http://jamesflores.net/blog The life of James Flores Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:59:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a pretty busy month of November this year. I'll be in Melbourne for a week and also to drop my parents+brother off to a holiday to QLD. It will be good for them to have time to relax. I've been hitting tennis pretty regularly again since working full ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/11/november.html So recently I had the time to set up a VPN connection to my home computer over the last week. I used the community edition of SSL Explorer. It is really handy for when you need to access your data from anywhere in the world, as long as you have ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/11/ssl-explorer.html It seems that the trend with my posts is towards the end of the month. It's just coincidence. So what's new? Um I recently got contact lenses. Originally I had planned to only use them for tennis, but it's comfortable wearing them all the time - except when my eyes ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/10/when-october-ends.html This week work has sent me down to Melbourne to gain some much needed knowledge in the Microsoft environment. I quite like the course as it's very much practical and real world. I'm trying to spend some of the nights I'm here with long lost friends. Yesterday I caught up ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/10/melbourne.html The last week has been pretty hectic. As usual, we had the usual get together with friends but this time Pia, Jeff and Liz were in town to visit! Jeff and I had lunch with Liz and family during the day and towards the night, Jeff, Pia and I went ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/10/engagement-party-and-riverina-tennis.html I can't believe it's nearly the end of the month already. 9 months has passed so quickly and a lot of things have happened in those 9 months. I started a new job today. It was great, I believe I'm ready for the real world now :P So let's see. ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/09/when-september-ends.html Don't spend major time with minor people. If there are people in your life that continually disappoint you, break promises, and stomp on your dreams, too judgmental, have different values and don't have your back during difficult times...that is not a friend. To have a friend, be a friend. Sometimes in life as you grow, your ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/09/interesting-views-on-people.html My good old friend Nick sent me a message reminding me of his birthday last Saturday. He wanted us to come meet him at Paddys for a few drinks before heading out to One. I hadn't gone out with friends this regularly in a long time and I had almost ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/09/nicks-22nd-birthday.html Sacred Heart Tennis Club held their annual club championships after 23 years of absence. There seemed to be a lack of interest during that time but it was good that the ball got rolling again. Andrew won the open mens singles and I came runner up! Andrew and I also ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/09/sacred-heart-tennis-club-championships.html Jack and I went to Sydney last weekend as a little break from Albury. We caught up with my cousins and ended up having some good fun at the local pubs. The weather wasn't so kind on the Sunday but turned around the next day for the trip home. I'm ... http://jamesflores.net/blog/2008/09/sydney-crawl.html