Archives for 2002
I was right, I didn't get much sleep last night. Tonight I will sleep like a lamb, knowing that my future is secured.Lane Cove, here I come (again). ...more»
Saturday was exciting for two reasons.It was my first "intermediate" kickboxing class, and I loved it. Gone were the technique drills of the beginner stream. Welcome to the world of sparring. I was paired up with an older guy who had a lot more experience and 10 kilos on me. I had a reach advantage, but that was useless. I ...more»
I have finally finished the Ghost Recon mission "Gold Mountain", set in Tbilisi. I have been working on this mission for probably 2 weeks now, on and off. Spong and I have both independently decided that legacy games are the go and have been dusting off the old titles and reliving past joy. My definition of legacy may not be ...more»
Kuo Chiu = Lizard Lu Feng = Centipede Lo Mang = Toad Sun Chien = Scorpion Wei Pei = Snake ...more»
When facing your enemy, you have to aim for his weakest point.Use the Buddha finger accurately, and you will find you will win whatever he should try to do. ...more»
It was Romper Room that introduced a generation of children to Yoga. Of course they didn't call it yoga then, they said it was "bend and stretch". Children might think it was yoghurt and get all confused. But I now know that yoga is what it was.Last night I revisited my childhood. I went to my first yoga class. There ...more»
The person who signed me up for the credit card direct debit service must be feeling pretty silly right now. According to the Telstra droid who called me twice today, they have never offered any kind of direct debit service, they don't have the technology for credit card transactions. The senseless machine placated me by assuring that they weren't about ...more»
Last night I returned home from my annual long weekend in Melbourne. By annual I mean that I spent the same weekend there last year, and it was of course Bits' birthday then as well. That is partly why I choose this time, kind of a 'two birds, one stone' deal. I have sworn to myself that I won't go ...more»
I just saw The Bourne Identity. It was very exciting. Go see it.All of the europeness made me less resistant to Kirsten's plan to take me there. It didn't seem so far away when there were English-speaking people in the scene. All of the fighting made me more excited about kickboxing. I start again in two weeks. Maybe I can ...more»
Five gold starsI have just re-watched Mulholland Drive, David Lynch's intriguing movie about ..um..stuff. It is hard to pin down. Things change. A movie hasn't made me feel like this since Fire: Walk With Me. It reminded me a lot of that earlier film. It even had "The Arm" in a bit part. A lot of Aussie actors, too. I ...more»







