Reindeer Games

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:32:00 +0000

A- in Elec 340. Party time now?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:43:00 +0000

86% on my Differentials midterm last Friday.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:09:00 +0000

Well I got 89% on my Signal Analysis final from Sunday. Did pretty good on my Differentials test this morning.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:38:00 +0000

Registered for all my classes at UVic!!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:37:00 +0000

Happy about my 88% in Differentials. Not so happy about physics... luckily the teach felt bad for everyone and gave us a boost.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:45:00 +0000

a: "I'm F#@ for this calc test."
b: "Did you bring your lube?"

Canadian EH?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:57:00 +0000

I was going though my old posts and realised I had this in the draft section and never posted it. Thought I'd share:

Well guess what?

I am Finally a Canadian. At 10:30, on the morning of July first, Canada's 141st birthday, with my right hand held up I said my pledge of allegiance to country and queen. It was one of those very special moments I will always remember, especially being able to sing the Canadian anthem as a Canadian for the very first time. Thank you Vince, Miranda, and all of Lorna's family for showing up, and please guys... no more deportation jokes.

Rudolf

Rudolf

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:47:00 +0000

Hello Everyone!!!

So I've been at Camosun College in Victoria for almost a month and a half now, and with my new wife of almost two months. It is nightmarish. Not the wife! Haha. The school part. The bridge to UVic truly is two years of math and science compacted into six months. The homework is constant... and by that I mean two hours of homework every night. And forget about weekends. Those are reserved for assignments and studying. Forget about work, or a life.

My wife makes it bearable and worth the effort! Lorna jy is die lief van my lewe en my rots. We just recently went to Seattle with some friends from Kelowna. I like Seattle. Though everytime I think about planning the next trip there I realise how little of Victoria I've seen and should go see. Anything people would recommend for a broke student to go check out in Victoria?

I am taking all my notes on OneNote and once this first semester is done I'll have a week off after exams before the next set of tortures in which I'll fix and format the notes and post them for everyone to see who might be interested in taking the bridge. Let me know in the comments if this is something you would like to see.

Rudolf

PS - Since moving here and having to budget more. I've lost 15lbs, meaning I'm down to 195 lbs. Just shows diet has more to do with it than exercise.

Love this video blog.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:43:00 +0000

I love this guy's commentary on recent events. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Rudolf

Zeitgeist: Addendum

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:44:00 +0000

Zeitgeist: Addendum
Please watch the movie, and comment.

Rudolf

Cool happenings

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:03:00 +0000

I'm not sure if this is old news, since I'm not that huge of a fan, but there is going to be a G.I. Joe movie coming out. Looked at the trailer on the official website and it looks amazing. I'll definitely go see it when it comes out. Has that realistic Iron Man graphics thing going on which is good. Bad graphics can really ruin a good movie for me.

A pic of Michael Phelps has been circulating showing the swimmer smoking a bong. All I can say is, why not? After having to train and go through all that stress for so many years I'd need some chill time too, and apparently it was taken at a lady friends dorm room/apartment. Go Phelps!

And of coarse its Super Bowl today. Big woop since I don't really like American Football, but I did stick around to watch Jennifer Hudson sing the anthem. She looked really nervous at first, and duh... you have billions of people watching you around the world, but few seconds into the song she really hit it off. She has one hell of a voice.

Anyone else watch Super Bowl just for the sweet commercials?

Rudolf

Quest to find an old game

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:55:00 +0000

So I was kinda day dreaming today and I was remembering this old game I used to have back when I was probably 13 or 14, and now I can't stop thinking about it.

The point of the game was to find a good job. It was a two dimensional board game type layout, kind of like looking at a monopoly board. You started out with a character named Jim or Joe (honestly I can't remember what the name was but these seem to ring some type of bell). The game's title had the name in it as well. There would be businesses you could get jobs at, a school you could get an education at(so you could get a better job), places to eat, an apartment to rent and then once you had enough money you could buy a house. And with all this you only had, I think, 12 or 16 hours to go around the board and then you had to go to sleep, and start the next day at the beginning of the board.

Anyone every play this game or know the name of it?

Rudolf

Life in the middle of winter.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Well... It's getting to be that time in winter when all the wonder of the new snow has been thoroughly destroyed and all your left with is freezer burnt steak that is about as tasty as yellow snow.

But hey!! School is going well. Almost everything I covered in the first semester involving DC circuits is being thrown in the trash because it has nothing to do with what we are covering now: how AC circuits work.

What I have learned so far is that electronics are magic... really.. they are. The work/knowledge that goes into making one integrated circuit is phenomenal. The most complicated I've covered so far, and I'm sure I'm not even close to the tip of the ice berg are Transistors and how DC signals are transported though AC signals (because repeated DC signals are actually multiple AC signals combined).

That's all that has really been going on. Just trying to focus on school and not letting World of Warcraft, partying, and just plain being lazy getting in the way. Later,

Rudolf

School Update

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:12:00 +0000

Hello Everyone,

For those of you who know me know that I started school at Okanagan College little over a month ago. I'm enrolled in the Electronic Engineering program and after graduating hope to continue on with the bridge program to UVic and get an Electronic Engineering Degree there. Well it is going great so far. The class is pretty small, only eleven of us guys. Teachers are very personable. The knowledge I gained at my previous attempt at Computer Science at OUC has helped make most of the first semester work fairly easy. Especially with my programming class. I have never programmed C before but the ideas and concepts are the same.

With that said I shouldn't start getting lazy. I'm pretty sure that was the reason I didn't do so well last time. I have a midterm on Tuesday that I really need to prepare for. It's going to be a doozy. My first two term tests I did really well on, 93% and 88%. Anyone else have a midterm or a big project due right after Thanks Giving(in Canada, lol)?

I'm off to go do some more studying. Later peeps.
Rudolf

FINALLY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:57:00 +0000

Well.. after 4 months guess how much weight I have lost... 10 lbs. I can't believe how long it took me. Well actually I can.I guess most of the fat I lost I gained right back in muscle. I have noticed, and others have commented, that my frame is a lot bigger and my gut quite a bit smaller. :) After about the 3rd week of going to the gym I noticed my weight stagnating at around 205 pounds, and then last month it started to drop again. So now I am sitting at just under 200 pounds.

The weight training is going pretty good. I'm almost back to my old weights with my upper body, lower body still needs some work. Thinking I need to start adding some serious cardio to loose the next 10 pounds.

Seeing as how winter is almost upon us I am going to give out an invitation to everyone. If you want to go play some tennis let me know. There is that new tennis court just down the road from me.

Rudolf

Fitness

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:25:00 +0000

Getting back to one of the main reasons I made this blog, was to motivate me to get fit.
So I'm counting on you guys to bust my balls if you don't see the gym on my Plurk every second day(also visible on my sidebar).

Little background for those who don't know me that well, or who I have lost touch with.

This was me 2 years ago...

In the best damn shape of my life, 175lbs, going to the gym four times a week involving an hour of weight training and then 30min of cardio. Loving life.

I thought a topless pic would have been too graphic so...
This is me now. 210lbs, running up two flights of stairs gives me a headache and absolutely hating the way I look.

I got a membership at World Gym a month ago and just started a general program (full-body, 15-20reps, 3 circuits) to just get me accustomed to all the equipment at World's.

And starting today I'm going into a more specialised program alternating between upper and lower body exercises each time I go to the gym, 10-12 reps, 3set of each exercise, finishing one exercise before moving on to the next.

So from now on I'll try and do a monthly update on my progress, and PLEASE!!! kick my butt if you see me slacking!!!

Rudolf

Hocky Night in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:57:00 +0000

OMG!!! CBC is STUPID . Why on earth would you not pay a measly 2.5mil to secure a theme song most people believe to be the second national anthem. Not only do you never have to pay the guy each time you play the song but you can now charge for other people to use it. No doubt people will be switching to TSN to hear the song. CBC is going to loose a lot of money because of this.

And good job CTV for picking up the ball. Now we'll all just have to watch TSN to hear the theme song that has been a part of hockey tradition since the 1968.

Sex in the City

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:40:00 +0000

So over the weekend Maranda, Vince, Lorna and I went to see Sex in the City.

Now I know guys aren't realy supposed to like this show but for about two months my satelite wasn't properly set up and we only received the preview channels... or I shoulds say channel, Cosmo TV. All it plays is Sex in the City, Charmed, and The Bachelor. Needless to say I know the story like Pretty well and so knew a lot of the background going into the movie.

And I loved it.

Rudolf

Cirque du Soleil - Saltimbanco

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:34:00 +0000

Cirque du Soleil EFFING ROCKS@!!
First time in Kelowna.. and it was Packed. Not only was the show absolutely amazing, but my girl got picked to participate. It was so funny. There is one skit where a guy makes noises with his mouth like opening a door, banging a wall. And he pretends to open up a closet door and stuff falls out..

Well one of the things he picks up is a tennis ball.. and he bounces the ball a few times, 'pop , pop', and then a light pics out a guy in the crowd and he throws the pretend ball, 'ugh.. thunk', guy catches it and throws it back. I turn to my GF and say ' good thing they didn't pick me'... and then all of a sudden the light blinds me and I see the light is actually on LORNA!!!

Of course Lorna is like "you fucking jingst me". So the guy throws the ball at Lorna and she catches it, then throws it back at the guy but he makes noises so it sounds like Lorna threw it short, 'like a girl'. Everyone laughed. After words leaving everyone was stopping her and commenting on how she did.. She was absolutely mortified, and she still blames me.

I blame the dress she wore.. A guy working there said she must have caught someone's eye because they pic the girl before the show starts. I would pick her too ;)

The Mist

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:54:00 +0000

So last night I watched The Mist. And I really loved it.. and so did everyone else.. Vince thought the ending was stupid, because of course he would have waited until his kid was ripped to shreds or used as a spider nest to do anything, but I don't see how it could have ended any other way.

British Comedy

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:33:00 +0000

I've recently been obsessed with British comedy.. I think it has to do with the fact that I come from South Africa. Our sense of humour is a lot alike, but I think ours is a bit more morbid.

Welcome

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:04:00 +0000

My name is Rudolf. I live in Kelowna, BC, Canada. This blog is mostly just about me, life here in Kelowna, and anything I find interesting. Another reason for this blog is to keep me motivated while I get back in shape. Last year on may 14th I cut my thumb and pinkie off with a table saw trying to cut some hardwood for the floors my dad and I were installing in the house. At that point I was in amazing shape. Unfortunately a year and a bit of doing absolutely nothing but play World of Warcraft pretty much put me in the worst shape I've ever been. I went from 175lbs to 210.

So I will be posting pics every month to see how I am progressing.