Tonight after working out at the gym I went over to visit this Hawaiian guys house and watched some MMA. It was lots of fun. He had a huge projector on his wall. We also got to make our own pizza with homemade dough. His wife and kids were great, very friendly and smart.
It turns out that his parents are 7th day Adventists. It was interesting to actually hang out with some other English speakers. Since the people from the States left at the end of April there has not really been a very exciting social scene.
I went over to hang out with that NZ girl and her friends out the suburbs and that was cool, but these were guys and we talked about great things like weight lifting and MMA.
The Scottish guy Steve was also interesting. He lived in Japan for about 8 years. He has worked as a bouncer, and apparently writes science fiction for some British publication, Warhammer 4000 or something like that. Under the name Steve Parker.
His favorite Philp K Dick book was the one about the clock moving backwards, I'm still in the process of reading it on my iphone, I should finish it with that statement.
It is cool since they live nearby, and I often see them at the gym.
I also met this guy who works in a Bank, and made the rather off color remark that bankers should be shot. No one laughed, but I guess that is coming with the territory.
Another interesting character at the gym is an ex-marine. He was actually in Beirut when all that crazy stuff was going down in 1985. He is also huge lifting massive weight. The Steve guy is actually my height or a bit smaller, but he is really massive, huge muscles, totally ripped. He is a vegetarian who lives and breaths to work out.
I am inspired by how creative they are and what they are doing with their lives. It should serve as a guide to try to accomplish as much as I can while I am here on the face of this earth.
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