kickboxing, today, miscellania

[deralte]

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.

Comments

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

It's 'o-hisashiburi', or just 'hisashiburi', but very likely 'cos he's a dude he's slurring all the syllables together so it comes out ''shashiburi'. Ah, Japanese dude-speak, incomprehensible as always. Ojisans are way worse though. They think being old gives them license to make up their own words.

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and as to losing weight: if you spend all your money on brand clothes from Marui and second-hand awesomeness from Harajuku instead of buying food, THEN you lose weight! -__-

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

LJ just ate my comment, but basically I just went to your icon page on a whim (lots of pretties, took some FMA ones, credited!) but it looks like this Greed one is one of yours that's been edited... I have no idea where I got it from, though. I liked this one, too! ICON THEFT = THE LOSE. >:(

[deralte.livejournal.com]

*peers at the icon* Why so it is. I think I vaguely identified it as mine but didn't notice it was missing the text. That is rather rude of whoever did it. Feel free to keep using it and just credit it to me or something. It wasn't that hard to make (unlike some of my icons) so I'm not particularly bothered.

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Heh. You should hear them at the end of class. Technically speaking, you say "osukare-sama deshita" (not sure of the actual spelling...), only they say it as fast as humanly possible so it comes out as "suures-ta". I had to have them explain that to me three times before I figured out what we were actually supposed to be saying *L*

And yeah, dude-speak. I seriously have no idea what some of the guys are saying and then they get frustrated when I don't understand where I would if I heard a woman saying the exact same thing. And then on top of that they want me to speak plain form which I find more difficult than masu since I was taught it much later. *sigh*

[uiggu.livejournal.com]

O-tskaresama deeeeesu! It's an idiom that means something like 'Thanks for tiring yourselves out on my behalf', or 'Good job, guys!' (because as you probably know 'tsukareru' is to be tired). Yeah, it's really funny when people say it when they obviously don't mean it and just want to get the hell home. Monotone ' 'skare' is about it. XD

Tell me about it. Translating is a bitch when you have a guy character who talks a)dialect b)slang c)roughly d)all of the above. GIVE ME MASU AND DESU!

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Er, you don't have to translate for me. I know what it means (considering people say it a lot to me these days).

I'd settle just for being able to chat with the guys at kickboxing. They've got great senses of humour. Oh well.

And it amuses me to know that since you're in the same time zone as me, you're up awful late *grin* And I should probably get to sleep since I have a Kindergarten to teach in the morning. Nite!

[sylk.livejournal.com]

Yay for offers of a place! In the correct field!

I wish my applications were done, dammit...

[deralte.livejournal.com]

It's a big weight off my mind, even if I still have to continue worrying about it to a certain extent. Good luck with your applications:)