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

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.

31/1/12 Unfit.. totally unfit

Heading down to martial journey to get some training done today... Just found out I am not as fit as I used to be. Will be a while till my body adapts back to the harsh training once again. Did two classes. One bbj class and damn I got smashed by a number of lower belts than me... It really put me in my place and I know I have a lot way to go before I get my technique and feeling back. Immediately after I did a black belt class, rather early for me to doing that but was a bit humbling to figure out how far I have to go to get back to the level I once was.

Conerning my Japan trip, I am wavering without a doubt. Finally got my forms back but I have second thoughts about handing them... Couple reasons why I am rather hesistant and now after talking to my sensei I am even more so. What am I going to do? I want to go but I don't want to go and unless I can clone myself I have to pick one or the other. Heck there's not even a guarantee that I am I going to get in even if I hand them in. I guess I could hand them in and think about ky options at a later date but then again that provides me with another dilemma.. to pay for the trip I must work, hut if I don't go I want to study. What to do. This is rather hard....

29/1/12 About time

Where to start? Well I FINALLY got my remainder of my form signed. It has been a long time since I have wanted to get this form signed and its a little scary to know that my application will finally be complete. The thing is that... after all this time I am beginning to wonder if I really want to go now. Things have happened to make me really wonder if what I really should be doing is heading to Japan. Sure I have told everyone already and this doesn't concern me at the end of the day, the question I should be asking myself is that... Should I go?

It was Chinese New Year a couple days ago and I went to China town in Melbourne to check out a little bit of the festivities. Check out below for some of my snap shots... Don't judge me by the quality of the photos, all I had was my photo to take the photos (HTC Incredible S)

I took a 15 minute video of one of the performances... turned out to be 312 MB. So I will just throw the link below, if you are interested feel free to download it. No pressure though but I can assure you it is a great little clip and well worth the watch.

http://www.2shared.com/video/LNWlHRk4/VIDEO0003.html

That was the first part of my day,  second part of my day consisted of a family dinner. Was nice seeing the folks again... we only seem them once a month if we are lucky. Although I was really frustrated for a few reasons am not going to mention. Happy the day is over, tomorrow is a new day with the new challenges. Onward to tomorrow.

18/1/12 2 signatures? No.

I went to the study abroad office like I mentioned and to my dismay I found out I couldn't get 2 simple signatures because he wasn't in.... Nor could I even see another course adviser because they were all fully booked due to the high school students booking all the course advisers out! It was extremely frustrating, here I am at the reception for my faculty trying to get 2 signatures to allow me to complete my application. Only 2! Appears it will be done tomorrow morning, how disappointing.

16/1/12 Back to Work.

This T-Shirt says it all.... Been one week from Monday from my operation and like I told work I would go back to work. Contrast to those around me, I feel my leg is just fine and I should have no issues with it. My iPod is set up with a lot of new tracks so I am sure the time will get fly past. Must say I am looking forward to getting a new paycheck that is for sure. My savings has dwinndled since the operation and with no money coming in the past week it has only dropped further. May have to get a second job if I want to make this trip to Japan a reality.

Speaking of which I got the 2nd set of subjects from Kansai Gaidai University approved. Will head to the study abbroad office and hand these forms in. Then I will be able to FINALLY say my Overseas Application is completed.

On another note... Spent a lot of today watching 'The Walking Dead'. Below is the trailer. Perhaps because I have loved the whole Resident Evil franchise since it came out, I am absolutly loving this series. Got the whole generic infection and world taken overrun by zombies thing going for it. I strongly recommend it. For those that don't know, I love http://www.imdb.com and this particular series got rated 8.7.... pretty much a must watch.

Season 1 Trailer

13/1/12 Catching Up

All I seem to be writing is about is my inability to do things I set out to do for the day. Someday this is going to change but then again today is some day why can't it be today? Today is almost over that is why, but tomorrow is yet to begin and it promises so much.

Didn't get up to a whole lot today, went out for lunch with a friend of mine. As usual a bit of catch up followed. He is getting on good terms with this girl of his, took me a while to even wrangle a name from him, one of the quiet types. In any case I am rooting rooting for him.

Bit of good news to end the day. For those that don't know I am planning to head to Japan to study in the second half the year. However, right now I am waiting for my selected units to get approved. As I have to apply to two different universities, I have two sets of units to get approved which leads me to my news... Got Ryukoku University (Kyoto) units approved. Just waiting on Kansai Gaidai University (Osaka) now. Once all this fuss is dealt with, I can FINALLY say I completed my Overseas Application... then I can wait for a dreaded approval or rejection of said application.