Nissan X-Trail - Bonavista

Funny Commercial.

Buying a Townhouse!

It looks like we may be buying a townhouse in Santa Clara, CA if all goes well. It all started when we took a course at De Anza College a couple of Saturday's ago titled "Buying your first home in the silicon valley market". It just so happens that the instructor is also a realtor and the other instructor a loan (mortgage) broker. We ended up meeting with Gene, the Realtor and he showed us an amazing townhouse. We looked at a few others in person and many online but the very first one we saw blew the others away. Today we took it a step further and went to see the loan broker Sam and it looks like we will be able to get the funding we need. I don't want to put up any pictures of the place in case the deal falls through and since we have not even made an offer yet. Will keep you posted.

Krav Maga

Krav Maga: "contact combat") is a self-defense and military hand to hand combat system developed in Israel. It came to prominence following its adoption by various Israeli Security Forces and is now used by military and law enforcement personnel, as well as civilians, around the world. The version of Krav Maga taught in civilian martial arts classes is more often a simplified version that emphasizes personal self-defense, and is likely to exclude the killing techniques taught to the military, or the holds and come-alongs taught to police forces; there are legal proscriptions in some countries which govern and constrain the teaching of hazardous or life-threatening techniques to civilians.

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I am attempting to take my orange belt on November 18th, it is 5 hours long approximately with the first 4 hours simply to exhaust you and the last hour or so for testing. I must be crazy!!!!

I am also picking up escrima now as well which takes a lot of concentration and hand eye coordination.

Eskrima or Escrima refers to a class of Filipino Martial Arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting. Other terms which have entered into common usage include Kali and Arnis de Mano (harness of the hand); occasionally the abbreviation FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) is used. Eskrima and Arnis are among the many names primarily used in the Philippines today to refer to these arts. The name Kali, although primarily used in the United States and Europe, is seldom used in the Philippines and in most cases is an unknown word. But due to the popularity of the term outside of the Philippines and the influence of foreign practitioners, the term Kali is increasingly being recognized and accepted in the Philippines. Kalis, as used in the Philippines, refers to a sword. It is commonly mistaken as synonymous to or a derivative form of kali (note: postfixing of "s" is not used in Filipino languages or dialects to indicate plurality). However, for all intents and purposes, Eskrima, Arnis, Arnis de Mano, Kali and FMA all refer to the same family of Filipino weapons-based martial arts.

Went to a wedding

Went to a wedding in Dublin (not Ireland, but CA) on Saturday here are some pics. Marsha's friend from work, Lisa got married to Ryan.

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Anderson resevoir

Went to Anderson Reservoir last week. It is just south of San Jose in Morgan Hill. Pretty big lake I did not know even existed. You can have your dog there with you, you can fish and boat and there is a fast moving stream nearby for your dog to swim in. Click here for more pics.

CDT

Finished CDT today, very painful course. To find out more about it click here