Candidate Journals

Today I went to King Tiger and had a black belt class. Later I went shopping for stuff to make more cookies.

Today in school, we already got homework in all four cores and it is only the second day of school. I got all of it done. Later, my mom went to my school for back to school night. She got a lot of info for this years school year.

So we just walked down to the pool. We haven't been for a couple months. We haven't gone much this summer. When we got there, we see one or two other families just sitting there so I figured it was adult swim. But actually someone had just thrown up in the pool. So we have to wait two hours before we can swim. I'm fine going back to swim in two hours cause it will be clean by then. So instead we came home and wrote my journal!

Yesterday, the 22nd was rough. My shoulder has been hurting for the past couple of days which has made it hard to fill out my requirements. My mom and Master Chelley have both said to take a couple days off, but I really don't want to fall behind. I'm already behind on some stuff too which is stressing me out even more. 

Surprise - - Surprise - -I can move and walk.  Hip flexors talking but happy I can move.  Thank you Master Moon :).

Today I did all of my requirements. I played xbox with my brother and ate lunch. I did my summer reading project after I ate lunch. Then I watched tv for a little while. I played outside and after that I ate dinner. Now I'm going to sleep. Good Night.

Today I got my new skull essay Don and got my school schedule in the mail!! A lot of my friends ate in my homeroom. And I got my plant a few days ago so that's good.

Have you seen Good Mythical Morning? It is a YouTube show by Rhett and Link. They also do a lot of music videos. They do all sorts of challenges and games. They have guests and one time for a song they even had Markaplier. With him, the song was about Five Night at Freddy's. Markaplier was the phone guy but he had a bigger part. In my opinion, I like Link better. I don't know why. I just do. My favorite music video that they've done is between the one I mentioned above and The Rap Battle of Manliness. They are lots of fun. I recommend you check them out. 

Today was my third day of school. I am just glad they have finished explaining the rules because that is always very boring. My school got a new entrance which is always backed up so I hardly get there on time. Since school statuettes, I have been having difficulty jounalibg, but I think I can finish.

Today, i relaxed from my boy scout canoeing trip. We canoed 16 miles. Well, the rest of the day i played with my ffriend and we did some things at my house.

This morning I woke up and finished my physical requirements. Then I went to King Tiger. We went to the park but we left at 11:45. At the park we ate lunch first and then we played. When we got back we took class and had snack. After that we got to play tiger ball. Then I took hyper. After that I went home and ended my day.

Over the weekend, my phone shut off unexpectedly and wouldn't turn back on. Because of this, I am not able to reliably track the distance I am traveling at school. I know that I have walked at least two miles because of the buildings I walked to, but I know that I walked more, and I would've liked to count that distance.

Great BB class tonight!!!  Master Moon nooooooo my body does not stretch that far or bend that way.  Think walking might be a bit of a challenge tomorrow but it's all good - -very good.

Today I stayed with my grandma so I got to help her with stuff around the house.  I also played a song on my guitar for my grandma.

Today I could finally do push-ups again but I am sad because its the 3rd full day of school and we already have homework.

After getting my laptop for the school year and doing my physical requirements  I  invited my  best friend to come over and we had fun doing stuff together and I would like to talk about it. The first thing we did was tell each other what we did this summer. After that I showed her some new stuff I got this summer then we  played some video games. Then we shot some hoops on my new in door basket ball hoop. It is very cool and fun. Anyways we had fun and I really in enjoyed it.Then we chilled around and watched some youtube videos. After she had to go home to get ready for her soccer practice. The fun may be done  but I still have one more thing that I need to tell you. At dinner my Mom made the best dish that I have ever had and I...

Today I woke up went to tae kwon do we then played on the big mat then went to the park and had lunch then we went  back and took class then ate snack and then I went ona run.  

Today I went to my grandmothers house. Later I went to King Tiger and did my requirements and had class. When I got home I made cookies and had a soda. That was my day who was yours?

Today I did my empathy training and went blind. My mom tied a bandanna around my eyes when I woke up this morning. She and my dad have been helping me through my day. Some parts of the day were a lot harder to do, such as eating, doing requirements and doing requirements. I was able to navigate through my house with relative ease, but only because I knew where everything was.

The last couple of days were really crazy. I had family down on Friday and Saturday which caused me to have trouble logging on... But know everything has calmed down and I am keeping on with my schedule and moving forward to the next school year...

     Today my dad made me wake up around 5:45 am. My dad wants me to get ready when school starts, because I have to get ready when school starts. Because my dad wants me to get ready when school, because I have to run in the morning and my school is pretty far from were I am staying. My neighbor also came for Brunch, we had some Indian food. Typical right. I also had Scuba Diving today. It was just practice at a pool, but sometime during October we will be going on a trip to a man-made lake in Virginia. So yeah, that's all for today.

  Today I woke up and had breakfast. I couldn't talk because I did my mute day. My mom ran outside and my dad ran on the treadmill downstairs so I went downstairs. I played with some stuff down there then I ran after my dad. After that I ate lunch and played some video games. Then we went to Target and Petsmart. When we got back I folded my clothes and had dinner. After that I finished my physical requirements and watched the ending ceremony for the Olympics and ended my day.  

Today I woke up and me and my mom had to bring her roommate to work.  Then we went to gastonia which took some time, we were trying to find a kmart but instead we had to go to the kmart in concord.

I found a game on the App store called Flip Diving. It's really cool and 3D and there are tons of cool tricks and divers you can use. I find it cool because it is easy to pick up and binge play. I'm playing it right now and I find it just amazing. Also if you hit on something when you're diving you just go ragdoll which is really funny when your diving. There are four different heights on the first level you dive from. If you hold you will get different angles you can dive at. On the very top I like jumping staright up then hitting the platform again as I come down which won't kill you. If you touch the platform with anything other than you feet you will go ragdoll. Anyway that's Flip Diving...on the app store now. 

today and yesterday I couldn't do push ups because i sprained my wrist bit know i think i sprained my stomach from all the sit ups I did instead of push-ups. 

Today I got my cypress tree. I also finished cleaning my fish tank and had my fish put back in to the tank. I later did my requirements. 

The Sparring seminar was fun and I learned alot during it. Here are some of the thing that we did at them seminar. The first thing we did there where some warm ups. The warm ups worked on speed and moving out of the way when someone is kicking you. After  the warm up we did some kicking combos. Some went like this, cut kick, cut kick, kick to the head, turning side. After a half hour of that we went into sparring a person. Everyone got their gear and then we got paired. Everyone sparred and did well and every one worked very hard. Eveyone did their best.  I had so much fun I would like to do it again. Plus I love the location and I am happy that I got to go. Thank you for reading and I hope you have a nice day :] ;]. 

Today I got my cypress plant and it is pretty cool. My brother is going to a friends birthday party at 5 and that gives me a little time alone.

Today I woke up early and did some of my physical requirements. Then I went to Black Belt World Still Creek. There Grand Master Cann gave us tips on how to spar and we sparred. We practiced our kicks then I went home. I ate lunch and did some more physical requirements and my parents went on a date for there anniversary and my grandparents came over. I played on the Xbox and on my ipod. After that I went down stairs and ran a mile. Then I watched a movie and ended my day.

Today was the sparring seminar that I paid $45 for. It was definitely worth the money, as I learned a new way to spar and learned about some techniques I should practice. I also had fun learning learning the techniques with my friends from the North Charlotte, along with new friends from other locations. I honestly expected more people to show up from North Charlotte, but the class was still fairy large nonetheless. 

Today was fun first I went to Grand Master cans for a seminar. then went to my grand parents for my great grandparents birthday.

Today I went to my cousins lake Birthday party then went to the mall went home finished some essays did my requirments and Im going to eat.  

I was looking back on my journal entries and realized that I started the Black Belt Cycle journey about one year ago. I audited the first cycle and dropped the second cycle. Third time's a charm. This is it! I will complete this cycle. Got some requirements done this morning and spent the rest of the day doing some home repairs. 

Today I went to the sparring camp at black belt world. I did drills and sparred. When I got home my mom, my dad, and I cleaned the fish tank and put water in it. This was my day. What was yours?

So my dad and I play a game with a couple sets of bows and arrows. The arrows are padded. It's not a real set. We both have a bow and there a three arrows total. We each have a side and we shoot at each other trying to hit each other. I haven't been using the bow the last couple of times. Instead I have just been dodging when my dad shoots at me. He got me once. And we played for about 45 minutes. Anyway that's the arrow game.  

      Today was pretty boring as usual. It was Saturday so I didn't have to wake up early, but my dad made me run another mile. And as usual all I did today was my requirements and watch TV. My parents had to go looking for apartments today. School is starting soon and my school is about 45 mins from my house so it would take a long time to got there and come back. Also someone has bought our house so we are moving out in about a week. Yeah, and one more thing, it will also take a long time for me to come to Tae Kwon Do. It's going to be difficult for some time, I have to fit my school work and going and coming back from Tae Kwon Do. Well, that's all for today.

Today I went to run two miles. Then I will go to the sparring seminar. I just hope I am not the only one there from King tiger. I wonder how many credits I will get for going. I think it might not be as many as the Kukkiwon Cup, but there will be something. Any amount is great. 

This morning, after I drank my coffee, I had to drive 30 minutes to Gaston College to buy my expensive school books for my first semester of college. After I got home from that I did some requirements and then went to go pick up my friends. During black belt class I was the one who ended up teaching it because Master Chelley was really busy.

Today was a great day. First I went running and did my work out. My puppy did a good job potty training today! And then I started another essay. And finally at the end of the day I did a sparring seminar.

     So today I didn't do much, again. I did all my requirements and watched TV. My parents had to go out to do some shopping so I was stuck with my little sister for about 2 hours. I also went to the AAU Sparring Seminar at Black Belt World. There was about 24 people and only me, D'Andre, and his younger brother Gregory were from King Tiger. D'Andre and me were originally planning on sparring with each other. Then, Grandmaster Cann (She was in charge of the seminar.) said that we were from the same school so we couldn't spare each other. She made both of us and Gregory spare some of these black belts who were pros. The were about maybe 11-13, but the were crazy good. One of the kicked me in the face and I got my lip busted. But, it was good practice fighting kids...

  This morning I woke up early and finished my physical requirements. Then I went to King Tiger. I played with some pokeon cards for a while. Then I Played some games on the mat. After that we made a jail that was comfortable to sit in. Then I played with legos and played my electronics. Later I went home and ended my day.  

tomorrow is a sparing tournament. and I hurt my wrist today so Im risking every thing.

Today I went to the sparring seminar and I learned a lot!! I got to sparr a lot of new people, and it was really fun. I can't wait till the aau tournament.

Today I woke up and ate breakfast then I went to the mall then we went to black belt class and my brother who is also on the cycle taught class then I went home and ate dinner.  

Today at school, we talked about or class schedules. Because of the early college program I’m in, I am taking college classes on the UNCC campus. That means I will be either walking or take the bus to all of my classes. I prefer to walk while I’m on the cycle, but once it’s over I could take the bus every now and then so that I could have some extra time in between classes to study.

Today I stayed at my grandmothers house again. I got a visa debit card and I also went to the doctors office. When I got home I did my requirements and played Pokémon Go.

I have quite a lot of pets.  I have two dogs, two guinea pigs, and five fish.  My dogs names are hero, phinoxe, and beemer.   Beemer is my aunts dog.  My guinea pigs names are marshmellow and popcorn.  My fishes names I cant remember.  Those  were my pets and their names.

Yesterday Holden got braces.  The doctor said that in about a hour it will start to get sore.  I asked Holden if it hurt he that it didn't hurt and the only thing that kind of hurt was the thing that holds your lips apart so that they could put them on.  As the doctor said his teeth did start to get sore.  But this morning he was ok.

Been packing for college the past few days. Super excited and nervous. Moving Day is tomorrow. I've been working on my Essays too as well as my resume. I don't know if i need it for work-study or not but i couldn't hurt.

Today I was able to see my schedule for my final year of high school and like the past four years the schedule was all messed up. I was honestly not surprised that they messed it up... The problem is I asked for early release which is when you get to leave after third block and I did not get it so I am trying to fix it I have emailed my counselor and am waiting from a response. Besides the bad schedule I hung out with friends and we played cards against humanity tonight and I worked on requirements. 

Today at summer camp we went on a nature walk at Reedy Creek park to look for insects.  We found worms and beetles.  I went to Black Belt class today.

Today I went to a friends house and took a CPR class for my new skill. Tomorrow I will start my essay and start the sparring seminar tomorrow. I'm really excited!!????????.

Today I ran and then I did my new skill it was amazing and then I came home then I went to bed good night

Today, i woke up early and ran 1 mile. Then, i did my requirements. Then, i went to the pool with my friend. I did not want to swim, so i watched. Then, i went to help out in the family class. Then, i took black belt class.

     Today I woke up early and went for a run. My dad didn't want me sleeping in again like yesterday. I mean at least I didn't have to run in the afternoon. After I came back home a took a shower and went back to sleep. I woke up around 12pm and had breakfast. The rest of the day I was doing my requirements and watching TV. There has been absolutely nothing to do since everything in my house has been moved, since we are moving. That's all for today.

  Today I woke up early and finished my physical requirements. Then I went to King Tiger. We had a field trip to go to Reedy Creek Nature Center. They taught us about insects. I got to pick up a millipede called a cherry bug. It felt weird touching it and it smelled like cherries. We also saw a red horned and house centipede. Later we went back to King Tiger. I played with pokemon and went home to eat. Later I took black belt class and ended my day.  

 I was at my grandmothers house for the night and I had the best time of my life. My brother and I had fun when we were at my grandmothers. We talked a lot about what we did this summer and a bit about school. Later we had to get picked up by my Mom. When we got to the house I did the Physical Requirements.  I also  worked with my brother while I was doing the requirements. He worked on his poomsae, self defense and kicks.After that we relaxed until class and sparring. Sparring worked us hard but we all thoughed it out and got through it. Me and my brother are still really tired from sparring. Sparring is  fun and tiring but I still love it. Thank you for reading and good night.

Still out of sorts but will get it together.  Had a great class tonight of sparring - - -Inst. Hsin loves sparring- - - he was thinking Olympic Circles and I think I went thru his Olympic Circles a thousand times backwards, forwards, sideways and upside down.  Great class!!!

Today at summercamp we went to the firestation then took class and used staffs then I did my requirments and went on a run went home ate dinner and went on another run

Beautiful fulll moon this morning. Unfortunately, on my run, I noticed that someone had broken into my neighbor's car by breaking out the window.  They were surprised to see me all sweaty at their door at 5:30 AM telling them about their car. Another jogger said he saw another car with the window broken in the next neighborhood.  I'll have to do my empathy training another weekend. Can't drive to Winston for church with one arm tied down. It will have to be another weekend. Busy day in the OR today. Missed black belt class. It is ok because I am too sore and tired from work to perform well tonight.  

Today for summer camp we went to a fire station to show the kids all the things the firemen use to put out fires, and everything else they do. After we got back we did summer camp class, with staffs.After class I did some requirements before regular classes started. I did requirements throughout some of the classes and during sparring.

There is a really cool stickbot series called Off the Grid. It's about a sheriff whose police force is disbanded after all of the kidnaps of stickbots on the grid. The governor of the grid installed new security robots so nobody could get in. But what the governor didn't want the sheriff to know is that there is a world outside of the grid. An old friend helped the sheriff find a cave where he met Shift. Sheriff's name is Striker. Shift told Striker they were in an old tunnel that they could use to leave the grind. They go down a bit and reach a place they can camp for the night. Shift sets up sentry defenses and Striker was ok with it. And that is as far as I've gotten in the series. It's on Youtube and the person that makes it is Stickbot Central, the most famous stickbot animator...

Today I stayed at my grandmothers house. I ate mayflower and had a slow day. Later I came home and got the mail. I found out my new bus number and that it is coming to my house. I also found out who my home room teacher is.

Today was my first day back in school. I am officially a sophomore at Lake Norman Charter. I enjoyed my classes and my teachers were pretty cool but after reading syllabuses all day, it got boring. I really want to stay organized with my schoolwork and I need to figure out a plan to balance out school, Tae Kwon Do, clubs, church and volunteering. I'm going to be jam packed this year!

Today I worked summer camp in the morning and while it was a hard day I always enjoy working summer camps. After that I came home and worked on requirements and watched the taekwondo on the Olympics.

Today, i woke up early and ran 1 mile. Then, i did my requirements and then had breakfast. Then, i went to my friends house to play. We watched the Olympic semifinal soccer match. It was Brazil vs Honduras. Brazil won   6-0. Then, i played on the Xbox for a little while. Then i went to go take sparring at the North Charlotte location. We practiced some sparring drills. Then, i helped out with the family class. There were some new people there, so that was cool. Then, i went to go get a hair cut. i like it a lot. Then me and my dad went to Harris Teeter to get batteries.

     Today I slept in a little, I woke up around 12pm. I probably would have slept a little longer, but my family had to go see our new house that is getting built. Today they were doing some inspections before they put the dry wall in so we had to be there. There was some few problems, but that was all. We were there for maybe more than 2 hours. Other than that I didn't do much. The rest of the day I was doing my requirements. Since I slept in I had to run in the afternoon and it was pouring. So that is all. 

  This morning I woke up and finished my physical requirements. Then we went to King Tiger. We watched a movie at King Tiger. We watched the Angry Birds movie it was my first time watching it. It was a really good movie. After that I helped out with class. Later I played tiger ball. After that I took sparring class. There was a big storm. My dad picked me up and we watched the firefighters put out a fire. Then we got a card for my parent’s anniversary. My dad got a fruit bouquet and roses. When I got home I ate the fruit bouquet and ended my day.  

Today I stayed at a my grandmother's house. Later in the evening I did the rest of my requirements. This was my day. What was yours?

Today at Taekwondo we watched a movie then we went to the park took class and then I went on a run then left.

Although there is full moon in the evening and early night,  it is gone around 5:30AM when I am running. I was looking forward to running during the  full moon. Keeping up with requirements as best I can.

Today at King Tiger we watched a movie called Animals United. It was a goofy movie about animals in Africa who relayed on water from an oasis everyday. But one day the water didn't come. Little did the animals know that humans had made a damn and a hotel upstream from where they drank their water. Unless they went through the Valley of Death, the only water they could get to was the rhino and buffalos' water hole which kept getting smaller. A meerkat went to get the water and he walked between an arguing buffalo and rhino. They both saw him fill up his water jug and they asked him what he was doing. He didn't get away with the water and got beat pretty badly. Then he went through the Valley of Death and went to see if he could make it to where the humans had damned the water. You'll...

today i mostly just hung out with my friends at the pool and swimming and playing a lot of games which was fun to do and a lot of my friends were back in town.

Today was Raven day at my new middle school.  Raven Day is where all of the new sixth graders meet their teachers and classmates.  I met all of my teachers and some new friends.  After that my mom dropped me off at my grandmas house.  I helped her clean the house.  After that my dad picked me up and took home.  

Today I am doing my workout. I started with a good breakfast of eggs hash browns turkey bacon and a strawberry banana smoothie. Next I am going to start on my book report. Yesterday we rented Angry Birds and it was hilarious. I also had a mentor session.

Today I did all of myour requirements and tomorrow I am going to maybe take a CPR class for my new skill.

  This morning I woke up early and finished my physical requirements. I got to run in the morning. Then we went to king tiger. We went to the spray grounds and it was really hot. I had a cinnamon bun for dessert and it was really good. When we got back to King Tiger w played gladiator. Later I helped out with class. Then I took piano lessons and ran 2 more miles. Last I took black belt class and ended my day.  

Today I did some of my requirements. I played with my brother. I did my summer homework and played outside for a while. I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped with the family class and i also went for black belt class. I came home and ate dinner and now I'm going to sleep. Good Night. 

Today I had to go to school to get my parking spot for senior year and I had to wait four hours to get my spot! I was there early and still had to wait I was so mad. Talking about it frustrates me that took up all of my day.

     Today I came back from a friends house. I was at his house for about 2 days, and interesting fact is that he used to do Tae Kwon Do at King Tiger, but he quiet at high green belt. Anyway we did so normal stuff. We played Black Ops 3 on the PS4, watched some TV, played with his dog, and played some Table Tennis. I won 11 out of the 14 games we played. Also his mom wanted us to go to the pool so we walked for about 20 mins there, until we see the lifeguards locking the gate. So we walked 20 mins all the way back to his house. So yeah that`s it.  

Just now we got back from the store. I got three new StickBot packs! And a Nerf Strife! The StickBot sets were called Action Packs and each one came with a new stickbot and hair or stuff it could hold. The three I got were the hairstylist set, the life stylist set, and the weapon pack. I haven't even had the chance to use them because my mom is making me go to bed at 10. I look forward to using them.

Today, i woke up and ate breakfast. Then, i did my requirements. After that, i did an essay and then went to King Tiger. I helped out in the family class. Then, i took black belt class.

Today I went to Carowinds. Then I went to pick my sister up from school. Than I took Black Belt Class. We did mostly poomsaes. that was mostly my day

Good class tonight. Knees hurt, but something always hurts. Got my hero essay done this past weekend. Hope to get my empathy essay done next Sunday.. Work is busy over the next two weeks. I'm going to love running in the morning with this beautiful full moon. 

Today I went to Taekwondo took class we then went to the pool got back had snack then I went running started my requirments then took sparring then went home.

Today I stayed at my grandmother's house for most of the day. When I got home I ran and ate. Later I had dinner. Later I did the rest off my requirements.

This morning, after I woke up I did some of my requirements and then got ready to go to the dentist for a wisdom teeth removal consultation. After I got back from my consultation I finished up most of my requirements, and then went to sparring class.

Today at summer camp we went to the spraygrounds.  I also got a haircut today.  Tomorrow is raven day at my new middle school so I won't be at summer camp.

 Today I was so happy to go school shopping. I don't know why but I have wanted to go back to school since summer started. Anyway, on to what I did today. The first thing  that I did was go school shopping. I had to get a lot of stuff for school. It took a long time but we got done and then went to my grandmothers house to eat lunch. After that we went to Tae Kwon Do in lake norman. My brother and I did the classes and I got leadership 1 and 2. I also did a lot of kicks, sit ups and push ups. The reason I am doing so much stuff is because I am trying to get ahead of the game again and not rushing to catch up. thank you for reading and good night :] ;].

Today I woke up watched Olympic diving then ate. Read my book for the essay, did my requirements then was bored.

Today was good and productive day I was very busy I was at the dojang for a good part of the day I worked summer camp all morning and a couple of hours in the afternoon and later I went back for black belt class. Even though it wasn't the most exciting day I enjoyed it none the less. 

There are these things called StickBots. They are little action figures that you can move around and pose in all sorts of ways. And you do stop motion with them. I have done a few short little ones that are pretty cool. There is even an app for it. The first one I made with a prop was one where the stickbot walked onscreen, dodged a pencil stabbing at him, then did the matrix has it came at him again. It looks very nice and was very smooth. 

  Today I woke up early and finished my physical requirements. Then I went to King Tiger. We went to the park where there was a spinning bar that spun me like a pancake. After that I ate lunch and went back to King Tiger. We got to play some games. Then I helped out with class. After that we had snack. The gummies at King Tiger were tasty. At the end of the day I took hyper and got to use nunchucks. Then I went home and finished my day.  

Today at summer camp we went to the park. We also ate at the park. I helped out with class and got my leadership. After that I had to go to my guitar lesson.

Today I did some of my requirements. I didn't do much because I was a little tired. I ate lunch and then I played outside for a little while. I started my summer reading project today and I did that for 1 hour. I played xbox and ate a snack. Then I got ready for Tae Kwon Do, did Hyper Class, came home and ate dinner. Now I'm going to sleep. Good Night. 

Doing extracurricular activities is difficult while in school and on the cycle. I’ve wanted to work on a passion project for the past couple of days, but the other things I need to do take priority over it. Although I don’t have much free time to work on it anymore, I do find some time every now and then. It’s not every day, but it’s better than nothing.

Left work a little early today to get to dojang.  Was going great- - - met with both mentee's and was able to make progress on self defense & the website then stayed for black belt class.  What a disaster - - color belt poomsae what???  Mind was still on another planet and had some fantastic creative moves going on.  Left side- - -right side no clue which was which then to top if off I was confusing my blocking and prepping arms.  Tomorrow night will be better!!!!

Today I stayed home alone while my sister when to school for her first day. I got a lot of requirements done and did extra becasue I might go to Carowinds with my friend tomorrow. In class we did physical stuff so I got a lot of push ups and sit-ups and burpees. Can't wait for tomorrow.

For my skill I chose to bake cookies from scratch. I made a few video's and made 4 batches of cookies. I got very good at baking today. My grandmother filmed and helped me.

Today at Tae Kwon Do we played limbo then we went to the park played disc golf ate lunch then we took class then I went running went home did my stuff and ate.