Happy New Year. I hope to make 2007 a great year. How about you? I would like to continue writing about my training and research among other things in my website.

How did you spend your New Year? I ate Mochi (rice cake) made by student athletes at the training venue during the end of the year rice-cake pounding session. (Note: rice cakes are made by pounding steamed rice.) The taste of Mochi is better when muscular people pound the rice cake.