Candidate Journals

Starting to learn a new piano piece independently today and nothing much else of note occurred today.

Today I didn't do much, but tomorrow I have a early release day and then I'll go and train for my basketball tryouts soon. Then ill do my workout for tkd and then I'll do my homework.  

Today, I woke up, went to robotics, did school, and came home. After I got back from school, I realized that there was a belt testing for today and tomorrow, so I am going to a different dojang for a mentor session tomorrow. I then completed my last essay about the book Atomic Habits. Also, this is my second to last journal entry for the black belt cycle. We are so close to being finished. Have a good night.

Today I had a pretty long, but good day. School was pretty good, I got a decent amount done and was fairly productive. I then came home, chilled, took a nap, and then went to run club. I had a pretty good workout and got to talk to my coach about Tae Kwon Do and he told me how excited he was for me. I then came home, ate, showered, and now I am here. 

Tuesday- Journal number 50! I’ve actually done quite a few more but I didn’t realize if I did one in the morning for the day before and one that night it only counts as one! Today was good, got up and did 2 miles but I struggled, I think the foggy air really affected me, hopefully Saturday is nicer. Ready for this weekend!

Hi King Tiger Family. Next to last week of cycle. Still have some things to work on, but feeling better. Got Double stick pretty good, now refining it. My creative is pretty memorized, but now to refine and clean it up. Looking forward to next Friday. Keep up the great work and have a great night. 

Today we had hand ball at PE.  I was doing pretty good and was the goalie a few times and made some saves.  After that I went to lunch.  I had a hamburger.  Then I got picked up at carline. I went to Taekwondo and had a session with Instructor Logan.  Now I'm getting ready for bed.  Have a great day everyone!

🇸🇮So this morning I got up and I wasn't really feeling 100%. So I got breakfast and then I laid down in bed for a little while and then I went to my mom's room and laid down there and then after a little while I was feeling a little bit better. So I went downstairs and made myself some toast and then that made me feel a little bit better and then for the rest of the day I helped out in the class I did A mentee session with Ethan, who's one of my various mentees And we had sloppy joes for dinner and we got muffin mix But that's about it bye🇸🇮

today I woke up got ready for school at school. I had a test and I only missed one question after school. I went to taekwondo. I got a mentee session in and I took two classes when we got home we ate pizza. That was my day. Peace.✌🏼

Today my teacher told me she was gonna be absent  Wednesday through Friday so she gave us a quiz on Friday to do whith are substitute. I got my last mentee session done. I took two classes today. I got home and made pizza for dinner. that was my day. See you later.🥋

Made it through the day, so that felt like an accomplishment. Hightlights were going to class, and helping out, getting in a mentee and mentor session. Running was difficult today because I was having trouble breathing, but I think that's due to stress.

Today was just like yesterday, I got picked up from school, went to tkd, did a mentor and mentee session and ate dinner.

Hope everyone had a terrific Tuesday and is excited for a wonderful Wednesday. Today I went to school and went over time for my math test meaning I was late for PE. When I got off the bus, we went to get our allergy shots and afterwards I did my homework. Then I ate dinner and went to Scouts. When I got home from Scouts, I finished the rest of my homework and got ready for bed. Hope it was a terrific Tuesday and goodnight. P.S. Today is National Punctuation Day ~Magnolia~

My journals are done, bit I'd thought I would just chat for a minute. I was able to meet with my mentee for the first time in 2weeks.....she did really well with her poomsae and yellow self-defense.  Unfortunately she will not be ready forvthis testing due to not practicing high yellow kick defense.  This was my fault...I didn't realize she was a high yellow.  Maybe I can get her ready gor make ups ?!?!

Today I’m excited to go to taekwondo as I’m getting very close to 100% ready for the final test. I have half an essay left!

Today I had math olympiad then came home and touched up on some essays then did my requirements.

Worked on sinuwales yesterday and I think that's what I'm likely to struggle with most in testing... I can do it but just not very well... Feeling so stressed about how close we are getting! 

Today I (Kind of) Helped out with the 8-12 yr old class today. I mean "Kind of" because I started my 1 week white belt trial today. Since I was a white belt, I worked on some basic work in the back with Master Weaks and Instructor Garret. After the was the advanced class, unfortunately I had to actually do my curriculum. We worked on Bocho self defense and Koreo to prepare for testing, and we finished up class with Specials, which was nice to review. After classes I finished up my requirements and some other school work before bed.

Start of a new school week. I got my math test results back today and got a 92. Hopped right back into lectures and curriculum for all my classes, but I might be free from homework this week thanks to upcoming midterms.

Today was a pretty good day, I went to school and had two quizzes. I then came home and did some homework before going to practice. Practice was really good, we ran with almost the entire boys team. I then went to the weight room. I followed that by going to TKD. I came home afterwards, ate, showered, and now I am here. 

Monday- got up early and got the 2 miles and requirements in, the. We had a morning mentor session with master Marcus. We went over our breaks and what we are going to do, It was a good informative session,  Regular work the rest of the day, nothing crazy, can’t believe physical testing is this weekend!

I went to school then did some guitar then helped with class. I ate chipotle for dinner then I watched some football 🏈 good night 😴🌙.

Today, I woke up to go to school, it was a good day we learned a lot for the most part other than the classes just being hard in general. PE was my favorite class though because we have ultimate Frisbee, and I love ultimate Frisbee. After school my brother picked me up, because my mom couldn't pick me up today so I went home, and stayed there by myself for a while. Then later I went to class where Master Evins was teaching, it was a awesome class and we had a lot of fun. After we got food and I had a delicious corn muffin. 

At saturday black belt class, we all did stretches, a basic rundown of our blocks like inside block and outside and 2nd Dan defense breakdown and kicks. I was able to know all of it, and help my partner with a little bit of the move sets. After that was over I drove for my first knife seminar at Master Evans. It was completely different experience for me in regards with defense which was nice. When I got home I did more requirements and rested for the day.

we are so close to the end of the cycle guys push through just a little bit more. OH AND CAN YOU FIND THE HIDDEN ZERO (hint its in the title) :-)  :)

Today I woke up and had pancakes. I went to school and played relay race tic-tac-to. I went to after school and took class, then I went to stix 4 kids. I had a quick session with master Opey and my mentee. Second to last journal and physical testing and the written test is Saturday. Almost done with all essays. Okay I'm done now.

Good evening everyone! today I had a pretty good day. I got caught up on a bunch of stuff. including the written test. I'm so close to being 100% done!

Started the day with free $ for my 3:15am shift. That's always a good start. Came home and slept another 2 hours, then read my Atomic Habits book for awhile. Work started with a meeting from 8-12:30. It will be the same the next two days. I met Dylan at the bus stop so we could make it to the 5:15 class, then have mentoring sessions with out mentees at 5:45. Dylan had a clarinet lesson at 6:15, so he didn't even get to start his homework until 7:30. Busy day, and the rest of the week will be basically the same. 

Today I went to my clarinet class and learned how to hold a note and articulate. I also have a back to school picnic coming up on Friday so that’ll be fun.

Today I woke up and went to school.  Did the usual it was a boring day.  Then went to base ball.  They made us work so much and ran a lot today.  I forgot to take my water to the field.  My tongue was super dry. I had to drink from the water hose.  My lips went numb from the pressure.  Then I went to work did the usual. And that is it.  

So today I woke up and didn’t have my lunch box.   I bought lunch today at school.   I looked for my lunchbox but I brought home the wrong one.  After school I went to class. I am going to keep it short today.  

Review the study guide and finalize my essays. so close to the end of the cycle. One more day of work this week and I can really focus on the rest of the cycle.

Less than a week until the physical and written test.... Planning on spending a lot of time studying for the written test this week.

Today I slept in since I have not been feeling good.   I felt better when I woke up today.    I also got to drive a little today and drive dad truck.  We had to go put the cover on the boat. After we did that we went to the store to get some things for dinner.  We had nachos.  

So today I slept for a while before I got up so I felt good.  I really didn’t do much today and just stayed around the house.  We had a nacho bar for dinner.  I just ate meat and cheese on mine.  I don’t have much to say today so I am going to go to bed. 

People came over today for a party. From 5-10pm non-stop karaoke and eating. Going to head to bed after preparing for what is to come tomorrow.

Today, I worked on mainly essays instead of physical requirements. I finished my new skill essay about learning how to cook, I finished my second living hero profile essay about Martin Luther King Jr., and I finished my nutrition challenge essay. After that, I worked on my study guide. Now, I only have to write my atomic habits essay, which I have not finished reading yet. Have a good night.

Today I went to my school to practice my basketball skills. My plan is to join and make the basketball team to show my 1 year of progress playing ball. Then I went and did my requirements and now I'm going to sleep  

So today I woke up and went to church which was good and then I went home where  I chilled for a bit and then I did some requirements and went to youth group where we did some sort of survey thingy. after that we played a game called Mafia which was fun and I got some clothes pinsnd put them in my hair as a joke. then I went home to have Chinese food which was very good. Now I am studying for the written test. goodbye

Sunday- got up today and did 2 miles, I was a little out of sorts, got a late start and no one joined me. I forgot to take my glasses off and to grab my earbuds for music. With glasses sliding off my face and no music the run seemed to last a lot longer. I won’t do that again! I spent the day running some errands, and then after lunch finished drywalling up the bathroom, now for muddying and sanding, my least favorite part.  looking forward to the testing next weekend, I’m a mixture of relieved and stressed that it’s so close!

Today I woke up and got ready for church. Today I volunteered and was teaching the 4th and 5th graders; I feel it went pretty well (as well as it can go with 4th and 5th graders). I then came home and ate before doing several hours worth of requirements. After I finished that I did a bunch of homework. I followed that up by taking a bath and now I am here. 

🇸🇮So this morning I got up and got to the DJ box in cut the rope➰ and then we went to Mass and then later Oliver wasn't feeling 100%🤒🤧 but then when are we watched the football game🏈🏈 Panthers won 36-22 versus the raiders the first three quarters we completely destroyed them📣🤩😄ᕙ⁠(͡⁠°⁠‿⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠ᕗ👍 and we had chicken patties for dinner and that's about it bye 🇸🇮

This weekend was jam packed...but fun. I'm finding out that I have a lot of 'zeros' showing up on my chart. However, I'm going to continue most of them.  Saturday began normal with my blackbelt class and Junior Tigers, but then I got to meet Master Melegrito during his seminar.  That was a quick 2 hour class full of information!  My nap afterwards was well deserved and sooooo satisfying.  Then today I join the blackbelts at the park and worked on some things I needed help with. I need a lot of help. I'm learning an entire curriculum in a year. No easy task.  Ok, to much chocolate icecream. Sugar overload. Night all. 

I hope everyone had a special Sunday and is excited for magnificent Monday!!! Over the weekend, I went tubing down Rapids with my scouting group. We also did an iron Chef competition throughout the camp out. When I got home, I did all my homework that was due today and then got ready for cotillion. When I got home from Cotillion I ate dinner and got ready for bed. I hope it was a special Sunday for all good night!!! P.S. Today is National States and Capitals Day! ~Magnolia~

During Fridays class, we did our practicing of different self-defenses and hapkido's. It was to help us for prepare for either Saturdays class or the cycle test. We all did red belt, high red and every hapkido. When I came home I did more requirements and sleep for tomorrow's class and knife seminar.

Good evening everyone, hope you had a great day. Today I played with my dog and she got tired so we went inside did some requirements went to the store and yeah

Today is a good day. currently the Ravens are winning. We went to the brick house to watch some of the game, and are planning on going down to Charlotte in a few to see Bruce Hornsby. I'm almost finished reading my Atomic Habits book, and that's the last essay I need to write. Requirements are getting easier. Dylan and I have been practicing a lot, especially self defense and rolls and falls.

Today I finished my grit workbook and started working on the essay for it, I got about half done and went to go see football, later I’m going to go see Bruce Hornsby play live at knight theater.

Today I did 1 1/2 hours of poomsae class, then I did 1 1/2 hours of lacrosse.  Then I came home and have been working on my kwan essay.  Now I'm playing with legos.  I will have dinner and then go to bed.  Have a great day!

Today was pretty chill I really only had to do my requirements and clean my room.

Good morning, everyone! Yesterday was a good day. For the most part, yesterday was a slow, relaxing day. My family and I went to temple and during the car ride I could feel my ankle bulging with pain, and it was not a good feeling. After temple, we came back home, and I took some rest. Today, I woke up early but decided to stay in bed for a little. My ankle is doing a lot better now, and I will finish my requirements in a little. I am planning on finishing up one of my essays and relaxing. Have a wonderful day!

Spent the day in my leisure after spending the morning working out and practicing selfdefense. Plan on taking tomorrow easy cause I might not be home the whole day.

During the weekdays (Wednesday - Friday), I have been doing the same routine: wake up for robotics, do school, come home, do a mentor/mentee session, do homework, and work on essays and the study guide. Today, I have worked on finishing physical requirements that I did not have time to finish during the weekdays. I will also try to finish all of my essays this weekend and during the weekdays, as they are due next weekend. Have a good night.

So excited for the tiger claw coming up, the demo performance is looking so good! Worked on my pre-history paper in the trip there. My notes look like chicken scratch, but I definitely have enough material. 

King Tiger Family, I hope everyone is doing well. It was a good. Did a bunch of requirements. Double stick 2 and my creative are coming along. Still got some essays to finish this weekend. Looking forward to tomorrow. Have a great night. Take care. 

Today I woke up in the hotel I stayed in last night since I has a race this morning. I had a really good race; I took first place and had a big PR. The race was very difficult since I had to front run the whole race, but I enjoyed the finishing. I then went out to eat and came home. Once I got home I did several hours of requirements. I then chilled for the rest of the day and now I am here. 

Saturday- Today was a long day, got up early for 2 miles before black belt class. Black belt class was good, I enjoy working on some of the basic stuff like preps that maybe I should have learned a little better as a lower belt. After class Abigail and I stopped by Home Depot and picked up drywall and cement board for the bathroom. Got a lot of drywall up but got distracted by football. Another day tomorrow!

Today I woke up and I went to class.  When that was over I had to wait for Callen to help with the next class.   I decided to help as well.  Then when we were done I drove to breakfast at chicfila.  For some reason Callen wanted Burger King so I had to drive there too.  Then I came home and watched the dog all day.  

Today I woke up and went black belt class.  Super early as usual.  And then I stayed and helped with the next class.   Later in the day I went to the pool with my friends.   After that I came home.  Mom brought back some donuts when she got back in town.  I am tied and ready for bed.  

Today when I woke up we got breakfast before we went to King Tiger Harrisburg to grab some stuff before we went to North Charlotte to do some PMA training with Master Malegrito. It was so fun and I had a awesome time, I wish it could have been longer. After I went home and played some basketball and just chilled out for the rest of the day.

Today I went to Taekwondo and did a mentee session. Then I had a good breakfast at chik-fil-a.  Then I had lacrosse practice and we also had breakfast for dinner.  Have a great day!

Today was a busy day, first I went to bb class, then I did a mentee session with Adam, then I went to basketball for 90m and went home did 1h of self defense and 1h of poomsae. I also watched as my mom made octopus for the first time so today was a good day.

Today we started with black belt class, followed by a mentee session for Dylan, and then we helped out in class. Then Dylan had basketball practice. Then we came home and I made octopus. This was a multi-step process, taking the good part of the day, and we had it for dinner and loved it. I no longer have to wait until I go to a restaurant to eat octopus.

🇸🇮 so this morning I got up and had some screen time I got to a new box in cut the rope➰ and went to Black belt class and it was a video class ☹️ 😠 🤬 and then later we listened to spy ski School and then we had teriyaki chicken for dinner and that's about it bye 🇸🇮

Good evening, everyone! This week has been rough with my ankle. I've been pushing through the pain during class and when I am finishing my requirements each day, but after taking sparring on Thursday, it got a lot worse. I really am hoping that it gets better before Monday because I've been sitting out in P.E. almost every day now. Today, I headed to class in the morning, and we were able to work on our self-defenses and blocks. After finishing up class, I came back home and finished my requirements, then we headed off to temple. I just came back, and I desperately need some rest. Have a wonderful day!

Hey guys, These past few days I was diagnosed with Flu B. This is why I couldn't come to Friday BBC or Saturday BBC. However, I should be able to get my last Saturday class, on the day of the physical/written test, and then finish sparring and my last mentor session this week. Since I missed school on Friday, I was able to finish up two more essays and I plan to get the rest done sooner than later. Practicing like crazy for the written test, hoping to pass. I will try to rest and get better. Have a goodnight everyone.

Today I have been very busy. First, I went to sparring where I practiced 2 vs 1 sparring for testing. Then I got a class assistance credit and then left to get Chicfila which was delicious. Then we went to pick up my dad's computer so I could finish up a couple of essays. Then we went to trader joes. For some reason it's always cold there. Now here I am about to do some requirements and play some video games.

Good afternoon everyone. Today I had a busy taekwondo day as Saturday is the busiest day of the week, its worth it though as i get a whole ton of credits and stuff.

Today was bbc and my brothers flag football game they lost. I also went to my moms nail salon to get a pedicure.

Yesterday I went to sitx4kids with Guro maligrito. It was fun.

Today I was floored. Still constantly feeling sore, but resiliently pressing on, against all odds! Sleepy head, hesitant to sweat, but still I hit the deck! Hard! 30 minutes for the run, 2.9 miles long, pull-ups, pushups, seat ups, rope jumps, kick punch combinations, forms! Burpees! Gotta give it up!

Another lethargic day, with some soreness- this time from too much leg work! I could barely lift my legs afterwards. Completed calisthenics requirements, plus 30 leg raises each, pushups, pull ups, and lifted some weight for squats. Ran another 2.5 miles.

Training day! Went into requirements with a different form of determination. Had to force it this time as I was very reluctant to sweat today. It all started with a semi-gentle 2.5 miles completed in 30minutes.

Today I had school and then this afternoon we went to target before black belt class. Then we went to class and worked on self defense which was good. I worked with Dylan. Then we got pizza and watched a movie.

Worked on board breaking tonight after class and that was very helpful. Looking forward to testing coming up.

Two tests today, I think I did pretty well on them. We also got homework over the weekend as well, so that’s going to be interesting. This is my last required journal so I may not be back until next cycle!

Today was stressful because I had three tests today. First was in band which wasn't difficult then ELA which I got 100 on. But then there was math. I have not been very good at this unit so I got 7/10 questions right. Also we had griffin groups and I am in science fiction club where we did a star wars jeopardy and even though I haven't watched star wars I a couple of years, I still guessed almost all of the questions right. After school i played video games for a bit before black belt class and i also got one of my final mentor sessions in. Then i went to run. i have been having pain in my calves so i ran one lap and walked one lap. then I came home to eat dinner which was chicken. Then I played more video games. goodnight.

Today I woke up and went to school as always. We did a book report in school about this science book were reading and we didn't have P.E. because of house day. House day is when 6th graders (me) meet with 1st graders (little buddies) to do fun activities. I went to after school and played four square until it was time for the stix 4 kids seminar, I'm doing the stix combatants tomorrow. Okay I'm done now.

I went to school then played some games then went to sticks 4 kids it was very fun then I ate a snack then played some guitar then went to bed good night everyone 😴🌙 

Friday- Today was pretty dull. Got work done. Ran some errands at lunch and then went to Black belt class. Worked on red belt self defense, I feel ok about those but was mixing up kicking defense 2 and 3, I had those down last week but have somehow forgotten them. Oh well, on the list to practice at home!    

Today I woke up to a wonderful Friday morning, I had a good day, everything went well and according to plan for my classes. Then after school I hung out with my friend, and we played basket ball and rode scooters around Kannapolis. Then we went back to my house to get dinner and play some more basketball and just hung out for the rest of the time until he left. So now I'm just chilling at home with my family. 

So today I woke up like usual and went to school. It was the last day of the week so I was pretty excited for the weekend.  I went to blackbelt class and had to rush to baseball. We got shake shack on the way.  I did pretty good. We won.  I got a sweet 3rd out and got the runner out on second.  That was my day today.  I am going to keep it short. 

Today I woke up and went to school.  Where I had the same boring day as always.  Went to black belt class and I drove Callen to his baseball game and then drove home.  I like driving and am getting better.  

Today I went to school then I did my homework then I went to the sticks for kids place then I went home and had dinner.

Today I had black belt class which I was looking forward too. Today I had a Bette ready than usual and test are in 1 week 🥶

I had a great day at school and I made a 15 out of 15 on my math test. I practiced my taekwondo written test and worked on my other taekwondo stuff. I feel good about my testing but I will continue practicing. Today was a great day.

Today was my first day back to normal because I had tests yesterday and the day before which mixed up the schedule. It’s nice to get back in the rhythm

Time had flown....can't believe my 1st cycle is over this coming Saturday.  I still have do much to learn before spring...... Went to sparring at KT Harrisburg tonight. That was a fun, yes, you read that correctly, FUN sparring class! For an hour class, we managed to get in some new drills and several sparring rounds.  I would definitely go back. Wow! I can't believe I actually said that!!!   

I'm really glad it's Friday. I had a good black belt class tonite and then a mentoring session where we practiced hurricane back kicks. Went out and bought an octopus which I am planning on cooking for dinner tomorrow as my new skill. Hopefully it turns out as good as it does in restaurants.

Tonight I had new pizza that I had never had before.  It was from Goat pizza - it was pretty good.  Before that I went to Taekwondo - we practiced red belt self defense.  Have a great day.

Today I did a lot of essays then played with my sister and dog after I went to taekwondo did bbc now I am done for the day. good night!!

Today we worked on a bunch of essays and I had my last sparring class. Whoo!!

Went to lake norman's sparring class today and the pacing is a whole lot different from what I'm used to. Going to use the remainder of my day studying.

I have a math and physics test tomorrow, so I spent most of the day studying. When I got home from school I took a long nap before doing homework and requirements. Then I took sparring class at the Lake Norman location today, it was very different from the classes at North Charlotte. 

Today I went to school and di my math test. Then I went home and play on my ps4 and then went outside to play. Then I cane back and did my requirements. Now I'm going to sleep  

Today I went to school then I played some games then ate dinner and then went to sparring. My mom got me some candy at Walgreens after then I went home did my homework ate a snack at 10:00 Good night everyone 😴🌙 

Work today, TKD tonight, got some leadership credits and sparring class done. I did a class as a white belt and hope  to do another Saturday so I can then write my essay.    

Today I woke up to go to school, but I was on little sleep because I had a lot of homework the day before, bit i was able to get through the day just fine. Then, we had a few tests today, and little homework, so when I went back home u was able to go outside and play. I was able to finish my homework in like 30 minutes which was nice. Now I'm just chilling for the rest of the day. 

I woke up. I am not going to tell a joke today. I am tired.  After school, I baked cookies. Then a went to sparring.   Then I came home and did my homeowrk.  I had a fair amount both in ELA and Math.  That’s my day. Bye. ✌️ 

Today i woke up went to school and to Taekwondo i answered a lot of my written test questions and studied for a bit. Re-learned my poomsaes and had a good dinner.