ZOMG two months since last blog!
6:52 pm Mon, 18th August 2008Wow. Has it really been two months? How time flies.
So what’s new in the life of Kazzart. Gosh.. where to start!? Well things have improved a bit since my last, rather down-hearted post. My wrists seem to be in better shape for one, haven’t had a case of RSI for a while now. Using an ergonomic joystick mouse and keyboard at work has definitely helped. I’m also very careful now when I practice piano.. I always warm up, I’m careful not to tense my muscles or push myself too far. Oh, and Ibuprofen gel is my friend. 😉 What else.. my time is a bit easier to manage now that music college term is over and we’re on summer holidays. I think I might make things easier for myself in the coming year and only do one module instead of two! Two nights a week is just too much for me, with my current job going the way it is. On that note, work has definitely gotten busier with more and more responsibility piling on. I’m now getting involved as Technical Manager/Technical Lead on a number of projects. As well as still doing some web dev work. I’m not sure if I enjoy the TM stuff, but I think it is good experience to have so I will give it a go and see how I feel at the end of the year.
Last month I went away on an awesome summer holiday. I organised a two week holiday for my parents and brother in Barcelona, Spain and Portugal (Lisbon & Algarve). It was great to get away and get some SUMMER. Seriously.. the weather here in UK has been SOOOOOO sh*t it would be blasphemy to call it a “summer”. Strangely, everywhere else in the EU seems to be scorching hot.. it’s like there is some invisible weather barrier between us and continental europe (maybe its the english channel). Anyway.. enough whining about the weather.. I’m becoming more and more british every day.. wait I am already “technically” british lol. So yeh, the holiday was great fun. I *loved* Barcelona.. great food, friendly locals, beautiful city and great weather! Also really loved just chillin out by the beach at the Algarve. The weather there really is just PERFECT.. that perfect mix of warm south european and dry hot north african climate. Blue skies and sunshine pretty much every day! And the sun is actually HOT. Got myself a lovely tan there.. and stocked up on my Vitamin D dosage for the year. 🙂 Here are some photos from the trip.
Barcelona, Spain
Algarve, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Anyway.. since coming back from holidays.. I’ve been getting back into regular yoga and dancing again. I’ve been gone so long from hiphop even my teacher noticed and welcomed me back! I’m also still going to cuban salsa and getting better each week – which is good coz I really enjoy dancing salsa with my bf.. he’s still heaps better than me though! So fingers crossed I’ll be able to keep that all going coz I seriously need to get fit again! Not to mention, I just feel so good afterwards.
The Sheridan Trio (my jazz trio) also played our FIRST public gig last Saturday! W00t w00t! It went pretty well. Loads of people came, they seemed to enjoy it, the owner was really impressed and we just had fun performing. More about that later… might post some videos too!
Guess that’s all from me for now.. it’s home time!
Posted in Life, Travel | 4 Comments »
4 Comments on “ZOMG two months since last blog!”
Joe Miller
Aug 19, 2008
Great news about your wrists and your overall health! Seems like things are finally looking up for you. I hope it just keeps getting better and better.
Joe
Maria
Sep 6, 2008
You don’t reply to any comments I leave anywhere these days, so I’m thinking you no loves meez anymore. But even if this ends up being rhetorical-ish.. I just wanted to say that I don’t know which is more beautiful… you or Portugal. And woo-hoo on the new bf btw.
Kazzart
Sep 7, 2008
Hey Maria! I’m so sorry for not replying to ur comments.. I was really slack with comment replies for a while.. just like I was slack with blog or vlog updates. Just been so busy! But please don’t stop commenting – I always enjoy your comments as they are always the most thoughtful and interesting comments to read. 🙂
Anyway thanks for stopping by. 🙂 I’m trying to revive this blog slightly.. upgrade my wordpress to the latest version and am having fun with widgets! I’ve even incorporated my twitter updates as automatic blog posts. Been thinking about that for a while and lo and behold, there was a plugin ready to be used!
And I 2nd the woo-hoo on the bf lol. He’s great.. the sweetest guy I know. I’m very happy with him. 🙂 And Portugal was beautiful indeed. *sigh* I miss that weather!
Lola
Sep 12, 2008
Jealous!Some of us were stuck in london,all ‘summer ‘.Wow!Fill us in on the boyf?Details Kazz,nosy i know but summer’s been harsh,it’s been two months since your last posts and I don’t recall you saying you met somebody ;P