Candidate Journals

I went to school. after school, I walked home and did requirements. Then I went to TKD practice. We did Hapkido.  

Happy that my mentee is back from summer break and got to meet with her tonight- - focus will be reviewing so she does not feel lost in class. Should of, would of, could of, knocked out more requirements today but it just did not work out on certain things. Helped in the junior class, which is normal for me on Tuesdays & Thursdays, then took adult class in which we worked on hapkido form 1- - yikes something about myself and hapkido - -get it - -understand it - -it's the remember part that does not want to stick.

I felt much better today than I did yesterday and I pushed through school even though I was still stuffed up> I went home ran, played basketball and then went to two weekday classes.

Had a good day in school today. I had a Science test and think I did pretty good. Took and help teach class at Master Shin's today. Worked hard and a lot of my requirements done.

Busy day after school today. I had tennis and dance practice, so i had to run back and forth. My dance teacher needed my phone because i mixed the music we're dancing to. So I had to go help teach a play DJ for a bit, but then i had to run across the school to go to tennis. my forearm has getting better and my backhand is slowly getting there, whoopee

Uhhhh...swimming today. Poop. I got my braces changed today, pink on top, green on bottom. I got fatter rubbe barns, soooo much pressure!my jaw is so like in pressure.....

So I just finished this test thing We were lucky to have a really nice math teacher and she let us take our test home. So I'm about to go to swim. It starts at 7:00 and ends at 9:00

So it looks like I pulled my calf muscle pretty good on Saturday. It has been a long time since I have had a pain that bad. I may be out for a couple of weeks. Today is not much better than Saturday.

At school today we talked about putting decimals into order of operations. It was pretty difficult but I managed to do it. In gym we did a sit-up challenge. I did 40 altogether.

I was able to do another three miles today .   That was a major accomplishment for me in this heat.  I need to get mind and body working together again.   I guess I should just do my requirements and not think about it.

today i had a nice day i walked my dog in the morning and went to school!! school was alright!! i did a lot of work! but i put in some effort and finished it all up i got home about like 4;15pm and i did my home work and now im going to sleep in a few seconds but i hope i get all my questions on my home work correct goodnight!!!!

My Monday started with a Dr visit for Noah. They confirmed he's positive for Strep. When I called Lori of the news, she informed me the delivery guys didn't give her the 30 minute notice to deliver the armoire. So we rushed home from the Dr's office. When we pulled into the driveway, Lori was already home directing the two men as they maneuvered around the flower bed and up the stairs. Lori had been waiting over a year for this delivery. Before the men were dismissed, I noticed the door had been damaged during the delivery and so they loaded it back up and drove away. Lori was mad to say the least. She later left to fulfill her volunteer hours. Shortly after, I received a call that she was being verbally attacked due to a right-of-way issue on the road. Lori asked the woman if she used that language...

Today I went to class in Belmont. The A/C wasn't working so it was really hot. We worked on a lot of the changes from Kukkiwon. I am also having a lot of trouble keeping my blocking hand on the outside. We also worked on red and high red self-defense.

I woke up early this morning to do requirements and got some of it done. After my requirements I went to school, after school I went straight to Tae kwon do and did all 3 classes including some more requirements! ☺

Today was a rough day. We woke up early and i went to school. We had lots of homework, and i had to finish it before going to hyper pro class. Then after that, we went to Sports Connection for boy scouts. We got to play laser tag. It was epic. I got a mood ring or something from the prize choosing thingy. It was fun!

Not too bad for a Monday! Worked out some of my leftover soreness today. I found out that I've been counting all of my meditation requirements wrong so far. Not quite sure how that happened, but i had to go through and update the past couple months. Already looking forward to a long weekend. Plenty of stuff to still do around the house, and my wife and I may be adopting another dog from a rescue on Sunday...we'll see how that goes. :)

Today during school we talked about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. I am think I am better at math than ELA.

Today my Social Studies teacher said my grade was going to the Renaissance Festival. The day we are going is October 14, 2015. I know somebody in the grade above who went to the Renaissance Festival with her grade and it cost $245 and I didn't believe her. I also found out that a town called Greenback, Virginia which population is only 145 people and has no microwaves, no WiFi, and no cellphones is home to one of the most advanced technology. It can pick up messages from all over the universe. Overall my day was good. See ya!

Nothing crazy exciting going on today which is good - -no major events and happy with my requirements progress. Glad I forced myself to work out yesterday and not nearly as stiff today. Looking so forward to the long weekend and hoping to have some extra time where I can start to focus on the essays and print out the written test. The essays are my biggest struggle - -hello it's been a while since school and not use to sitting down and writing papers.

I went to school and then I came home and did requirements, then i went to my Boy Scout meeting.

Today i woke up and went to school and got lots of math homework on a very busy day. After school from 3:30 to 6 i had my middle school football tryouts. Then i came home, took another shower and went to boy scouts and still had homework when i got home.

Had a good day in school. Found out that I have a Science test tomorrow so I've been studying. Had Hyper pro class tonight with Master Evens. It was a lot of fun. I'm getting ready to eat a pizza and read my book for tomorrow.

Today I played soccer at recess. My team lost because our goal was five times bigger than the other team's. But before I was on the losing team, I was on the winning team. I was switched from one team to the other. I was switched because the teams were uneven. People called me Mr. Headbutt. They called me that because I made amazing headbutts every game. My amazing headbutt this game was when I was on the winning team. This is how I spent my recess.

Today was a regular day. I went to school and I got a project from my math teacher. We have to type a paper about a number that we choose. We have to come up with facts and number sentences for that number.

Today when I came back from school I went straight to doing my homework. I had math and history subjects to do. I had to do the requirements for closing up my first chapter for math. It took about 20 minutes of work but I eventually finished. Next I had to work on history, for history I had to highlight any important information on the lesson sheet that she gave us. After that I was finished with my homework, feeling good completing something and putting some effort into it

Today was a good day and I learned a lot but I had to work through feeling bad but I was fne after I took medicine.

today in science we had to build a free standing bridge with straws and 30 inches of tape. There was a cup you would put pennies in. The group with the highest number was 65 pennies .today was really fun.

Went to see Motown the Musical with my mom's church group. It was awesome! Berry Gordy may be my hero. He helped put the 60's to music despite all the opposition, and personal, private hardships. And the music was excellent. Inspiring to see someone follow their dreams despite all those who say it is impossible.  It was also good seeing my parents and their friends laughing and having a good time. I could imagine them as teenagers dancing to the Motown groove Did some requirements on Sunday and this morning. Freaking out a bit as it really hit home what is necessary every day to fulfill the 10 week requirements. I was getting really anxious, then I realized that if I do what I can this cycle, then I will not have to to the full number the next cycle. There is no need to panic. I just need to get...

I awaken this morning with sore legs.   I sometimes forget that I'm not a youngster anymore until reality says hello.  For requirements,  I will do some pull ups and rest.

Idk what to do right now. I'm so bored, I obviously don't have a book (who brings a book to social studies?) and I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to play games on my iPad. I don't even know if writing a journal is allowed. O ph well, they'll understand once I go mute for a day, thinking about that I should do that. Hmmmm.... Maybe I'll do it like in Feburary, JK Sorry I'm like writing in circles, someone is eating behind me, it's Shaun, were allowed to eat, but I don't because it's not good to snack, but sometimes I steal goldfish from my friend Anna, ok sorry I keep writing good byHasta mañana

ahhh....in science right now, we have free time....yay. 3 day weekend this weekend!!!!!

So right now I'm in social studies. I just took a quiz. Pretty sure I got a

Master Chelley Just emailed me a congratulations email regarding the pre-written test.  .. I'm thrilled. I Could hardly read the paper and felt like my brain had Just Stopped. The entire morning was a blur. Today I have Spent most of it laying down. the room doesn't Spin as much.  Seems like I am falling apart physically ... the more I Seem to fall apart the more I want to fight.  I truly did Struggle Yesterday, (with a NEW ailment... ) and I want to thank ALL of the Belmont Parents who Support me and do sometimes ask that question, "why", You all Rock! Belmont Rocks !  and So do Your Kids, it is their support that helps me feel younger and able....  Everyone did Good.... let's work on getting better.

Today i cleaned my room and we cleaned the house because guest were going to come for dinner. I called my friend over to play. then the guest arrived, and we played outside and we ate dinner. Then they left and i have to sleep for school tomorrow.

Thank you Master Evins for the cycle credits we all received for attending Master Hama's sparring seminar!! WoooooHoooooo!!

today was nice i did a lot of requirements had a nice breakfast also did my home work hope its all correct and also I'm very tired because i went to to church today and walked my dog for hours so have a goodnight!!!

so toda was interesting, my dad, twin and i rode our bikes from cornelius to Davidson, from house o house, through the inverted diamond. that was soooooo much fun. inside the diamond its so open....its ctually really big. that was a llot of fun. my mom was worried,cause its pretty dangerous. my day was not bad at all. i hope you had a nice day too!

Everyone did so great yesterday! I found out that I got a 90 on the written test. YAY!! I definitely have to work on my pullups though... I didn't do a lot today. I worked on my new skill and I went for a run. I did a few things for school too.

Yesterday was my second pre test but it felt much harder. That extra .5 mile may not seem like much but it certainly feels like a lot. It makes it ten times harder to do 35 push ups when you run before hand and your poomsaes won't look as good but I passed and I am still on the cycle so I count that as a victory.

I had great time with my family and my girlfriend at my dads birthday dinner today. I can't belive we have school tomorrow but I know tomorrow will be great.

Yesterday I took my pre-test along with everyone else on the cycle. It was fun and hard at the same time. It was hard because it was non-stop working which I'm used to. It was fun because I wasn't that tired after the run. I was happy to do more training and I felt like I would be super tired after the pre-test. I just found out I got a 75 on my written test so I barely passed. I am so happy that I passed because that meant I was one step closer to becoming a first poom. That made me really happy.

So today was gud. Lazed around watching vines then we went to our old house in Lake Norman and my mom got these guys to move our piano (it's obviously not just a keyboard, I think it's a baby grande (to give you an idea how big it is)) and my dad sister and I decided to ride our bikes to our new house in Davidson. It was really cool crossing the inverted diamond. (It's the only one with sails!) but there was a rude lady who totally could have killed us all if we hadn't been paying attention (which we were) So re wind this morning my legs hurt really badly because the pre test then we went biking it was like 12 miles so then different muscles hurt. My legs hurt REALLY badly. When we went to go get lunch at Harris Teeter I decided to put skinny jeans...

Today I mostly spent the day on requirements. I ran with Tyler at the park this morning. When i got home I worked on the rest of my requirements. When I finished those I started writing the essay on the history of Kwans.

Today while I was playing Minecraft with Ryan , we raided a base together. We blew a hole in the base and got alot of pumpkins, diamonds, and emeralds.

the cycle is just getting daunting and im not doing as good as I could be and so I am going to start getting my essays done and step up on my physical requrements

Yesterday I did my pretest. I did pretty good but did notice that I have some things to work on like pull ups. Spent the day today sleeping in late. Got up and went to lunch with my Meim. Had some good food. Came home and rested a little then did some sit-ups and push-ups. Going to take a shower and play some on my Xbox.

Stayed home all day today. Working on requirements

Yup today is Sunday the Sore day - -oucheeee!!!! Was able to meet with Jerome today and got in a lot of requirements but I finally had to say enough - - my body said please do not do this to me. No more TKD for the day so focus will be on the domestic's. I really need Doby the house elf to come kidnap the laundry.

Yesterday I did my pretest and I want to tell you what I did. I need to tell you what did for the pretest. One thing I did was have to run a mile. I was so,so,so tired after I ran. Another thing I did was do push up sit ups and pull ups. Also on my poomse and self defense I did very well. Also guess what, I passed the pre test! ya ya ya ya. I am so happy. And I can not wait for school. See you tomorrow. Bye.

I began my day with a very nice breakfast along with a big mug of coffee.   I went to church and when I returned home I went for a 5 mile hike.   I will do a few pull ups then rest.   

Feeling proud today, I actually did better than I was anticipating on my pre test! Especially on the running portion. 4 Miles in 37mins & 11 secs...pretty decent time for me. I'd have to agree with Master Shin though, definitely feeling it in the legs today! Just doing some light errands, house work, and working on essays today. Back to the grind tomorrow. Congratulations to everyone who passed this weekend!

Today I did all of my daily requirements. I did more push-ups and sit-ups to finish my requirements early. After that I played with my brother and ate lunch with my family. And then I am going to play xbox.

OMG. My legs are so sore. They hate me this morning and I hate climbing up and down the stairs. I like being sore after a workout, but this is just pain. The kids want me to play with them, but all I can offer them is, "hey, want to watch a movie today?"

Now that the pre test is over, I can work on all my black belt things. I need to get the hang of Specials 1. Still a little iffy on it. I am going to work real hard on it before the real test.I am still going to work on my color belt things, but more on other things.

Now that the pre test is over, I can work on all my black belt things. I need to get the hang of Specials 1. Still a little iffy on it. I am going to work real hard on it before the real test.I am still going to work on my color belt things, but more on other things.

Today was a great pre-test, I felt like I did very well and I feel I need to get a lot stronger which I will. We ate with our King Tiger Belmont family at firehouse subs and it was awesome.

Woo, feels goo to get the pre test done, i was so nervous this morning. The physical part was great i did 20 push ups in the row, that my best ever!! But i need to work on my study guide questions thou, i know i failed the written test.

today was alright i woke up in the morning and was studying for my written exam i was worried i woke up at like 5:00am it was hard trying to study but i got the hang of it remembered just a couple of stuff couldn't do a lot because i had other tasks to do like walk my dog and make breakfast and all that but today was the pre test i think i had all 4 s on my poomsaes but nah i got a 2 i got mad and i knew i idid it all good!! but no i got a 2 i didn't even know why and thats what ruined my whole entire day i felt like not doing requirements and i kept saying to myself it was a nice try but i didn't do any requirements today not at all i got 2 and now to redo...

Today was a fun day because it was my first black belt pre test. I did pretty good on the physical part of the test, but not sure on the written exam. After that I ate lunch and stared on my physical requirements. And then we went out for dinner. I had a really fun day today.

Today was the pretest, Yay! It was tiring but so worth it. Doing the pretest today gave you the feel that the cycle has actually begun and how much you need to reach when the acual test is here.

The pre test has come and gone and I am tired. 4 miles is a LONG run! I actually ran all the way to 485 because I never saw the Pizza Hut! By the time I got back to the dojang I had gone about 5 miles total. When I got home I finished my essay on the Prehistory of Korea. Very productive day! Tomorrow I'll start another essay.

Right now I just added everything in that I didn't put in (long time) so the numbers might be really night and others really low. Socyeah just in case you see my stuff, here's the explanation.

AhhHhh.....Pretest over. I'm glad I wasn't to out of shape with the running, 1.5 in 13.01 seconds. I was very exhausted in the end. I did a lot better in my sit ups than in my push ups.

Today was ok. I was really tired at the end of the run, and the push ups. I was happy with my time for the ripen, but I'll try harder next time.

I had the black belt pre-test today. I ran a mile in 9 minutes and 9 seconds. We did push-ups, sit-ups, burpees, pull-ups, forms, and self-defenses.

The Pretest today was challenging and I'm glad it's over. My focus shifts towards getting my students ready to ensure they know their material in October. We basically have two full months to get ready! It's going to be a thriller night since it's on Halloween this year!

Today was a fun day , I got tired but lots of fun.  We realized things were more difficult than they seemed.   The pre test was a great  measuring tool to be ready for the test.  

Wow what a day!!! Happy with the pre-test but definitely have to work harder as still much room for improvement. After black belt class I stayed for sparring - -what was I thinking????? I survived but once home I was tired. We did stop at Rita's on the way home and that was a nice treat. No more for the day as we have dinner club tonight so I need to make myself presentable and somehow become coherent.

Today we had the pre test. I know I passed the physical part. I am not sure about the written part yet. I really hope I passed it. I feel pretty confident about it. I want to work hard so I fan raise my numbers for the real test day.

We had the pretest today. Overall I did well. I still have plenty of improvement, but assuming I passed the written portion, I passed. I will improve my numbers in October.

today was cool i did run in the morning and its Friday booo!!i had a lot of tests in all my classes they where very hard and some were easy as pie i had to study on that form Monday till today in the morning i felt frustrated i got all A's!! and i felt really proud but when school was over i went straight to my cousins house and then straight to church and now back at my house so tired of hearing loud music and I'm so full very mad because i only got to study for my written exam about! 1 day !!!! i was very frustrated on my exams in school i couldn't focus much on studying for my written exam so i feel nervous for tomorrow !! hope i pass :( but still my day went swell and hope it can be the same tomorrow

I went to the Panthers game today and we lost. 

The pre test is tomorrow!!! I'm really excited but also pretty nervous. I have done my best to prepare and I hope that everyone does well tomorrow! I worked with Master Shin today. We worked on a lot of stuff like hapkido and stick form 3 and 4. I had a great time and I got to get a lot done.

Today i went to school got more homework. Then i got home and went to the Panthers-Patriots football game.

Pre Test tomorrow. I am nervous for many reasons. I have a persistent, positive attitude, I am just going to do what my body allows me go.. my best. Good luck all. See you tomorrow.

Really not, today was going so well till I walked into the kitchen to find my feet soaked. The him had already left to tailgate so had a nice mess to deal with. Found the cause, cleaned it up but then was in a funk. Went for a run that was pathetic so watched an episode of tiny house, yikes, then some more study guide review and off to bed. Please Panthers win, do not want to hear grumbling when him gets home. Will be out of my funk in the morning and ready for the pretest.

Pre test tomorrow!! I'm ready! Just reviewed poomsaes and self defense one last time and I'm not doing anything else tonight. Going to bed early. See everyone tomorrow!!

I've been practicing with Instructor Weeks as my mentor today. He is super awesome and has a lot of experience. He waited around for two hours for us today at the DoJang because of school. I feel ready tomorrow and I'm really excited. I hope I do well on my pretest tomorrow.

Today in ELA we talked about the 7 continents and the 4 oceans. In math we worked on order of operations. During PE I sat around because the other half of the class did the wind sprints. Soon I will start playing the french horn for the school. I am so excited!

Today was exciting! I went to Tae kwon do today at 5:00 and did requirements for the cycle with Leah, Master Shin and his kids, Kenny, Julia and Jeran. It was fun to work on my stuff with others! :)

Always happy on Friday. I'm excited for the pretest Saturday. First week of school is over thank god. it felt like more then only 5 days. Anyways im gonna go to the Mallard vs Butler football game tonight so that will be fun. after that i will probs do some requirements 

Had a good day today. Went down to Master Shin's tonight and worked on my requirement. Getting ready to study my BB questions now. See everyone tomorrow.

The first week of the cycle is nearly done with our pretest this Saturday. Can you believe I'm nervous???!!! All of the Belmont students have been working very diligently to get their requirements completed and I'm proud of all of them. We're meeting on Fridays from 5 pm until whenever to make sure we look sharp!

The first week of the cycle is nearly done with our pretest this Saturday. Can you believe I'm nervous???!!! All of the Belmont students have been working very diligently to get their requirements completed and I'm proud of all of them. We're meeting on Fridays from 5 pm until whenever to make sure we look sharp!

Wishing everyone well tomorrow at the pre test! Remember," if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" African Proverb

today was a good day first i woke up took my dog outside then i went straight! to outbreak fast when i got done eating i went to school i got to school and saw that my teacher told us to our home work disparately looking for it and i found it and it was completed and also i found my self kind of shy but I'm trying to be outside the box and just do what i got to do even tho if its a no ores or correct or incorrect i still got say what need to say as my teacher said if he doesn't know what I'm thinking of how am i going to learn over that and then i went to math dang today was hard i had to fine lengths and circumferences and also study my latin words i got home i went straight to black...

I went for a run tonight and it didn't go so well. I made it a little over 2 miles and had to walk the rest. The interesting part was that the reason I stopped was because my shoes are DEAD. I never killed a pair of shoes before. The have lost all of their squishiness. OK for wearing around town and what not, but not so good for running. I will have to get some more this weekend.

The first week of the cycle is nearly done with our pretest this Saturday. Can you believe I'm nervous???!!! All of the Belmont students have been working very diligently to get their requirements completed and I'm proud of all of them. We're meeting on Fridays from 5 pm until whenever to make sure we look sharp!

Today I went back to get another leadership credit, haven't gotten one of those in a while but only need 1 more. Cant say the same about the leadership credit 2`s though

Today I went to school and I went to Spanish class. I am going on a 12 day trip to Europe and I am taking this 2 year course for high school credit. Luckily I have some of my friends in my class to help me out.

My poomsaes and self defense are rattling around in my brain. Tonight was tough. I kept mixing everything together. I know my poomsaes and self defense so I just need to relax and know that I know it!

today i went to school for the fourth time and bought a ticket for the school dance. Then i went to homeroom. The school dance isn't really like a dance its more of a 2 hour hang out. So that was my day.

Today went by pretty fast it felt like, I turned in my English project and finished my chemistry. I came home and ran my two miles at the elementary scool track and did my pull ups and then went to my 5:30 Tae Kwon Do class and then studied most of tonight.

So if my brain has calculated correctly today was our 50th day for those who started the pre-cycle. Even though with a crazy schedule between work and some personal commitments I am happy where I am with my TKD goals and requirements. Yes I am behind on learning the new but will figure a way to make it work and absorb it all. Had a great- - - fun time at the dojang today as it was very busy with the students returning from the summer. Non stop till 7:30 and that is the way I like it.

Wow...the pre test is almost here! Definitely not doing too many requirements tomorrow. I want to be minimally sore before I start my pre test! Requirements overall are going ok...still have lots to work on though. Creative poomsae, pal gwe forms, essays, etc... Always something more to do or improve.

Today at P.E. we did wind sprints. It was very tiring! I ran 98 meters! After I thought I was going to drop. After, my bus was late so I didn't leave until 3:20 and the bus was supposed to be there at 3:10.

This week has been a good one. Let me tell you what we did. The first thing we did was get to now each others names. After that we did some place value work sheets. We also did the name game and my teachers name is miss Kenyon.On Tuesday we got introduced to PaintBrush. The cool thing is that you get to draw stuff . We also played with Google Earth. It is fun to explore PaintBrush. Also my sparring class was very fun and I am most likely going to get in to stick class. Wish me luck for school, Bye.

Had a hard day on Spanish class today. The teacher was talking too fast. Came hone and my sister told me about and application that can help teach me Spanish. It called Dulingo. That helped a lot. Went down to Master Shin's today to get my new Addidas chest protector. I'll be ready the next time we spar.

Today i went to school learned that i have a pre-test next Friday and homework over the weekend. I came home did some requirements and went to my regular tkd class.

Just realized that I have a lot going on from now to the end of the year. Not just auditing this black belt cycle, but planning my parents' 50th anniversary, a monastery retreat , as well as the end of year bottleneck of office work. Trying not to get anticipatory anxiety. Good thing the future only comes one moment at a time. Our adult free mat class was productive today. Master Evins left us with a list of tasks. It helped my requirements quite a bit. I'll feel it tomorrow. We went through all the color belt poomsae twice. As work gets busier, my schedule will change.  I may not be able to make the class as often. I'll really miss my adult classmates. We work hard, sweat, and laugh together. I like how we make sure we all get it. We help and teach each other. I haven't had this...