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 [...]

Just what I needed, without knowing I did.

It is late. It is very late and I have to get up early tomorrow and be somewhat productive in work. Still… I am not ready for bed yet. I sit here listening to The Weepies and thinking about the training session at the dojo that I’m just back from. Earlier today I was fine [...]

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 [...]

A list for me

I like making lists. They help to organize the ramble in my head most times. Especially when there is a lot of things going on. Trust me there is a lot going on, some days more than others, and not always very coherent.  I make lists when I going on holiday as I otherwise am guaranteed [...]

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 [...]

Fighting girls

So here I am sitting again, quite late at night, after a good training session at the dojo. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I was the only girl for quite some time training actively in the club. That meant that I always trained with the lads, expecting no special treatment and happily trying [...]

“Never say never to me…”

Today I once again realized that it is so easy to set yourself up to failure by from the very start by saying “shit i can’t do that”. There I was at the club and our instructor was making us do all kinds of exercises, some more challenging than others. One of these was that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Slowly back on (icy)track?

I dared the elements and ventured out in the ice and snow among the deserted streets of Dublin to go the extra mile, to make the effort to, to make it to the club for a training class. OK… slight exaggeration… it wasn’t that dramatic really. I drove to the dojo…it was a bit icy [...]