Busted knuckles and bruised shins, I'm all about it!

I've arrived in Bangkok about a week ago. Training has been going well and all these people here are like family. This gym is really a great place. Though I have to say, getting up for the morning run at 6.30 is a bitch.  Training starts at 6.30 in the morning and ends about 9.30. In the afternoon the run starts at about 15.30 and training ends around 18.30. It's intense to train for six hours a day but I'm learning so much. Every day brings more experience and new tricks. I love every minute of it. I should be staying here for about three more weeks, but we'll see about that.. I might just extend my stay.. ;)

The morning run goes alongside this small river. It's a straight road with water on the lefthandside and cornfields on the right and that's about it. Oh and a shitload of stray dogs that scare you to death of course.. But that'll just make you run faster!

The evenings are mostly spent watching tv with the boys and just chilling, there's not that much to do around here so we always end up watching a movie or soccer. I watch more soccer here than I do at home..

You! You punch like man! Yeah, good to hear. I've already busted my knuckles on the pads from hitting them hard. Thai solution? Superglue! So yeah, my knuckles are all glued up now and believe it or not, it actually feels better! Going to see if it actually works this afternoon at training..

Baipai is the kid of one of the trainers and he's so much fun. Always bashing around in my room or playing in the ring. And my Thai is actually improving by the things he says haha, go Baipai!

Go hard or go home.. My shins got beat up after padstraining and blocking kicks. The bruising even got worse but one of the trainers gave me a massage and rubbed the bruising on my bone away so it doesn't actually hurt anymore, it just looks ugly..

Counting days

About five days left and I'm off on my adventure again! 

G O L F W A N G

Goodmorning everyone, today's pick: Earl Sweatshirt - WHOA

Broken

Uh oh, this looks familiar. I broke another finger. Fifth time this has happened. My friends know this is a fairly common injury to me.. I get this all the time. I used to play basketball but I quit playing because I kept on breaking my fingers (4 fingers, three years time..). I managed to keep my fingers in one piece for about three years now but last thursday my luck turned around. During MMA-training I heard a pretty loud 'snap' and the next day it just got more swollen and painful. I immediatly knew what had happened. Been there too many times.. So now it's just taped and hopefully it should be healed in two/three weeks time. 'Fingers crossed' it will be healed before I go to Thailand. 

Another week

So. I lost one of my jobs this week. The company needed to save some hours so they didn't extend my contract. I knew this was probably going to happen so I wasn't really shocked when they told me. Luckily I made enough money for my trip to Asia and since I'm leaving in three weeks already I won't be bored for that long.. I still got two smaller jobs left so can't complain really. The one thing that I will definitely not miss about my job is having to get up at 4.30AM when I had to start work at 6.00AM. I will miss my dear colleagues though. Great people to be around, made work that much more fun to do. 

I should probably start making the final arrangements for my trip to Asia. I keep putting things off. Last year I was so worried I had everything arranged weeks before it had to be done really. But this year I'm just like: oh right, yeah, hmm, need to fix that as well.. Oh well, I'll do that in a week or so..  I'm not stressed out about anything. It all just seems and feels so easy because I've been through all of it already. No stress! Love it. Just need to fix my insurance, pack my bag and print my ticket. That's it really, a.k.a. I'm almost there already! 

February 28th was my moms birthday. We threw her a surprise party with all of her friends. We had to keep this a secret for almost two monts and keeping it a secret got harder every day. Luckily we were able to make it work and she didn't expect a thing. She was shocked when we stepped into the restaurent . It was a big succes. The food was absolutely amazing as well. And it was great to see all of her friends again. Just a casual night out with a bunch of great ladies. Amen. 

And of course. My blog wouldn't be doing well if I didn't say something about my adorable cat. Last night he came up to me while I was watching tv and skyping. I think he slipped into a coma. He's an idiot and I love him for being like that. That's it for now. I'll update my blog soon again. Take care!

Bugatti

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