December ! １２月 ！

December is always the hectic month of the year, I find myself feeling in a funny mood. There are birthday's and end of the year party's to attend, people tend to get in that X-mas mood. Everybody loves the light decorations that are all over the city, and then there are the presents that you have to get for your family and friends. It is the time of the year where you get to think a bit more about the people that are close to you. In Japan everybody sends presents to each other in good faith that next year might be as this one. If you have a lot of business friends then that is a lot of money, I prefer to go out and actually meet the people that are most important to me and then hand them a small gift. This year I happened to find some Danish cookies, so I plan to get around and hand them out. But more than all this empty talk, I have been busy training! Two of my fighters Ryo Pettas and Koichi Pettas are fighting next week, so we have been training hard for that. It is after all the last fight of the year and we would like to win, so we can proudly say that we did what we planned to. I myself have getting into the shape of my life, I look great and feel great. I have been eating really good this last couple of months, and I am actually amazed at how it feels and effects your body, by just adjusting the things you eat! Of course there is something that I have been getting ready to do myself, so I have been taking my training pretty serious as well. I hope that soon I will be able to actually tell you about my plans, but let's hang on to that thought a little longer. Last week we had the end of the year party for my team and some of the loyal students that have followed me for the last 5 years, it was really good to see that at times like this we can all still get together and have a good time. We went to a Yakinikku ( Korean BBQ) and everybody pigged out, I had a sore stomach from eating too much, but it was all worth it! Good times with great friends nothing is better than that.

Nicholas

１２月になりました、もう今年は後わずかって言うところまで来ています。今年は良かったか悪かったかは何よりもやっぱり１２月には入ってから考えるようになる時期です。個人的に今年は良かったと思います、いろんな活動をして家族とたっぷり遊べる時間があったのでいい一年間でした。今年でお世話になった人たくさんいますし、何とみんなに来年もよろしくお願いしますを伝えたいです。最近BBSで”おお～ィニコラス！最近何しているの？”っていう質問がありまして、そうだあの秋田の話から日記をアップしていなかったです。自分はただひたずら練習をしていた、来週Ryo とKoichi　Pettasの試合があるんでスパーリングを毎日やっていた。体は毎日動かしていた理由はもう一つあるんですがいまはまでその話は出来ないです、ま！来週にもしかして？それよりも、この前チームと昔からの生徒さんたちと忘年会をやりました。これはまた気持ちよかったです、うまい肉を食べながらすばらしい友人たちと時間をすごすのは最高でした。来年もよろしくね！昨日は天気すごい良かったからHarley を出してジムに行ったね、これはまた良かったです。X-masの時期になると町のライトアップはやはり素敵です、家族でこれからイルミネーションめぐりに行こうと思うけど。昨年までやっていた原宿のライトアップは見れないとはいえ、かなりX-mas モードになっていますのできれいです。クレープを食べながら原宿で買い物は楽しいです、そこでまた選らないものを買ってしまう自分は何だか分からない けどたのしい。

ニコラス