Just back from the Awards ceremony for Determined To Make Movies 2008, it’s basically a film making competition for the Glasgow Schools both Primary and Secondary and for the 1st time ever a Nursery School was a finalist, that Nursery School was Penilee Nursery School the one my son Adam attends.

What was even more remarkable was not only where they Finalists against Primary and Secondary Schools but they also walked away with the Highly Commended in the Documentary section, so well done everyone involved. Adam was one of the many stars from the Nursery in the film and was why we got invited a long. When it came to collecting the Awards Adam’s nursery teacher and the head teacher managed to get me to take both Adam and Aiden down to collect it, have to say it was a little bit embarrassing walking two 4 year olds down a load of stairs trying to make sure they don’t fall with hundreds of people clapping and going “aaaww they are so cute”, however when it came to the photos I positioned the both of them and then move out the way quick smart

While of course the children taking part and helping make the films are the real stars, you can’t forget about the other stars behind the scenes, Penilee Nursery (a council nursery) has excellent staff, the head teacher Janet really cares about the kids and you can see she is very passionate about her job, Morag who is Adam’s group teacher and person that put the film “Fire” together is equally as passionate about the kids and great to see when your dropping your kids off that they are in the care of decent people that want them to enjoy their time and experience lots of things before heading off to school.

Anyway here is a photo with of Adam with the Award, no doubt we will get a copy of the official photos as presented by Joyce Falconer who plays Roisin Henderson in River City on BBC1 at some point.

Following up from last months Thomas and Friends Live! On Stage, the rock and roll life style that is the modern parents life style has taken me to yet another concert, this time Playhouse Disney Live On Tour at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

Adam (4) and Fraser (9 months) enjoyed 60 mins of on stage Disney fun, it was everything you would expect, happy, cheesy, did I say happy, we it was! The actors playing the parts where all American’s heck even the people selling you over priced crap (see photo below) where American also, so it helped create that cheese feast that only Americans can do

The acts for the show where, Little Einsteins, My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It was actually well done, having to suffer the programs on a daily basis and then seeing them for real will haunt me forever LOL however the kids loved it, well actually Fraser was pretty bored until Mickey Mouse Clubhouse stuff started as that the program he knows the best and was actually laughing during it, but of a surprise as I was expecting him to bored. Adam got up and danced at the end, they way they lay out the seats and stage allows for kids to move and dance if they like, they can even go right up close to the stage.

Was a nice day out but in true Disney fashion happiness comes with a price tag. £60 for the tickets, Fraser goes free. Program £6, Handy Manny work hat £7 but you get popcorn with it, Handy Manny tool set £17, and Handy Manny spinning thing £12 not to mention hot dogs, and drinks, all in probably around £120, however not something you do every month, oh wait it’ starting to look like going to concerts aimed at kids is what I do every month LOL

Another update before version 2.40, this system update went live in the UK today, in fact I am installing it just now so my son can play online. Just like the last update this one “improves system stability” thought they fixed that last month, oh well

I would link to an official post about the new update but no one from Sony either in the UK or USA have updated their own blogs yet, tut, tut!

Anyone else wondering who “BIBIT INTERNET PAY BGC” is paying money in to your Business account but don’t know who it is?

Wonder no more, it is WorldPay and looks like they are using a bank funds clearing company from another country to pay out any payments due to you via WorldPay. Would have been nice of them to send Merchants using the system an email and let us know. My company UK Internet Sites use two systems these days WorldPay and Protx, have to say Protx is much better system if you can get your own Merchant Services from the bank, if not WorldPay is a one stop shop however Paypal seem to be offering a better deal for all in one services when you need to take payments online.

Had a fantastic night last night with Chris and George from Sunshine.co.uk and Mark and Bruce from Existem AM. What I thought was out for a few beers after work turned in to an epic virtual golfing tour of a few of the worlds most famous courses. Chris has booked us in for 4 hours, provided the beers and got the food in, what a guy!

Have to say being a non-golfer and only having ever had 2 lessons in Portugal (thanks to Paul Wheatley for them) it turned out that I was actually not bad at the driving the ball far and accurate down the course, however my putting and chipping was really poor so it was a good thing we where play in 2 teams where you could play on the basis of selecting the best shot to go on with, so I was the opener for my team, then they done the rest LOL but we done well.

Anyway turns out this place has been open 18 months and I never heard of it, so if you like burgers, beer and a bit of golf where you don’t need to walk far and can get drunk by time the 18th hole comes round then I would highly recommend try The Golf Lounge out, based in West George Street, in Glasgow.