All sortsa...
Yeah, I know, I know.
But it's been extremely busy here since I've returned from Japan. I have been working as a mad(wo)man.
I could not update the blog in Japan either because it was such a spinning there, and arriving back to the guesthouse late at nights did not leave too much free time in my hands to update the blog.
After I returned from Japan the academic year started here at the Uni where I work, which means that I worked like hell like 10 hours each day, with hardly enough time to have lunch at noon.
And this all happened because I have too positions here, in 4-4 hours (officially) for both. I never had enough time to complete my tasks in either positions so I got fed up with it and finally resigned from my old position and requested to be put over in full time to the another unit, as the "webmistress" of the Summer University.
Finally this one went through and got approved by the management so as of November 1 I am in the SUN in full time. YAY!!! Which means that by that date I will have 9 years and 9 months :-] behind me at the first unit (the computer center).
Also, I started the college which means that I have to go to classes every other weekend, on Saturday and Sunday between 8.00 - 20.00 both days. The classes last for an hour and a half and there are 10-15 minutes breaks between them. A bit hectic schedule but still far more manageable beside a full time position than going to school on weekdays twice a week.
Being a student of the Comparative Religious History and Philosophy stream, I am exposed to heaps of reading materials, but so far I like them, they seem to be interesting (to me).
Training goes normally, but new things are on the horizon...
The student life officer at the uni where I work asked me if we could make a demo for the new students during the Welcome Party. I sad "why not", so we did the demo two weeks ago. There were not so many people because there was some council meeting at the same time but it was very good - at least that's what I've heard back after the demo. Afterwards many of the students approached us saying that they would like to join the training. So I offered them to come to the dojo where I train at. Hopefully next week I can take them there. But already now it seems that there may be problems with the students' individual schedules, so the student life officer is trying to find a solution to arrange training inhouse somehow. If they find something probably we will have to solve the training here... but first I will see how many people can make it to the original dojo in Buda.
Some other people also approached me during the past one-two years saying that they would like to train with me but the timing or the location of the Buda dojo is not good for them, and for some reason they don't want to go to the another dojos in Budapest. So I am thinking about collecting these people and start practicing together somewhere. I asked the college where I study at whether or not they could provide us with a room to practice in. I am waiting for their response at the moment.
I am getting the goose flesh from the thought of having a group but it is coming up more and more often from different directions, and besides, some extra training would be very good for me too. Twice a week is just not enough for me.
In August one of the Japanese shihans (whose opinion I always greatly valued) told me that it is maybe about time to take a next step and "stand up". He said I should have more confidence in myself and start with a club. He said I can wait until I get "good or mature enough" for starting a group, but that will never come. "We started the same way" he said. I don't know. For now I will just try to squeeze in one or two more sessions a week maybe at my college, so these people (mainly girls) and me can train together and that's all. We'll see if it will evolve in the future or "runs dry".
I write more later, about the trip, and about the great seminar we had here two weeks ago with Pedro... but now I gotta run back to work...
But it's been extremely busy here since I've returned from Japan. I have been working as a mad(wo)man.
I could not update the blog in Japan either because it was such a spinning there, and arriving back to the guesthouse late at nights did not leave too much free time in my hands to update the blog.
After I returned from Japan the academic year started here at the Uni where I work, which means that I worked like hell like 10 hours each day, with hardly enough time to have lunch at noon.
And this all happened because I have too positions here, in 4-4 hours (officially) for both. I never had enough time to complete my tasks in either positions so I got fed up with it and finally resigned from my old position and requested to be put over in full time to the another unit, as the "webmistress" of the Summer University.
Finally this one went through and got approved by the management so as of November 1 I am in the SUN in full time. YAY!!! Which means that by that date I will have 9 years and 9 months :-] behind me at the first unit (the computer center).
Also, I started the college which means that I have to go to classes every other weekend, on Saturday and Sunday between 8.00 - 20.00 both days. The classes last for an hour and a half and there are 10-15 minutes breaks between them. A bit hectic schedule but still far more manageable beside a full time position than going to school on weekdays twice a week.
Being a student of the Comparative Religious History and Philosophy stream, I am exposed to heaps of reading materials, but so far I like them, they seem to be interesting (to me).
Training goes normally, but new things are on the horizon...
The student life officer at the uni where I work asked me if we could make a demo for the new students during the Welcome Party. I sad "why not", so we did the demo two weeks ago. There were not so many people because there was some council meeting at the same time but it was very good - at least that's what I've heard back after the demo. Afterwards many of the students approached us saying that they would like to join the training. So I offered them to come to the dojo where I train at. Hopefully next week I can take them there. But already now it seems that there may be problems with the students' individual schedules, so the student life officer is trying to find a solution to arrange training inhouse somehow. If they find something probably we will have to solve the training here... but first I will see how many people can make it to the original dojo in Buda.
Some other people also approached me during the past one-two years saying that they would like to train with me but the timing or the location of the Buda dojo is not good for them, and for some reason they don't want to go to the another dojos in Budapest. So I am thinking about collecting these people and start practicing together somewhere. I asked the college where I study at whether or not they could provide us with a room to practice in. I am waiting for their response at the moment.
I am getting the goose flesh from the thought of having a group but it is coming up more and more often from different directions, and besides, some extra training would be very good for me too. Twice a week is just not enough for me.
In August one of the Japanese shihans (whose opinion I always greatly valued) told me that it is maybe about time to take a next step and "stand up". He said I should have more confidence in myself and start with a club. He said I can wait until I get "good or mature enough" for starting a group, but that will never come. "We started the same way" he said. I don't know. For now I will just try to squeeze in one or two more sessions a week maybe at my college, so these people (mainly girls) and me can train together and that's all. We'll see if it will evolve in the future or "runs dry".
I write more later, about the trip, and about the great seminar we had here two weeks ago with Pedro... but now I gotta run back to work...
2 comments:
Thank you, that was just an awesome post!!!
Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-)
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