thing fell though and I'm going to Australia instead ?
Friday, 6 May 2005
my fellow constituants are fucking idiots
They have voted in a Labour MP, again. [See results here]
They have ignored the fact that the woman doesn't even live in our consituancy, she lives on the otherside of London.
They have ignored the fact that she doesn't know a thing about the local people or the local issues she is supposed to be representing.
They have ignored the fact that she is nothing but a Labour party crony desperate to get into power.
This woman has stood at election for 3 (yes 3) other consistuancies and failed to be elected. So naturally she comes to Brent South the only constituancy mindless to vote Labour no matter who the candidate.
Isn't it bad enough that our last MP was a useless twat who did nothing for the area and had no interest in local issues because he was to busy kissing Tony Blairs arse sitting on quango committies holding useless posts in government and being controversial on race issues so he'd get media attention.
I looked up his voting record and the man towed the party line in every single parliamentary vote he bothered to turn up for. I would say 'thank god he fucked off to become High commissioner in South Africa' but his replacement will be just as bad.
Now once again, we are stuck with another crap MP because the people of Brent South are to fucking stupid to vote for anyone other than a Labour candidate.
They have ignored the fact that the woman doesn't even live in our consituancy, she lives on the otherside of London.
They have ignored the fact that she doesn't know a thing about the local people or the local issues she is supposed to be representing.
They have ignored the fact that she is nothing but a Labour party crony desperate to get into power.
This woman has stood at election for 3 (yes 3) other consistuancies and failed to be elected. So naturally she comes to Brent South the only constituancy mindless to vote Labour no matter who the candidate.
Isn't it bad enough that our last MP was a useless twat who did nothing for the area and had no interest in local issues because he was to busy kissing Tony Blairs arse sitting on quango committies holding useless posts in government and being controversial on race issues so he'd get media attention.
I looked up his voting record and the man towed the party line in every single parliamentary vote he bothered to turn up for. I would say 'thank god he fucked off to become High commissioner in South Africa' but his replacement will be just as bad.
Now once again, we are stuck with another crap MP because the people of Brent South are to fucking stupid to vote for anyone other than a Labour candidate.
Wednesday, 4 May 2005
a rose by any other name
People keep asking me 'What I'm doing' and 'Why I'm going away'. I have
decided that from now on I shall declare that I am on a 'career break'.
It's the hot new buzz word don't ya know. And besides it sounds much, much
better than 'Grown up gapper' and way more sphositacted than 'packed in my
crap job and fucked off for a while'.
Tuesday, 3 May 2005
Daleks
It's happend again. The bank holiday has completely thrown me.
Up is down, down is up, and I'm not sure what day of the week it is.
They only thing I am sure of is that the new Gewn Steffani song is
amazingly catchy and the BBC are the only people in the universe who can
make a giant pepper pot and a sink plunger scarry.
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