Wednesday, 9 May 2007

Tickets to Japan Purchased!

Hello, um me. I doubt anyone has looked at my blog yet apart from the few, i.e. Grant and Matt. Boo Hoo. Anyways I've purchased my tickets to Japan! A shocking £635 because I didn't book 2 weeks earlier like I had intended. Basically the tickets were around the £500 mark and somehow within 2 weeks £135 got added :( So all that remains now is Uni exams which I'm dreading cause I really kicked this year at Uni to the curb and getting a job in order to make enough money to support me for the daunting but exciting 8 weeks that awaits me in Japan.
8 weeks, thats a long time to be away from home. I mean its not like being away at Uni because your still in England, you can speak the language and are aware of its customs and general flow of things. 8 weeks in a foreign country is gonna be an extreme adventure experience. I wasn't really prepared the first time I went to Japan and that was only for 2 weeks with a friend, planned out itinerary and everything. No matter though, worse case sceanario is I'm sleeping in the rough with my belongings eating off the rice fields and hitchiking across the country. Accomodation shouldn't be a problem though as long as my good friends allow me to stay with them in their humble lodgings. Guys I cook a mean Miso soup and I'll protect you from Gaara! O_O
In other news my friend Keith got his Bocks (Powerisers)! So now I'm not the only one bouncing around my hometown. I've got more confident on the bocks now and have already jumped on and off rised platforms as well as getting decent jump height. Saying that I'm still not perfect and bailed yesterday at the railway station in front of alot of people. A bit of a confidence crusher but I was soon up and bocking again.
I want to get really good on my bocks before I go to Japan but I doubt I'll be confidently doing flips before I go, which means I won't be much to look at when I'm out there. I'll still bring them for comedy value but if I get a crowd watching me and all I do is jumps well, you get my point lol. I'll be screwed as well if people start asking me questions. I got to get my game face on and put in the effort so I'm ready for my solo adventure. I need to start accomplishing things on a daily basis otherwise I just won't be ready. Time to go level up!

Thursday, 12 April 2007

Welcome!


Hello all and welcome to my blog. My name's John-Michael or Johnny for all those who have problems with two name individuals like myself. (A majority it would seem) Anyways I recently been taking up bocking (jump stilts) and thought since I plan to go to Japan this summer why not bring my bocks and bock all over Japan. If I'm lucky I may be the first person to bock on Mt Fuji!

In anycase it's gonna be an adventure with its ups and downs. Hopefully there will be few bruises and zero breaks. Ouch! I'm still a noob at bocking to be honest, but I have plenty of time until August to get good, hopefully amazing LoL! Maybe...

Anyways I'm quite active when it comes to blogs so stay in touch. I shall be posting my progress at bocking and preparations for Japan as it happens!