almost out of sweat...

...well the phuket life is just like before. sweat, sweat, sweat...eat, eat, eat. im trying to watch that a bit but the first week back they were having a festival in the tempel next door so that meant lots and lots of interesting snacks and food. of course it also meant lots of noise and traffic so after a few days it was kinda annoying trying to sleep with loud singing and fireworks and cars honking outside the door of the house. since my street is the closest one to the temple all the traffic was routed down it and they had cleared a bunch of land for parking so it was all stop and go traffic. on the last day of the festival it was really busy and it was stand still traffic for a couple hours. i had my mountain bike as normal and just happened to be on the wrong end of the street since i went to the internet cafe where i could upload some photos that evening. so for about 3 kms bikes with the random car were all stopped, not going anywhere. i couldn't even fit my bike through all the traffic so for about 5 minutes i just waited with everyone else...though like im going to let anyone get me down for long. i noticed some people were getting off the backs of bikes and out of cars and walking through the narrow opening, so...up goes the bike lifted high above my head and i started my own journey through the maze of traffic. so for about 3 kms (up and down since some parts i could ride) i was getting a round of applause and pats on the back from every thai that i past while doing so...i guess finally my brain started working again a bit. i wish i had a video camera or something to record it though cause im sure it would have been a funny sight to see this white guy holding a bike above his head weaving through a sea of thai people and there vehicles while everyone is cheering them on...it kinda felt like a movie where someone is racing and falls near the end but then gets up and is cheered on all the way to the finish. im sure if their wasn't the same reaction i would have never been able to hold the bike up for so long...my shoulders were quite soar for the rest of the evening.

nothing else really exciting has been happening though, same workout, same pains, same thousands of punches in the head...though ive learnt that a punch on the forhead and top of the head hurts much less than one on the jaw so i keep my chin tucked a lot more these days (which is what you are supposed to do anyways). there seems to be a lot of tall people here these days so most of the time for sparring im just trying desperately to reach my opponent while eating tons of punches...im not dead yet so i must be getting tougher (sink of swim right). i think ill take the rest of the weekend off though (its friday afternoon) since i over extended my arm a few times sparring on wednesday and it isn't getting better without rest. sounds like a good enough excuse to hit the beach to me...plus there is supposed to be a sweet movie in the theatres right now that is kinda like "ong bak" except with a female star instead of tony ja. im sure it will hit theatres in america by the time i get home but it will be sweet seeing the movie before everyone else again (maybe even sit in a lazyboy while doing so...and then going to the market and buying a copy to bring home). ive watched the first two seasons of lost over the last week and half of season 3 but now there arn't any more discs where i was getting them from so i might have to give in and buy the rest of it just so i know what happens. i heard they are in the fourth season right now so hopefully ill be able to buy that one too before i head home. well i need to shower so that is all for now, until next time...