Leona Lewis!

Yes, I know it, the album has been out for ages already. But I just bought it yesterday, and the whole family loves it. When we were in Hawaii, they were playing the Leona Lewis song "Bleeding Love". And we all fell in love with her voice, now every time I hear that song it brings me back to Hawaii. It was not all bad memories of injuries and lost dreams, there was a lot of positive energy over there too. I would like to go there and live for some time, everything just seems to be moving along at a different pace than here. Have you heard the lyric on this song? My heart is crippled by the vein I keep closing, you cut me open and I keep bleeding love...unreal, I wish I could write like that...


このアーチスト分かりますか？Leona Lewisっていう今年で大ブレイクした新人です。イギリスのX-Factorで優勝をしてから１ｓｔ。アルバムは世界に大きいな波を起こしました。僕はハワイに行ったときにラジオで毎日聞きました、そこでこの曲とこのアーチストを好きになりました。そして、この曲がながれるとハワイにいる自分に戻ります、夕方の気持ちい風がプールから上がった自分の体をかわかしてくれる。海に日が沈むと星が一個一個出てきます、冷えたビールや白ワインはおいしい。いや、夢をくれる曲です。

Japanese Pasta !

There is a chain of restaurants in Japan called Goemon, and they specialize in Eastern style Pasta's. I have been going there for years, and there was actually a time when after training on Saturdays we would all go. It was just like part of the schedule, finish training on Saturday afternoon and then over to the Goemon. My favorite two dishes are these two you can see here on the picture. I can never make up my mind of which one to get, so I often end up ordering them both! Like yesterday when I had lunch with my friend Issa, I was really hungry because we had been working out hard in the gym. And then again couldn't make up which one to get, so I just went on ahead and got the both. The one the left is a chili tomato carbonara...Uhmm Yummy! And the right one is a cod egg cream sauce one. Oh, Man I am getting hungry just looking and talking about the dishes!

さー昨日の昼はイッサ君と練習をした後に五右衛門に行きました。僕は昔から大好きです、和風のチリトマトクリームカルボナーナラとタラコクリームベースは本当に最高です！７～８年前は毎週土曜日の練習が終わったときにチームと皆で食べに行きました。でも行くたびにどっちを頼めばいいのか分からないから、お腹すいてれば二つ食べます！昨日もそんな感じでした、練習はかなり熱かったです、体は本当に疲れていたので二つにしました。こうやってかいているだけでまた食べたくなるんです。。。あのちょっとしたピリ辛チリトマトクリームソースは大好きです、それにタラコのクリームソースもめちゃくちゃ合います。駄目です、今日も食べに行こうかな～

Mountain Fuji to be World Heritage!

There is a fund in Japan which is trying to get the Mount Fuji recognized as a National Treasure, and there by getting world recognition as a monument. But it is a long and very bumpy road to get there. I was introduced to the people working on the project yesterday, and as a token of my support I gave them a specially made card board with my message both written and collage version. I am going to give them my full support and help out at some events coming in the future, both because I love Mt. Fuji and also because it should be recognized as a World Heritage.

昨日は初めて”富士山を世界遺産に”って言うNPOの人たちに紹介されましたが、日本にこんなかいがあるのは素晴らしいと思いました。全面的に協力したいです、その一歩として僕がコラージにした色紙をプレゼントしました。これからはCharityイベントに参加したり、何か皆さんの力を合わせれるように日本の財産、は世界の遺産へ。。。www.mtfuji.or.jp

Oh My God

Have you seen this ??? Unreal, look at how small those other sky scrapers look! 688meters, I would love to see the view from that building.

すげー！何ですかこのビル？？？本当に大きいです、世界一番高いビルです、ドバイにある６８８メートルです。そこの最上階かｒた何が見えるんだろう？

Is this who some of you might think it is?

Recently in Japan there is a guy that looks almost exactly like my friend here on the picture, who has become really famous for singing traditional Japanese enka songs. It is the old style of singing and normally only grown ups would sing these kind of songs, but he has them seriously down. Cool kid, just like my friend here. Issa can't hear it enough, when he walks down the street in Shibuya girls come up to him and ask to take his picture. And no matter how much he tells them no it is not the guy the think it is, they still line up and take a couple of shots. So of course I keep teasing him about that! He has been coming in to the gym for some experience of real fighting and to learn how it is we all train for the fights. When I fight he always comes and cheers me on. Issa has been going to school in England for the past year, and now that the summer vacation is over he is going back. But before he does I thought I would help toughen him up a bit, because you never know what can happen out there in the big world when you are all alone.

僕の友達イッサです、そう！分かりますけど、あの変わっている演歌歌手にすごい似ている。でも、それを言うと本人は怒ります。何と渋谷で散歩をしていると若い子達は一緒に写真とってください！って来るんですけど、違う違うといっても信じてくれないらしい。この話は面白くって、いつもいじめるんです。そして、この一年前からイギリスに留学に行っています。そこの学校でニコラスの友達ですといったら誰も信じてくれなかったらしくって、今回僕はBLOGで紹介すれば信じてもらえるかな～？と思って僕とのツーショットはいかがですか?もう少しで夏休みは終わりですのでイギリスに戻るみたいです、ちゃんと英語をマスターして帰ってくる約束してもらいましたので、クリスマスあたりで僕と英語で話すのは楽しみです。頑張ってね！

鰒 I wanna be

SUWA is the name of the guy in this picture. He used to be a professional wrestler in Japan, until he retired a few years back. He has recently opened up this bar in Ginza, a small place with streaming video's of wrestling where men come to have a quiet drink. I had a great time with the other guys and we all talked about Wrestling and fighting. If you find yourself in Ginsa and want to check it out then give them a cal at 03-3572-0029, I don't think they speak English but they are nice guys. By the way, when he was wrestling he used to have a shaved head!

昨日は友人にこの人の最近Openしたお店に連れってもらいました。SUWAさんはもとプロレスラーです！お店は銀座にあるんですが、男同士で飲みたいときはおすすめの店です！僕らも格闘技の話でだいぶ盛り上がりました。お店は大きくないですがテレビ二台もありまして、そこで昔の試合の映像が流れますので話はすぐ熱くなります。ホームページは今作っている最中ですのでもし行きたくなったら、お店に直接電話すればつながると思います。０３－３５７２－００２９番でぺタスの紹介ですと言えばひょうっとしたら最初にいっぱいはサービスになるかも？？？

I kind of miss Hawaii

Now that I am back here in Tokyo in the daily grinder I am thinking that I miss Hawaii a lot. We were so lucky to stay in the coolest place with a pol and everything. The kids loved it and I could both train and relax at the same place. It gets nice and cool in the evening, and the pace of the Island is a lot more slowed down that Tokyo. It might have been nice because I was just there for one purpose, but it definitely gave me something to think about. I started back in training today, taking it slow. But I feel a big improvement on my leg, look forward to when it gets real good so I can start kicking again. I think that wont be for another month or so...最近天気のことばかり書いて、なんかハワイは恋しくなりました。本当に最高のところに泊まりましたし、夕方になると涼しいし。いや～東京はやっぱり忙しいです。昨日は昼から友達とお互いの子供をDisneylandに行こうかという話をしていましたけど、天気予報では雨！そしたら、子供は走り回っても良いようなレストーランに行ってゆっくり食事をしてから。TokyuHandsのメッセに行って選らないものを買うか？っていうことになった、しかし全然天気は悪くならなかった。むしろ最高によかったです！Handsの買い物が終わって外に行ってまだ雨が降らない。。。そこで友達の子供に”ニコラス！雨降ってないよ！”を言われた直後大雨でした！私たちは皆タクシーに乗ったすぐ後だったので分かれるタイミングはばっちりでした。