Nine hours later, five hours back & four days late!

I know I haven’t written much over the past few days, please forgive me but I am now in Florida five hours back so I am going to attempt to catch you up, four days late!

So, I flew into Miami 9 hours later on Thursday afternoon and after the cab driver got lost and took me to somewhere in Coral Gables instead of Perrine. I eventually got to the office and spent the rest of the afternoon, catching up with my colleagues in both the work & social sense and had a meeting about our trade show next week…. Boring huh?! Well;

Thursday Night - Went to Boogs (La Bougainvillea) and caught up with the ‘crew’; Rick, Frankie, Ferner, Wilfred, Lorna, Heidy and a whole host of others including Marilyn…

Friday – Watched the 9am USA match (skiving FTW), went for lunch, went to the bank, went to work (@ about 3pm), went shopping in the Nordstrom’s Sale & then went to see Rick’s band, Corner 3 perform with Chantal & got back to the hotel @ about 4am, after the obligatory McD’s drive through!! Whew, what a day!

 Saturday – Spent the day with Alberto’s family as his Dad was having a Father’s Day Pool Party!!!! Met Al’s siblings and had a wicked time; Pool, BBQ, Cuban food, Dominoes & Jokes all around! Awesome!

Sunday – After B'fast, I won a seat to the WSOP ME 150 seat guaranteed satellite but cashed it in as I then went out with Chantal to watch Brazil play some sexy football with numerous pitchers of Peroni.

Monday – Drove up to Orlando with the Big Boss… Snored halfway up there! At least I kept him awake! Lol

Checked into The Peabody & then straight over to set up our stand… Boring stuff! Finished up then went for a fantastic dinner @ Maggiano’s, I can highly recommend the Chef’s Choice!

Tuesday – At the show all day, missed b’fast & lunch but had a great dinner at Seasons 52 in Orlando… Being the fat bastard that I am, I had three desserts!

Our Party is tomorrow & I can’t wait! Last year we had the best HITEC Party… We hired a whole bowling alley & had over 400 people eat, drink, bowl & be merry! Tomorrow our Party is going to be in Opa a Greek Taverna in Point Orlando… Should be fun!

Weekend Update 1

This weekend has been full of highs & lows for me....... I think the highs have outweighed the lows though, but only just!

The first high was meeting up with my Dad on Saturday morning at the outrageously bright (literally) & early time of 10am. The next high was going to The International, my 'home' poker club to play in the first event of a very busy time for the club; The Gutshot London Open (GLO). Now this is an event that I was hoping to win as it would be great to leave for my US trip, which ends in Vegas, on a high. Alas it wasn't to be and I didn't make day two..... The first low. The second low was my team England's mediocre match against the USA........ Nuff said! The third low was finding out that the Muppet who damaged my chip stack during the GLO with J6 off suit when I had a pair of Kings went on to win it, a guaranteed 1st prize of $10,000 & a trophy!!!

The biggest high of the weekend though was my other team Ghana won their first group match!!!!! Before you say say anything, I have dual nationality so I can support two teams! I have been tipping Ghana to reach the Semi finals so watch this space....... Go Black Stars!!!!

Anyways, the weekend has come to a close & I am now looking forward to next week. Here's a quick preview of my week:

Monday - Work, day 1 of International Super Stack Series of Poker Evt 1 (ISSSOP).

Tuesday - Work, day 2 of International Super Stack Series of Poker Evt 1.

Wednesday - 1/2 day work, packing & preening

Thursday - Flight to Miami, Happy hour(s) in my fav Miami bar; La Bourgianvillea http://www.facebook.com/bougiesbar?v=wall or Bougies to us regs!

Friday - Work in the Miami office  

Weekend - Well I have loads to cram in but it should include a trip out on my fav little boat, a proper BBQ & of course Ghana nailing the final nail in Australia's World Cup coffin!

Look out for Weekend Update 2! Until then....... Last longer anyone?!

Maybe, just maybe......?

So I am pretty sure that I have done this before in the past but for the life of me can't remember my log-in details!

Oh well, I'm not going to let a little thing like my memory loss spoil my happiness..... Ghana made my day today; we beat Serbia in our first game at World Cup 2010!!! Yes, you read right, Ghana notched up 3 points in our opening game! I have been bleating on for a few weeks now about how Ghana are going to reach the semi finals this time round and have been met with some incredulous looks..... Well, mark my words, Ghanaians are trail blazers and we don't do things half arsed!

2010, the year of Ghana! Maybe, just maybe!!!!

See you in the Bookies!