I've settled into a new career now and seem to have more time, money and time again. I've brought a PS3 again mainly for its media capabilities. I've always had an Xbox and thinking about getting A Vita. This statement would be "I'm definitely getting a Vita next week" if it played the PsOne classics like its predecessor the PSP does. Wipeout 2048 looks amazing though and the price is very competitive.

My other thoughts about getting a Vita ate obviously taking in mind the upcoming IPad 3. I've enjoyed gaming on any of the iPads and iPhones and this is purely down to no physical input for the controls.

Back to games. I'm currently
Playing Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, BF3 ad still loving Dirt 3. I'd like to play GOW3 and and Forza 4 so they are next on my list.

I'm not really sure of anything I want to play on the PS3. Maybe Uncharted 3. Does anyone have some suggestions?

I know a few people have got back into pc gaming but for me it's not the same anymore and it's an expensive way to enjoy games. The fact the same games are on the consoles an for most the time play the same day a lot to me. It's about the gameplay. It just the look. But saying that I know PC gaming has given me some of the fondest moments I've had and some great memories.

Happy gaming.

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Random image included.

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I visited the new war memorial near Lichfield yesterday with the girlfriend, It really makes you think.

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I've been taking a few more photographs since I got an iPhone 3GS again. Check out my Flickr page using the link at the top.

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Here is a pciture showing just a weeks growth of my tree. Pretty amazing how fast these things grow.

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This thing is growing like crazy. Only been away for a few days and can already see huge growth.

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Started my online course today. My Aim is to have a Level 3 by the end of 2012. Thats an A level in maths. Even level 1 is a little confusing at the minute though. Maths has never been a strong point.

Everyone should check them out.

http://www.learndirect.co.uk/

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Some photos from this year's festivities

See the full gallery on Posterous

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I bought my first Bonsai Tree around a month ago and it seemed to start dying straight away. I thought it was too late after the first 2 weeks as there were no signs of it coming back to life.

After checking it was still alive by peeling back some bark and revealing any green between the bark and the tree I decided to try and get it back to full health. AS you can see 2 weeks of care and its already started to sprout new leafs. I’ve been watering it every 3 days by immersing the entire bowl in room temperature water for 30 minutes.

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So I hope you all got what you wanted for Christmas, I know I did. I had rules with mine and they were to open my presents in the correct order.

Battlefield 3.... This = Love.

My Grandad used to wear one of these.

I really like it. And it suits me. She got me to try it on the other week but had no idea she got it me.

And finally after opening the jumper and then the picture I realised why I had to open the last two in order. Yup that's my girlfriend.

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Merry Christmas everyone. That’s almost another year over and done with and mines been like the British weather. All over the place. The end of this year has come to a nice close though and Next year is going to be fantastic. Looking forward to starting my new career and Barcelona is going to be awesome in February. Happy days.

Hope everyone has a start to their new year like this one has ended for me. Remember whats important to you and take no one for granted. Making life faster does not make it better. Savor each moment, each encounter, each experience and most importantly be greatful for the good things in your life.

Love peace and happiness.

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Been really busy since I got back from Thailand moving around in a few jobs and finally securing a fantastic career opportunity within a great company on their trainee programme. I’ve worked hard for this and look forward to building on this career and my future.

I’ve met a fantastic lady who I’ve been with for just over 3 months now and we both are looking forward to spending our first Christmas together. She’s got me a Reindeer jumper I just know it

Apart from those two huge things there isn’t much else happening.

Before I forget I’d like to tell everyone to go check out the http://www.learndirect.co.uk/ website. They provide free training and offer some great courses that you can study in your own time.

Well that’s it for now. I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas.

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I had a fantastic time in Thailand and plan to make a year visit there regular. I've been really busy with work and training and everything’s starting to come together nicely now. Life’s great when you know the secret. Pics uploaded soon.

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It's been a  while since I've posted. So much has gone on this last month its too much to cram in. I'm back in training, My best friend has signed a UFC contract and I'm doing his pads for him. It feels great to be a part of something so big. We are also flying out to Thailand on the 19th of August to train at Tiger for 2 and a half weeks. Going to Thailand in it self is an experience but to go there and train at one of the worlds top Thai boxing camps is just unreal!

I will be posting daily as long as I can find a regular Wifi hotspot so watch this space and my twitter.

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A couple Videos of "Dinner" Jumping about after food ontop of his coop.

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Here's my real life Kinect sports but only because I have no money for a Kinect. I’m pretty sick of being in gyms full of posers. These are good for home use but definitely going to need some more plates.

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Some of the chickens seemed to enjoy the heavy rain we had. It usually brings out the worms and grubs in the ground, There were doing a lot of foraging. I'm planning on building a new coop for them in a few months once I have all the wood sorted out and possibly be moving them the larger area at the bottom of the garden.

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Playing around with my camera I noticed the shots in Portrait mode in the scene selection seemed to be much sharper than any other mode for general use. You can clearly see in some of the images below it is in fact a good mode to shoot in instead of auto. Below are some 100% crops,  The left image is shot with auto setting and the right image is Portrait.

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Walsall council  WHG Walsall housing group are currently installing new boilers and heating in their houses. My moms neighbour didn't have any letters for dates or information on her new boiler and heating fitting. After 12 years she had just decorated her kitchen and then the workers turned up to move her boiler from the corner of the kitchen into the middle,  they then forced her to take down their storage shed outside even though it wasn't in the way as "they are not allowed to climb on things"

That's just the neighbour. Now my mom thought as she has decorated she should ring up to check when they are coming and some relevant questions regarding the new heating fitting. The woman on the phone said she doesn't know when they are coming, she doesn't know how big the new fireplaces are and that my mom "who has arthritis" has to remove her wooden flooring herself. 

My mom said she needs to know if the new fireplace is bigger or smaller as she has just decorated and needs to make arrangements for things to be done after the new installation and if she could get help putting down the flooring in all the rooms. The woman responded with you have to put it down yourselves and could you stop bombarding the switchboard with questions now as we have nothing further to tell you.

This is WHG. You will have things thrust upon you when they feel like it with no questions allowed and not even the decency to let you know when it will happen. to destroy newly decorated houses with no consideration for its occupants. To stop weekly bin then fine you when there's too much rubbish in your bin after 2 weeks. To snoop in those bins,  in our area ban black bin liners are banned and we are forced to use clear bin liners or else the rubbish won't be taken away. This is obviously under the false pretence of recycling when inf act its to make the well paid bin snoopers job's easier.

It's not just about the way my mom was treated on the phone. Each year we slowly have less freedom and getting treated like a number.

We are slowly shifting into the authoritarian state of government our parents/grand parents fought so hard against from 1939 to 1945.

We need to stand up and make our voices herd once again and I urge everyone to tweet/facebook or just pass this along you need to phone your council or your MP and if they refuse to hear your questions you keep on calling or getting into and demand your questions answered. We are slowly being breed to conform to authority with no questions asked. People have the power,  we have the power to change things. We put these people into power and they answer to the people.

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This time of year is when the spiders start to come out,  I really hate, Well not hate but just have a phobia of them. I noticed this little git crawling by my head.

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