So, it's been a while. I think if I'm to blog more, I'm going to need some motorvation. Given some 'can be arsed' I will be changing the appearance and perhaps even some coding enhancements!

But for now, enjoy this misty pic of canary wharf

I saw Ian Hislop (along with some Private Eye staff) earlier this week. They were doing a book signing with the release of the latest Private Eye Annual. A small crowd did gather but comments didn't stretch far from "ooh, isn't he the guy from telly? Oh, what's his name... that bald one in the middle".

It means nothing to me but Monty Panesar (something to do with cricket...) did a book signing a few weeks ago at the same place.

It's been a good while since my last update, so what's the deal? Let's back track a little first.

The 21^st June 2007 marked the end of 4 years of student life at University, it was the graduation of my efforts studying Computer Science & Engineering at Surrey. That's right ladies and gentlement, I am now a Bachelor of Science!

So anyways, armed with my newly acquired degree I merrily went on my quest for employment. I had some ups and downs with interviews (mainly downs...) but I did get good work with a good company. On 1^st October 2007, I was officially employed as a Technical Analyst at Broadridge Financial Solutions Ltd.

I can't describe how cool this job is. I joined under the Graduate Scheme which meant I was joined by 15 other grads from varying backgrounds. The training was great, we were introduced to the financial market (with equity, bonds and all that jazz) and the products. I've been working for 'real' for two weeks now and aside from a few "What the hell is going on..." moments, it's going quite nicely. The people are all great and we get treated very well by the company (we had pizzas 3 times during the first 2 weeks and every Friday we get "Friday Treats" meaning we help ourselves to sweets and snacks!).

The office is based in Canary Wharf, London's financial district. There are good and bad points though. The good: Zone 2, less tourists, better looking than central, nice view from the office. The bad: reliant on the Jubilee line, no more concept of personal space on tubes/trains, £323 per month on travel costs. The ugly: 2 hours door-to-door from Horsham, 4 hours round trip, up at 6am and home by 7pm, experience of new smells on the tubes/trains. But hey, it's all part of being a commuter.

So all-in-all, I'm pretty satisfied of how things are. Interesting job with real challenges, meeting new people, getting paid - the world is my oyster... oh how I miss the student life!

The marks were up and down but I did well overall. B33r all around!