Remember when was banned from MW2 for no reason? After a BS copy-paste response about how I had used cheats and it was their call etc. etc. I got an email from Valve today apologising. Something to do with the difference between people who had bought the disc (moi) and people who had downloaded through Steam.
Anyway, I'm unbanned and also have an extra copy of Left 4 Dead 2. =3
I'm back to loving Valve again. All is forgiven, my sweet.
You remember when Modern Warfare 2 dropped me in a hacked server? Today I was greeted by:
It's not enough IW push you down, kick you in the shin and call your mother a whore. They also have to take your wallet.
10. I started going out with my girlfriend in January.
9. I had a job interview at the Japanese Embassy in London.
8.I caught and cured scabies in Feb after being falsely diagnosed with stress-induced hives. I always thought of it as a "dirty" condition, like you can only catch it if you have gross habits. Truth is you can catch it just from being barefoot on a carpet.
7. I got a job in a school after volunteering for nearly 8 months.
6. I have learnt not to strike children in the sternum when they get cranky.
5. Or shake them violently.
4. I can't think of anything for number 4, so here's an awesome metal song.
2. I got the JET job I've been working towards for the past year.
1. I'm moving to Kumamoto City in two weeks. Seriously cannot wait.
So I was in London for the past 5 days or so. First three were business, sitting through 8 hour lectures for the JET programme, but the last 2-3 were pleasure. I work hard and play hard, baby 8)!
I start my merry journey at my local train station. The announcements over the PA echo and bounce around so much you can't really understand a lot of what's being said. ^_^;
A lot of trainspotters were creaming themselves over this steam train. I love the smell of these things, always remind me of the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. Bloody thing nearly deafened me when it left the station.
The journey down was rather annoying. A gaggle of art students from the college came on and were trying their hardest to out-retro each other. The winners were the ones who played Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon first. What was your first video game?
Welcome to London! =D
Very uneventful up until I got lost on my way to Baker Street. If you ever go to a city take an A-Z Street map and don't trust Google Maps. Their definition of a "straight line" is different from yours and mine.
Got there in the end.
Quite frankly this was one of the scarier train rides I've been on. The carriages were shaking like mad and the wheels kept giving off bright blue sparks. For anyone from London; is this normal? :?
Stayed in a Travelodge outside the train station, on top of a bus depot. They were pretty tight - no toothpaste or shampoo and they charged £1 for 20 mins of internet. You couldn't open the window either and it was a very warm night (T_T).
An iPad advert right next to Poundland. Does Apple think about where they put their adverts or just pebbledash a map and hope for the best?
After the first intensive day of JET training, we were given dorms to sleep in. I was so tired, I had a shower and slept for 10 hours straight. What's the longest you've slept for?
After the second day, I met up with my girlfriend. Our hotel was very very nice and was a literal stone's throw from Trafalgar Square.
Which Korea is best Korea?
Much of London is having construction work for the 2012 olympics. Famous landmarks are now obscured by scaffolding and the underground is constantly being rescheduled for maintenance.
Tried out the new iPhone 4 in the Apple Store on Regent Street. Managed to get the all the bars down by holding it in my left hand too. AirGuitarist 1 - 0 Expensive toy. Anyone have an iPhone? Thinking about upgrading it?
Bloody women drivers.
The world's first particle acceleratoror "atom smasher". Love these old designs, they remind me of the 1950s B-movies.
I won't go to Harrods, I won't go to Harrods, I won't go to Harrods....bugger, I just bought something at Harrods.
On special offer. Now will only cost you thrice the amount of your home and all your worldly possessions.
Very cool jukebox with built in LCD monitor.
The London Eye gets very busy very quickly, but they're efficient at getting people on/off. Mainly because you have to jump on/off while it's still moving.
Lovely clear day, perfect for taking lots of pics.
Dave works in there.
So British you'll poop crumpets just by looking at it.
Why did no-one tell me pelicans were indigenousto Britain?
Lizzy lives in there.
Not pictured: AirGuitarist calling his mother a vagabond and an easy lay in the vain hope of some kind of emotional response.
I don't know why but finding clear water in London is really hard. :?
The Institute for Contemporary Art. It was as hilarious and asinine as I'd imagined. This piece is called "My Mistake", the artist literally ****** up so much they had to drill holes in the wall to make it fit. The description said it was "to show literally the artist breaking the boundaries". Yeah, nice job **** bite, now we can't get into the library.
It was kinda hard to eat with this painting staring at me...
...but didn't freak me out as much as the stuffed waiter at the front.
25 days and counting until I move to Kumamoto. I've got all the info, filled in all the forms and still packing all my stuff. Exciting times. I promise to do a photo blog of Kumamoto once I move there. =3
I've got to go to London for about 5 days...I'll be honest, I'm not looking forward to it.
You all better not have sex while I'm gone. You know who you are.
Right click > view image.
Also, new haircut. My head feels a lot colder, but I'm using less shampoo now, at least.
Right click > view image etc...
I've started packing away some of my stuff already. I never realised how much I really don't use. I have those backing track CDs you get from guitar magazines from 2005 that I've not touched...so why do I feel compelled to keep it? :?
Thanks for all the kind words in the last blog.
The bureaucracy thing has already kind of kicked in. Aside from the application which takes several photocopies of ALL your papers, I've been sent even more for Visa and medical (which I've already done and photocopied 4 times prior). It's going to be fun setting up a bank account.
In other good news, I've just been accepted onto the JET programme. This time in 2 months I will be living (somewhere) in Japan! :D
I said I'd do this on vertically, but I lied. There's two more I'm doing tonight after work, I just need to get some photos off my phone.
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