Went to the gym today for the first time in ages and my back is now very sore. Plus I also can't remember any of these goddamn kanji. I hate them so much. >o<;

Also my Japanese friend asked me what 'rueful lament' is in Japanese. I can't even find 'rueful' or 'lament' in my jisho, so his guess is as good as mine. Just shout what you think it is really loud and most English people will get the gist I reckon. Hell, who needs English teachers when you have the power of shouting at will, the most arbitrary and inane things in your language?

SSSSTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOMMMMMMMPPPPP - STOMP!

PS: I've reached 4 days so far. Things are looking good.

Funny things always seem to happen to me on the way to the gym. First I saw Tony Chang smoking outside of Tesco. The Chinese legend who runs my local Chinese restaurant and whose daughter I fancied at one point. Secondly I saw two dogs having sex. Erm, yeah. But its not like I see this very often. It was just very random. Thirdly. Its sunny! OMG! What is wrong with the UK right now?

I spoke to my friend Aya recently. She is off to Birmingham, the same time I am off to Japan. Lol. Just my luck eh? She is also seriously doubting her confidence to get the grades required to study abroad in the UK, depite the fact her English is fantastic. I honestly think some Japanese lack confidence sometimes and its often the people who are most ashamed or embarrassed about their English who are the best speakers of it. The people who randomnly approach gaijin for free 英会話 are usually awful English speakers and they struggle to understand you, even if you omit all known words and just grunt. Perhaps its just a case of classic Japanese humility.

I suppose for her, she is in a catch 22 of sorts. Because living in England for a year would no doubt increase her confidence and level of English to an extremely high standard. However she needs the high grades in English in order to do that.

Meanwhile at El Tropico del Middlesbrough, yours truly is donning his Rafa Nadal pirate pants and sunglasses and enjoying the weather whilst it lasts.

じゃね☆

I haven't taken many pictures recently so here's one of my giant belly;



キモイ！However after going on the scales, it seems I've lost a kilo in a week!

This is quite a feat considering I've done nothing but arse about all week. Although my diet has changed considerably and I'm definitely not eating as much as I used, maybe thanks in part to sitting on my arse all day. I still need to lose a hell of a lot more weight however. Maybe another 15 kilos. Its very possible and an obtainable target before Christmas at the very least.

In other news, I have to learn 850 verbs before the start of term and make sure I clean my room because everything is not where it is supposed to be and it looks a mess. To prove how hard we work at Sheffield here are the first year kanji. Sadly, my brain can't remember any of them now - so its off the gym and library on Monday and I don't care if I don't feel up to it.



I don't know what's worse. A picture of those kanji or my hairy beer belly (or should that be whiskey belly?) This blog should carry a governmental health warning. Well to ligthen the mood here are some photos that I found of the first night I met Tomo and we went back to my Chinese friend's flat. In the end we left at 4am after rice and green-tea. It was taken in January iirc...