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The Video Blog....Q & A

Well ive promised a video blog for my blog page i got goin on here. But i cant think of that many things to talk about or what to say because ive pretty much said everything i can say in the blogs below.

So on further inspection of the 'traffic' on my site, and ive had a fair few views from around the world now, i was wondering if you lot would like me to answer some question of yours. Ask me anything you like in the comments box below and i will answer them in a video blog next week!! Howsthat sound??

PEACE

TD

Females.

Tough subject to write about this one. I could quite easily upset a few people here. But have no fear, I’ll approach this piece of work like I approach a lady. Very Delicately.

I think it all boils down to your weaknesses. Im pretty sure Women are my weakness. I love chicks….what can I say.

I once had women described to me as Kryptonite. And that is 100% truth. Their the reason why were here in the first place lads, but if your not careful and you get to close they’ll take away your super powers……or in a real world, your house.

Ive met a lot of very beautiful women on my travels, and im also friends with some outstanding beauties back in good ol’ sunny Wales. But all of them are these fantastic sexy figures. The euro chicks out in Lanka were stunning. There was a bit of a shortage though once the plane touched down in NZ. Some diamonds in the rough have been spotted.

Their very tough here. Tough to talk to…….kind but very direct. As a bloke your more likely to be chatted up, have drinks bought for you, brought back to theirs and ‘used’ and then rushed out in the morning.

I watch one chick threaten a bloke the other night. I was out with my landlady, Natasha, and I was sitting down quietly havin a pint and watchin the pub flow around with people. And I saw this bloke go over to some girls, all seemed fine, looked like a pretty natural greeting from where I was planted. And I was distracted shortly by the waitress and here cheeky smile. But I looked back over and this chick, this petite, well dressed chick had this chap by the throat with the other hand clenched ready to spark him one!! They aint fuckin around over here. Im abit scared to be honest.

Ive been thinking why people smoke. Its just observations really but its puzzled me while ive been down to the local tavern, hunched over a glass half full, with the ends of my last cigarette pressed up to some cold lips thanks to a southern hemisphere winter.
Its seems that people who smoke are indecisive people, who require more time to process them selves to any obstacles. They must sit and smoke, sit behind and eagerly awaited Benson before they can apply their attentions elsewhere.

Ive began to think they need a ciggy, partly because of addiction, as a way to shelter themselves. Describing the general processes of a smoker is a person holding a short stick of tobacco between their index and middle and pressing it up against their mouth with means to inhale the flavoured fumes of the lit tobacco. Palms facing inwards, as to nearly hide their face, eyes fixed, down, on the ‘cherry’ just in case it drops off and burns though your jeans. Their arm supporting their hand, still held up to their face, is placed across the torso and again closing themselves off to any interaction. Its shouts unsociable. The body language smoking causes shuts you away from you objective. The ladies. Or the lads.
For some personalities smoking is a haven. It’s a type of shield put up to hide themselves for a few drags of comfort. Insecure people could be smokers. Their inabilities to function are hidden behind packs of GV. That confidence to interact is shadowed…..no, fogged by bellowing fumes, recycled out from your inside bagpipes.

And then it all flipped back around on me. I was sat there judging people how they smoke, why they smoke while the whole time I was nested ina cloud of smoke. And then I worried myself and thought for a while I was the insecure chap hiding. So to prove myself wrong I binned the remaining smokes I had in my pocket, handed over my lighter and went for another pint. From then on I wasn’t shadowing myself behind cigarettes, I was sat up and chatting away.
I have smoked since, I will admit. I don’t have the strongest of will powers. But it still puzzles me. I know of the addiction stuff thats tied with smoking and all the shit that’s pumped out on the tele. But there was a reason why people started to smoke. Partly image……fitting in……who knows. But like I said this is all observations and I did sorta prove a negative image to smoking. That its indirectly segregating yourself from new people. Theres another thought…..smokers smoke in ‘packs’. Like wolves, not packets!
　
Anyway, work situation went from shit, shitter and then unbelievably good. I was luggin barrow after barrow of bricks from a fallen down church for 3 days and then I got a phone call asking if I would like to accept a position for an assistant design engineer for a metal fabrication firm. I said yes. So it’s a job slightly different from what ive trained for but its working with engineers on machinery designs. And I get to help fabricate and build prototypes an all sorts, rad-dandy. Then following that call I had another later that afternoon about attending an interview with one of the leading architect firms in CHCH. Went to the interview the following day, had them laughing, flirted abit with the head of design. Wore the ‘twice-ironed’ trousers.

So all that happened and im still waiting for the metal fabrication company to get some paper work together for me, havent heard back just yet from the architect. Was getting slightly nervous now, 3 days, no call and I was not looking forward to calling up Hays asking for more labouring work. I got a call then from a business owner, who owns 2 or 3 of the top night spots in CHCH asking for a draughtsman to replicate some plans for his existing buildings and also some signage. So it was all going well over the phone, turned out he’s good mates with my landlady. So I was then offered to work with them as a type of structural/modification/consulting chap. So seemed good. But again we havent tied down a date for things to begin etc etc. So im still not in the fast flowing current, im still paddling out kinda thing.
I did have to ring Hays back up for some labouring duties. Im not complaining to much mind, ive been goin to some very beautiful, remote places around CHCH and its awesome. And its good to be being physical. I feel very good after a proper days graft. And also the bills need to be paid and ive got a bag of salad and 7 slices of white bread to last me a few days!! Lovely.

But all that is irrelevant as I was offered a job as a Draughtsman working for a local Cantebury firm called AP Designs. Damn excited now, get some bloody money in the bank. I was interviewed at their offices in Belfast, sat in there for a good 1 hour, grilled on building regs and knowledge of this an that. They went through 12 people and decided I was the best fitting for the position! Stoked aint the word. I actually ran around afterward. Stupid I know but I was very relieved I didn’t have to work on/in buildings that were barely standing. Been a very edgy 6 or 7 weeks. But ye, im all shirt an tie now.
I was one hell of an experience working on site though. I got a lot of respect from the other guys opn the sites aswell. They expect the POMS to leg it first sign of danger, but like I keep telling them, ‘Im from Wales butt’.



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Ohh ye. The Cooking. Ive been getting pretty handy in the kitchen. Well its nothing special but im cooking for my flatmates aswell so it been abit of an experience judging how much food to cook for 3 people. Sound pathetic but you know…….my most famous meal is a Dominos pizza and a 6 pack of Fosters.
So ive made this chicken and tomato stir fry thing, with herbs and stuff. Bit of rice, maybe pasta, whatever. Goes down a treat. Ive bumped it up this week though. After watching a Jamie Oliver program where he was cooking as a cowboy got me thinking of some tasty spin off dishes…

Spaghetti and Meatballs but cowboy style…….bare with it ok. If it turns out good I’ll drop the recipe up on here an see what you think. Mite even do a blog cooking episode!!

And ye the video blog I promised…..still abit unsure about that. I’ll wait till some seriously funny goings on happen I think. But I still do promise a video blog at some point.

Right then I think that’s all ive got for you right now. Catch you on the next one.

PEACE

TD