A Trip to Birmingham

No, don't worry, I haven't gone mad - I didn't visit Birmingham out of choice. I did in fact take part in a course and competition for Jitsu with many others who came along from Manchester and around the country. Aside from a few of us coming back a little broken, my self included, I think we all had an exceptional time and managed to pick up a few medals along the way. Well done guys.

Anyway, frivolity aside for now, I fear there may have been a lull in posting recently - my apologies. But on the up side, the reason for it lies in me getting my act together a little more at Uni and actually attending regularly and doing the work. After scraping through last semester I felt it was necessary. Oddly though, it seems that a lot of my peers have gone the other way with a more studious first semester and bugger all in the second, very odd, but whatever works for the individual I suppose.

Purely because everyone else is doing it, I feel like I should comment on the unrest in north Africa and the Middle East. I've followed events closely, mainly from Radio 4 which has provided brilliant and up to date coverage I'll add, and I really do feel for the people of Libya. I mean, they've watched the people of Egypt win over against Mubarak giving them the drive and positive attitute to challenge the tyrant who is Colonel Gaddafi but things haven't panned out in nearly the same way. Mubarak did not bomb his own citizens, nor did he tell the world that they were still loyal and it was down to terrorist groups that the protests were happening. And now Lybian's are fleeing the country whilst the violence continues. I hope that in the long run it is worth it.

On a lighter note, I'll regail you with some more mundane comments about my life. For one, I've got back out of laziness and am cooking properly again - I'll be avoiding the chicken goujons and potato waffles which have become a staple diet. I have in fact begun making a curry from scratch, the chicken marinates as you read!

Anyway, I'd better be going. Seen as I can't train tonight I'm going to just watch the session instead, I like to think of that as dedication.