A Day to Remember!

Today was a remarkable day in my life, one to remember. I was in a rush this morning, only having 10 minutes to get ready and leave for work. I got quite a shock when I opened the door and found that the whole world turned white. For a moment I thought that it was massive amounts of frost…but then it hit me…it was snow!

Why am I making such a big deal about something as trivial as snow? Well it is due to the fact that this is the first time in my life that I actually came close to snow. Growing up in the warm and sunny country of South Africa meant that I didn’t really had a chance to experience snow. Don’t get me wrong, it does snow in South Africa, but only in certain regions and mainly in the mountains.

The first thing I did was grab a whole hand full of snow and realized that it isn’t as cold as I would expect it to be. I can now also understand why people normally say that it is too cold for it too snow, since it wasn’t that cold outside. It was quite a nice feeling. The snow felt like a “fluffy” material. Squeeze it a bit and you have a ball of ice in your hands.

I got such an excitement from experiencing snow for the first time in my life. I felt like a child on Christmas day.

But wait the day gets even better.

Today was also my probation review at Criterion and I am now a permanent employee for EA. Me and Gerrry can now finally move to Guildford and live on our own. I am really excited! I have wanted to move out of the current house share (me and Gerrry are sharing a house with 4 other people) for a long time.

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Merry Chrismas and a Happy New Year!

Beautifull Scotland!
Originally uploaded by André Jacobs.

I would like to say merry Christmas and wish you all a happy new year.

I spend two weeks in the beautiful country Scotland with Geraldine’s parents. Her parents live in Ellon, about half an hour’s drive from Aberdeen.

Scotland is amazing! It is really beautiful and tranquil.

We went down from Aberdeen to Edinburgh for Hogmonay (New Year’s Party) but unfortunetly the Royal Street Party got cancelled due to 70mph winds and rain I was really looking forward to it.

Edinburgh is currently my most favourite city in the world. It might not be big, or as modern as London, but it has a “fairy” feeling to it. I wouldn’t mind moving to Edinburgh maybe at a later stage in my life.

I returned back to work this week. Criterion Games have moved over to the new EA building in Guildford. Even though there is still a lot of construction going on, the new building is very nice. I love my new desk!

I have just setup an account with Flickr where I will be posting my photos for you guys to see. So without further a due, head over to http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrejacobs/

Cheerio
AJ

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