Back in Black - Quite Literally!
Its been quite some time since I sat down properly and decided to write a blog entry. Some might say too long and others might say not long enough so I reckon if I stick somewhere in the middle then I can't go far wrong!
The last proper entry was back at the beginning of August and a lot has changed since then. Let me see if I can go back in time and recount the activities that have shaped my existence.
August
Well, the highlight has to be the 2 weeks spent looking after Josh. Well, not looking after as the boy is old enough to do that himself. Let's just say guidance or maybe just a big brother style capacity and I don't mean the TV show. Mum and Dad went away for 2 weeks to Italy so I booked time off work and spent it up in Rhoose.
Just before this I attended the best training course I have ever been on. It was based around NLP and the stuff that Derren Brown does. It has well and truly changed me for the better. If you have a chance then have a look at the world of Neuro-Lingistic Programming because there really is a vast amount of information out there that you can use.
Anyway, away from work Josh turned 16 on the same day that he picked up his GCSE results. He did really well, better than I did actually the little git! We had an awesome party in the night to celebrate and the house did get a little messy. The kitchen was bogging but drinking games and teenage shenanigans ruled the roost. Karaoke took place as did some serious drinking!
The next morning was not a pretty sight and the challenge of cleaning up without throwing up was on.
After this a few rounds of pitch and putt took place down the local golf course. The Porthkerry Golf association summer tour sponsored by the Barry Gem and Green Valley spring water was invented. The next few days saw The Rough Putter and Geoffrey 'The Issac' Hayes play a few rounds whilst commenting on their performance. This was the lead up to visiting the largest pitch and putt course in the UK, with a rather special camping expedition to Newquay.
Josh and myself packed up the car and left the day after the bank holiday for the long drive to Newquay. The first day was boiling hot and we were able to go to Hollywell park to play golf which had some awesome holes. Death or glory was a favorite where you basically twatted the ball as hard as you could off a cliff!
We went out on the razz the first night and ended up getting a warning when we got back to the campsite, but the next day was to be spent surfing. Except it pissed with rain and thundered with constant bursts of lightening thrown in for good measure. We went surfing anyway with some massive 10 footers crashing onto the beach. Josh was good and did manage a spectacular 360 somersault off the board where as I barley to managed to stand up once!
The second night camping and in the morning we left. It was an awesome little break.
When I returned to work, I found out the news that we had been head hunted as a team to move to the bay to work! Awesome, I am now a Business Change analyst and I work opposite the Welsh Assembly! Its wicked and I am loving the job. Been on some really difficult projects and have performed really well so looking for a good pay rise in January.
My trip to Amsterdam for 3 nights was out of this world, or should I say out of this mind. Tony and myself really get in some worse for where states out in the Dam. Booze and weed took its toll and Tony started to talk to Alfred the Dwarf! Funny as! We visited all the tourist locations including Anne Franks house, Van Goghs gallery, The Heineken factory and the Rijskard museum. We have already booked tickets to fly out again next March. Carnage is the word I'd use.
I have taken up running again and am working really hard to get fit enough to join Les Croupiers running club next week. I'm looking forward to it as I've built up a level of fitness and am really getting back into it again. Am already thinking about entering a few races.
I have finished my film script and am in the process of getting it proof read before I send it off to a few places. This has taken a while but I am really excited about it.
Overall, I'm doing really good and living life to the max. In the next weeks, I'm seeing Saturday Night Fever in the millennium centre, watching Wales vs Fiji and Wales vs Australia. I'm going to Edinburgh with work to visit a couple of work sites and then I'm returning to edinburgh again for a Xmas shopping day.
The blog has restarted!
The last proper entry was back at the beginning of August and a lot has changed since then. Let me see if I can go back in time and recount the activities that have shaped my existence.
August
Well, the highlight has to be the 2 weeks spent looking after Josh. Well, not looking after as the boy is old enough to do that himself. Let's just say guidance or maybe just a big brother style capacity and I don't mean the TV show. Mum and Dad went away for 2 weeks to Italy so I booked time off work and spent it up in Rhoose.
Just before this I attended the best training course I have ever been on. It was based around NLP and the stuff that Derren Brown does. It has well and truly changed me for the better. If you have a chance then have a look at the world of Neuro-Lingistic Programming because there really is a vast amount of information out there that you can use.
Anyway, away from work Josh turned 16 on the same day that he picked up his GCSE results. He did really well, better than I did actually the little git! We had an awesome party in the night to celebrate and the house did get a little messy. The kitchen was bogging but drinking games and teenage shenanigans ruled the roost. Karaoke took place as did some serious drinking!
The next morning was not a pretty sight and the challenge of cleaning up without throwing up was on.
After this a few rounds of pitch and putt took place down the local golf course. The Porthkerry Golf association summer tour sponsored by the Barry Gem and Green Valley spring water was invented. The next few days saw The Rough Putter and Geoffrey 'The Issac' Hayes play a few rounds whilst commenting on their performance. This was the lead up to visiting the largest pitch and putt course in the UK, with a rather special camping expedition to Newquay.
Josh and myself packed up the car and left the day after the bank holiday for the long drive to Newquay. The first day was boiling hot and we were able to go to Hollywell park to play golf which had some awesome holes. Death or glory was a favorite where you basically twatted the ball as hard as you could off a cliff!
We went out on the razz the first night and ended up getting a warning when we got back to the campsite, but the next day was to be spent surfing. Except it pissed with rain and thundered with constant bursts of lightening thrown in for good measure. We went surfing anyway with some massive 10 footers crashing onto the beach. Josh was good and did manage a spectacular 360 somersault off the board where as I barley to managed to stand up once!
The second night camping and in the morning we left. It was an awesome little break.
When I returned to work, I found out the news that we had been head hunted as a team to move to the bay to work! Awesome, I am now a Business Change analyst and I work opposite the Welsh Assembly! Its wicked and I am loving the job. Been on some really difficult projects and have performed really well so looking for a good pay rise in January.
My trip to Amsterdam for 3 nights was out of this world, or should I say out of this mind. Tony and myself really get in some worse for where states out in the Dam. Booze and weed took its toll and Tony started to talk to Alfred the Dwarf! Funny as! We visited all the tourist locations including Anne Franks house, Van Goghs gallery, The Heineken factory and the Rijskard museum. We have already booked tickets to fly out again next March. Carnage is the word I'd use.
I have taken up running again and am working really hard to get fit enough to join Les Croupiers running club next week. I'm looking forward to it as I've built up a level of fitness and am really getting back into it again. Am already thinking about entering a few races.
I have finished my film script and am in the process of getting it proof read before I send it off to a few places. This has taken a while but I am really excited about it.
Overall, I'm doing really good and living life to the max. In the next weeks, I'm seeing Saturday Night Fever in the millennium centre, watching Wales vs Fiji and Wales vs Australia. I'm going to Edinburgh with work to visit a couple of work sites and then I'm returning to edinburgh again for a Xmas shopping day.
The blog has restarted!
posted by gav the hardcore legend at 12:25 PM
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It's been a while mate!
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