Bujin's A to Z (A)

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Date:	15/07/03 (251 review reads)
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Advantages: Get to know me better. (Should this be a disadvantage?)

Disadvantages: TENUOUS linking!

(Edited - sorry Bev! I spelt your name wrong!!! ;o) )

These A-Z things look quite popular and I think it's a great way of getting to know people. So here's mine. Apologies that this is my second one in the same day - I'm in work and I'm bored. I'll refrain from doing one tomorrow!!!

So let's get started! (Sorry - there's a few tenuous links in here, I don't have much imagination!!! These were not written in order, either. You can probably guess, but I did "O" last!!!)

A - This was a toss-up between Australia and Aberystwyth. I'll choose the latter because I can cover Australia under Q later. Aberystwyth is the town in Wales where I was born, back in April of 1977.

B - Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. This is the martial art that I study. You can read all about it in my review under the Ninjutsu section of this site. The article is called "The Art of Endurance".

C - Cardiff. Between 1995 and 1998 I was at Cardiff University. I've already used up both "A" and "P" so I supposed I'd better put that I did Astrophysics here instead!

D - Derby Gaol. My second paranormal investigation which at the time of writing is still just under 2 weeks away! I would have mentioned Gwrych Castle as my first, but G has already been taken!!!

E - Eclipse. I was one of the million or so people who descended on Cornwall back on August 11th 1999 to watch the Solar Eclipse. Unfortunately, after travelling all that way, it was bleedin' cloudy for the duration of totality!!! It was still eerie to watch the shadow racing across the clouds towards us though, and the deafening silence it created while at totality!

F - Family and Friends. Thought I'd better mention them (mainly cos I couldn't think of another "F"!!!). My mum works part time as an accountant in a local travel agents and is also doing an Open Univ
ersity degree. My dad is a photocopier engineer in Chester. My
sister lives in Gloucester and works as an independent beauty consultant. I also have a 5 year old niece (Chloe) and a 2 year old nephew (Morgan). My four main friends are James (a purchasing manager and general rich git!), Murphy (first name: David, he builds the wings for Airbus aircraft - so don't fly A320!!! He's emigrating to New Zealand in October and I'm going to be renting his house! Also gives me another nice holiday destination!), Bevan (first name: Steven, a factory worker with two children - Jordan and Natascha) and Mark (a teacher in the west midlands). I also have to mention Sarah (Sarah_Louise) here, who got me interested in all this Dooyoo stuff and invited me to become a member of her paranormal research group!

G - Guitar. I play the guitar for relaxation. Never intended to play in a band, and it's a good thing too cos after 6 years, I'm STILL awful at it!

H - Hauntings. I am an amateur paranormal investigator with Sarah_Louise's North Wales Paranormal Research group.

I - Internet. Yup. I'm addicted. I'm constantly being harrassed by my work colleagues to switch off Internet Explorer and get on with some work.

Fat chance.

J - Japan. I love Japanese history. It's fascinating!

K - Kihon Happo. Yup, these links are getting VERY tenuous now! Kihon Happo is the basic fundamental eight techniques of Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu. My instructor is VERY big on the basics. We don't do anything fancy until we can get our basic techniques right! And too right! There are a lot of people out there who do fancy stuff but their taijutsu is poor!

L - Lego. I have fond memories of collecting Lego during my childhood. It was by far the best thing a child could have grown up with! Expands the mind, you see...

M - Manic Street Preachers. My third favourite band!

N
- NWPR, or North Wales Paranormal Research to give it it's full t
itle. The paranormal research group I've plugged so many times already in this document, set up by Sarah Hutchinson (Sarah_Louise) to which I now belong.

O - Otonashi. Now this has to be the most tenuous of all! I am really running out of ideas now! Otonashi is Japanese for "Soundless". I am a very quiet person and only tend to speak when I've got something to say (unless I can think of some silly sarcastic comment...).

P - Pink Floyd. My all-time favourite band. Many Floyd fans will be disgusted with me though, cos I am more of a David Gilmour fan than a Roger Waters one...

Q - Quokkas. These are small marsupials found on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. (See, I told you I'd fit Australia in!). I went to Australia in January 2001 and stayed on this island for 3.5 weeks. They're cute little animals, although they do tend to get underfoot at night, so you have to really be careful and look where you're going. I did NOT play Quokka Soccer, by the way!

R - Rugby Union. My favourite sport. Even though the Welsh team has been going down the pan for the past 20 years, I still prefer to watch this game over any other sport. It's just so brutal!!!

S - Stereophonics. My all-time second favourite band. Fantastic stuff!

T - Thief: The Dark Project. My favourite PC game. I like being a sneaky b*****d! Well, it's likely to hold out as my favourite game until the latest one in the series (confusingly, just called "Thief") is released!

U - UFOs. My interest in the paranormal extends to UFOs too. I've only ever seen one, but I can't exactly be called a reliable witness as I was only 3 years old at the time! But it's still a fascinating subject!

V - Vampires. I'm not really interested in vampires, but I couldn't think of anything else to write
here!!! I did watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Does that count???

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r>W - Wales. My country. I have lived in Wales all my life and I love living here!

X - X-Com: UFO Defence (or UFO: Enemy Unknown as it was known here in the UK). The game that almost robbed me of my degree!

Y - Yale. I work at Yale College in Wrexham. Yale College is named after Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale University in the USA, who is buried in a churchyard in Wrexham.

Z - Zebedee. I've written enough. So, BOIIIIIING! Time for bed!

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