Well, once again I’ve already failed to
update my blog as often as I’d like.
January has been a funny month though.
I’ve failed to do a lot of things already.
I aimed to study Mandarin for at least
twenty mins a day, so far I’ve managed about an hour all month.
I aimed to work on my fitness, I’m still
training on Wednesday nights and I train with my class on Sundays. But I wanted to get back to the stage I was
at before my instructor’s course, where I was training for at least three hours
both days of the weekend. My general
fitness is maintained, but I really want to push the boat out this year.
I also aimed to write more, but all I’ve
done so far this month is write a large collection of notes.
In my defence though, I haven’t exactly had
much of a routine.
The first two weeks of the year were fairly
standard after I started back at work on the 3rd. Training on Wednesday nights, working Friday
and Saturday nights and my class on Sundays.
Then I took a week off in which I went to
Game On at the Science Museum with Pei Hsuan. I went to an
exhibition of the same name in 2002 at the Barbican Arts centre, which was
infinitely bigger than this years. She
loved it though, and played on all the cute games she loves. I played on four-player Halo and Smash
Brothers. Then we had a quick go on some
racing game on a PS3, which although was hard to get used too, looked
amazing. Then we played Wii tennis.
I came back to Oxford on Tuesday
and Wednesday that week and blitzed the top level of my room, and listed a load
of rubbish on eBay, a third of which sold.
And while I was in Oxford, my bloody Wii arrived (they were on sale on Amazon for all of 15
mins and I got one). I did then have to
travel to the Argos in Camden to get another bloody controller; they appear more elusive than the
consoles themselves.
I completed Red Steel this week, amazing game;
really really wish it was longer.
I received the course materials for my next
year of OU work, and I’ve started that already, so I’ll be
training/working/working/instructing/course work until October now.
I’ve booked a skiing holiday with the
military in March, one weeks ski instruction plus flights and accommodation in South Germany / Austria
for £100, which is nice.
Pei Hsuan and I decided that after seeing Talladega Nights, that we both want a cougar.
Crank, Secuestro Express, Requiem from the
Darkness, and Jamie T – Panic Prevention all rock.
And I’ve started talking more to Shannon,
my brother from Singapore. We’re both endeavouring to
keep in touch much more than the last year.
And wedding plans are moving forward. | 
