Title says it all! Had a long break since Vietnam.

Been going to the gym hard out all week, although I took a night off yesterday as I slept through it. My body must have had enough & too little energy. Need to make sure to eat the right foods that can provide energy throughout the day, not just simple sugars that give you an hour boost, then all of a sudden, nothing.

I done some major core workouts 2 nights ago with my friend Dean. Over 120 push-ups & 120 sit-ups.

Now I am sitting at home a little bored & wondering what to do whilst waiting on some washing to complete. It’s a little too hot & stuffy to clean the bathroom. …

Just had a mad workout. I went for a run & straight to Xplode gym with my friend Dinh. We did a few light weights with fast reps, then hit the boxing section for 3 rounds on the bags, followed by some basic drills. Lots of fun, and I am very proud of myself.

Also, when I got to my girlfriends house, I saw her doing some push-ups for practice… I am so proud.

John opens the Muay Thai gym back up tomorrow, I can’t wait!

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I had a wonderful day yesterday with Dao, my one & only. I don’t know what I would do without her & all of her support.

We went to watch ‘The Tourist’ last night, good movie.

I love looking at her smile, knowing that she is happy & giving off positive energy.

I am grateful for being with this most beautiful woman who loves me, cares for me & truly respects & supports me for who I am. Dao brings happiness into my heart.

Forget what other men say about women; once you know you have the feeling of love in your heart, nothing can stop you.

Many will never experience this …

Wow, it’s the new year already. When was the end of the world meant to be? 2012?
Show me a sign…

Anyway, I just got back from my morning run. I ran for 3km before coming back home to do a couple push-ups & sit-ups. Now I am sipping on a fresh glass of orange juice.

I went to my gym yesterday at 1pm & done some cardio-boxing workouts. 3xSkipping, 3xShadow, 3xBags & some gut work. Very light workout, but looking forward to turning it up a little at 12pm today.

I wish to be in top form for Vietnam, so all I need to do there is light exercises during my holiday to stay in shape. …

This morning as I was having my shower, thoughts were going through my mind.

I already know that I am fully addicted to training martial arts, in particular Muay Thai. But am not sure if the thoughts I have going through my mind day in and day out are normal…
Everywhere I am, no matter if at work, out shopping, spending time with my girlfriend, or out at a family event, I am always thinking about training. Whether it be sparring, fighting on the ring, or defending myself on the street.

Yes, even when I am laying in bed ready for sleep, training is still going through my mind.

So what is my …

Went for a 3km run with my brother & did some push-ups and sit-ups straight after. Time for a big breakfast!

Today I purchased a diary & promised myself to keep a record from now on about my day to day life.
Training, thoughts & feelings, good & bad times & everything else on my mind.

I will share with the public some of the things which I feel I can share with others. But otherwise, my hand written diary will contain my most secret and sensitive of thoughts.

Subscribe to this blog to get updates about me and my life in this new chapter of the ‘Making of a Warrior’ and follow my footsteps as I share with you my experiences, photos and more.

First day of hard training down. Went to work as usual from 5am until 4pm. Had a quick bite to eat, shower and straight off to training by 5pm.

After 3 hours of training I was home by 8:30pm and well exhausted.

Let’s see how I go with the rest of the week.

A little tired this morning, but that is because I did not eat an appropriate dinner nor breakfast following training.

Lessons learnt and much more to go.

Darn work, can’t rely on people, brings my mood right down. Stress levels rise, then I sit down for a coffee and realise I have a wonderful girlfriend who makes me happy. I could not ask for more.

My thoughts change to what I have outside of work waiting for me.
My girl, my training and my family.

Now there is peace, and I am happy.

My left shoulder Tattoo has now been completed. I am getting more left forearm designed with the words in Japanese characters representing ‘Bushido’ or ‘Way of the Warrior’. I may or may not get that done by Christmas, time will tell. All I know is that with this darn heat wave it’s more painful than getting tattooed during winter where you can even cover up.

I’ve got so much more to post about my life but haven’t the time to do so right now. See what I can do tomorrow :P

Well, I got most of my 2nd tattoo completed. Just need to go back again in a few weeks to finish up the shading and the likes.

Apologies for not posting to my blog for so long, but I have been rather busy with work as well as life in general.

Just for the update, I’ve been continuing my Muay Thai training, and added on weight training again. I can’t get over exercise anymore, it is so much fun; and you feel good about yourself, more confident.

Let me know what you all think (so far)!

My first week of intense training did not go to plan for myself. Point is, I should have known to do more stretching before and after training. I did none - literally.

Now, the thing with this is. When you begin to push your muscles and work on ones that you’ve never really pushed before, if you don’t do stretching, you will feel the ache for days on end after each time your exercise.
So, instead of getting a good full week of training, I got almost 2 days. I couldn’t finish my run on the treadmill as I had planned because of my calves and my right ankle. The ankle has been bad for a …

A new Chapter in my life is being made as I write this blog post. And that is ‘The Making of a Fighter’.

Those of you who have been keeping up with my blog, know that I have been doing Muay Thai as a sport and as a way to keep myself fit. But I am taking it to the next level, now that the opportunity has been given. I wish to become a Fighter, and get myself on the ring over time with hard training.

I’ve been asking around, and a lot of fighters work full time on top of their training. So really, whether or not you can become a fighter has a lot to do with the right mentality and strength in …

Last post I made about my tattoo had shown you all the outline work. 2 weeks later I went back and got my black wash done to the work which has given it the ultimate 3D finish!

They tell me I should enter the next tattoo show with my arm and win the prize, what do you think?

Want to save money over winter with your heating? Seal up the gaps between your doors and windows where needed and your heating indoors will stay longer!

The problem was, that I was too lazy to go to Bunnings and get ourself some insulation tape for between the door frames and instead went ahead with a simple solution for today using electrical tape.

That’s right, have a laugh why don’t ya’s!

So I wake up in the morning after getting my tattoo and get asked by a family friend of mine to come help him buy my god children a new laptop and modem/router for their gaming and Internet usage. Within 15 minutes I arrive and we’re off to bargain on a good laptop.

I spent 4 hours with them setting everything up, the toughest part being the router due to having to get the internet access passwords back and such and making sure it’s well secured from outside users trying to access the wireless options. They have 3 laptops and a PC accessing the router.

8am the next morning I am awakened by …

It’s morning, and I’m feeling that slight sunburn feeling on my arm as I sit here typing this blog post after getting my tattoo.

Many people want to know what it feels like to get a tattoo and what it feels like afterwards… Well I can tell you that when that long needle gets put into the pen you get anxious, wondering how much of that needle actually enters your skin. By the looks of the thing, it was entering me about 2mm at a time, in and out, really fast. Just imagine the tip of a needle just sitting on your skin and dragging it along your arm slowly and that’s probably as close as you …

Ah, the joy. I finally got myself a Camcorder and a new laptop.

The laptop is a HP Pavilion DV6-1130 TX which has a pretty decent setup and will keep me occupied while I’m bored and have nothing more to do at home.

Plus I can blog and keep my friends and family who are out and about, updated about my life and feelings.

The camcorder is a Sony 60gig HDD, so that I can post videos of interesting events, outings… Halloween and even Christmas for the family and friends :D

I’ve been eager to play the new Eve Online. I’ll have to see how it works out on my sisters old laptop since the game has some pretty high requirements for playing… otherwise I will just have to wait to get the new laptop ;)