Welcome to 2013. I trust 2012 was a magical time for you. I also trust, that you found love, money, happiness, a six-pack, contentment and a new lease for life. If, however, you did not find these things, how about we make 2013 the year that you do? Just ask me to help, I am amazing at giving away money, so I am sure I could probably help you with at least one of these things.
I have plenty of footage from my trip to South Africa, and I will tell you all about it in a little while. For now, the first you will see of South Africa is inside a gym. It’s to help with your motivation in case you haven’t found your six-pack yet.
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Fill me in, Joe.
Well, first off, my name is Kris. It’s literally IN the url of the website you are on.
Okay, there is no better time than the present, so lets get through the overview of my trip. I will elaborate more on small parts when those videos come out.
The flight to South Africa
The first part of the journey went off without a hitch, taking the train from my home in Wimbledon to London City Airport (To The East!). This is where it all started to fall apart.
“I am sorry sir, but your flight from Paris to Johannesburg has been cancelled. You have two options. Go home and we’ll contact you when something changes OR fly to Paris and have a look around for an alternative option in Paris“. My French is, lets say, limited, but that didn’t stop me. I figured, I will go to Paris, put on my sexy-man smile and charm my way into a new flight. Long story short, I charmed my way into a hotel and a flight for the next day. At least, I can only assume it was my charm, I didn’t understand a word of what they were saying. I doubt it was their efficiency that got me sorted. I mean, their initial plane had had “engine trouble” and never even turned up to Charles De Gaulle in the first place.
Compounded effects meant I missed my flight out of Johannesburg, and had to stay over there too.
The Flight Back Home
If you know me, you know I have trouble with catching flights. I have a healthy ratio of flights that I have missed to flights that I have caught.
However, I took things to a new level this time. (I am impressive, you’ll see).
Accidentally, I managed to book my return flight for the 30th January 2013, instead of the 30th December 2012. And, of course, I didn’t notice this until my Mom pointed it out to me the day before my flight. She accidentally found my itinerary. This, then meant I needed to try and mad-scramble a flight back to London the day before I needed to leave. This obviously cost me a small fortune, but I managed to get one. Along with a few hours delay added on top of my few hours layover in Joburg and again in Dubai, I made it back in time after a marathon, cramped 24hours of travel. New Years Eve; but more on that later.
Now, the video.
Okay, lets get down to business. I agreed to make a video from my brother’s MMA class at BODYRITE gym. He is a Mixed Martial Artist. I even made sure to put effort into this video and choose music wisely, sync audio and video and create a subtle sense of story. All things you will most certainly not see in my next video ;)
Have a look, let me know what you think and share it if you feel so inclined.
Where to from here?
Next stop, Improvementland. Yes, I know I am not the hard-working type by nature, but you are going to see improvements each time I release a new video. I am continually going to strive to get better. Stick around and enjoy the ride, also, feel free to drop me a message if you like what you see or just have an idea of something that might work for me.