It's 23:18 on a Tuesday evening. just got away from work. Working late on some code. Been working my sweet little hynie for the last couple of weeks.
Amazing how many people are on the tube. It's pretty encouraging I suppose in a way but you get to see some strange things: the dude with a nose ring is not that wired but I notice him. To be honest I try not to notice people generally on a tube(I don't know what that statement supposed to mean;-)

I didn't have lunch today but ironically it's the only day this week that I had breakfast. I must be honest, I'm enjoying my work even though it's tough at times. Continuing to read my biography on Cancer which is really coming on now and I'm getting really interested as its referencing cell biology which I've always liked. Pretty easy to see how collaboration in research helps out - suppose its the same as being in a development team.

I couldn't work late yesterday due to some power management work that occurred at work but that was good as I got to do no work - I think I need to stop sometimes(even though I like it but it's also stress full near release date). That said, I ended up playing mass effect 2 until 2am last night which was great. I managed to finish it.

Super happy about that - been stuck on that game for like 6 months - I suck but I play intermittently so it's fairly moderate compared to some guys at work.

Thinking about joining the gym downstairs - that will probably keep me at work that much longer but it will be healthier in terms of a lifestyle, you. know exercise and stuff. I'd have end(or even pause) my current gym membership at home - I could do that.

But whatever - need to get off this tube, wrap myself in a blanket and sleep and race to work to see if I broke anything while checking in my code - probably did.

Today was good. The piece of work that I spent working on is now being used by the rest of the team without too many problems - which is what I wanted.

I'm at the stage now that my cold(I developed a bit of a cold recently doing the above mentioned work late at night)
is not quite sure if it is a cold or even whether it want to be one - I'm in no mans land. Where I'm thinking, should I go to the gym or not. Sadly, I probably won't and as much I hate knowing that my body isn't working, I know the value of looking after myself. So yeah, double edges sword really. Had a sorta healthy meal which, included fruit, yoghurt, orange juice, sandwich and limited my sugar intake. All pretty ok things to do but...half way through my body threw a hissy fit and I got a headache which, prompted me to have a coffee with sugar...it relaxed - so temperamental...

If my headache was due to lack of usual sugar intake(which it may not be) then a lot can be said about sugar addiction and adaption in my body.

Played some XBox today during my lunch break which was good - out chill-out room is well equipped! Heard some pretty bad rumours and news that our Finance team is getting made redundant which sucks hugely - I don't know if I should feel as frustrated as I do- I hate seeing friends and people i like depart, worse when there is speculation...

Anyway, this morning I was walking towards the office, past Liverpool street station and I realised how beautiful and privileged it is to walk by such beautiful, old and historic designs and architecture. I'm sometimes really blow away by my luck. London city, is so beautiful - it really is. The wonderful thing is going to be remembering it. That said even now, I have this strange feeling - I'm getting excited and also that feeling you would get only when you're away and missing something and thinking how great it was. I'm getting that now, here and I'm feeling it's significance which just makes me appreciate it so much more. Can't say how happy I am so see London and more so how it makes me feel.

I'm slowly getting through my book on the biography of Cancer and although only some parts are really informative, others are just explanations of Cancer pioneer's situations and lives throughout the worlds take of Cancer - that's pretty boring. I'm about half way now - I'm officially allowed to look at the few distinct white, photo quality images in the centre of the book now. I say that but I cheated about 3/4 and looked at them anyway.


That's about it, really.

It was going to happen. I've been working really hard this week: No gym. No running. No sleep. It's only been a week but my body don't like it. This morning I woke up with a sore throat. But silly I suppose.

That said, the late nights have paid off work wise: I've been working diligently and effectively(ok maybe not effectively) to ensure that all my logic is sound, clean, transparent and readable. I know it is, which is feel good most definitely.This is key because it's a complex task I'm doing for our product release and I'm enjoying it(don't tell no one though!) so I'm real happy to loose a bit of sleep but its pretty sucky to feel run down. Bought myself a smoothie last night in the hope to boost me but it was a bit late it seems.

Today is Friday and I'm going to catch up on all the sleep that is lingering around on the ceilings that I left behind while being up(whoa, complex pun).

Last night I had 2 beers(I'm still a 2 beer drinker) outside our work premises and because it is complex it's very close and fairly homely(as a colleague put it) but seems very formal. At the drinks they were hosting and showing off the sport of fencing(yeah with the swords) and the dudes were lancing and poking below the upper decking, which is where we were at, looking down at the platform where they were. Seemed fairly corporate.

Yeah so we've been in our new offices for the past week now and with the newness comes a cautious optimism - cautious in as much as we've been very quite, not as talkative and someone told me that they feared that we were loosing our identify and feel. Thing is, two big things happened very quickly recently that have contributed to this view. Firstly, we were acquired by software giant and we moved into a new premises - a double whammy for change! So that's going to happen. Just got to let the new stuff grow on you.

But back to me and my sore throat. Im not going to work diligently again! Moderation with most things is king.

The new offices are not far from where I used to work, so that's great and the really cool thing is that they are so beautiful! I got retractable screens at my desk, a huge white board(dude... so awesome!) and a massive desk and here is the kicker right, a separate telephone! Yeah imagine that - might not mean anything to you but for a profession where personal telephones on desks aren't really needed - im pretty stoked. I won't call no-one. I won't let no-one call me but I could! I won't. But I got something I don't need and that smacks of luxury...I like, its deluded but I like it.

One thing that is apparent(with me feeling I'll after a week-long work marathon), is how if you let yourself(get sick) become your own enemy, you will become your worst enemy and let yourself down.(got sick) Just a thought.