Jogging on the beach barefoot
It was early in 2010 when, for the first time in my life, I started taking my health and my fitness seriously. These days, along with my three resistance sessions a week, I spend at least 20 minutes per day doing some form of cardiovascular exercise. Some days this will be the 12km round trip to and from work on the bike; in summer it will be a swim down the beach and back (1km approx); the rest of the time I will spend it running, usually on the beach. I first ran on the beach at the end of Southern Hemisphere ...
Exercise and workout plans
I am coming up to the 18 month anniversary since I started taking my health and fitness seriously. That's right, far from being a bloater throughout my twenties, I did, however, manage to totally not eat right. And barely exercise. Fruit strudel with ice cream... for breakfast; I'd arrive at my 9am lecture clutching a bucket of coke; chips, beans and cheese for lunch; culminating in a fatty burgery mess from the student bar for dinner. OK, so that was my student diet. It improved in my late twenties. Slightly. Miraculously, I managed to remain thin-looking throughout this ordeal, although I have since ...
“Aue Te Aroha” lyrics
Kei te ako ahau ki te kōrero Māori. I am learning to speak Te Reo Māori at AUT in Auckland. I'll write a proper post about the course at a later date, since it truly deserves it. Here are the lyrics for one of the songs that has been included in the Te Reo course, both in our weekly lessons and at wānanga - extra-learning weekends that occur twice a semester. When sung well, "Aue te aroha" is very ātaahua, or beautiful! Aue te aroha Aue te aroha Ka rere atu nei taku reo powhiri Nau mai, haere mai Ko te whānau tēnei e mihi atu ...
Great radio blooper clip: Back-announcing the song just starting
I love radio. I love it when it's done well. I love it when it's done, err, not so well, but well enough that it still brings a smile to my face. Like this clip here: Thanks Josh and Tom for this. Made me smile.
Boy? Balloon? Balloon Boy? WTF?
From 3news.co.nz: "A six-year-old boy has been found hiding in a cardboard box in his family's garage after being feared aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky on live television." What the...? No, really: WTF? (Play video to see John agree with me...) As if this story making 'news' wasn't bad enough, a video of the little grimer has now surfaced on youtube. Of him rapping with his mates. Sigh... Crapsicle.
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