Looking at the past to Look to the future.

I have called this post looking at the past to look at the future, because it over the last couple of days I have been asked alot of questions regarding my past that will affect how future plans turn out. Anyway here goes!

Last Friday after work Nicole & I had to go to the Catholic Church that we plan to get married in....I did not realise what an issue it would be!
Nicole was born out in the Seychelles and she had to give the church all places she lived and what Churches she attended - Luckily Nicole has since 1977 lived in the same town within London and attended the same church up until 2004. So that part was easy.
But and this is where the but is
Nicole has been asked to locate her natural father who she has nether seen in her life and find out if he is living, what work he does and a whole lot more! Talking of opening up old wounds!

Its not a nice thing to have to do tracing a parent that you have nether know, because he made his girlfriend pregnant and did not take responsibility.
Luckily Nicole Mum met Nicole's now step father and they married. But imagine how Nicole's step father must feel especially as Nicole has to ask all these question!

As for my side of the situation. As we are getting married in a Catholic Church they would not accept that I was a Salvationist (For those who do not know that is a person who is a member of The Salvation Army http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army) and that I was dedicated as a baby rather than being baptised. I was fortunate though that during my twenties I went to Bromley Christian Centre http://www.bromleychristiancentre.org/ where I was baptised. Also i was really surprised when I was asked what faith I was, and I responded that I was a Christan. The person doing our wedding paperwork then lectured me saying that you have to adhere to a church and that you cannot be a Christian unless you called yourself a Catholic/Salvationist/Methodist/Baptist. Which is totally contrary to how the bible teaches where it says to be a Christian you must believe in God and Jesus! And also -

'There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians, you are one in Christ Jesus'

I personally feel that it's not what domination that you attend, but what is more important is you believe.

Different church denominations are like tins of baked beans. You may buy a tin of beans and pick a local shop's brand or buy a big brand name, but once you open the tin of beans and serve them up, they are the same! And the same goes for Christianity. Once out of the tin your belief is exactly the same!

In work it has been much the same sort of thing happening. For the last two days I have been hidden up in one of our centres with 8 other people looking at our systems discussing their weaknesses to try and draw up a future system. Well we'll have to wait and see what the outcome is, but it may well affect two big It Companies and how their systems will work together!

Well I have stolen time from work to write this blog so will have to go now as I have to show a person how to use our computer system.

Well chow for now.

New fangled invetions! And moving again!

Well its been some time since I last wrote on my blog and it looks like nobody has been following it!

Well nether mind. I enjoy every so often put bits down on my blog and today is one of those days!

New Fangled Inventions!
Since I started writing my blog I have discovered both Facebook and Twitter. Both system are cool. with Facebook I was able to contact an old school friend who I have not been in contact with since 1982. Over the last week I have also been using Twitter so if you do look me up its joolzofsalopia.

Well two weeks I met up with my old friend and we had a great laugh and was chatting about the 'Good Old Days' at AMR (that's the name of our School) .
Hopefully we will meet up soon again. unfortunately I could not meet him up on the second occasion as I had family around at the new place and he has to go to India

New Places!
Talking of new places. I have moved again!!! And for the second time in my life I am living in Essex. Hence one of the reasons why I have not been blogging.

We moved the week that the snow hit the South East, so we ended up delayed by two days and ended up living out of boxes, and from the bedroom.

Anyway from the beginning of January once items were ready to be moved I have been loading my car and driving the 20 miles from Catford to Chafford, off loading them in the house and then going back to do the same job again.
On the Sunday the snow arrived I did 4 trips and on the final one the snow started to fall when I was loading up the car. We drove up the A2 road and when we left London and entered Kent the road dropped from 3 lanes to 1 as the council had not been gritting the roads. Once we was on the Essex side of the Thames the road were clear again.
I had one hair raising moment where there car started to slide, but I was able control the slide and direct the car away from the other cars, but I did buckle the front wheel as the car hit a curb. That was soon fixed at the service mind.

I do miss the old place in some ways - like having to get up before 6am, and being on the 07:30 train, also I have got used to Catford having lived there since 1990.
But when I do get the right train the trip seems to be a quicker trip and we do have a nice warm house.

By the way I got the wrong train last night, and ended up by Basildon. I did not get home until 8pm, we then had to rush eating tea to go bunny sitting down in Kent.

Well hopefully I will up date my blogg properly and also add some photo's to make it more interesting within the next couple of weeks.

But then I have said that before when I came back from France - mind Christmas arrived and then the move.

well I will sign off for now.

So chow.