My Vespa is nearly done!!! / Weigh-in

So I had to go down to my mechanic to give him some measurements for the vespa, and also to give him a spare part i had here at home.

I am pleasantly surprised to find out that my Vespa is nearly finished!!!  I couldn’t believe my eyes.

It is absolutely the most beautiful thing i have ever owned.

Enough talky talky…here’s the photos.

The only thing missing now is the “Vespa 150” metal plaque at the front, the rear lights, and mostly waiting for the number plate to come back restored.  It’s just looking amazing.

I have added links to my vespa project forum posts on the left coloumn so if you want to keep following and see what other people thing of the vespa, be sure to click on them.

And i’m also proud to say, that the official saturday weigh-in, is still 84.2kg hehe just like last week.

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Human Resources

It’s the end of one of my most hectic and stressful weeks since I started working.

More responsibility, every important phonecall comes to me, dealing with my colleagues, dealing with my bosses directly, having loads of paper on my desk etc etc.

It hasn’t been easy at all. I’m pretty glad it’s over, but I also know I have a whole other week of this. I’m not as stressed as much as last week anymore because now i’m not solving stuff other people had started, but i’ll solve my own problems. By this I mean that I have mostly learned what I have to do now (my boss’ job, because he’s on holiday), and instead of solving the problems my boss had left me with (all stuff he left me to do before he left for his holdays and that has mostly been solved this week), i now have my own stuff to look after.

On to better news: Human Resources and my boss both wanted to meet up with me to talk about my future at the bank. My contract ends this month so they wanted to speak to me.

To sum it all up, my boss practically told me not to worry, that i’ll be confirmed for sure but we both know it’s no work to catch up, about 120 clients. He said that I didn’t have to worry too much because we’re actually the group with less stuff to catch up!!! Which made me feel better.

The human resources guy told me that they will forward my request of moving to Friuli, in Montebelluna, near Treviso, or ofcourse abroad in eastern countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Romania etc.

From what i managed to “feel” in that “face to face” meeting, I think that if they are going to confirm me, they’re going to confirm me in Montebelluna, the Corprate Centre Governance of the bank. Corporate Centre Governance… god i would’ve spat on myself 2 years ago for just thinking of workin in a plaec with that name…aaaaaaanyway…

That would be great as, I would be much closer to my girlfriend in Trieste, about 2 hours by car, and really close to my other house in Friuli where I grew up, about 1hour. I would still need to find a place to stay because both these places are a bit too far to commute.

Somehow i feel a bit sad though… I mean I was starting something good here too. I found a great Muay Thai team, and decided to start training seriously for some fights later on in the year, I’ll leave a rent free home, my dog, my cat. I’ll have to find a new Muay Thai trainer down in Treviso or wherever I go, a new gym.

Then again, it’s all for the best. I’m sure i’ll manage to find everything I need.

I’m mostly looking forward to bringing my vespa there haha. 400km on my vespa is quite a road trip!!!

Official weigh-in tomorrow and unless I eat 5 pizza’s tonight, it’s gonna be a positive one!

OH! I almost forgot. I got a black eye yesterday from training. We were sparring and i got hit. Didn’t even realise but yeah, scared a few colleagues at work today, had a nice laugh about it eheh.

A happy man

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Email Blog Post TEST / 1959 Vespa Project

As my internet is pretty much blocked at work, even more than communist china would filter, i’m testing to see if I can make blog posts by email.

It’s hell at work as usual, with just 3 of us working, and me having to do stuff i’ve never done before.

I guess i have to keep at it the best I can so I can show my superiors that even though i’m only 23 and with one and a half years of experience in the bank, i can do my boss’ job hehe.

I’m sure this can only be a positive message towards the renewal of my contract.

It’s very stressful though and i’m starting to feel it all after a few days, both physically and mentally.

I also have a third muay thai training session tonight which will destroy me but maybe it will relieve me from all this stress too.

Anyway just for testing purposes, here’s a pic:

That’s what I look like when someone asks me something these days.

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Edit: It worked! huahauhauhau

Apparently, my 1959 Vespa is nearly ready. For those that did not know, i am restoring an old 150 cc Vespa. I’ve been at it for a year now and finally it should nearly be done!

It’s just missing small details, like the Vespa 150 metal plaque on the front, and small bits and pieces. On saturday i’m gonna go down to my friend/mechanic to make some photos and give him the measurements for the metal plaque.

This is how the vespa USED to look:

My vespa "originally"

If anyone is interested in seeing what it has now become, I update my vespa project as much as i can on these websites, where you can keep up to date with what is going on:

Italian: http://www.vespaforever.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14112

English: http://www.omgbruces.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4251&start=0

They are long posts, but as I said before, i’ve been working on the vespa for a year now.

Cannot wait until this Saturday to get it running and have a ride on it!!!! WOOO

Training now! Bahbye!

Weekly Wallpaper(s) /Anime Facts

It’s that time of the week again! This time i’ve decided to go with an anime theme… aaaaaand with more than 1 wallpaper WOOO!

These wallpapers are taken from one of my absolute favourite anime of all time.

It’s called My Neighbour Totoro, and if you have not seen it or never heard of it just go buy it /download it right now.

It’s by Hayao Miyazaki, and it’s the best anime he’s ever made  in my opinion. Miyazaki drew a lot of famous anime’s in the 80’s/90’s including Heidi, and some Lupin episodes.

He became mostly known worldwide after releasing  “Howl’s Moving Castle“, another fantastic anime of his.

With any of his works, he manages to make me feel like i’m a child again, and makes my imagination run wild. Probably why he is loved by so many fans of the genre.

I also think that miyazaki has an interesting face:

Hayao Miyazaki

In fact, i’ll even give you a few links for info/downloading! YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT!

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/

TORRENT ITA: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1268058

TORRENT ENG/JAP: http://www.mininova.org/tor/667395

USENET: https://nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=407806&hit=1

Download high quality here

Download “high” quality here

Download high quality here

Or ofcourse, you could just go buy it like i did 😀 it’s well worth the money!

Enjoy!

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Weekends and Nuclear Bunkers

Weird title i know, but everything will be explained.

On Sunday, i went to visit my sister, in her new appartment. She lives in Switzerland where she works (Switzerland is just an hour away from where I live).
She found a very nice little home, literally 100m from lake Lugano.
It was a beautiful day and we had lunch and then went for a walk around the lake. Should really have made pictures so i could’ve posted them!

Anyway, while conversating with my sis, she tells me that her cellar is actually a nuclear bunker! WHAT!?!?!?
Yes that’s right! In Switzerland, companies that build appartments had to include a nuclear bunker in the building by law!!! I don’t know if that’s still the case, but the building is pretty new so i guess the law still stands.

I beg her to show me her cellar, so we take the elevator.
I was really curious to be honest because i’d never seen a nuclear bunker in my life, and suddenly there it was! A 50 inch thick metal/concrete door, with huge handles and swivels underneath a 5 storey building! Haha!
It was pretty amazing. That door weighed like 6 tons, it was incredible. I’ll upload a picture as soon as my sis sends me one.
She says she always runs in and out of it quickly when she needs something in it because she’s scared she’ll be locked inside forever!
Inside the “vault” there’s also some smaller doors that look like you can crawl inside that lead towards the mountain? maybe a bigger vault? Maybe vents? Who knows! Love these things haha!

Funnily enough, it reminded my geek soul that i still had not given Fallout 3 a shot, so as soon as i got back home i started playing, and finally… I have realised what an amazing game it is. Really really enjoying it.

Today was also my first day at work without my boss, and me taking up most of his duties. It was actually quite stressful, and i had a few problems but i managed to solve them quite easily. First day is gone and we’ll se how the rest develops.
Luckily, Chiara (my mentor that left last friday), said she will come help us next week as there’s only 3 of us working there atm and we need any help we can get. It was very nice of her to offer and I can’t wait for her to arrive and lend us a hand.

Right, time to stuff some food in my face and then go to training.
Over and out.

Oh my sister sent me photos woo! Here they are:

Riqz’s Official Saturday Weigh-in

I’ve been trying to lower my weight a little recently.

To sum it all up, my week is composed like this:

Monday:Rest
Tuesday: Muay Thai training
Wednesday:Rest
Thursday:Muay Thai training
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Around 40km cycling
Sunday: Long walk in the woods/mountain with the dog

So how much weight am i aiming at?

To be honest I don’t really know. I just feel somewhat heavy at the moment even though i’m really not. I’m 1m85cm tall (6.07 foot) and used to weigh 90kg (14.1 stone) after 2 years of no sport whatsoever because of my hernia operation.

After starting muay thai with the above training regime i went down to 85-88kg (13.38-13.85 stone).

This is when i feel a little heavier than i’d really want. So since last week i started thinking about my diet.

I have stopped eating carbs at dinner, which includes pasta, potates etc. But most of all… i realised something i ate constantly without even realising.

During my usual work day my sister made me realise that i drink quite a few coffee’s, like 4-5 max. “So what” i said? “Well how much sugar do you put in every cup?” she asked me! I facepalmed and realised that i usually put like 2-3 teaspoons of sugar in each cofee which in the end adds up to A LOT of sugar.

So since cutting my sugar-in-coffee breaks just one week ago, and my carbs two weeks ago, i have weighed myself this morning aaaaaaaand the official weigh-in comes toooooo… (imagine Bruce Buffer saying that phrase):

84.2 KG – 13.26 stone

Real satisfied with the results 😀

Promotion?!?Not really.

As said in previous posts, my office has changed quite a lot in these weeks since i started out. My “mentor” is leaving for another job, in another place…always at the same bank, just in another town. My ex boss now works for another office, and now they sent this new guy that doesn’t really want to either be our boss nor actually be there at all.

At 16:30 we stopped working for a bit to have a small refreshment to say goodbye to Chiara (my “mentor”), and to tell her good luck for her new job.

My boss calls me and suddenly just tells me that he’ll be going on holiday for 2 weeks and that he needs to tell me what needs to be done.

He starts giving me all his work, including stuff i’ve never done before. He gives me so much stuff that i actually had to take a full page of notes.

Now… I’m 23 years old, getting paid 1200€ a month, my contract ends the 31st of July (and no word on if it will be renewed or not) and my new boss asks me to be his Second in command all of a sudden? Shit man…

I guess it’s time to show everyone what i’ve got. It’s gonna be 2 weeks of hell.

On sadder news, my girlfriend’s grandma died today. She had a heart operation 1 month ago and never really managed to get back to health. She’s gone to a better place now.

Tata non ti preoccupare andrà tutto bene. Sono sempre vicino a te e ai tuoi parenti. Condoglianze a tutta la tua famiglia. Ti amo piccola mia.

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