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Should anyone ask, I forgot to draw cash

Forgot my money, they let me in for free., originally uploaded by SimonTennant.

I’m moving soon. Closer to my favourite pool, Ungererbad.I arrived with just an hour to closing time (why they shut at 8pm in the Summer, I have no idea). Then realised I’d forgotten to draw cash. Was about to leave when the clerk waived me in. Fantastic.

I thought about this for the rest of the day. It’s really incredible what that custom service and bending of the rules did for me.

Was happy.

Should anyone ask, pay your bills.

waiter chasing after non-payers, originally uploaded by SimonTennant.

Had a great breakfast of eggs and bread and fresh orange juice. Good. Said goodbye to Antonia who goes away to India for three weeks and was walking back. Saw a waiter running down the street after two people who left without paying their bill. Then they started running too.

I forgot to pay my bar bill once and was reminded of the matter next time I returned for cocktails. A most embarrassing experience although I was very drunk when I left. The benefit is that I am now well known by the barman and get excellent service.

Moral of the story: do something to stand out from the crowd but don’t run away from your problems. Or something like that.

Should anyone ask, pay your bills.

waiter chasing after non-payers, originally uploaded by SimonTennant.

Had a great breakfast of eggs and bread and fresh orange juice. Good. Said goodbye to Antonia who goes away to India for three weeks and was walking back. Saw a waiter running down the street after two people who left without paying their bill. Then they started running too.

I forgot to pay my bar bill once and was reminded of the matter next time I returned for cocktails. A most embarrassing experience although I was very drunk when I left. The benefit is that I am now well known by the barman and get excellent service.

Moral of the story: do something to stand out from the crowd but don’t run away from your problems. Or something like that.

Should anyone ask, I am taking a music making course

The 24th of August sees me starting a part time music making course. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. My singing classes have taught me some of the basics and I see this as a continuation. My tools will no longer be breath but:

  • digital performer
  • logic pro
  • reason
  • kontakt naitve instruments

I am curious though as to whether it turns out to be like Beardyman:

Should anyone ask, I am taking a music making course

The 24th of August sees me starting a part time music making course. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. My singing classes have taught me some of the basics and I see this as a continuation. My tools will no longer be breath but:

  • digital performer
  • logic pro
  • reason
  • kontakt naitve instruments

I am curious though as to whether it turns out to be like Beardyman:

Should anyone ask, it take 180 hours from Munich to Peking

I’ve been browsing some journeys on the Bahn website and decided to see just how far it’s possible to travel. Quite far is the answer. All the way to Peking on the Trans-Siberian railway. Basically Munich – Moscow, Moskow – Peking. Quite a nice adventure if you have 181 hours to kill – 8 days of being on a train!

Should anyone ask, I only manage 2km at the pool

Imagine swimming 5269 kilometres down the worlds most deadly river.

1) What were the biggest challenges you faced on the Amazon swim?

The biggest challenges were:

—Dealing with pirates; trying to not come into their hands.
We tried to go through their territories unnoticed, and use local people and their knowledge to help us.

—Piranhas, snakes, spiders, candirú, bull shark or other animals which make unpredictable attack; you have to be ready all the time if any piranha attack you. We had some buckets of blood ready in case of emergency, to distract the piranha and get them away from me if necessary. We saw a deadly bushmaster snake, but luckily I didn’t step on it. If I had stepped on it I would have been dead in less than an hour.

—Malaria, dengue and other unknown infections I could easily get in such a water/jungle environment. It looks like I have an “iron” body and very good immune system.

—Floating debris; I tried not to touch any of the debris floating downstream as it might carry a snake, spider, red ants or any other poisonous animals

—Peeing; I didn’t pee into the water straight as this attracts a very dangerous fish called the candirú, which lodges up human orifices with a razor-like spike and then sucks your blood. I was peeing all the time through the wetsuit.

More on Tim Ferris’ site.