Don’t work too hard

Hi Guys,

So, as someone replied to my last email…”are you doing any work there?” it made me realize I hadn’t mentioned work once!! So here goes!! Yes, I spend about 50 of the 168 hours a week at this place called an “office”. Whatever I have left over from those 50 of surfing the net, messing around on FaceBook and typing annoyingly long emails, I do this thing called “work”. OK, so it’s pretty interesting and would put my enjoyment/satisfaction level at about a 6. My last 9 months in London would have been a 3 and the preceeding 2 years would have been a 9, so I’m happy but not ecstatic. A lot of admin c.rap to do, cause basically I’m helping one of the big cheeses here set up the new Structuring team, but I’m learning a heck of a lot of how to run a business which should give me some good skills for later in life.

Ok, back to the fun part!!

Threw my Hawaiian themed BBQ and pool party on Saturday which was good fun. Unfortunately the count was only 2 straw skirts and precisely zero coconut bikinis, but was a good laugh, lots of food and drinks, but no real scandal.

Yesterday I somehow wangled my second ever goal and second man of the match in 3 games. Took an absolute pasting, but I was on hand to nick the ball off a defender on the box and clip it round the keeper at the far post http://www.espzen.com/matchreport_frame.asp?matchno=5002

Glad to see not too much has changed form back home and had our inaugural poker night last Weds. As the host, I had to let other people win, just so they come back..at least that was my excuse!! A girl won it. Someone’s ideas was to get naked butler type people round to put her off next time…although I think it might be a bit weird with 8 other blokes in the room!!

I made it through the 25 crazy hours of fasting in one piece! I kind of cheated by drinking some water, but please don’t tell the man upstairs! The community here are very friendly and headed to a family’s house to break the fast….on leaving we got invited to another house where they were just about to start so I had to eat all over again – would have been rude not to!

Now have the infamous Jamie “JB” Black staying with me for a few days. Doesn’t really feel too strange though cause there are so many Westerners here anyway…should have a fun week and then heading off to Perth and the Margaret River wine area this weekend. 8 of us going and I’ve called shotgun to drive the A4 convertible…have to do it in style!!

Keep in touch

Jamie