New Years Resolutions (2024)
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New Years Resolutions
I am using this as a way to document my goals for the next year, and will update accordingly with changes.
Sub 15 Minute 3km
Current PB - 3.0km in 15m 0s (13/02/24)
(I don’t like running anymore lol it hurts my knees)
Read 1 book per month
This doesn’t included non-fiction books as I read a lot of those anyway.
- January: The Vinland Sagas
- February: LotR - The Two Towers
- March: n/a
- April: Master of the Five Magics
- May: Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
- June: God Emperor of Dune
- August: LotR - The Return of the King
- September: n/a
- October: The Witcher - Sword of Destiny
- November: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- December: White Nights
Conversational Poturguese
I have a basic grasp of the grammar & reading/writing portuguese, the next logical step is start practicing conversations.
The goal is to spend 1 hour a week talking in Portuguese.
Update Post Brazil Trip - Portuguese significantly improved, able to have very basic conversations and order food/ask for directions.
Reduce Sugar Intake
Significantly reduced processed sugar intake. Slightly reduced regular sugar intake
Visit 20 new interesting places
I will upload photos of each place here. Interesting is a biased term, as it’s places that I find cool.
(1) George (Ldn Bridge)
17th century pub near London Bridge, one of London’s oldest galleried inns.
(2) National Gallery
Visited the National Gallery to look at John Constable’s work.
(3) Samuel Pepys Pub
Propa old n-glish pub, right on the river so I took this photo.
(4) Paranapiacaba
Old english village in Brazil, near Sao Paulo - very misty!
(5) Ilha Grande
First place we visited by ourselves in Brazil.
(6) Christ the Redeemer
what can i say :)
(7) Ouro Preto
please go here if you can, it’s so cool.
(8) Inhotim Botanical Garden
Modern art museum inside a botantical garden about 1 hour from Belo Horizonte.
(9) Farol da Barra
A cool lighthouse in Salvador, Bahia. love it in Salvador but got food poisoning :(
(10) Knossos Palace
A interesting ‘reconstructed’ palace in Crete.
(11) Vatican City
wow
(12) Statue of Marcus Aurelius
My gfs favourite statue in Rome.
(13) Shakespeare’s Globe
Saw ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
(14) The Temple Bar
10 euro for a Guinness :(
(15) The Barbican
so cool.
(16) The Dickens Inn
A beautiful pub in St Katherine’s Dock.
(17) Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
supposedly the tooth is Buddha’s.
(18) Fort Canning Park
A park in Singapore (beautiful, but not many animals)
(19) Singapore Botanical Gardens
A lovely UNESCO Botantical Gardens, saw lots of monitor lizards.
