da happz

23 is different to 42... faster but harder. Not really a run for cruising.... to make the most of this run it needs to be done fast. I'm also changing my weight plan..... last time i sed i was gonna gain weight with both muscle and fat but now it's just gain weight with muscle in order to keep dead weight to a minimum. the focus is still on legs and maybe some hill climb practice at da gym but also plan to do da "Junior workout" and do the odd upper body stuff as well... not much... just some bench at da gym and arms etc at home.... don't wanna bulk up in upperbody though. I can now sort da run fine inside too. Glad i'm faster now cos on Monday i'm planning to meet Jaxx, Devon, Eva and Mel for lunch at valentines... this will depend on wot time i finish of course. Mondays is normally quiet...... but nothings certain in this job lol

This past week i've been sorting da mail on run 42 and delievering run 23. Well tomorrow onwards i'll be fully on run 23. initially this will take a while as it takes a while to know where all da streets are when sorting... so da tactics mite need to change for the time being.... mite be chillin a bit more as opposed to tryin to break da land speed record. btw i had my first day at da gym for several weeks.... workout has changed somewhat.... i'm after leg strength and bulk for da winter. i'm eating lots and putting on weight... both fat and muscle. I'm at da heaviest i've been since 1994.... allmost 84kgs and just under 15% bodyfat. The two kingpin workouts i'll be doin are my leg workout and da "Junior" workout... named after da trainer at Moore St fitness who showed it to me..... it's tough and combines power with anerobic with sizeable core component.... i find this too extreme in da summer so only do it in da cold winter months... my ...

Ok firstly i may be on holiday in June for about a week. Despite the fact that normally you can't claim paid leave in your first year of working at post i have been told that i can take a week if i want to... so i am lol. just need to apply for it now. in other news i mite be changing runs...... again. this is fresh of da press today lol. i was pretty surprised when i heard it as i haven't even properly started this other run yet. Ok just to avoid confusion i will refer to da runs by their number. I was trained on run 42 (prince regent) and have been on there since i started (about 8 months). Recently though they have been moving me over to run 23 (Abafeldy... near highland park). This entire week i've been delivering 23 but have been sorting the mail on 42. 23 is shorter, quicker but hillier than 42 so it requires a change of tactic for me. with 42 i chill quite a bit as its quiet and peaceful but with 23 im after speed.... da hills tend to pump me up and the mai...

On may 4th 1999 my mate Stipe rang me up to tell me that another friend Justin North had died whilst playin da computer. Since then alot has happened and thinking about this sudden passing 10 years on and remembering a gr8 mate and someone who we hung around with quite a bit at church. I admit to having all sorts of mental states after i heard da news... even jealosy and i didn't goto his funeral... something which i prob should have done. in da years that followed my life did change somewhat... i lost weight, started maccas and suffered several bouts of anxiety.... dunno if the anxiety was da result of Justins death or not. I was into windsurfing at da time but as you prob know i'm into kitesurfing now.... amazing what happens in 10 years as well.... friendships have ended... many others have started.... but ppl loike Andrew and Tim have been friends with me before Justins death and are still friends with me to this day. Others however have not lasted..... Josh Hercock.......

Mmmmmm lots has happened since my last writeup.  Work has has had its fair share of Drama..... fair to say that the sooner i "shape up and shut up" in da depot the better.  i tend to talk too much... especially on bigger days... and it was big this week and i finished late every day.  But it was outside where the real drama happened.... 2 incidents with dogs.  both unrestrained and not fenced in... one actually chased me but i was on my bike so outran it.... the other involved a stand off with the bike between me and the dog.... textbook postie training i mite add.... it works.  this is rare out my way especially as these dogs are on my run and normally restrained or secured.  i'm pretty chilled about this and won't take action unless i'm bitten..... and i'm unsure if they were plannin to do me harm or not as they didn't look like they were in attack mode.... although i didn't hang around to find out i mite add lmao.  You do get the occasional dog prob...

Yea mate da name of my blog.... cos its bout da happs... anyway here is da happs hahahaha At da mo i'm just about to get ready for another 150km bike ride... well 6 rounds of 25km to be exact hee hee... expecting a busy week dis week in the mail thang... end of month is allways busy, heavy, long etc lol but so long as da weather doesn't pee on me then its still very pleasent.  infact Autumn is very pleasent time to be a postie... the heat of da summer has gone, no hay fever or relentless wind that spring dishes out and at da mo its still not cold and wet.... mmmmm expecting that to change in da next few months lol... although i could be surprised.... i have found the most unpleasent conditions to be from da north due to da rain... thats the only real genuine rain we get in akl.  the classic SW airflow that we tend to get most of the time... especiall in winter and spring brings mostly squally showers, sun... etc etc lol.  showers last a few minutes at da most and then its sunny...

Mmmmm holidays ended abruptly when greeted with a wall of letters on  Tuesday morning.  normally the first day back at work after time off is very light.... but on Tuesday i finshed at 3:45pm... making it my second latest finish since i started at nzp... my reigning day is still that whopper i had on da 20th of Sep last year (4pm finish) when i had to miss on the start of Mansfields stag party.  This time round was gonna visit Bex at her new flat but decided to cancel.  However since then its been quiet... today and yesterday i've been finishing b4 the scheduled time of 1:30pm.   next week has more time off with ANZAC day so its been sweet at post l8ly.... but aware that change could upset this balance.  but until bad things actually happen i'm not making any moves to suppliment my income with Burger Fuel or any other normal part time job.  however i still plan to take up kitesurfing teaching over da summer.... especially if i can fully nail my mail runs.... at da mo i'm st...