This morning I woke up for school at 6:00am. I worked on some my physical requirements in my moms classroom before going to class. I was a very cold morning at my school considering that all my classes are outside in the mobile classrooms. I also had a class behavior celebration. Which means that all my classes were shortened and that at the end of the day my class got to have free time on our chrome books.
Good evening! I am (finally) getting around to my blog posts. I had the flu so I am behind in my black belt requirements, which is admittedly frustrating, but I am slowly catching up and pushing along. I got some jump roping in today, along with some poomsae and self-defense work, all of which I was mainly behind on. I also got some college coursework done, and I have a good feeling about ENG 111.
Today was the last day on vacation. I got up and went to breakfast and after that I went to the gift shop and got a snowglobe. Then we went on a glass boat tour and came back and went to the waterpark. Hours later we came back to our room and washed my hair. Then we went to see some stage shows which really entertained me. This has been an wonderful vacation and I wish I didn't have to leave.
I haven’t stopped smiling today (ignoring the running cause if you are smiling while running your miles I will have questions). Week two is down and we are moving on to week three. I need to get in more sessions with my mentor though which shouldn’t be too hard. But hey, only positive today, until school tomorrow :)………
Hello King Tiger. Nate and I came back from NJ today. We got up and did some requirements this morning at the hotel. Then went to airport. Got there a little early, then flight got delayed. Then we boarded and they were delayed getting off the gate. Then we had to de-ice the plane because of the storm. So basically about 2 hours delayed in total. But flight was good and got home. Unpacked and got settled in for another week. Ready to keep moving. Take care.
Hello King Tiger Family! Today was a holiday called Pongal in India and me and my family celebrated it. After the celebration we just ate sugarcane(yes, we eat sugarcane) and watched two thriller movies. The movies were good(one movie had a lot of blood, but it was fine). Our day went by fast and now, I got to go to school and have a quiz tomorrow. I wonder how I'll study, but I think I'll manage it. One thing I learned today is to never do anything at the last minute cause then, you'll fail. Me? I have about an hour to study at school, so I guess I might just pull it off.
Today was our last full day in Florida and boy was it long. I started off with a with poosae in the pool again and kicks. My headphones broke two days ago so I haven't been able to listen to music while doing my mile. We did top golf today and I beat everyone's butt at it but just had fun. That was pretty much it. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!
Today was MLK day, also known as Matthew's Little Katch up day. :) My cousins were here visiting yesterday so I didn't get all of my requirements done. Luckily there was no school today so i had extra time. My little cousin Leah did the following toddler things: take cookies and put them back in the tray half eaten, drinking six juice packs, feed me broccoli dipped in barbeque sauce, attempt to go down a slide 20 feet high, climbing over furniture like Indiana Jones, and lastly, jumping on the bed I wish could post a picture here. She is soooo adorable. I hope the cycle is going good
Jovi was off from school today for Martin Luther King Jr Day. I still had to work so Jovi went to Master Natasya and Master Marcus's camp today. I ran 2 miles and got my black belt requirement done. Took Jovi to his guitar lesson later in the day. Worked every minute I could in between everything.
Today I was off, I ran a mile on my treadmill then I did my exercises. After that I ate lunch and played video games. I didn't do much today but run on the treadmill.:)
Setting my intentions this week to prioritize study and rest. This Thursday is my state exam to get my Nursing license. It a tough exam, but I’ve been studying and school had prepare my class really well. I have fate that I’ll pass, but I still need to continue studying and review material. I also need to rest, so I’m mentally fresh for it. That means I need to prioritize getting requirements done for the cycle effectively. I might limit my other workouts or fun activities this week (CrossFit and Rollar skating if it doesn’t help me get requirements done). I may try to get ahead, so just do them after the exam, so I can rest Wed/Thur. Tonight, my father and I had dinner, it was nice.
Hello! Today I woke up and I thought I had class today but I didn't since it was technically a holiday. I did my requirements and around 3:00 pm I played basketball + football with my dad. Then I started to relax and now I am watching the Eagles vs Buccanears.
This morning I woke up on a yoga mat down stairs with weights on my legs and the fireplace was on so that was a weird way to start my morning.
Today I got all my requirements in and then I got to go to target. Me and my sister are still doing nails and watching shows but my brother is been really annoying but that’s ok. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and I bought her a kindr egg for her to try because the
Today I woke up and played some video games. Then we went down and had breakfast, mom made cinnamon sticks and we also had scrambled eggs! After I did my blackbelt stuff. After that I relaxed and played some video games and watched You Tube. Went with mom to target and to the Rec center to see about getting a membership but it was closed...ugh! When we got home we had lunch and then relaxed a little and played video games. Then I ran a mile (11:54) under my pretest time!!!! Then I relaxed some more and then we had dinner. Now I am heading to bed.
Today I got back from Virginia, six hours going, six hours coming. Nothing much happened, just sitting down doing homework now.
today's work was a little harder then usual because I got a cold yesterday but overall I'm OK. I've been making more progress with my running speed being able to run my mile over 45 seconds quicker then I did yesterday. That all I have to say.
Last night I had a sleepover with my friend and we marked off some requirements for my book. I also ran two miles and did some more requirements when I got back home. The rest of the day I just chilled and played games with my sister and my friends.
Today is day three of being Florida.. I was really tired and really hot today. I did my poomsae and kicks in the pool and it was pretty funny. Bowing underwater was a fun way to end each poomsae. It's been very hard to concentrate here because we did so much and I'm in mental vacation mode" but I'm still trying. We did go to the fair today and did a haunted house which did not last at all.. In my defense it wasn't recommended for ages 12 and lower. But I had a great time. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe.
Today I got to sleep in and then I got ready to go to one of my good friend’s birthday parties. When I got home I kind of just chilled out and got some homework done. Right now me and my little sister are doing our nails and watching the new Percy Jackson show on Disney+ and it’s pretty good. We don’t have school tomorrow so I can stay up a little later. I ordered some red sweatpants that came in the mail today so i’m wearing those and my lulu lemon define shirt and i think my outfit is pretty cute.
Good evening King Tiger. It was a great day. Another day in NJ. Nate and I ran today. Nate and I are trying to run in all the states. So, we got NJ under our belt. It was a little cold here but not too bad. Sun was out. We were also doing requirements at the hotel pool again, but some manager guy came in and saw us, and offered for us to use one of their conference rooms to practice, so we took him up on the offer. It wad great. We had a whole room to practice stuff. Pretty cool. We finished requirements and had a great day in NJ. We head back tomorrow, so one last day here. Nate and I both agreed we are ready to go home. Perfect amount of time here. Ready. Take care.
Today I woke up and me and my dad went down stairs and got breakfast from the hotel. We then knocked out some requirements and one of the workers saw us using the pool area to do requirements and let us use the conference room for more space. Then we went to my dad's friend's house again. We looked around his basement some more and played another game of Warhammer 40k. We won again but barely. Half way through the game we went and got Olive Garden for dinner. After the game we looked around some more; seeing it would be our last time for this trip. Then we said goodbye and headed back to the hotel; now I am here.
today i finally got to sleep in and ended up waking up at around 10:30. i did some requirements before eating breakfast. i then watched tv and then ate lunch and did more requirements after. i then read for a while and finished the book is was reading and anyone who reads knows the feeling of emptiness after you finish a book series that you love so much. so i spent the rest of the day sad and i eventually got over it and now i'm here...
Today I woke up a little bit late but I got my workout in quickly. Then I went outside to practice basketball so I can get better at that.and I stay to help my mom for the rest of the day with my siblings.
Today I woke up and my mom helped me put on a cotton pad to tape to my eyes then put a blindfold on so I can start the day with starting of blind for my empathy essay the first 1 hour of the day I was just trying to move around and feel the walls and everything then I listened to a comedy movie since I cant see it, it was entertaining but very boring but very soon I had to go to class so I tried to get in my car but only took about 5 minutes to find the door handle so once we arrived I walked in and was trying to get the outline of the mat so I just ran around the very outside to get a line up then class started, the lines were extremely difficult because I thought I was about to run into the mirror...
Gonna be honest, this is probably gonna be the worst day I have this cycle. My knee injury has not gotten better at all, and in a way has gotten worse. I had to skip out on Poomsae class, something I was looking forward to. I forced myself to try and finish week two today, but my knee made everything so challenging. In the end, I have only 4 miles to complete for week two, but I know had my knee not been injured it wouldn’t be a problem. I just hope it’s tolerable when Grand Master Lee comes to our Do Jang. That’s the day I am most nervous for. That and the fact I have no clue what exactly is wrong with my knee…….
Still on vacation. I got up and went to the gym to run. Then came back to the room and got ready for breakfast. After breakfast my mom took me to the souvenir shop against my will and eventually I got something. We went to the beach after. We later came back to the room and I finished some requirements and got ready for dinner. We stopped to get a milkshake on the way. Dinner was good.
Hia Guys!!!!! Today I woke up at about 11:00 today, that is not normal for me I normally wake up around 9:00ish so that's interesting. After I ate breakfast I went to the track to run a mile. When I came home from the track I played video games with my friends until 3:00, then I did my exercises. Then after that I went to Ruby Tuesdays with my dad and grandma, after we left I my dad and I went to drop off my grandma at her house. Byeee!!
Today I woke up and started playing videogames till my mom came in and said it was time for breakfast. After breakfast we got ready for church. When we got to church I went to my Sunday school class then I met mom in the nursery because she was supposed to watch the kids. There ended up being no kids today so we went into the service. When church was over I went home and had lunch. After lunch I did my blackbelt stuff and I ran 2 miles (yaay finally got caught up on my miles!). I played more video games and watched some you tube then I had some dinner now its off to bed!
Happy Sunday! Went to a great poomsae team class this morning. Came home and got my bb cycle requirements done. I spent the rest of the day working and watching football. Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend.
Today I woke up and got ready for poomsae class. We did a bunch a kicks, blocks, and stances. Then I got home and ran 2 miles. I am now watching the Packers Vs Cowyboys! Good night people.
Today I had a friend over and we ran over two miles at the park. We may go swimming later.
I feel like I finally recovered from the pre-test run. I am so please with my run time. My first four miles run and at a really consistent pace of 8:30. One of my goals this year was to run 4 miles under 40mins. Now that I reach that goal, I guess I’ll train to run a 10k. I have the Nike training app and using it to pace/train myself. Honestly running your first mile is hard, then running two or three is tough too, but now that I can comfortably run 3 miles, what’s an extra mile or two. Learn how to pace yourself. “Run slow to run fast” is a big tip in the running groups.
Beautiful day in Charlotte so I took advantage of the nice weather and did my run outdoors instead of on the treadmill. Clocked 3 miles at 11 minute miles. I need to shave time off of that pace to beat my pre-test time. Felt great to run outside!
1/14/23 Sunday: Another busy day of planning to get requirements done. Have to get done early today to participate in performance band concert.
1/13/24: Saturday: Did the mile run for pretest. Did a whole day of sparring and class at Harrisburg. Mentored another student. Had a leadership class.
1/12/24: Friday School was easy but boring today. Completed requirements after school . Attended Black Belt Class and volunteered to assist with Ninja night.
Today I am heading to the National Scoliosis Center (in Virginia) to get a 3-month mark check-up. The reason I am going, is because I have a disability called scoliosis which means a have a curved spine (47 degrees) which is considered “severe” (do not worry I am completely okay) if my curve gets to 50 degrees I will have to undergo surgery, but I am getting a lot of good news about my curvature from professionals. I wear a brace to prevent it (you guys have never seen it because I take it off for Tae Kwon Do). This journal is different from my other purely because of the subject so I’ll repeat, do NOT worry 👍
Start of the new cycle and I am flying back to Charlotte today. I did get a three mile run using the treadmill on Saturday night and some work on my kicks. Congratulations to everyone who competed the pre-test!
Sunday is my core workout day. Going to be feeling it on Monday, but I need the work after a few weeks of limited exercise and lots of holiday food around the house. New year - new start!
First day back in the office after working remotely for the last few weeks. The long commute does not allow for a lot of extra time in the day to exercise. I am very thankful for all the videos on the school app so I can at least go through the forms at the beginning and end of the day.
I snuck out of the office at the end of the work day and got in a workout. Still trying to get my jump rope time to improve. It is a fine line between getting extra reps in on the jump rope to improve my time and keeping the swelling down on my knees from overuse. Definitely feel better at the end of the day from the workout.
Great Wednesday night class lead by Grandmaster Evins and Master Cavazos! Good cardio workout AND we were able to do a lot of the poomsae plus self defense. I have a long way to go to get better at both, but I enjoyed the class.
Mandatory work dinner put me off track on my workouts today. Will have to make it up over the weekend by doing a little extra.
Great weapons seminar on Saturday! Thank you to Grandmaster Evins for hosting it. I have a long way to go to get better on with the Pilipino stick techniques. I loved the work with the knife attacks. I hope to learn more in the coming weeks.
Woke up today pretty late since we got in to New Jersey late last night. I woke up, ate breakfast, and tried to do as much of my morning routine as I could. I then went down to the pool and used all the open area they had with my dad to do some requirements. I started catching up on a few things I have gotten behind on. Then I got ready to go to my dad's friend's house. He has an insane collection of Warhammer 40k, vintage toys, newer toys, and even real WW2 and Vietnam War era stuff. It was insane, I played a game of Warhammer with my dad against my dad's friend. I have only played Warhammer 40k once before and I learned how much I enjoy it. It gave me motivation to continue finishing building and painting my Warhammer 40k army. We got dinner half way...
Hi King Tiger Family. Here in NJ for the long weekend. Hanging with some friends. Brought Nate with me. It has been a blast. Nate and I got in real late last night. Landed in PHL around 12:30am and it was after 2am when we got settled in hotel. We slept in and then did some requirements at the hotel. The bottomline is that you always have to be resourceful in finding places to do requirements. The hotel had an indoor pool area and so we cleared some tables and chairs, and made space to do some requirements. We also used the gym which also had a pull up bar. We will do it again tomorrow. It has been a great time and love spending time with my son. Have a great rest of the weekend. Take care.
Hello King Tiger Family! Sorry for the late journal, I nearly forgot about it. Let's continue on with today's story, shall we. I actually did pretty good on the running pretest today. At least I think I did. I don't know if a running a mile in 10 minutes and 5 seconds is a reasonable time span, but I'll think it is good. Positive vibes only. After running(in the freezing cold!), I went with Master Chelley in the van(also with Aravind, Shawn, and Caleb) to take black belt class. i was planning to help with the Little Tiger's class and the birthday party after it, but my parents had a different plan for today. Black belt class was entertaining and I learned a lot from Master Lloyd, from stances to each distinct stance and it's meaning during self defense. After Black Belt Class, me and my family went shopping. The thing...
i did my run i did a mile in 13:05 crazy i went to black belt class we did bocho and hapkido then we went home after black belt class hten there was a birth day party i whatched youtube then we went home after we went home i plaed gorilla tyag then i went to the storev we came back then i plaed some more gorlla tag then i eat dinner it was delicious i eat some honey dew then im journiling by
week 2 alreadyyy!!! today i was looking forward to sleeping but i had to get up and go run and i realized how much I've improved in running since my last cycle. even though i walked a lot of it i still could see improvement from last time which i guess is good. after i had to skip black belt class because i had to go to school because i had an all district audition. i was there from 8-4 pm and i got and i went to sleep. i went to tuition (sadly) and then did some requirements. and i have a big fat headache from the cold this morning so that's really fun. tomorrow i look forward to sleeping and i will beat anyone up who wakes me before 1 pm.
Hello! Today I had to I had to wake up early to do the running portion of the pre-test. After I ran, my dad told me my time was 23:08, I was decently happy with that but I didn't want to try to hard. After that I went to King Tiger Lake Norman to attend the black belt class at 8:15. After that I went home and my dad went out, so my nana came and watched me until my dad came back. Later on in the day I did my exercises and played video games. :)
Up bright and early to run with all the other black belt candidates. Got my 2 miles in and went to King Tiger Lake Norman. Worked on hapkido with Instructor Courtney. It was her idea and a huge help. We had a great black belt class. I came home and got a little work done, did my requirements, and took Jovi to his piano lessons. Got in some rolls and falls today. I'm lucky to have mats to use at home. I've had NFL games on late afternoon and evening. Hope everyone is feeling good with their run today.
Today was my sisters Birthday and we were all still tired from last night. Today I didn't do much. I took a swim in the pool then I ran 2 miles and regret came to me a few minutes later, it was so hot yet cold outside and I was so tired after I just took a nap. After I woke up we celebrated my sisters birthday and all that birthday stuff. It's really late now and I'm practically clawing my eyes out right now because I'm so tired. I hope everyone had a splendid dad and stay safe!
Today was so stressful and very chaotic. We were leaving for Florida today and were all very stressed. After school it started pouring rain and I was so thankful I brought an umbrella because I had to walk home today. As soon as I got home I was still not done packing and had to quickly do that. I had no time for anything today and I'm going to regret it later but I had to do what I could. We took off at 8:30pm and got there at around 10pm we tock a shuttle and I thought it would be a good time to try pull ups, on the train, while it was moving. But I did it, I was so tired as soon as i got to the home and I just went straight to bed. I hope everyone had a good day and stay safe!
Today was a really long day. But at the end of the day I did sparring class, I'm getting better at it and getting slowly better. I couldn't do much today, I was packing for Florida all day and was super tired. I hope everyone had a great day and stay safe!
First I woke up early and got ready to go to the track to run for the pretest and it was cold!! 🥶🥶 We got there early and I started my run early (oops sorry Master Chelley!!) I finished my first mile in 12 mins and 15 seconds. I then ran again with all the Bochos because we were all supposed to run together. Finally we went back to King Tiger and I took blackbelt class and then helped out with the family class.. After I helped out I did some more black belt stuff. Then we finally went home and Anthony mom and I made eggs for breakfast. After I ate I relaxed and watched some youtube and played the switch. Now Im gonna get ready for bed!
Today I had to get up at five in the morning and run a mile, my time was 10:05. Then I went to eat with my sister for her birthday.
Happy Saturday! Today I woke up early and started running around 6:55 for the two mile pre test. Then I went to blackbelt class and I did some leadership credit. In blackbelt class we basically did Poomsaes and self defense. When I got home, I did my stuff, and prepared to watch the browns game... but they lost. Time to go to sleep!
This morning I had to run my "baseline" mile, unfortunately it was around 33 degrees fahrenheight. It was quite tough because of the weather. I eventually got through it despite the temperature. All-In-All pretty tough even though I was in "the back of the pack".
Today was the second day of my vacation and my first day waking up in Jamaica. I started the day doing some requirements on our balcony while at the Carribean Sea. Then after that I had breakfast and went to the water park for 2 hours. The slides there were fun but oen of them were pretty scary. After that we had lunch and now we are about to head to the beach. I plan to work on some poomsaes and self defense on the beach.
today i did the running pretest and then made up my physical pretest. i have midterms and finals this week so i have to study for them
I woke up as usual and went to school. Was a pretty usual day until we got let out of school about 25 minutes early due to the bad weather. I didn't think we ever got bad weather but I am not going to complain about getting out of school early. I hung out with my girlfriend before I had to leave for the airport. Today I headed to New Jersey. Our flight got delayed about 4 times and we ended leaving about 2 hours late. We got to Philadelphia, got our luggage, got the rental car, drove to New Jersey, got into the hotel, showered, and now I am here.
Sort of a boring day huh? I did unfortunately injure my knee, and I hope it heels for the run in a few hours from when I’m writing this entry. I am just hoping that my knee allows me to finish the mile without any pain. On the bright side, the weekend is here, meaning no school to worry about…….
Today I went to school and we left early because of the rain at the time we were going to leave. Then I went home to do my things for cycle like pull-ups, pushups, and at last my run. I'm ready for my run tomorrow
today i went to jail and had a math test and i failed. i then came home in the rain and did homework and requirements. tomorrow i have to go back to jail on a weekend. more on that tomorrow.
Today was a pretty normal day I woke up a bit late for school but still got to the bus in time.I did my quiz in spanish which was pretty easy and i think i did pretty good so still haven’t finished my children’s book for social studies but i think im on the last page so i know i can finish it soo. My uncle is at my house. Tomorrow i have a basketball game at 3 and im kinda nervous for the mile even though i’ve run one before tomorrow is also the start of an indian festival so that’s exciting. we have monday and tuesday off of school next week so that great. And that’s it Have a good day i
today at north charlotte school we did a seminar called board breaking goal setting and pizza party seminar what we did is talk about is goal setting and outcomes then we had dinner which was pizza then on one side we wrote what our goals are then we wrote what the things that could distract us the we came on the big mat the instructor held our board the we broke them then he gave us thicker board then we broke those everyone was astonished then we played ninja frisbee that was fun there were three rounds of doom just kidding then everyone got shoes on then we left the end huzzah
I woke up and worked out and then went to the store to get more school notebooks and folders then I went back home and started to re-organize my school backpack then I did my run and then chilled for a few minutes then went to blackbelt class did my self defense pre test then went back home and ate Chic-fil-a.
Hi King Tiger Family! Today was a pretty good day since it is Friday! I had a vocab quiz for Bio today and as usual, got a 100. I say usual because it is most of the scores I get in Science. Sometimes a 90 or 95 shows up, but I don't let that ruin my day. After school, I came home and our neighbor gave us some homemade KFC style chicken and biryani, which is tenderized meat with spices that is mixed with rice and more spices. If you hadn't tried biryani, I recommend going to your nearest Indian cuisine restaurant and trying it. Ok, enough talking about food; it's making me hungry. After my small snack, I went to take BBC(Black Belt class) for Friday and guess what? I totally forgot that today was the pretest for self-defense! As I was shocked, I was also prepared. After failing at...
Today school was pretty easy and flew by really fast. We had a school dance which wasn’t very fun, me and my friends just sat and talked the whole time. After school I had to go to work and we had a black belt class. After I worked a ninja night and then got to help set up for the class the next day. I have to go to bed early because of the run tomorrow.
Hello! Friday already and I feel it. After school, I went to the week-day black belt class but right before that I had a mentor session. Then I offered to do punches and kicks in front of the class for my leadership credit. During class, we had our pretest for self defense. Now back home and resting till the run tomorrow. Night night!
Hi Everyone, my half-birthday was yesterday but we're celebrating today because yesterday was a school day. :/ I'm waiting for my Mom to get out of the shower so that we can eat ice cream cake. We've never really celebrated half birthdays before. It's kind of a new thing for our family. Actually, it started last year. Last year I got a gift from my dad, but this year we're just having cake. Sorry for the short journal entry, but if something interesting happens I'll write a seven page essay on it. I hope everyone is having a good cycle so far. See you tomorrow at the track.
Today at school I had a math test and I was pretty nervus, but I managed to get trough it without problems. At recess I ran a mile on the football field after that I did push ups and sit ups with my friends. When I got home I ate and after I ate I went to Friday black belt class. Wile I was there we were graded on our self defense after I got home I ate dinner.
Today I went to school and had to study for a math test tomorrow. After school I did my homework and my exercises, after I did that I went to sparring class. Sparring class went pretty well and after that I ate dinner. Bye!!!!
Today woke up feelin good cause its a friday! But I forgot we had a science test today and I got a B+ on it. Which is not quite an A but also not a C. Anyways other than that it has been a pretty good day. I am kind of nervous about the run tomorrow but I know that I will do good anyways.
Today was just a basic day I went to target with my sister and then I went to class.
Typical Friday stuff. Getting Jovi to school and activities, doing work, getting everyone fed, etc. I got my requirements done. I didn't go for a run today as I'm trying to be at my best for the run in the morning. I'm still going to be going by my couch to 5K for the run so there will be run / walk intervals. One of our dogs decided he doesn't want to use the stairs up to our bed that he has used for years. Joe says Cooper was going up fast and tripped off the side and now he doesn't want to do it. Been shopping around for other options because he keeps getting down and asking to get back up. Even trying to retrain with treats isn't working. It's not really conducive to sleep to have him getting up and down. :) Went to black belt class tonight. Just...
This is the first cycle I'm not working at King Tiger. It's different and it brings a new set of benefits and challenges. I have to work harder to make time to assist in class, and meeting with my mentee and mentor. Today my boyfriend and I took the rat we found outside to the vet. It been more confirmed that she's not a wild one and someone most likely abandon her. She got a clean bill of health, so now we have to decide what to do, keep her and slowly introduce her to ours or find someone else who's able rehabilitate her. Today I took it easy with physical req. because I want to save my energy for tomorrow runs.
Today was the first day of vacation so I do not have much to say. First I got to the airport and got on a plane 3 hours later. Then I arrived at Jamaica 2 hours later. Then rode the bus for 2-3 hours. The I finally arrived at the resort and went to my room and started typing this.
Good Morning King Tiger. The end of the work week. Still have a bunch of things to do yet today, but an exciting Friday. Normal work stuff, and some "interesting" meetings today for work, but all good. Got up, spent some time with the Lord in scripture, got Nate ready for school, did some requirements, and dropped Nate off. I still have to take our two dogs to doggy daycare this morning and then onto work. Nate and I are heading to NJ this weekend for some fun guy weekend stuff. It has been a trip we planned a long time ago, so unfortunately, we will miss some key TKD classes (Fri and Sat), but we will make it up as best we can. I love cycle, but it cannot consume our entire life... there is a balance and we always figure it out. This is the challenge. This is our...
Poomsae testing with others puts my mind in a blur. When I know what I know, it's awesome. When I don't know what I should know, my mind is like, "What in the world, what just happened?
today i had to go to jail and we had maps testing so i so done within the first 3 hours. the rest of day was so boring and i had a hard time staying awake. i had so much homework and i had to get to sparring class so i ended up watching a 45 minute long edpuzzle assignment while doing my requirements. now i know what you thinking, "hansika don't do that you're not gonna learn anything from the video." well trust that i will fail my test tomorrow on that content. i went to sparring class and did a mentor session with master weeks. i then came home and then did my homework until 11:51 and then i gave up and said I'll do it tomorrow. now im writing this.
I reviewed hapkido 1-6 today and Sipjin. There so much to learn, evening at this degree. Master Evins showed me the King Tiger app and where I can watch the hopkido forms. I still need to review them with partner. I've been practicing color belt self-defense on my own, but during class today, it was the first time I've done them with someone sense the cycle starts. Sparring was great, my endurance feels good, and it can only improve if I keep training and recovering right. For, example I probably could have more energy if I brought a snack and not have the last thing be on my stomach ice cream. I remember the first sparring class I took after recovering from hyperthyroidism. After months of being out of breath and fatigue, it felt good to exercise and have the energy to do it. And while i was still out of...
Today I woke up and did most of my blackbelt stuff before school. I got ready and went to school. We did all the same blocks as yesterday. After school I rode the bus to King Tiger and did some more black belt stuff. Brien (my moms boyfriend) came to watch sparring and to help me work on my pull ups and jump rope. After sparring we went to Jason's Deli for dinner.
1/11/24: School was really good today. It flew by fasth and I had very little homework. I was so happy because usually I have so much homework it stresses me out. After school went to KT Harrisburg and assisted with some classes, had a mentoring session with Instructor Connor, and did one of my weekly classes. AFterward, dinner with my mom and home to relax. I felt pretty accomplished today
Journal for Thursday Hello King Tiger Family! It is Sparring day. Honestly, I can't wait because sparring is literally using your strength , power, and techniques to defeat an opponent. I went school today and I did what every ninth grader does at school: take notes, do the classwork, have fun, try to finish the homework at school, all that stuff. After that, I went to taekwondo. Every time when my car gets stuck in traffic, my dad says it is because of people coming back from work. I, on the other hand, think, "If they are coming back from work, shouldn't they be cruising down the I-77 highway instead being slow?" Like even a grandma in her 90s can walk faster than the cars in traffic. Because of the traffic, I came late and missed my volunteering hours for High Belt Class. I took the Family and Sparring class....
I woke up this morning for school normal time; it felt weird getting up so early after so many days off and delayed for school. I had a pretty normal day at school except I left for about and hour for an Orthodontist appointment. Afterschool I had a track meet. I enjoyed the meet, none of my friends from other schools were there so I didn't have quite as much competition. I won both the mile and 2 mile and PRed in the 2 mile. Overall was an enjoyable meet. I hung out with my girlfriend and got food. Now I am here.
Journal For Wednesday Hello King Tiger Family! Due to a series of chaotic weather yesterday, there was a 2 hour delay in all the Iredell County schools. The last time I heard something like that was in Connecticut, which was in 2021. To me, a 2 hour delay means an extra 2 hours of sleep. My sleep has been out of control. I mean way out of control. If I went to bed at 9 or 9:30, I'll stay awake until midnight. That means that I'll lose some hours of sleep, which causes my whole day to spin off course. I had Spanish, PE, Economics, and Biology today. Today was a B Day. Tomorrow is an A day, which includes Orchestra, ELA, Math, and Bio. For Bio, I have to come everyday, no matter what class it is. Out of every single class, I like the Econ class more than...
Today i had a test in math that i got an 88% on and i redid it to hopefully get a higher score. I also finished my paper essay starter for ELA that was pretty challenging. I now have a good set up for better working on my pull ups and am now excited to go back to tomorrow and work on them.
Today wasnt very normal because our power went out at 4 am and i had to get ready in the dark so that was hard,but school went normally i have a quiz in spanish tomorrow and i have an assignment in reading thats also due. The power was still out when i got home so i just made myself a snack and we decided to go to my cousins house in huntersville because my dad had to get work done i also got my new glasses. By the time we got home the power was back and i finished the last of my workouts and now i have to shower and go to sleep.
Journal For Tuesday Hello King Tiger Family! If you read my last journal, you would known there is no school today. My day was... well, you could not say it was boring and at the same time, you could not say it was extraordinary. I'll call it average. I woke up at like 10:00 am, did some studying, and some requirements. I played a board game called carrom board, which is an Indian game that is similar to pool, but instead of a stick and 15 balls, everything is shaped like a checker coin. I can't say it was tiring(except for the study part) but, so far I am gradually increasing in my goals. I try to different from the day before and and is still trying to do it.
I did not waste today. This morning I woke up and the power was out and we didn't have school for the 4th time and I wasn't happy about that because I'm tired of being in the house. Me and my dad went to Waffle House for breakfast and then we said "now what?" So I just waited until we had sparing class. I had a lot of fun but my favorite part of that class was boxing at the end, I think I wore Instructor Max and he wore me out a little.
Journal For Monday: Hello, King Tiger Family! Today went well. I went to school, did my homework, and met with some bad news: I won't come to classes on Mondays and Tuesdays. I was sad to hear it but, from my parents' side, it is reasonable. The average gas price is about 3 dollars, and my parents don't want to waste money on gas to go to taekwondo, which from Mooresville, is 20 minutes away. School, on the other hand, was good. Orchestra was a bit fun too. Otherwise, everything was usual. I did some requirements once I finished. Turns out, due to high winds, heavy rain, and possible tornadoes, all the schools in Iredell County(which includes my school) will have no school tomorrow. Hooray!
Today was a usual day. I got up, did some requirements. Went to school and did my classes. Went to after school. Then I went home, finished the requirements and packed up for my vacation. I have to wake up at 4:30 Am so yeah. I am in bed now and just winding down.
Today I was in a bit of a rush to school I was late(im always am:( ) so i went and did lunch i was very stressed beacuse i didt do my my homework i finished every single paper i was scared then i relised it was ok if i didt do my home work because i would've got a 90 but thats my story by im bat man spider man hehe michel jackson
Today when I got home from school after science olympiad club I worked on my 4 exercises and relaxed until I got ready to teach my mentee. At 5:45, I started teaching him and when I was finished, I assisted the 6:00 class. Then after class was finished I had my first sparring session of the cycle and it was pretty fun. I'm now home, I ate, and ready to hit the sack! Good night everyone.
Hard to balance parenting, work, and home with the black belt cycle. Hope everyone is managing their own balance. Got in all my requirements done early today except running which I did around lunch. I am being very methodical about my runs. I am doing a couch to 5k type method to get myself running 2 miles. I have done this previously and feel like I'm going to get there. Went to sparring class tonight. Sparring class is my nemesis and it always feels good to have another sparring class behind me. Proud to see all the kids out there working their hardest!
Today at school I went to this special thing called SB9 and we had some fun there. Then I can home and practiced basketball. Now I'm excited to go to sparring class
Today we finely had a normal day of school because for the past two days there was a storm and we had a two hour delay. Also my friend gave me a 3-D printed red boat and the other day he gave me a 3-D printed snake! Witch was white.
Good Morning King Tiger. It is Thursday and the Lord has blessed us with another day. I have ton of work to do today. I just dropped Nate at school and got into the office. I work for USAA and our office is in SouthEnd (Charlotte). Not a terrible commute this morning. I am settling into my day. I am a desk jockey... meaning I sit at a desk and on calls most of the day. So, that is why I love cycle so much. It is very different from my work life. It is physical and challenges me. I did some requirements this morning, and will probably do some later. I am excited for the day. Again, God has blessed us with another one, so how will you use it? Take care.