I’m so frickin’ excited.
Have you seen it? Was it spectacular?
The tales and musings of a British man who worked in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but is now in England. All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.Email Me
Read my posts About Me --My Story in Pictures--Books--Diet--Saudi Arabia--Football--Mecca--Medina--My Face--Travel--Teaching--
50 Questions to Expand Your Mind--My Photography-- or Recommend me Ask me anything
Read my posts About Me --My Story in Pictures--Books--Diet--Saudi Arabia--Football--Mecca--Medina--My Face--Travel--Teaching--
50 Questions to Expand Your Mind--My Photography-- or Recommend me Ask me anything
May 9, 2012
January 20, 2012
Oh my God, I’m so tired
My housemate ran his first mile! He was amazing tonight.
Instead of covering the normal 12km/7.5miles we actually ended up covering 14.5km/9miles.
He hated me at the time but he thanked me when he got home. We’re really loving this running/walking thing. He’s improving every single time we go out and he’s pushing himself so hard to get fantastic results.
A week ago he wouldn’t run a step. Today he ran a mile. I aim to have him running all 12km within a month! Let’s see if we manage…
We ended the session by getting a delicious salad at Subway!
January 14, 2012
Work is messed up at the moment but I’m not complaining
We’re supposed to go in at 8am, sit around for 6 hours doing nothing, and sign out at 2pm and go home.
What happens in reality is that we get there at 8:15am (the latest we can sign in without being ‘late’), sign in, come home, sleep, wake up at 12noon, pray, go to work, and then sign out.
That’s work for me right now.
I’ve been thinking about how I spent this time in January last year. It was all so different then. January last year was ——-. I don’t even have the words to describe how good it was. This January is just shit. I want to go back and relive that January.
January 6, 2012
epicfuntime asked: Iv been following ur blog for maybe 2 weeks now, nd its amazing, jst to let u know i look up too u :)
You’re AWESOME! Thanks for this message.
I’m not trying to be an attention seeker or anything but what is it exactly that you look up to? You really shouldn’t look up to me!
December 28, 2011
adoseofrevolution asked: Once upon a time, I tried to tell you a bedtime story because you seem like this genuinely amazing guy, and ive been following you since forever and I find so much joy in reading about your life and your encounters and all of the other stuff that you post, so I felt obligated to want to tell you a bed time story, a part of me wanted it to be a adventurous story and the other part wanted it to be a romantic one, Alas however tumblers character limitation made it so that I could do neither. :)
Haha… your bedtime story didn’t really work out the way it could have/was supposed to but I approve of what it ended up being!
Thank you for saying so many nice things about me. It really means a lot to me that you took the time out to write these things to me. You’re totally awesome yourself. Maybe you can take some time to think about an adventure/romance story and send it over to me in parts. You could turn it in to a serial? Send me 500character episodes everyday/every week?
October 14, 2011
It was a year ago today
A year ago right now, to the minute, that a blog started following me on tumblr and my life hasn’t been the same since.
Isn’t it amazing how things can change? Isn’t it amazing how a single person can shape and influence your life in such huge and drastic ways?
It took a while but once the ball was rolling…
Things will never be the same again.
October 9, 2011
September 18, 2011
July 30, 2011
Okay… no more negatvity here
Over the last few days, since I got to Saudi, I’ve made a whole bunch of really negative posts on this blog. I’ve talked about my emotions and things that are happening with me in an ugly light and I’ve started to let those thoughts cloud my mindset and feelings. Whenever I get in to this mindset my imagination goes to dark places that I don’t like very much so what I’m going to do is stop it! I’m going to force myself to think happy thoughts.
May 27, 2011
I just got back from Farasan
I’m sunburnt, I’ve been awake for 18 hours, I’ve flown after a lack of sleep, I was kind of hungry but I’m okay now, I smell (I think), and I’m really tired and achy. Going on a holiday should never happen over such a short period of time. It’s just not right.
March 29, 2011
Isn’t it amazing when…
You know, sometimes you get in to a pattern that is fun and exciting and enjoyable and you really like it but somehow there’s a shock to the systems. Everything you knew is shaken up. New ideas suddenly spring forth. Information starts to pour in. It adds more than you knew was possible to have added.
August 6, 2010
Moments that define the path the rest of your life will take.
It happens once in a while. Something happens, good or bad, that has such a massive impact on the path of your life that you know, decades later, you’ll back to that moment and realise it has shaped everything that came after it. It’s the kind of thing that happens once every few years and could be about family, work, personal development, or something that might seem trivial. Yesterday I had two and a half of those moments.
June 23, 2010
Wow! Sometimes you see something special…
So, I was watching the England v Slovenia game this afternoon and was glad that England won. Because Wimbledon started I’ve been dividing my time between the tennis and the football over the lats few days. On Monday Roger Federer was almost kicked out of the tournament but he saved himself. The game that is on right now is unlike anything I have ever seen before…
RSS feed: http://goodbyeblighty.tumblr.com/rss
