Welcome to my Life

I have decided to bring in three blogs into one as I have not been around for a while. First off I have been away training in Bracknell for the past 3 days and our company kindly have given us a hotel for two nights with all food paid and some drink paid for. Everything was very costly in the hotel and I do get a sense of guilt whenever I am staying away with the company. In the past I have even ate outside the hotel and found somewhere cheaper for that reason alone but every manager I have spoken to said that I as long as I don’t go out and get hammered and charge it to the company then just eat and have a few beers and that will be fine.
So me and Matt stayed two nights at the Holiday Inn in reading which was £125 a night each and breakfast was not included in that price so that was £15 each standard price no matter what you eat which is so expensive. Our lunch cost £50-£60 inc. service charge between us and a round of drinks was £7. Things were expensive but I am trying not to think guilty of it as it was the company that signed us into that hotel anyway. I did pick up the PS1 pad in my room and play for 5 minutes before I thought the game was shit so turned it off and then £2.95 service charge was added to my bill. £2.95 for playing 5 minutes of a game……WTF? I could by destruction Derby on the PS1 for that, so today I wrote to Karen and told her I would pay for that bit.
The only thing that annoyed me about the time away was when I dropped off the hire car had a dent in the front which my Dad spotted. I know it was not there before the car went out and I know 100% that I never hit anything so someone must have hit it in a car park as I always park back end first because it’s easier to get out that way. We will see what they have to say about that.

Working in Bracknell is always nice because it gives me chance to work with my group and I almost feel part of a team. In Bristol I feel isolated from everyone else but I spoke with Paul and he said it was a good idea to come more often and I might get a Laptop instead of having to take my main PC base with me.

Hire Cars V’s My car!
When I used to get Hire car’s I loved it as it was a chance to drive something better then what I had. These days I am just driving something newer then my car but it makes me appreciate how good my car actually is. This time I had a Ford Mondeo, and I have only ever had one of those which I have liked and that was a 2.5lt Turbo one I had to go to Dover in!
Every Car I know get is a lot slower then I am used to but it’s not just that, my car has better breaks which I notice as soon as I get back in and more comfortable and above all it steers a hell of a lot better and its this which makes me realise how good VW build their cars. My car is now 6 years old and if feels better then a 08 Mondeo!

Little Big Planet
I would just like to show off my new character; here he is in the flesh!