Well yes, the royal wedding is the talk of the town and I'm rather anxiously looking forward to see the precession on the streets of London. I imagine it's going to be incredibly difficult to be productive - in as much as seeing anything, but I'm going for the experience and the atmosphere and really the ability to say, yes I was there and I enjoyed it.
I'm doing a bit of consultancy at the moment work, where a customer has a few issues that I'm looking at and I'm pleased that I get to talk to customers again, that said I'd prefer not to :-)
Brought in 2 Xbox games for the office yesterday which should give me the opportunity to take, ah-hem...regular breaks. Have not yet given it a go but it's there when we need it.
Had a quick little look at Leeds Castle on the web and that looks like something I should invest some time to go looking into it - it's local and quite marvellous. It's got a moat, 'c'mon that's awesome.
Interesting few days on the iPhone app front, wrote some basic foundations to send data to a server and receive it. I then implemented a type-ahead search functionality using this base functionality. Quite Exciting.
That said, work has been rather grand with this week bring a 3 day week. Sweet. Tomorrow I'm off to see the wedding so that should be great. Not sure how long I'll stay for as I imagine it's going to get pretty crowded pretty soon, which tends to irritate me, generally but not before I get a couple if photos that I can upload to my blog!
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Right I'm on the tube heading for Buckingham Palace, this is going to be crazy! When I woke up this morning, turned the TV on and coverage of the wedding celebrations were well underway. I'm so stoked. I'm hoping to get on that long strip from Buckingham palace to Westminster. It's going to be tough. I think just being there, taking photos and just sharing in the event will be great fun - I'm thinking that I'm probably not going to enjoy the crowding (who does, right?) but I want to say I was there!
Probably end up wondering about like a tourist but hey no problemo! Even now, the tube is lighting up and I can see all the eyes on my Union Jack t-shirt I'm wearing, seen a few in full blown dress from sunglasses,hats and flags - you name it - they have it. I need to grab a flag. I don't know, it's something about getting a flag that's got me going. Perhaps it's scenes of previous lined streets with furious fluttering flags that have made it's impression.
I doubt I'll see the Prince or his entourage but hey I don't really know them so I'm not terribly worried. Thinking, I'm really not that fussed about celeb stuff(and this is celeb stuff, 'c'mon) but this doesn't happen very often, an opportunity to see a great royal couple starting one hopes a fruitful journey and historically, it'll be nice to say I was there!
Ive just got this feverous desire to grab some outrageous union jack sun glasses to wear with my shirt. Saw sone real corkers so far!
Well I watched everything in Hyde park on big screens, to be honest it felt as if I was at a sports event or something. every time we saw prince William or Kate - everyone just waved their flags. really good fun! kinda got little bored of standing there, so soon after they did their do's - I departed finding my way back to Victoria station, which thankfully wasn't half as difficult as it was getting there.
Got a text from my mom, saying when am I going to get married...goodness I told her, let's take one step at a time, shall we?
anyway, so great the text of the day is mine!
I'm doing a bit of consultancy at the moment work, where a customer has a few issues that I'm looking at and I'm pleased that I get to talk to customers again, that said I'd prefer not to :-)
Brought in 2 Xbox games for the office yesterday which should give me the opportunity to take, ah-hem...regular breaks. Have not yet given it a go but it's there when we need it.
Had a quick little look at Leeds Castle on the web and that looks like something I should invest some time to go looking into it - it's local and quite marvellous. It's got a moat, 'c'mon that's awesome.
Interesting few days on the iPhone app front, wrote some basic foundations to send data to a server and receive it. I then implemented a type-ahead search functionality using this base functionality. Quite Exciting.
That said, work has been rather grand with this week bring a 3 day week. Sweet. Tomorrow I'm off to see the wedding so that should be great. Not sure how long I'll stay for as I imagine it's going to get pretty crowded pretty soon, which tends to irritate me, generally but not before I get a couple if photos that I can upload to my blog!
////////----News Update -----/////////
Right I'm on the tube heading for Buckingham Palace, this is going to be crazy! When I woke up this morning, turned the TV on and coverage of the wedding celebrations were well underway. I'm so stoked. I'm hoping to get on that long strip from Buckingham palace to Westminster. It's going to be tough. I think just being there, taking photos and just sharing in the event will be great fun - I'm thinking that I'm probably not going to enjoy the crowding (who does, right?) but I want to say I was there!
Probably end up wondering about like a tourist but hey no problemo! Even now, the tube is lighting up and I can see all the eyes on my Union Jack t-shirt I'm wearing, seen a few in full blown dress from sunglasses,hats and flags - you name it - they have it. I need to grab a flag. I don't know, it's something about getting a flag that's got me going. Perhaps it's scenes of previous lined streets with furious fluttering flags that have made it's impression.
I doubt I'll see the Prince or his entourage but hey I don't really know them so I'm not terribly worried. Thinking, I'm really not that fussed about celeb stuff(and this is celeb stuff, 'c'mon) but this doesn't happen very often, an opportunity to see a great royal couple starting one hopes a fruitful journey and historically, it'll be nice to say I was there!
Ive just got this feverous desire to grab some outrageous union jack sun glasses to wear with my shirt. Saw sone real corkers so far!
Well I watched everything in Hyde park on big screens, to be honest it felt as if I was at a sports event or something. every time we saw prince William or Kate - everyone just waved their flags. really good fun! kinda got little bored of standing there, so soon after they did their do's - I departed finding my way back to Victoria station, which thankfully wasn't half as difficult as it was getting there.
Got a text from my mom, saying when am I going to get married...goodness I told her, let's take one step at a time, shall we?
anyway, so great the text of the day is mine!