Despite having two nights of all-you-can drink parties with co-workers and university friends over the weekend. I can proudly say I had a very productive weekend. Did I study Japanese? No. Did I find my vision for my future career? No. Did I go to the gym before-hand each day and also after church on Sunday? YES.
I have been down that road before. During my internship in Fukuoka I went to a nomikai every week, maybe twice a week. I was also not working out or running. As a result I got big… not the good beach body big, but the "you look fat around the face" big. Thats what my aunt told me, so I promised to never let myself go like that again. Its not very uplifting when you see someone you haven't seen in a while and they say "太っているね” which literally means, "you got fat."
Long story short, that was my motivation to go to the gym and put in the extra effort. I don't drink much, but when I do….. I go to the gym. (before or after(not at the same time))
That being said, I had a great time at my university reunion on Saturday. I went to Oita University for a year in 2009-2010. I didn't know there were so many people I had met now living out here on the east side. It was good seeing old friends again. And making new ones. Some of the people I knew from before I never could really talk to because my Japanese was almost non existent back then. Now that I could speak, it was like meeting a different person. I love that experience! I need to get back into intense language study… not just Japanese, but all the other languages I just forgot about halfway through learning them.
Life is good. With some of those new people i met living in Yokohama, I have one goal in mind. Turn some of them into gym buddies, or Catan players. Yeah.. Catan ministry. Its coming soon.
I haven't seen some of these guys in years! Its good to meet again.
