Hmmmmm... So it seems that THANG TANG has you all puzzled. I thought the name was somewhat obvious... But maybe that's just me.
To help those of you who can't work out what THANG TANG is I made a site.
What is... THANG TANG
It's a bad site... but it is a site none the less. It will help you all discover the truth.
And if you can't then too bad :P Just wait for the bloody count down to finish!
Thursday 26 February 2009
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Monday 16 February 2009
Didn't see that coming...
Alright,
So I probably should have shut my mouth. Saying I attract trouble where ever I go... More then likely jinxed my trip to Osaka and Tokyo.
While in Shinjuku, Tokyo I had the pleasure of getting in a fight with two 'gang members' for lack of a better term.
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I hadn't gone out that night looking to get into a fight... It just kind of happened. One minute I was walking past a group of what I thought were party goers and the next I had copped a blow to the face.
After stumbling into the nearby wall and having some guy beat up on me I decided that it sucked... Alot. I was able to get him off me and on the ground before his mate hit me from behind and had me on the ground.
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I was able to stand up still seeing stars, and finally coming to the conclusion that I was over this experience. I lashed out at the bastard with a punch... Hard, even by my standards. I know I hurt him because it hurt my hand. I thought I had broken it by the way it began to throb from the wrist down to my fingers.
I was glad he didn't get up because he would have been pissed. I was able to get boots into him while he was down before some big black bloke pulled me off him and into a side alley.
His words too me were more or less this: "Run home as fast as you can!"
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So with my arm held across my chest by my other, blood streaming down my face and hands I did just that.
Not something I want to experience again anytime soon. I took the photos the next morning before heading to Disney Land and after having a shower to wash a heap of dried blood off my face and arms.
Kind of funny... When I walked into the Hostel the sweet old lady behind the desk looked at me in my stated and asked 'Did you have fun?' in her croaky Japanese voice. Maybe she thought I had been eating Jam all night...
So I probably should have shut my mouth. Saying I attract trouble where ever I go... More then likely jinxed my trip to Osaka and Tokyo.
While in Shinjuku, Tokyo I had the pleasure of getting in a fight with two 'gang members' for lack of a better term.
+176.jpg)
I hadn't gone out that night looking to get into a fight... It just kind of happened. One minute I was walking past a group of what I thought were party goers and the next I had copped a blow to the face.
After stumbling into the nearby wall and having some guy beat up on me I decided that it sucked... Alot. I was able to get him off me and on the ground before his mate hit me from behind and had me on the ground.
+175.jpg)
I was able to stand up still seeing stars, and finally coming to the conclusion that I was over this experience. I lashed out at the bastard with a punch... Hard, even by my standards. I know I hurt him because it hurt my hand. I thought I had broken it by the way it began to throb from the wrist down to my fingers.
I was glad he didn't get up because he would have been pissed. I was able to get boots into him while he was down before some big black bloke pulled me off him and into a side alley.
His words too me were more or less this: "Run home as fast as you can!"
+173.jpg)
So with my arm held across my chest by my other, blood streaming down my face and hands I did just that.
Not something I want to experience again anytime soon. I took the photos the next morning before heading to Disney Land and after having a shower to wash a heap of dried blood off my face and arms.
Kind of funny... When I walked into the Hostel the sweet old lady behind the desk looked at me in my stated and asked 'Did you have fun?' in her croaky Japanese voice. Maybe she thought I had been eating Jam all night...
Saturday 7 February 2009
No kids for a whole week!
So this weekend Taz is heading up to Kitakami City - A place where Unicorns graze eating magical grass and shit out rainbows, and the towns folk all live in in Mushroom shaped houses. On the weekend they all come together in the town square to dance, carry giant lollipops and generally be gay and merry.
Well... Not exactly but those are the lies I persuaded her with to come here. It will be good to see another foreigner in my city seeing as I haven't really spoken English face to face with some one for a while.
On Monday we are going to head down to Osaka for a few days. Osaka is the city in Japan that is meant to be the most fun. While other cities inherited tradition, formality and a relentless obedience of social rules Osaka took the attitude. They speak with a cooler accent than those above Tokyo and are pretty big on music, cars and having a good time. I can't wait to see what it is like.
After that we will hit up Tokyo. Hopefully I get to go to Tokyo Disneyland again. When I left that place at Christmas I also left a part of me at the exit. Child Mike. He is trapped in there, most probably standing in the lost property building waiting - yearning for me to come and pick him up, give him a hug and run off to Space Mountain again. Seriously, being in that place is like taking some wonderful drug for a day. I'm positive I saw Disney endorsed patches in the gift store so that people don't have to come down from it cold turkey like I did.
Anyways, as always I will be taking my camera so expect a few pictures when I get back. I just realized I still haven't put up my photos from Christmas so I think I'll need to upload them when I get back as well.
I'm sure there will be plenty of stories for you... I have an uncanny habit of attracting trouble and mischief what ever part of Japan I am in.
Well... Not exactly but those are the lies I persuaded her with to come here. It will be good to see another foreigner in my city seeing as I haven't really spoken English face to face with some one for a while.
On Monday we are going to head down to Osaka for a few days. Osaka is the city in Japan that is meant to be the most fun. While other cities inherited tradition, formality and a relentless obedience of social rules Osaka took the attitude. They speak with a cooler accent than those above Tokyo and are pretty big on music, cars and having a good time. I can't wait to see what it is like.
After that we will hit up Tokyo. Hopefully I get to go to Tokyo Disneyland again. When I left that place at Christmas I also left a part of me at the exit. Child Mike. He is trapped in there, most probably standing in the lost property building waiting - yearning for me to come and pick him up, give him a hug and run off to Space Mountain again. Seriously, being in that place is like taking some wonderful drug for a day. I'm positive I saw Disney endorsed patches in the gift store so that people don't have to come down from it cold turkey like I did.
Anyways, as always I will be taking my camera so expect a few pictures when I get back. I just realized I still haven't put up my photos from Christmas so I think I'll need to upload them when I get back as well.
I'm sure there will be plenty of stories for you... I have an uncanny habit of attracting trouble and mischief what ever part of Japan I am in.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Day 21
Well its been 21 Days since I began the training now, and after three weeks it's becoming seemingly more difficult.
I have noticed changes in my body and the training is definitely having an effect. If I was to continue in this way it would certainly bring about huge changes to my body.
However for the moment I will need to put this little project on hold. Doing this in Japan is very difficult for several reasons:
1. There is no English support at my gym. I have many questions regarding technique, diet and exercise but need to rely on the internet as my only source of gaining any insight. he gym also lacks equipment necessary for me to complete my training correctly.
2. It is near impossible for me to buy foods which are nutritional and healthy. Where I live there is no such thing as lean mean. It is a delicacy to keep the fat in meats so not ideal health food for a strict diet. Tuna would be great but it is all full of oil. Just this morning I chowed into a bowl of 'Healthy Granola' which turned out to be sugar frosted... How was it healthy? I have no idea but the packet clear stated it was nutritional.
So to compensate for the lack of lean meat I have relied on Chicken for the past three weeks, and what can I say except: IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS! I'm tired of chicken. I need something else other the white meat. Every bite is like chewing into the sole of a shoe.
3. My work hours screw me around. Some days I started at 1 pm, others I start at 6.30pm. I have no consistency in the times I eat or the time I work out. For example, tomorrow I begin work at 9 a.m. It doesn't help me keep a decent diet and work out routine.
So even though I am putting this goal on pause does not mean I am not working as hard towards it. In the past three weeks I have learned quite a lot about exercise and nutrition. I will continue to visit the gym 4 - 5 times a week as I have for the past year. On top of that I will be continuing my HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) Routine. This is actually a very interesting concept for any body who is trying to lose weight and tone up. I might explain it in a later post because it does work.
As for meals. I'm not going to go back to eating sweets like I once did, or junk food. I like having a clean system and functional system. These past three weeks while I have eaten healthy I have ingested more milk, Whey Protein, fruit and eggs then I could have imagined. It has messed with my digestion in strange and mysterious ways, namely racing to the toilet first thing in the morning to 'expel my waste.' And I'm not talking pushing out neat little turtle heads here... Think along the lines of a Geyser.
As far as I'm concerned I'll be glad to get back to my cornflakes every morning and sandwiches for lunch. I lost over 40kgs with Vegemite and cheese sandwiches and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg to buy a loaf of bread every week. At least I know when I go drop the kids of at the pool they'll sink straight to the bottom.
I think so long as I keep up my exercise and keep eating under 2000 calories a day by time I get home I may still change a bit more and get closer to my original goal of a six pack. The main aim is to lower my body fat percentage so I'll keep at it, you don't have to be a body builder look lean.
I have noticed changes in my body and the training is definitely having an effect. If I was to continue in this way it would certainly bring about huge changes to my body.
However for the moment I will need to put this little project on hold. Doing this in Japan is very difficult for several reasons:
1. There is no English support at my gym. I have many questions regarding technique, diet and exercise but need to rely on the internet as my only source of gaining any insight. he gym also lacks equipment necessary for me to complete my training correctly.
2. It is near impossible for me to buy foods which are nutritional and healthy. Where I live there is no such thing as lean mean. It is a delicacy to keep the fat in meats so not ideal health food for a strict diet. Tuna would be great but it is all full of oil. Just this morning I chowed into a bowl of 'Healthy Granola' which turned out to be sugar frosted... How was it healthy? I have no idea but the packet clear stated it was nutritional.
So to compensate for the lack of lean meat I have relied on Chicken for the past three weeks, and what can I say except: IT IS DRIVING ME NUTS! I'm tired of chicken. I need something else other the white meat. Every bite is like chewing into the sole of a shoe.
3. My work hours screw me around. Some days I started at 1 pm, others I start at 6.30pm. I have no consistency in the times I eat or the time I work out. For example, tomorrow I begin work at 9 a.m. It doesn't help me keep a decent diet and work out routine.
So even though I am putting this goal on pause does not mean I am not working as hard towards it. In the past three weeks I have learned quite a lot about exercise and nutrition. I will continue to visit the gym 4 - 5 times a week as I have for the past year. On top of that I will be continuing my HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) Routine. This is actually a very interesting concept for any body who is trying to lose weight and tone up. I might explain it in a later post because it does work.
As for meals. I'm not going to go back to eating sweets like I once did, or junk food. I like having a clean system and functional system. These past three weeks while I have eaten healthy I have ingested more milk, Whey Protein, fruit and eggs then I could have imagined. It has messed with my digestion in strange and mysterious ways, namely racing to the toilet first thing in the morning to 'expel my waste.' And I'm not talking pushing out neat little turtle heads here... Think along the lines of a Geyser.
As far as I'm concerned I'll be glad to get back to my cornflakes every morning and sandwiches for lunch. I lost over 40kgs with Vegemite and cheese sandwiches and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg to buy a loaf of bread every week. At least I know when I go drop the kids of at the pool they'll sink straight to the bottom.
I think so long as I keep up my exercise and keep eating under 2000 calories a day by time I get home I may still change a bit more and get closer to my original goal of a six pack. The main aim is to lower my body fat percentage so I'll keep at it, you don't have to be a body builder look lean.
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