Monday, February 28, 2011

HUH training or lack thereof

So yesterday morning I woke up somehow at 3:30 am (before my alarm to do Hustle Up the Hancock, as if I didn't remember how horrible it feels while doing it last year. Then again, I really didn't train. I did a few stair workouts here and there, but I hardly ever worked out and weigh about 10 lbs more. But I did PR by 50 sec!

Here's what it took.
2 months of working 40+ hour days (with less than 6 hours of sleep a night), 6 months of intense studying for certification exams. 2 weeks off of working out for vacation in Seattle. So I trained less than last year.

The night before-
I lazed around and watched episodes from season two of The Fringe. Had Dinner at the bar in my apt complex with beer That's the important part. I somehow got to bed at 9pm, but not without drinking tons of water.

What I'd do next time around-
If I'm still as masochistic as I am now (prob will be) than I'll do HUH again. So I'll do the same thing except do more core training. After I finished, my abs were killing me. It hurt to breathe. The dry stairways don't help. I think that'll cut another minute off my time, maybe more.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

CISA results

I took the CISA exam about a month and a half ago and I finally got my results...and I passed! It's not that I found the content challenging, but I found the questions themselves really confusingly written, so I wasn't sure of what the correct answer was. But now I don't have to worry about that. :) The difference between this exam and the CISSP exam is that the CISSP is far more technical and the CISA is more conceptual with an emphasis on general audit and governance topics. Lucky for me I took the CISSP recently so it was fresh in my head. Also CISA gives you a composite score along with scores for each of the domains. I found that I did on protection of information assets and worst on IT System and Service Delivery...I really don't even remember what was in that domain. Oh well....

Friday, February 4, 2011

I've done finally done it...

I've finally moved out of my folks place and getting settled in my own place. Granted living with my folks wasn't the worst thing in the world, I got along with my parents really well but it has its moments where it was....challenging. Yea that's the right word. Part of my challenge is that I work at the same company as my dad and when I'd do dinner with them (most nights) the topic would inevitably shift towards work. So it never felt like I left work. Neither of us had the discipline to make that topic off limits despite swearing to do so.

But now I'm on my own. The first week or so took some getting used to, especially making sure I got up and got out at a decent hour to make sure I didn't have to fight too much traffic. I find that I need a pretty rigid routine in the morning or I start getting distracted and getting late. Stupid ADD! 

I don't know the area super well, so I'm looking forward to when it warms up so I can take my longer runs to explore the neighborhood. two birds with one stone...