Coming To The End...

of the semester and still no news about the grading test date. Nuts. Chance of yellow belt by end of semester is EXTREMELY low now. oh well... I'm thinking of using this blog for further use after the project has ended... but that's another story.

Oh yeah forgot to mention training. haven't been updating because uhhh nothing much to talk about. But for todaaaayy........ I had randori AKA sparring... with the seniors no less. Needless to say I got my butt handed to me, though I felt that I held my own, sort of. By the way, highlight of the night, Gideon goes to the floor from a vicious throw, gets picked up and... gets the same throw! AGAIN! (combination throws...painful...ouch). Pain. Pain. Pain fun. (lol masochism)

On a side note, 2 of my lecturers got complaints from STUDENTS dude, and they ain't that happy about it (who would?). My opinion on the matter, that's mean. The lecturers are doing their absolute best to make sure we get the perfect learning experience and they get a complaint, pretty harsh. Ease up on them man, nobody's perfect.

Stupid H1N1

No school. No Judo. Too bad

Just got back from judo camp

well not really. Judo camp ended last saturday, didn't blog about it because i was dead tired. It was a fun experience though, learnt some self-defence techniques and went to sensei's dojo in Katong (that place was cool). Training seemed more difficult, need to train. Oh yeah and there is a chance that the grading test will come AFTER the semester, in other words, my goal might just be impossible. dang.

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Finally...................................

my judogi is here..... and it is kinda huge. pants are very baggy (which, if it were jeans, would be a dream, but seeing as the pants could trip me....) And the top is also huge. But no worries, seniors say the thing should shrink maybe after one or two washes. Damn, haven't been to training for so long. Hope i don't mess up the break falls. Oh yeah, judo camp this week, and I have no idea how to tie a belt... crap

Crappy string of events

Ok, 1st thing, no gi on previous training, so no gi, no belt, and sure as heck no pictures. 2nd thing, only need to do ONE S.M.A.R.T. goal, in other words the whole translation guide had to be dropped. Oh well, that thing wasn't progressing much anyways. 3rd thing, caught a stomach flu and missed alot of school, so i'm pretty grumpy right now. (Also missed a training which could have potentially given me my gi....dang) Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggh. Frustration Frustration. Hope things get better.

Dang, my neck hurts....

and I don't even know what's causing it. There was neck training during judo on Tuesday and I felt just fine the next day. Then suddenly on Friday my neck is sore (yes judo training is on thursday too but there was no neck training then). I wonder what is going on? Long term side effects maybe? Oh well, this pain should fade by monday.

Good news! According to the seniors, my judogi should be coming by next week! In other words, i'll be advancing from no-belt to white-belt! (I have finally achieved something in life lol) Then again this could be bad. Quote from current judo president, "Are you excited? You are getting you're gi soon. Which means you get to throw me, and I (short pause) get to throw you!" All of this with that face you see everytime in the movies right before the bad guy gives his evil laugh. Scary....

Oh dude all this excitement made me forget about the translation guide......................................crap

Umm... 1st post?

Ok, here's the deal, I've set up this blog because of my personal development class at school. I'm supposed to be updating weekly on my SMART goals progress. the 2 goals are to get a yellow belt in judo and to make a katakana guide both by the end of the semester.

Guess I should start talkin about progress huh? judo training has been tough (hey cut me some slack here, i'm not used to this thing, i'm like 80kg and 183cm dude) but at least i see some progress. Definitely getting the hang of all the techniques and stuff, but the fact that bowing and kneeling are part of judo grading is getting me worried. Possible goal obstacle? hmmm... we shall see.

Umm... my katakana guide... i've written a quick list for sis so I guess that counts as a draft, other than that haven't touched it since about...... a month? need to get started on that.

That's pretty much all this week. Pretty boring crap if you ask me, but judo training..... i have a bad feeling about this.... espescially the neck muscles....(stupid look at bellybutton training... grrrrrrrrrr)