Thursday, 7 July 2016

060716 - BOOKED 5 BOXING LESSONS USING A GROUPON VOUCHER

060716 - BOOKED 5 BOXING LESSONS USING A GROUPON VOUCHER

Recently, I went and brought a Groupon voucher to do 5 boxing lessons near Wandsworth Town...9 Osiers Road. Culture Kitchen, and, Gym it's called. First, I had to phone them; quoting my Groupon voucher security code; the receptionist who answered said they had added my details onto their computer; so, I wouldn't need to bring in any further proof. She said she had booked my 1st class on Saturday 9th July 2 PM.

Anyway, yesterday evening, I rode my bike over there just to make sure I could find the place before my appointment date came. I was successful in finding it. It's not a big place; just one single ground floor; most of which space is taken up by weight lifting/and, other equipments; however, they do have a room which is devoted to boxing. I saw two standing punch bags.

Not too sure exactly what that lesson is going to be alike...; but, the guy who showed me around said it's not one of those 'hard' boxing gyms; to which I replied that's perfectly fine with me; as, frankly, I'm not in any kind of shape to be able to take serious punishment; just wish to get a little bit fitter.

LATEST UPDATE
Most unfortunately, I did NOT go to attend any boxing classes; I believe the time of the Groupon voucher offer did run out, completely; as you are meant to claim within a certain specific time. 
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As I rode my bike across Battersea Park...going towards Wandsworth...I stopped to watch some artists drawing/painting Albert Bridge. One of them gave me his Business Card. I asked him how much does he sell his paintings for? He replied, £200.00.

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

220616 Krav Maga/Joined Woodlawns, again

MARTIAL ARTS

20th Mon Jun 2015

Went to Krav Maga evening class at St Mattew's church in Brixton. Went to both classes starting from 7PM beginner/intermediate.

21st Tue Jun 2015

Yesterday, I went and visited St Matthew's church in Brixton to go and see a Krav Maga martial art 'green belt' grading.

In particular, I wanted to see in my friend, Sunnil, -who I'd gone and trained with in the morning- would be able to pass his test; and, indeed, he did successfully(despite having a fractured hand).

22nd Wed Jun 2015

YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS

Today, this morning, I went and joined the Woodlawns trust in Streatham on Leigham Court Road.

They are an old age pensioners group; where the minimum age is meant to be 55; however, the secretary lady let me join at age 53.

The membership cost was £12.00 to renew;  last year, I was also a member.

Sometimes, they have Tai Chi classes; and, also, computing classes, as well.


Monday, 29 February 2016

290216 Brought TV/TV Licence - NOT exercising

Feb 2016 BROUGHT TV/TV Licence

The latest news is I've become a TV addict(just like before). Haven't owned a TV not since the time of the UK's 'analogue to digital' switch over...which, I must confess, was so many years back that I can't even remember. However, this month I went and brought a TV/together with TV Licence.

It's funny how when you have a TV, all of a sudden, you feel more like being a part of the human race, again; quite simply, because you are watching the latest news; and, TV shows/-etc.

After having gone and said all of that, though; there still are times when one feels totally bored to death; and, then, one wishes only to go off and do something else, instead...such as 'go out'...as opposed to always staying in, and, thus, becoming a total  'couch potato'; by which I mean to say I do very well realise how much I'm missing out on getting a 'real life'.

NOT DOING HARDLY ANY EXERCISE/NOT GOING TO KEEP FIT CLASS

I'm afraid, I'm going through a bit of a down phrase, at the moment; where I no longer feel enough inner self-confidence to be able to go out and face the world. I  think, this is because of...

-sheer laziness
-over eating wrong food/drink (chocolate biscuits/-etc. leading to my struggling with weight problems/dentistry problems/and, so on...a general feeling of malise...and, of  giving up completely)
-feelings of depression (I'm slightly biPolar, and, tend to suffer regular up/down severe mood swings)
-lack of money/potential job propects/-etc. (the which thoughts do very deeply depress me; and, has me worrying about the future...which I fear could only get far worse instead of better.)
-the freezing cold is something I do intensely dislike; and, this doesn't tempt me to go venture outwards, neither(even though I know there is so much to explore doing and achieving outside...none of which it's possible to achieve by constantly staying in).

However, another part of me knows; that all of this is just merely a passing mood; and, therefore, eventually, my spirits will begin to lift; and, I will...
-go out, and, socialize more
-take exercise/keep fit
-join a class/or, possibly, college/study
-be happy
-etc.

Generally speaking, it is my habit that whenever the winter months do come along; then, all I tend to do is mostly stay inside of the home; seldom going out ever. It's just too utterly freezing cold being outside; it's also cold staying in...as I cannot afford to keep the home adequately warm by leaving the central heating on, quite simply, forevermore. Whenever I do go and turn it on; it's only in short bursts last a hour or so; and, without double glazing/-etc.; then, as soon as you turn it off...all of the built up heat, quite simply, vanishes!

How much I do long for Summer; or, at the very least, some hot weather, to return. Only until then it's most likely I will continue to stay in.

EDUCATION/HOME BASED

Been studying programming codes, again. Still feeling completely shocked by how much I don't know, yet; meaning, it's not just 1 or 2 gaps inside of my knowledge; but, instead, it's more like my knowledge is missing, quite literally, 100's of gaps...?! Now-a-days, the whole entire programming language scene seems to have changed; and, I've been left most miserably totally behind; and, I really don't know if it will ever be possible to catch up, neither. However, I'm not the type to completely give up on myself altogether...believing where there's a will/then, there will also be found a way...; therefore, I'm certainly going to do my very best to try.

Recently, I've been looking at...
-HTML5
-CSS3(including both LESS/SASS frameworks)
-Javascript(OOP/plus, latest version: ECMA6)
-AngularJS
-Git/GitHub
-PERL
-Scratch 2 (signed up to do a course on it at Coursera.org just a couple days back)
-Sublime Text 3 (today, I went and downloaded it to try; the FREE version has a constant nag screen; in order to get rid of that then you will need to purchase the software outright; in addition to which, Sublime Text 2 seems to be the most stable version; which the number 3 version is still in Beta testing state)
Also, taking a few quick glimpses at learning the basics of Networking by watching a few 'teach yourself videos' on YouTube; in fact, now-a-days, that's by far my most fav. place to go and learn stuff without needing to, constantly, 'pay'.
-etc.

Friday, 29 January 2016

290116 Sent letter to BO explaining lateness

FINANCES

290116 Sent letter using 1st class to the benefits agency from Streatham GPO in order to explain why I had arrived on the Work Program 'late' due to eye inflammation. (The GPO clerk told me they might receive the letter, Monday.)

KEEP FIT

JAN16 I joined West Norwood Leisure Centre. Concessionary rate for people on benefits. Off peak access: 9 AM-4:15 PM weekdays/1 PM-6 PM weekends. (I haven't been attending regularly.)

MARTIAL ARTS

JAN16 I paid for a years subscription to Krav Maga. M/T/W/T/Sa. (I haven't been attending there regularly.)

220116 Fri 7PM I went to Tavistock Place, Wing Chun Kung Fu. (First lesson was FREE.)

260116 Tue 6:30 PM-8:30PM. I went to 64 Tyers St, Issinkai Aikido,  (First lesson was FREE.)

I was meant to claim a Groupon voucher to do Krav Maga in London, possibly, London Bridge; however, I still haven't claimed it, yet.

I'm thinking of going to Tokei Dojo, London Bridge; and, paying to join during the weekends. In particular, I'm interested in learning both Aikido/BJJ.