The typhoon was so terrible that I slept right through it this morning. When I woke up after noon, it was one of the nicest days that we have seen around here.
Now for the real terrible. Yesterday, my karate teacher decided to flip me onto the ground a few times for good measure. Good thing I brought my wrist brace, bad thing is that it's for the wrong wrist! No major injury, but when you have your wrist twisted back at an extreme angle that forces you to flip onto the ground...it tends to hurt for a bit, along with your pride. At least I was able to learn how to do the same thing to other people.
After class my sensei came over and personally introduced himself and asked for my name (it's not like we do self introductions, mostly we are just nameless students). He said I was doing very well, so I guess I got some pride back. But it looks like my Thursdays are going to be filled with sore muscles for the rest of the semester. It feels good to be back into some kind of sport.
Classes are going fine. I have my first major test on Tuesday, so a lot of this weekend will be spent studying. Oh boy!
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Wondering: Did you even think about Typhoons when you decided to go to Japan? How about the potential of earthquakes in the area?
ReplyDeleteI had checked out the earthquake patterns before heading over, since there had been quite a few this summer, but typhoons hadn't even registered. Last time I was in Japan was during monsoon season, so I knew I didn't have to worry about that. I guess I simply forgot about Japan's tendency to get quite a few typhoons during the fall months.
ReplyDeleteThe only good thing you can say about the Japanese and typhoons is they know more about them than most others. They build their skyscrapers to withstand earthquakes, no reason to not think they build knowing how to fend off typhoons. Just stay indoors and keep your umbrella folded up, it'll turn you into Mary Poppins in no time. ;-)
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