Fall 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!
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Lost in a maze

Ask yourself, have you ever imagined or even dreamed that you were stuck in a giant labyrinth with only one exit at the very bottom? And the labyrinth is filled to the brim with items designed to destroy your credit cards? Welcome to IKEA! A giant concrete box of Swedish architecture. We went there to get a missing piece to a new dresser for my brother Liam. We walked around in the giant maze that they call the showroom. We explored all the model living rooms and kitchens that are cool to walk through but are absurdly expensive. At one point I stopped to look out into the parking lot through an emergency exit door. It was then that my brother became possessed by who knows what and decided it was a good idea to push me into the door which set off the alarm.  The alarm was blasting through the whole building and an employee came over very angry. My mom apologized for us but she did not want to hear it so we walked away. I was really embarrassed but my dad said to stop worrying about it After walking around some more we stopped at the cafe. I didn't know what to expect from food at a furniture store, but as we waited in line it smelled really good and I was starving. I ordered some Swedish meatballs, gravy and all. We ate and sat for a while and then went downstairs into maze number two. This is where all the money really comes in because upstairs it's really just a display but downstairs they have lots of items that you can pick up and put in your cart even if you don't really need it.  How it works is, everything upstairs in the display area has a tag and a location for the bottom floor. For example, an item may say Aisle 13, Bin 22 and you go down to the location and, "bam!" found your sofa. That's my Ikea story. It was fun to test the furniture and ride the carts but it got old quick. Hope you all had a great day. I wish everyone the best of luck in their final week of the cycle! Can't wait until testing! 

3/17/2024
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