So some time ago on the 7th of june to be precise I had my first kendo tournament. Of the 3 fights that I had I won 1 which was apparently pretty good for a first timer ( Read more... )

Since I live very near one of the largest airports in Europe and the largest airport in our country, all manner of "hot stuff" "descends upon us" in various ways. Yesterday was another one of those occasions.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's!... a plane...
I was sitting behind my desk and all of a sudden I heard this propeller-like air plane noise ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had this birthday at which I thought I wouldn't be staying long.. but as time went on I realised that I was lying when I said to the host "just so you know, I won't be staying long". In the end I stayed until some time after 3 in the morning. Finally went to bed at 5 when I heard the birds chirping outside ( Read more... )

So I haven't written an entry in like 3 weeks or so. Simply because I didn't get to do a lot of stuff that I wanted to do. Which is lame.

Movies
Anyway, as I haven't been to the movies in a very long time, and because there are all these cool films that I'd like to see I've planned to go to a movie this week. I don't know yet when I will exactly do ( Read more... )

Someone (well not that someone exactly but..) pointed me towards this very nice video about climate change. And even though the message is basically the same as An inconvenient truth by Al Gore, this video contains more NatGeoesque imagery (sort of). It's really nice to watch with lots of stunning scapes and such. Seeing this vid made me want to go ( Read more... )

Since last time's entry I sort of skipped a week which was unintentional. There should have been an entry about the outcome of that sword fighting tournament. But that will have to be saved for another time as I haven't received the footage yet. I think you guys will find it quite interesting to see how those contests go and how violent it can ( Read more... )

So the last two posts were a bit 'dorky'.. and this one might be as well in some ways, as it's going to be about martial arts again. Anyway, read on..

First time wearing my armour
Last week I got my kendo armour and I basically got to put it on right away, like, everything.. usually you have to train for quite a while before they'll tell you to even ( Read more... )

This entry is about how I repaired my sword after the pommel broke off. The reason it broke off is not entirely clear but i'm guessing that the way the pin was made by cutting away excess wood from the end of the grip was why it broke. That process was quite crude so if it broke it would be there ( Read more... )

This entry is going to be about my new wooden sword. I got it by having a friend of mine buy some wood (ash for the blade and beech for the guard and the pommel at first) and then i took that friend and the wood to the workplace of my aunt's partner. So there he made the thing (because we couldn't touch the equipment except for the "simple tools ( Read more... )

Last Friday I went to the "Nationale Carriére Beurs" which was a career event where you could find all sorts of employers, it's also a place where you could attend lectures on topics that might be helpful in your search for a job. I went there because someone asked me to come with him, he didn't want to go alone :P and since i didn't really had a ( Read more... )