It's hard to say what I'm feeling at the moment. I'm so excited to go to America and can't wait but I've just got use to London again. Oh well Nottingham on saturday with mates should be good!
So I'm flying out on the 14th after a crazy long visa application process. I'm finding out I know a few people out in San Francisco and other people are giving me tips. I'm going to be living in a place called North Beach which sounds so O.C it's unbelievable!
The weekend just gone my old housemates Will and Andy came down to sort out these bs charges the letting agents are trying to throw on us. It was good to see them and we had a few bevvies and then went to the park for a bit.
My mind is kind of racing at the moment so I'm not going to bother to keep typing. Write more when I'm more focused.
Peace
Wednesday 28 July 2010
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Moving On
It's crazy to think that having only been back in the UK for a couple of weeks, in a not so short time I will be heading off the America for a number of months.
9 months ago if you had told me this is the life I would be living I would of thought you'd been smoking something you shouldn't and think that you need to lie down, but here I am, getting ready for the next step in my life.
Recently I have realised how much I love everything I have and am so thankful for everything I have been given. Obviously there are times when I'm down but I'm trying to look at everything in a more positive light - obstacles are just challenges they don't need to stop you from moving on.
The weekend just gone was one of the best ones I have had in a long time. On Friday I went to my cousins wedding and it was kind of magical, it seemed like such a great day from them and everyone else was feeding off their vibes.
The rest of the weekend I spent at Lovebox - a music festival in Victoria Park. I got to spend time with people that have vanished from my life and now they are back in it. The music was great, the sun was shining, the alcohol was plentiful and it was just incredible. To those I spent that weekend with - thanks for everything it was amazing and I'm so glad I spent it with all of you.
There's been a lot of great things I've been reading which has been good, and one blog in particular needs a mention. http://assassinatopoker.blogspot.com/ is one of the best blogs around. The guy is a full time poker player but with a difference, he won't bore you with stuff you don't care about, he just uses his blog to explain what's going on and get his thoughts down, it really is some motivational stuff and I will continue reading as long as he keeps writing!
Also I think everyone should watch http://www.wimp.com/watchingthis/ it will cheer you up and make you realise to look more positivley on everything!
There is so much I could write today but instead I'm going to try and write more and talk about excitements about this adventure ahead of me - including packing up my life and taking it to my parents.
Love and Truth.
9 months ago if you had told me this is the life I would be living I would of thought you'd been smoking something you shouldn't and think that you need to lie down, but here I am, getting ready for the next step in my life.
Recently I have realised how much I love everything I have and am so thankful for everything I have been given. Obviously there are times when I'm down but I'm trying to look at everything in a more positive light - obstacles are just challenges they don't need to stop you from moving on.
The weekend just gone was one of the best ones I have had in a long time. On Friday I went to my cousins wedding and it was kind of magical, it seemed like such a great day from them and everyone else was feeding off their vibes.
The rest of the weekend I spent at Lovebox - a music festival in Victoria Park. I got to spend time with people that have vanished from my life and now they are back in it. The music was great, the sun was shining, the alcohol was plentiful and it was just incredible. To those I spent that weekend with - thanks for everything it was amazing and I'm so glad I spent it with all of you.
There's been a lot of great things I've been reading which has been good, and one blog in particular needs a mention. http://assassinatopoker.blogspot.com/ is one of the best blogs around. The guy is a full time poker player but with a difference, he won't bore you with stuff you don't care about, he just uses his blog to explain what's going on and get his thoughts down, it really is some motivational stuff and I will continue reading as long as he keeps writing!
Also I think everyone should watch http://www.wimp.com/watchingthis/ it will cheer you up and make you realise to look more positivley on everything!
There is so much I could write today but instead I'm going to try and write more and talk about excitements about this adventure ahead of me - including packing up my life and taking it to my parents.
Love and Truth.
Thursday 8 July 2010
Everything Has To Finish
So this is it! My final day in Malta, my final night, and my the end of one hell of an experience.
On arriving here I was buzzing with excitement, I had no idea what lay ahead of me and what people would be like. It was kind of surreal.
Starting off on the first night I landed, went to my apartment, dropped my stuff off and called a cab into the pub/club central of Malta. I met a mate from Uni - Greg- who introduced me to a lot of people that he worked with, the bar staff and some Maltese people. At that point I had no idea that this bar, the Dubliners, would be my second home for my stay.
The bar was nice, 80% of staff were Irish, Guiness was sold so obviosuly that was my choice. I also had my first experience of the local beer,, Cisk - pronounced CHISK which isimportant to know otherwise you look like you are telling the barman about your health deficiencies. Cisk is strange, it is like a stronger yet stranger Calring - it leaves an odd taste in your mouth and makes you feel more bloated than any other beer you will ever have!!! HOWEVER after having it for 3 months I'm going to miss it a lot.
The apartment I was in was amazing, it was close to work which meant it was 45 minutes from any form of social interaction. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
The thing with Malta is that it is a 3rd world country pretending it's not. Electricity seems new, and if you attempt to have a tv on and the air con then you are hoping for a lot, bang powercut, and usually happens in the middle of a poker hand your playing online. Tilting but you get use to it!
The people I've met have been awesome, I've never been in a work place where you actually socialise regularyl with your colleagues. I guess the reason for this is that Malta is an incredibly small island and on nights out you will see the same people you saw the last 12 times. Still it was great.
The world cup was fun to watch here, you get Maltese people pretending they are English/Italian/Spanish/Dutch/German/Uruguayan/Portugese/ North Korean - in fact whenever someone wins a game a car will drive past with the windows open and them beeping their horn like mad men! Driving here is weird, the drink driving laws seem to be as long as you don't crash there's no problem. Crazy and it means as a pedestrian intoxicated yourself you are playing chicken with them without meaning too. Zebra crossings just seem to be random lines on the floor forming pretty patterns that serve no purpose at all!
Still this has been a life changing experience, I have learnt so much, been given a lot of responsibility, and like I said met some awesome people. The people at work are really on the ball and they clearly work hard so that they can play hard.
We had a boat trip sea fishing which was awesome, a sort of goodbye to nmyself and the other two grads (although one didn't show) and everyone agreed to put 10 euros in, 30% went to most fish caught, 70% for biggest fish. As someone who had never fished before my gamble deserted me, poor show to be honest I never turn down a bet no matter how -EV it is but for some reason I did. Obviously the inevitable happened and I comfortably caught the biggest fish to win a grand total of 0!! Well played me! Always thought I was great at trapping fish reeling them in and then letting them get away for too little money for me - messed up poker analogies sorry!
Anyway tomorrow is my last day working in the office, it will be good to get home and see my family and friends, I've missed my mates a lot and although I've only been away for the same time as a term at Uni, being a 3 hour flight away in a different country completly changes the concept!
On arriving here I was buzzing with excitement, I had no idea what lay ahead of me and what people would be like. It was kind of surreal.
Starting off on the first night I landed, went to my apartment, dropped my stuff off and called a cab into the pub/club central of Malta. I met a mate from Uni - Greg- who introduced me to a lot of people that he worked with, the bar staff and some Maltese people. At that point I had no idea that this bar, the Dubliners, would be my second home for my stay.
The bar was nice, 80% of staff were Irish, Guiness was sold so obviosuly that was my choice. I also had my first experience of the local beer,, Cisk - pronounced CHISK which isimportant to know otherwise you look like you are telling the barman about your health deficiencies. Cisk is strange, it is like a stronger yet stranger Calring - it leaves an odd taste in your mouth and makes you feel more bloated than any other beer you will ever have!!! HOWEVER after having it for 3 months I'm going to miss it a lot.
The apartment I was in was amazing, it was close to work which meant it was 45 minutes from any form of social interaction. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
The thing with Malta is that it is a 3rd world country pretending it's not. Electricity seems new, and if you attempt to have a tv on and the air con then you are hoping for a lot, bang powercut, and usually happens in the middle of a poker hand your playing online. Tilting but you get use to it!
The people I've met have been awesome, I've never been in a work place where you actually socialise regularyl with your colleagues. I guess the reason for this is that Malta is an incredibly small island and on nights out you will see the same people you saw the last 12 times. Still it was great.
The world cup was fun to watch here, you get Maltese people pretending they are English/Italian/Spanish/Dutch/German/Uruguayan/Portugese/ North Korean - in fact whenever someone wins a game a car will drive past with the windows open and them beeping their horn like mad men! Driving here is weird, the drink driving laws seem to be as long as you don't crash there's no problem. Crazy and it means as a pedestrian intoxicated yourself you are playing chicken with them without meaning too. Zebra crossings just seem to be random lines on the floor forming pretty patterns that serve no purpose at all!
Still this has been a life changing experience, I have learnt so much, been given a lot of responsibility, and like I said met some awesome people. The people at work are really on the ball and they clearly work hard so that they can play hard.
We had a boat trip sea fishing which was awesome, a sort of goodbye to nmyself and the other two grads (although one didn't show) and everyone agreed to put 10 euros in, 30% went to most fish caught, 70% for biggest fish. As someone who had never fished before my gamble deserted me, poor show to be honest I never turn down a bet no matter how -EV it is but for some reason I did. Obviously the inevitable happened and I comfortably caught the biggest fish to win a grand total of 0!! Well played me! Always thought I was great at trapping fish reeling them in and then letting them get away for too little money for me - messed up poker analogies sorry!
Anyway tomorrow is my last day working in the office, it will be good to get home and see my family and friends, I've missed my mates a lot and although I've only been away for the same time as a term at Uni, being a 3 hour flight away in a different country completly changes the concept!
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