Long time updating

Shew, its been some time since I last posted anything here. A lot has been happening in my life since the last post. Let me recap quickly, before dropping down into the details:

• Work issues around suppliers and monopolies
• Gears of War for the Xbox 360
• PC gaming
• Action cricket

OK, Work issues. We have a supplier we have been dealing with for the past 8 or so years, and we general get two services from them. First is they run our Service Desk and secondly, we body-shop about 5 resources from them, which we manage and control (its not as harsh as it sounds). The issue with these guys is that they have been been telling us that they are front ending CA (Computer Associates) to our organization (and the also telling CA) and that they have arranged this exclusivity; they have this from my IT Director. Bullshit! I spoke to the IT Director and he's like "what the hell, no ways". so now I am the BAD PERSON for bring this to light - but fuck em!

Gears of War for the Xbox 360 is absolutely killer. Unfortunately, I suck at this type of game, not having mastered the Xbox 360 controller. But boy, I am impressed, the graphics are really awesome, the game smooth and whats REALLY impressed me was how easy it was to play Multiplayer. This was compounded by the fact that the online experience from South Africa was amazingly fast, there was no lag whatsoever.

PC Gaming. Well what can I say, I got stuck into a crappy game for many hours over the weekend as well playing some game, Midway Battles, or some such - can't even remember, but it was good. Lots about 8 or so hours to this game on Sunday afternoon/evening.

Action cricket. Played our last social for the near future, we are all winding down and the game is taking its toll on everyone concerned. With the Cricket World Cup around the corner (like in two days time), we have decided to call for a long break or they must find a completely new team to play against as we are all tired. We played against our Finance department and whipped their asses for the second time in a row - it was fantastic - but after about 9 or so months on the trop (with a small break in December), we look like the walking wounded. So we ended on a high, injuries all round and free beer at the end, but we KICKED FINANCE ASS!!

Later all, time to shower and then some more Gears of War - then REST and sleep.

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