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The best coffee shop in London…..?
The best coffee shop in London? After many trips to America where I found amazing coffee shops, the atmosphere was relaxing, you could sit in them and chill or if you wish, study/work. I longed for this kind of coffee shop in London, as faith would have it, I first...
Nominated for the Liebster Award 2017
Nominated for the Liebster Award 2017, after a personal revamp and also a revamp of the blog I am delighted to announce that I have been nominated for The Liebster Award 2017 award. The Liebster Awards is a digital awarding ceremony given to a community of...
First post after some time!
Chance Encounter…..
Two years ago in Singapore, Sangeet and I were fortunate to meet Andrew and his wife. Fauja Singh had come to Singapore, we went to see him running at Mount Emily Park. I was approached by Andrew who asked if that was the oldest marathon runner in the world. I...
Thank You…..!!!!
I have done it!! Sparring and learning clinching from Master Pimu. I could spend a year here and still only have a fraction of what knowledge Master Pimu has. I have truly been blessed to have one to one training with him. He is a legend! Whilst thinking about the...
The Run…..
At the beginning of the training session, one does a run. The above map shows the run and the sprinting area. S1 - a lot of the locals dump their trash and boy does it get smelly. In the rainy season it is not as bad, but in hot weather...
Paying it forward…..
From hating Bangkok to actually loving it for what it has given me. It has made me open my eyes to what a rat race we live in, people are just so busy within themselves and not bothered about anybody else. People here are very quick to judge, I have been called Osama,...
Learn on the go…..!!!
It was 2005 when I first drove a car in America, I was a bit apprehensive, driving on the other side, I thought to myself "wow that will be difficult." In my mind I had built up what a difficult task it would be. Sangeet and I had hired the car in downtown Boston, at...
My last full week at WPT Gym…..
Is this life…..?
Starting weight: 88.8kgTarget weight: 63kgWeight recorded on November 22nd 2013: 77.3kg When I started training at the WPT gym in Bangkok, I was so wishing the three months would quickly pass.....now I have roughly ten days, I am thinking why did I wish the time...
Eat to live…..or live to eat…..?
Starting weight: 88.8kgTarget weight: 63kgWeight recorded on November 20th 2013: 80.8kg How much do we really need to eat.....? I never asked myself this question until I started training here in Bangkok. In the UK my philosophy was what the hell just eat away,...
Open note to myself…..
This is an open note to myself, when things are getting tough or I want to give up, I can look back and read this. Also it reminds me to carry on eating healthy! I have worked extremely hard over the last 2.5 months, the training has been very tough, extreme Muay Thai...
Loi Kartong…..
Today is the celebration Loi Kartong which is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand and certain parts of Laos and Burma (in Shan State). The name could be translated "Floating Crown" or "Floating Decoration", and comes from the tradition of making buoyant...
I am way ahead of all of you…..
According to the Buddhist Era I am in the year 2556..... Thailand mainly uses the Buddhist Era which is 543 years ahead of the Gregorian year. The year AD 2006 is indicated as 2549 BE in Thailand. Despite adopting ISO 8601 (see below,) Thai official date is still...
Changing bad habits…..
Starting weight: 88.8kg Target weight: 63kg Weight recorded on November 12th 2013: 82.2kg Over the last two months, I have proved to myself, that if I take one day off from training, I can put on 4 to 5 kg in weight, which takes a week of VERY hard training to take...
Apartment…..
Starting weight: 88.8kg Target weight: 63kg Weight recorded on November 2nd 2013: 82.8kg For the final month of training I have decided to rent an apartment. It is a 10 minute walk from the gym. At this point I attached some pictures of the apartment and realised my...
7 eleven…..
If you are ever shopping at the 7 eleven in Thailand and are given these keep a hold of them and use the stickers to get money off your next purchase at 7 eleven. 1 sticker equals 1 baht off the price. Does not sound like much but it all adds up!
Pad work & sweatsuit…..!!
For the running I am now wearing a sweat suit. This is basically wearing a rubber suit which helps you sweat more....actually the sweat pours out!! Running in temperatures of 34 degrees C and wearing the sweat suit is torture! Below is a video of round 3 on the pads....
Muay Thai…..
Starting weight: 88.8kgTarget weight: 63kgWeight recorded on October 17th 2013: 86.9kg I am very disappointed by the fact that my weight has not dropped. I have received many emails saying "don't let the weighing scales fool you, muscle weighs more then fat". I just...
Bangkapi Mall…..
About a fifteen minutes taxi ride from the Gym is The Mall Shopping Center, Bangkapi. Bangkok is full of great malls, if you love shopping this is your city! The Mall Shopping Center Bangkapi is a shopping center in the Bangkapi district of Bangkok, Thailand. It is...
Hi, thanks for visiting my blog, feel free and have a look around. Here is a bit about me, as you may or may not have guessed my name is Mandeep, I work to travel as opposed to work to pay bills and die! Every trip for me is an adventure, I have been very fortunate to stumble across amazing places and meet awesome people along the way.
Why gaygoat? When I first started this blog I was a vegetarian, so gaygoat – happy goat! Also you have to admit it is catchy and a URL you will not forget!
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