i've finally realised that it's probably about the time to actually manage this blog rather than pretending to do it by adding random posts. things have been quite hectic lately so i haven't really had the time to post properly (that's probably a lie) but yeah, i'm going to do it now. have decided to stay home tomorrow because it's going to probably be a 30+ degree day but mostly because i've been out way too much. i know, the guys are probably saying, "your full of shit mate" knowing that my parents aren't at home anymore but you know, it's just a responsible thing you know boys, knowing when to stop.
i'll probably go hard posting and updating till about 3:30 or just whenver the sun rises really. i'm not sure why or how i came up with the deadlines but they just exist ay. at least to me, it will make me a bit more productive knowing i've got to finish something before the set time or unfortunate events that i'm still not certain of will occur.
hmmmm, chop chop, dig dig, chop chop, dig dig, chop chop, dig dig, chop chop, dig dig...just need something to fill in this blank space....ya know....stylish mate, you can't have blank spaces, it just doesn't look right in a blog ya know....
hmmmm, an update on the goals for the past couple of days has left me to cross off:
make a food and supplements chart (still to print out)
put council dog tabs on collar (doing it now)
buy more connecting wires for home cinema (bought the subwoofer cable the other night)
post more pictures on blog (there will be a few pretty pictures for you to enjoy in this post)
buy fish for the fish tank (bought 70 dollars worth of fish which isn't really much)
check for council pickup times on junk (all our junk we want to throw out will be picked up in may) 
yeah, work has been great awesome great lately. nothing really special, i'm not sure if i mentioned that i worked big day out. it was crazy and that's about all i can say about it. it's like looking after a million bevans or a million evans in 40+ degree weather ay. hahaha but i guess i did gather alot of experience from it as well as having a listen to some of the best bands in the world....fark...evermore, the sick puppies, tool and scribe went off ay. i can just remember that evermore: it's too late riff and the reaction it got from the crowd....amazing mate. other than working, it's just been gym, going out and sleeping. that's probably about it ay, ohh and looking after the house.
for gym im soo happy ay, i'm actually progressing, not like all the other years i've been doing on and off and then leaving a few weeks later cause i got bored of it. i guess motivation is the main thing ay, i've gained probably 2/3 cms on my bi's ever since i started and can lift nearly more than double what i started on. cheers to bondy for the encouragment and mentoring ay, he's a pretty choice gym buddy. yeah, gym relaxes me ay....if i get angry or annoyed about something; after a gym session you could beat me with a stick and i would smile and walk off as if nothing happend (most likely not) but you know what i mean.
yeah, i feel a sense of dunedin running in my blood at the moment. i was telling bevsta this just today, just how that feeling of independence and freedom you get down at otago has gotten to me ever since mum left for a vietnam visit. i mean, i know, i know, most have experience this long before i ever thought about it but it feels good ay. as much as i always want someone there to cook for me, wash my clothes for me, clean up after me, doing it all yourself to me gives me some satisfaction, i guess bad habits are results of too much nurturing. i'll probably be back to the same old self once mum gets back home. (i hope i'm not).
with uni just around the corner, it seems as though i've wasted my 6 months on break ay. i've done most of my timetable and am pretty happy to say that i've got mondays and fridays off. mean hard, a four day weekend which will probably be days to catch up on the work i missed out during the week. lol, hopefully it's a new beginning for me and i've been through enough shit to know that this is probably my final chance to get it right ay. i pray ay.
farout, this evanescence song lithium is bloody amazing ay. i've had it on repeat for a while now and i'm still confused and dazed at the fact that there are people out there who are gifted with talents which can make a difference to the world. the main singers voice is absolutely amazing ay. after watching this songs live mv on video hits one morning, i'm still uncertain whether or not it's any different from their actual recording. she sings live exactly how she would sing it on the recording, it's really quite amazing ay.
yep, my head now is leaning on my neck and i've to make an effort to keep my eyes open. sorry but i'll have to break my word that i'll finish up at the time stated. maybe tomorrow or tonight ay, i'll make sure i update my to do list at least. take care people, hope you enjoyed this long blog filled with random accounts of happenings for the past few weeks.
picture1: fat and phuc at the golfing range with kerwin and lam. it was a fun session, poor young asian blokes and "gentlemen" don't mix, go there and you'll know what i mean.
picture2: lams b'day and the 3 litre tequila
picture3: my dog cola
picture4: bondy showing his taste of fashion.
yeah i've been cramming heaps of stuff in lately, mostly because of mums going to vietnam and uni starting just around the corner. i don't think i've done too bad, hopefully i'll get the few things left over done by the end of this month. if not, i guess there's always the next.
finish cloudstreet
step up and look after my cat
check up for my hecs-help
make a food and supplements chart
make gym measurements and record
put council dog tabs on collar
clean the rest of the house
buy more connecting wires for home cinema
fix the lawn mower and mow the lawn
advertise the boats
burn phuc house and step up
start looking over science notes
visit marius
post more pictures on blog
ring qhss and ask for pay slip
update and post completed goals
buy fish for the fish tank
buy flowers for the garden
check for council pickup times on junk
enrol to qut
ask the boys for which papers i should take for my course
re-confirm my shifts for this week (12 monastry, 8 calamvale, 9 alex hills, 6:30am big day out)
clean my roomcall justine (she called)
a few things i've completed since yesterday and some things to be done by the end of the month
finish cloudstreet
watch pursuit of happiness, step up and look after my cat
teach Co Uc how to use messenger on her laptop
just a list of the few things i need to complete by the end of the month. i have a to do list widgit but never really come to ever noticing it; maybe if i blog it i'll be able to keep track of what i've already done and no done.
accept my offer for qutapply for hecs-help
check up for my hecs-help
enrol to qut
ask the boys for which papers i should take for my course
fix up centrelink
re-confirm my shifts for this week (12 monastry, 8 calamvale, 9 alex hills, 6:30am big day out)
ask about big day out information
get creatine and more proteinmake a gym workout chart
make a food and supplements chart
make gym measurements and record
finish looking for alibrandi
return the da vinchi code and the interpreter to video ezy
drink 3 glasses of green tea a day
drink 5 litres of water a day
wash the dog/ put council dog tabs on collar
clean my car
clean my room/ clean the toilet/ clean the house
fold the clothes
fix the lawn mower and mow the lawn
advertise the boats
check my car rego expiry date
find out if any bills need to be paid
burn phuc house and step up
start looking over science notes
visit marius
call dad
call justine
sew the fitness first bag up
post more pictures on blog
ring qhss and ask for pay slip
update and post completed goals
weed and water the garden
farout...looks like i've got a fair bit to do, gotta get off my arse soon.
The 7 Habits of Highly Efective Teens: Sean Covey
when i read, or hear about, or watch stories like these, it lights my heart with joy knowing that even those who aren't as fortunate as others can still live a very worthwhile and fullfilling life. watching the story by Rick Reilly moved me so much that i've decided to review my life and see what i've really done or missed out on. a teary fat says enjoy what's below; it's one of the many contributions to the answers of living life.
[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]
I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.
But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he's not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars--all in the same day.
Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?
And what has Rick done for his father? Not much--except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
"He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;'' Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an Institution.''
But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the way Rick's eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. ``No way,'' Dick says he was told. ``There's nothing going on in his brain.''
"Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? ``Go Bruins!'' And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, ``Dad, I want To do that.''
Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described ``porker'' who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. ``Then it was me who was handicapped,'' Dick says. ``I was sore For two weeks.''
That day changed Rick's life. ``Dad,'' he typed, ``when we were running, It felt like I wasn't disabled anymore!''
And that sentence changed Dick's life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.
``No way,'' Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren't quite a Single runner, and they weren't quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, ``Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?''
How's a guy who never learned to swim and hadn't ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried.
Now they've done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don't you Think?
Hey, Dick, why not see how you'd do on your own? ``No way,'' he says. Dick does it purely for ``the awesome feeling'' he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992--only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don't keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time.
``No question about it,'' Rick types. ``My dad is the Father of the Century.''
And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. ``If you hadn't been in such great shape,'' One doctor told him, ``you probably would've died 15 years ago.'' So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other's life.
Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father's Day.
That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy.
``The thing I'd most like,'' Rick types, ``is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.''
And the video is below....
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hey all. yes i know it's been a while since my last post but nothing "too" interesting has happened since then. haven't done too much since then other than humiliating ourselves at the driving range and going to our "secret" fishing spot which because of our drought has pretty much left us with no water to fish. nonetheless, everything seems to be going pretty alright, well problems are in the proccess of being solved so it's a real good start. work has slightly gotten more boring or maybe i just can't be stuffed trying to make it more fun....yippie. hahaha, i think i've solved family and friends ay; not really but what's done or not done is working good for me so yeah, it doesn't seem too bad. life in general is up at just above average at the moment. for once i don't have to worry about anything. i'm actually working towards my goals on my list now. life right now other than be slightly better if i won the lotto is pretty sweet ay. i'm happy but i think it's probably got to do with my exercising everyday making me less grumpy. exercise releases endorphins, try it sometime. i'll probably publish this draft now just for those who actually visit this thing to have something to read. i'll blog more when i wake up hopefully. take care. ciao
while standing at the back door of the brunswick hotel and keeping an eye on the drunk people counting down the seconds to the new year, i started to reminisc about all the significant things which happend this particular year and not any other previous years. the first memory which came to mind was the start of last year. i remember watching the fireworks, bright red ones, lighting up the skies. i remember my exact thoughts and feelings i had the second the clock counted down to 2006, the second it ticked over. i felt as if i had everything. my carefree friends were among me, my family were only a few kilometres away and the thought that it's only just getting closer to the time i begin my next step in life. the words of the song far away was repeated and my memories of the day i left australia for a new home flashed within my mind. instantly my memories of new zealand were summoned. i remember sitting in my tiny room alone, and then the time i had about 10 massive blokes cramped inside. other than those i've already discussed, the only other memories that were remembered were those not worth remembering but i guess it's better to not take things back from the past.
alot of people compare themselves now to themselves exactly one year ago. i can see that i've grown in so many ways. (im pretty sure i've talked about it heaps of times already). i can see my impatience though has started to degrade as well as my tolerance levels but i'll try my best to improve them this year. things which have changed in relation to friends and family, well has changed alot. those who i were close to the start of last year, seem to have dissapeared and those who i never thought i would be close to have been there for my toughest times. time really does show truth, but i guess that's just how life is. my loving family is nothing short of dogshit (i really am not exaggerating) but like a friend told me, respect, respect, respect, so i guess that's all i can really do. i guess i can appreciate the "few" happy times we all had together. although i'm in no position to say that life at the moment is great or wonderful, i guess i am happy on how things turned out this year. if happenings didn't occur this year, i don't think i would of learnt how to be strong and motivate myself on my own through the tough times.
it's been a great year, i hope this year although it has already begun with a few mishaps, will be a year i'll look back and say, whoa, it was a great year. i hope you all have a great one as well. no regrets.
hey guys, hope you all had a real mean new years. i know mine wasn't too flashy but lets not go there yet ay, it's a new year, we gotta be all happy and look forward to what's to come this year. i'm looking forward to crossing off more goals than last year and to become slightly more of a better person. i hope to travel back to new zealand to see my most missed mates and hope that i don't have to deal with as many problems as i did last year. i hope to be more productive and achieve more from even more hard, sweat and blood dripping work. hope it all works out.
