I have just got back from the Carphone Warehouse Grow training course and it was such a laugh!

So it started on Monday night, when I made the cross-London journey after seeing Charlton play to the hotel in Heathrow. Traffic was good and I did it in about 1 hour. Thank God I had a Sat Nav. But it took me to the wrong end of the road and I had to do a bit of searching. Eventually I found it, Hotel Ibis Heathrow, but it turned out to be the least of my worries!

I got to the reception desk to check it, and everything was going smoothly until they said nothing had been paid for and I would have to pay for the room! I was not happy. Then they called over this other guy, turned out he was Kevin from the grow course. I was due to be sharing a room with him. His mum had to fax through her card because he got their earlier so he paid for our room.

We went up to room 260, dumped our stuff and came back down for a hard earned drink in the bar! lol. As we were sitting enjoying a pint, we saw a guy turn up to reception who looked like he could be part of the course. So I went over and asked and he was. Alex, from Crawley. He was having the same problem and had no money, so eventually I paid for his room. So was a it of hassle, but we sorted it!. He was in 262. We had a couple rounds and headed up to bed at around 01:45!

We were up at 8 the next morning, and all went down for breakfast. A lovely selection, more than I expected. So I had a Full English which filled a hole! We got in my car and made the drive to CPW in Uxbridge, where the training was taking place. It took a little while and we popped into Sainsbury's on the way. We were listening to Scott Mills on Radio 1 on the way, and this segment couldn't stop making us laugh! It has this stupid music and then went "Can we make a German laugh". Both me and Alex were pissing ourselves! Then a stupid joke of "what do you call a bee that makes milk?! - A Boobee!" LOL

We parked up and went to the training room in the branch. To our amazement there were only two other students there - Steve from my area (503) and Laura from Kent (505). Our trainer was Al Ross. Was a top guy.

We had a couple of breaks and an hour long lunch, where The Hotel Lads (me, Kev and Alex) and Steve went to the pub. Had a really nice Monterry Chicken and Chips! Luckily CPW were paying up to £5 for our lunch and £15 for dinner.

The day finished at 1715 and 'The Hotel Lads" went back to the Ibis. It was a fun journey home as I was blasting my subs and music through the area of Heathrow lol! We got back to the rooms and did the homework set for us! We then decided to go find somehwere to eat! We were walking along the road and I decided to go into the Sheraton hotel pretending to be American! So I asked a concerge "Where an all you can eat Buffet is?!" Alex was tryin not to laugh, but the guy was being too nice! He directed us to the buses to Heathrow Airport. After this Alex decided I looked like Jack Osbourne! LOL.

We got to the Airport for free and got on the tube to central London. Alex just walked through the barrier without paying which was funny! We took the 21 stops Picadilly Line to Picadilly Circus. Alex managed to blag his way through the barriers cos he said he thought his ticket was valid and the guy told him to go buy a ticket but instead we just walked out the station! LOL!

London is so cool at night! We walked to Mr Wu's Chinese Buffet on Leicester Square. On our way we got given these free Corona vouchers for a club from some stunner! WOW! Wu's had a £4.95 all you can eat buffet. But even that CPW are paying for the dinner up to £15, we have to claim it back, they didn't have enough! It was perfectly edible and filled a gap!

We then went to Yates under Capital Radio HQ. Was quality inside as it had a DJ and all the lights were dimmed! We had a few pints and requested Alex Gaudino - Destination Calibria and Shakira & Beyonce - Beautiful Liar! They played it! Some mental Chinese man was dancing on the dancefloor like a goon and was drawing lots of attention! Was so funny! We danced for a bit, and went back for the tube @ Leicester Sq back to Heathrow!

Alex went infront to blag through the barriers and we lost him. So me and Kev sat on the platform and eventually Alex turned up! HAHA. He said he had to run away from the woman at the gate staring at him! Now we got on the train back to Heathrow, and some Germans got on! Now after mine and Alex's laughter earlier, this made out day! We kept on saying "Can we make a German laugh!" all the way home! hehe.

We got back to Heathrow, Alex escaped paying, and when I was using the toilet I shouted it really loud and Alex, who was waiting outside, said they just looked at him! Fucking funny.

We got on the 111 bus, for free, back to the hotel! Had another pint each! Hehe! Then the fun happened! Me and Alex accidentaly got off on the wrong level and Kev didn't hold the lift! So we had to wait. Alex then knicked the sign saying "1". Hehe I was pissing myself laughing! I decided I wanted something so we got in the lift and went up to every floor in it, trying to find me something. But to no success. We got back to our level and I found a sign saying "Lift ->". It was hanging from the ceiling, so I dangled from it and it fell off lol! Was so funny.

Then back to our room, we found a trolley and Alex pushed me into my room in it! Hehe! We were only tipsy but we were having so much fun! LOL! He then managed to lock himself out of his room so had to go down to reception! Was hilarious!

Bed time!

This morning, another nice breakfast, and then a check out! We were refunded for the first nite as CPW had sorted it out. They even had paid for the beers we had put on the account on the first night! LOL! Thank god! We had our final day training in Uxbridge! Was a fun day, was interesting! Had lunch at the same pub again, but this time I had a Chicken Tikka Curry. Weren't too great! But food is food!

We all passed our final test, and that was it. Course over! Was sad to say goodbye to the Hotel Lads, but we had such a laugh with some great memories!

Now home to apply to be a manager!

Hehe - what a great 2 days.