Category — Daily Adventures
请你嫁给我吧？
Last Friday night I told Alicia that work had given me a couple of tickets for a VIP tour of a factory down in Southampton. Bemused, and somewhat exhausted she didn’t even bat an eyelid when I told her she’d have to get up at 6:30 for the privilege. Any of you who know Alicia will know that 6:30 is early.
jonnyglover.co.uk
My brother is coming to the end of his time at Falmouth College of Art and today he launched his website to showcase some of his work. I’m sure he’d love you to take a look.
Jonny Glover: http://www.jonnyglover.co.uk/
MCTS: .NET 2.0 Web Applications
Back in July I completed two Microsoft Exams in .NET 2.0 and Web Application Development. It has taken a while for the certificates to come through, but I can now announce that I am a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist. This means that I’m able to use .NET 2.0 to develop Web Applications in C# which is something else to go on the CV. As with all qualifications though, the certificate is one thing, doing any real development is another.
My Second Trip to China
Just under a week ago Alicia and I returned from China. This was my second visit and in 16 days we managed to cover over 4,610km (inside China) and visit four major cities; Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and Chongqing. Each of these cities is unique in its own right and has many thousands of years history behind it.
In an adventure that took us from the Terracotta Army to the markets of Ci Qi Kou we consumed more chilli than I had ever thought possible, discovered just how different the different dialects of Mandarin can be and learned a lot about the ancient Chinese culture. Read on to find out more. There are links to photos, videos and maps at the end of the article.
Get Ahead with Launchy
Towards the end of last year, everyone at work went through the company’s annual performance review process. Whilst this isn’t my first job, it was the first time I have been through a formal performance review. I haven’t had any feedback since my review (that should be coming sometime this week), I have already learned a couple of things that may help the process along next time around.