Friday in Tokyo. Some things shut on a Friday, like the Imperial Palace East Gardens. Except I forgot to check before I left the hotel and got all the way there on the metro, walked through the financial district, to find it is never open on a Friday. I decided to head to the Meiji … Continue reading
Ok, I’m writing day 3 before day 2. Today I had a volunteer guide. I had set this up back in the UK. It’s a really good way of exploring, as you have the added value of a person who knows about the area. I had decided that I wanted to go and see Tsujiki … Continue reading
So it’s suddenly become real, this trip to Tokyo, New Zealand and San Francisco. It was just a figment of my imagination as far as I was concerned, until I stepped onto the plane. It’s real. And to be honest, it’s not the easiest thing I’ve ever done. I’ve spent a fair amount of time … Continue reading
Life, it’s a funny old thing isn’t it? Memories, attitudes, hopes and fears, problems, issues, dreams, goals, happiness, sadness, principles, remembrances. It’s multi-faceted, and always will be. No matter how simple we try and make our life, there is a plethora of sidelines that we may or may not take into consideration. Questions to be … Continue reading
How long have I waited to be able to go to the Olympics? Any Olympics. I’ve dreamed of it for years. I’ve watched it since I was a kid. Especially the swimming. I remember watching David Wilkie, Adrian Moorhouse, Duncan Goodhew. Swimming is beautiful to watch, the glide of the stroke, the stroke hitting the … Continue reading
Why do I swim? I swim to forget, I swim to energise, I swim to focus, I swim for determination, I swim to smile, I swim to tire, I swim to sleep, I swim because I can. I didn’t always swim. Before the age of 10 I wouldn’t set foot in a pool. My mum … Continue reading
The London Olympics 2012. I am SO excited. Even MORE than excited. Since I was a young girl, I have always watched the Olympics, even if the time difference was such that I had to get up in the night and watch it. I love it. I watch the world and European championships beforehand, so … Continue reading
I’ve been in a training course for the last 2 days. Not that I’ve been the one to be trained. I was merely “sitting in” on the 2 day course to get a good idea of how the company I work for provides training to large global companies. To say the two days was an … Continue reading
I forgot how much I love London. Well, I hadn’t really, I just hadn’t made the effort to go for a while. Since I stopped commuting there for work my time has been limited to get in there and enjoy the city. The last few weeks has seen me desperate to get in to London … Continue reading
Confidence. Do you have it? Do you lack it? Do you wish you had less? More? I learnt a lot about confidence in the last week. I haven’t felt particularly confident for quite a while (by “confident” I mean the quiet confidence you find in people, not the loud brashness of over-confident people). I over-think, … Continue reading
