Spring 2025 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!

Daily Journal #29: Stressed About Art

Ok, so I love art and all, but my art teacher is starting to make art kind of stressful for me. During class we have to work on big projects, and outside of class we have to work on sketchbook assignments, which is fine, but each week we are given a list of 5 topics that we have to sketch and we pick 4 of them to draw. My teacher then collects our sketchbooks every 2 weeks; my art teacher is expecting both quality and quantity from these sketches as they are supposed to be good quality, have accurate perspective/lighting, must fill the page, and must appear to have taken 40min or more to complete. Everyone in my art class has been working really hard on these to make them look good, and here we are stressed because there are just too many assignments due in such a short amount of...

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Entry #11

Fourth day of school and it's getting stressful already. I have to sort out a major change in my schedule, and I have two tests tomorrow. Well, one is a vocab quiz, but the other is a unit test for the material from the summer project for AP US History. Luckily, I have Labor Day Weekend to catch up on anything and everything I'm missing, so that's good. I'm trying my best, and school hasn't overwhelmed me yet, so I'm still afloat. Working on my requirements, knocking them out of the way, and this time, I'm not going to let them get in the way of school...

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Journal 12: and here we go again

My friend's birthday is tomorrow, if you want, say happy birthday in the comments so she can see that people that she doesn't know still know about her birthday!! I should have worded that differently. It sounds really creepy. Today was good. I went to school, robotics, and tae kwon do.  Looking forward to tomorrow. I sort of have a mental checklist right now of things I need to do. I've never had that before. It's a nice new update to my brain. So, ending on the topic of birthdays, one time at Carowinds, the ride operator's birthday was that day. So he announced over the intercom for the ride "Ok, its my birthday, have fun! skrt skrt!" That's kind of the sound he made, it's the best I can make it on paper.  FELIZ NAVIDAD- oh, i mean cumpleanos to everyone, even if it's not your birthday. Eat cake anyway....

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Hidden stair

At shcool I started to notice that the main stairs got to crowded. At lunch I was thinking about it as I tried to find a quite corner to be alone. I decided to go to the calmest corner behind a teacher next to a door. The teacher was new and told me about some stairs he used to get to his room on the second floor before the main hallway fluded. When I tried to see if it was true I checked my map and a stairwell was right next to my next two block. I got to them quicker and I'm thankful for it. After school I went to tae kwon do. Well bye.   8/30/18

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Just not my day today.  CNC machine went down before ending work shift.  Struggling to find new mentee.  First denial in a long time.  Yes I was late.  But wow it just was shocking.  Debating now if my investment is even worth it anymore.  Is it even worth all my sacrifices.  Idk.  Maybe maybe not.  

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We Won: Journal #35

Today we won our last game of the week. During my doubles match, we kept going to Deuce which means that we would win one point, and the other team would win the other. I’m sad that I couldn’t go to Black Belt, but I am still keeping up with the cycle. 

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Not normal:

I had a very good breakfast this morning,  whole wheat English muffin,  eggs and sausage along with a mug of coffee.   This early morning continues to haunt me,  difficult to think.  I will push myself to get some requirements in today!  My shoulder continues to strengthen having better movements and more power.  

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Pre-Test

The pretest took place today during black belt class. I did well in some areas; namely pushups and situps. However, I need to work on my v-situps and burpees. I need to be able to do more of them in a shorter period of time. Thankfully, I now know that I need to work on these two things.

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Journal 20

Today was very busy. I went to school and had to go straight to tae keon do. I then went to soccer and got home. It took me 20 minutes to do my homework which is about 2 hours less than normally (just  kidding) but now I am super tired so I am going to bed.

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8/30

I got plenty of sleep last night, but I was still exhausted walking into school this morning. This year, our school is having a homecoming dance. The previous years, it was only a homecoming game, which I will be cheering at. My friends and I are thinking about going, but only if my boyfriend is okay with us all going together. I have never gone to a school dance. I was never the type of person to do that, but it's supposed to be at a really fancy place, so I might go this once. 

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A Fun Day

today was a fun day we played basketball in study hall. We played knockout which was really fun i got second. I had a history test which was really easy and a math test which was ok. After school my brother had a soccer game and his team won. After some more time i went to king tiger. We played jeopardy and i took sparring which is always fun.; today wasa fun day.

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8/29 Wednesday

Today I assisted and attended in the 5:30 class and it was fun. This jeopardy was different because we had to noodle fight to answer the question, it was fun. I’m about to go run right now. I hope everyone had th best day ever!!!!

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We Have to Talk

 OK today at sparring my brother had a problem. So when he was sparring someone, he continued to keep kicking to the head. My brother at the end of the match had a headache after. My brother is under 10 and is not allowed to get kicked in the head. Also how many times he got kicked was a lot. It was like 5 times, I can not remember. Either way I feel that if you know that the other person is not as good as you then you should take it at least a little easy. I really do not have words. As a black belt I should of stopped the fight but I was too caught up to see what was going on. Even if it wasn't my brother if it was another kid I should be aware and make sure that every is sparring safely. See you tomorrow.

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Uno

today was a pretty good. All my classes went well.i had to call my mom because i forgot my lunch at home. My mom was kind of mad.  Closer to they end of the day me and my friends played uno at study hall. It was not a normal game of uno, our uno game we got so pumped up. Whenever someone put down a card, everyone stared to scream. It was amazing. A few teachers got mad at us, but that didn’t stop us. Later today i went to my brothers football practice. Then after that we went too dinner.

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GRRRR

Waited at the bus stop with the boys for 1 hour and 5 minutes. Decided I should probably drive them when middle schooler's, who leave 1 hour later, arrived. Hope they tighten up soon.   Got a lot of BB physical requirements in today. Tried to get ahead of the game on my days off so that I might be able to lighten the load towards the end. My body just feels so tired at times. Do to the load, there is no recovery time. But I am still so excited about the cycle. I love this stuff.

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Hump day

Glad the week is half way over because it has been a long week already.  The only good news is that the homework has been lite this week but that will be picking up next week.  Attended 2 TKD classes today to help get leadership credit and also the White Belt Challenge piece. Looking forward to sparring class tomorrow. 

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Daily Journal #28: My Last Leadership 2 Credit

Today I finally finished all of my leadership credits. I am glad I got those done because that frees up a little time to get homework done since school is getting to be quite busy and/or work on essays for the cycle. Another reason why I am glad to be done with leadership credits is that now others can get those credits because I was starting to feel bad for constantly asking to do warmups because even though I knew I needed to get them done, I was starting to feel like I should let others catch up on their leadership credits, and now others can catch up on those credits. Overall today was a good day and I hope to have another one like it tomorrow.

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Early Bird:

This is a difficult week for me having to abandon my bed very early in morning.   The price you pay for having work done on your house!   I guess I can get some requirements in today.   My body also realizes it hasn't done a normal workout until BB class last night. 

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Track

Today I was supposed to have health class but the coaches weren't prepared for it yet. So they had us run 4 laps around the track. Will on the run I was with this group and we got done before the other. Will on the run I even found a penny. Well I have to go bye. 8/29/18

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Family time

Whole family came to class tonight.  They had a blast.  Took them out for dinner after class.  Hadn’t had family time like this in months.

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8/29

Yesterday was my best friend's birthday!!! I went to the doctor yesterday because my throat has been bothering me for a while now. It turns out I have a throat virus so there's no antibiotics I can take to make it go away faster. It really hurts, but I'll be okay. My toes are getting better and I don't have dance or cheer this week, so it's a good break for me to ice them. I'm also getting ahead with a lot of my school work. 

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Day 2 first XC Meet

So one of the things I am trying as a new skill is running cross country.  So I am not a runner but one of my best friends like to run. I thought I would give  it a try and see if it is something I would like.  Today we had our first event and while I did not do extremely well I was proud I finished. I have only be running mainly 1.5 - 2 miles when I run and today for the event it was 3 miles so I struggled because I am not sued to running that far.  I am sure as I go through this I will become better.  Between School, XC and TKD classes I am not getting much done on some of my Black Belt items during the first 2 days of school.  I hope this improves and I find ways to get it all...

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Enjoying

I love days off. Wish there were more of them. I can get the BB physical requirements in at a more relaxed pace. I got the boys off to school. They rode their scooters while I walked to the bus stop. They love it. I wish I had a scooter to keep up. Bus was 20 minutes late. Hopefully they will be on schedule in the mornings and afternoons soon. Swim lessons again for the boys after I pick them up. I get to cook tonight. I think I'll  try a pasta carbonara. I LOVE TO COOK! 

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Journal 19

Today has been great so far. I got a full nights rest and school was good,. I  have good grades. Plus soccer was fun. It only rained a little well that’s all I have homework to get done.

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Daily Journal #27: XC Meet and Extra Credit from Other Stuff

Today I had my first cross country meet at Westminster Catawba Christian School in South Carolina. I honestly don't know I made it in time to take black belt class tonight, though it was with only a couple minutes to spare, and it really stresses me out quite a lot to be running that late. I also got the email about extra credit for attending the King Tiger 5k and helping at Ms Wendy's House, which I did both so I just logged the credits today, which I'm hoping is what I was supposed to have done. After the busy day I had today with also having tests and quizzes today and studying for some tomorrow, I am completely exhausted and I hope I will be able to focus on what I need to tomorrow.

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Journal 18

I missed a journal for a few days becuase I have been so busy I have gotten home a passed out in my bed. Wow never knew I could be so busy but I love it I am so happy. Well need to go to sleep I am so tired.

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Home:

It was great waking up in my own bed.   I slept very well.  I also paid a visit to Dr. Schuster and my shoulder continues to improve.   Strength isn't where I need it to be but I 'll gladly accept my condition!  Miss everyone,  be glad to get in class. 

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Today

today was a good day because I went to school and played with my friends.then I went to tae kwon do and did class.after that I went to sparing and got lots of sparing rounds.

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Tuesday Post

Work week is over. Katherine has the day off. She enjoyed, I think, with me at work and the boys in school. She deserved it. Looking forward to Black Belt class. I always enjoy it. I miss my mentor though. Looking forward to my days off and making breakfast for my boys.

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Daily Journal #26: Doctor's Appointment

Today I had to leave school early for a doctor's appointment. This appointment was a follow up for a previous appointment that took place last November. The story behind this is that I was having trouble breathing during a lot of track and xc meets, so eventually we get around to mentioning this the doctor when i got my annual physical in the summer of last year where I was told I had exercise-induced asthma and then referred to a specialist. Then in November, the specialist said that he thought that the issue was with my vocal chords doing the opposite of what they were supposed to do (they were apparently contracting and restricting my oxygen intake when I inhale and releasing any air reservoir when I exhale). Today he ran a test that he couldn't run before due to lack of equipment the would measure the amount of a certain...

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A Day

toady was a good day. first of all I had school. I had a biology test which was not that hard. then I had all my other classes. after school I had to go to my brothers soccer game which started at 4. after the game I went to sparring class. class was pretty fun as always. I went home then I had dinner. today was a pretty normal day.

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Journal 11: speedy

I am writing this really quickly so excuase me if there are any spelling errors. So today was good, black belt cycle's good, I feel like I'm tired all the time, I need to go to bed. And by that I mean I flop onto the soft blatnket and fall asleep while pondering all the problems of the world.  flop. -ritika 

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Peaceful afternoon

Today was peaceful it was cold in the morning, and hot in the afternoon like any other day. It is peaceful Everything was quite I got my requirements done. Only the accastional bus passing by. Well I got to got bye.   8/28/18

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Wow: Journal #34

Today we had our second of 3 tennis matches of the week. We completely bombed this match. Nobody won, but that is also because we played a big public school, which is something that we never do. This caused a big disruption in our schedule, but that's okay. That is why the name of this journal is wow. We didn't expect to do that bad. We were really tired especially after our long match yesterday, so our coach gave us the practice off tomorrow so we can finish homework and rest up for Thursday's match. 

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Back to class

First class back after a week of recovering.  Feels great to be back training.

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Monday Post

So busy at work. I really wish they would dedicate more "Assets" to patrol. Everything is specialized to the detriment of patrol. Well, Only nine more months to go. Katherine tested Saturday and and got her belt. Green Belt. YEah!

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Sunday Journal

My sister visited from Idaho. Haven't seen her in an extremely long time. Had dinner with my mother and her husband. Grilled out and had a good time. (post dating for same log-in issues)

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STAIRSsss we meet again

Okay so today was my first day of highschool. I didn't execpt so many people to be in on place. Okay so my homeroom is on the second floor and my classes revolve around this one stair well. Lets just say that it was a challenge to get up and down the stairs it felt like being in the center of a five mile long  traffic jam. My day was fun though but imagine my shock when I got to class at tae kwon do. More stairs alright got to run bye.

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Sunday 8/26

Today I did almost all my push ups and sit-ups with my dad the rest I did by myself. I had to read fro my summer reading challenge for school so that took up much of the day. Today me my mom and my dad all went to go get pedicures and the place went to was soo fancy. At the place they had a massage chair and it was very relaxing. Today I did 1 mile instead of the usual two. I hope every had a great Sunday and is ready to go back to school!

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Just Another Day

today was like any other day. it was a boring Monday, which all of my classes took forever. after school I had to do some homework. I had to study for a biology test tomorrow. I think it is going to be easy though. after some more time I had to go to my brothers football practice. it was all right. when  I came back home I had dinner. overall it was a fine day.

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Changing weather temperatures

Finally feeling better.  Hopefully the weather doesn’t keep changing temperatures.  

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Entry #10

Today was the first day of school! It wasn't over-the-top amazing, but it wasn't boring either. My classes seem pretty easygoing and fun, so far... Now that school has begun, I have to get into a new routine for my requirements.

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Wow - Long day

Today was first day of school and it was good to see all my friends but classes not very exciting.  Plus, got homework on the first day. Yuk!  Was able to get a little of my Black Belt items in today and attended class and met with my mentor.  Starting my week as a white belt so I can check that off the list.  Late day and have to go get some rest because tomorrow is day number 2 of school.

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Long day - School tomorrow

busy day today with church and training related to the serving i do at the church with pre-school kids.  I also had to pack and get ready for school as tomorrow is my first day.  Today is my last day where I want have school work I have to figure out how to work in.  I was able to get most of my goals met today so that was good.

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Journal 10: sauerbrat and poland and algebra and asjklijrgoeiunbr

In school, I am researching about European foods. I am up to my neck in sauerkraut. I have two test tomorrow. the black belt cycle is going fine. I have to study. Today was a good day. I might go to black belt class tomorrow. and thats it, because i have to be quick and i'm exhausted.  buh bye. -Ritika

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Late Night: Journal #33

Today I had an early start because all of the schools began today, which means we had to leave earlier to reach in time. I am glad my school already started, because I am in a routine now for when to wake up each day. After school, we had a tennis match which ended at 8:00. I then had to come home, shower, eat dinner, and finish my homework. I stayed up kind of late to finish my homework, but I think I will be good for the rest of the week. 

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8/27

I woke up for school, but could barely get myself out of bed. I was so tired that I was constantly falling asleep in class. I would doze off and right before I was asleep, I would wake myself up. I have my study hall first, so I took a nap after I did my homework. Tomorrow, I have a Civics and math quiz. The math is really easy for me. I am in math 2 honors, which is 10th grade math honors. I am in 9th grade. The civics quiz is just about vocabulary, which is also not that hard. 

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Daily Journal #25: Taking My Dog to the Park

Today I was planning to get up early and take my dog to Reedy Creek Park to walk the trails to get in some miles and then go to church, but I accidentally slept through my alarm since I couldn't get to sleep until 01:30 am because of how much I was coughing. It was too late to go to church, so my dad, my brother, and I still took my dog to the park to walk him through the trails, and he was quite excited at first until he walk went on and he became more and more tired. In the last .75mi. or so, it took quite a bit longer to walk due to how tried my dog was; we gave him plenty of water, we stayed hydrated, and everyone was happy with the walk.

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Headed Home:

I awaken this morning had a very good breakfast,  said our goodbyes to everyone and got on the highway returning home .  After driving over 500 miles I was asked to get off the road, hotel room and resume tomorrow.   We should be home tomorrow sometime.  

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It's Thursday

Nona (mother in law) is leaving Saturday to go back to Peru for a bit. Gonna miss her and I know Katherine and the boys will as well. She is so sweet. Testing should be fun on Friday. The boys are a go but I think Katherine will have to do make-up testing. She has to work until 6 (or later) on Fridays. I know she is disappointed. She has started getting into TKD lately and seems to be enjoying herself. She has been so supportive during the BB Cycle. She understands that it takes a large time commitment and that has prevented me from doing things with her or going places with her. 

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8/29

I broke my toes last Sunday. They were very bruised and swollen, but they had gotten a lot better. Yesterday, I woke up and another bruise appeared, so we went to get them X-Rayed. They told us that I should take a week off of cheer, dance, and tae kwon do, but there is no possible way I can do that. If I have any down time whatsoever where I am not doing anything, I become a blob. I have to stay active to feel accomplished and feel productive. 

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Journal 17

Today was exciting I went out with my family and we got ice cream. I finished all my homework and requirements plus the rest of my book. All in all very productive. Also so not ready for school tomorrow I have practice and a math test but I am ready

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End of Summer

This is the last weekend before my school starts. What I'm least looking forward to is only being able to use string bags witch hurts your back and shoulders. Right after this I'm pretty sure we're going supply shopping for school. What makes me nervous is that I didn't go to open house so I don't know what any of my teachers are like, ones name is Ms/Mrs.BAREFOOT I'm not joking I swear. So it'll be hard not laughing at that name but I'm kind of exited.

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Sunday

Today I had a very fun day because my brother had his birthday party at Chuck E cheese. My cousin was here and he help me earn tickets at Chuck E cheese. Then tonight I got ready for school to start tomorrow.

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Busy Week: Journal #32

This week is a pretty week because out of 5 days, I have 3 tennis matches. The games are on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, which means I won't make it to Black Belt Class this week, which is upsetting, and I will only be able to get a Leadership 1 on Wednesday and I hope that I get a Mentee Session too that day. Luckily I did the Pre-Cycle so I am pretty good on my requirements. 

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Struggles

Congestion and workouts are very hard.  Slow and long breaks from running out of breathe sooner than  expected.  Struggling but still pushing.

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You see something new everyday

Today I went to black belt class and I saw something I thought I'd never see. Today in class I Ms.Evans thought class. So for those who don't know I have never seen here wear a belt, or teach class. The class was fun everything worked out. Hey gotta go bye.

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Friday! 8/24

Today is the last day of camp and the last day I have to do my mentee meeting. Today I also ran 2 miles with my mom whil my dad timed us. Today was the end of summer camp party and it was really fun. In black belt our teacher was extremely nice and I would her to teach all the classes I take. I hope everyone had the best Friday ever!

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Daily Journal #24: Various Testings

Today I helped with the Junior Tigers' makeup testing and in black belt class we had the Pre-Test, although we only did kicks and the physical portion, excluding the run. I enjoy helping with testing, and I think that on the Pre-Test I didn't do half bad and there is still definitely room for improvement. I just hope that my work will pay off on the Physical/Written test on the 15th of September (unless the date has changed) when I have to show improvement.

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Journal 16

Today was pretty interesting we had a surprise physical test and I think I did well. But I was So not expecting it.  Any way other than that it was a pretty average day. Well that's all.

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Daily Journal #23: Very Busy Classes

Today I was hoping to get more work done for the cycle than I did, but I definitely got plenty done in my classes. For example, in my AP U.S. History class, went through the first chapter in its entirety in one 45min class period; this was made somewhat simpler since we all had already done work that required us to read through the book first, there are only 6 people, including myself, in the class, and my teacher taught in a way that was very straight to the point, so everyone knew that we needed to make notes of all the separate points he was making. In my Physics class, we finished the chapter and started review for our first test, which is on Tuesday. Pretty much all of my other classes were just as busy and productive, and I quite like it to be that busy so that I...

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Noting New

Today was like all the others. Not to different, woke up and went to basketball and after went to go get a haircut. We stayed at that mall for a bit. Then after we went to eat and visit my grandmother. We talked and then came back home. That is all. See you next time. 

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Aquarium

Today my family went to the aquarium and the first thing my brother did was go to the jellyfish section knowing I had gotten stung. Some were really small while some had tentacles a few feet long. There was even a area where you could touch some small ones that don't have strong stings. Funny enough I had seen one right before we went, it was translucent pink and small enough for me to grab. At first I thought it was a mushroom at first so I walked right up to it I even TOUCHED IT on the bell (top) before I realized it was moving. When I saw that I swam away as fast as I could. Over all the best part of the aquarium was the "power ride" or something it was a moving walk way under the shark tank and a few other exhibits. 

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Testing: Journal #31

Today I helped out with the Junior Tiger's testing. There were a lot of helpers during this testing. It was fun helping and watching the little kids learning and enjoying Tae Kwon Do. Then I helped out in Family Class and later took Black Belt Class. In Black Belt, we kind of had our pre-test today, but only worked on kicks and physical requirements. Then I got home and finished my requirements. My sister is going to a birthday party this evening, so it will be a little quiet around the house then. I won't be going to class except one day this week because of tennis games. I am glad I have been able to juggle tennis, the cycle, and my homework. 

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Hell's Kitchen

My family has recently started watching a tv show called Hell's Kitchen. It was made by Gordon Ramsay on may 30, 2005. It has had 15+ seasons and even a Australian season. In my opinion it's a really great show because of the drama, cliff hangers and how good most of the food looks. I also love how sometimes a team can do so good they have to help the other team to not getting a single pice of food out of the kitchen. This is why I think Hell's Kitchen is a amazing show and that you should watch it too.

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Daily Journal #22: Being Hard on Myself

Once again, today went pretty ordinarily. Practice was interesting, to say the least, with plenty of hill and speed work. Class went pretty well too, but there were some things like certain kicks or forms that I feel like I could and therefore should be better. They were just minor things that I messed up on, and I try to convince myself that it's ok to be human and make mistakes sometimes, and usually it kind of works and I'm fine until I actually make any kind of mistake, where I end up finding myself focusing on the fact that I messed up and almost nothing else. The problem is that I expect perfection of myself, and when I don't attain that standard of perfection, I end up being quite brutal with myself, and I say/think things to myself that I would never even consider saying to another person because of...

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calm day

Today was open house at school. But besides that it was very uneventful, and calm. I went to black belt class today and I have nothing else to say bye.   Hey the dates are wrong on the journals in case this one gets messed up its 8/23/18

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Thursday 8/23

  Today my mentor was a different person but a friend of my real mentor. I had many questions for my mentor so I’m glad I got my questions answered today. For the most of the day I helped out with the little kids playing mini golf. Today was a long day because after my meeting I had sparring class. Even though today was a long day I still ran 2.32 miles. I hope everyone has a great day!

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Grandma's house

Today I woke up and did my requirements. After that I went to my grandparents house. Know I'm here having fun not much to report. Hope you had a fun day.

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Friday!!!

Today is a good day because it vis an Friday. fridays are always good days. All ofmy classes didn’t feel that long. Everyone felt like they heads good day. After school i did some homework. After that i went to. Black belt class. Black belt class was very good because masters Jolly w2as teaching it. Master Jolly is very nice and funny. After class i played football with my brother which was actually really fun. I am glad it is Friday.

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Meetings:

This morning I was involved in a very long meeting!  As it normally goes what was established could have been done in a matter of minutes.   But I guess that's life.  Maybe I can get some requirements in today now that I've given my body a rest.

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Good Day

I hate that I had to miss TKD yesterday for the open house at the boys school. I really hate missing BB Class. I love it. Katherine tests tomorrow. I am so proud of her for her more regular appearances at King Tiger. I am debating whether to attend as a husband or to go in uniform to assist but I am leaning toward husband. I hate to miss any classes. I think in the 2 1/2 years of TKD that I have only missed about 4 classes. I love it so much and I so much appreciate the masters and instructors that so generously give their time to TKD. 

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Frustrating

Going to have to double up on my journal entries again. I keep having trouble logging in. Anyway, on Thursday we had open house for the boys at Blythe Elementary. John is such a rock star at this school. Everyone knows him. Well, at least the ones that know him just treat him as a friend and nothing is out of the ordinary. I am afraid that he notices when others who don't stare at him. I  cannot blame them because his stature is unusual. Makes me worry about the future. But once people meet him and interact with him everything is normal. They just see him as a friend and just as another kid.

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Open House

Today was basically what I do everyday. I woke up, did my requirements and worked on my essays. But today I also had open house for me and my brother. I got all my teachers and classes that I wanted. I really liked all the teachers and can not wait to start the school year. My brother was also pleased with the teachers he got. After that we went to go eat. Then we hanged out with our friends and had a good time. That is where we stop for today. See you next time.

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Stung by a Jellyfish

Today I was stung by a jellyfish, I couldn't see in the dark murky water. I got stung while messing around with my uncle a little bit out from shore. I don't know what type I was stung by but it HURT BAD for about 45 minutes to a hour. After that it just was really sore and super red. Tomorrow were going to the aquarium so I might be able to figure out what stung me. So, until tomorrow.

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8-24 Friday

Today was the last day of summer camp i have been working all summer there helping out with all the kids. I start school next week which wont be very fun.

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Requirements: Journal #30

Today I went to school and then when I got home, I realized that I had absolutely no homework. I decided that I will do some requirements so that I can finish earlier. That was pretty much my day and I hope I have more to write about tomorrow. 

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Journal 15

I thought school could not get more boring but 8th grade wow. I get it school teachers need to teach us but I know all this stuff. Anyway I’m complaining today was good and I am ready for next week.

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Journal 9: i am a cheerleader

My day went simply enough. I woke up, went back to sleep, woke up again, changed into my school uniform, and went downstairs for breakfast. I paid attention (or at least I tried) in my classes. Then I went to Robotics after school. Then I got picked up, I did my requirements, changed into my tae kwon do uniform, and went there. Then I did my algebra homework and helped out with a class. Then I attended black belt class. After that, I was an awesome cheerleader for grace, and she excelled in her poomsae all because of me. Not because of natural talent, or practice or anything like that. TOTALLY. Then I went home, took a shower, fed my guinea pig, ate dinner, and am now typing this. I'm going to go brush and floss and go to bed.  If you want me to cheer during your poomsaes, call 704-769-CHEER...

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Adult Class

Today was the first time I helped with the adult class at the North Charlotte location. The class is a lot smaller than the classes I'm used to, which makes it easier to help individuals. It's been a while since I helped out with a class, and I forgot how much I enjoy it.

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What a Day

Todxay was a very tiring day. All my classes felt very long today. It was so boring. After school I went to cross country. We ran so much. It was very tiring. After school i watched. Some of my brothers soccer game. They lost 5-0. It is a new team and i think they can get better. After that I went to king tiger to do sparring class. Sparring class is always tiring. What’s a day!!!

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My Short day

Today felt so short I really do not know why. As always I do my daily requirements and work on my essays. After that I chilled and invited someone over. We talk for a bit and then ate lunch. After that I had a yearly eye exam. I got that done pretty quick and then went and ate dinner. Then I played some C.O.D ( Call of Duty ) with my brother and here we are now. See you next time.

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Daily Journal #21: Improvising Workout for Practice

Today went pretty ordinarily, but cross country practice was definitely interesting. Yesterday, my coach told us that we were going to use the weight room from 3:30 until 4:00. So my team mates and I are waiting in the hallway waiting for my coach to get there since we are not allowed to use the weight room without a coach or some kind of supervision present for safety reasons. 3:20 and then 3:25 roll around and Coach isn't there. We are used to our coaches running late since they have other jobs. 3:30 come around, and we decide that since others are already in the weight room and since someone volunteered to supervise until our coach get there, it should be fine to do our warmups and ladder drills until one of our coaches get there. We ended up doing this for half of the time that we could be in...

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friday 7th journal

After i woke up i had less morning exercise for Tae Kwan do because i did lots of things for it yesterday. Then after that i drank milk and after some time i went to take bath and after that i did my English and math for 2 hours and then my mom and i ate lunch then i watched the movie A.X.L on a link. It was a great movie and after that there was a thing in Indian religion that you do something before marriage so we went for that and ate dinner and when the party was over we went home and watched some TV and went to sleep.

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Turseday

today was a awsome day because I went to the movies and got m&m's.after that we went back to tae kwon do and did class.then my mom picked me up and took me to open house it was great.

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8-23 Thursday

Today me and Ms. Melissa put up snipe signs for the King Tiger after school program which was fun and then I leaned hopkido form 4 during my mentor session with Master Cavasos.           

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Thursday

Today was pretty boring because I worked on my AP project all day. Also im tired from waking up earlier than usual.

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1st Tennis Match: Journal #29

Today we had our first tennis match of the season. Since the match is played with 6 singles and 3 doubles, you just have to win 5 out of the 6 singles to win the entire match. This is exactly what happened to us. Since we won the match already, the coach decided to allow everyone to play, so the top players didn't have to play doubles. I am glad that we won, because it was our first win of the season.

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A good day:

I began my day eating a little more than needed.   My wife also talked me into going shopping (something that I really love).????????We had a very nice riverboat dinner cruise on the Mississippi river that began at 6:00pm and ended at night.  Back to hotel, ready for bed.  

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A Wednesday

today was a great day because I went to mini golf with my friends after that I did the laser vortex with my friend cohen. We ranked second place on the leaderboard.

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Tuesday 8/21

Today I did 1.66 miles with my mom. We went to my favorite restaurant McDonalds. After we got to the restaurant my dad came and picked us up to go home. At camp in sparring class we played a card game were we would grab a card then do as many kicks the card says. Our team won and we didn’t have to do any extra workouts. I hope everyone had a great Tuesday!

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Wednesday 8/22

Today I meet with my mentee to help him get his orange stripe. Also I had my meet the teacher school day today and got to meet all my teachers and introduce myself. Today I felt a little dizzy at camp so I left early. Right now I feel sick and extremely cold when it’s normal temperature for my mom. Even though I feel sick it will not stop me from working out. I hope everyone had a great Wednesday!

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Busy day

Took off today so the wife could get some important things done like open school.  Decided to work on my requirements today.  Numbers look good so far but the day still young.  Maybe this will drive the last little bit of my congestion out.

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Entry #9

I woke up this morning with a dry mouth. After I gargled hot water and drank hot coffee, I felt better. Then I ate breakfast and helped my dad clean out some of the remnants of the paint job (paint cans, tools, etc.). I took a shower and go started on my project again. After I took a break for lunch, I continued, until it was time for my open house. Open house was pretty simple because I already know most of my teachers. After that, I went to a mini celebration for completing my summer volunteering at the University Library. I came home and got back on the project.

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Journal 3: August 21, 2018

I had a normal day today: I went to school, had electives, then science, social studies, ELA, and finally math. When I came home I took a bath and did my daily ritual and then did all my physical requirements including poomsaes and self defenses. After that I went to Tae Kwon Do which leads me to where I am now. Also, though I've tried everything, I am not able to figure out how to log my daily requirements, so if someone would aid me I would really appreciate it.

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On the Go

A lot going on today.  I had to go get my school schedule early this morning.  Then had to go back out so my brother could get his school schedule. Attended TKD class today and then off to a school event to finish out the day.  Felt like I was on the go all day and having a hard time reaching my goals.  I am wondering when school starts how I will continue the pace of reaching my goals.

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My Blog :)

Today was like any other. I woke up, ate and did my requirements. After that I finished a essay and also did some reading. Then I rode around the neighborhood with my brother and also talked with my friends. After that I had lunch and then went to get shots for 7th grade. Right after we headed to TKD. I helped out and took a class. I also took sparring today and had a bunch of fun doing it as well. That was all I did today. See you next time. 

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thursday journal 6

After i woke up i did my exercise for my black belt cycle and i did a lot of it. After i finished it i ate my breakfast and i did khan academy and reading for 2 hours. Then my mom and i ate my lunch and i watched my left over of transformers the last knights movie and watched the movie the meg. Then i went for tennis at 6:00 to 7:00 and went straight to Tae Kwan do for my weekday black belt class. After coming home fro there i ate my dinner and watched on the TV with my family and went upstairs to our beds and my family and i went to sleep.

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Wednesday journal 5

after i woke up i did my exercise and then went to eat breakfast and after some time i went to take bath. After i take bath i talked to my grandpa and my grandma and their parents. Then my mom and i ate lunch and i watched a movie called Sherlock gnomes and after that i watched part of transformers The Last Knights until i had to go my schools open house. Then on our way back i was already late for swimming and luckily i brought my swimming bag before we left for my schools open house. So i changed my dress in the car went to class and came back home and ate dinner and watched some TV and my family and i went to our beds to sleep

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Journal 14

This week had been super busy. I started school and it’s been a lot with soccer. But I am keeping up with my requirements and I am going to finish this cycle. I am so excited to get my new belt and know I worked for it .

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