29/2/12 New digs

Got to see Zoe's new apartment today. Bigger than I thought it would be and it seems like she is loving it. I was a lovely evening, can't say I helped her unpack though but still I enjoyed the time we spent together. Already looking forward to next time.

28/2/12 Uneventful

Yet another day gone past, another day wasted. I need to wake up and stop being a kid.

27/2/12 Forgotten, again!

There goes yet another day I didn't post. I guess I can throw my "post everyday for 2012" out the window but hey I have done better than I expected I must say. I will do my best to post as often as I can but then again who am I doing this for? Me. That is right me. This blog is purely to help me think out issues that plague me in my everyday life. Speaking of which, I feel I have lost my way as of late and I know I need to get organized and get back onto the horse or so to speak. I have been using work as an excuse not to do anything and just lay back but with uni right around the corner this something I need to keep organized. If I can't get simple things done now, what am I going to do when I have uni classes and study commitments? Hell if I know if I keep things as they are right now. Seeing an old primary school friend yesterday albeit just for a couple minutes has given me a push in the right direction... now I just need some momentum and I can really get the ball rolling.

Which brings me to my next point. I watch "The Warrior" the ohter night on that family dinner and it really has motivated me to get back into training. I know I have been waiting till my knee got better and it pretty much has but even so I have been using work and the lack of full confidence in it to put it off. Just watching it gave me the rush I haven't had for a while, I need to get back into the game but... its hard with my club being all the way into Point Cook. Even if I go there twice a week I doubt I will see much improvement. Maybe I should consider training a little closer to home... There is some food for thought. What should I ever do?

Current workout progress is below....

Week 4 Progress
Weight: 66 kg
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25/2/12 Family

Today should be interesting, I am having a family dinner to celebrate my nieces 11th birthday. I have to admit I am little concerned how the night will turn out because of some reasons I won't mentioned. Well who knows what will happen, time will tell. Later tonight I am pulling another shift at work. Will be doing it without sleep, I have done it before and I figure I will be fine. Just need to make sure I have enough rest afterwards for my gym session tomorrow. Need to make up for my bad session the other day.

24/2/12 Room 207

The other day I spent with Zoe we spent some time looking at some apartments, its crazy to think that she is alreade letting me into her life but I wouldn't have it any other way. Despite our little time together I believe we can say for certain our feelings for each other are the real thing.

We checked out 2 places in Box Hill. The funny thing is that the first place was further away from the Box Hill central and was both more expensive and smaller than the place we checked out soon after. Needless to say, we immediately made an application and applied for the second location which is only about 15 min for my house I am pleased to mention! Now for the good part... It only took half a day but already accepted. Wow. It seems when everything appears to be going bad, it just turned around and everything just works out. Crazy world. Perhaps I am blowing this out of proportion but it seems to me that we are meant to be together.

ROOM 207 IS OURS. By ours I mean hers but still I know I will be visiting her fairly often now...

In other news I had a gym session today but gosh so bad! I had a lot of broken sleep not to mention the day before was rather "tiring". I still got a workout out I guess, but with a few of the exercises I did have to drop the weight level I was at. Mental note... make sure I get enough rest before my session.

23/2/12 Wonderful

I can sum today in simply one word... Wonderful.

22/2/12 Perfect

I finally met with her yesterday... met with my Zoe. Everything went as well as you could imagine. The chemistry we had throughout short time through messaging and few video chats transferred over to real life. With that said, we felt so comfortable with each other. Its hard to think that was quite literally our first date. So many firsts today for me, but easily the best one is what happened before the photo.. our first kiss :). Gosh even now just thinking her still makes my heart flutter, she still has a massive effect over me, it seems I was worried for nothing. ZOE.. LOVE YOU!

In another news, had a decent gym session. Went up in weights with a number of exercises, although still the dumbbell shoulder press is a problem for me... 16kg is easy for 18kg too much haha. I know what I need to do, no need to stress.

20/2/12 Couple hours...

 

The wait will be over so very soon... to think its already coming to an en seems rather unreal. Can't wait to see her. We have said so much and felt so much about each other now we finally get the elusive first meeting. I have thought about what I would do or say but I still I haven't come up with anything. Ahh... Just go with the flow? Seems I shall. I will try to not think about it too much else the wait will seem that much longer even though we are in the home stretch already.

Current workout progress is below....

Week 3 Progress
Weight: 65.4 kg
Photos:

19/2/12 Soccer-ing

Had another day of soccer today. Gosh it was rather hot though. Not that I knew what the temperature what I am sure it was over 30 for sure. We had a couple new faces today and wow... they were really good! I am really tempted to practice now. Anyways bottom line... my team lost again. 3-1 this time. It was a great game though. 2 of those goals shouldn't have happened it was simpyl because our team was sleeping. Oh well onwards to next week!

I should have mentioned it earlier but I smashed out a gym session with Brian prior to playing soccer. The session for me was fairly good besides the fact I went too heavy on the Dumbbell Shoulder Press and failed my last set. Going too heavy too early isn't recommened. Personally I am loving the changes in my body, starting to show some fruits for my efforts. I will confirm tomorow but looks like I have put on another KG or so of muscle. Soon, Soon I will get back up to where I was before. Can't wait! Tomorrow I will be posting my current weight, my Week 3 tranformation photos and I will do a quick comparison of my current weight level when I started and where I am now.

18/2/12 Springs

My birthday weekend is getting closer to being finally organized. I booked our hot springs today, just opted for public bathing... but its good next time we will have a good hour or two in our own special place. I guess I just don't want to go too over the top with the weekend... Already got our next destination picked out! In terms of organizing this one, I have been putting it for a little while but time is a a wasting and got to get it done as soon as I can. On this topic guess who comes back in a matter of days? I will save you the trouble... Zoe does! Hard to believe how close we have become over these past couple weeks. It has been a long and anxious wait and probably will become more so in the next day or so but I am excited yet nervous. Every hour is bringing us closer together. An hour at a time... an hour at a time.

17/2/12 Here they are

I mentioned them the other day and I finally picked them up! Gosh, so good. Already have had a quick nap on them and no complaints what so ever. Everyone should have their own ULTRA SLEEP DELUXE PILLOWS! Ha-Ha. Besides that I didn't get up to a whole lot, had a quick trip to the doctors and got my refferal for too my dermatologist next month and picked up some everyday clothes from the shop. Clothes were nothing special just something I could just throw up. Tomorrow will be more eventful.... Got gym tomorrow, work and maybe just maybe in between there is a martial arts demonstration at MSAC... I don't know if I should go or not.... If I didn't have work...

16/2/12 Pool-ing

Had a nice sleep in today, I have been rather sleep deprived over the last several days and my bed was well welcomed. Today was a gym day and gosh it was a great one. We managed to smash throguh the entire work out in about an hour and a half. Not to mention our motivation levels were still sky high. It is a big help when you don't have to wait to use specific equipment. Also it is worth noting both Brian and myself are going up in weights ever so slightly and personally I am seeing a difference in my own physique... Brian on the other hand doesn't feel his appearance has changed just yet but he did mention he is feeling much better than he has been and he is beginning to lose some weight. I am glad I am helping him out, doubt if he would do something like this on his own. Little does he know, him being there does motivate me also.

After our session we headed next door to check this pool place out. It was relatively new, only open a few days and gosh it looked farily good. No one was in there, it was about 4 in the aftertoon, but I can feel the chilled and relaxed atmosphere. We will definetly be going back every so often. Brian was always better than me at pool, I got smashed 3 - 1 but I had fun and thats the main thing.

Tomorrow looks busy, doctors appointment in the morning... maybe shopping in the afternoon and then another night of work awaits. Woohoo!

15/2/12 One of those days

Went to visit my course adisor today to confirm that I had planned out my subjects correctly and low and behold I had. I was slightly worried when I went gone in but really thinking back I had a spent a lot of time trying to get it all correct and it was a relief he thoguht so to. So... my projected course will end at T2 of 2013, although I can finish as early as T1 of the same year if I opt to study 4 subjects opposed to 3. I will thnk it over for the time being, really depends on my circumstances later on.

Completely off topic it didn't come! I was kind of happy... I ordered a pair of really nice pillows of "Catchoftheday" and supposedly they were sitting at the Post office for pick up. So what do I do? I head down in peak hour to pick them up. Wait there for 15 minutes. Find out they can't FIND them and them go home. There goes about an hour of my day, just because I went to make a special trip to pick up my pillows. *sigh*. It is kind of amusing to think when we waste our time doing various useless things or actives we couldn't care less but when someone screws us over or wastes our time be it intentional or not, we get rather upset. There is some food for thought.

14/2/12

I didn't get up to too much today. It was a day filled with so much possibility but nope nothing came from it. Tomorrow will be much more productive. I already got an appointment with my course advisor. I set up all my subjects for the remainder of my course and I believe I got it all correct but doesn't hurt to show my intended study plans to a course advisor to make sure I got alll it correct. Shortly after I should have a gym session with Brian again. I take back what I said yesturday I can already see some changes and obviously I can see my slow increase in strength. Slowly, Slowly. And of coruse, later in the day I will be having work. It is quick a lot on my plate tomorrow but I know I will get it all done. No pressure. Time is short and I need to make the most of it.

13/2/12 Soccer-ing

 

I got invited to play soccer yesterday with Kenny. I was a bit unsure as it was a new bunch of people I had never met before but what a friendly bunch. We even had our own goals! All up there was about 10 people of various ages and nationalities not to mention skill levels. We played for roughly 2 hours and gosh I really found out how bad my fitness has gotten over this break. However, I intend on playing with these guys every week and I expect my fitness to shoot back up again in a matter of weeks. Final score was 3-2 of which I scored 1 goal, a few near misses and miss opportunities... I did have a blast and that was the main thing.   

Week 2 progress is below. Sessions are going fairly well albeit a little long. We are trying to make sure we are both on the ball and keep the sessions as short and efficient as possible. I cant say I notice too much of a difference just yet, although I am starting to feel much better about myself and my body right now. I still am not at the level I was at when I was gyming a little more seriously but I am sure after a couple weeks I will get there.


Week 2 Progress
Weight: 64.5 kg
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11/2/12 Opps + Skype

I skipped out of my post last night. The thing is work called me in early so I didn't get to post when I wanted to hence the whole "I will post tomorrow." Honestly nothing particularly interesting happened yesterday happened.

I trip a trip to the gym with Brian; I was a tad worried because he said his leg was playing up. Perhaps a muscle strain? Anyway, it turned out to be a decent session. He really pushed himself and was capable of much more than when we first started. I was interested to see the changes at the end of this 6 week training program. Personally I did okay… Think I could’ve done better. My motivation levels were dropped by the end of the session. Mental note… make sure we don’t waste too much time in between sets. Shortly after a nap I went to work. That was pretty much the day. As I previously mentioned nothing special. Just “Another day”.

That brings me to today…. GUESS WHO GOT THEIR WEBCAM? Well you don’t have to... Zoe did. FINALLY. Why she didn’t go out and buy one from the shop I don’t know but I am happy she finally got one. Really looking forward to our video calls together. We already had a quick say 20 minutes or so and yes she is as gorgeous as the pictures… You know what? She thinks I am cute!

Also it’s worth noting I ordered something special for Zoe and myself…. Hehe I am sure we will get a lot of use out of it won’t we?

10/2/12 Another Day

Will post tomorrow.

9/2/12 Not too flash

Just my listen my terrible skin has flared up again, for what reason? It beats me. Looks like a trip to the doctors asap. Contact dermatitis is a pain when you haven't the faintest idea what the cause is. Must say was feeling a tad self conscience  today and will no doubt will be like the for the next couple days... good thing I have a great poker face. I already have an appointment on Monday but I will see if I can change it to Saturday, I would've gone already but my GP has some really silly hours. Whilst I know its not her fault, it is due to her caring for her disabled child but sometimes hard feeling a little upset when you need to get something sorted as soon as possible. With this said I took the night off work and didn't gym today, I did feel a tad fatigued as well. Tomorrow should be better after a good nights rest.

On another note I am one step closer to getting my timetable completely sorted. I have worked out that I can finish my course Trimester 1 of 2014 which is definitely a  relief. I spent a while trying to figure it all out and I hope I got it correct. An appointment is already set with a course adviser next week... till then I will lock in the subjects I intend to do (which will be core units, so no matter what he says I will have a timetable worked out).

Oh yes, I should mention that my course is:
Bachelor of Business Information Systems
Major in Supply Chain Management
Major in Qualitative Business Analysis

Now this is sorted I have to work out just how many units I wish to study for the coming trimester, how much I want to work, how much I want to train and how much time I want to spend with my Zoe. Everything should be finalized by tomorrow. Will put pencil to paper for the time being.

8/2/12 Double Facepalm

Wow. what a day. See the above picture? That is me - "Whent he fail is so strong, one facepalm is not enough." I had work last night and everything was fine had a good shift until... wait for it... I broke the rollerdoor of the storeroom *FACEPALM 1*. Honestly it wasn't really my fault I just held down the button oblivious to the thing blocking the door from coming down due to something blocking my vision. Actually it wasn't really broken, it was just knocked out of its railings. Stuff happens and I am sure it would've happened to anyone else who was trying to close the door. The whole time I was thinking, gosh this is taking a long time. It only needs to happen once then you will never do it again.... which bring me to...

I was leaving work to get to my car... I realised I had no keys! Where did my keys go I wondered because I knew for sure I didn't take them out at any point of my shift. Then I just ran to where I parked and low and behold I left my KEYS IN THE KEYHOLE OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. *FACEPALM 2*. To put it in perspective, my keys were sitting there in my car which wasn't locked for a pretty much 8 and a half hours. It could have easily been stolen, not too sure if you could call that broken into but that too could've happen. What an idiot!

Completely off topic I finally did it. I withdrew my study abboard application. It was hard but really the best thing I could do given my situation. As I mentioned preivously prorities first.

7/2/12 Day 2

Hit the gym for the second time today, was a little frustrated though... my friend kept my waiting for an extra hour longer than I would've if I had otherwise gone myself. However, I believe I will continue to enjoy helping him out in the future and it will all be worth it. Actually wrote what we did down on paper today as in the weight and difficulty of each of the sets. I did say last session was gauging but this session we got it written down. Next session will really be the start of it all. On a random note, had some tuna for the first time in ages and I was surprised I liked it. Note to self make sure I get my hands on more.

Damn it Deakin! Why is it so difficult to get a recommended course guide for my particular course? I would have my timetable set already if I had done so. With this said, I have pretty much decided to withdraw my overseas application to Japan... I know I really wanted to go but the thing is I don't want to go as much as I did before... Zoe may be part of this sudden change of heart but really its more than that. I guess I wanted the trip so badly because I was lacking direction and focus but I guess these reasons aren't as valid as they were when I first made my application. I know it will be hard, I am going to feel like a total idiot considering how much time and effort people have spent to help me with my application... in a while I feel I will be letting them down but this is the best option. It took me a long time to reaach this point but I feel I have made my decision. One day I will head to Japan and take in the sights but right now, isn't the time.

Priorities first

6/2/12 Giants Take it

The NFL Superbowl was on today and unfortunately I was only about to watch the second half of it. I watched with with Brian and Kenny and gosh it was such a good game. It was close the whole way through but... the Giants took it in the end 21-17, however, I feel that the Pats should've won. They had enough time but a couple dropped catches ended that dream rather quickly. I said it before but it was a great game... disappointing outcome, but great game nonetheless.

Tomorrow I am looking forward to my second gym session and more importantly to get my timetable organized.... Got to hit up Zoe and make sure out time tables coincide... Speaking of the girl of the hour, this day I feel a little lost, haven't had much of a chance to speak to my little angel. How does just talking to you make me smile? Since our birthdays are so close, I decided to ask her out for that particular weekend... I am overjoyed she said yes and now I am getting into planning. A few ideas already in mind... Watch out Zoe you are in for a unforgettable weekend.

Gym Transformation

Week 1 Progress
Weight: 64 kg
Photos:

5/2/12 Chores?

Felt a little guilty about my room today, just had to spend some time cleaning it. Turns out I moved things around as well. I got a little too into it all I forgot to have my lunch! Although after everything feel much much better and sooner or later I need to work out how much it costs to get it all painted. I have put it off so long and I really want to looking all nice and pretty. Wonder how much it will cost to get the carpet changed... So much things I want to deal with. Have to do one thing at a time don't we?

Looking forward to tomorrow. SUPERBOWL. The one big game of American Football everyone looks forward to. Well... not so much me, I just want to hang out with a few mates. Somehow this even has become a yearly thing. No doubt it will be fun. Depending on how long the game takes, I may or not hit the gym tomorrow. If not I will be going first thing on Tuesday morning... either way expect a Week 1 transformation photo here by tomorrow.

I can't help myself.... Zoe you rock, how does simply talking to you make me feeling so special? I am glad you loved that song, How can everything feel so right between you and me?

"This is our fate, I'm yours."

4/2/12 Hitting the Weights

Had my first session at the gym today with Brian - I signed up with him yesterday. It was great getting back into it, I was really surprised how much I missed it. At the same thing it was harder than I thought. More or less treated the day as gauging session to get an idea of my current fitness levels. Got a general idea of where I am at, going to be great building myself back up again. Brian is going to be a gym buddy, I am a little fitter than him but I will definitely do all I can to bring him up.

6 Week Training Program.

3 sessions a Week: Mon-Wed-Fri (at long as sessions aren't on consecutive days)

10 Min | Exercise Bike: Cardio
3 Sets / 10 Reps | Dumbbell Lunges
3 Sets / 10 Reps | Leg Press
3 Sets / 10 Reps | Barbell Squats
3 Sets / 10 Reps | Lat Pull Down3 Sets / 10 Reps | Bench Press
3 Sets / 10 Reps | Dumbbell Shoulder Press
3 Sets / 10 Reps | Standing Rows
3 Sets / Max (1 min) | Sit Ups
3 Sets / 1 Min | Plank

Notice that all the exercises are compound. The idea is to build up my base before I start targeting specific muscle groups. Slightly off topic I am going to take a hold of my diet as of next week and make sure I am eating right. There is no point slugging it out in the gym only to eat something like Mc Donald's. 

Will upload a Weekly transformation Photo every Monday as well as a update on my current weight. (Current weight is 64 kg)

Yes its true Zoe, I am addicted to you. You said you are a little concerned the flame will go out? Don't be. It will only get stronger, no way its going to go out. Just like before, thinking of you just makes me happy and tingly inside. When we meet, you all your fears will be put to rest. Never will you have concerns about us. I will never do anything to hurt you, I want you and only you. Since I met you, no one else compares. The future is simply... us.

3/2/12 Lets go!

Remember that gym I mentioned a couple days ago? Well I signed up today. I guess I didn't have a strong desire to sign up straight away but I guess I am happy I did. Signed up with a friend of mine and we scored a slightly lower price. Planning to start gym tomorrow. Need to start looking at my diet and make sure I am eating right. I got about 3 weeks to get into some decent shape... Lets go get started shall we. Maybe I can start a 5 day program... Hmm... Need to start thinking.

Zoe, I thought I dropped a bit of a bombshell on you. Sometimes the line between honest and too honest is a little blurred for me but I felt I had to tell you, and looking back I back I guess it made us much stronger. You are the best thing that has happened to me. Stay with me forever.

2/2/12 Yeah I said it

Fate, chance? I am not usually one who believes in this kind of thing but my relationship with Zoe makes me want to reconsider everything. Years ago I made a profile on a dating website, now I have no clue as to why I decided to, heck, I didn't even do anything on the website. I always wished to delete my profile for years but never did, then it happened... I met Zoe (note, my profile is deleted now). Today when I was texting her, my phone went a little haywire and I sent the dreaded "i love you" message unintentionly... I never have EVER said this to a girl nor did I ever want to until I did honestly meant it but the thing is, I AM in love with her and have been for a while... unintentional or not, I mean it wholeheartly. It may only be 3 words but the mean so much, I didn't want to say them till I knew she felt the same. However, to my surprise... she said them back... to me of all people. I have no idea what she sees in me but I guess I am doing something right.

I can scarcely believe a simple online relationship has already turned into so much. Only time can tell how can we will become, I just know I can't picture myself without her. She will forever be a part of my life. I truly care about her and even now the thought of her puts a stupid smile on my face.

Call it fate or chance, it doesn't matter... everything happens for a reason.

Zoe... we are going to be together for forever babe.

1/2/12 What the heck

Submitted the Study Abroad program whilst still being a little unsure about going. I have spoken to a few close people about the whole trip and really despite all the reasons, nay excuses, I come up with... it really comes down to regretting going or not going. Now everything is done, I have to wait up to 5 weeks to find out the verdict... Honestly I am hoping that I both get accepted and that I don't get accepted. It is rather a funny predicament.

Didn't get up to too much today, mainly just handed in my study abroad program and also checked out a local gym I have been meaning to check out for a while. It is a little pricy ($15 and change/week) although it is 24/7 and has rather state of the art facilities. It is rather close to home and being 24/7 it is rather convenient. Need to think about it a little more, the extra $3 a week compared to where I am going and quite frankly it really does add up.. [$12 a month, $144 a year]. Current gym being the uni gym but to go there especially on the weekends is out of my way and perhaps that may be why I wasn't as regular as I should have been. The choices, the choices. I will check out another place then make my decision later - don't intend on joining till the end of the week.

Completely off topic. ZOE. ZOE. ZOE. You are a crazy evil girl aren't you? But heck, I love that. Oh yes I do. Don't be scared. I just get excited thinking about you. Now I know how you feel I am completely at ease. I am just counting down the days, one at a time. Then you will be mine, for now and forever.