Posted February 22, 2012 My Wife and Son arrived home from their holiday in the Philippines visiting her family this morning. I am wrecked, been up since 5am (stayed in my sisters house an hour away from the airport), picked them up at 7am then made the 3 hour journey home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 22, 2012 After a crappy day, my new leather jacket arrived and I love it. Now to head to bed and have some quiet time before the loud housemates get in! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 22, 2012 Today at work I was told what my bonus is going to be. It's normally a decent bonus (around 10% of salary) but this year it's been bumped up to about 14%. Super pleased. Tomorrow I find out my pay rise - I hope that's as pleasant a surprise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 22, 2012 Today at work I was told what my bonus is going to be. It's normally a decent bonus (around 10% of salary) but this year it's been bumped up to about 14%. Super pleased. Tomorrow I find out my pay rise - I hope that's as pleasant a surprise. Bloody hell that's a ridiculously good bonus. You aren't a taxpayer bailed out banker are you? Seriously thought congrats. Is that performance related? What company do you work for? Do they have any jobs going? :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 22, 2012 It's mainly because the MD just gives nice bonuses to people that she wants to stick around (I guess that's performance related). Here you go! I've been here six years, a new grad's bonus will not be the same! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 22, 2012 I'm getting a payrise of about 2k a year, and hopefully backpay (of about 3 years!!) this month tooo, yippeee Oh how I love nhs reforms *nods* counting the days til next monday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 22, 2012 It's mainly because the MD just gives nice bonuses to people that she wants to stick around (I guess that's performance related). You bet it is! Congrats anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2012 Got my module results for the first semester of year 2 this morning, which basically means the first results that actually count for anything. I did much better than I expected, the only bad result out of the 4 being Stats but really even that was alright since I was half expecting to fail. The other 3 modules were all 2:1s with one of them being dam close to a first. It bodes well considering how much more work I could have done last semester, I might even attain a few firsts if I really try... Good times though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2012 Finished all the testing for my dissertation! Thank god for that. Hopefully my supervisor will be happy enough with the number of participants I've gotten and if he's not, well f**k him. Think I'll head to the pub now for a well deserved drink before trying to tackle the stats with my spreadsheets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2012 I didn't sleep last night but I have laid out everything I need to get done before graduation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2012 In the latest Nintendo Gamer, in the article Judgement Play, people send in suggestions for games to put in The Vault of random greatness. My amazing suggestion of Solstice on the NES made it in! I AM GOD OF THE SEA PEOPLE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2012 @EEVILMURRAY That is awesome.... Also I remember having Solstice on my NES... I also remember getting stuck fairly early and never finishing the game. It was just too hard for my young mind to take in Is it out on the VC? I'd love to see how I fair on it now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) That is awesome.... Also I remember having Solstice on my NES... I also remember getting stuck fairly early and never finishing the game. It was just too hard for my young mind to take in Is it out on the VC? I'd love to see how I fair on it now I was too young to fully appreciate it also. Can't seem to find it on Virtual Console, but here it is in flash glory: http://nintendo8.com/game/70/solstice/ Visited around 25 rooms and "completed" 7% in my first run. Would've done better if I had a controller. Edited February 24, 2012 by EEVILMURRAY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 They extended my contract until the end of next month today. Which is brilliant, and like the pay is nom nom nom but it's so damn exhausting. I think I need to slow my work rate down because I'm in danger of burning out. And my copy has been deemed good enough for me to have the final approval. I don't have to run it by anyone, which is both terrifying but also pretty awesome. Especially since I've been there less than two weeks. Also my copy got sent to someone super high up at Xbox global. Dunno if I can say who, so I won't. Score. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 After a seriously dry period for writing, I finally found a catalyst for an extended rant. Recently played through Resident Evil 5 again, and then went and wrote down what I thought in as entertaining a manner as I could muster (being out of practice). There's something to be said for a having a moderated perspective of a game that comes after the hype cycle and initial response has died down. If you care to take a read: http://audioserf.wordpress.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 They extended my contract until the end of next month today. Which is brilliant, and like the pay is nom nom nom but it's so damn exhausting. I think I need to slow my work rate down because I'm in danger of burning out. And my copy has been deemed good enough for me to have the final approval. I don't have to run it by anyone, which is both terrifying but also pretty awesome. Especially since I've been there less than two weeks. Also my copy got sent to someone super high up at Xbox global. Dunno if I can say who, so I won't. Score. What is a 'copy'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 Its a derogatory term for "lettuce". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 What is a 'copy'? From what I know 'copy' refers to any kind of text that's intended for print (so advertisements, articles etc.). Kinda like the term copywriter (though that's mainly for advertising I think). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 What is a 'copy'? Exactly what Eenuh said. I'm working as a copywriter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 Paid for my holiday to Florida. Now to save some money to spend, I have until June. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 25, 2012 my teeth have already started to move, after only 3 days of having these braces in... one of them has twisted slightly into line, and has filled in a gap and left a gap somewhere else and its a really visible change o_o At the moment my teeth look more gappy than they did 4 days ago.... but yeah it is a good thing because its helping my diet and it will fix my teeth eventually... i'm quite enjoying the obsessive compulsion to clean my teeth far too often.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2012 my teeth have already started to move, after only 3 days of having these braces in... one of them has twisted slightly into line, and has filled in a gap and left a gap somewhere else and its a really visible change o_o At the moment my teeth look more gappy than they did 4 days ago.... but yeah it is a good thing because its helping my diet and it will fix my teeth eventually... i'm quite enjoying the obsessive compulsion to clean my teeth far too often.. Nice one. When I had mine it was similar. The only thing is, even after 4 years of various braces, they start to move back to their previous position really quickly! After a few weeks of not wearing my retainer at night I notice a huge difference when putting it back in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2012 Nice one. When I had mine it was similar. The only thing is, even after 4 years of various braces, they start to move back to their previous position really quickly! After a few weeks of not wearing my retainer at night I notice a huge difference when putting it back in. Yeah, I can confirm that. Even after just a few days without the retainer you can feel the difference when you put it in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2012 I don't know about you guys, but due to the extent of what my teeth were, they left two bars on the back of my teeth (one top and one bottom.) I've had them since I was 15/16 now and they've no sign of coming out. It's basically a bad idea to remove them just incase my teeth decide to revert back, as I quite like being able to close my mouth properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2012 I've liked a girl for a while and I finally asked her out today and she said yes. Now all she has to do is break up with her boyfriend and we can be on our way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
