{"id":78,"date":"2007-07-08T23:19:48","date_gmt":"2007-07-08T22:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Tuazon.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/07\/08\/mea-culpa\/"},"modified":"2007-07-08T23:19:48","modified_gmt":"2007-07-08T22:19:48","slug":"mea-culpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuazon.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/07\/08\/mea-culpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mea Culpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know…. it’s boring reading posts from me (assuming I still have a reader….. you there Bobbie?) about how I’ve been a bad boy and not blogged for ages….. well here’s another one – but I kinda have an excuse….<\/p>\n

“I’ve been busy” is a kinda lame excuse – but it’s valid this time… I’ve moved teams and house in the last 5 months – not to mention become a 2003 MCSA (I failed the second exam to become an MCSE last Monday… but I have the retake booked..)<\/p>\n

Since Becs and I moved in together in our previous house (and especially since we got married,) we’ve been looking for a place to buy together – being a tennant has it’s advantages – but the time was right…. we started looking just after christmas, and found the ideal house in late March – it ticked everything on the “want” list and all of the “would like” list (downstairs loo – check, bigger kitchen – check, garden that faces “the right\u00c2\u00a0way” – check, utility room – check,\u00c2\u00a0garage \/ off-road parking – triple-check – 2 car dive & single garage!!)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I’ll post some photo’s once I get back\u00c2\u00a0and actually take some of the outside from the front! In the meantime, here’s one of the back of the house about 2 months before it got finished.<\/p>\n

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It’s a 4 bedroomed detached house – and we’re very happy – thanks for asking!!<\/p>\n

As for work and the team move – it’s been\u00c2\u00a0on the cards for a little while, and I finally joined the Core IP Transit team about 4 months ago – so I’m now a part of a team responsibile for all of our IP traffic from POP’s in London to CPE \/ ADSL routers in businesses \/ homes. We also take responsibility for our MPLS NGN core network in the coming months – so you can imagine what it’s been like for me – I’m a “windows boy” I understand GUI – not Cisco CLI ….. the learning curve has been brutal to say the least. I have an excellent team to work with and ther’s no shortage of dedication and willingness to spread the knowledge – so I’m working long hours and learning a lot – a good combination – but the long hours don’t make Becs all that happy (until pay-day!)<\/p>\n

The reason for this post?\u00c2\u00a0Well, I’m in London for a CCNA boot-camp to try and ge me up to speed with what I’m meant to be doing day-to-day…. so I’m planning to post something each night about the experience – we shall see…….<\/p>\n

Technorati tags: CCNA<\/a>, MPLS<\/a>, MCSE<\/a>, new house<\/a>, ADSL<\/a>, excuses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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