Sore muscles and boring gifts

Well, I was wrong when I thought I would have more to complain about today. In fact, I feel great. Well, the wrist is aching really bad now, and of course I'm sore, but I'm not half as exhausted as I was yesterday. On the contrary, I feel quite good. And normally, one round of jigeiko kills me, but today, I survived five (and might have survived a sixth, too).

And OMGWTF René praised me! Well, actually it was criticism disguised as praise, but considering usually all you get form René is criticism (or disapproval), that is already a milestone. Whoa.

Amusing little tidbit:
After practice, the organisators thanks Someya-sensei for practicing with us and explained that he had a gift for him.
Organisator: ... we have a tasty little present for you.
Translator: Tsumaranai koto ...
The amusing bit about this is that tsumaranai means 'boring'. Which is, of course, no translating error, but polite Japanese understatement. For, as our Japanese textbook says, Shikashi, Nihonjin wa shibun de shibun no mono o 'yoi mono' to ka 'rippa na mono' nado to wa iwanai. - But the Japanese never say about their own things that they are 'good things' or 'great things'.
But I found it amusing.

Another observation I found funny:
After a seminar, it seems to be obligatory for each single person to thank the sensei. Which, because Kendô is Japanese, means going over to him, kneel, bow, arigatô gozaimashita. But because the Japanese are so very polite, the sensei kneels and bows as well, so, amusingly, he spends much more time on his knees than the people who are thanking him. Bwahahahahah.

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( Muskelkater und langweilige Geschenke )

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