As probably noticed, I got the job I mentioned earlier in the blog. Today was my first day and I spent most of it installing things on the computer, putting things together in the office and general nesting. My working days are long. Today I went up at 6 am, only to come home at 8 pm. at least I got 4 hours of chill before I need to sleep. I'll try to get up at 5 am tomorrow so I can get home earlier! I'll probably shorten my lunch to 15 min or so too.
Not much new in my personal life - I've not felt like going out or anything, so I guess things are dull in my life from an outsiders perspective. I'll try to be more active in the weekends from now on - I fear with long working days, if I don't get my social life together, things will become meaningless :)
Gonna jump the bus to Staffanstorp this Friday to say good bye to Caroline.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Been a while!
There's been so much going on this week, I really haven't been up for typing stuff. But here I am so lets make the most of it!
This monday I got a call from one of the people that used to practice in class with me, offering me a job interview at his new founded firm. The interview happened this friday, and it went good, I felt like I would fit in if I got the job, and it would be an incredibly interesting thing to work with. More info at www.timezynk.com !
The interview itself started with them presenting the company and what it was doing, and then I got to talk about my experiences (or lack thereof :/), my education and grades, degree project etc. It was nice, because I know Johan, it was pretty comfortable, and the other guy was quite charismatic as well - this is something I'd like to do! We slightly touched the subject of maybe having a test period over the summer where I could get paid and work under Johan with the programming to see how it felt and so. In the end when we got a bit less formal and I was shown the office, they said they liked what they heard and that I so far had better chances than the previous interviewed person (dunno how many).
Again, it was nice and open about things, which just toned down my nervousness!
In two weeks I'll know if I got a job (a lot depend on a client to deliver their order right now).
As for the weekend, it's been great. Had our firethingy at nicklas's place, spent all night by the fire and talked (me, magnus, nicklas and caroline). Woke up half past 10 in the morning the day after, magnus was snoring like a bulldozer or possibly something like what the death star would sound like when it explodes if there were sound in space. we had breakfast and I got home, relaxed for a few hours then went to bro, watched movies and today I've been out walking with göran and mom at forsakar - I went up to the waterfall, and we walked a bit in the hills as well.
practice is good, and I'm currently making the most of my hours it feel. I'm so glad I have this opportunity in my life, thinking like that really inspires to train even more.
This monday I got a call from one of the people that used to practice in class with me, offering me a job interview at his new founded firm. The interview happened this friday, and it went good, I felt like I would fit in if I got the job, and it would be an incredibly interesting thing to work with. More info at www.timezynk.com !
The interview itself started with them presenting the company and what it was doing, and then I got to talk about my experiences (or lack thereof :/), my education and grades, degree project etc. It was nice, because I know Johan, it was pretty comfortable, and the other guy was quite charismatic as well - this is something I'd like to do! We slightly touched the subject of maybe having a test period over the summer where I could get paid and work under Johan with the programming to see how it felt and so. In the end when we got a bit less formal and I was shown the office, they said they liked what they heard and that I so far had better chances than the previous interviewed person (dunno how many).
Again, it was nice and open about things, which just toned down my nervousness!
In two weeks I'll know if I got a job (a lot depend on a client to deliver their order right now).
As for the weekend, it's been great. Had our firethingy at nicklas's place, spent all night by the fire and talked (me, magnus, nicklas and caroline). Woke up half past 10 in the morning the day after, magnus was snoring like a bulldozer or possibly something like what the death star would sound like when it explodes if there were sound in space. we had breakfast and I got home, relaxed for a few hours then went to bro, watched movies and today I've been out walking with göran and mom at forsakar - I went up to the waterfall, and we walked a bit in the hills as well.
practice is good, and I'm currently making the most of my hours it feel. I'm so glad I have this opportunity in my life, thinking like that really inspires to train even more.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Ahh, finally!
My brother will be taking the train home from Amsterdam tomorrow! He and D has been stuck there since wednessday because of the volcanic activities in Iceland. Quite honestly I must say I miss him. Fortunately, Ellen was kind enough to let him stay at her new place in the outskirts of Amsterdam, so a lot of kudos and nice thoughts to her!
Practice has been rather dull this week, haven't felt encouraged at all with worrying for bro's return, dads computer exploding - but at least at this point I can almost always get that easy feeling in XingYi, it made me quite happy that I could even get it after I spent a night this weekend at a mates place. Was a good saturday night out.
I can't wait for bro's return so we can spend some quality time together.
Lastly, my weightloss has kind of halted. I find that annoying, but I'll be able to go run tomorrow and I'll try to pick up the pace with my other practices too.
Practice has been rather dull this week, haven't felt encouraged at all with worrying for bro's return, dads computer exploding - but at least at this point I can almost always get that easy feeling in XingYi, it made me quite happy that I could even get it after I spent a night this weekend at a mates place. Was a good saturday night out.
I can't wait for bro's return so we can spend some quality time together.
Lastly, my weightloss has kind of halted. I find that annoying, but I'll be able to go run tomorrow and I'll try to pick up the pace with my other practices too.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Awesomeness!
Today has been quite nice, I tried out a new game called Heroes of Newerth. Pretty good concept, but so far, I really stink at it. I also found a way to order the knives for me and bro, so in 2 weeks or so - we'll start dealing with some simple exercises with those. We'll working with fear, panic and slowly let go of that and turn it into a respect for knives that does not paralyze you in a threatful situation.
The real awesomeness comes from todays class practice - Master Ma is very interested in coming to Sweden this summer and give us a weekend workshop. This will prove very interesting, or as D puts it: "It will be like watching mozart play the piano. You'll see it, but you won't believe it!"
Anyway, this will be a great gift!
Class was interesting in other ways too, we did taiji push hands with ding (centre) as focus. I practiced with bro, and D showed stuff with me for the class. A lot of things happen when you do that, so I'm grateful for the opportunity and I feel like we actually filled a piece of the puzzle that I've had huge issues with and have been working with for some time now. I will practice a lot during our "break" from class training for the coming 1.5 weeks (small sad face, but good stuff will happen in the meanwhile).
The real awesomeness comes from todays class practice - Master Ma is very interested in coming to Sweden this summer and give us a weekend workshop. This will prove very interesting, or as D puts it: "It will be like watching mozart play the piano. You'll see it, but you won't believe it!"
Anyway, this will be a great gift!
Class was interesting in other ways too, we did taiji push hands with ding (centre) as focus. I practiced with bro, and D showed stuff with me for the class. A lot of things happen when you do that, so I'm grateful for the opportunity and I feel like we actually filled a piece of the puzzle that I've had huge issues with and have been working with for some time now. I will practice a lot during our "break" from class training for the coming 1.5 weeks (small sad face, but good stuff will happen in the meanwhile).
Sunday, April 11, 2010
First entry
So, I'm a taoist practitioner. I practice Qi gong, Tai ji quan and Xing yi quan.
Thus, I deal with certain types of meditations and practice both for martial skill and for health. This causes me to have a different view of life, health in general and perspectives of what is and is not important, a problem or a gift.
This blog is not really supposed to be a bunch of my problems and egocentric thoughts about the world, but rather a diary of what I've been doing and how my practice has gone, what it contained and so on.
I'll start with covering this weekend.
was at my dads house all weekend, played with the cats and relaxed. Atlas is still kind of afraid of me I guess, and Billan still wants her private time I guess.
Practicewise was good, short time spent and only did XingYi, but I finally got that easy feeling I've been looking for since D made transmissions for it in class - it's funny how the spirals can move my arm upwards without me actually using my muscles for doing so. I also got a chance to feel what Johan's (my brother) San ti (standing meditation in Xingyi, I'm not doing this yet), it felt very dense.
Thus, I deal with certain types of meditations and practice both for martial skill and for health. This causes me to have a different view of life, health in general and perspectives of what is and is not important, a problem or a gift.
This blog is not really supposed to be a bunch of my problems and egocentric thoughts about the world, but rather a diary of what I've been doing and how my practice has gone, what it contained and so on.
I'll start with covering this weekend.
was at my dads house all weekend, played with the cats and relaxed. Atlas is still kind of afraid of me I guess, and Billan still wants her private time I guess.
Practicewise was good, short time spent and only did XingYi, but I finally got that easy feeling I've been looking for since D made transmissions for it in class - it's funny how the spirals can move my arm upwards without me actually using my muscles for doing so. I also got a chance to feel what Johan's (my brother) San ti (standing meditation in Xingyi, I'm not doing this yet), it felt very dense.
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