master chef

ive been watching masterchef goes large on bbc 2 and i do enjoy watching it, but i have wondered how some of the contestents get on as last week the cooking wasnt very good, think when i watched it wednesday in the 1st round 3 of the 6 cooks produced raw food i thoguht the people who come on to these kind of porgrams are kind of tested so how can they come on to master chef and cook raw food,

iam a good cook and always fanceyed running my own breakfast bar on a road side or somthing like that not only i could serve breakfast cobs i could do various pasta dishes and so on, i wouldnt mind going onto matser chef myself but only thing i would need more practice on is making sauces from scratch as thats my only down side, i can make basic sauces like mushroom and tomatoe and bbq sauces but thats about it,

one thing ive become good at doing since ive had a bread maker is making pizza, and i also enjoy making my own cobs and rolls as well much nicer not had much success in making bread but to be honest ive only used it for cobs and pizza at the moment, but the best thing about making my own pizza is the toppings the amount of wonderfull variations ive done is quite good and my favs are half and half toppings as if ive got a friend who dont like one of the toppings i can do him/her one half and put anyother kind of topping on the other half and they are so simple to do

maybe one day my cooking dream will come true one day

not much got done

the weekend was a bit of a washout hey, the walk in the derby dales was called of cos when i woke up it was lagging it down and i didnt fancey getting wet and also i had a bit of a hangover so i went back to sleep, but i did meet my mates who i was going on the walk with in town instead for something to eat i walked into town as i still felt a bit fussy from the night before and by time i was in town i felt okay and went to the flying dragon for a change from the big wok,

the flying dragon wasnt bad i didnt think the choice was as good as the big wok but the furnishings were better and had music playing in the back ground, the spare ribs were lovely was a bit dissapointed as there were no chicken balls which i love had a bit of seaweed and had 3 lots of this chocolate cake with various ice cream then a walk home so i didnt feel guilty of the 3 lots of chocolate cake,

also with it raining most of the weekend i managed to watch some of the remake of the battlestar galactica series as the mini series dvd came through the post which ment i could also watch the 1st season of the series and i must say it was very good, it kept me wanting more which i ended up watching 8 episodes in the end plus the mini series which was 2 hour long itself i think must of watched around 9 hours of telly yesterday all in all most ive watch all week i think,

so a nice end to the weekend, but be a different story this coming wekend as ill be working and again ive still not gained any weight which iam pleased about i made a target last week i wanted to cycle 50 miles and i beat that by 6 miles so iam happy but iam still setting the same target this week for 50 miles, a bit silly realy cos when i was 18 i used to cycle around 80ish miles a week and i dont think that was bad realy

stay safe out there as theres madduns abuot ta ta

thank goodness its friday

well i did have a bit planned as in outings as ive not realy been anywhere as such for a while and ready for a day out, the last one was in skegy in december and it was a bit windy but had a good laugh and a few beers, i was going to have a walk in the derby dales but with the weather looks like it will not happen,

but ive still got a couple of things i can do, might have a trip to newark and have a pub lunch or go and watch that will smith film iam legend which looks quiet good, or i might be a couch potaoe and watch a few films ive got stacked up and might even watch the new battlestar gallatic series, but i know one thing ill do sat is have a bike ride to southwell and cycle through a couple of villages, but all depends on the weather

this has been a bit of a strange week my sleeping pattern has been a bit fucked, as lately ive been sleeping quite sound, and ive had a return of strange dreams again hopefuly my sleeping pattern will return to normal soon, as the last 2 morning ive slept threough till 11am and normaly been up aroun half 8, and for the 4th week running ive not gained any weight but iam not losing any either but to say ive not been to the gym much these last 2 weeks iam quiet happy ive not gained any weight as ive been going to the pub a bit more than i do rather than my normaly 2 nights its been 4-5 nights a week ive not been drinking loads but ive got do cut that down,

ive cooked some nice meals this week, one of my best was the stirfry i did bluddy lovely, then wednesday i did chicken which was free range did a nice mushroom sauce with leeks and courgets and a mash potaoe top, and think ill meet a mate 2mora and eat out but not sure what to have tho might have a italian meal for a change,

anyway got to get some work done so stay safe as theres madduns about

yet another mastrerpiece

got the wok out today and produced this wonder it had peppers the leftover pork from yesterdays roast also it had egg noodles and bambooshoots and blackbean sauce all done in 10 mins not bad hey

beer

iam so looking forward to a pint tonight afterwork, dont know why iam so ready as ive not had a busy day as such so at 10pm will be supping a nice pint of bitter not sure where yet and i will have a few just hope it dont snow or hail like it did last nite as got totaly soaked, even the hailstones got that bad one got me in the eye and that stung

righty iam off to kick some students out of rooms so i can lock up, stay safe as theres maduns about

mc fucking donald's

this lunch time i got talked into going to mcdonald's wished i fucking hadnt, it was fucking horrible had a big mac and fries 1st question big mac my arse should be called a tiny mac the burger or what reselmbled a burger had no taste, and who ever made the fucker needs slapping with a fish or somthing cos the ingredents ie lettuice and onions needed putting back into the burger bun as it was a right old mess,

the fries when i got them they gave us a packet of salt, if you need any more salt on those fries you need your head checking out, they were to fucking salty as they were, the only best thing i could say about the meal was the drink of coke i had nice, people who eat mcdonalds on a regular basis must either have no taste or just like crap food cos thats all it is realy, for whati payed for 2 of those so called meals i know i could make a much nicer buger with fries with my cooking skills there is no contest realy

aso 10mins after esting the crap burger and fries i could feel myself wanting the loo, if the food repeats that quick there must be something wrong,

old times and piss ups

Was chatting to skytower last ngiht about going out for a beer, we have had some good old piss ups over the years i can tell you but one which is still clear in my mind is we me and skytower went to devon for the week with our chat room friends and on the saturday when we got there for some it was a drinking marathon these pics ive posted will show for themselfs how bad some of us got lol



the amout of beer we drank during the week in devon but think almost half was drunk on the 1st saturday we got to devon lol

Aj after quite a few beers lol

aj passed out on the patio and some friends doing something to him

a passed out aj he didnt last very long realy poor chap

this pic is of skytower himself after 14 hours of drinking at half 4 in the morning we did start at around 1pm sat afternoon and it was half 4 sunday morning, and he did try and hug a tree ill say no more

2007 what a year

i was going to write a review of 2007 month by month but to be honest i cant be arsed as to much went on, so iam going to write what happened in 2007 in one post, last nite i went to my local which was a good night had some drink and food and woke up this morning feeling quite fine, no hangover or anything which i was pleased about iam back to work 2mora it seems like ages since ive been at work as ive alsmot had 2 weeks off,

this crimbo went very smooth no problems or car needed to be fixed or anything i wasnt ill all over crimbo either so all good there, i was thinking in the pub last nite what a bitch 2007 has been so here what happend

Jan Feb and March



Saw my stress levels going sky high also begun the sleepness nights, we had beaten the sodding beg bugs which seemed to go on for ever, went on holiday but didnt help much to change how i felt about life and everyday things and also started to think about ending my relationship with my now ex girlfriend, and by the end of march it had happened, i was getting on realy well with my fittness as in going to the gym at least 4 times a week and cycling almost everywhere,



April May June

I was still suffering with stress and sleepness nights till end of may, i decied to move back to nottingham and i gave my notice in at my job at the hospital in chelmsford, by the end of may i had moved back upto nottingham and within a week of me moving back to nottingham i was sleeping okay for the 1st time in ages stress levels went back to normal and my blood presure was back to normal, i had a month off work to chill out and by june i was working at nottingham uni as a porter, which iam still doing now,



July August September



i did have a few camping trips planned but with the shit weather we had it put a dampner on that, not much realy happend in july as i was settling into my job at the uni and just plodding along, but i did manage to get all my little jobs on my car done including chaning the wheel bearing and sorting the rust out on my rear arches which i must say i did a very good job on,



In August i went to Cornwall for a camping trip with a mate, and on the way down i had a car crash on the m5 motorway, near cheltnham which saw the end of my lovely mondeo the damage was that bad the insurance company wrote the car off, i was gutted as i spent a lot of time getting the car just right as i mentioned earlyer in july i got the car just perfect, i think my dad was more upset about the car then i was in a way i was lucky that i changed my insurance to fully comp a month before as i would of been a bit buggered if i hadnt,



we still carryed on with the hoiliday but was in a lot of pain as we both hurt our ribs and could hardly move with the pain it took another 2 months for my ribs to properly heal, as the weather was so good we had most of our meals in the camp site cooked by ourselfs, couldnt realy beat it realy as we had a good sea view from our tent every morning had a full english breakfast looking at the sea, the campsite had a clubhouse which we used most nights and despite our hardest we just couldnt seem to get drunk we did find out from one of the secuity guys that the beer was very watered down, probly was a good thing realy that we didnt get drunk as we wouldnt of got up as early as we did have one layin tho as that moring we were waiting for the hire car to turn up,



nothing realy happened in september apart from dealing with the insurance guff from the car crash in august and even now it still hasnt come to a close realy ah and also september saw me writing a very snotty letter to british gas and virgin fucking media bunch of fuck cunt twonks





October November December


i was still dealing with my car insurance claim and still am i think iam going to write a realy shitty letter to my insurance company telling them what a bunch of shit cunts they are, anyway october till middle of november saw me going throught a bit of downer winter was upon us and just felt down no get up and go in me at all and iwas drinking way to much again hadnt done any exercise at all since march and all the weight i lost i put all back on, so the start of november i joined carlton furum gym which i was a little surprised when i had my fitness test i found i hadnt lost all my fittness even tho i put all my weight back on i still needed a bit of work on my cardio to get back to the times i was ie running and rowing and so on as i was in mach but by december i was almost there and i'd lost half a stone in about 6 weeks,

i also started to cycle again which i was enjoying and again suprised in how i coped with cycling up the hills in nottingham, as they are much higher and longer than in chelmsford to be honest there wasnt hardly any hills in chelmsford iam probly going to atempt a 10 mile cycle this weekend as ive not done one since march,

december saw me suffer with a cold which i got rid off quite quickly but then i had a bad knee which lasted a week then a bad hip so again i didnt get chance to go to the gym much but i did manage to keep my weight down, even tho i went out a bit to the pub and december saw me eat out quite a bit, but the trick was i didnt eat much else before or after so i manage my weight quite well, then christmas week i got another cold which turned into full blown flu that was horrible but by the 24th it had all gone just about,

crimbo went nice and smooth i broke up from work on the 21st and cameback today which for the 1st time in ages ive had a crimbo which i didnt have to worry about money or pleasing everybody else i just did what i wanted, i spent a few days in chelmsford seeing friends and having a relaxing beer or 2 and it also involved a good curry and me making a home made pizza which ive not done again since i lived in chelmsford

so all in all 2007 ended on a kinda a goodun ah almost for got to say 2007 nearly ended on a downer as my bike which i had since i was 14 got pinched at work during december but i got over that quickly enough

so i hope you lot had a okayish 2007 and 2008 is just as good or if you had a 2007 like mine hope its better

so my hopes and wishes for 2008? only one thing realy i want to write about is my fitness would like to lose a stone and a half before summer, i know i can do but in the past ive let it all go but this time round iam know iam going to do it as ive put to much work into my fitness so far to let it completly go and everything else lets just see what happens, as 2008 cant be any worse than 2007 lets hope anyway

new year

thank fuck that 2007 is over and 2008 is upon us hope this is a better calmer year, 2007 had lots of changes some for the better and some for the worse buy mainly worse iam writing a review of 2007 which will be good for me to look at and compair this year, and also i broke up from work on the 21st dec and through out dec ive not done any exercise or anything realy and ive only gain 2lbs while ive been off work so iam quite happy there so happy new year all and hope its a goodun

feeling better and thank fuck for use of a car

iam now back to my old self, still a little bit of snot to deal with but i can handle that no probs, been in chelmsford for a few days seeing old friends and so on, i was all up for using the train and bus to get down but my dad offered to let me use his car so the 30quid it would of cost me to get down i used in petrol and did a bit mor traveling around while i was down there,

anyway i gets to chelmsford and go to the pub where my friend works and while i was having a beer, people were coming in saying the trains are not running and have not since arbout 9am that morning and wasnt goting to get moving again till the next day, so no trains coming into chelmsford at all, all i did was smile at myself as having my dads car just think what a pain in the arse it would of been and all the extra time it would of taken having to rethink of how to get to chelmsford by bus i wouldnt of been in the pub i wouldnt probly get a pint till a lot later that eve

i was in the pub for half 1 had had a nice chilled out afternoon and eve having a few beers and a chat to 1 or 2 of the regulars in the pub and chatting about how crap public transport is, just think i could of been kinda stranded in london, pissed off and costing me even more money having to resume my journey by coach then trying to get a refund for my ticket

and the goverment wants people to use public transport more hey, this dont give me any incling to use public transport, even the last time i used the train to go to skeggy for the day me and my mates wanted to use the half 5 train but that was canceled the next train was another hour away at half 6, just think if we had a connecting train which we needed and there wasnt another train we would of been totaly buggerd,

sodding public transport keep with the car i say,

on a brighter note i did have a good time in chelmsford, i caught up with some friends who ive not seen for a while had a few beers, had a good curry and went to a pub which i used to go for a meal but it went very bad and it went that bad i even wrote a very arsey letter of complaint to the pub, they did reply and sent us some vouchers to come again but still was shit so we never went again, untill saturday which i must say was very good, but i allways say you need to go to a place for a meal twice to see if its realy good so next time iam in chelmsford ill try it again and lets hope its good

anyway iam off to have a kip ready myself for this eve's nite out have a goodun what ever your doing 2nite and stay safe

a nice crimbo for a change

1st time for ages that ive had a nice smooth crimbo, as other crimbos ive either worked or been ill and 1 crimbo the other year i had a mad rush to rebuild my engin on my car cos the cambelt snaped on a suprise visit to my parents, and that was pain in the arse to get that ready in time to get back to chelmsford,

but anyway i did get ill before crimbo day this year but i was almost better by the 24th which i was happy about, i had my taste buds also so i could enjoy my crimbo dinner drink beer and eat other nice foods, ive also caught up on some telly watched 1 or 2 films so all is good,

as ive had a bit of a rest over the last couple of day now for the next few days will be busy, going to carsington water 2mora with a couple of mates which looks like it will be a laugh then friday iam off to chelmsford to see some old friends for a couple of days, which will envole a few drinks most probly a trip to southend if weather permits then back upto nottingham ready for new years eve, at my local with a couple of mate, new years day to recover then back to work on the 2nd

so what ever everyone is doing for the next few days have a goodun and see yeh in the new year and happy birthday barnze mate just think you'll be older next year so make the most of your age this year lol

what a year

well what a year 2007 has been its had a lot of ups and downs over the next couple of days ill write my thoughts about 2007 anyway lets start with january

well jan was not very inportant, we were still dealing with bluddy bed bugs which had drove me and my ex both mad, as everytime when the chap came to spray out flat with bug spray we had to clean everything think we had the chap in 4 times not only did we have to clean the flat but wash curtains sleeping bags and everything realy took a real strain on us,

work was okay i was still working the night shift which i was getting a bit fed up which by the end of jan i would be on mornings which wasnt bad, and i was seeing a big inprovement on my fittness as well but that would all change by the end of march

2 more workdays

looks like iam coming down with yet anoher cold, just what i need as iam about to break up for crimbo and a busy weekend of working with my dad, but least 1 thing my hip aint hurting like a cunt, yesterday at work the only place i found i could sit without my hip hurting was with my leg up on my desk and when people came in to the office they thoght i was snoozing, when i mentioned about my hip they knew differnet but i did have a afternoon snooze tho so cant complane,

picked up my new bike yesterday not bad either front and back suspension which makes for a much smoother ride and 21 grars which makes cycling up hills a bit easyer and gives me more speed when iam cycling down the sods, at least security caught 2 lads the other night pinching bikes, they were 15 and 16 year olds coppers came and took them to the cop shop but ill not hold my breath that anything will be done apart from a slap on the wrist and told not to do it again,

with crimbo plans all set and sorted should be a mix of seeing friends and having some self time and catching up on some telly i think and some online gaming i think, but iam going to stop in this crimbo eve had a good bottle of red wine and watch the xfiles cant get much better than that hey

iam off stay safe out there and dont get crapped on hey

what a shitter

bluddy crapper my bike got pinched last nite at work couldnt believe it, my and my bike have done a few thousand miles together, over the years and the bluddy thing is as well i only just oiled and greased it and put new breaks and tryes on the thing as well at the weekend, so ive nearly spent a hundred quid on a new bike today which looks a nice bit of kit, front and back suspension 21 speed unlike my last bike was a 15speed got some new high power lights and also a new lock and iam going to pick it up 2mora onthe way to work,

wnet out for a few pints with people from work on friday night and had a good night, went to yates a bit of a shit hole i'd thoguht but a very nice pint had a few in there then went to long island then to flares, one thing ive noticed with this smoking ban is that now when you walk into some pubs you can smell peoples bo and they stink the stink can be so bad that it can make you feel sick, and to finish the night off me and a mate went for a good old curry and it wasnt bad either,

and also to top my mood ive come on the bus today and ive lost my bluddy all day bus ticket and had to walk from town and also found ive forgotten to pick up my switch card so i can draw any money out of the bank what a fucker hey

best get some work done stay safe as theres madduns about

13th already

well isnt this month going quick iam not yet in the crimbo mood i dont think i will be to be honest, but on the plus side ive almost done my crimbo shopping, just got to get my parents something and skytower something as well i know what to give skytower but its finding it will be the problem, had a look on the interweb but not realy anylook but to be honest ive not realy tryed yet so will have a prper look this eve when i get home,

looks like iam going to be busy with nights out over the next couple of weeks, but also ill have time to my self which is also going to be good like last nite i went to the dog and partrige for a pint which i enjoyed just a couple of pints by meself, but having a nite in 2nite but off out 2mora after work with a mate and some of his mates from work which will be intresting might go for a big wok as well

the cycling is going well and iam quite enjoying it but the only problem is in the daytime when iam going to work trying to cycle through town is a right pain, got busses blocking the roads and alsorts so its just as easy to get off and walk through town

anyway iam off got work to do and stay safe out there as there's madduns about

crimbo

what a bluddy cold day, but iam looking forward to my time off work this year, i finish work on the 21st and go back on the 2nd of jan, this year ill not have to rush around here there and everywhere also ill not have to work either like i had to this year not have to deal with bedbugs or any thing like that,

looks like iam over my cold and flu thingy unlike other crimbos when ive come down with cold or flu just a couple of days before crimbo day, so this year iam going to enjoy myself do what i like ans when, have a couple of days rest then on the 27th off seeing friends in chelmsford then back on the 31st for new years eve with my mates at the local which is just a few mins walk around the corner, not got to deal with getting taxis anywhere or paying silly prices to get into pubs or clubs in town or owt

and iam doing my crimbo shopping friday so i dont have to rush around at the last minuet like i normaly do, i have started to cycle to work to help my fittness and i was suprised in how quick i got to work yesterday as well just took me 30 mins and took me 40 to get back as it was mainly all up hill, and i was more suprised how far i cycled up carlton road/hill, managed 3 quarters walked a little then cycled the rest so all in all quite happy

iam off do a couple of jobs ive been meaning to do for ages, stay safe as its mad out there

cold day`

went to sekggy on saturday not a bad day but realy windy and cold had a couple of beers and some fish and chips so cant grunble but what i can grumble at is we wanted to come home on the half 5 train but it was canceled always the fucking same when i go somewhere by public transport,

with the petrol prices going up like they are the train company's could make a killing as i would love to use the train more, but at the prices they charge i'd rather just take my car, if i wanted to go to london by train in the morning at half 8 then come home at 7pm a day return could cost anything from 60-82 quid for just one person, you can get down for 32 quid but that only works if you go down like at 2pm in the after noon anc come back at some stupid time in the eve,

i dont even mind paying 40 quid return for a trip to london but that will never happen and thats why more and more people use ther cars,

anyway heres a pic of me on skeggy beach a bit gloomy hey but had a laugh

ladies not

on the bus to work today there were a group of girls sitting on the top deck of the bus at the front, couldnt been much older then 19 but how they were acting could of been 14 some of the things they were chatting about and at the top of there voices as well, one of the convosastions they had was about drinking beer and so on, they sounded like right old laddets rough as old nails, and there was only one nice looking one in the group and she seemed like she needed some manners as well lol,

then during the jouney to work this nice looking blonde came on, to look at her you think not bad wouldnt mind giving her one, but she was talkig on her phone not only did she sound think was was thick in general, and just not with it at all, i dont know

but the good news is ive sorted my computer out i did reinstall it last night and seems to be working fine now gave it a scan for virus's and so on and iam happy with it, also i caught up with some episodes of xfiles and prison break while i was working on my pc so wasnt all bad

off to skeg 2mora which will be a good day out fish and chips on the seafront and a couple of pints to wash it down with

iam at work so best get some work done stay safe out there as there's madduns about

day out or aout

well looks like me and a couple of mates are off out or aout depends on how yeh say it and we are off to could be sunny old skeg, and going on the train as well as its only 16quid return so can hav a jolly good day out with a few beers as well,

in other news, iam still bored with things my mood hasnt changed but hope will do soon, think my pc is totaly wankered and might need a reinstall which iam not to pleased in having to do as ive got my pc just how i like it, but if i cant sort the problem out or aout ill have to do it, ill probly do it friday night and watch a couple of episodes of prison break or xfiles and have a nice bottle of red wine,

theres been a intresting story on the news at late about a bloke who's been missing for 5 years and just suddenly turned up and can't remember a thing during the last 5 years be intrestnig to see what happens hey,

bored

As of late ive been going through a patch of being realy bored not only at work which is going well that everyone is happy with me which is good but iam even bored at home, not sure if its as winter is here or what and the early dark nights are here but iam just constitly fed up, and to make me laugh me mate at work was reading my stars and they mentioned i was bored and starting to be a bored person, it all could be true, but like i say it could just be a fase iam going through,

But on the plus side iam doing well at the gym had my fittness check and ive made progess yet again but realy iam needing to do more as in keeping fit, as iam not gaining any weight but not losing much as fast as i thought, but iam getting fitter which iam happy about, think ill do a couple of fittness classes as in kick boxing which ive always fancyed doing and some circuit training which i did as a teenager, and i was realy good and could run for ages so lets see

iam off to watch the xfiles and stay safe out there as there's madduns out there