I'm now, well we measured in the gym on wednesday, the following stats
a weight of 88.1 Kg
and a BMI of 22.9
The trainer said the weight was a bit high, so I asked him, as we are about the same size and his weight was the same!
He didn't do his BMI...
But said I need to get it down to about 17 for a target date of 1st July.
so I will be, and I'm quoting him, ripped for the summer!
Friday, March 25, 2011
The big day to tidy up life
I will be 38 years old in less that a month so I think today I should get some stuff sorted.
right what to do today.
(Note actually I'm doing quite well today as I got up early and managed an hour in the gym before getting to work for 8:30)
get my blog up to date about my last ski trip
talk to the boss about staying at my current job or looking for another one.
take the house off the market
sign up a new online dating agency
sort out my ISA for the tax year end
get some tickets to the one of this years music festivals (probably Leeds)
redeem the rest of my free music vouchers before they run out.
and stuff that can probably wait
look at buying a motorbike/scooter.
shave my beard off
sign up for stained glass again
well what did I manage?
my boss isn't in today so that's one for Monday
left a couple of messages with the estate agent but he hasn't called back
signed up to lovestucklondon
eISA with Nationwide all sorted.
got the ball rolling and a mate will be buying a group of tickets for Leeds, Yah!
taking the vouchers home and hopefully think of some suitable music this weekend.
oh and I did some work work as well. which is nice.
right what to do today.
(Note actually I'm doing quite well today as I got up early and managed an hour in the gym before getting to work for 8:30)
get my blog up to date about my last ski trip
talk to the boss about staying at my current job or looking for another one.
take the house off the market
sign up a new online dating agency
sort out my ISA for the tax year end
get some tickets to the one of this years music festivals (probably Leeds)
redeem the rest of my free music vouchers before they run out.
and stuff that can probably wait
look at buying a motorbike/scooter.
shave my beard off
sign up for stained glass again
well what did I manage?
my boss isn't in today so that's one for Monday
left a couple of messages with the estate agent but he hasn't called back
signed up to lovestucklondon
eISA with Nationwide all sorted.
got the ball rolling and a mate will be buying a group of tickets for Leeds, Yah!
taking the vouchers home and hopefully think of some suitable music this weekend.
oh and I did some work work as well. which is nice.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Getting the gang back together - sort of
Skiingthird time for the season. Maybe that's enough for one season.
This time is was Les Arcs.
We had:
Ice - ouch my hip/knee/head
Bare bits- ouch my skis
Sunny days - SPF50 nice
White outs- always fun
Some powder - weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
It was the first time we managed to get most of us together from University as a skiing group. I've been skiing on different trips with all of them at different times, except Nick.
It would have been a fuller set as Colin was meant to go as well but due to Clare getting injured on another ski trip he had to stay behind. The was a plus side to this as my room was tiny and sharing it would have been hard, but it would have been good to have us all there.
So we had Nick, Russ, Vicky and Mark on snowboards and Nicky, Big Phil and Myself on skis. A good combination and a full range of abilities as it was Nick's first trip. To be fair its not the best resort for beginner broader as its a bit flat so we all did well to get around.
It was a mammoth journey on the Euro star over night to get there made hard work, by the rubbish seats. Don't go on those 4 seats and a table bit, that's just horrible, at least the airline style seats don't mean you have to share leg space.
The accommodation was good, so too the food and we got plenty of pints of the black stuff from the local bar while the 6 nations was on.
I Hope we will do this again in upcoming season and with Col as well.
This time is was Les Arcs.
We had:
Ice - ouch my hip/knee/head
Bare bits- ouch my skis
Sunny days - SPF50 nice
White outs- always fun
Some powder - weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
It was the first time we managed to get most of us together from University as a skiing group. I've been skiing on different trips with all of them at different times, except Nick.
It would have been a fuller set as Colin was meant to go as well but due to Clare getting injured on another ski trip he had to stay behind. The was a plus side to this as my room was tiny and sharing it would have been hard, but it would have been good to have us all there.
So we had Nick, Russ, Vicky and Mark on snowboards and Nicky, Big Phil and Myself on skis. A good combination and a full range of abilities as it was Nick's first trip. To be fair its not the best resort for beginner broader as its a bit flat so we all did well to get around.
It was a mammoth journey on the Euro star over night to get there made hard work, by the rubbish seats. Don't go on those 4 seats and a table bit, that's just horrible, at least the airline style seats don't mean you have to share leg space.
The accommodation was good, so too the food and we got plenty of pints of the black stuff from the local bar while the 6 nations was on.
I Hope we will do this again in upcoming season and with Col as well.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
MOT After...
Seem to go quite well. we talk for about 2 hours twice as long as anybody else.
My boss seemed to be positive apart the work I've done here and the possibilities for the future.
Hopefully I'll get some movement and I get the opportunity to do some more important senior stuff, and a little more money would be nice!
My boss seemed to be positive apart the work I've done here and the possibilities for the future.
Hopefully I'll get some movement and I get the opportunity to do some more important senior stuff, and a little more money would be nice!
MOT Before
This is what I put in the assessment form before the meeting
Malcolm Gladwell wrote the following quote on job satisfaction.
"Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying."
While it is true that I get plenty of autonomy. I no longer get any say in what I work on so there is very little opportunity to innovate. Maybe it partly being stuck on such a long out of the way project but I no longer have any input into the direction or successes of the department and as a result I feel fed up of being so junior with no say about anything anymore.
I would like an opportunity to do some thing like line management or architecture, to have more of a voice in the department and the opportunity to work with new technology with maybe in connection with R&D.
As for complexity, yes there is a lot of work and I am always busy but the quality of work is not much of a challenge and I seem be slogging through just so other people can play ping pong. I've spent the last year hacking other people’s code and bug fixing other people work on Project A. The promise of someone else to take on the junior support work for Project A wasn't delivered upon. This situation looks set to continue with Project A until at least August and now the cycle looks to be starting afresh doing support work for the existing Project C site.
The only other major project I have worked on Project B, due to the time pressures we had to reused and recondition code I wrote 2 years ago based on what is now 6 year old technology. So I don't feel I have any opportunity to 'breakthrough' patching up my old work and work of other people.
And finally the connection between effort and reward. Nothing I do either good or bad makes the slightest difference. I watch the company presentation each year where the company reports posting a profit and by staying loyal to the company, with the effect of inflation over the 3 years, I have to suffer a lose each year in 'real terms' and this makes me angry.
I definitely feel not appreciated with no pay rise for three years
and in summary
Sorry for it being negative but I'm focusing on what I want fixing.
I'm fed up with being treated like shit
I'm bored with the work I have been given
I'm fed up with being so junior.
Would like to be able to do new development
I would like more money
I would like an opportunity to do some thing like line management, have more of a voice in the department and the opportunity to work with new technology with R&D.
Malcolm Gladwell wrote the following quote on job satisfaction.
"Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying."
While it is true that I get plenty of autonomy. I no longer get any say in what I work on so there is very little opportunity to innovate. Maybe it partly being stuck on such a long out of the way project but I no longer have any input into the direction or successes of the department and as a result I feel fed up of being so junior with no say about anything anymore.
I would like an opportunity to do some thing like line management or architecture, to have more of a voice in the department and the opportunity to work with new technology with maybe in connection with R&D.
As for complexity, yes there is a lot of work and I am always busy but the quality of work is not much of a challenge and I seem be slogging through just so other people can play ping pong. I've spent the last year hacking other people’s code and bug fixing other people work on Project A. The promise of someone else to take on the junior support work for Project A wasn't delivered upon. This situation looks set to continue with Project A until at least August and now the cycle looks to be starting afresh doing support work for the existing Project C site.
The only other major project I have worked on Project B, due to the time pressures we had to reused and recondition code I wrote 2 years ago based on what is now 6 year old technology. So I don't feel I have any opportunity to 'breakthrough' patching up my old work and work of other people.
And finally the connection between effort and reward. Nothing I do either good or bad makes the slightest difference. I watch the company presentation each year where the company reports posting a profit and by staying loyal to the company, with the effect of inflation over the 3 years, I have to suffer a lose each year in 'real terms' and this makes me angry.
I definitely feel not appreciated with no pay rise for three years
and in summary
Sorry for it being negative but I'm focusing on what I want fixing.
I'm fed up with being treated like shit
I'm bored with the work I have been given
I'm fed up with being so junior.
Would like to be able to do new development
I would like more money
I would like an opportunity to do some thing like line management, have more of a voice in the department and the opportunity to work with new technology with R&D.
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