An experiences like none other

Yesterday evening I had the chance of doing something that I believed I would never get the chance to in my life and that the only way that I would be able to experience this would be through listening to CD’s. If you haven’t guessed it from the picture that I have used today then I shall be spending a little bit of time today talking about the Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses.

Before I start talking about the show itself I would like to explain what I meant at the beginning of the post and that is why I believed that I wouldn’t be able to experiences this kind of show.

From as far back as I can remember there has always been one type of music that I have always enjoyed above anything else and that is music soundtracks from movies, television shows and all the way up to video games. The reason that I have enjoyed them more than any other music is because they can be very simple but powerful and to also have the ability to convey more emotion than any other form of music.

When it came to movies and television it has always been easy to get my hands on them because you could always find them in music shops but for video games it has almost been impossible to unless you lived in Japan (this was before you could download them). When the Internet finally arrived in our house I was then given the chance to download these gems so that I could listen to them whenever I wanted to but by doing so I also discovered something that I never knew of beforehand and that was some of the tracks that I had downloaded where also live orchestra pieces.

The only problem that I encountered with these tracks was the fact that I was enjoying them more than the originals and because of this I wanted to go and be able to listen to them live like the recording I had found but the only other problem I had was the fact that they were done for special events in Japan. Upon learning this I knew that it would be very difficult for me to be able to see them but when Nintendo announced to the world that they were going to be celebrating the twenty-five anniversary of the Legend of Zelda by doing a symphony I knew that I wanted to go but I never got the chance to and because of this I was gutted. Then when it was announced that they were going to be doing another show I knew that I wanted to go and that I would do almost anything to get tickets.

The way in which the show was done was by starting off by playing some of the most noticeable tunes from the history of Zelda while having a screen showing you the evolution of the series. After the opening they then introduced who they were and what they were playing for us for the night.

The experience was to some part almost impossible to put into words and as someone that has grown up with the series from an earlier age it bought back memories of me playing these games. All I can say is that if you are a fan of the series then this is something that you have to experience.

Until Next Time.

Need to get a move on it

At the beginning of the year I set myself a goal of trying to get my weight back down to 170 pounds by the end of the year, I started on a strong note and was able to get my weight down to 193 pounds but everything since then has gone to hell and because of this I have to admit that I have been going backwards instead of forwards. Since mid February I have had one illness after another and because of this I have not step inside a gym for almost two months.

I know the first thing that everyone will be saying is that I failed at my New Year’s Resolution to lose weight and to a point I would have to agree with you but then on the flip side I now have to look at what am I going to do now to get myself back on track and were I should be.

The first thing that I am going to have to do is to get back on to the whole calorie counting track, the reason that I am doing this first is because it was the last thing that I gave up on while I was ill. The last time that I filled in my calorie tracker was just over three weeks ago but even then I was neglecting to add some of the condiments that I would be having with my meals along with some of the drinks.

An example of this would be the fact that I would not be putting in any of the cups of tea that I would drink within a day and with a each cup of tea coming in at around 15 calorie and with me normal drinking from five to ten cups of tea a day that’s a lot of extra calories that I am missing out on.

The other part that I need to start doing is going back to the gym, it may seem like one of the easiest things to say but doing it can be the hardest, the reason that it has become so hard is the fact that I have not been for so long.

My plan of action will be make up of two steps, step one is to restart the calorie counting and start going back to the gym, when it comes to going to the gym I will start off slow and then work my way up. I will first start with twenty minutes on the excise bike for the first day and then follow it up on the second day by doing five minutes on the cross-trainer. For the next three days afterwards I will then add an extra five minutes each day on to the cross-trainer until I reach twenty minutes in total. Upon competing that I will then finish up by getting on the rowing machine and completing five minutes on the first day and then taking it up to a total of ten minutes.

Once I have completed step one I can then move onto step two. Step two is to try and not make the gym boring so that I won’t give up and the way in which I will go about this is by doing weight training every other day. I hope to us this as away to keep the gym fresh and to allow me to tone up, the last part of step two will be to start decreasing my meal size so that I am eating less while excising.

So that is going to be my plan going forward and hopefully the goal that I set myself at the beginning of the year of losing 30 pounds can be done, I know that it may not be the easier way to achieve my goal but when I look back at the pictures of me when I was a lighter it gives me the motivation to get back into shape.

Until Next Time.

Contracts

Last week’s blog was a little bit of a rant and is something that I try not to do but at the same time I had reached a point last week were I just couldn’t take it anymore and I needed to vent, but let’s not dwell too much on what has happened and move onto this week’s topic.

This week’s topic came to me because of two things, one being that a friend of my other half announced to everyone that she was dating her boss and the other reason was while I was re-watching an old anime series called Martian Successor Nadesico (Nadesico).

So you might be asking yourself what does an anime series and two people getting together have in common with this week’s title contracts, well for me to answer this question I first have to give you some background information on both these topic’s.

First up we have the two that have just announced to everyone that they are now dating, which normally means that everyone should be happy for them but at the same time it can create a headache for others. The reason that this has created a headache for others is because of these two positions within their work and that is they both work in the same area of the business while handling with cash at the end of the day. I should also make the point that this two both work within management with her being this assistant manager.

Now the reason this has becomes a problem for them is the fact that when cash starts to disappear at the end of the day even if it is a little bit the two of them could be accused of stealing money from the company. You could turn around and say that the site manager does trust them but if money does start to go missing, no one is going to believe his word at the end of the day.

Which leads me to why an anime series would be used to link two people dating, the first thing that I want to point out is that this is an anime show which is set on a space battleship called the Nadesico and it follows the crew as they fight a war while at the same time looking at their relationships with the rest of the crew. One said relationships that takes centre stage is between Akito Tenkawa and all the women that are attracted to him but what the anime does point out right at the beginning, when they are recruiting their crew is for them to review their contracts before signing them which they haven’t done.

You might want to disagree with me but think about of all those programmers on your computer or any new programmers that you have installed onto your computer. Those all have contracts that you have to adhere to, or you could take a contract that you have signed which you were unsure about some of the details but still signed it.

Now to get back on to topic, after everyone has signed their contracts you find out at the end of episode four that within the contracts they cannot fraternise with anyone on board the Nadesico.

If we now go back to where the two have announced that they are dating one another and they had a contract like the one in Nadesico, it would stop the situation that has appeared. I should also point out that I don’t agree with these contracts because at least 15% of us meet our partners while at work.

Yes I am happy that these two did get together but just think about what you are agreeing to when you sign any contract in the future but when it comes to work, how long will it be before companies do decide to state that we can’t fraternise with the opposite sex while at work?  

Until Next Time