Artem's Blog

It’s been two weeks since we arrived to Odessa. And I still don’t feel like I got used to the time difference. Weird, because I didn’t experience this problem on my previous trip to Odessa. I go to bed late and wake up late. Finally, days are messed up and it makes me feel bad. I decided to break this situation…

It’s time to start working on my goals:

Sport

For a long time now I wanted to hire a personal thai-boxing coach. Said is done. I have already arranged about the first training with Max Neledva (IFMA World Championship Finalist, IFMA European Champion, IFMA World Champion,
K-1 Fighting Network 2007 Champion). I think that it’s a huge luck that Max agreed to coach me and I’m extremely excited about that!
I already have all the required equipment and I already prepared for the first training tomorrow.

Also I need to fix my bike and prepare it for at least weekly 60 mi trips. This is a great way to spend time with friends, travel and improve the stamina.

Music

I need to gather a band and start playing concerts in local clubs at least 2 times a month. I already have preliminary arrangements with my buddies who I used to play with before. So, we need to get together and decide about rehearsal schedule, track list. We’re going to play covers:
Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Nazareth, Rainbow, Dio, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Queen… and something from modern rock like: Muse, Fixer (my personal favorites from New York City), etc.

Travel, places to see:

• Kiev
• Kharkov
• Lviv
• Donetsk
• Crimea
• Dnepropetrovsk
• Ivano-Frankovsk

We’ll probably go to Kiev soon…