I did my Cert III exam and got 97% (though that's less impressive when it was an open book test and I was looking things up regularly.)  Some of the questions were ambiguous and confusing, but it's behind me now.

Now it's the practical element.  The due date is technically next Friday but it has been extended to mid February.  I'm still going to try ( Read more... )

I was right back into working out yesterday.  I sustained some pretty impressive bruises and scrapes from rugby over the weekend (Minxyminou can attest to that) and running on the pavement hurt a little bit but running on the treadmill was fine.

YW: Run 400m, 21 kettlebell swings, 12 pullups.  16 minutes to do 3 rounds (and rest the remainder), 12 ( Read more... )

I answered the phone a lot today and was forced to spend more time than I would have liked talking to timewasters including one guy who billed himself as an inventor and wanted o explain the details of his carbon reducing invention ( Read more... )

I didn't do the 300 workout first thing in the morning, but I did take a mid morning break, knowing that there would be few people in the gym at 10:30 in the morning.

I made a decision to wear the same singlet and shorts as the first time I did this and managed a time of 21:26. If I could shave off 86 seconds I would make it in under 20 minutes. My ( Read more... )

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This morning a colleague from another office asked if I had plans for lunch.  Apparently a retired MP needed someone to go to lunch with him and some people he has been working with.

And so I had lunch in the member's dining room with a retired MP, the head of the Rainforest Alliance over from New York, the founder of Gloria Jean's Coffee (who ( Read more... )

I started going to the gym when I came to Australia four years ago, and I've definately gotten my money's worth.  None of this turning up for a couple of weeks and then disappearing, never to be seen again for me.  I'm there 5 times a week or more.  In the process, I've gained nearly 10kg.  I find burying myself in something strenuous is a good way ( Read more... )