I continued gambling, as usual, at William Hill...
http://www.williamhill.co.uk
...unfortunately, I lost £100.00 last time I tried playing online Roulette.
I went to visit GA/Gamblers Anonymous at 131 Cleveland Street, outside Great Portland Street tube station, a couple of times. I only go there whenever I have big financial problems to have to deal with. Basically, I owe £27,800.00.
18G Benefit money to have to repay
5G Barclaycard VISA
2G Barclaycard Mastercard
2G Nat West overdraft loan
£800 3 Mobile Phone contract still to pay
But, all I have left in savings is 3 grand(the which total started out at 28 grand...most of which I went and lost to the bookies)?! So, that's why I felt tempted to go and gamble to see if I could make enough money to pay all of these bills. Unfortunately, as is usually the way whenever one tries to rely on gambling I lost a hell of a lot more than I ever won; in fact, I also lost all of my winnings back to the bookies, too; on top of losing my original stake bets. The only way I can describe being caught up in this situation is it's a total nightmare...which could possibly get a whole lot worse still...soon, I could be left with having absolutely no money at all; yet the same bill won't go away; and, what then I wonder...?!
BIKING...
One of my Halford bikes: Apollo Encounter got stolen outside of Morley College. I went and reported the theft to the Lambeth North police station. They wrote me back a letter to say they can't do anything about it due to a lack of sufficient evidence; this is even though the college itself has CCTV which covers seeing the bikes outside! Basically, reporting the loss to the police was a total waste of time.
Anyway, I just came back home, and, proceeded using my back up Apollo Encounter bike; which is an exact replica of the missing bike.
COMPUTING...
Currently, I'm using 4 computing machines...
1> Desktop computer
2> Laptop computer (in bed)
3> iPad (around the house)
4> iPhone 5 (outside the home)
All of the last 3 need to be recharged constantly; as their charge doesn't tend to last a single day. The laptop battery drains away especially fast in less than 1 hour long. Whereas the Apple machines tend to hold their charge for up to around 10 hours long.
The Desktop I mostly tend to keep left on; as their are web pages I load which I didn't have time to view; so, I leave it on standby until when I next return.
NOTE: I would love to buy/own an iMac computer. However, right now, I'm just far too broke to own one.
CINEMA...
So far to date I've joined the following cinemas/film clubs...
Cineworld Unlimited membership: £210
Prince Charles Cinema -(Leicester Square)- Lifetime membership: £50
Odeon Premiere Club £10
...and, I'm thinking of rejoining film making club, Raindance: £50 yearly
I love seeing films at the cinema; as, essentially, I'm a born dreamer; getting to see films at a size that is 100 x your TV screen makes one feel so immersed in the cinema experience as though it were 'real'; this sort of experience I really enjoy.
I wanted to rejoin Raindance film making club; as, one day, I hope to be able to make my own 'amateur' films.
MARTIAL ARTS...
KICKBOXING
Recently, I went and joined Kick Boxing at...
Seymour Leisure Centre
...which is located off Seymour Street near Marble Arch.
I wish I'd gone and joined them in Spring/Summer...rather than Autumn/Winter. As I have to bike it all the way there and back in the utterly freezing cold; which isn't much fun at all. On the other hand, the lessons they give are both interesting and fun.
The cost however is extremely expensive.
£350 equipments: Large/Small Bag, Groin Guard, Gloves, Shin Guards, Mouth Guard, T-shirt(white), Trousers(blue), Insurance.
£85 joining fee to be paid right away; then, £85 Direct Debit monthly for a contract to 12 months; DDR starts 3rd Jan 2013.
Training days, twice weekly: Tue/Thu 1PM.
KRAV MAGA
I'm still a member of South London Krav Maga(West Norwood)/and, Urban Krav Maga(London Bridge).
South London Krav Maga is £30 monthly DDR.
Urban Krav I already pre-paid for 10 lessons @ £60.00. I have around 4 more lessons still left to go.
TAI CHI
I've not returned back to Tai Chi Brixton £30 monthly Tue 7:30PM. Nor have I returned back to Michael Jacques Tai Chi lessons in West Norwood £2.50 Mon 11:30AM.
KEEP FIT...
Recently, I went and rejoined...
http://www.thegymgroup.com
...but, due to the Winter cold; I'm not at all tempted to go out there to use their 24 hours per day training facilities; so, I think, I might have to cancel this Direct Debit costing me £20.00 monthly.
EDUCATION OFFLINE...
MORLEY COLLEGE/HTML & CSS LEVEL II
My Morley College HTML & CSS Level II course is coming to an end, soon. Unfortunately, I missed this week Wednesday 10AM-1PM lesson; as I booked a cinema showing which clashed with the lesson time. Hopefully, I will go there next week.
NEXT COLLEGE TERM
I think, next college term, I will sign up to do arts, again;. In particular, I'm interested in learning...
-Book making
-Computing
-Film
-Drawing/Painting-Writing
-Sculpture
-Photography
-Writing
-etc.NOTE: There are certain advantages one gets through having gone and joined a college; such as cheaper/discounted cinema tickets/computer software/NUS card/-etc.
Too, you can state on your C.V. I did, at least, some studying during that time/as opposed to having done absolutely none.
Thus, it's very important, indeed, that I should be listed as a college student each new term.
EDUCATION ONLINE...
Because I been going out so much; and, watched so many movies at the cinema; having to ride my bike all the way there; then, all the way back, again. I often come back in late around 12:00 midnight; when I return back in, I'm so tired I simply fall asleep; then, wake up to go out again the next day. Is it any wonder then that I haven't been doing any studying online?! In particular, I miss...
Lynda.com
ConquerMath.com
UniversalClass.com
-etc.
ARTS...
I have memberships to...
Tate Gallery (paid membership)
Dulwich Picture Gallery (FREE through being a member of Paxton Green TimeBank)
London Zoo(paid membership; not a gallery; but, I use it to take photos/draw from these)
...unfortunately, I've not been finding sufficient time to go visit seeing any of these. The freezing cold doesn't help much, neither; instead, it only puts me right off.
LIFE DRAWING
Occasionally, I find time to go and visit a Life Drawing class; which people pose nude. However, due to the freezing cold; I've not been going there much neither. It's usually £10 per class. The last time I went and visited 23 Abbey College, Bloomsbury Square, London; where the host is Tony of the Life Drawing Society.
http://www.lifedrawingsociety.co.uk
EBAY ARTWORKS
Lately, I've returned back to buying artworks from off eBay; especially, the work of my fav. artist...
Onelio Marrero
...however, the competition is strong; and, even when I tried bidding really high: $50.00...I still lost the bid! It looks like there are Marrero fans out there who are every bit as mad about his artwork as am I.
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