"Too hands working will always do more than a thousand hands clasped in prayer"
Not sure who to attribute this quote too. But I do like it!
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
2012...
Well its the second week of work for 2012.
The good news is that I have managed to shed nearly 6 kgs of weight in the last week and a half. The bad news is that I put 7kgs on in the 3 to 4 weeks before that.
Needless to say I ate up large over the xmas and new year break (yum yum)
Back to healthy diet, and gym junky... One thing I have been focusing on is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) - short (25-40 minutes) start/stop exercises that get the heart rate up, and work a combination of muscles using mostly body-weight. This maximises the After-burn effect.
Work is slowly ramping up as various clients start returning to work and start thinking about implementing ideas they had over the break period.
I too have my things that I want to do for the year... more on that later
Cheers
The good news is that I have managed to shed nearly 6 kgs of weight in the last week and a half. The bad news is that I put 7kgs on in the 3 to 4 weeks before that.
Needless to say I ate up large over the xmas and new year break (yum yum)
Back to healthy diet, and gym junky... One thing I have been focusing on is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) - short (25-40 minutes) start/stop exercises that get the heart rate up, and work a combination of muscles using mostly body-weight. This maximises the After-burn effect.
Work is slowly ramping up as various clients start returning to work and start thinking about implementing ideas they had over the break period.
I too have my things that I want to do for the year... more on that later
Cheers
Friday, 23 December 2011
"wrapping up for christmas"
Ha - well the work year is over...
Now the family times begin. First one is a lunch with my family and the the family of the guy who works for me (we have a small businesses - 2 man)
He has three small kids. My teenagers and I are joining his family for some company sponsored McDonalds. Simple, easy, no fuss, everyone will enjoy it, and most of all relaxing.
Next family event - 25th - til mid day when its just my crew (6 of us, Me, my partner and the 4 teenagers) - then we split up - the kids go to the other parent... and my partner and I go to the next family thing.
My Parents place - with two of my sisters for the balance of 25th
A few days rest before the next one - 30th My Partners birthday and we meet up with her parents, sister, (not sure if here brother will be there)...
So lots of "family" stuff
Yes I will enjoy it!! Hope you get to enjoy your families too, where ever they are.
buon natale
Now the family times begin. First one is a lunch with my family and the the family of the guy who works for me (we have a small businesses - 2 man)
He has three small kids. My teenagers and I are joining his family for some company sponsored McDonalds. Simple, easy, no fuss, everyone will enjoy it, and most of all relaxing.
Next family event - 25th - til mid day when its just my crew (6 of us, Me, my partner and the 4 teenagers) - then we split up - the kids go to the other parent... and my partner and I go to the next family thing.
My Parents place - with two of my sisters for the balance of 25th
A few days rest before the next one - 30th My Partners birthday and we meet up with her parents, sister, (not sure if here brother will be there)...
So lots of "family" stuff
Yes I will enjoy it!! Hope you get to enjoy your families too, where ever they are.
buon natale
Monday, 19 December 2011
Hitch - A man worth knowing
I've nearly finished Christopher Hitchens memoir Hitch-22. The more I read the more I would have liked to have met this man. Sadly this will never happen now - following his early demise at the end of last week.
I have spent some of the last two days reading various tributes to him. And the praise has been plenty. So, I suppose I will have to continue getting to know him through his written works (of which there is plenty enough to keep me going). And its seems fitting that the written word is how he will continue living in us, and not in some sort of supernatural after-life, because he is no more. Pure and simple.
Richard Dawkins tribute mentions the Hitch as a fighter against totalitarianism. And this makes a lot of sense to me. Religion is a totalitarian concept, and, well, who would willingly accept living under a dictatorship, even a divine dictatorship?
So, I am sad to have missed an opportunity to meet this man, and sad also that I have only come to know of him in the last few years of his life.
I have spent some of the last two days reading various tributes to him. And the praise has been plenty. So, I suppose I will have to continue getting to know him through his written works (of which there is plenty enough to keep me going). And its seems fitting that the written word is how he will continue living in us, and not in some sort of supernatural after-life, because he is no more. Pure and simple.
Richard Dawkins tribute mentions the Hitch as a fighter against totalitarianism. And this makes a lot of sense to me. Religion is a totalitarian concept, and, well, who would willingly accept living under a dictatorship, even a divine dictatorship?
So, I am sad to have missed an opportunity to meet this man, and sad also that I have only come to know of him in the last few years of his life.
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