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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Mar 06 2009 22:14. Posts 15163

Another year came along and my Birthday was here once again. I am 22 now, and I am getting nearer the middle twenties.
And was I celebrating my birthday you may ask, what crazy party did I throw or wild things have done?
None. I am at home alone, sipping 4pack of lager and playing poker. How did this happen you may ask.

You should first be familliar with my situation. Two and a half years ago I went from Czech Republic to Scotland to study College (something between school and 'college/university' in non-uk terms), and this September I moved to the capital, Edinburgh to go straight to second year of a University.

I found a flat with 3 french students, and assumed I'd have a marvelous time with them. But although living is ok, we take care of the flat etc. but aside that I don't really get much conversation with them because they just became comfortable using french at all times and have only another french friends coming over. So no celebration is in order with my flatmates really.

Another massive hit in my confidence was the financial crisis. You can imagine my expenditure when I moved to a big city after two years from a small town college. Parties Parties and more Parties. Why not? I have been workign before and with 2 solid 30hrs per week baker experience and my HND Diploma in Administration and IT I knew I could get a job whenever I wanted. Wrong.

Since my finance started to dry up around mid-december, I sent about 40 jpba apllications and I had 1 (One) Interview. Apparently nobody likes part-time students anymore.
The only job I got two weeks ago is house to house distribution and collection of home improvement crap catalogues (which is actually quite useful for someone but I'd never buy anything). This job had about $16 return for around 9 hours of work. Not much really.
So I got hit hard by money shortgage. I have a fund in Czech currency that covers approximately my rent and bills, and then about $130 per month for everything else.

So I had to cut on socialising almost completely, was 120 days without contact lenses which I wore day by day for 5 years prior to that and even my food is the lowest value with some weeks consisting of chinese instant noodles and pasta with spice only. And I even couldn't afford to travel to my local sport, floorball which I used to play on Top level before coming to the UK.

Luckily enough, I still got my amazing Girlfriend which I got from my glorious first months, and who once saved my neck with borrowing me money for rent. But unluckily for today she found herself a simmilar job, just three times better paid and easier (she doesn't collect catalogues back and doesn't deliver crappy bathroom stuff back after the orders, if there are any)

So this is why I am alone on my birthday, sipping beer and posting a blog which would in previous years usually come with my massive headache, puke in the bed and some random junkie next to me the day after.

But don't get me wrong, I am not feeling down or anything. I got a lot of time for studying and reading (which makes me a star and by far the major contributor to all my classes), I am in a serious relationship for the first time in my life and I enjoy it, I got some moneyz sent over for my birthday which will help a lot now, and also I got poker, which somewhat replaced starcraft for now when I need to suckout all the theory before adding time for THE GAME again, and of course two bestest sites in the world and the great people in them, TL and LP.

Thanks for reading.

P.S. This is a chart that accounts for my entire cash game poker carreer up until age 22. (I don't count the 4 days of useless nitting on iPoker)

I am satisfied with 8BB/100, learning how to use tracker from the very beginning and massive amount of information I gathered thanks to LP, Pokerstrategy, Pokeroom school, High Stakes Poker, and others.
I think I got decent base for my future poker progress and hopefully I will feel confident to move up pretty soon.

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dogmeat Czech Republic. Mar 06 2009 22:18. Posts 6374

nice, but i had 10ptbb/100 back then ^_________^

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Sanai United States. Mar 06 2009 22:39. Posts 643

I know how much it sucks to be strapped for cash when you want to party, I've been there in the past. Keep your head up and keep grindin!

Cheers bro and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

k2o4 United States. Mar 06 2009 22:45. Posts 4803

only 25k hands? how long did it take you to play them?

sounds like a tough time. I hope things get better for ya!

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dogmeat Czech Republic. Mar 06 2009 23:31. Posts 6374

i've just read it happy birthday

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d.Apollo United Kingdom. Mar 07 2009 01:59. Posts 741

Happy birthday bro

lazymej Canada. Mar 07 2009 03:34. Posts 2897

Happy birthday man!

Aphelion United States. Mar 08 2009 20:57. Posts 267

On March 06 2009 21:18 dogmeat wrote:
nice, but i had 10ptbb/100 back then ^_________^

I had 87ptbb/100 yo.

Aphelion United States. Mar 08 2009 20:59. Posts 267

Also Lemon how come your not moving up yet?