my head is full of Cisco...
Greetings LJ land! I know you've been especially neglected due to Facebook recently, but here's an update on what's happening...
My crazy 8-hour expensive everyone-fails-it CCIE lab in Tokyo is only six weeks away now, and it scares the hell out of me. Which is a good thing, because the fear is motivating me to study. I'm going to probably take a week off beforehand and just study flat out all week, on top of the 15 - 20 hours a week I'm doing at the moment... (leaving me with very little social life)
On the other hand, I'm so excited about getting to go to Japan (I've ended up booking my lab in Tokyo because Sydney is just not available...) - I've ALWAYS wanted to go there (and while I've done transits at Narita Airport, that doesn't count) - tho sadly I'm probably just going to fly in, take the exam and fly out. But at least I can say I was there... and maybe I'll fly there again in future! (especially if I fail the lab and have to retake it in Tokyo again...) And on the other upside it looks like work may actually pay for it this time...which saves me much $$$ :)
The gym is going well, but I have a notable lack of cardio workout cos I mainly just do weights - so rather than cutting back my weights to fit in cardio in the same session, I've taken up jogging in the morning. I set my alarm clock half an hour earlier, get up, and jog around near my house. Thankfully it's early enough that few people see me looking like an idiot :P I'm also only doing 10 - 15 min runs atm, but I'm hoping to work it up to 30 mins - part of that involves actually getting out of bed when the alarm clock goes off :P
Jason's also gotten a membership at my gym and become my gym buddy (as kai_el_solo has stopped going) - he's a good gym buddy, he challenges me to push further and get extra reps in :) He's gotten a new job selling "3" phones in Vic Park which he seems to enjoy a lot more than his last job... Oh and Mum's new house is now painted and the flooring is in, so Jason and I will have this house to ourselves soon when Mum moves up there - Mum's probably taking most of the furniture with her so we'll have to buy new stuff :P
In more recent events, I went out to Connies for the first time in months last night (Jason really wanted to go) - it hadn't changed much, and I didn't want to stay :P The Court was fun though, Jason and I had a lot of fun dancing with dark_chyld :) Pride month is coming up soon, and though I am doing the crazy study thing, I will be definitely going to Fairday and the Parade, not sure about anything else... and I'm sure I'll see most of you at Fairday!!
Anyway, I should go to bed - gym tomorrow morning, and then Breakfast Club with the usual crowd (how I've missed it!) - and then we're going to see Stardust in the evening :) And Jason's already fallen asleep, poor thing... :P
My crazy 8-hour expensive everyone-fails-it CCIE lab in Tokyo is only six weeks away now, and it scares the hell out of me. Which is a good thing, because the fear is motivating me to study. I'm going to probably take a week off beforehand and just study flat out all week, on top of the 15 - 20 hours a week I'm doing at the moment... (leaving me with very little social life)
On the other hand, I'm so excited about getting to go to Japan (I've ended up booking my lab in Tokyo because Sydney is just not available...) - I've ALWAYS wanted to go there (and while I've done transits at Narita Airport, that doesn't count) - tho sadly I'm probably just going to fly in, take the exam and fly out. But at least I can say I was there... and maybe I'll fly there again in future! (especially if I fail the lab and have to retake it in Tokyo again...) And on the other upside it looks like work may actually pay for it this time...which saves me much $$$ :)
The gym is going well, but I have a notable lack of cardio workout cos I mainly just do weights - so rather than cutting back my weights to fit in cardio in the same session, I've taken up jogging in the morning. I set my alarm clock half an hour earlier, get up, and jog around near my house. Thankfully it's early enough that few people see me looking like an idiot :P I'm also only doing 10 - 15 min runs atm, but I'm hoping to work it up to 30 mins - part of that involves actually getting out of bed when the alarm clock goes off :P
Jason's also gotten a membership at my gym and become my gym buddy (as kai_el_solo has stopped going) - he's a good gym buddy, he challenges me to push further and get extra reps in :) He's gotten a new job selling "3" phones in Vic Park which he seems to enjoy a lot more than his last job... Oh and Mum's new house is now painted and the flooring is in, so Jason and I will have this house to ourselves soon when Mum moves up there - Mum's probably taking most of the furniture with her so we'll have to buy new stuff :P
In more recent events, I went out to Connies for the first time in months last night (Jason really wanted to go) - it hadn't changed much, and I didn't want to stay :P The Court was fun though, Jason and I had a lot of fun dancing with dark_chyld :) Pride month is coming up soon, and though I am doing the crazy study thing, I will be definitely going to Fairday and the Parade, not sure about anything else... and I'm sure I'll see most of you at Fairday!!
Anyway, I should go to bed - gym tomorrow morning, and then Breakfast Club with the usual crowd (how I've missed it!) - and then we're going to see Stardust in the evening :) And Jason's already fallen asleep, poor thing... :P