Busy, busy, busy!

It's been a few days since I found out about the job, so I've had time to reflect on it. Most of the week I still couldn't believe it. I know it's just a job but if you had asked me where I saw myself in 5 years, 5 years ago, I could never have guessed it would have been this good. So, I've started to look for places to live down near Fleet. I also want to buy a car, preferably a Civic Type R. Although not new but second hand! I've said that I want a bit of a silly car before I settle down and get married and have kids and have to think about others before myself! It's not a stupidly silly car (economically its actually not bad a 2.0L sports), but its not exactly a sensible family car either. However, first things are first, the house... that's going to be a huge task. I don't want to say where I am looking or anything at the moment, because I am just researching. I know what areas are good and where I would prefer to live... we'll just see what happens.

So, other than thinking about the above, Uni has been slack. I had a project meeting with my supervisors on Wednesday which didn't go too badly. I was still happy from the day before so didn't really care what they said! But, I have to get some work done this coming week including making a start on some coursework which is due in around Easter. I might aswell get it out the way now when I have the time. Have to stay motivated!

As my friends know, I love football, watching it and playing it. I play 5-a-side football and recently have been asked to play in a special league that our community has set up. So aswell as playing every Friday night as usual, I've also played Wednesday night and am playing in the actual league fixture on Sunday at Nottingham's Powerleague. This, after a late night tonight... it's pizza, football, and cards round a friends. I'm going to exhausted by tommorow night!

Ashura (religious month) has also been announced that it is going to be in Surat, India. I know alot of people are going. To be honest, even if I had the time, I don't think I could handle doing Ashura in India, it's going to be chaos. But to those of you going and would like to share some pictures/thoughts with us, I'll be happy to host them for you. Just e-mail me, mmusaji@hotmail.com.

I've added a little statistics tool to the site. Just interesting to see where people are from who reads this. To be honest, I don't know if anyone reads this at all but you never know! I know a couple friends from Uni do now and again. If anyone has a website and would like to monitor traffic you can find it at NetStat. It's free and very good. I have also added anonymous commenting... this means you no longer have to register to leave a comment. So please feel free... or free'er than before to leave a comment.

Right, this has been a pretty long post considering, sorry it doesn't flow but I just write what comes in to my head... so until next time folks.

That Relaxed Feeling...

Like when you get a really good massage, or when you finally finish something you've been stressing about for ages. Well, on Tuesday the 25th January, that's how I felt... why? Because I got a phonecall at about 2:15pm telling me that I'd got the job that I went for in Fleet! If you read my previous post you'll know that I went for my interview on the Friday before. I thought they would take a little longer getting back to me, but I'm not complaining. I had the biggest smile on my face all day yesterday, and I said it then, I'll say it again, I don't think I've felt happier.... or that relaxed ever before.

Saying that, I still have to finish Uni (mainly for myself now!) and that is still a bit of a worry. Maybe not as much as before as I don't have anything really riding on it, but at the end of the day, who doesn't want to do well? You see, motivation is my problem. I find it hard to be motivated, and before the thought of working at this job had me actually worrying and making me do my work... now? Well, I don't have that. In a way, it's good and bad.

So after I found out, I bought some friends some drinks in the Student Union to celebrate. I didn't bother doing any more work for the rest of the day... I just chilled and in the evening went down to the local... again... thats 9 nights in a row! I won't be making it 10 however, as tonight I have a football match.

Before I finish this post, I'd just like to say a huge thank you for those that supported me, and especially those that never had a doubt in their minds that I'd get this job. Now it's all about the degree and that's it!

What happened this week...

After a pretty crazy weekend last week, I was pretty much dreading this week just gone. I had coursework to hand in on Wednesday and on top of that, I hadn't touched my project work nor any other modules work for over a week. So I was feeling I had lost control.... and then Monday came! I got a phonecall from Retail Logic asking me to come down for an interview! I was relieved to say the least. I know getting this interview out the way early was a good thing as I'd know where I'd stand before exams etc started. So the rest of the week went pretty well, as I was looking forward to Friday, and I had finished the coursework that was due on Wednesday by Tuesday, albeit with the occasional late finishes in the labs with some good people having the usual jokes (and the asshole security guard who I complained about). Every night this week also consisted of going down the local with the boys in the evening! Have to cut down on that, spending too much money and I should be working instead!

Eid also came and went without too much of a fuss, although the early morning was a killer. I managed to stay awake for the rest of the day and not go back to sleep. I knew if that happened I could just kiss the rest of my day goodbye. And then Friday...

I had already e-mailed some of my friends from Fleet to meet me before my interview in the pub across the road at lunchtime. So I left Leicester just gone 10am, had a relaxed drive down with little traffic and got in to Fleet just gone midday. Grabbed a sandwich and met the boys in The Links! It was good to be back. I don't know if i was expecting much to have changed, but it hadn't. Which was nice. It was like I had never left! So, my interview was coming up and although I wasn't nervous, I was worried that I wasn't nervous. I usually am before an interview, but I knew this wouldn't be like any other interview. I had worked there for a full year before, and all that had changed between then and now was that I was half way through my final year. So, I knew questions regarding Uni would come up... but what else??? The two guys that were interviewing me were both in managerial roles, so technical questions were probably not going to be asked. Both of them are nice guys, and both very interesting to listen to. Which was good, because through most of the interview they were talking! It was good. After about 20 minutes of telling me what the company has been doing, where they are aiming, they asked me about my summer, why I've re-applied to work there, how Uni is going, a couple of questions on my final year project, and then where I'd like to see myself in 5 years time. After that, we talked about travelling, Fleet and other bits and bobs. Lasted for about 50 minutes in total. I met up with some friends for a quick chat before I left Fleet again. Walking away from the interview, I know it didn't go bad. BUT, with only 6 positions, and 3 of them already taken, and graduate interviews still to go ahead in March (another so many hundred applicants), I know competition is tough. Guess we'll see what happens.

So, to round it all off, I went to see my friends house in Langley (Slough) on the way back from Fleet which is looking amazing after alot of hard work and time has gone in to. But well done mate, it was worth it. Looks amazing. Just the final finishings left before the baby comes! Talking off babies, another one of my friends told me his wife is pregnant on Saturday morning.... with them two and another female friend expecting late this year, looks like this is going to be the year for having kids! And to think they are all younger than me...

Site Update and some other stuff.

Okay, I've managed to upload some pictures to a viewable page which I made. My HTML is rusty to say the least, I think the last time I had a web page I was still at Reading Uni! Anyhow, I managed to get them up and you can find a link to the pictures on the right, underneath Links or by clicking here. I have alot of pictures, but some of them I can't post, because, for some reason, people don't like there picture's on the net. I haven't asked everyone, but if for any reason you want me to take a picture down, or put one up for that matter, then please feel free to e-mail me and it will be done asap. I will be putting up more pictures when i get some new ones so keep checking back!

On to more pressing matters, I digged out some old songs today and one that hit home was Hey Lover [849Kb] (Right click, save as and then change filename to .mp3). It was released around 10 years ago, sometime in 1995! I remember driving around (yes illegally, and yes I was stupid) just listening to that song over and over again. I only lived 3 minutes from my school! How I didn't get caught I don't know. Lucky I guess. So, instead of doing some coursework that I have due in on Wednesday, I've spent most of today, listening to old songs and messing about on creating a picture site. Got my hands on "True Romance" which I am sure I have seen before but can't remember. Might just end up watching that to cap off a completely unproductive afternoon.

Didn't know Blogs were so huge!!!

So it's been a couple of days since I last wrote, I've been busy with the first couple of daysof Uni and stuff. It's not going as bad as I thought at the start of the term, but I still got a hell of a lot of work to get on with. No point ranting and raving about it.... just gotta do it! So, why did I even start writing a blog? The only reason i started to write a blog was cos I thought it's a cool idea to look back on something after a year, or even a few months. Then i stumbled across an article on BBC's news about people getting sacked for writing blogs about their work. This mentioned a guy known as "Tom" who works for the London ambulance service. He hasn't been sacked but his blog is one of the best I have read, and you can find it here. You can also find blogs from around the world at Globe Of Blogs. What was my point? Oh yeah, blogs are not just something to look back on. They can be a massive, but very easy, way of getting your point across to anyone who wants to listen. And people do listen. Otherwise company's wouldn't be sacking people over it!

Tasty thought. I shall be keeping an eye out for more interesting blogs to post up!

Edit: On a personal note, it was a very good friends birthday today, and I couldn't even call her because her husband is a jealous prick! Happy 26th babe.

2005... What's in store?

Who the hell knows? All I know is that this year is either going to be one of the greatest, or one of the worst. I will either get a job, or won't. I will either move out of Leicester, or I won't! Kind of a sad way to look at it, but to be honest, there is no other way. Just got a few more months of Uni, drag it out, and hopefully, fingers crossed, I will land the job in Fleet at Retail Logic and all will be happy. If not there, then somewhere down south will do. Hey, if this blog is still going on 6 months time, I guess you'll all find out what happened!

It's kinda weird writing this blog, knowing that a lot of people are going to be reading what I write, my thoughts and what's happening in my life. It's also a good feeling. I just hope I dont start concentrating on this more than I do my studies... which swiftly reminds me, I best get to sleep! First day of Uni tommorow after the x-mas hols!

Watch this space...

My First Web Log - What's it all about?

Its not hard to figure out what a "web log" is.... it's supposed to be an online journal. I don't know how good or bad this is going to turn out... I don't even know if it's going to last. But I thought I would give it a go. It is the start of a new year, what better time to start a journal?

A quick run-down for those of you who have no idea what this is... it's a website, but only in the sense that it's on the web. Other than that, its a portal, for anyone to leave a comment, see what is happening in mine, and other people's worlds. To post a comment, you have to be a registered member. I may change this in the future, but for the time being... sign in to www.blogger.com and you are away. For anyone who doesn't know how they got here, or they just clicked a link in an e-mail message, the website is www.mustafamusaji.blogspot.com. Add it to your favourites, you may be coming back here more than you think.

You may be thinking, "this is crap!".... no no no, a weblog or "blog" lets you add so much more than just words, as you can see below is a picture of myself. There will be a lot more pictures to come, not just of me! Links to news, to new things I have found, books, articles I think may be off interest to some of you, places I have visited, and much much more.... take a look at some of the other blogs @ blogspot.com and you'll be amazed.

So i guess this is my first post... over and out.

A photo of myself taken a couple years ago, I haven't changed much...