2010 Update.

Hi all,

Back into the world of blogging once again after completing another year of year as well as we all pasted Christmas and New Year. We have hit 2010. Hope this year will be a good year for all. I decided to use what I like doing in my spare time and blogging about it.

I’m wanting to write my reviews / thoughts about various games I have played but however I am still tossing up if I should open a new blog site for a focus on them or use this one. What do you guys think? Keep the game reviews here or open a new blog site for them? My aim for this will be based on the games I own, played, what I liked about them, how I choose the game and my perspective. I figured, I should use what I like doing and write about it. Guess you can call it a passion? Another passion of my mine is playing tennis. Its one sport I like playing alot.

This will be a short blog and will leave you with a youtube clip entitled: Nexus One: ‘Web meets phone’. This is one step of what 2010 has planned for us.

Have a good year everyone

Birthday Card Findings – what do you look for in a card?

Hi all,

Its been awhile since I’ve written an a blog but thought I take a break of studying and write some. One thing that has come to mind is buying the Birthday Card for a friend, a mate, girlfriend/boyfriend and or family member.

I’ve been buying birthday cards for a while know and usually I can find one, match it with a friend and buy it on the spot. However, no cards at the local news agency I liked. Maybe I didn’t spend a lot of time at the news agency or there was no birthday cards that appealed to me at the time.

When I buy Birthday Cards this is what I usually follow:

1. Glance over the birthday cards on display
2. Start to think about the friend/mate or family member I’m buying for
3. Start picking out individual cards and read the front and inside
4. Find cards that are catchy, meaningful and special
5. Compare a couple before deciding
6. Read the front illustration and compare with others
7. Read inside the card; good cards have something meaningful inside
8. Buy

What do you look for when you buy a birthday card? Do you find it hard to find one or does it come easy? Good cards are hard to find, depending what the store has in stock. Think before you buy, if your stuck trying to find a birthday card I would suggest move on to another store and look there. You could come back to the same store but would suggest looking in another section then go back.

Mixture of things.

Hi all,

Its been awhile since I’ve posted a blog so thought I start typing and see where it will lead me. Been doing uni assignments lately while having 2 weeks off uni; one week was reading week and the other was a standard week off. I actually liked having a few weeks off from uni.

Had the dust storm while I was off from uni (well would have been at uni on the day but by memory think the lecture was cancelled due to strike or it was reading week). I must say it was awesome to wake up to an orange lite sky as compared to normal weather or no orange. Thought I was in a movie or woke up to a horror story – just joking but the dust storm did convince me that it could fit being a movie / horror story. I didn’t take any photos from the day – I should have! but I did step outside and it looked nifty.

Another thought is the word ‘unsuccessful’ – is it a good word to use or not? I reckon its not. In a way it could put you down for something that you were wanting to compete in or apply for an internship etc. I’m wondering if the word ‘unsuccessful’ can be replaced with another word that means the same thing but doesn’t have the same effect. What do you reckon?

As I am writing this blog I can hear thunder and the possible chance of the power going out. I saw the lights dim down a bit – only for a second though. Must admit weather is going a bit weird. One minute its sunny, then raining, the cloudy and toos some fun into it a dust storm. What’s going above?

The last week of Hey Hey on our tv screens. It was good fun but was watching masterchef before hand. The only reason why was because there was one comedian; Josh on there that I know and this week its Michelle from the Biggest loser. Should be good to see how both shows pan out this week. What do you think?

Enjoy your week ahead!

Tennis – Wimbledon, Australian Open & Thoughts

I must say I love the game of tennis. It’s one sport that I like to play and watch. I’ve played competition locally until I couldn’t play in the local divisions anymore. I started to get into the men’s competition this first half of this year being a pool player. I played when teams needed me. I must admit it was fun; I wasnt tied down to one team and managed to gain experience from a variety of players from each team. This was fun I must admit.

When it came to Wimbledon 2009 I was loving it. However what disappoints me is the timeslot that Wimbledon falls under. Late at night usually after 11pm. I try to remain awake till the tennis is on so I can cheer from home for my favourite player(s) that are playing a match. I usually end up watching it to 2 am in the morning and cave in for sleep. I don’t like the current timeslot for Wimbledon – I know there’s time differences and all but just seems a bit sad as I can’t really sit and match a full match. Will try to maintain focus but sometimes you can’t remain awake that long without doing something else.

However with the Australian Open I have managed to watch full matches when its advertised on a different television network as compared to the television network that hosts Wimbledon. Sometimes I find that I tune in better catching matches halfway through sometimes but other times I watch matches from start to finish. I haven’t been to see a tennis match live some day I would like go to and see one. Probably missing out something there but should go one day.

Apart from my interest in tennis above there’s one thing I would like to talk about. That’s grunting in tennis. I know that people like or dislike grunting in tennis. For me, I like grunting in tennis. I’m not sure what I like about grunting in tennis but its something that I do find to like. It disguises the sound of how the ball is struck I do believe – think my tennis coach told me that once (i could be wrong though). Its not a form of cheating. Anyone can grunt in tennis make your opponent expect the unexpected shot that they need to counter to win the point or keep the ball in play. For players who grunts when they play, I say well done! You know how to use grunting to your advantage well if you win the point. For players who use that as an excuse for losing, you didn’t play good enough this time. Get focused and play well next time!