Matisyahu's Blog

"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

Month: July 2026

  • Two good days in the office.

    I woke up today at 9:30 am, went for a walk, had a shower then I started getting ready for work. I jumped o the train into town and worked until 10:00 pm then caught the train home – during that time in the office it had started raining but it really picked up on…

  • First day back in the office.

    first day back in the office after not going in for quite some time and waking up at 9:30 am I really wanted to have another hour of sleep but I know if I force my body into routine then eventually I’ll be able to get to sleep at a good time and wake up…

  • Back to work on Wednesday.

    I caught up with mum for dinner and we popped into a local restaurant to grab something to eat and then popped over to Pak ‘n Save to do some shopping. I normally go to Woolworths but given that we we had already parked at the Pak ‘n Save carpark we may as well do…

  • Right on schedule.

    Well, I turned off my alarm on my phone because I decided to have a sleep in but I ended up waking up at around 9:45 am which kind of made the whole ‘turning off the alarm’ a bit pointless – oh well. I checked the time on my phone then opened up my laptop…

  • Well, that was a big walk.

    I woke up this morning at 9:30 am and headed out for the walk from my place all the way down to Petone then from Petone to Ngauranga and then once I got there I walked back to Pak ‘n Save, grabbed a drink then jumped on the bus home. The total distance of that…

  • Day off from work sick

    I had today (Sunday) off from work sick but I’m now feeling a lot better – I had a sore stomach with cramps and unsure as to the reason why, maybe shifting to a higher fibre diet has give my body the shock of its life? Oh well, I made sure I rested up, drank…

  • The importance of being self reliant.

    Watching the following video regarding the declining technology literacy and why it is concerning for reasons outside of just simply getting and retaining a job: The importance of being of being self reliant when it comes to technology isn’t just a matter of being able to use technology to improve your life but understanding technology…

  • Day off from work today.

    I woke up on Saturday feeling under the weather with a sore stomach and although I am still feeling a bit under the weather I’m going to get some sleep and see how I feel in the morning. When I got up it was raining crazy outside however it appears that it’ll be fine from…

  • A couple of days to go.

    I went for another walk today – three days in a row and the weather was a big miserable with plenty of drizzle but I didn’t get too damp. I set my alarm to 10:00 am which is a reduction from 10:30 am but eventually next week I want to get it down to 9:30…

  • Back from dinner.

    So, I finished work at 10pm tonight and one of the things I”m working on is making sure I have food in my freezer and I avoid buying any take aways because I want to get better discipline with my budgeting. On Monday this week I went shopping at Woolworths and picked up a good…