• 21Aug 08

  Welcome to Next-Gen

  Its that time again, been very busy and barely browsed GameSpot hence why I haven't been commenting on anyone's blogs or posting that many messages over the past few months.

  So where do I start, had my exams back in May and early June, they went superbly and now I am on track for a merit... Assuming I get a good mark in my dissertation that is which is due in less than 3 weeks and I barely started it, 15000 words by the way so I better get cracking.

  BUT

  I'm getting a PS3 tomorrow and with that a few games to get me started. My PS2 gaming has slowed down considerably even though I still have some unplayed games, so I thought I need a refresh to get me going again. Either way I got Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Elder Scrolls Oblivion GOTY, Metal Gear Solid 4, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted Drake's Fortune and Lair (this one came with a package that was priced nicely, so I couldn't say no to it, still worth a shot) All in all the games came to £135 which is not a bad deal at all here in the UK. Still, I better put it to the side somehow and work my butt off to finish my dissertation.

  In other news my fiance came over to visit me for 2 weeks and it was a blast, walked all over the place and sampled as many restaurants as we can cram in a day, with an added 5kgs to weight to top it all off. Soon afterwards I went on holiday to Switzerland for a week visiting Geneva and Lausanne in the process, the latter is a nicer city but no one speaks English there, thankfully I still remember some French so I managed to get by.

  This kinda sums up the last few months, so until the next blog take care everyone.

  • Posted Aug 21, 2008 11:47 am PT
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• 16May 08

  What a result!!

  Now this would have looked nice in the previous blog post, but I only got the news today and its superb!

  To make things short, I'm the chairman of my hall of residence and we started a campaign demanding compensation for the poor living conditions in this hall. The campaign has been running since November, we met up with managers from around the university to no avail. I managed to set up a meeting with one of the university's senior directors and last week the committee, some residents and myself expressed our concerns to him.

  Well here is the news, today we got the response and they offered us almost £200 (almost $400) each, multiply that by the number of students here (300) and we got ourselves £60,000 ($120,000) compensation. Now how is that for a talking point during a job interview?

  I'm glad it ended this way, if only for the monumental effort we put in to get this compensation. Needless to say, I will be drinking excessive amounts of beer today and organizing a party for the hall sometime soon!

  • Posted May 16, 2008 11:04 am PT
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• 13May 08

  5 Things You Don't Know About Me

  1) As of Jan 08, I am now engaged to my girlfriend of 8 years.
  

  2) In 2003 went for 2 weeks without sunlight since I played all night and slept all day.

  3) I didnt eat or leave my room for 3 days while playing FFX.

  4) Incredibly cynical with an acid tongue for humor.

  5) Will finish my Masters degree in Engineering Project Management in 3-4 months

  Here is a freebie outside the top 5, I hate email forwards and the lot and the only reason I am doing this is because ali_kerem tagged me! To that end I shall be boring and won't tag anyone in my place!

  • Posted May 13, 2008 3:46 am PT
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