My Tall Ships Festival Experience

I went to the Tall Ships Festival at the National Maritime Museum on Monday which was part of the International Fleet Review. It was a new experience for me as I can't remember the last time I've been on a ship. I really enjoyed it as I learnt a fair bit about ships ranging from the layout, purpose of different ships and some history.

The James Craig took over 20 years to restore and the ship was worth around $20 million which was nice to note. The HMAS Vampire was also good as it reminded me of the submarine in the tv series Lost with its layout especially the bunk beds, the dim lighting, narrow halls and the green med kits.The Vikings replica ship was also cool as it had the attachable horns and even a shield inside the ship. I didn't realise that Vikings travelled really far on their boats just to trade. It also made me want to play Age of Empires again :D.

Overall, it was a good day and it would have been even better if I got onto the Endeavour and had more than 6 hours sleep!

Pics from left to right then bottom (Endeavour, HMAS Vampire Turrets, James Craig)

 

Review: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Hey, I decided to write my first ever book review so bear with me lol.

I bought this book over a year ago but I never bothered to read it until a few months ago since I finally became aware of that fact that I needed to continually learn and better myself socially.

What I really liked about the book was that the principles it teaches are covered chapter by chapter as well as multiple hypothetical situations where these principles can be applied such as saying their name, never criticising and paying attention to what they have to say to name a few. I've learnt so many important principles which I can see myself applying for the rest of my life. The examples in this book are also highly applicable to real life and the author highlights how simply applying a simple principle can completely turn a situation around. One of my favourite examples is the principle of praising sincerely because it shows that you pay close attention to the person leading to them valuing more.

I've certainly learnt a lot from this book and I have been able to improve myself socially as well as grow as a person. Definitely recommend this book to almost anyone especially someone who isn't interested in reading because this book got me into reading. This book has impacted to the point where I pay close attention in daily life to whether people apply these principles and how they are valued as a result of their actions.

10/10

First post :3

Welcome to my personal blog ;) that I said I was going to create a few months earlier to some people haha. Anyway happy new year and this is my 2013 news years resolution from the top of my head. What are yours?

1. Get a full time job in my field

2. Run a half marathon and run at an average pace of 5:00 minutes per kilometre for any runs

3. Become a better dancer and be able to choreograph pieces easily

4. Start saving instead of spending all my money <_<

5. Keep up to date with whatever is happening in the world since I'm so out of touch (Read the newspaper every week?)

6. Become fitter/toned in general (dropped 5 kg in 2012 and lost a lot of fat around the stomach but need to work to get them abs showing)(doesn't have to be as ripped as Ryan LOL!)

7. Start reading more books (I only read one book last year)(Topics should be business/economics, personal growth, inspirational)

8. Give more to the community and do more stuff that I usually don't do (volunteer more I guess? lol)

9. Learn how to cook and learn a language

10. Travel outside of NSW