Recent Posts Tagged With 'life'

• What maketh the man?

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 05:51 in art, education, life, business, society, motivation, community, new zealand, attitude

  I was a scrawny, nervous young lad when I got to high school. For those from overseas, high school is around your 8th year of school through to when you leave school at around 17/18 in NZ. Anyway, I had a hard time. The nickname for my school was Pen...

• Dealing With Mr. Big

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 06:07 in politics, life, business, war, observation, motivation, attitude, battle, conflict

  Masters. They are everywhere. We work our lives through a series of encounters with them. Regardless of whether you are a person in power, sometimes your life will collide with a master, and how you deal with that encounter determines the rest of you...

• ‘I’m forever damaged’

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 22:28 in education, life, society, observation, community, alcohol, attitude, victim, responsibility, drink driving

  I truly do feel for 29 year old Matt Manion of Foxton Beach. A lapse of judgement left him paralysed from the waist down. His job as a mechanic most likely over, and his time spent running and jumping with his 5 year old son a distant memory. Of cour...

• Goals for 2009 – Update

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 06:17 in life, goals, lifestyle, motivation, attitude, achievements

  Back in January I set myself 7 achievable goals. You can read the background here. The goals were as follows: Save $25,000 Complete the draft of my first novel Ensure all tax is paid on time Earn at least 20% of my income from freelance writing Pai...

• Death on my mind

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 21:39 in family, life, money, Life Insurance, death, trauma, Tragedy, motor accident

  Death has been on my mind a lot the last few weeks. It seems strangely morbid that I have become so fascinated with the harsh reality of life, being death.  I don’t know why it has become so important lately.  Obviously there is death all aro...

• Fiscal Attitude: Death versus Life

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 18:26 in politics, Culture, life, health, technology, money, community, medical research, military spending, medical collaboration

  How much does the world spend on “better” ways to kill people? Trillions of dollars every years. Yet people in Mumbai, or Wellington, or Madrid die every day for one simple reason. Lack of timely communication. Imagine an international, a...

• 5 on Monday

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 00:00 in life, entertainment, business, world of warcraft, administration, General, time, radical, 24, jack bauer, chores, ctu

  Last week was a public holiday, and i completely forgot to post 5 on Monday.  This week, I posted it for Tuesday by mistake instead of Monday. My bad. So, what was notable last week: I hate administration chores, absolutely hate them the last episo...

• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a plonker

  Posted on Saturday March 21st, 2009 at 20:17 in religion, life, Israel, Rant, community, history, Islam, attitude, muhammad, law and order, zealots, secular

  Today I read about two revelations. Firstly, the Rabbis within the Israeli army have said the last offensive into Gaza was to be considered a holy war, and the troops should consider it as such and fight as if it was. Secondly, United States’ p...

• A weekend of relaxation

  Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 14:44 in family, life, entertainment, new zealand, holiday, bach, weekend getaway, peace and quiet, coromandel town

  The week is off to a slow start, after a relaxing weekend. Spending kid-free time with my wife was a lovely way to unwind, despite the weather.  It pretty much rained the whole weekend.  Spending the time reading, chatting and playing Scategories f...

• 5 on Monday

  Posted on Sunday March 1st, 2009 at 22:00 in family, life, business, writing, new zealand, gas, parenthood, facebook, busy, power companies

  Welcome to this week’s 5 on Monday. March is here already, where is the year going? So, what was notable last week: busy with work means less time to write having a four year old son is awesome $37 to fill a 9kg gas bottle is a rip off www.powersh...

• The Three Tales of Abraham

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 14:25 in religion, Culture, life, christian, christianity, society, observation, community, muslim, Faith, history, Islam

  I’m not a religious person. I have faith, but not in any spiritual or superior being. And that faith is based on my firm belief that we as individuals make our own destiny, our own choices.  Sometimes events or people have made choices that im...

• 5 On Monday

  Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 22:00 in spain, family, life, society, observation, australia, community, new zealand, drinking, time, justice, attitude

  Welcome to this week’s 5 on Monday. Another week has flown by, and the year is already 10% done. So, what was notable last week: family is precious, especially in the wake of events in Australia deadlines make me work more effectively I think I dr...

• Moving to Spain Update

  Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 00:32 in spain, family, life, money, business, society, lifestyle, motivation, saving, new zealand, language, euro

  Having basically set a year for the big move to Spain, it seems to be approaching ever so quickly. At one point, 2011 seemed ages away, but not now. Resolving final issues with IRD, saving sufficient money to ensure Diane and I can be “autonomo...

• 5 On Monday

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 22:00 in life, observation

  This week’s 5 on Monday (note: must remember to schedule on right date, 2010 is a long time away!) I.R.D. continue to perplex me with rules for them, and rules for the rest of us attitude My addiction to Twitter has settled down, now I see it...

• Observing the Observer

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 18:03 in art, life, artist, observation, people, cafe, sketch, kebab

  I’ll be the first to admit that I am an introvert. I dislike crowds, noisy place and find it very difficult to be comfortable around new people I have only recently met. But despite that, I like watching people, actually, it’s closer to a...

• 5 On Monday

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 22:00 in life, Israel, wordpress, observation, oscommerce, twitter

  Welcome to my first 5 on Monday. What’s 5 on Monday? Five things from the previous week that I did, found interesting, or events that affected me. Simple eh! So, here goes. I found out some cool ways to optimized WordPress by tinkering under t...

• About a Dad

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 22:53 in family, life, writing, dads, fathers, carlo sigvald rohde

  I have just started a new writing project about my father. It’s going to be a long painful journey I am sure, but I am determined to take this piece of history and do it justice. You can find it over at http://carlo.rohde.net.nz...

• Warning over kids’ holiday photos on internet

  Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 18:36 in family, life, internet, children, photos, society, community, safety, predators, law and order

  Experts are suggesting people keep photos of children private because of the few sexual predators out there. The internet is an amazing place, where friends and family can share with each other quickly and easily.  For people to have to watch what t...