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But for a long term goal you can place bench-marker targets and as you hit those, reward yourself.

Sucks that you ended up with a crowd of people like that. I'm mostly a lone wolf type to be honest, always had very few friends and was never one to follow a crowd. There's a woman at my karate class who wears make up while she trains, it's so stupid but whatever lol.

IV's you pretty much always set to 31. The idea behind them is the inherent "potential" of the Pokemon. The higher this number the better unless the move Hidden Power is involved but let's not bother with that. EV's are how you want to train the Pokemon. So you can choose whether the Pokemon is more offensive, fast, defensive etc. The Nature of the Pokemon also helps in this aspect.

That's quite a lot of working out. If your goal is to lose weight, then you need to sweat a lot. I would also suggest at some point to reduce the number of repetitions you are doing but then increase the overall load you are baring. It will aid in accelerating your weight loss as well as developing your power. POWER! 3 sets is fine but at some stage drop the reps from 10 to 6 and incrementally increase the load. You can increase the load every few weeks. It's not that embarrassing, I didn't learn to drive until 21 / 22 myself. I took care of all my education stuff and then dealt with it in my case. Driving is a scary thing initially and it takes time to get used to it but if you get over that hurdle then it becomes easy.

Yeah maybe, as I have been going to work all week and I've trained through this illness as well - might be why it's taking longer to recover ¬____¬

You should reward yourself as you strive towards your goals! Haha I noticed the black skirt straight away - I rocked the all black look when I was younger and from time to time I still go with that look. I have this epic long coat which makes me look super badass lol, at least I think so haha.

I've had it a couple of times but usually I am fine in a couple of days . . . this one is still lingering and I don't seem to be healing from it all that quickly V____V fml lol, as for the sprain, it isn't too bad but it's annoying because now I've rolled both my ankles and after it's happened once, it's more likely to occur again in the future . . . waaaaaa!

Hmm, what kind of dresses do you like? Maybe search some dresses and show me as examples. Seems strange that you like them so much but don't wear them anymore?

Realistically speaking, I think I am pretty decent but not omg amazing like so many other people seem to think I am lol >_>

Hmm I was really into the battling scene when I was in my teen years but surely from playing the games you'll know the type chart well enough by now? We could have a go on the Pokemon Showdown sometime perhaps?

http://pokecommunity.psim.us/

How often do you work out each day / in a week?

What a beautiful flower! My favourite colour is red. When dressing at my best, I will blend red, black and perhaps white also. Those three are my colour combination. If you noticed on my Karate Gi, that is white with a red stripe and a black stripe on it. The piano typically has white and black keys with a line of red going along the back end of the keys. So that's why. I don't know much about flowers but if I was one it would probably have those three colours coordinated in some way.

thx random

I have one erryday, such a good energy booster. Admittedly I am going through a rough time at the moment. Caught a stomach virus over the weakend and yeah few days in and I'm still feeling the stomach pains. I can hold food down though which is great but yeah I dunno how long it's gonna take for it to run its course. I sprained my ankle as well, playing basketball with some mates. It is not a good time to be me basically lol

Nah, you phrased it just fine, useful information to know ;p

Yeah the old school gangster style is probably my favourite.

Around ten times in total I think so not a huge amount but I pretty much always make mistakes when I play in front of others. I get nervous, it's because I am not so experienced. Like with Karate, I am perfectly fine performing in front of huge crowds - zero cares given lol. I need to gain more exp basically with piano playing and then hopefully I'll get less nervous.

Well I'm glad you liked them, if I ever record anything else I'll let you know. I don't do it that often though cause I tend to be quite busy.

I noticed you're quite big into the Pokemon games (stalking your posts ;p) - do you do the whole EV training / competitive battling shenanigans? I used to be really into it but nowadays my interest fluctuates. But we could have a battle sometime perhaps if you're interested or do some trades?

Also, what's an Amaryllis?

Pumpkin I can understand but bananas are so widespread, do you just not tend to eat them as a standalone fruit? Yeah I like to eat dark chocolate as it's the healthiest kind of chocolate around and works well as a substitute for other sweet stuff for me.

I usually ended up being the one who did most of the work when it came to group projects but at least I was able to do things on my terms and conditions. Mmm submissive . . . haha :p Nowadays I try to be laid back and easy going rather than trying to take on everything by myself. I've learnt to delegate a lot more since working in a team environment.

If I was to do dancing, I would probably go for waltz as well. I tend to be drawn to old fashioned things - my preferred dress style is another example.

I don't have a huge amount of space in my living room so that's why the stool is quite close to the wall. It usually isn't a problem for me. Performing in front of a crowd is a different story however. I do have a few more videos but these are older ones where I was less experienced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI9A2fvB69E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zKNZsHot7M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iQzrwyK89k

Not a fan of bread because it can cause bloating. I have a bit of a sweet tooth as well but I have to watch myself because I fight in a weight division so can't become too heavy lol. It can be difficult at work because so often people bring in cakes and all sorts when they come back from holiday or celebrating birthdays, work anniversaries etc.

Hmm I only cooked celery for soup and so it was chopped into bits. Not a massive fan of celery either and I used to think cucumber was mediocre but it actually works really well with my stir fry. Basically I make my food quite spicy and the cucumber is really good at neutralizing the heat.

There are iin between colours as well in the test so yeah, perfectly feasible. Earth Green is the polar opposite to Fiery Red, which means generally speaking those two have to compromise their behaviour the most to meet the other's needs / expectations.

The only dance that I know a tiny bit about is waltzing. The 3/4 time signature in music is for waltzing / ballads. My music thread is below if you wanna check it out;

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=371328

Yeah but then my friends helped me bake a proper batch so they saved the day for me haha. Biscuits and cookies are my weak spot and the quickest way to get a high satisfaction rating with me when it comes to the food department ;p

Ah thanks haha, it isn't something you should try and force upon yourself though. And if you did want to try the switch, I would suggest phasing yourself slowly into it. Don't cut the meat out completely straight away as that would throw a curve ball at your body. It needs time to adjust to any kind of dietary change so you gotta incrementally make changes.

Yeah the person who took the photos which I used in the blog entry is a professional photographer - could you tell? I tend to be the organiser within my team at work so I'm pretty good at laying out documents nicely and boring stuff like that haha. We took this personality test thing at a team away day once. There's four colours.

Fiery Red - Be brief, be bright, be gone.
Cool Blue - Give me details.
Sunshine Yellow - Involve me.
Earth Green - Show me that you care.

Reds tend to be leaders, blues are good at in depth analysis, yellows want to get involved and greens are good coordinators. Something like that anyway. Out of the BI team of 10 people, we had 3 blues, 3 greens, 2 yellows, 1 purple (between blue and red) and 1 red. I was the red and my role title is Director.

I wonder what colour you would be. What do you think? I thought I'd end up as red and I did. There was a personality test to take where there were four words, you had to pick one which related to you the strongest, pick one the weakest, and then order the remaining two on a point scale of 1-5 - neither of the extremes trump the initial two choices though. So something you gave a 5 would not be as strong as the first word picked.

I've done better kata performances in the past and I haven't done any dancing before but yeah I can see how the kata skills are transferable to dance. I'll do better next time, both in kata and in shiai.

We all mess up though - I can't bake well for example so the one time I tried, I ended up burning the rock cakes I was trying to make haha. Dessert sounds great, do you know any healthier recipes by any chance? What kind of desserts can you make? I can't really make any desserts, except those burnt rock cakes I suppose lol

Yeah it's not too bad, to be honest apart from the vegetarian thing, I am not picky about my food. I'll eat pretty much anything. Since becoming vegetarian I have expanded a little as well - the fruit salad is an example as I never researched how to make one until I made the switch.

That's a cool passion to have, do you have a dedicated camera to capture such images? Nowadays you can get a pretty decent camera for not much money. I saw an ad on my facebook feed a short while ago showcasing the top 10 budget, high quality cameras but I can't find it now, else I'd have forwarded it to you.

I've made a blog entry documenting my tournament experience with the videos and photos.

You sound like an awesome cook haha! I wish I could try some of your stuff - vegetarian version of course ;p

I am an OK cook. I can make rice with a stir fry, a sweet salad, pasta and bake potatoes. That's about as good as it gets for me but it's about all I need. I tend to eat similar meals each week - I'm not really one to mix it up so much, I'd rather have a few decent recipes under my belt and use them regularly.

I would incorporate Yoga if I wasn't doing karate which has a good amount of stretching in it anyway. Why photography?

What kind of stuff can you cook?

Yeah the role has it's up and downs really, but most of the time it's alright. As for classes, just try finding something you like doing. Yoga is really good and lots of people do that so maybe give that a go?

Maybe but I think in general Eastern Europe isn't too kind to the British as well as non white people lol

How have you not eaten curry before, it is soooo good you must try sometime!

Yeah it sucks haha and work is OK but as I said, it's just a means to support my lifestyle and hobbies. It all starts with taking that first step. If you keep it up, you'll look back in a few weeks and see some big improvements. It doesn't take that long to start noticing improvements. And I am flattered that I have inspired you to better yourself. Keep it up!

Have we spoken before on here? Your name seems vaguely familiar... forgive me if I'm forgetting something

Perhaps but the people in Poland were pretty unwelcoming, not sure I want to go back to be honest haha.

Hmm I like going for a curry usually. Pizza works too. So Indian or Italian food I guess for eating out. How about you?

I got the pictures, waiting on the video(s) then I'll get round to typing something up.

No worries, I am back at work now so I'll probably be a bit slow to reply also. What kind of diet do you have and what exercising do you do? It's good you're trying to better yourself in this area.

Thank you!

Didn't have the transport to visit the concentration camps or the salt mines either but oh well.

Yeah it is tough at times but I don't really get meat cravings so the main issue for me is availability of options.

Yeah it's always experience that I can take forward with me. Yeah I 'll try get the photos and stuff together and maybe put it into a blog entry.

Krakow is an old style city, I think it's beautiful. Went site seeing and visited a castle which was cool. There was a Dragon statue that was meant to breathe fire every 15 mins but we didn't get to see it.

Food is alright, I am a vegetarian and we went to a steakhouse for one dinner... My options we're limited to say the least lol. But at the tournament I had tomato soup with pepper stuffed with rice and cheese and that was delightful.

Nervous and excited both to be honest. I finished competing today, placed third in kata but lost in fighting. No other lightweights so I was forced up a division and it was painful experience for me haha ... Maybe I'll find a video of it and show you. All in all a good day and tomorrow I can relax and watch finals.

True but one day we'll both end up away from our parents one way or another.

Yeah same here but my humour tends to be hit and miss with society in general, I think it's cause it can come across as quite witty and dark.

I am keeping an open mind on the romance side of things. And yeah you're spot on about the predictability of risk situations vs human interactions...

Prefer paper as I generally am quite old school when it comes to my preferences. Though having an online kindle is handy as when you c+p text it automatically provides the reference detail.

Have arrived in Poland, spent today exploring Krakow city and tomorrow competition begins.

In fairness I live like 10-15 minutes away from my parents so we still meet up once a week usually so I can see where you're coming from in a way.

You're such a joker haha but yeah I suppose it's not "impossible" per se for theoretically bad matched signs to be together but it might take a bit more awareness on both sides I guess. I don't think my brain is wired for romance to be honest, I haven't had much relationship experience really but then I am pretty fearless when it comes to dangerous things. Like sometimes I'm afraid of approaching women but then when it comes to putting myself at risk I have a much easier time so I think my brain is just wired up differently. And yeah I don't talk much about the zodiac with anyone either so thank you also.

Ah that explains it, nah it's cool it's just that I don't usually come across people who have 3+ different ways of referencing themselves haha.

Do you still live with your family then or? I guess they're not so restricting on you these days so . . . but I ended up moving out over a year ago and that was partially because I couldn't stand being at home with my parents anymore. I needed my freedom and I am on better terms with my parents as well now so it's all good.

My best friend is a Cancer and I've known him for around 12 years now. That being said, in the past there have been a few Cancer women I had an interest in but I never ended up getting together with any of them. This is true with most women but I have noticed that I tend to be interested in the water types - a few Cancer but also a few Scorpio as well. Water and fire don't tend to mix so that could explain it but maybe it's the water as well as the gender because as I said, my best mate is a male Cancer but also at University, I shared a flat with a close friend who was a male Scorpio and we got on great. Probably too many variables involved to figure it out purely with the zodiac . . .

Drakow is fine but Emesh is OK also. I appreciate the support and I'll let you know how I get on once I return. Elise is a nice name but why do you also go by "Hana" or "B" - seems a bit odd or is that just me?

Yeah Ecchi is not up my alley, it's just too in your face seriously. I haven't heard of TLC but is that the one with the military photographer who takes war pictures?