A Week And A Half

Well I feel like it was a week and a half all packed into one. Managed to do two photo jobs as well as go to the usual two Salsa lessons.

Monday was meant to be the start of our training at work on a new product. Originally we were led to believe it would be a week long. We found out that the 'official' training is only a day. They then put that back to next Wednesday rather than the one thats just gone. This meant that I had to carry the banner and train the 5 new guys on our standard helpdesk procedures. You can imagine that that wasn't going to last forever and yesterday I was struggling to keep the lads busy. With the help of a work colleague I managed to cobble some stuff together. As for Monday...

Wednesday saw me travelling to Deptford in SE London to photograph a brand new act/band. They are going to do old songs in the veign of Liza Minnelli and such.


The Band Practicing





I'll post details of the bands website when its live. They are really good together. Sam, the vocalist, seen in the pic on the right, can hit the high notes!

I also photographed the Salsa evening as it was a Halloween night. This coming Monday is also the same so I'll be photographing that too.

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Get down to it.

Well, I'm finally settling in to my new place. Having got rid of loads of boxes, tidied up a little and arranged things. It's tough starting afresh! The reality of housework bites too! Still, I've discovered I can iron shirts at least.

At work, I've been delivering training. Purely off the cuff. I'm involved in a new part of the helpdesk supporting a specialised product. There will be 5 dedicated staff, 2 of us CSTs (Customer service technicians) and a supervisor. The supervisor and I have been preparing the 'newbies' and tomorrow we get official training from the company in question.

I'm trying to stay focussed at work 'till the end of the year when hopefully things will start moving. If not, I'll have to investigate other options. I really need to progress in my newly found career or change direction again.

On the Salsa front: Last week, the teacher had me in the middle of the circle to demonstrate moves for the whole lesson. It also balanced the numbers out (for a change!) so every lady had a man to partner up with. This week, she intends to do the same thing and has also asked the owner if she'd like me to teach. Apparently the answer was positive. So I might become a Salsa instructor yet :-)

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Gill & John

My good friend got hitched!

Haven't spoken to John in a while and in the mean time he's married the lovely Gill. It's great to be in contact with him and his new wife.

New Beginnings

Isn't getting a new flat sorted out fun? I'm gradually nibbling away at boxes I moved in with. Getting stuff on shelves etc. Looking to get a couple of book cases from a work pal this week. Hopefully I can loose the boxes filled with books and get them out on display where they're needed!

I logged into my ISP PlusNet today. After successfully getting a phone line installed last week, I'm now transferring my account over to the new premises. Hopefully, I should be back online this Friday. That will mean I can avoid logging in from work for just a few spare moments and get down to some decent catching up!

One thing I must do is catch up with a all the Salsa notes. I have 3 pending and a 4th one will be noted tonight.

Oh well, back to the grind.

I'm IN!

The wait finally over. I'm now in my new studio/flat. The move went smoothly with my pals Danny (Driving) and Nick (Graftin') and Rob, Jen and Kids helping out at base camp.

Sorting out all the bits and pieces is fun (kinda). Phoneline to be processed. Apparently theres a fault on the line so I have to take half a day off work to accomodate an engineer to check it out. Electricity supply sorted. Mentioned a few things to the landlord too.

Having no internet access is awful. Hopefully (everything crossed) it shouldn't be too long 'till I get back online and catch up with everything properly.

Right, off to get a TV licence now!

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