It all starts with one

It all starts with one. One thought. One look. With one moment. When looking back at my life and the decisions I have made throughout I can most times pin point it to one single event at the time. I most likely did not realize it there and then. Well, most times anyway. Sometimes it [...]

Two years and still a newbie

I am just back from another great training session at the dojo. It was warm in there tonight. I am soaked and in dire need of a nice shower. Food first though and while I’ll rummaged through my fridge I realized that I’ve now been at the club for about 2 years. It was in [...]

An award? Damn… nice!

So, the ever fabulous Nikki from “Women Are From Mars” has awarded me (amongst others) the Stylish Blogger Award. Holy crap! I am pretty gobsmacked to say the least. I am trying to come up with something clever or witty to say or at least stylish right now but my muse has deserted me. She [...]

Highlights of 2010

OK, 2010 is over very soon… it has been an interesting year. I have tried to compile a list of highlights for me this year. I realized that I loved my newly bought car and that I had forgotten how much fun it was to driiiive. Yay! Learned to snowboard and went on not one [...]

Jaeger-bombs anyone?

Oh lord… what a night! There I thought that the Christmas party with the work crowd was mad and what happens…I go out with the fabulous people from the Bujinkan club. A great meal in Alvito’s in Leixslip (highly recommended!) and then off to The Courtyard for way too many drinks. So many laughs, jokes, [...]

Don’t take any shit!

If you have read my blog you all know that I have trained martial arts now for over a year and a half. Bujinkan Budo Taijitsu to be precise. You will also have seen my numerous posts (or FB updates) where I again and again go on about how much I enjoy it, nay in [...]

Happy… smiley… exhaustion!

My knees are sore, my arms are bruised, my legs are shaking and I am generally in bits… and I haven’t felt this good in almost 7 weeks. I finally made it back down to the dojo this evening for the first time in ages. Just spent two solid hours ground fighting and grappling, both [...]

All over again

I am sitting here trying to mentally prepare myself for taking up a proper exercise routine again. I have not been able to go down to the dojo for over 4 weeks now and even though I have been to the gym, it is still not the same. I have had some travel for work [...]

Sitting down and having a cup of tea

I am sitting down having a cup of tea as I type this. I have no specific topic in mind in this particular moment. I just picked up the laptop and started typing away. There is no intention behind it and no red thread thought out. I can not tell you what I will blog [...]

Feeling broken

This was one of those days were I woke up and most definitely did not want to get up. I was wrecked, aching and slow. I still am. The reason for this is not any emotional distress (thankfully) but the aftermath of yesterdays training session in the club. After almost two weeks of very little [...]