Conversations by the Coffee Cup » archery http://www.juliehoaas.com/blog A blog written by Julie, a web developer in Oslo, about everything from A to Z. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:57:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Almost Weekend! Yay! http://www.juliehoaas.com/blog/almost-weekend-yay/ http://www.juliehoaas.com/blog/almost-weekend-yay/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:39:46 +0000 Julie http://www.juliehoaas.com/blog/?p=913 It’s Friday morning, and I’m currently doing my morning routine, e.g. drinking my coffee and checking mail etc. I was especially tired this morning, and for some reason I snoozed an extra half an hour.

Now I’m counting down the hours to when the weekend starts, but I still have a full work day ahead of me, where I need to try and clear the mail inbox a little :)

My plan for tonight is to meet a good friend of mine I haven’t seen in a while, since he’s been in Thailand for a while! It’ll be great to see him again! :D

And this upcoming weekend I have my last lesson in 弓道/Kyudo/Japanese archery, which will be super exciting because we will train with some of the others, and might even get a chance to shoot at the full 28 meters!!  I doubt I’ll be able to hit the target though, but it’ll be fun. Until now we’ve only been shooting at a couple of meters distance, because the point isn’t to be able to hit the target, but to master the technique of Kyudo. I haven’t decided yet whether I want to continue with the training or not, it depends a little on the training schedule, prices and about the materials — Will I have to buy my own bow for an example? But I guess I’ll find out about that during this last upcoming lesson :)

What are your weekend plans?

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As for my progress with the 101 in 1001 list, I haven’t progressed much.

I did sign up to try/do something new (#33 on the list), namely Japanese archery, so I can soon cross that off! :) I also attended a seminar (#52) about accessibility on the web, as it is now required by law that public websites are accessible to disabled users. And this relates to my work because I work as a web developer. I’m also attending two seminars in March, one about social media and the other about understanding what your users think/want.

Hopefully it’ll get a bit warmer in March, so I can get to work on some of the other points on the list! :)

Have a great Sunday, and a great last day of February!

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One of those new things is that I the other day signed up for a beginner course in Japanese archery (弓道/きゅうどう/kyudo)!  There’s an organisation is Oslo that’s holding the courses, and for just 700 kroner you get to borrow equipment, you get lessons in archery, history lessons and more!

kyudo at Isseikan

Photo by colodio

I signed up because it sounds like fun, and I’m always interested in learning more about Japanese culture! :) I will probably need to get new glasses before I start though :P I don’t see very well with these, lol!

How about you? Have you tried something new lately?

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