kickboxing, today, miscellania

Kickboxing appears to have killed me tonight. I'm not tired mentally, but I don't seem to have the energy to hold my head up. Also got my first real bruise from kickboxing tonight, though it was more from the wrestling since it agravated a slight injury on my knee into a full on bruise. It's fucking freezing in the gym we practice in and we train with bare feet so even when your body gets warm from training your feet are still freezing. I actually have a blister on the top of my foot from the pads we wear to kick with. Never had that happen before. Oh, and I've lost yet another layer of skin from my left big toe. Obviously not training for a week has had it's consequences. I actually trained with one of the younger kids and he said my punches were scary, my kicks hurt and I was very fast. I tried to go easy on him, but I'm not really good enough to control my power that way in this situation (also, I tend not to go easy on people because I'd rather they didn't go easy on me).

There's this really friendly, enthusiastic guy training there atm and he always makes an effort to have a conversation with me when he sees me, not that he knows any English, but he's figured out I understand enough Japanese to get the gist of what he's saying. He thinks my Japanese is "daijoubu" (okay) but I'm not sure if I believe him. Also, I've always been told "osashiburi" means "long time no see", but his definition of it (he actually explained it quite well... I'm not used to people taking the time to explain phrases to me in different ways in Japanese *L*) was "nice to see you". I guess it's a combination of both, or maybe just in that situation, that's the way he meant it.

Singing lady brought me a surprisingly delicious Italian burrito today *L* It was ham and cheese which is, I suppose, why it was Italian... She gave me her pizza one for dinner. That, on top of the ice cream the professor at the university has taken to feeding me means I'm always well fed on Wendsdays. (Yes, trying to lose weight in Japan is a losing battle.) Singing lady went to Hokkaido recently and brought me back cheese and smoked scallops. I was interested in asking about the Ainu since I've been fascinated by them since I met a few in Edinburgh in my first year. Some of the other teachers are contemplating a road trip to Hokkaido and I'm seriously considering it, despite the cost and logistics if only to see the Ainu.

Oh, the typo in the email about my Japanese Studies degree has been confirmed, so I have the offer of place so long as I can get my official transcripts to them...

I'm really behind on my tv show watching and comics reading, but I want to get my personal statement and the christmas presents that are piling up dealt with before I reward myself with media. Was also lent some very old Dr. Who tapes by the professor which is cool. Must make a point to watch those first. My week's pretty busy work wise though since I work in the mornings, have a break in the afternoon then work in the evening. When a week ends up solid like this, I tend to spend my breaks vegging out instead of doing actual important things. I get a lot more done when I have a morning free and don't start teaching until 5pm.

kickboxing, today, miscellania

Kickboxing appears to have killed me tonight. I'm not tired mentally, but I don't seem to have the energy to hold my head up. Also got my first real bruise from kickboxing tonight, though it was more from the wrestling since it agravated a slight injury on my knee into a full on bruise. It's fucking freezing in the gym we practice in and we train with bare feet so even when your body gets warm from training your feet are still freezing. I actually have a blister on the top of my foot from the pads we wear to kick with. Never had that happen before. Oh, and I've lost yet another layer of skin from my left big toe. Obviously not training for a week has had it's consequences. I actually trained with one of the younger kids and he said my punches were scary, my kicks hurt and I was very fast. I tried to go easy on him, but I'm not really good enough to control my power that way in this situation (also, I tend not to go easy on people because I'd rather they didn't go easy on me).

There's this really friendly, enthusiastic guy training there atm and he always makes an effort to have a conversation with me when he sees me, not that he knows any English, but he's figured out I understand enough Japanese to get the gist of what he's saying. He thinks my Japanese is "daijoubu" (okay) but I'm not sure if I believe him. Also, I've always been told "osashiburi" means "long time no see", but his definition of it (he actually explained it quite well... I'm not used to people taking the time to explain phrases to me in different ways in Japanese *L*) was "nice to see you". I guess it's a combination of both, or maybe just in that situation, that's the way he meant it.

Singing lady brought me a surprisingly delicious Italian burrito today *L* It was ham and cheese which is, I suppose, why it was Italian... She gave me her pizza one for dinner. That, on top of the ice cream the professor at the university has taken to feeding me means I'm always well fed on Wendsdays. (Yes, trying to lose weight in Japan is a losing battle.) Singing lady went to Hokkaido recently and brought me back cheese and smoked scallops. I was interested in asking about the Ainu since I've been fascinated by them since I met a few in Edinburgh in my first year. Some of the other teachers are contemplating a road trip to Hokkaido and I'm seriously considering it, despite the cost and logistics if only to see the Ainu.

Oh, the typo in the email about my Japanese Studies degree has been confirmed, so I have the offer of place so long as I can get my official transcripts to them...

I'm really behind on my tv show watching and comics reading, but I want to get my personal statement and the christmas presents that are piling up dealt with before I reward myself with media. Was also lent some very old Dr. Who tapes by the professor which is cool. Must make a point to watch those first. My week's pretty busy work wise though since I work in the mornings, have a break in the afternoon then work in the evening. When a week ends up solid like this, I tend to spend my breaks vegging out instead of doing actual important things. I get a lot more done when I have a morning free and don't start teaching until 5pm.