I'm back to coding today, well really officially today, I've been coding since last week but my project was shelved so I'm officially back. Probably a good thing as I kinda was finished and was nearly getting bored and im a certified self-proclaimed code monkey anyway so that's what I love doing.
I'm sick again, and again it's because I upset my sleeping routine, this bank holiday weekend had me going to bed at all hours of the day. I'm learning - tissues by my side in bed, hazy walking around my apartment and general lethargy and tiredness. Silly really. Funny today it's back to work and mentally I'm ok but physically I'm not really there. Learning...learning.
Yesterday I went on a bit of a London expedition from Covent Garden all the way to Holborn. Walking. It was very zen. Got some real progress with some of my projects I have at home. I even did some window shopping, trying a few rucksacks on, browsing for tech and other gadgets - not buying a single thing. Zen baby!
Saturday I bought a mag and read it while I had an all day breakfast in Wimbledon and I guess, also zen'd it a bit. I know no one will understand the beauty of this solitude when I get back in the office.
I woke up on Bank holiday Monday to find out that in 15 minutes the estate agents had arranged to come view my place with a potential customer. That woke me up fully - I fully flung stuff away rather frantically. Surprising how good I got it. Only thing I missed was that I was still in my PJs when they knocked. Oh well, it was my day off so I so wasn't even bothered.
I've got a running noes, running god knows where but is pretty keen on going somewhere so I've packed some tissues for the road. I hate blowing my noes in general on the tube - I dunno it's a kind of thing for me. No good reason I know but there you go.
I developed an interesting thought though this weekend which was how do we begin appreciate beauty; Is it a state of mind who's interpretation and view of it exposes it, embellishes it or is it something else like seeing scenery
after it rains. I suppose it's a bit of both. I had this thought after noticing how while walking to Charring Cross station, viewing the grounds of the park adjacent, how beautiful and appealing and generally aesthetic it was. It had just rained. Bizarre, I know right? Or is it, really?
Today was pretty snotty, I've clasped to my tissues all day, sneezing and blowing my nose. I'm a bit bummed that I can't go running tonight but I have to look after myself - we were swapping stories earlier about how this one guy/girl died because he/she was doing sport while ill - so that pretty much sealed it for me. Got some good headway work wise, even treated myself to a KFC BBQ chicken wrap for lunch. I really need to get some rest.
I think I need a good TV session tonight; I activated my on demand service from Sky and downloaded some noteworthy films i though were worth watching this weekend, so I'll do that tonight. I might also grab some fruit juice, and I've got a craving for bacon rashers crisps(they call then crisps here!)
I was just thinking while walking down the station tunnel towards to tube how it's kinda easy getting involved in everyone else's life and forgetting about your own(especially in London where there are so many lives to think about) - like worry about someone else when that just takes your time up and you don't worry about you. Sounds selfish but sometimes when it doesn't hurt anyone - you should forget everyone. Don't know if that makes sense but there it is.
Just seen a guy on the tube with his Nintendo and makes me think mine is not getting enough air time. Not great.
Anyway yeah so I bought some decongestants this morning at the pharmacy on the way into work today and they helped. It was at 4am this morning whilst sitting on the edge of my bed, reading the medical note that accompanied a decongestant I had found that I learned that decongestants work by relieving the inflammation in the nasal cavities - I know pretty ground breaking, right? But I found that interesting. I had a interesting chat at lunch over my BBQ wrap about Tibet and China's tempestuous relationship with a native Chinese collegue. Nice to hear her perspective as it differs to popular belief. Challenge and let the truth fight for its right!
I got an assignment due on Thursday and depending on my predicted movie night might even venture into a couple PDFs for enlightenment. I enjoyed my last assignment; this ones in concurrency. The more I think about it the more I wished I'd brought my java book with me today but I took it out this morning - unlucky I guess.
-- Can I just interrupt and say I'm loving my life --
I had an awesome moment today when having a sneeze: I massive Lurgy was dangling and I managed to catch some new girl's attention and gaze at this precise moment - pretty great huh? Remember the massage therapist? See that just makes me feel better now thinking about that.
Decided to resurrect my NatGeo Kinectic wrist watch this weekend and wore it into work today - I love it. Still like the idea that when I die, it will also die - why I have this purculier quirk.
Haven't been reading much, just hasn't kicked into action recently yet. Im real close to finishing Dostoyevsky but I'm getting slightly bored of the intelligent psychobabble if I must be honest.
I'm sick again, and again it's because I upset my sleeping routine, this bank holiday weekend had me going to bed at all hours of the day. I'm learning - tissues by my side in bed, hazy walking around my apartment and general lethargy and tiredness. Silly really. Funny today it's back to work and mentally I'm ok but physically I'm not really there. Learning...learning.
Yesterday I went on a bit of a London expedition from Covent Garden all the way to Holborn. Walking. It was very zen. Got some real progress with some of my projects I have at home. I even did some window shopping, trying a few rucksacks on, browsing for tech and other gadgets - not buying a single thing. Zen baby!
Saturday I bought a mag and read it while I had an all day breakfast in Wimbledon and I guess, also zen'd it a bit. I know no one will understand the beauty of this solitude when I get back in the office.
I woke up on Bank holiday Monday to find out that in 15 minutes the estate agents had arranged to come view my place with a potential customer. That woke me up fully - I fully flung stuff away rather frantically. Surprising how good I got it. Only thing I missed was that I was still in my PJs when they knocked. Oh well, it was my day off so I so wasn't even bothered.
I've got a running noes, running god knows where but is pretty keen on going somewhere so I've packed some tissues for the road. I hate blowing my noes in general on the tube - I dunno it's a kind of thing for me. No good reason I know but there you go.
I developed an interesting thought though this weekend which was how do we begin appreciate beauty; Is it a state of mind who's interpretation and view of it exposes it, embellishes it or is it something else like seeing scenery
after it rains. I suppose it's a bit of both. I had this thought after noticing how while walking to Charring Cross station, viewing the grounds of the park adjacent, how beautiful and appealing and generally aesthetic it was. It had just rained. Bizarre, I know right? Or is it, really?
Today was pretty snotty, I've clasped to my tissues all day, sneezing and blowing my nose. I'm a bit bummed that I can't go running tonight but I have to look after myself - we were swapping stories earlier about how this one guy/girl died because he/she was doing sport while ill - so that pretty much sealed it for me. Got some good headway work wise, even treated myself to a KFC BBQ chicken wrap for lunch. I really need to get some rest.
I think I need a good TV session tonight; I activated my on demand service from Sky and downloaded some noteworthy films i though were worth watching this weekend, so I'll do that tonight. I might also grab some fruit juice, and I've got a craving for bacon rashers crisps(they call then crisps here!)
I was just thinking while walking down the station tunnel towards to tube how it's kinda easy getting involved in everyone else's life and forgetting about your own(especially in London where there are so many lives to think about) - like worry about someone else when that just takes your time up and you don't worry about you. Sounds selfish but sometimes when it doesn't hurt anyone - you should forget everyone. Don't know if that makes sense but there it is.
Just seen a guy on the tube with his Nintendo and makes me think mine is not getting enough air time. Not great.
Anyway yeah so I bought some decongestants this morning at the pharmacy on the way into work today and they helped. It was at 4am this morning whilst sitting on the edge of my bed, reading the medical note that accompanied a decongestant I had found that I learned that decongestants work by relieving the inflammation in the nasal cavities - I know pretty ground breaking, right? But I found that interesting. I had a interesting chat at lunch over my BBQ wrap about Tibet and China's tempestuous relationship with a native Chinese collegue. Nice to hear her perspective as it differs to popular belief. Challenge and let the truth fight for its right!
I got an assignment due on Thursday and depending on my predicted movie night might even venture into a couple PDFs for enlightenment. I enjoyed my last assignment; this ones in concurrency. The more I think about it the more I wished I'd brought my java book with me today but I took it out this morning - unlucky I guess.
-- Can I just interrupt and say I'm loving my life --
I had an awesome moment today when having a sneeze: I massive Lurgy was dangling and I managed to catch some new girl's attention and gaze at this precise moment - pretty great huh? Remember the massage therapist? See that just makes me feel better now thinking about that.
Decided to resurrect my NatGeo Kinectic wrist watch this weekend and wore it into work today - I love it. Still like the idea that when I die, it will also die - why I have this purculier quirk.
Haven't been reading much, just hasn't kicked into action recently yet. Im real close to finishing Dostoyevsky but I'm getting slightly bored of the intelligent psychobabble if I must be honest.