Grr.. last Thursday i fell and sprained my right wrist when doing some sort of artistic jump-turn-and-kick movement. Even though I was quick to get it cooled, elevated and compressed, as they say you should, my right hand swelled to double size. Now, I wish I had taken a photograph of it, but my mind was elsewhere at the time for some reason.

The swelling has subsided now, but it still hurts when I apply any kind of pressure to the joint - like when brushing teeth, tying shoelaces, opening doors and pealing oranges. But on the upside it doesn't hurt when I move my arm, as was the case Friday :o)

Having an immobilized extremity makes you wonder, how you would ever survive without it. I for one am very right handed - about the only thing my left hand does better than the right, is lift a fork to my mouth. Being without it for a day was a bit of an experience.

Trying to open a jar of marmalade proved almost impossible. Buttering the bread was possible, but certainly not a pretty sight. And cutting the cheese - well I just gave up on that. That was when I decided to call in sick. The rest of the day was spent feeling sorry for myself and watching cheesy series on TV.

1½ months ago we had this Indian or Pakistani tailor come by work to take measurements for new suits - and they arrived Monday!

Two custom tailored suits + extra set of pants for each + six shirts and four ties - for the price of one suit, if bought in Denmark (OK a suit and a couple of shirts). And it looks great, and apart from my being a centimeter slimmer around the waist a month ago - everything just fits.

The picture is from one of those 70s blaxploitation films, and something I picked up from a series - Everybody hates Chris - a "the wonder years" (Mine glade 60ere på dansk)-sort-of-thing but translated to the late 70s/early 80s with a black family with Chris Rock doing the narration - and it's funny. I love Chris Rock:

And everybody's talking about gun control, got to get rid of the guns. [....] F**k that shit.You don't need no gun control. You know what you need? We need some bullet control. .... l think all bullets should cost $5000. $5000 for a bullet. You know why? 'Cause if a bullet costs $5000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders. That'd be it. Every time someone gets shot, people will be like, ''Damn, he must have did something." ''Shit, they put $50.000 worth of bullets in his ass.'' People would think before they killed somebody, if a bullet cost $5000. ''Man, l would blow your fucking head off - if l could afford it!" -- Bigger and Blacker, 1999 HBO special

And it looks like we're going to Cuba in March! if Castro doesn't bite it - if he does, I think we're opting for somewhere else - most likely Brazil. But two weeks of doing nothing is going to be nice.

Above letters are pronounced "goong" and "fu" - meaning "achievement"/"ability" and "male" - so there's today's topic.

Well my abilities have been recognised last Thursday, and I'm now a yellow belt + a white stripe. 10 push-ups, 25 sit-ups and the first Kata (一黄 = one yellow) was all it took :o). I received a stripe for my belt which I spent a good hour sewing on - not impressive craftmanship by any means, but it looks neat from a distance.

And as you may have noticed from the header, I've been looking into learning a little chinese (mandarin), but that's just difficult. First of all, words are formed from about 20 initials and i think 30 or 35 ending sounds - not all combinations are valid. Now, mix that with 4-5 different intonations and you got your work cut out for you. Oh and the letters. There are no clues what so ever as to pronounciation hidden in those strokes. one initial + one ending = one syllabul = one letter. 20 x 30 x 5 and then halved and you get 1500 different letters to learn :o(

I found a pretty neat website http://www.chinesepod.com/ with chinese lessons which I'll give a try. It's american - so you get things explained over and over - but the sound quality is very good and dialogues are mixed between Jenny (native Chinese), and an american, Kenn, so you get two pronounciation examples - really nice! To get full benefit from the lessons, you have to sign up for an account. A reasonable fee, but I think I'll freeride a bit before signing up and see if I really want this.

On another note, these are good times for fans of FCK. 1-0 against Manchester United in Champions League Wednesday and yesterday a 3-1 victory over the rivals from Brøndby.