Tag Archives: work

2009

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Adrian

About this time last year, I wrote this, a review of 2008. I did one for 2007 too, so might as well do one for 2009. 2009 started with some uncertain ill health, that turned out to be gall stones. … Continue reading →

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No-mura

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Adrian

(see what I did there?) Well, I’m no longer at Nomura, taking a week off, then off to pastures Blue. I have mixed feelings on leaving. The people at Lehman (and Nomura) have been great and a pleasure to work … Continue reading →

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Gobble Gobble Gobble

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Adrian

We’re off to Turkey! Mother-in-law, sister-in-law and niece are already there (a beach resort near Tekirova, apparently) and we’re heading off on Saturday to meet them. I’ve never seen niece before and haven’t seen the others for a few years, … Continue reading →

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Better

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Adrian

The last few weeks have been quite difficult for me. Work has been generally unsatisfactory as there is way too much support/management and not enough hands-on development work. This was made worse by my boss taking a couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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Bank Holiday

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Adrian

Hurrah! Bank Holiday long weekend! Oh wait, it’s 6am and I’m working. Got shed-loads of stuff to do today. Fortunately, I’m only on call tomorrow and have a few system checks to do. No stress. It’s just the last chance … Continue reading →

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Eurovision

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Adrian

The last few months have been very busy at work. It’s not just the long hours, but the lack of genuine free time during the evenings and weekends. I manage and support a system than runs from Saturday afternoon through to the … Continue reading →

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Useless agents

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Adrian

I got an email from a pimp (employment agent) today. Now I’ll say first off that some are very good and do an excellent job, but by and large they do make me giggle. So today I received the following. Given … Continue reading →

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Office move

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Adrian

Last September, my employer’s holding company went bankrupt, taking all our money and forcing us to go into administration. An evil British company bought out the bulk of the parent company in the US and a very nice Japanese company … Continue reading →

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Back to work

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Adrian

I tried to go back to work today; well ‘go’ is not quite right as I’d be working from home as I don’t want to risk having a full normal day, with commuting, wearing trousers (belt line rubs against lower … Continue reading →

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Upgrade

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Adrian

I had a pleasant surprise at work the other day.  I was called into big boss’s office (oh know, should I clear my desk?) and was told I had been upgraded. Quite a pleasant surprise and it’s always nice to … Continue reading →

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