Are you strong enough to choose your happiness?

Throughout our lives, we're always taught to "Never give up, never lose hope, to persevere": Sometimes you've just got to move on.

A job you hate - but you're too afraid you might not get another one, A failed business idea - but you're reluctant to cut your losses. A relationship that no longer holds - but the hesitance to leave familiarity.

Solution: 4 words HTFU !! (or 1 acronym :-P)

Everything...

I owned smelled familiar, comforting, like home....beautiful. It is now beginning to stink.

I'm Back !!

Ok, so I've stopped blogging/tracking my progress coz umm...there has been no progress :-S

The jogs turned into casual walks and the walks were replaced by the rush of riding a motorcycle !
Since I got my bike I'm trying to make the most out of this season and squeezing in as much riding as I can before the heat gets unbearable.

The only thing that has been going steady so far is my photo project with just a couple missed days here and there. Not too bad. Although I definitely need to introduce some variety into the shots, the seem very very repetitive, including my bloody T-shirts !! haha

I will try and resume my training with the start of the next week so hopefully I should have regular content then on.

Till then, here is some dubstep for you to enjoy :-)
http://dubtunes.wordpress.com/

A Whole Bloody Week !!

Been a busy week this one, finally managed to get myself a motorbike - going through the whole registration process couldnt have been a messier process.
Which also translates to it being a whole week since I last went jogging !!
I have been slacking on my photo project too :-( Skipped a couple of days in between. No excuses there - how can I not have 5 minutes in a day to take a picture !! :-S Not acceptable.

Not to skip 2 days in a row is definitely a top tip. After 2 days it somehow becomes "OK" to miss another day and another and another....and before you realise it a whole bloody week !!!

Daily routine shall begin from tomorrow.
Now I need to fit riding my bike into my daily routine...hmmm

Only skipped one day

In spite of trying to be as regular as possible, I have been skipping a day here and there, religiously following the "Do not skip 2 days in a row" rule. Definitely works

Completed a short 30 minute jog @ 5.5-6.0kph today
Need to bump it up to 45 minutes next week

And here I was thinking I aint impulsive !!

One minute I am sitting at the Gulf Bike Week listening to local bands rock the stage with some nice rock/alternative/jazz/blue tunes and the next im searching the local classifieds for some used cheapo drumkit !!

I've always been fascinated with percussions; drums to be specific. As a kid my Dad (who never had the time or the opportunity to pursue music) put me through almost all the musical instruments hoping I would pickup on atleast one of them. Except the drums ofcourse which he believed was not "distinguished". Anyhoo years later, when in uni I decided to pursue my passion and got my self a brand new Yamaha YD series dumkit in super sexy gloss black with the Zildjian rock series cymbals :-D. I had the time of my life playing it and it was probably the only instrument that I ever played which I managed to pick up so soon and teach mysself too. Owing to the noisy nature of the instrument practicing wasnt the easiest thing to do with family at home. A few months later it sat in the corner collecting dust. And a few years later during a move to a different apartment I sold it off to a kid (who is actually quite good now!!)

Watching those local bands perform got me and my buddy charged up and well, we figured we were still not too late. So fast forward 24 hours and we are at a small music shop (crammed with equipment) in some corner in sharjakistan !! Found a cheap drumkit which someone bought and returned a month later, tried it out(and realised i need a lotta practicing to do) and I walked out 750 D's lighter with a big FAT SMILE on my face :-D
Next stop: friends apartment where we put our New used kit :-P

Watch this space for some amateur recordings !!

Quick update on the training:

I finally took a stopwatch along with me to record the actual time spent jogging/walking.
22 minutes of jogging at a speed of 5.0kph(an assumption) - works out to about 2 km which is not too bad for 10 days of training
Wrapped it up with bicep curls 10kg X 3 Sets (12-10-8)

Too many easy days?

Friday is a holiday - so I decided to take an off-day and went for a really long walk instead.

Today was the last day of the Gulf Bike Week. There were some really really nice motorcycles out there, some crazy customs along with some crazy dudes !! Makes you wonder where these people live and if they only ever get out for 3 days in the year to show up for festivals like these !! :-|

Continuing with the unpredictable weather, today has been extremely windy, all that walking and sand in my eyes/nose/ears/mouth was a bit tiring. Got back home knackered and laziness caught up with me. I was in absolutely no mood to put on my trainers and walk out of my nice warm and cozy apartment into a bloody shamaal !! Somehow I managed to drag by butt out of the door and braved winds that were strong enough to uproot a whole bloody palm tree. It was definitely not my easiest jog with the sand and wind slapping me in my face, but I still jogged for about 30 minutes.

End result: I am bloody proud of myself. I can sleep well tonight :-D