its official

called up my agent today to let him know that i would be leaving in a weeks time. they intimated that they would be willing to offer me more money to stay, but i declined and said it was not an issue of money, though i was surprised that they made the offer. am curious how much i could have squeezed out of them. ha ha ha!!. besides, the money would not compensate for the erosure in my skills and the erosure of my sanity. its not good counting every hour every single day at work. thats not good for the soul and anyway, where would i be if i spent a year at this place...completely de-skilled and at the mercy of the bank.

i still want to use my brain and am not ready to go on auto-pilot just yet. they want employees to just do work without thinking and to not ask any questions. no sense let alone common sense is required or encouraged. i can keep my mouth shut and get on with it for a few months but i can't do it for ever and even now that i know i am leaving in a weeks time and i should be contect to go along with their crap, i still am finding it frustrating. if the rest of the bank is run like this, then it is no surprise at all that they lost the equivalent of 100million dollars a day in the last 3 months of 2008.

the agent told me he would get overything organised and would speak to the bank and let them know. am so glad its all official. i am always happy leaving jobs and starting at new places.

had our usual monthly drinks with a bunch of friends that used to work at the internet company i was at, last night. everyone has the same stories of incompetence and silliness at the companies they work for as well. haven't laughed that much in a quite a while and definitely not with the people i have worked with since.

its thursday so its football tonight. its raining but the freezing cold has subsided though its not exactly warm outside. no bother, as my vast footballing talent is permanent and will be on show for all those present this evening. i feel another great performance just like last week.

take care my friend. i hope you are not suffering from the january blues like i was yesterday.

today i have mostly been listening to the manic street preacher - kevin carter.