My sleep schedule this last week was all over the place. It wasn't b/c of alcohol (only drank semi-heavily once), but I just seemed to get tired at different times. One day it was 11am-4pm, then 12am-3pm, then 7am-12pm.... idk it was crazy. I actually felt good and happy the entire week though so it's whatever. I've decided to try and have some structure, at least during the week when I have to get my ass in class for two days. So Monday-Friday I want to wake up by noon (not super strict obv).
I've been playing pool slightly less, just because it gets expensive buying drinks all night. I still go out often, but I go out at 10-11pm instead of starting at 8pm. I've been going for some nice walks, recently by the river which is fun. Also been trying to accomplish at least one task per day, which seems to help me not feel like a lazy POS. Even if it's something simple like paying a power bill or taking the trash out, it seems to help. I think I saw a video blog about that somewhere. Other than that I've just been playing poker and hanging out.
I went on a little motorbike ride with Matt and Jordan today. It was a lot of fun, and we haven't done much lately, so it was nice to get out. We went to Doi Suthep which is a temple up the mountain a little ways. I've been there before, but it's a nice ride and the climate is much better high in the mountains. Right now it's pretty hot during the day (around the mid 90's F), and as you can see lots of smog.
This picture was taken at the same location when I first got here about 5 months ago.
We also stopped at a waterfall that I hadn't seen before.
If you can see, on the right hand side there was a kind of sort of path to hike up the side of the waterfall, which I decided to take. I took a few pics around the area, but it was hard to get in position for good shots.
This one was at the very top (or at least as high as I ventured)
This was on my way back down
I actually fell shortly afterwards. Matt and Jordan were looking away at the time, but turned around once they heard me falling and I was pretty much at the bottom lol. I wasn't hurt or anything, it was only about 15-20 feet. I got a little too confident bouncing from rock to rock and slipped on a wet one, then rode a few branches down. I was actually surprised I wasn't hurt (few scratches), I was a lil scared when I first started going down, but somehow managed to avoid getting rocks and branches stuck up my ass or falling on my head. Also got close to falling in the water which may have been worse.
Poker Update
I've enjoyed playing poker for the first time in a while this week. I can finally see myself putting in more hours and being happy about it. That said, I'm still not going to go crazy, and will probably play between 30-40k hands/month. So far I've put in around 16k for February, but I didn't play at all until the 11th I believe. I'm up a few BI's right now (would be way more w/o 50nl shot), nothing too exciting.
I haven't really been posting in the strategy forums recently. The main reason is I believe what I'm doing is working, and I don't really want to be swayed from that. Sometimes I get into a debate/discussion and I start second guessing myself at the tables. That's fine if I'm losing or don't think I'm playing well, but when I'm playing well/winning, I just prefer to keep on keeping on. I'm still around all the other forums a lot and am happy to reply if ppl pm/skype me HH's.
So this is long enough, but it's been a while since I've put some effort into a blog. I've got Thai class tomorrow which I've been slacking on a bit so I feel obligated to go. I will probably just watch a lil TV and go to bed. I plan on putting in some decent poker volume the next few days (like 2-3hr days lol).