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Today is a good day
So, after being flown down to Christchurch for an interview, I got the job ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Dancing:
I have been swing dancing for a while now, and so have started looking at ways to extend myself... so the following is about musicality, blues and me.
While watching a few Blues, Balboa and Swing videos, I started to think, why am I finding blues movements so difficult?
Now ideally I should be using more positive phrasing such as “ ( Read more... ) -
Things you may find in Croatia:
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Big Pillows, The average Croatian pillow is a fearsome beast, that looks like it has just swallowed 2 Kiwi pillows whole and is now on the hunt for more.
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Large bugs, New Zealand has some pretty large bugs, but on the whole the bugs here just seem to be a bit bigger, mozzies, spiders, even the ants (with their soldiers ants striding ( Read more... )
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Croatia, I'm still in it
Cultural lessons from Croatia, or funny things that the locals do:
In no particular order
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If a Croatian (especially a woman) ever leaves the room, she will bring back food; not just a snack, but possibly an entire meal... These surprise meals can come any time, if you are invited in for a drink, if you say you can't stay because you have ( Read more... )
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Cultural lessons from Croatia, or funny things that the locals do:
In chronological order of discovery
l Serve lemonade with sugar - This actually comes down to “lemonade” being traditional lemonade, (Lemon juice and a little water) and come served cold in a glass with sachets of sugar on the side so you can sweeten to taste. Very refreshing and intensely sour without sugar (but still nice, I am currently ( Read more... ) -
A few days old, due to a previous lack of internets
Hey LiveGerbal, I haven't forgotten about you, I have just forgotten how to write about my life it would seem ( Read more... ) -
An update in two segments
Dancing:
Dancing has been really awesome, branching out into Balboa as well as Lindy has really opened up my options with music so much... now I just need to work on musicality and following back leads. (sorry ladies, I'm just too focused on myself most of the time).
Having said that the private lesson Liana and I had with Sinclair has me totally re- ( Read more... ) -
A long way from dead
Man... work has been hectic... Still waiting on the final word from the auditors... hopefully once we sort out the first range of issues we'll get the all clear... there is a tight time frame to follow without adding twists.
My 100 pressup challenge is going well... at the mid point test I managed 40, with the sore back that has been coming on and ( Read more... ) -
I like it when we talk about the deep stuff
This just came up in a discussion with Liana and I am curious as to the opinions of others,
I won't bore you with how things all started out, but basically it all boiled down to this question:
Which is more important to you, the meaning you take from a song, or the meaning you think the Band intended?
It works just as well with paintings/films/ ( Read more... ) -
So, Windy Lindy and all that Jazz
Finally, a break, and boy did I need it ( Read more... )