I'm loving Vancouver 2010!
The sports that go on are just amazing - moguls (flying down a slope going over bumps and then doing massive jumps), ski cross (four skiers zooming round a track - bit like the first lap of an F1 race, but with jumps), airels (what looks like gymnastics on skis), and then ski jumping which is surely the most graceful sport in the world.
Check these videos out:
USA goal - or is it - puck enters goal on 0.1/0.0 seconds...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/ice_hockey/8535723.stm
Stunning skills from USA's ice hockey team. The commentators got pretty excited too!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/ice_hockey/8535723.stm
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Life - what's it all about at the end?
I wonder how you felt when you heard that the designer Alexander Mc Queen had died http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8511115.stm? Or how about the Georgian luger http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/luge/8513595.stm?
And how did you feel when you heard that 200,000 people had died in Haiti http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8524842.stm?
If you were like me you would have felt more sorrow for one of the first people mentioned than the second.
Why is that?
I think it's strange.
I mean when I heard that the Georgian luger had died I was genuinely upset. I heard just as I was going to sleep one evening and it was awful news.
But how did I feel when I heard that 200,000 people had died in Haiti? Did I feel 200,000 times the sorrow? Did you?
Why not?
Is one life worth more than 200,000?
Perhaps the sheer scale of the number of deaths makes it difficult to comprehend.
Or maybe it is the celebrity culture - we feel we know the one person who dies and so are personally sorry in a way in which we cannot be for 200,000?
I don't know. But it's worth considering.
Adios
And how did you feel when you heard that 200,000 people had died in Haiti http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8524842.stm?
If you were like me you would have felt more sorrow for one of the first people mentioned than the second.
Why is that?
I think it's strange.
I mean when I heard that the Georgian luger had died I was genuinely upset. I heard just as I was going to sleep one evening and it was awful news.
But how did I feel when I heard that 200,000 people had died in Haiti? Did I feel 200,000 times the sorrow? Did you?
Why not?
Is one life worth more than 200,000?
Perhaps the sheer scale of the number of deaths makes it difficult to comprehend.
Or maybe it is the celebrity culture - we feel we know the one person who dies and so are personally sorry in a way in which we cannot be for 200,000?
I don't know. But it's worth considering.
Adios
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Life - what's it all about?
So; I've just seen the film Invictus. Its about the South African rugby team and their mission to succeed in the 1995 world cup but also their mission to use rugby to unify the country.
And its very good. A bit 'Hollywood' at points, but their are some funny bits and the rugby action is pretty quality - they had some lush camera angles going on!
It did make me think a bit about life though. Cos you see I've been working now for 7 months, 5 days a week, 8-5 each day. And the time outside of that seems very small. Weekends and evenings are all you get.
And I've only been doing this full-time-work-business for a short period of time. What must it be like when you've done it for years?
I guess its a sign of me feeling more settled at work though that made me think more about what I actually want to do with my life. I'm not now constanly thinking just about surviving the day.
I mean life is so short and I want to use it well.
The work I do is good, but what about something more? Something so that I look back and see what I've done and think "yes, that was really good".
So no firm answers on that but a few thoughts.
Firstly work isn't what its all about. Work is how we eat and keep warm. But sometimes that is all it is. So maybe the thing I can do will be beyond work, something else.
Secondly looking at that paragraph up there a bit, the word "I" is there a lot. But I know that my primary purpose here is to serve God. So really it should be: "what can I do for Him?".
Thirdly, other people. That's what life is about too. God knew that people couldn't live on their own: we need friends, companions, people, community, family.
So there's something in that too - living among others. With other people, and with them in my life.
Hmm, as I said no firm answers, but a few thoughts.
Adios.
And its very good. A bit 'Hollywood' at points, but their are some funny bits and the rugby action is pretty quality - they had some lush camera angles going on!
It did make me think a bit about life though. Cos you see I've been working now for 7 months, 5 days a week, 8-5 each day. And the time outside of that seems very small. Weekends and evenings are all you get.
And I've only been doing this full-time-work-business for a short period of time. What must it be like when you've done it for years?
I guess its a sign of me feeling more settled at work though that made me think more about what I actually want to do with my life. I'm not now constanly thinking just about surviving the day.
I mean life is so short and I want to use it well.
The work I do is good, but what about something more? Something so that I look back and see what I've done and think "yes, that was really good".
So no firm answers on that but a few thoughts.
Firstly work isn't what its all about. Work is how we eat and keep warm. But sometimes that is all it is. So maybe the thing I can do will be beyond work, something else.
Secondly looking at that paragraph up there a bit, the word "I" is there a lot. But I know that my primary purpose here is to serve God. So really it should be: "what can I do for Him?".
Thirdly, other people. That's what life is about too. God knew that people couldn't live on their own: we need friends, companions, people, community, family.
So there's something in that too - living among others. With other people, and with them in my life.
Hmm, as I said no firm answers, but a few thoughts.
Adios.
Long time no blog
Woah! Haven't written on this for the whole of this decade!
Well that's partly because my computer has been so slow, but I think I've found a way to speed it up a bit now so hopefully I'll write a bit more on this...
Well that's partly because my computer has been so slow, but I think I've found a way to speed it up a bit now so hopefully I'll write a bit more on this...
Friday, 25 December 2009
Back home
Homeward bound is my facebook status at the moment, and here I am with my brother sitting at the computer.
We are discussing what film to watch, its cold outside and I'm enjoying not being at work.
That's the strange thing about work - its leaves little time for a social life! So now I'm off work for some time, I'm enjoying it a lot.
I've got lots of plans for my time down here in the south - bowling with brothers, eating out and maybe watching a film at the cinema. :-)
But now the computer is needed for someone else, so Adios.
:-)
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Pjamas?!
Up here there is a bit of a fashion to go out with your pjamas on! I have just come back from the shops and seen two girls in pjs walking back into their house.
So I was thinking, why would you do this? Well here are some thoughts that might have been going through their minds:
"I'm really tired so I'll pop out to the shops and then be able to go to sleep straightaway when I get back".
"I've literally got no clothes so I have to go out in these..."
"I'm so pleased with these new pjamas I want everyone to see them so I'm going to 'go public' in them."
Well - I still reckon its pretty weird!
It looks like I'm sticking to the informal rule of only writing on this every month - not intentional honest.
Anyway, adios for now.
So I was thinking, why would you do this? Well here are some thoughts that might have been going through their minds:
"I'm really tired so I'll pop out to the shops and then be able to go to sleep straightaway when I get back".
"I've literally got no clothes so I have to go out in these..."
"I'm so pleased with these new pjamas I want everyone to see them so I'm going to 'go public' in them."
Well - I still reckon its pretty weird!
It looks like I'm sticking to the informal rule of only writing on this every month - not intentional honest.
Anyway, adios for now.
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Sunday views from the north.
Sitting here infront of my computer its easy to write on this. But there are quite a few occasions when I think about something, and I say to myself - I really want to write on my blog about that. But I don't have a pen on me and I can't write it on my phone, so often the thoughts have to remain just that, and stay in my head.
But anyway since I'm here now, I can write about going to see Up, the new Pixar film.
I'm quite a fan of Pixar, but I reckon this was the best one yet.
It was funny, but still made a point, which is not the case with all of them - I thought Ratatouille was good, but not quite as thoughtful as Toy Story or Up.
The animation was, as usual, first class.
And it was just plain funny! Which is always good for a film I reckon. If only the seats had a bit more legroom, then the cinema experience would have been pretty much perfect.
Adios.
But anyway since I'm here now, I can write about going to see Up, the new Pixar film.
I'm quite a fan of Pixar, but I reckon this was the best one yet.
It was funny, but still made a point, which is not the case with all of them - I thought Ratatouille was good, but not quite as thoughtful as Toy Story or Up.
The animation was, as usual, first class.
And it was just plain funny! Which is always good for a film I reckon. If only the seats had a bit more legroom, then the cinema experience would have been pretty much perfect.
Adios.
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