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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I went to Halloween express today and got a creepy mask just because

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I went to ...

I went to the saturday black belt class in charrlotte for the last weekend black belt class and it was fun and I learned theres not going to be a lock in. plus the self-defence is from walking stance instead of a front stance.

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October 4, 2014

Today I did not get much TKD done. I did a lot of chores though. The dry air of the fall is making my throat hurt.

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October 4, 2014

Today I did not get much TKD done. I did a lot of chores though. The dry air of the fall is making my throat hurt.

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Today I di...

Today I did not get much TKD done. I did a lot of chores though. The dry air of the fall is making my throat hurt.

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Another Game Another Loss

In our 5 games this season for baseball our team has not won a game yet

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It was a b...

It was a big struggle waking up this morning due to the fact I got no sleep last night! Last night, with my friends I brought along and parents, I had gone to an indian dancing event called Dandiya! It was really fun and I go every year. We were there very late last night and didn't get home till 2 am, and we were one the few who left early! After that night, I was very tired today but I was still able to go to black belt class and my two hour volunteer shift at CMC and then end the day with a relaxing night! I'm going to bed early tonight!!

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Today was ...

Today was BBC it was lots of fun. Later we saw the new Left Behind movie. After that we went home and I mowed the lawn.

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Today it i...

Today it is saturday. Today I am going to go to BBC I wander what I will learn.

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It's been ...

It's been a long morning. I had to finish some homework that I had and I had to get ready for Tae kwon do. We are on our way to black belt class right now.

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It's been ...

It's been a long morning. I had to finish some homework that I had and I had to get ready for Tae kwon do. We are on our way to black belt class right now.

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hello

I just finished writing an essay and Im gonna get ready for the bbc. im happy because i fineally get a weekend that i can sleep in. :)

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Sensei Wars

Today on my kindle I got a new game called sensei wars.  I am already on level 4, it is my new favorite game.  

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Today i wi...

Today i will be going to black belt class at Master Evans and probably finishing all my physical requirements.

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TGIF

Was very happy to end this week - -it was a long one. Had my lesson with Master Chin yesterday afternoon which I am always thankful for. Held off on the new Hapkido form but will start on that next week. Still feeling a little under the weather and did not want to pass it along. I truly just think it's the change in the weather - -well at least I hope it is just that. Chest still sore, worse in the morning, scratchy throat and fatigue. Had our neighborhood social last night and that was very nice. Took the "ladies of Leeds" with us and that is always a blast - - -if I make it to my 80's that is exactly how I would like to be - -they are a hoot. Looking forward to the tournament today then special birthday party tonight for Sian - - -another big...

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Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.-unknown

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today I di...

today I did a sparring class and it was very tiring because I did sparring with a injed nee

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Marcus Hendricks

Got braces off today! Also i had my aunt and uncle come over for my birday. In class today we practiced my wang hos and my staff/stick forms.

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today i di...

today i did plenty of jumprope rounds. i also jumped on the trampoline with my sister and we did hopkido while jumping on a trampoline. everyone should try it. including making up your own dance and trying to jumprope on a trampoline. it is.... different

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tday i rea...

tday i realized how much i disliked fridays. after school i go emediatly to piano for an hour then i barely make it for ln bbc then im already late be thirty minutes to two hours of swimming. so i get home at about eight. tomorrow is a brand new day.

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My sisters ipad

I had a problem with the internet on my ipad, so I'm using my sisters ipad right now. Today, was again on of those boring days were nothing happens thats 'so' special...

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Today I ha...

Today I had a sparing class. It was nice and VERY tiring: -)

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pipas

today I went to a restaurant called pipas and it was very good. I had a turkey sandwich and I also had chips with melted cheese and bacon.

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At home ch...

At home chilling with Luke. Cannot wait to hang out with my dad this weekend.

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Friday!!! ...

Friday!!! So happy is it the sort of the weekend! Today was fun because at school they have certian classes that let you have a free time at the end or do something really fun like a game or something with a friend for the whole class.awesome!!

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“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” ― Mother Teresa

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Today I we...

Today I went mute and it wasn't very hard but it put me in a whole new world and I talk a lot so it was a blessing for everyone at KTA Lake Norman.

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today I ru...

today I run errands with my mom and dad. We also picked up the popcorn to sale to raise money for my cub scout troop

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Today in b...

Today in black belt class we did poomsaes, self defenses, and staff. And also some hapkido

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I just got...

I just got back from a mentor session. We worked on poomsaes. I got my progress report from school today and pulled one of my grades up to a B. Now I have 1 B and the rest are A's.

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Come Tomrrow

On Saturday, I will be doing a stand outside of Tae Kwon Do. It will be selling drinks, cookies and chips. Please come and support out Levine's Children Hospital. Thank you very much and hope to see you on Saturday

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Come Tomrrow

On Saturday, I will be doing a stand outside of Tae Kwon Do. It will be selling drinks, cookies and chips. Please come and support out Levine's Children Hospital. Thank you very much and hope to see you on Saturday

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Sore from ...

Sore from martial fit last night...worrying about all the candidates. Hope everyone knows what they need to know! No over-night testing this time.....makes most people happy. I personally would rather stay up most of the night than wake up at 4 am, but I know that I am weird :}

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday was my little brother's first birthday! It was very funny because he had no idea what he was supposed to do with his cupcake! He just sat their staring at it! It was fun. But i am also happy that i finished all my physical requirements except for my running and i only have 6 miles left. Yay!

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Nook

For the past couple of days I have been reading on my dad's nook.  For some reason I have been attracted to it, and I have been reading it for all of my reading assignments for school, and most of my free time.

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It was ano...

It was another early day , I had woken up at 6 am to finish some homework not done the previous night! I had to finish AP US History homework. After I went to school, i had to find a ride home because my dad took the car today because he needed it so i rode home with a friend. Today i was unable to go to Tae Kwon Do for my sparring class because there was so much traffic on 1-77 it was backed up from one exit away from me till my TKD school. So instead, i went home and did homework for today and i had extra time so it felt like a longer day!

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It was ano...

It was another early day , I had woken up at 6 am to finish some homework not done the previous night! I had to finish AP US History homework. After I went to school, i had to find a ride home because my dad took the car today because he needed it so i rode home with a friend. Today i was unable to go to Tae Kwon Do for my sparring class because there was so much traffic on 1-77 it was backed up from one exit away from me till my TKD school. So instead, i went home and did homework for today and i had extra time so it felt like a longer day!

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It was ano...

It was another early day , I had woken up at 6 am to finish some homework not done the previous night! I had to finish AP US History homework. After I went to school, i had to find a ride home because my dad took the car today because he needed it so i rode home with a friend. Today i was unable to go to Tae Kwon Do for my sparring class because there was so much traffic on 1-77 it was backed up from one exit away from me till my TKD school. So instead, i went home and did homework for today and i had extra time so it felt like a longer day!

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln

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today was ...

today was ok or really it was annoying. i was doing my empathy trainig by bieng mute and IT WAS HARD. we had a short time in social studies about my black belt, the whole entire class was particapating, my teachers were all enthusiastic that i was bieng mute. i guess i am really loud in class. :)

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Today I at...

Today I ate completely clean except for dinner way to many carbs substitute white for brown rice lowered to carbs by li 5 grams tomarrow i start intense cutting goal is 6% BF

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Marcus Hendricks

The kids sang happy birthday to me today.  Today went well but i secondarily have to change my diet because i am feeling very fatigued as the day goes on. 

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Today in b...

Today in black belt class we were giving each other painful massages and we worked slot on staff form one :-)

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I think I ...

I think I did really good on my test today. I got a lot of credits done today. We also did this cool thing in Black Belt Class doing something with the Koyro Poomsae. Can't wait to go to sleep.

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today I di...

today I did a mentor meeting and it was fun because I did a lot of hopceedo

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In my math...

In my math class we were doing plickers and it was really fun game then in sience we worked on computers and then in lang. Arts we were reading. It was a good day.

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Today duri...

Today during home school we did our spelling while running through the sprinkler. It was really fun. I also went to home school TKD class and then later I did senior belt and black belt classes and contact sparring which is one of my favorite classes.

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Today was ...

Today was a busy day. Tomorrow will be even busier because I have 3 quizzes tomorrow. Fun :l Today I did my regular class and bb class. Now I have to finish my homework.

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Had anothe...

Had another weekday BB class. In PE we ran!! Tomorrow is Friday!!!! ya!!! And another Mentor Session then.

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Today

Today I took class and i am about to take sparring but i did some requirements and did a mile so that is how my day went

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Urg

No happy dance today. Left work early, straight home and to bed, not even the sofa. Not feeling well just hope it's a quick bug. Sitting on the sofa now looking at the treadmill thinking I have to get at least something accomplished with requirements. Lets see what the evening brings - - - - -.

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all right ...

all right so I get these orthopedics for my feet and can only where them for three hours, are you kidding me I need to get on the road and run, jump and train these are suppose to be 700 dollar wonderalls not three hours hear and then four and so on it is suppose to be instantaneous, geez do they not know me by now. Burkart out

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Almost don...

Almost done with all my physical requirements. I only have running, self-defense, and rolls and falls. I hope i can get those done very soon. We've been very busy today but i still have some time before i get a mentee and weekday BBC. I really look forward to my meeting with my mentee!

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science test

I'm in science right now ( what a rebel) i'm actually not supposed to be doing this...but its fun......

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Its been a...

Its been a tiring day today. This whole week I have gotten 5 hours of sleep each day and it had finally caught up to me today. Although i was extremely tired i had to push through and go to school, tae kwon doe and planet fitness which I accomplished all. However, i did have to skip my leadership 1 credit for the day because i was doing AP Calculus study group, which I didn't want to skip. After Tae Kwon doe though, i went to the airport to pick up my dad, coming in from Boston. And i finally conclude my day with my homework for the night!

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The goal of martial arts lies not in victory or defeat but in perfection of character. -unknown

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tiday was ...

tiday was really fun. i started my skill wich is making marshmallows and i died them pink. i cant wait to eat them. today my sister and i helped sanjana's mentee. she is sooooooo cute. she listens to you and tries really hard to get things right. im just going to say that sanjana is really lucky to have a mentee like that.

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Macaroons

ugghhh!!!!!(scream of frusturation) their was soooo much homework. Well like for one class, that is. 5 pages of endless word rpoblems about boring things i did NOT understand. on the other hand, I made my FIRST batch of macaroons, its very hard, for my new skill. yay! they taste great, the cookies, the icing i didnt do, but I fell pretty good about it!

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Macaroons

ugghhh!!!!!(scream of frusturation) their was soooo much homework. Well like for one class, that is. 5 pages of endless word rpoblems about boring things i did NOT understand. on the other hand, I made my FIRST batch of macaroons, its very hard, for my new skill. yay! they taste great, the cookies, the icing i didnt do, but I fell pretty good about it!

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Macaroons

ugghhh!!!!!(scream of frusturation) their was soooo much homework. Well like for one class, that is. 5 pages of endless word rpoblems about boring things i did NOT understand. on the other hand, I made my FIRST batch of macaroons, its very hard, for my new skill. yay! they taste great, the cookies, the icing i didnt do, but I fell pretty good about it!

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Macaroons

ugghhh!!!!!(scream of frusturation) their was soooo much homework. Well like for one class, that is. 5 pages of endless word rpoblems about boring things i did NOT understand. on the other hand, I made my FIRST batch of macaroons, its very hard, for my new skill. yay! they taste great, the cookies, the icing i didnt do, but I fell pretty good about it!

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Macaroons

ugghhh!!!!!(scream of frusturation) their was soooo much homework. Well like for one class, that is. 5 pages of endless word rpoblems about boring things i did NOT understand. on the other hand, I made my FIRST batch of macaroons, its very hard, for my new skill. yay! they taste great, the cookies, the icing i didnt do, but I fell pretty good about it!

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Wipe out Wednesday

Just wiped out today and no requirements accomplished. Got home from work and fell asleep, yikes!!!!! It is what it is and hopefully will wake up in the morning ready to go.

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Very produ...

Very productive day. Started with Mastesr / school owner training. Went over Hop Ki Do Forms 1 & 2. Then taking apart a old plugger, cleaning the carburetor, making my own plugs. This is what you have to do when they don't make parts of this old unit. I love a good challenge.

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Today is a...

Today is a day where I really have to study tonight. I have a big test tomorrow on science. Proably not going to be sleeping tonight till like 11. Need to start studying.

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My Brother Left Me

Today after 2 class at Tae Kwon Do I was done at 7:45. I then began waiting as everybody left I was still waiting and waiting. After 15 mins I called and he realized he had forget me.

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Today in b...

Today in black belt class we did self defense, hap kid 1-10 and the new hap kid form 1.

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To day I w...

To day I woke up got school done and lifted some worked on an essay went to the YMCA and came home watched the 2012 Mr.Olympia competition did all my physical stuff and finished an essay so thats my whole day in a sentence

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Today in s...

Today in school we had art. We continued to work on our poster board. After school I was able to get my requirements in and study for the written test. Tonight I went to church. I am now going to bed.

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10/1/14

Today I went to school and did my work and 100 sit-ups in my math class. After school I went to tae Kwan Do and did my requirements and took class.

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Helped put...

Helped put in class today to geta leadership credit!! Got to get as much as I can that I have left before it is over!

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Today I di...

Today I did lots of chores, like cleaned my room, took out trash and loaded dishwasher. I also went to Tae Kwon Do to the senior belt class.

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I had a go...

I had a good day, I did a test but it was actualy fun because it was easy and small and then played a class game to test our knowleadge. Plus we did mostly reading in lang. Arts and I love reading.

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Grammy too...

Grammy took me shopping. She bought me a new sheepskin bean bag chair. Love it! I can sit in it and play games on my iPad.

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Today was ...

Today was a good day. I got good grade on my test, I got to see my friends, and my grandmas in town so I get to spend time with her. I also finished all my requirements. YAY!

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An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. M.K. Gandhi

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An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. M.K. Gandhi

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Today we a...

Today we are having co-op and we to practice using a compass. It sounds like a lot of fun. We are going to leave in a few minutes. It was so exiting! Just a minute ago my little brother who is almost a year old signed all done. That is the first sign he has done.

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It was an ...

It was an interesting day at school today! For my Ap English class, I had to make a scarlet letter for one of my owns sins and create it and stick it on my shirt for the whole day at school. It was fun to do because only those in the class got to participate and everyone kept questioning each others letters.Other than that, i had a normal day with my requirments and workout. But for Tae kwon doe we had an extra sparring class today that I attended right before my PMAA class!

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Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a constant state of learning. -Bruce Lee

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Long ,long...

Long ,long Tuesday. One good thing about having old mechanical stuff is its pay for. The bad thing is some times you end up working on them more then the job takes to do.

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Legs are t...

Legs are tired today! Did a long run on Sunday and then a 3.7 today. Working on the Pal Gwe forms, but need to work on Wang Ho forms.

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Marcus Hendricks

I was pretty tired today.  Instead of hyperpro we replaced our class with sparring so kids could get caught up and also to practice for the mini tournament on Saturday.

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My Grammy ...

My Grammy came in today. She is staying for a week. We will have fun!!! Master Justin worked us hard tonight

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My Grammy ...

My Grammy came in today. She is staying for a week. We will have fun!!! Master Justin worked us hard tonight

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My Grammy ...

My Grammy came in today. She is staying for a week. We will have fun!!! Master Justin worked us hard tonight

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Grammy fle...

Grammy flew in today. She is here for a week. Had a good TKD class today. My arms are sore

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Grammy fle...

Grammy flew in today. She is here for a week. Had a good TKD class today. My arms are sore

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Today inst...

Today instead of hyper pro class we replaced it with sparring class to get ready for this weekend. I also presented a project in spanish, which is surprising since I have never really presented a b rojeces because I'm to shy.

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Jinx Fairy Is Back

So not going to dwell on the darn fairy that should be helping me out instead of hindering me but yikes what is it about the kitchen. Now the faucet needs a thingy so it does not leak and the dishwasher has become possessed and decided it wants another life somewhere else. That is three in the kitchen you are done - -fix it all and move on. Nutty day at work with some very trying clients - -be nice or karma will get you - then off to South Charlotte. Got in some requirements, helped in class then adult class. Very nice evening of red stripe, thank you Inst. Hsin!! Would have liked to increased on the requirements but sorry folks if one of the little's asks a question, wants the belt tied, or just would like to joke around, you find out what is most important to your journey....

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Today I he...

Today I helped out with class. I also had a mentee session but I was missing the mentee. Rachel didn't come so I don't think it counted : -(

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today I di...

today I did a mentee meeting (I got it right for once) and we did a lot of kicks that he did not understand so I taught the hook round house kicks and he was very confused

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Today I ha...

Today I had a normal day except I had to play baseball again.

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Today I ha...

Today I had a normal day except I had to play baseball again.

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I had a go...

I had a good day at school and feeling better than yesterday. I had piano lessons and my mom sat in to listen. I was able to make it to TKD and get to hyper class tonight. I been working hard to get my homework done.

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today I we...

today I went to Showmars and I played with my brothbr

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ok

school was fun or shall i say it was ok. we were going to present our imovie's today but since there were too many presentations i'm doing mine tomorrow.

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empathy training

Today I treid to do my empathy training. I chose to be mute, so I was mute all the way until math. Math is my LAST PERIOD. I just started talking, not noticing. So I guess I must actually talk A LOT. It was a pain, so I guess thats what I'm doing this weeken. I could isolate my self on my ipad.....

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empathy training

Today I treid to do my empathy training. I chose to be mute, so I was mute all the way until math. Math is my LAST PERIOD. I just started talking, not noticing. So I guess I must actually talk A LOT. It was a pain, so I guess thats what I'm doing this weeken. I could isolate my self on my ipad.....

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so I am a ...

so I am a slacker just like some of the ones I have yelled at not sure that makes me a hypocrite or not, feel like one, so many things have me down right now, school stuff, work out stuff, need energy need to be a student again not a master. I have so much on my plate that I can not focus properly, I have gotten requirements completed except jump rope due to this foot thing. I will have to ask Master Evins for something else, he is the fitness king. I will try to get up on Thursday nights now and some Tuesday night classes and as many Saturdays as I can, hope to see you all soon. Burkart out

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