Training Camp Korea Pt.2

So I was in Korea on a 18 day training camp.
１８日間の遠征のため韓国に来た。

It was the longest training camp I've ever been on and probably the hardest. During the 18 days we had many games and double trainings almost everyday. Plus not to mention in the heat and humidity like an asian summer.
今までの中一番長くハードな遠征。多くの試合とダブルトレーニングの毎日。しかも猛暑と湿度が高いきびしいアジアの夏の中。

1 of the best things about the camp was the fact that I was with my new teammates everyday, 3 meals a day etc etc... It let me get to know them faster than everyone having their own lives in Hong Kong it was a lot easier to talk and socialize.
毎日チームメートと過ごすのは大切なこと。香港に戻ればそれぞれの生活があるので今仲間として知り合いになる絶好の機会。

But technically 1 of the best things about the camp was the number of times we had Korean BBQ. Its super awesome!! I dont quite know how to explain it to those who have never tried it but i guess its something like cooking thin strips of meat on a burner, in the middle of your table with 3 other people or so...? And then you dip the meat into sauce and eat with rice or lettuce or kimchi (spiiicy). Kinda hard to explain but it is very good and I usuggest it to any true meat lover.
それと次に遠征で楽しかったのは、コリアンバーベキュウ。何度も食べれた。薄い肉を焼いてソースにつけご飯、レタスまたはキムチと一緒に口に運ぶ。肉好きにはたまらない。

Maybe the photo helps?
写真をみたらもっとわかりやすいかも。

Here are a few pictures from games and training.
試合と練習の写真。

run forest run....マジ走りヤバイ

trick contest??　トリックコンテスト。

different boots for each foot...　片足づつ別のシューズはいてみた。

always wanted to be a figure skater... i found my partner??
フィゲアスケートのパートナーがみつかったかも

more run forest run...　走り続ける。

reminds me of my rugby days....　ラクビーやってた懐かしい思い出がもどった。

One of the most important factors of a training camp is to push your body as hard as possible without getting injured. Thats where physios, ice baths, tape, all become big players in holding me in 1 piece. Somehow I survived and now feel in better shape then I have in a long time and looking forward to the season ahead.
怪我しないようにハードな練習をこなすのが大切な遠征の要素。自分をバラバラにしないように医者、アイス風呂、テーピング等が重要な役割を果たす。なんとか生き残り、お陰でフィットネスもとりもどし、気分もいい。これから始まるシーズンが楽しみだ。

me ruining a photo of ben... but much thanks to him i survived!
せっかくのベンの写真。悪いことしたけど、彼のお陰で僕は助かった。 

Also it was my birthday in Korea, although many people joke I'm around 25 I actually turned 22... So some of the guys on the team were awsome and got me cake... but most of the cake met my face.. not my mouth... but a good laugh and touching as i knew them less then 2 weeks.

韓国にいる間に誕生日もむかえた。みんな２５ぐらいにみえるっていうけどやっと２２。チームメートがくれたケーキ。ほとんどが僕の顔についた。２週間前までは他人だったのに。感動した。

cake faced... 4 times... 1 person each... i guess they found it funny...??
４人に4回ケーキ顔につけられた。あいつらの方が絶対楽しんでた。

I think I will stop there.
今日はここまで。

Paris. 

First Day off in HK

So after 18 days in South Korea I'm back in Hong Kong. I will blog about the Korea Experience soon but for now I just got back after 18 days without a single full day of rest.
１８日間韓国で過ごした後、香港にもどった。韓国での経験は後で話すことにする。やっと一日のお休み。

So what to do once getting a little bit of freedom? Decided to find a book store... Which in the 21st century is much harder than you would expect. With most people buying books online or downloading them to their ipads or kindle's it took a while to find one.
自由時間はどう過ごす？まず書店をさがす。結構今の時代には難しいこと。

Now there were many "Learn Cantonese" books so it was hard choosing which one would be best. So even though society tells us not to "Judge a book by its cover". Which is funny because book stores seal there books so you can only judge a book by the cover... mixed messages...!! Who knew book stores are so judgemental....
広東語の本。たくさんあって選ぶのに困った。カバーで選ぶなって良く言うよね。でもシールがかかってて中は見えない。

With judging by the covers this book stood out as it had,
"Will you marry me?"
"Join the queue!"
"I love you"
All listed above, "My name is..." Which embarrassing enough almost made me LOL in a almost silent book store.
この本は目立った理由。
結婚してください。
ここに並んでください。
愛しています。
僕の名前は。。。とはずかしくなる言葉ばかり。大きな声で笑いたくなった。

So far my favorite part of the book is the section, "Local sayings"... Now i don't know if they are true as books lie...
本当かどうかわからないけど現地の人が言う言葉っていうセクションがおもしろい。
It's a piece of cake.  Yart bowl, dung teen. Literally means: One step to heaven.
Killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Yart zeen,serng dee-oo. Literally means: 1 arrow, 2 birds.
Win, Win situation. Choy sick, geem sow. Literally means: You have money and sex.

I think I will stop there.
今日はここまで。

So the learning a 4th language continues..... Wish me luck.
広東語を話せるようになれば英語、日本語、デンマーク語に続いて４つめの挑戦。


Paris

Training Camp in Korea

Currently I'm in Busan Korea on training camp. So i wont be able to blogging much for the next 2 weeks. The connection out here isn't ideal but o well. Not much can be done about that. So thats why i haven't blogged for the last week.
今遠征で韓国にいる。だから最近ぜんぜんブログ書きなかった！ついまてん。１８日間で９試合があるのでめちゃーハードだよ！！！
Here are some pics from training camp so far.

Airport....空港

Dj..?

had to sit next to these clowns for hours...

training camp near the mountains...山の中

afternoon off after 6 days of doubles

family picture??

Korean BBQ in Korea

The team are great, a lot of fun. Its very helpful that most of the players speak english and Im learning their names. My cantonese is improving considering i was starting at level 0... but now I know how to say some rude words so I'm on the right track. Naturally they told me that the F word ment good morning and thought I was that stoopid but can't say thats the first time thats happened.

新しいチームメートはかなり面白いやつ。ほとんど英語話せるからマジ助かる。今中国語で悪い事言葉しか知らないけどこれから勉強です。おはいよは『くそ』って言われったけど日本でデンマークも同じ 冗談されったからわかってた！！！

Also apparently my name, Nakajima, in chinese reading is Chang dou... means the same thing just said differently. So everyone has a chinese name. Bit of a identity crisis but interesting none the less.

後もなかじま、中島はここで　『チャング　ドウ』って読むらしー！だからここで新しい名前があるみたいです。
Quick thanks to all 4000 viewers in my first month. I will try and keep it interesting. No promise's though, it might get boring.

最後は初めの一ヶ月で四千人が俺のブログを見て暮れってありがとうございます。面白い事もと書きます。つまんなくなたら教えてねー

Thats all for now,
今日はここまで。
Paris
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South China Athletic Association

South China Athleic Association is the name of my new club. SCAA as they say. SCAA have the most honors out of the Hong Kong teams so are one of the most well known teams in the area. They finished second in the league last year after winning it for the past 4 years.
僕が所属したクラブはサウス　チャイナ　アスレティック　アソシエーション　SCAAといいます。香港のなかでも一番有名なチームです。

Very different to any other club I have ever played or visited SCAA have a giant 13 floor sports complex, and a smaller 6 floor building next to it. Has everything from badminton, basketball, fencing, indoor shooting range, billiards. Its pretty cool having all of this in 1 building and the teams changing rooms are on the 13th floor / roof of this building.
今まで所属したクラブとはだいぶ違います。13階建ての大きなビルと６階建てのビルが並び中には全てのスポーツができるようになっている。僕たちの更衣室は13階にある。

Once arriving at the club I received my new training gear and found out I'm No.3 this season. This is my locker after day 1... Still have to decorate it with pictures of family and friends and get some coat hangers etc etc but this is it so far.
一日めの僕のロッカーのなかです。トレーニング用に一式用意されていた。今シーズンの僕の背番号は３。これから家族や友達の写真でかざるつもりだ。

Also was my first run out in Hong Kong, was a little jetlagged and had to adjust to the humidity but sounds like a fun challenge to get used to. They told me yesterday was a cool day at 33degrees.... I thought it was a Hong Kong style joke but apparently it was a cool day... haha!!
早速の練習試合。時差ぼけだったのと湿度が高く慣れるのは新しいチャレンジだ。昨日は
33℃で涼しい一日だったそうだ。

Give me a football and i can entertain myself. Thanks to the photos from Ip SoSo.
サッカーボールさえあれば一人で遊べる。ソウソウ イップの写真のおかげです。

Thats all for now,
今日はこの辺で。

Paris

Hong Kong 香港

Well people I just arrived in Hong Kong today so from now on I will be blogging from Hong Kong. I don't know why but saying Hong Kong has a nice sound to it so I keep repeating Hong Kong. Anyway. Will have more updates soon...from Hong Kong.

久しぶり、ちょっと香港にいどうしたから今日は初香港からのブログです。今はそれだけだけど近いうちにまた教えるよー！

1年間の荷物

 到着ですー

いいな香港

It was raining and a little cloudy when i arrived but it was still humid and hot, very dangerous for sweat. Lucky i wore brown!

雨降てたけどまだかなり暑いよー！ちょっとあせかきったけど多分セーフだと思う。

thats all for today... 

今日はこれだけ。。。

Paris

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Cheek kissin' チュー？？

A little off topic but just a warning for those traveling, I've been to many different places and currently I'm in Spain. One of the first things that shocked me was the simple act of saying "Hi","Hello", "ola"...

今スペインにいるけど、ここにきて最初にショックを受けたのは挨拶の仕方。

In Spain you kiss each other twice on the cheek even if its the first time to meet someone aka a stranger. Male and female it is customary and between males it is acceptable as well. Normal or weird...?? Not saying its good or bad I mean you could get lucky or very unlucky depending on the stranger, when they last showered... etc etc... Another thing is that in Spain its unspoken fact that u always go for the right cheek, so your left. Again, no idea why.
スペインでは男女を問わず２回キスする。初対面でもだ。ふつう？変？いいともわるいともいわないけどラッキーと思ったりヤダーと思ったり。だって、いつシャワー入ったかもわからないし。そして、いつも相手の右サイドからキスするんだ。もちろん頬だけだよ。

For Japanese I think this is very different. In Japan even a handshake between men is rare. Its more of a greeting from a distance. Almost no contact and at most an awkward hug/ shoulder tap.

日本人にとっては不思議だよね。握手だってあまりしない。あまり触らない人種だよね。

In most of Europe it is a hand shake between men and a hand shake between strangers. In my experience. 

ヨーロッパ人も男同士または初対面の時は握手するだけ。僕の経験だけど。

South America many countries do a cheek kiss going from 1 -3... I'm not sure what it depends on. Probably when that person last showered or how hairy the man's cheeks are. 

南米の国では、チークキスを１回から３回する。きまりがあるのかわからない。シャワーしてるかヒゲもじゃかでキスの回数がかわるのかな。

So as a travel tip not to get caught out, look into greetings as no one likes a awkward hello or goodbye. 

だから旅行する時、挨拶の仕方もある程度分かっている方が良いかも。

My awkward story is I knew this family was a kiss-greeting family so i was ready for 1 and 2... but then the third one came ... me and the mother where kinda eye to eye in way to close range for my comfort ... it was very very awkward. 

And someone once lied to Issey saying that in Hawaii they do 5 kisses and he didn't know so i think he went around the island 5 kissing everyone.... No comment on his IQ.

僕が知っているある家族はキスする家族だから１回から２回のキスのつもりでいたけど３回目！お母さんの顔が目の前にまだあってびっくり。

Well thats all for now.
今日はこの辺で。

Crazy work out めちゃーキツイ

Went today on a 96km ride with my dad and Manuel at Tactic bikes and worked up a sweat in the Spanish Summer. After almost 4 hours of riding, burning 2600kcal and lost 2.7kgs it was the end of a epic work out.

今日また父とアドベンチャー行った。今日は９６kmで途中８km登る道あったけど８km上がり＝８km下がり。。。メチャー楽し！！４時間ぐらいで２．７キロ痩せた。マジ疲れた！！

The view... マジbeautiful...

Man made this for his Girlfriend and she died as he completed it.
ある男がガールフレンドのために建てた家。。でも完成した時には女性は亡くなってしまった！

96km 96キロ
Top Speed was 63 km/hr ... That was not on 8 km up hill grind.
トップスピードは時速６３km。８キロのクライムの時ではないけどね。

2644kcal

3’55”mins. ３時間５５分

Not much else to say apart from cycling in the heart of Spanish Cava districts is awesome and gorgeous. Want to learn more about wine and its different grapes and how its made etc etc... So many different variations gotta explore more wine in the future. 

スペインのワイン産地エリアはマジキレイ。。。サイクリングしていても景色がきれいだしワインのことももっと学びたい。もしスペインくる時ワインの事調べてねー！

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