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 Charlie Knox26, m, resident of spa, northern ireland, a thinker, who tries to be real, enjoys the company of nala(left), indebted to jesus for his grace and instruction in life and whose, amongst other things, studying sports science at UUJ. enjoy rugby a whole lot! |
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. -Kahlil Gibran " stolen from a friend's profile page posted by charlie | 11:40 PM | Monday, January 21, 2008 Coffee shop My mate Landon had a good run up to christmas with his song 'Coffee shop' featuring in a de beers 'diamonds are forever' advert and proving to be quite popular with all sorts of folks. The advert is below but you can get the full song at his myspace. I think you might like it. posted by charlie | 12:52 PM | Saturday, January 19, 2008 40 minutes from frozen Enjoyed a very efficient 40 minutes today. It all started when i lifted a Denny Chicken and Ham Pie out of the freezer. The cooking instructions told me that it would take 40 minutes to cook from frozen so I fired it in the oven. Now usually, on the rare occasions when I cook or heat things up, i get bored when I have to wait on them, so today i decided that I could squeeze in a run before the pie was ready also thinking that the pie would be good for meeting post-run nutritional requirements! So i quickly geared up (including some thermal long johns!), grabbed Nala's lead and hooked her up. I only did a short run, going to the mile marker from our house and back. However on my way back I spotted something peculiar in the lake....it was big and shiny and looked seriously like my canoe which I lost back in the summer. My canoe disappeared in mid-august and having looked all around the lake at the time for it without any luck I honestly thought someone had nicked it but as I got closer to the object it became clear that it was indeed it. I was excited to see the old girl , so i quickly ran up to the house, left nala off, grabbed an old pair of shoes and headed for the lake. My only way to get at it was to walk through the (very cold) water but as the bed became mucky and sinky i thought it would be safer to swim. When i got out to the canoe it was full of water and I couldn't empty it out so I had to drag it back through the water to the bank where I was able to get it emptied out and back on dry land for the first time in five months. I'm so pleased that I found it...there's nothing more relaxing that taking her out for a run on a smooth lake and I've missed the opportunity to do so over the last wee while. Nala loves a run it it too! So with canoe back on dry land I ran up to the house soaking wet and freezing and jumped into a warm shower. By the time I was out and dried, my pie was just ready to chomp on and boy was it was it lovely! Thankyou Mr Denny! posted by charlie | 5:58 PM | Bristol and Bath Spa Had an interview yesterday at Bath Spa uni for a PE PGCE place. Was a peculiar experience. Instead of being interviewed by a panel on my own, I had to take part in a group interview with 12 other applicants. The format involved us all sitting in a semi-circle in front of a three person panel. Before we arrived we had been asked to complete a task that involved writing 500 words on the benefits of a physical activity of our own choice. At the interview we were asked to present this task to the group and also outline why we wanted to teach and how Bath Spa would benefit by giving us a place. It was both a daunting and a fasinating experience. As it turned out I was 12/12 and had the benefit of watching everyone else before delivering my piece!! This allowed me to see what worked and what didn't....and i definitely saw both! Following that bit we were separated into groups of three and asked to prepare a lesson for a chosen age group in an activity of our choice. We had 15 minutes to prepare before presenting to the rest of the group. I was happy enough with how both activities went but you never know...time will tell. On reflection, although the experience was a little daunting i think its a good idea. In a way it tested some of the skills that teaching requires rather than just head knowledge or the ability to talk a good game. If I ever get a job and have to run interviews I think yesterday's experience will challenge me to do them a wee bit differently.  A big upside of the interview was getting to spend some time over in Bristol with emma and see a bit more of her world over there. Thanks em for the hospitality! Also got to take a short dander around Bath town which is pretty nice. Particuarly liked the Pulteney Bridge and getting to see Bath Rugby's Recreation Ground.
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Blog silence down to boring existence. Got that virus over christmas week and spent most of it sitting in an armchair beside the fire watching the box.....Did enjoy 'The Terminal' and some of the early Bond movies! Only slight highlight of that week was camping out in my bedroom one night in the pop-up tent that Gregory got me for christmas.  As soon as I was feeling slightly normal again i got into the books. Ihad exams on 7th and 9th of january so had to spend the whole preceding week revising. After that it was straight into dissertation stuff. I have a lit reviw due at end of month so just slaving over that most days. Definitely has been a fairly mundane period in life and unfortunately not very 'wild' (see below) but thats ok..it's only a short season. posted by charlie | 5:02 PM | |
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