Hello everyone and welcome to the weekend! 馃榿
Following a couple of grueling weeks of training I can finally relax. There is a final exam to take but it is open book, multiple choice, and progress can be saved so I'm hopeful that with this help I can pass and possible add this application to my CV. I'll not bore you with Veeva Vault but I do think it is one of the best cloud based document management systems around - it's just a bit tricky to get your head around. Mine anyway.
Anyway, enough of that for now and time to introduce my newish staff which has been sent from Home of Poi in New Zealand. or a distribution center in Hong Kong. The Staff actually arrived before Christmas but one of the LEDs packs was faulty. Having emailed Home of Poi regarding the issue, the light then started to work (so I emailed them again) and then didn't switch on the following day. I emailed Home of Poi for a third time and attached videos of the faulty LED pack, and they agreed to ship a new item free of charge.
It may be different elsewhere, but custom charges here in Spain for items posted outside the EU are pretty hefty. Having paid around 30 euros to ship Staff in the original order I had to pay another 20 euros to Spanish customs. The LED pack replacement must weigh 300 grams tops and was another 5 euros 18 cents in charges. I'd had a good look for Staffs shipping from the EU but couldn't find a supplier - the UK and USA seems to be the best place to purchase flashy spinny gear!
The video, which is very rough and ready because I'm half asleep, have cold feet, am not so hot, and many other excuses, was shot at around 7:30 am this morning. I didn't notice until I'd made my way to the sand that it was beach raking day and that there was a tractor travelling up and down the beach 'ploughing' the sand. I should use the tractor as an excuse too - it's a bit noisy as you may find out.
As far as Staff practice and progression I feel that I've plateaued a little. For the first month or so I could feel and see improvement every day and this was hugely encouraging, but the last week or two I'm noticing that my basic (and really quite key) hand rolls and switches between hands are not very smooth. The switch between hands needs to be much more fluent to keep the flow/speed/movement of the Staff controlled, and I think I need to go back to the basics again to really tighten passing the Staff between hands.
My guru though, who should be arriving on Hive soon, does keep reminding me that I've only been handling the Staff for 3 months, and that the fluency will come in time and with practice. Well, I (now) have the time, and a really awesome location in which to play.
Have a good weekend all, I hope you can find the time to relax and enjoy your time.
Cheers
Ash
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