Friday, January 30, 2009
They have waterless urinals in europe to safe the environment...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Japan Diary, the end
As some of you may noted, I'm back in the US.
The last couple of days were kind of hectic. Well not really hectic but I didn't really had time to write another blog. And since I woke up so early today I figured I'd just do that now.
After a good nights of sleep (Thursday night for those who care) we boarded the bus early for a 10.45 departure. The drive was roughly 3 and a half hours. I took some pictures and enjoyed some rast plaza rice! I also watched my favorite TV show on my Zune! And yes the Zune rocks!
The show itself was in a big gym with a big indoor soccer field and some table tennis facilities. It was awesome watch some of the players play, because table tennis on a high level is awesome to watch!
That night the Kings of Wrestling teamed with Ricky Marvin again against Sano, Sugiura and Inoue. The first time I've been in the ring with Inoue and let me tell you he has a mean eye rake!
Driving back was only about 2 hours, which can tell you a little bit about our driver! The great Jamazaki spaghetti carbonara was perfect for dinner again paired with some chicken nuggets!
Saturday was the last day off. After a good gym session we had Saizeriya (routine) with my usual hamburger steak, rice and salad combo! I also enjoyed the drink bar with two cappuchinos. Those seemed to have an extra ammount of fiber in them that day.
I spent the rest of the day packing my bag and enjoying this website www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com so go and check it out. Actually that's not true because we all decided to have Saizerya one more time that night. I took the adventurous course and had pizza and spaghetti carbonara! Mr. Fish buckled and had the same old hamburger steak again.
Afterward I decided to walk to the mall and the arcade. There's also a gigantic ferry's wheel by it, but I never went on it. Unfortunately the mall closed right as I got there but I still walked around in it. It's an awesome mall and I'll have pictures up soon!
Sunday came soon and we had to leave at 9.30 because the show started at 12 already. Good thing I packed the night before.
This was my second time wrestling at Korakuen Hall and it was great! Unfortunately Morishima sat on me. But oh well... That match can be found on youtube by the way!
Then off to the Narita Resthouse we went. All of us, except Hero because he's staying in Japan a little longer.
We ended up watching the last day of the Sumo tournament which was awesome because the two main Sumos went into sudden death, or the rubber match if you will after they were both 14-1! It was great!
We also watched some great clash of the champions before we decided to call it a night.
I finished up with some LOST. What a great start into the season! I can't wait for tonight!
The flight home was long... and since they had the same bad movie selection like on the flight there I didn't watch any of the in flight entertainment. But luckily I anticipated that and had lot's of entertainment on my Zune! Yes, lot's of Zune plugs here!
This weekend it's ROH in Detroit and Chicago. Detroit had to be the ugliest City along with parts of Cleveland and Chicago... well let's just say that after sitting 4 hours on the runway there Chicago kinda fell in rankings.
The last couple of days were kind of hectic. Well not really hectic but I didn't really had time to write another blog. And since I woke up so early today I figured I'd just do that now.
After a good nights of sleep (Thursday night for those who care) we boarded the bus early for a 10.45 departure. The drive was roughly 3 and a half hours. I took some pictures and enjoyed some rast plaza rice! I also watched my favorite TV show on my Zune! And yes the Zune rocks!
The show itself was in a big gym with a big indoor soccer field and some table tennis facilities. It was awesome watch some of the players play, because table tennis on a high level is awesome to watch!
That night the Kings of Wrestling teamed with Ricky Marvin again against Sano, Sugiura and Inoue. The first time I've been in the ring with Inoue and let me tell you he has a mean eye rake!
Driving back was only about 2 hours, which can tell you a little bit about our driver! The great Jamazaki spaghetti carbonara was perfect for dinner again paired with some chicken nuggets!
Saturday was the last day off. After a good gym session we had Saizeriya (routine) with my usual hamburger steak, rice and salad combo! I also enjoyed the drink bar with two cappuchinos. Those seemed to have an extra ammount of fiber in them that day.
I spent the rest of the day packing my bag and enjoying this website www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com so go and check it out. Actually that's not true because we all decided to have Saizerya one more time that night. I took the adventurous course and had pizza and spaghetti carbonara! Mr. Fish buckled and had the same old hamburger steak again.
Afterward I decided to walk to the mall and the arcade. There's also a gigantic ferry's wheel by it, but I never went on it. Unfortunately the mall closed right as I got there but I still walked around in it. It's an awesome mall and I'll have pictures up soon!
Sunday came soon and we had to leave at 9.30 because the show started at 12 already. Good thing I packed the night before.
This was my second time wrestling at Korakuen Hall and it was great! Unfortunately Morishima sat on me. But oh well... That match can be found on youtube by the way!
Then off to the Narita Resthouse we went. All of us, except Hero because he's staying in Japan a little longer.
We ended up watching the last day of the Sumo tournament which was awesome because the two main Sumos went into sudden death, or the rubber match if you will after they were both 14-1! It was great!
We also watched some great clash of the champions before we decided to call it a night.
I finished up with some LOST. What a great start into the season! I can't wait for tonight!
The flight home was long... and since they had the same bad movie selection like on the flight there I didn't watch any of the in flight entertainment. But luckily I anticipated that and had lot's of entertainment on my Zune! Yes, lot's of Zune plugs here!
This weekend it's ROH in Detroit and Chicago. Detroit had to be the ugliest City along with parts of Cleveland and Chicago... well let's just say that after sitting 4 hours on the runway there Chicago kinda fell in rankings.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Japan Diary Days 9, 10 and 11
Riiiicoooola! No it's not just the name of my move, the best cough drop out there, it's also what I'm eating right now! Well not really eating, but you know what I mean. Also my great tag team partner Mr. Hero bought me a jar of Ricola (with awesome Japanese packaging of course) because he broke my jump rope (which wasn't his fault but he felt bad anyway). Big ups to him from here!
Did you notice that the Myspace traffic has become less? Well I did and I think it has to do with the economy. People are just not spending as much time online as they used to.
Now, back to Japan where I'm currently am. As some of you might have noticed this post will be about 3 days, instead of the usual two. And as complicated as this may sound it's actually quite easy to follow. We had two days of shows!
So I spend Tuesday morning going to the dojo and working out, nothing new here. I know some people post their workout but I don't. Well I was actually contemplating about doing it because I have the occasional one or two people who ask me what I do at the gym. But then i saw how a certain guy I'm in Japan with works out and mine just pales in comparison. So this will remain a mystery!
Lunch was had at Saizeriya (it's spelled correctly this time) and I enjoyed my usual hamburger steak with rice and a salad. The good thing about lunch there is that the lunch special is only 20 cents more expensive and it includes the drink bar. Which for me is lots of coffee! Hot black coffee!
Then I spend some time in my hotel room trying to come up with cool ways to kill time like watching a certain TV series that I already plug enough. I also enjoy crackers with tuna! Original Crackers it says on the box and there's a wheat on it, so it has to be healthy!
Bobby Fish argued the point that a banana split is OK to eat because it has banana in it so it has to be healthy.He's right.
The show was only half an hour away and I can't wait to upload the pictures I took. I should have brought the plug to connect my phone to my laptop but I didn't. The city we were at, Yokohoma has the cooles building ever! It looks like the tower from Isengard! You know from Lord of the Rings! It was sooo awesome. Unfortunately Hero has not seen Lord of the Rings and the others didn't share my enthusiasm. The story of my life...
Anywho I enjoyed myself trying to speak like Saruman when he's standing on top of it spelling curses.
What's a witch's favorite subject at school by the way? You're right, it's spelling.
That night myself and Chris Hero took on Jun Akiyama and Takeshi Rikioh. As a former world class Sumo Rikioh packs one hell of a slap, let me tell you. Even when he's dizzy from a Giand Swing! Thanks to the Muso I lost the match.
Even though the show was close we missed last call at all the restaurants in our Hotel's vicinity and we all agree that the McDonalds would make a killing if it would be open a little bit later than 9 pm!
So spaghetti carbonara and chicken it was.
The next day started the same as usual with a work out at the dojo. Pull ups are great by the way. Lunch was again at Saizeriya.
Actually, would you be so kind and just re-read the paragraphs above? Because those two days were basically identical!
Except the wrestling of course!
That night we wrestled Akira Taue and Shuhei Taniguchi! After I spun Taniguchi for about a minute Hero was able to pin him! Actually the win didn't have anything to do with the swing (unfortunately) but I just wanted to plug it. Also never try to tackle Taue.
Now if you would read the after show part from above again that would be appreciated.
Now today, today was completly different! Ha! I got you! Guess what? Yes, I woke up, went to the dojo, worked out, but then.... I had all you can eat lunch buffet again!
And again we sat there till they kicked us out! I also had 5 cups of coffee, and lots of roast beef. Well maybe not as much as the other day but still a respectable ammount.
Then I had to do some laundry. I lost a dollar, but ended up finding two! Woohoo, I'm up one dollar! The stupid washing machine destroyed one of me knee pads! It had a cut from the top to the bottom like somebody took a knife to it! What th hell! And it's one of my good kneepads too! I was pissed! I still am thinking about it!
For dinner we got taken out again. Another plug for Americans to pick up the whole "Sponsor" thing! And if you take us out for food we will also be nicer to you! Well that depends but just think of it as even having a chance.
I had great dumplings, when sweet and sour pork and noodle soup topped off with some rice! Amazing!
Now I'm back here trying to watch LOST! Yes it started yesterday in the US and I wanna see it!
Not much else comes to mind, except 2009 should be good! I have some cool plans!
Also if you know anybody who would want to sponsor me, let me know! Yes I wrestle all over the world and on PPV and I could have your product on my tights!
That's it for now, I'll see you again in two days! (or earlier, who knows!)
Did you notice that the Myspace traffic has become less? Well I did and I think it has to do with the economy. People are just not spending as much time online as they used to.
Now, back to Japan where I'm currently am. As some of you might have noticed this post will be about 3 days, instead of the usual two. And as complicated as this may sound it's actually quite easy to follow. We had two days of shows!
So I spend Tuesday morning going to the dojo and working out, nothing new here. I know some people post their workout but I don't. Well I was actually contemplating about doing it because I have the occasional one or two people who ask me what I do at the gym. But then i saw how a certain guy I'm in Japan with works out and mine just pales in comparison. So this will remain a mystery!
Lunch was had at Saizeriya (it's spelled correctly this time) and I enjoyed my usual hamburger steak with rice and a salad. The good thing about lunch there is that the lunch special is only 20 cents more expensive and it includes the drink bar. Which for me is lots of coffee! Hot black coffee!
Then I spend some time in my hotel room trying to come up with cool ways to kill time like watching a certain TV series that I already plug enough. I also enjoy crackers with tuna! Original Crackers it says on the box and there's a wheat on it, so it has to be healthy!
Bobby Fish argued the point that a banana split is OK to eat because it has banana in it so it has to be healthy.He's right.
The show was only half an hour away and I can't wait to upload the pictures I took. I should have brought the plug to connect my phone to my laptop but I didn't. The city we were at, Yokohoma has the cooles building ever! It looks like the tower from Isengard! You know from Lord of the Rings! It was sooo awesome. Unfortunately Hero has not seen Lord of the Rings and the others didn't share my enthusiasm. The story of my life...
Anywho I enjoyed myself trying to speak like Saruman when he's standing on top of it spelling curses.
What's a witch's favorite subject at school by the way? You're right, it's spelling.
That night myself and Chris Hero took on Jun Akiyama and Takeshi Rikioh. As a former world class Sumo Rikioh packs one hell of a slap, let me tell you. Even when he's dizzy from a Giand Swing! Thanks to the Muso I lost the match.
Even though the show was close we missed last call at all the restaurants in our Hotel's vicinity and we all agree that the McDonalds would make a killing if it would be open a little bit later than 9 pm!
So spaghetti carbonara and chicken it was.
The next day started the same as usual with a work out at the dojo. Pull ups are great by the way. Lunch was again at Saizeriya.
Actually, would you be so kind and just re-read the paragraphs above? Because those two days were basically identical!
Except the wrestling of course!
That night we wrestled Akira Taue and Shuhei Taniguchi! After I spun Taniguchi for about a minute Hero was able to pin him! Actually the win didn't have anything to do with the swing (unfortunately) but I just wanted to plug it. Also never try to tackle Taue.
Now if you would read the after show part from above again that would be appreciated.
Now today, today was completly different! Ha! I got you! Guess what? Yes, I woke up, went to the dojo, worked out, but then.... I had all you can eat lunch buffet again!
And again we sat there till they kicked us out! I also had 5 cups of coffee, and lots of roast beef. Well maybe not as much as the other day but still a respectable ammount.
Then I had to do some laundry. I lost a dollar, but ended up finding two! Woohoo, I'm up one dollar! The stupid washing machine destroyed one of me knee pads! It had a cut from the top to the bottom like somebody took a knife to it! What th hell! And it's one of my good kneepads too! I was pissed! I still am thinking about it!
For dinner we got taken out again. Another plug for Americans to pick up the whole "Sponsor" thing! And if you take us out for food we will also be nicer to you! Well that depends but just think of it as even having a chance.
I had great dumplings, when sweet and sour pork and noodle soup topped off with some rice! Amazing!
Now I'm back here trying to watch LOST! Yes it started yesterday in the US and I wanna see it!
Not much else comes to mind, except 2009 should be good! I have some cool plans!
Also if you know anybody who would want to sponsor me, let me know! Yes I wrestle all over the world and on PPV and I could have your product on my tights!
That's it for now, I'll see you again in two days! (or earlier, who knows!)
Monday, January 19, 2009
Japan Diary Days 7 and 8
How much is the Fish? I don't know but Scooter keeps asking me! If he doesn't stop I might just go next door and ask master Dancer/Actor/Singer Bobby Fish. He should know the answer.
Now I'd like to start by talking about yesterday to keep things chronological. We had a show in Shizuoka, which is about a 2 1/2 hour drive away from out hotel. And since it was an early show we had to leave at 12 o'clock.
Now I got up around 8.30 and was all motivated to go to the gym around 9.30. When I asked Mr. Fish he deflated my motivation faster than a speeding bullet.
He reasoned that I'd get there by approximately 9.45, work out for 45 minutes get back by 10.45 and then would only have 45 minutes to eat and get ready for the bus.
At this point I'd like to explain that Japan time is always half an hour early. If they say the bus leaves at 12, the bus is ready and everybody is in it at 11.30. That day we were on the road at 11.40. Mexico time on the other hand is 1 to 2 hours late. We call it Lucha time.
So I'm just re-reading what I just wrote and I got something wrong because I would have had plenty of time to go to the gym! Somehow Mr. Fish screwed me! In his defense he told me that he didn't wanna go to the gym and just needed an argument not to go.
To make up for it we all workout out before the show even harder. Yes, NOAH brings workout equipment to all the shows, which is tremendous.
And if the whole story above didn't translate that well I blame it on my English.
That evening myself and Hero teamed up with Ricky Marvin and lost to Soito, Kanemaru and Suzuki... Oh well, even the best loose sometimes.
Dinner consisted of Daily Yamazaki chicken nuggets and spaghetti carbonara. I also came up with a jingle for that store, it goes like this:
Daily, dudu dudu dudu, Daily Yamazaki, dudu dudu dudu
(to the melody of Shugar, dudu dudu dudu, oh honey honey)
Today then was a day off. It started like all the other days off with a shake and gym time! My life is crazy isn't it?
Then though. Something extraordinary! Lunch Buffet! The buffet opened at 11.30 and that's the time we were there!
The buffet closed at 2 and we were still there and they asked us politely to leave so we did. Marco and Otto you would have been proud of me! I took a short break between 1 and 1.30 and had a bunch of coffees but came back strong in the last half hour!
After that I watched some more (take a guess) and did laundry. I just wanna say that I'm a great laundry man and take pride in doing laundry myself. I'm also quite the folder. Maybe i should work at GAP.
Laundry was finally done and I had some room in my stomach and went to the dollar store to get some snacks. On my way there I realized that I only had a the equivalent of a hundred dollar bill in my pocket and one single. Because I didn't wanted to pay for three things at the dollar store with a hundred dollar bill, I only bought one box of crackers.
Did I mention that those crackers are the best in the world?
Then for dinner we got taken out by a sponsor and we had great Mexican food. Did I mention that the whole "sponsor" thing needs to happen in the US as well? In order for that there would need to be respectful people in the US though.
I would like to end today's blog with a quote from my favorite TV show:
"Charlie, would you toast my buns?"
*raises glas* "To your buns!"
PS: I don't think this is one of my better blogs, but I took the time to write it all so I might as well publish it.... Yes I am my own publisher...
Now I'd like to start by talking about yesterday to keep things chronological. We had a show in Shizuoka, which is about a 2 1/2 hour drive away from out hotel. And since it was an early show we had to leave at 12 o'clock.
Now I got up around 8.30 and was all motivated to go to the gym around 9.30. When I asked Mr. Fish he deflated my motivation faster than a speeding bullet.
He reasoned that I'd get there by approximately 9.45, work out for 45 minutes get back by 10.45 and then would only have 45 minutes to eat and get ready for the bus.
At this point I'd like to explain that Japan time is always half an hour early. If they say the bus leaves at 12, the bus is ready and everybody is in it at 11.30. That day we were on the road at 11.40. Mexico time on the other hand is 1 to 2 hours late. We call it Lucha time.
So I'm just re-reading what I just wrote and I got something wrong because I would have had plenty of time to go to the gym! Somehow Mr. Fish screwed me! In his defense he told me that he didn't wanna go to the gym and just needed an argument not to go.
To make up for it we all workout out before the show even harder. Yes, NOAH brings workout equipment to all the shows, which is tremendous.
And if the whole story above didn't translate that well I blame it on my English.
That evening myself and Hero teamed up with Ricky Marvin and lost to Soito, Kanemaru and Suzuki... Oh well, even the best loose sometimes.
Dinner consisted of Daily Yamazaki chicken nuggets and spaghetti carbonara. I also came up with a jingle for that store, it goes like this:
Daily, dudu dudu dudu, Daily Yamazaki, dudu dudu dudu
(to the melody of Shugar, dudu dudu dudu, oh honey honey)
Today then was a day off. It started like all the other days off with a shake and gym time! My life is crazy isn't it?
Then though. Something extraordinary! Lunch Buffet! The buffet opened at 11.30 and that's the time we were there!
The buffet closed at 2 and we were still there and they asked us politely to leave so we did. Marco and Otto you would have been proud of me! I took a short break between 1 and 1.30 and had a bunch of coffees but came back strong in the last half hour!
After that I watched some more (take a guess) and did laundry. I just wanna say that I'm a great laundry man and take pride in doing laundry myself. I'm also quite the folder. Maybe i should work at GAP.
Laundry was finally done and I had some room in my stomach and went to the dollar store to get some snacks. On my way there I realized that I only had a the equivalent of a hundred dollar bill in my pocket and one single. Because I didn't wanted to pay for three things at the dollar store with a hundred dollar bill, I only bought one box of crackers.
Did I mention that those crackers are the best in the world?
Then for dinner we got taken out by a sponsor and we had great Mexican food. Did I mention that the whole "sponsor" thing needs to happen in the US as well? In order for that there would need to be respectful people in the US though.
I would like to end today's blog with a quote from my favorite TV show:
"Charlie, would you toast my buns?"
*raises glas* "To your buns!"
PS: I don't think this is one of my better blogs, but I took the time to write it all so I might as well publish it.... Yes I am my own publisher...
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Japan Diary Days 5 and 6
Good morning America! It's 7.36 EST and I'm wide awake! I think I should be hosting a radio show btw. If anybody knows any hook ups, let me know!
Well I'm up and going strong! Maybe that's because it's only 9.37 now in Tokio Japan. I have a wonderful view of the Tokyo skyline with the Tokyo tower from my room so Saturday night in my hotel room doesn't look too boring. Yes, I should go out and party, and who knows, maybe I'll do that in a little bit.
So what have I been up to? Well actually I've been up to the same thing I've been doing lately. Wrestling and working out.
Friday morning we all went to the dojo for a little work out. I did some warm ups and then finished with 20 minutes of pull ups, squats and push ups. I paced myself though because I didn't wanna get too burned out. I'll have to try that full speed one day.
In the evening there was the SEM show. I teamed with Shuhei Taniguchi against Amigo Suzuki and Kento Miyahara. Now I met and trained with Amigo Suzuki in the US and Mexico before, so it was good seeing him again. I'm sure CHIKARA fans know him as well. I'm happy for him that he gets a break and he told me he's working for Kensuke Office now, so good for him!
Good for me was that my partner that night was able to pin Amigo and won us the match!
Afterwards it was glorious 24 hour convenient store food for dinner! I had spaghetti carbonara, chicken nuggets and my beloved sausage rolls with crackers... I hope that sausage roll part didn't sound too wrong. Then I watched 2 and a half Men till I fell asleep.
Today was a little more laid back. Well actually more "laying in bed" I woke up early but didn't go to the gym till well in the afternoon. So I spend most of the day laying in bed watching, guess what, right 2 and 1/2 Men. I also watched some Youtube. And i discovered one of my all time favorite videos, so check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KltbxRVP0gU
After the gym it was back to the room, this time combined with a nice little nap. Recovery nap I call it. Did you know your muscles grow when you sleep?
Dinner was at the good old Seizeryia (I'm sure I spelled that wrong). Instead of the usual Hamburger steak I had pizza and spaghetti today! I'm such a rebel!
Now I'm back in my room and I'm exited for a good Sunday afternoon show tomorrow! The Kings of Wrestling will team up with the Mexican sensation Ricky Marvin and take on Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Kotaro Suzuki!
Oh! I almost forgot an exiting detail! There's a big Panasonic building next to the hotel. And they have all the latest Panasonic stuff out for display. Since I'm a gadget nut that's great, but the really great thing is that they have like 2 Nintento Wiis hooked up for people to play!
I couldn't play today since there were many kids, Saturday, but I figured during the week there won't be many people and I can play! Whooo! I keep you updated how that works out!
I hope those blogs are not too boring, but judging on the hits they are. So I'll wrap up another boring blog with some pictures from me and Hero's first match over here!
Well I'm up and going strong! Maybe that's because it's only 9.37 now in Tokio Japan. I have a wonderful view of the Tokyo skyline with the Tokyo tower from my room so Saturday night in my hotel room doesn't look too boring. Yes, I should go out and party, and who knows, maybe I'll do that in a little bit.
So what have I been up to? Well actually I've been up to the same thing I've been doing lately. Wrestling and working out.
Friday morning we all went to the dojo for a little work out. I did some warm ups and then finished with 20 minutes of pull ups, squats and push ups. I paced myself though because I didn't wanna get too burned out. I'll have to try that full speed one day.
In the evening there was the SEM show. I teamed with Shuhei Taniguchi against Amigo Suzuki and Kento Miyahara. Now I met and trained with Amigo Suzuki in the US and Mexico before, so it was good seeing him again. I'm sure CHIKARA fans know him as well. I'm happy for him that he gets a break and he told me he's working for Kensuke Office now, so good for him!
Good for me was that my partner that night was able to pin Amigo and won us the match!
Afterwards it was glorious 24 hour convenient store food for dinner! I had spaghetti carbonara, chicken nuggets and my beloved sausage rolls with crackers... I hope that sausage roll part didn't sound too wrong. Then I watched 2 and a half Men till I fell asleep.
Today was a little more laid back. Well actually more "laying in bed" I woke up early but didn't go to the gym till well in the afternoon. So I spend most of the day laying in bed watching, guess what, right 2 and 1/2 Men. I also watched some Youtube. And i discovered one of my all time favorite videos, so check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KltbxRVP0gU
After the gym it was back to the room, this time combined with a nice little nap. Recovery nap I call it. Did you know your muscles grow when you sleep?
Dinner was at the good old Seizeryia (I'm sure I spelled that wrong). Instead of the usual Hamburger steak I had pizza and spaghetti today! I'm such a rebel!
Now I'm back in my room and I'm exited for a good Sunday afternoon show tomorrow! The Kings of Wrestling will team up with the Mexican sensation Ricky Marvin and take on Akitoshi Saito, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Kotaro Suzuki!
Oh! I almost forgot an exiting detail! There's a big Panasonic building next to the hotel. And they have all the latest Panasonic stuff out for display. Since I'm a gadget nut that's great, but the really great thing is that they have like 2 Nintento Wiis hooked up for people to play!
I couldn't play today since there were many kids, Saturday, but I figured during the week there won't be many people and I can play! Whooo! I keep you updated how that works out!
I hope those blogs are not too boring, but judging on the hits they are. So I'll wrap up another boring blog with some pictures from me and Hero's first match over here!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Japan Diary Days 3 and 4
So, time for another update!
It's day four now. Actually it's day 5 But I don't count Sunday which is when we got here.
Yesterday we hat a show in Utsunomiya, Tochigi where myself and Chris Hero teamed up with Bobby Fish to take on Yoshihiro Takayama, Takashi Sugiura and Takuma Sano. Gran Takuma anybody?
Before the show our team went to the NOAH Dojo to train. And not just gym, we also used the ring to come up with amazing triple team spots to secure us the advantage. One of said moves was basically me and Hero both standing on the second rope, while Bobby was on the top for a diving headbutt. Now me and Hero rocket launch Bobby to give him some extra hight and impact!
Too bad this match wasn't taped for TV and probably nobody will ever get the chance to see it. The positive about this is that nobody will see us loose either.
When we came back from the show all the restaurants were closed... Which means the McDonalds, the Hotel restaurant and the Italian place next door. So convenient store food it was. I bought a box of tremendously good crackers the night before so I bought some chicken nuggets, a toast sandwich and some sausage rolls (I hope that's the right term for it). So thanks to the crackers I basically had lunchables (you know what I'm talking about, right) with the sausage links and it was tremendous! I should have taken a picture...
Today was another day off. So besides working out and goofing around in the ring, not much happens. Well actually I'm going to do laundry in a minute and then watch some "Two and a half Men". I love that show.
I'm also a big fan of the room service here. I put a dirty shirt on the floor because it's dirty and needs to be washed. When I came back it was neatly folded on the floor! How nice!
People are so frendly over here it's great! Also if they're sick they're wearing face masks to not infect other people. Take that Americans! At least put a hand up when you sneeze!
Ok, laundry time!
It's day four now. Actually it's day 5 But I don't count Sunday which is when we got here.
Yesterday we hat a show in Utsunomiya, Tochigi where myself and Chris Hero teamed up with Bobby Fish to take on Yoshihiro Takayama, Takashi Sugiura and Takuma Sano. Gran Takuma anybody?
Before the show our team went to the NOAH Dojo to train. And not just gym, we also used the ring to come up with amazing triple team spots to secure us the advantage. One of said moves was basically me and Hero both standing on the second rope, while Bobby was on the top for a diving headbutt. Now me and Hero rocket launch Bobby to give him some extra hight and impact!
Too bad this match wasn't taped for TV and probably nobody will ever get the chance to see it. The positive about this is that nobody will see us loose either.
When we came back from the show all the restaurants were closed... Which means the McDonalds, the Hotel restaurant and the Italian place next door. So convenient store food it was. I bought a box of tremendously good crackers the night before so I bought some chicken nuggets, a toast sandwich and some sausage rolls (I hope that's the right term for it). So thanks to the crackers I basically had lunchables (you know what I'm talking about, right) with the sausage links and it was tremendous! I should have taken a picture...
Today was another day off. So besides working out and goofing around in the ring, not much happens. Well actually I'm going to do laundry in a minute and then watch some "Two and a half Men". I love that show.
I'm also a big fan of the room service here. I put a dirty shirt on the floor because it's dirty and needs to be washed. When I came back it was neatly folded on the floor! How nice!
People are so frendly over here it's great! Also if they're sick they're wearing face masks to not infect other people. Take that Americans! At least put a hand up when you sneeze!
Ok, laundry time!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Japan Diary Days 1 and 2
Yes, indeed I'm in Japan!
So I figured I'd post a little diary with what I've been doing.
I flew out Saturday from Philly to Chicago. Because it's January and the weather god felt like it, snow was falling in Chicago. Yes my grammar is funny, get over it.
Thanks to the snow I spent 17 instead of only 13 lovely hours on board of the plane that eventually took me to Japan. good thing I slept for 3 of the first 4 hours, the bad thing was that the plane hadn't even taked off at that point.
To make the flight go by quicker i watched "Eagle Eye" which i thought was a passable movie. I'd give it two and a half stars. Wall-e was on as well and I watched bits and pieces of that one too. Still a great movie, possibly my favorite all year. People who don't like it, visit a doctor.
I also listened to some Swiss Comedians, but you guys wouldn't understand it, so I'm not going to re-tell the jokes.
Finally we go to Japan and checked in the hotel. After a great night of sleep. I woke up 4 times, and I'd like to take a minute and thank the person who called me repeatedly at 2.30 in the morning, and finally decided to just get up at 8 in the morning.
Having nothing to do I just watched Youtube all morning. Yes boring I know. Finally we went to our first show of the tour at Differ in Ariake.
It was great and myself and Chris Hero beat Takeshi Morishima and Makoto Hashi with Hero pinning Hashi after the KRS1.
My personal best Big Swinging Morishima for 2 rotations... i will do better in the future, I promise.
After a nice Hamburger Steak and a great episode of "Two and a half men", which is a great show, I went to sleep and slept like a baby. After waking up i wasn't bored this time and was joined by Bobby Fish, who's amazing by the way and made my way to the NOAH Dojo to work out. I though I work out hard, but Mr. Fish made me realize that I can work out a lot harder. Hat off to you Mr. Fish!
After that it was some more Hamburger Steak for Lunch, combined with free refills on coffee and cappuccino.
Back here at the Hotel I finished up my column for the German Power-Wrestling magazine (Yes, I'm an acclaimed writer as well) and wrote this masterpiece!
Be prepared for lots more!
Tomorrow the Kings of Wrestling will join forces with above mentioned Bobby Fish and will take on the trio of Takuma Sano, Takashi Sugiura and Yoshihiro Takayama...
Stay tuned!
Claudio
So I figured I'd post a little diary with what I've been doing.
I flew out Saturday from Philly to Chicago. Because it's January and the weather god felt like it, snow was falling in Chicago. Yes my grammar is funny, get over it.
Thanks to the snow I spent 17 instead of only 13 lovely hours on board of the plane that eventually took me to Japan. good thing I slept for 3 of the first 4 hours, the bad thing was that the plane hadn't even taked off at that point.
To make the flight go by quicker i watched "Eagle Eye" which i thought was a passable movie. I'd give it two and a half stars. Wall-e was on as well and I watched bits and pieces of that one too. Still a great movie, possibly my favorite all year. People who don't like it, visit a doctor.
I also listened to some Swiss Comedians, but you guys wouldn't understand it, so I'm not going to re-tell the jokes.
Finally we go to Japan and checked in the hotel. After a great night of sleep. I woke up 4 times, and I'd like to take a minute and thank the person who called me repeatedly at 2.30 in the morning, and finally decided to just get up at 8 in the morning.
Having nothing to do I just watched Youtube all morning. Yes boring I know. Finally we went to our first show of the tour at Differ in Ariake.
It was great and myself and Chris Hero beat Takeshi Morishima and Makoto Hashi with Hero pinning Hashi after the KRS1.
My personal best Big Swinging Morishima for 2 rotations... i will do better in the future, I promise.
After a nice Hamburger Steak and a great episode of "Two and a half men", which is a great show, I went to sleep and slept like a baby. After waking up i wasn't bored this time and was joined by Bobby Fish, who's amazing by the way and made my way to the NOAH Dojo to work out. I though I work out hard, but Mr. Fish made me realize that I can work out a lot harder. Hat off to you Mr. Fish!
After that it was some more Hamburger Steak for Lunch, combined with free refills on coffee and cappuccino.
Back here at the Hotel I finished up my column for the German Power-Wrestling magazine (Yes, I'm an acclaimed writer as well) and wrote this masterpiece!
Be prepared for lots more!
Tomorrow the Kings of Wrestling will join forces with above mentioned Bobby Fish and will take on the trio of Takuma Sano, Takashi Sugiura and Yoshihiro Takayama...
Stay tuned!
Claudio
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Vote for me!
Well actually not quiet for me. More for my Team!
Swi$$ Money Holding Member Marc Roudin directed and created the following commercial for a "Create a commercial" competition.
It's for a Swiss bread spread. Please click on the link below:
http://www.leparfait.ch/vote_detail.php?project_id=311&page=1&media_type=1&date_type=3
Then watch the clip and then click on the stars to vote! I'm sure you'll give it 5 stars! I think you'll have to enter your email, but that's it..
The page it's mostly in German and French, but you'll figure it out, it's super easy.
Also please let me know what you think!
Swi$$ Money Holding Member Marc Roudin directed and created the following commercial for a "Create a commercial" competition.
It's for a Swiss bread spread. Please click on the link below:
http://www.leparfait.ch/vote_detail.php?project_id=311&page=1&media_type=1&date_type=3
Then watch the clip and then click on the stars to vote! I'm sure you'll give it 5 stars! I think you'll have to enter your email, but that's it..
The page it's mostly in German and French, but you'll figure it out, it's super easy.
Also please let me know what you think!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Michael Flatley
What a topic to start my first 2009 blog, right?
So yeah I watched "Superstars of Dance" yesterday and today. And yesterday was unbearable. Well, almost.
I think Michael Flatley is the Mike Adamle of TV show hosts. As much personality and passion he has while he's dancing, and yes, he's an incredible dancer, it all seems gone when he's hosting this show. So monotone. His co host has a lot more personality, but is featured only minimaly.
Until the Shaolin Monchs came on only the Argentine Tango was worth watching. I thought this is Superstars of Dance? How come people score 51s? Now I understand different cultures have different tastes but a lot just seemed not good. Bear in mind I'm not a dance expert, but also the experts on the show seem to agree and there were barely high scores.
My favorite judge btw. is South Africa's Harold Van Buuren! He handed out a 6, he doesn't mess around.
I'm also not a fan of the camera work. I mean it's a dance show, show their feet.
2009 started well for me, and in my first match of this year I tagged with my Tag Partner Ares and it was tremendous! We didn't team for almost a year and just didn't miss a beat!
Shaad Gaspard is feeling it right now. But just ate the pole with his shoulder. There was a point where that was done up to 3 times per Raw/Smackdown.
I'm sick of the movie "The Unborn". Yes I know it hasn't even come out yet, but since I saw the trailer about 987'139 times already I'm totally sick of it. And yes, it looks horrible. I like the dude in the bridge walking.
Speaking of Movies, "Mall Cop" looks great! The King of Queens is now the Kign of the Mall! And he drives a Segway (or however you spell that).
I also saw "Valkyrie" and enjoyed it. The trailer to Wolverine looks interesting too!
I'm also interested in seeing "The curious case of Benjamin Button". Any opinions on that?
Für alle Deutsch sprechenden, Benjamin Knopf ist meiner Meinung nach der Bruder von Jim Knopf!
Tschüss,
Claudio
So yeah I watched "Superstars of Dance" yesterday and today. And yesterday was unbearable. Well, almost.
I think Michael Flatley is the Mike Adamle of TV show hosts. As much personality and passion he has while he's dancing, and yes, he's an incredible dancer, it all seems gone when he's hosting this show. So monotone. His co host has a lot more personality, but is featured only minimaly.
Until the Shaolin Monchs came on only the Argentine Tango was worth watching. I thought this is Superstars of Dance? How come people score 51s? Now I understand different cultures have different tastes but a lot just seemed not good. Bear in mind I'm not a dance expert, but also the experts on the show seem to agree and there were barely high scores.
My favorite judge btw. is South Africa's Harold Van Buuren! He handed out a 6, he doesn't mess around.
I'm also not a fan of the camera work. I mean it's a dance show, show their feet.
2009 started well for me, and in my first match of this year I tagged with my Tag Partner Ares and it was tremendous! We didn't team for almost a year and just didn't miss a beat!
Shaad Gaspard is feeling it right now. But just ate the pole with his shoulder. There was a point where that was done up to 3 times per Raw/Smackdown.
I'm sick of the movie "The Unborn". Yes I know it hasn't even come out yet, but since I saw the trailer about 987'139 times already I'm totally sick of it. And yes, it looks horrible. I like the dude in the bridge walking.
Speaking of Movies, "Mall Cop" looks great! The King of Queens is now the Kign of the Mall! And he drives a Segway (or however you spell that).
I also saw "Valkyrie" and enjoyed it. The trailer to Wolverine looks interesting too!
I'm also interested in seeing "The curious case of Benjamin Button". Any opinions on that?
Für alle Deutsch sprechenden, Benjamin Knopf ist meiner Meinung nach der Bruder von Jim Knopf!
Tschüss,
Claudio
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Spätzle
You need:
- Two large eggs
- Half a cup of whole wheat flour
- A big bowl
- A cheese grader (with large holes)
- Large pan with boiling water
Mix the eggs with the half cup of flower in the bowl and add some water (about 1/3 cup), so that the mix becomes a nice wet dough that's not too thick. If your dough is too thick, just add some more water.
Now hold the cheese grader upside down over the boiling water and put the dough on top of it. Grind the dough through the grader, so the dough will fall through the holes into the water and cook!
When the Spätzle swim to the top, you can take them out of the water and store them, or put them on your plate! En guete!
Claudio's Spätzle meal suggestion
2 cups of Spätzle
1 cup of marinara sauce
1 cup of diced and steamed carrots
1 chicken breast, cut into small pieces
Put them all together in a wok or fry pan, let it cook until the chicken is ready and most of the sauce is absorbed, then serve it! En guete!
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