MY BLACK BELT GRADING
"How can I lose to such an idiot?"
- A shout from chessmaster Aaron Nimzovich (1886-1935)
"Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday."
- Woody Allen (1935-)
"I don't feel good."
- The last words of Luther Burbank (1849-1926)
"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
- Ross MacDonald (1915-1983)
"Men have become the tools of their tools."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
More than 6 months overdue and finally...
Genevieve, Bernard and Mrs. Chow also took their gradings today.
But let me start at the beginning of my day…
Got up around 10am in order to get ready to meet Alfred and Huifen at the bus stop at 11am. We made our way to TPY for lunch with Chong Yun and family, who were late… I din bother to eat my lunch coz I was worried I might puke on my opponent during sparring. (Don’t ask me for the reasoning, it’s an old excuse not to eat. One, which I evoke every time I go for grading…heehee)
Rushed down to the stadium around 12.30pm when I got the call from Uncle Bernard. I was kind of worked up over the possibility that I might have been late, when my reporting time was meant to be 1.30pm.
Got everything ready before the said timing and waited around with Genevieve for the role call to begin…
She was very anxious, so we prayed :)
When we work, we work.
When we pray, God works.
And works wonders He does :D
R5,N4.
Waiting was kind surreal… watching others head out to the middle of the courts to be tested on the 3 portions. Namely: Poomsae, basic kicks and sparring.
I made friends while waiting~
Nothing new about that… hahaha…
When it came to my turn…
I did my best.
Thank You, God!
I did not mess up :D
-hysterical laughter-
As for the comments… some people said that I was not forceful enough in the poomsae department… and that alone is depressing enough, especially when poomsae is supposed to be my forte…
-hits head against the wall HARD-
Sparring was more of like a blur, but the overall good thing is that I was not injured… I inflicted injury instead… eppz…
Thank God for His peace throughout this experience!
To God be the glory!
Once everything was done, I joined the group, got changed into my civilian clothes and helped with photo taking and videotaping :)
The group being: Swee Shoon, Huifen, See Hwa, Alfred, Chong Yi, Chong Yun, Jack, Uncle Jimmy, Jolynn, Yue Ling, Genevieve and Mrs. Lee.
Bernard, Mrs. Chow, Lucien and Eileen joined us later after their gradings, work and helping out…
We had fun making jokes and commenting here and there about this and that. Fretting over what might have should have and could have… hahahaha~
I’m very happy that Shoon made it down. Because initially he told me that lessons would prevent him from making it to my grading… but - He made it :D
Thank you to those who gave me support and words of encouragement!
The SMSes really meant a lot!
-big silly grinz-
We hung around the sports stadium till everything was concluded before packing up and heading for Sir’s place to have our dinner as well as view the tapes we made in the day.
Talk, laugh, eat, laugh some more, and talk even more… all the way past 11pm… Oppz X.olll
Shared cab home with Huifen and Lucien…
All in all, it was a good day. :D
That’s all for now… be back tomorrow!
^-^
- A shout from chessmaster Aaron Nimzovich (1886-1935)
"Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday."
- Woody Allen (1935-)
"I don't feel good."
- The last words of Luther Burbank (1849-1926)
"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."
- Ross MacDonald (1915-1983)
"Men have become the tools of their tools."
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
More than 6 months overdue and finally...
Genevieve, Bernard and Mrs. Chow also took their gradings today.
But let me start at the beginning of my day…
Got up around 10am in order to get ready to meet Alfred and Huifen at the bus stop at 11am. We made our way to TPY for lunch with Chong Yun and family, who were late… I din bother to eat my lunch coz I was worried I might puke on my opponent during sparring. (Don’t ask me for the reasoning, it’s an old excuse not to eat. One, which I evoke every time I go for grading…heehee)
Rushed down to the stadium around 12.30pm when I got the call from Uncle Bernard. I was kind of worked up over the possibility that I might have been late, when my reporting time was meant to be 1.30pm.
Got everything ready before the said timing and waited around with Genevieve for the role call to begin…
She was very anxious, so we prayed :)
When we work, we work.
When we pray, God works.
And works wonders He does :D
R5,N4.
Waiting was kind surreal… watching others head out to the middle of the courts to be tested on the 3 portions. Namely: Poomsae, basic kicks and sparring.
I made friends while waiting~
Nothing new about that… hahaha…
When it came to my turn…
I did my best.
Thank You, God!
I did not mess up :D
-hysterical laughter-
As for the comments… some people said that I was not forceful enough in the poomsae department… and that alone is depressing enough, especially when poomsae is supposed to be my forte…
-hits head against the wall HARD-
Sparring was more of like a blur, but the overall good thing is that I was not injured… I inflicted injury instead… eppz…
Thank God for His peace throughout this experience!
To God be the glory!
Once everything was done, I joined the group, got changed into my civilian clothes and helped with photo taking and videotaping :)
The group being: Swee Shoon, Huifen, See Hwa, Alfred, Chong Yi, Chong Yun, Jack, Uncle Jimmy, Jolynn, Yue Ling, Genevieve and Mrs. Lee.
Bernard, Mrs. Chow, Lucien and Eileen joined us later after their gradings, work and helping out…
We had fun making jokes and commenting here and there about this and that. Fretting over what might have should have and could have… hahahaha~
I’m very happy that Shoon made it down. Because initially he told me that lessons would prevent him from making it to my grading… but - He made it :D
Thank you to those who gave me support and words of encouragement!
The SMSes really meant a lot!
-big silly grinz-
We hung around the sports stadium till everything was concluded before packing up and heading for Sir’s place to have our dinner as well as view the tapes we made in the day.
Talk, laugh, eat, laugh some more, and talk even more… all the way past 11pm… Oppz X.olll
Shared cab home with Huifen and Lucien…
All in all, it was a good day. :D
That’s all for now… be back tomorrow!
^-^
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