Jet...

So after 4 years of slogging it out through a Science course, which to be honest never really clicked with me, I'm off to Japan. To teach English. To kids. Probably in a small town, probably smaller than Galway! I'm actually really looking forward to it, it has dawned on me very suddenly that i'm gonna be leaving alot behind though. I'm gonna miss my fam and friends but to be real, I'd be a fool to pass up this opportunity. I think i'm gonna really enjoy it and I think I can do a good job too, plus the moneys good! Alot of the emphasis in the job seems to be on "grass roots internationalization", whatever that is. From my experience of Japan its a fairly heterogenous society, I guess part of it is just broadening peoples experiences of different cultures and stuff. I know i'll do a good job at that, I just gotta be myself and represent my country. I do that everyday, most of my friends are not from Irish backrounds....and alot only came here in the last 10 years or so (Which is pretty significant when your only 21). So anyway....apart from that i'm studying for finals and looking forward to being finished with anything remotely science related for a while. Probably won't update this for a while but thought I should throw something fresh on as i'm sure people are gonna wanna read this come 4 months when they can't see me anymore!

The Bulls....Whats next...

I've very mixed feelings about how things are gonna work out with the Bulls. First of all Paxson is a complete idiot, I have a feeling with the Bulls theres some sort of consensus that because of the history of the club they are destined to be great again, but as we have seen it doesn't really work that easily.

First of all this team actually does have a core of pretty solid players. Deng, Hinrich and Gordan would be an assett to any team and Larry Hughs, Nocioni and Noah are in my eyes at the very least very good back up players. Tyrus Thomas does have potential and although he will never be an amazing basketball player, you can't teach athleticism like his. This is a problem though as much as anything, Deng and Gordan's contracts are a major question and I'm sure they wont appreciate a 19 year old kid coming in and stealing the spotlight from their hardwork (listen to the post-interview above and you will see what I mean).

Anyway I really don't know how Paxson is gonna work this out and i'm pretty confident he will fuck it up. I could see trading Gordan to New York as a possibility, With Marbury's future in the Knicks gone out the window they need a shooting guard. If (and its a big if) the Bulls could resign Gordan to that one year contract and package him with someone else (Larry Hughs??Drew Gooden??) they could maybe get hold of Zach Randolph and someone else. If nothing else it would give us a serious low post threat. If Derrick Rose is gonna be the player everyone says he will we could have a team that could contend straight away, assuming that Luol, Hinrich and co get their act together and we somehow manage to find a semi-decent centre.

Anyway i'm off to learn my japanese, flying over in a month and I can't speak a word. I'm scared to say the least!!

Peace,

Sean.

How things have changed...

The last 3 years in college have been a bit of a worldwind and if you told me things would plan out like this I would of told you not in a millions years. People I thought I never would speak 2 nevermind get along with have ended up as some as my best friends and conversely some people I thought would always be there for me and always have my back have done the complete opposite. Then on the other end you got the people who have always been there for you (with a little leniance on the way 'cos none of us are perfect!) and will always be there for you. I think that these changes are important though, they keep us on our toes and let us get the best out of life. I hope I can keep the people and stuff that are special to me and make me happy in my life constant and sometimes stuff will change, but to be honest I think that these changes...even though they might hurt sometime, are for the better. In the last 20 years of my life I'd say I've had some pretty hard times this last year and conversely some of the best times. But I can honestly say I think I'm the best person I can be at the moment and its because of the hardship I've gone through.

Anyway i'm out to the gym before kendo tonight.

Much love,

Sean.

BOREDOM!!

Not really a great title for something i'm expecting other people to read and be interested in, oh well!!

I'm currently working for a market research company trying to save up money to get the hell out of Ireland and either to Japan or somewhere equally as far away from here! Was thinking about the whole J1 thing and I know it would be great fun and the dollar is so shit now but its kinda lost on me...been to America already, I dunno just the lack of culture or something...doesn't interest me right now.
Annnnyyyywaaaaayy...This work has to be the most soul-destroyingly boring thing ever, It pays well (assuming I will get paid for the half assed effort i'm putting in) but theres only so many mobile phone interviews you can do before wanting to decapitate yourself.

Apart from that have a few different things going, i'm not really that busy but the combination of everything is a bit stressful.
Trying to get an album recorded with a friend of mine Leiko. His myspace is http://myspace.com/leikotola if you wanna check him out. Started at kendo again and been working out alot... I got loads of extra time but still trying to keep everything balanced can be pretty exhausting.

Anyway i'm gonna bounce and i'll prob post later...
Sayanora...
Sean.

Today....

I've had this account for a while but for someone reason have never been bothered enough to do anything with it.
A few things have made me realise that keeping a record like this might just be a good idea.
First of all, I want to remember each day...the good times I had and the lessons I will learn.
Without sounding contrived or whatever...Other circumstances have kinda made me realise that memory is a pretty fragile thing. My cousin got brain cancer recently and through one thing and another his memory has deteriated so much that at times he can't remember conversations you had 10-20 minutes ago. He seems to have good memory of long term things but still....has kind of opened my eyes up.

Also reading my friends blog just kind of sparked the idea.
So here it is....You can track my daily stream of consciousness that will either bore you to tears or hopefully, entertain you in some shape or form.
For now,
Peace out, Sayanora and Slan.