Well on Tuesday, I went to my
Tai Chi lesson, which is full contact sparring
Tai Chi..........You would
NEVER have guessed those moves you see these old people doing can break arms/legs/necks. The guy who teaches us, weighs about the same as me, but the power he has is like 2x/3x more then anything I can muster, and it is not hit brute strength, it comes from having the right technique and being relaxed! Try swinging your arm around when it is relaxed/almost limp/numb, it has the power of a baseball bat! I have been told my keening technique is great
buhahahahaI also went DIRECT and got a close from it, but dude talk about messing with your mind, but it is the way to go! It was nice seeing Royal and Atmosphere and us lot having a bit of a laugh in the
nicey nice weather!
I was walking back to the office from lunch, and I bumped into one of the media drivers wife, and we got talking. I introduced him to the joys of
Dixy Chicken and he always told me his wife would have words with me when she saw me................but no she was very pleasant!! Being mainly drivers they don't use the computers/servers that much, but they are expected to be able to do the basics especially at different sites if they get called up in an emergency, and she was telling me how her husband has a lot of respect for me as I took the time out to make sure he had it all down.................As anyone who knows me, knows I am probably one of the most laid back guys you will ever meet, I am very rarely in a rush for anything! We only get one life I wanna enjoy it and take it all in. In the past sometimes people would try to use my laid back attitude as an opportunity to try and walk over me..........but hey not anymore, there are times where I am to the point, no messing about, but it is all about the balance, we all know of people who take everything
wayyyyy to seriously........and ask yourself, where has it got them?!
He is a Jehovah's witness, they in my book were never rated very highly (I only judge from my experiences), I always thought they just preached and shoved leaflets in your face, but me and him we have chats about Islam and vise
versa, he has taught me loads and I have taught him loads, he is like 20 years or so older then me too
lolMy boss from Scotland came down on Wednesday, and for the first time in like ever we chatted for like an hr, he knows I am after a transfer somewhere else, preferably up to Scotland and not towards London. Well he was telling me they have jobs coming up in Sheffield, Slough and maybe some up in Scotland over the coming months, so I shall see how that pans out. I was showing him all the pictures on my photoblog site of Nessy, from his tiems in Canada, to his horse riding trip and pics of him currently living the live in Toronto Canada!
Either way I am updating my CV and I am putting it on some recruitment sites. I want to live my own life, away from home and be free, just like I was in Canada (I was broke, but it was my life that kind of freedom I can't explain, it can only be experienced), life just feels very restrictive at the moment......but believe me I am making the best of it
lol. My mum calls me a lodger as I am very rarely at home, I am always out keeping busy.
A lot of my old friends, ever since I came back from Canada there has been more distance between us, our ways of thinking do not match, for them its the nice car, gotta be home for 10 or ma dad will kick my arse, I mean we are like 24 years old. My family have never been like that towards me, I have always had
soooo much more freedom then most of the, hell some of them are married now/or are getting ready to get hitched and have kids (If that is the way they wish to do things that is of course their choice, and I am happy for them). There idea of fun is to hang around and be derogatory to each other, in a very harsh way, and they have habit of seeing the negatives in things. They love to know everything about everyone
elses busniess, but they don't like sharing themselves, now me I am an open book, but I won't share info if they are never willing to do the same with me, as always there has to be a balance. They are still my friends, hell I have been through loads with them, but our views/lives are branching out now, and as it seems my life is going in a totally different direction to them and they have trouble comprehending this, as it is outside their reality............ maybe?
They have trouble understanding that I want to travel and see X,Y and Z. It is not something they can comprehend doing so as a result, they don't think much of it ( which of course is their choice). I know if I get into a full longterm relationship, then the chance of me traveling will vanish, so that is why i want to get it out of the way, you never know life is one big DYNAMIC I might meet a girl who would love to see X,Y and Z with me......now that would be an adventure!
I remember reading somewhere ages ago that.....................when you decide to change yourself for the better, your closest friends, will most likely try to stop you, as they are used to you as you are and they will have trouble accepting your change/wish to change and the best thing you can do, is go off the radar and come back later on when you are where you want to be, they will then accept you as you are NOW. I chat to them by email, we still see each other and have a quick chat, but as it stands that is it, they see me as this certain type of person, a person I WAS, but am NOT anymore.
Well that was an interesting writeup, I have no idea even if many people read this or whatever, it is just nice to write this all down, it helps clear the mind.
I will post up about the weekend tomorrow.