I like to do things!

By | Published 25/08/2012

I’m all about bettering yourself. I’m trying to learn and do as many life enhancing things as possible. Here’s my list incase something inspires you or you think I should do something new.

So far:

I can drive a car.

I can program in Java.

I’ve done a 10km ( Mens Health Survival of the Fittest)

I’ve ran 10 miles (ToughMudder)

I’ve done an Eating Challenge.

I can ride a motorbike.

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I’m aiming to:

Learn Arabic

Juggle

Handstand pushup

Backflip

Learn Spanish

Wheelie a motorbike

Learn how to play golf

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Whilst I might not ever get all of these done, I like to aim high! Plus anything else I can think of!

 

If you have any ideas for inspiration please tell me 🙂


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Passing my CBT

By | Published 25/08/2012

Omg the CBT test is EASY. I’m 24 have been driving for 7 years and like to think I have common sense.

I was really nervous when I first booked my CBT, I knew it was done in one day but also knew it was possible to fail! I booked it for a Saturday it cost £120 and I had to turn up with boots and jeans at 8am on a school playground, that was it.

I turn up at 8am with my boots on no idea what is going to go on. I meet Dave, he’s 40+ ginger long hair, classic biker. One other person is doing the CBT, it’s a girl and she’s done it before (2 years ago) for some reason this makes me feel at ease.

So in the morning first we discuss the rules of the road (wow I didn’t realise how much I’d forgotten) telling me about the speed on dual carridgeways with and without central reservations. We then go over the basics of bikes, learning about the clutch, gears, front brake and back brake. Moving on we do circles around the playground, have cones set out for figures of eight, left and right hand turns and emergency stops. It gets to about 1pm and Dave says we are ready to go on the road oh sh*t.

So it was actually easier than I thought, we drive round some some housing estates and on some nice country roads. We take it in turns who is driving at the front (oh and don’t forget we have bluetooth one way headsets with instructions at all times). I fell off when turning right in a housing estate, I kind of accelerated to much then I couldn’t turn and the bike just skidded out from under me. I thought that was it I’d messed it up, but Dave explains its fine and we carry on riding for about another hour.

And that’s it I’ve passed! I get my certificate and it lasts me two years. Next step: Motorbike theory test.


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Recruitment Consultant Fail

By | Published 25/08/2012

I like to update my CV after a major project or at most every 6 months. This helps write down what I’ve just been working on whilst I still remember the best details. So I’ve recently updated my CV and posted it on my usual places: my harddrive, my dropbox, linkedin, monster, google docs and stackoverflow careers. I’m not always looking for work but I don’t mind my CV being publicly available. (I’m always available for CV help btw if you want it).

Now being publicly available recruitment consultants like to ring me  up and discuss moves. The standard practice for a recruitment consultant is to ring the person, discuss what they are looking for, discuss any roles they have. They then send over the details of the role and check they have the candidates most up to date CV. If the candidate wants to proceed in applying for that job the consultant will forward the CV to the employer. Thats great.

Well for me this time it didn’t quite happen like that! Here’s some back story. My current job is looking for a partner in crime for me, someone with the same skills to fulfill a role as an equal on my team. So basically they are looking for me.

I go into work on the Monday morning and get pulled into an impromptu meeting with my manager. He says “I’ve had an interesting CV come through for the open position.” So I say “Oh thats great let me have a look” and he pulls out my CV. Well I had some explaining to do, although not my fault you can imagine the boss panicking that I was leaving.

Some inept consultant had found my CV on the internet, not even bothered to contact me and decided to forward it to any and all open current positions. I mean what type of person is this?! They are using peoples data without permission, applying them to jobs they don’t want and not only that my current role and company was the company he sent it to. I mean DUH are they totally inept. I just find that dumb and rude.

I won’t go naming and shaming people and companies but lets just say I won’t be shopping there  again.


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Do you do the lottery?

By | Published 25/08/2012

I’ve started doing the lottery (thats the National Lottery in the UK). I started buying tickets, then I noticed on the website you can setup a direct debit so it automatically comes out your bank each other. Wether this is a good or bad thing is another matter. So now I don’t even have to remember to buy my lottery ticket yay! I just get an email if i’ve won (which I have once £10). The email has a title something along the lines of “National Lottery has something to tell you. I got so giddy when I read it. Then you log into your Lottery account to check to see how much it is, I’m praying for the millions I’ll take £10!

So now the EuroMillions has been rolling over to a ridiculous sum, I’ve started to take more notice and bought a few tickets. Then I thought I know I’ll add it to my DD 😀 but no you can’t direct debit the EuroMillions! How strange is that?

So I was just wondering if anyone has any idea why you can’t set the EuroMillions up as a Direct Debit but you can the National Lottery?


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Contemplating a new Tattoo

By | Published 25/08/2012

I want a new tattoo! I’ve been thinking this for a while. My current (only) tattoo is an ambigram (meaning you can read it forwards or backwards) and I don’t know if I should get another like that. Ambigrams are cool it gives a bit of ‘mystique’ to the tattoo and I think makes it original. Therefore if I got a second ambigram I wouldn’t be being original!?
If I don’t get an ambigram I’m liking the phrase “Cometh the hour, cometh the man” it’s like saying I always step up to the plate when it matters. I do what needs to be done. I believe in myself. The more I think about it the more I like it.
Where shall I get it? I’ve got this vague memory that the human body has ‘natural lines’, contours that make sense to other people, they like them on a subconscious level. You know like the way people enjoy faces that are symmetrical and in proportion. I need to google for this and find where these are. For example say it was the V of your back muscles (deltoids?) then I could get a tattoo in this V shape running along this edge. I don’t know it’s just an idea.

This is still up for contemplation. I need to figure out where I want it / what wording or symbolism / what design.

There are some cool websites you can photoshop your tattoo onto your body, I did that last time. I’ll probably go through that again before I commit to anything drastic.

We’ll see.


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