March 25, 2016
Gab's March Life Blog Post!
Hi everyone Gab again!
This month life at the dorm has been relativity smooth this month as its slowly getting warmer and the students are rarely coming to school, so it's given me some extra time to do my own Japanese study, do my own training and have more time to rest. I'm now starting to adapt to the Japanese diet and am having rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner and actually starting to enjoy it! The Japanese diet includes a high amount of carbohydrates, but lacks other nutritional benefits, so I've been having fruit (apples and bananas) in my room as an available snack and I've been buying tomatoes. My parents had also sent some treats from back home, which was very nice as I had been craving them for a while.
Training on the other hand has been very hard since we are into preseason and has been mainly focusing on fitness, with high intensity running and high intensity training games. In my spare time I do my own personal running training to work on my fitness. I have also been doing core strengthening.
We have played a couple of practice matches and have been playing well, beating Maebashi Ikue 4-2 a very well known high school who are ranked 3rd best high school in Japan for its soccer. Personally I have scored 3 goals with multiple assists as well, and I've been loving every minute of it.
I look forward to what the future holds, and can't wait for the season to start!