scientific blah - has to be fake

It turns out the muay thai place in Saitama I was training at was the best in Tokyo. We found one about 20mins from here which is a little smaller and the technique looks dodgy but we're going to have to settle for it. We thought we found an awesome place just over the road but closer inspection proved otherwise. Everything here costs about $150 to join and then $100 per month so I was stoked when I found a gym, kickboxing and groundfighting all under the same roof. We almost joined this gym ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVNvxh0WXVs
I started questioning it as soon as I saw scientific infront of wrestling. Anything that explicitly states science is involved loses credibility from the get go; scientology, scientific creationism, scientific wrestling. Then I found videos of the guy Bill Robinson fighting abdullah the butcher in prehistoric professional wrestling matches in Japan. The catch-wrestlingfood pro fighters they mentioned included Josh Barnett and Sakuraba of PrideFC fame. They had some notable wins but I always remember these 2 guys as taking a lot more punishment than giving.

The last straw was watching the kickboxing class that they have just 4 times a week. It was way too structured for my liking, akin to what I use to do at Taekwon-do. Everyone was counting out loud when doing 10 punches and 10 kicks etc and they'd have drink breaks literally every 5 minutes. It's been so long my pecks are getting smaller  ... :(

Still getting my tooth fixed at the dentist. It's been about 4 weeks now and I swear they're trying to drag it out as long as they can. They got an impression of my teeth for a crown today so next better be the last one.

Just finished 2 weeks of morning shifts starting at 7am and I'm glad it's over. They're working me like a Salary Man. Though I don't think I'll be able to live up to the feats of some of the heroic Salary Men that the Newspapers have paid tribute to recently. Nature was calling for one train driver but he didn't want to delay the train so he made doodies(of the hangover variety) in the drivers room. It managed to work it's way through 2 or 3 carriages and had to be taken out of service anyway but I'd give him a high five for effort. That man deserves a bonus for duty above and beyond.

TV over here is pretty average. The news is always dominated by politicians and companies cheating and lying from tax evasion to reprocessing expired bean paste and passing it off as fresh. All the game shows are hosted by 'comedians' and more often than not they involve food. ie. Guess how much she can eat, guess how much this food costs, who is the best cook.

I promise some visuals next update. I'll take my camera to Roppongi next time I go drinking with Kouji. Some guy at work has an awesome remote controlled tank setup which I'm going to go play with in a couple of weeks. http://www.geocities.jp/panzer_warriors/