Jippikayjei

Today I woke up well rested and wanted to head to the gym early. Me and Fanny both tried the Les Mills Body Balance class for the first time. You can imagine the difficulty level was raised a bit by the fact that it was all in French. The class surprised me. It was slightly more challenging than I had imagined with real ab exercises and the plank.  The class was definitely worth the early wake-up and I felt good starting the day.

Fortunately I had only one class today (only one class here means 3 hours instead of 1,5 back home) and I went to school straight from the gym. After school I had a whole day time to get things done so I went shopping for some groceries at the nearest Spar store. It's very nice to have Spar here since we don't have it in Finland and the store is really nice, not like a big supermarket and the staff is friendly. 

Since the day had been so good I wanted to do more so I decided to take a walk on the promenade which turned out to be a run. When I got on Promenade des Anglais (the big boulevard by the beach popular among runners and walkers) I just started running and kept going. I'm so proud of myself, I'm really not a runner and the weather in Finland has made me practice indoor sports more. With the right kind of music it felt like I can do anything. Here's a real workout song, it really pushes you to try harder. It's a regular on my workout playlist. The song is by a very famous Finnish rapper/hip hopper called Cheek. Enjoy!

I found the lyrics translated to English so you'll see the meaning of the song :)

Yippie-Kay-Yay

Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey! (x4)
I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner
I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner

This is something that losers shouldn't try at home
This is for those who decide to be winners
This is for a locker room crammers
for those know they can do it better
For those who make it faster than their opponents
who cheer and teach the younger ones
This is for winners
for those who give it all
Rocky Balboa - Eye of the tiger
It takes love, madness, drive
All out even though it would make them angry
Coolness, nature, mania, severity, straight back
the truth is needed here!
Tears, blood, sweat
taking it to end, swearing to God
You see the will of victory in the eyes
This is for those with feet on the ground
and head in the clouds

I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner
I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner

I don't dream my life but live my dream
Having that has always been my goal
It didn't work, I tried again like Dalia
Now this whole genre is listened for me
Or at least something like that
Since I saw, gave it all
Can't think it comes for free
Winners make it, losers say it
And I won't make mistakes
one prof asked me to lecture to School Of Economics
Rags to riches, a living example
The President on spring 2012
Or whatever, everything's possible as long I can do this
If you want to get, you need to give
Nikke T.
Even the chiefs have cried alone

I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner
I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner

I'm such, such, such, such a bad loser
that I just have, have, have to win
So, so, so, if you wanna try
you just go and try
I'm such, such, such, such a bad loser
that I just have, have, have to win
So, so, so, if you wanna try
you just go and try

I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner
I came to win, nothing will stand on my way
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey, you are staring at the winner
Yippie-Kay-Yay-hey-hey! (x8)
You're staring at the winner...