Alexandra Kosteniuk is the new Anna Kournikova of chess
I enjoy playing chess and have been a part of the world as growing up with a brother who lived it at an early age. Check this clip; let’s just say she is talented.
Courageous or Guts, or just psychological warfare?
"One story has it that Microsoft had to abandon a planned 8am conference call with Zuckerberg because he said that he would still be in bed then. Zuckerberg, who often turns up to his office in Palo Alto, California, wearing Adidas sandals, took exception to a drawing in The Wall Street Journal because it showed him wearing a shirt with a collar instead of his habitual T-shirt."
There a terrific story –apocryphal, well actually not so terrific depending on which perspective we view it, drum role pls…. I actually have conducted my xmas shopping for everyone I want to purchase gifts for. Yes to some this may not be so great but for moi, it’s a challenge, even more so then sql server examination. So thank you harrods, body shop, john lewis, and Lillywhites Sports Shop London (St James's)
I love xmas, the whole atmosphere makes it worth the wait, however I struggle to buy gifts that truly mean something at times, (like this xmas)!!! Oh well socks and ties it is. J
Well I am looking into purchasing quite a number of books, which I can disperse to loved ones, good investment I say;)
The last few months have been a steady progression in terms of learning what is and seems to be a vast system for making payments over Swift. The amount of rules seems to have placed a hold on me, so I am untangling it slowly but surely. For those of you not familiar with swift- in simply terms they the governing body that looks after financial messages being sent from one bank to another, i.e. every financial message like a stock trade will use this system (including investment banks)
I have also been spending a lot of time reading about software houses in the states, and the rapid rise to having an IPO, even to the peril nature of losing the company, the guts shown by some of these people never ceases to amaze me, - placing houses on mortgagees to raise a start up sum (or even a to survive in some cases), then to move on and obtain venture capital.
Besides all this, I seem to getting bags under my eyes and I am struggling to sleep, (not sure why), to much happing at my flat, (living with 5 girls) and I look like and feel like a wreck, sort it out danny!
Oh Oh I scored a hatrick today, but I might have to give the sport up due to my ankle injury is continuing which of course stopped me playing for England.:) I have always wanted to play golf and so planning to start if weather permits. It a case of find the time, yes I know “if you really want to do, you will find the time”
as I write, a tornado has hit north London, around 10 miles from where I currently reside. Sorry not put more pics up as really finding the time is proving a struggle, I will I promise.