Me whining, but you can scroll down
I am so disappointed with myself right now. I know there are many things that I can't do, and I'm not upset when I don't manage them, but when it comes to things I know I can do and then failing... Urgh.
I'm talking about my annual sports badge for which you have to get certain marks in different disciplines. I wasn't as good as in previous years this year because I hadn't done any training in China for a whole year, so I could accept that. I got all the necessary points needed except for sprinting and shotput.
I started to panic, because my arms just wouldn't get the damn shot over 6,50m, and after almost pulling a muscle in training once after I had come back, I was afraid to run fast.
Sometimes you can do other things instead, so I thought instead of shot put I could do gymnastics, where all I had to was do a handstand and an upstart on the horizontal bar. I felt so sure I could make it after last Saturday, where I met with my trainer, I ran like a bat out of Hell just and ran over the finish line one half a second under the required time.
But today it turns out I might have to swim for my life badge, because I was a failure at the bar. My arms just wouldn't listen and I now feel stupid for bursting into tears in front of the children I was supposed to be supervising. They tried to cheer me up, but the fact that they got up there without any problems at all didn't exactly make me feel better.
Oh, complaining about it here doesn't make things better either, but I don't have many people to talk to who understand~ when I'm not happy with my sports results. I know I'm not the best and it's not the most important thing in the world, but it's important to me that I get that badge. Hmpf.
OK, happy things start here
I really enjoyed the Abingdon Boys School concert in Bochum last Tuesday, and "Taka" he's so small! seemed genuinely delighted to be there, too. It was so nice, because everybody had room to move and dance and jump. Even me, in the third row!! 8D
I met some nice people and I gave away some of my earplugs, as I had six pairs with me. Two girls (or young ladies) told me about the signing A.B.S. had earlier I didn't know about and they were so happy Takanori had come to Bochum. They even got to talk to him and showed me some pictures. They managed to make me rather jealous! XD I also met a girl in my university course while waiting in line, Valentina.
I bought a T-shirt, clever as I am, after I had put my bag in the storage room, but it luckily fit into my trouser pocket and nobody paid attention to the awkard bulge while Taka was on stage anyway. Though I have to admit... I was paying more attention to Sunao, who I think is rather handsome in person. *cough* XD~
Making up for his size Taka has a huge voice! And he spoke some German for us, too! I had to laugh when all of the band members listed up some things they associated with Germany. Sauerkraut, Steffi Graf, Beethoven, ... and of course,
ソーセージ!
They also congratulated us for the fall of the Berlin Wall (in German) and they had been in Berlin on the day before. I loved it when Taka was introducing his band members, pointed at Sunao and said: "this is my horse", and then they struck a pose like one of the statues on the Brandenburg Gate.
Other things we got to hear were:
"Ihr seid so geil!" You guys are so awesome!
"Wir lieben euch!" We love you!
"Dass ihr gekommen seid!" That you came! (There was a "Thank you" missing at the beginning of the sentence, but he had said that in Japanese already, so we knew what he meant)
"Ich war in Köln und habe Kölsch getrunken!" I was in Cologne and drank some Kölsch! A beer speciality brewed in Cologne. LOL.
I didn't manage to shake hands at the end, but apart from the wild pogo mob bumping into us occasionally, I had a wonderful time! I was so happy to make them feel happy~ Oh, and they had a new song for us, too~.
Later I caught the bus with Valentina. I had the feeling they would come out again after the lights had gone out (which they did I later found out), but I had a train to catch.
V: "I thought you didn't know a lot of songs by them, yet you sang along to every one."
Colle: "Well, sometimes I can guess the next word in Japanese songs, and it's easy to just sing along with the last vowel sung..."
V: "...I did the exact same thing, I was just moving my mouth."
LOL. The things you do to be part of the crowd. But I really had a great time. =3
Oh yasu, come to Germany, but bring a silencer (e.g. sock) for my mouth, because I'll be howling along liek woah
I have a few other things to get off my chest, but this will do for now. I shall now download my homework and enjoy the peace a quiet of an empty house, with no children.
콜레
EDIT: Mince Pie does wonders for my soul.
I'm talking about my annual sports badge for which you have to get certain marks in different disciplines. I wasn't as good as in previous years this year because I hadn't done any training in China for a whole year, so I could accept that. I got all the necessary points needed except for sprinting and shotput.
I started to panic, because my arms just wouldn't get the damn shot over 6,50m, and after almost pulling a muscle in training once after I had come back, I was afraid to run fast.
Sometimes you can do other things instead, so I thought instead of shot put I could do gymnastics, where all I had to was do a handstand and an upstart on the horizontal bar. I felt so sure I could make it after last Saturday, where I met with my trainer, I ran like a bat out of Hell just and ran over the finish line one half a second under the required time.
But today it turns out I might have to swim for my life badge, because I was a failure at the bar. My arms just wouldn't listen and I now feel stupid for bursting into tears in front of the children I was supposed to be supervising. They tried to cheer me up, but the fact that they got up there without any problems at all didn't exactly make me feel better.
Oh, complaining about it here doesn't make things better either, but I don't have many people to talk to who understand~ when I'm not happy with my sports results. I know I'm not the best and it's not the most important thing in the world, but it's important to me that I get that badge. Hmpf.
OK, happy things start here
I really enjoyed the Abingdon Boys School concert in Bochum last Tuesday, and "Taka" he's so small! seemed genuinely delighted to be there, too. It was so nice, because everybody had room to move and dance and jump. Even me, in the third row!! 8D
I met some nice people and I gave away some of my earplugs, as I had six pairs with me. Two girls (or young ladies) told me about the signing A.B.S. had earlier I didn't know about and they were so happy Takanori had come to Bochum. They even got to talk to him and showed me some pictures. They managed to make me rather jealous! XD I also met a girl in my university course while waiting in line, Valentina.
I bought a T-shirt, clever as I am, after I had put my bag in the storage room, but it luckily fit into my trouser pocket and nobody paid attention to the awkard bulge while Taka was on stage anyway. Though I have to admit... I was paying more attention to Sunao, who I think is rather handsome in person. *cough* XD~
Making up for his size Taka has a huge voice! And he spoke some German for us, too! I had to laugh when all of the band members listed up some things they associated with Germany. Sauerkraut, Steffi Graf, Beethoven, ... and of course,
ソーセージ!
They also congratulated us for the fall of the Berlin Wall (in German) and they had been in Berlin on the day before. I loved it when Taka was introducing his band members, pointed at Sunao and said: "this is my horse", and then they struck a pose like one of the statues on the Brandenburg Gate.
Other things we got to hear were:
"Ihr seid so geil!" You guys are so awesome!
"Wir lieben euch!" We love you!
"Dass ihr gekommen seid!" That you came! (There was a "Thank you" missing at the beginning of the sentence, but he had said that in Japanese already, so we knew what he meant)
"Ich war in Köln und habe Kölsch getrunken!" I was in Cologne and drank some Kölsch! A beer speciality brewed in Cologne. LOL.
I didn't manage to shake hands at the end, but apart from the wild pogo mob bumping into us occasionally, I had a wonderful time! I was so happy to make them feel happy~ Oh, and they had a new song for us, too~.
Later I caught the bus with Valentina. I had the feeling they would come out again after the lights had gone out (which they did I later found out), but I had a train to catch.
V: "I thought you didn't know a lot of songs by them, yet you sang along to every one."
Colle: "Well, sometimes I can guess the next word in Japanese songs, and it's easy to just sing along with the last vowel sung..."
V: "...I did the exact same thing, I was just moving my mouth."
LOL. The things you do to be part of the crowd. But I really had a great time. =3
Oh yasu, come to Germany, but bring a silencer (e.g. sock) for my mouth, because I'll be howling along liek woah
I have a few other things to get off my chest, but this will do for now. I shall now download my homework and enjoy the peace a quiet of an empty house, with no children.
콜레
EDIT: Mince Pie does wonders for my soul.