During the next few days I’ll continue filling in the details of the past couple of days. In the meantime, Aki and I are going out with one of her friends during NYE, and I think a bit of drinking will be involved. Television here on NYE is going to be filled with three fighting matches (and not of the boring boxing type or as dramatized wrestling in the US). One of them (K1) is going to be Akebono (a huge sumo wrestler) vs Bob Sapp (a dark-skinned body-builder-looking wrestler who often appears in Japanese commercials and TV), which might prove to be interesting. We and Aki’s Aunts (who are so generous) will be taping three channels for us to watch later. I find these interesting as we dont get this kind of sport (K1 is described here as ‘a crass, brash, no-holds barred bloodsport combining kickboxing, karate, kung fu and tae kwon do’) in Australia.