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February 22, 2003
9:08 pm
i'm home right now. got back from the tournament a lil while ago. showered and ate dinner. felt good. didn't eat much today cuz i was so nervous. man, tournaments make me nervous. i went to church first, then i drove to the high school for the tournament. i got there and walked to the gym area where the tournament was being held. as soon as i got there, i had to run around to find my fighter's card then change into my uniform, buy boards and then compete in teh breaking competition. so as soon as i bought my boards, i ran to the ring cuz they were already finishing up the breaking. as soon as i sat down, they called me up to do my break. so i did my break and i got first. the guy who was leading was holding one of my boards. i think he was dissappointd that i just came in and sweeped that event. hehe. oh well. then it was lunch. didn't do much. still too nervous to eat anything. during that time, a lot of people came up to me to tell me that they saw my break. i hate to admit it, but i liked the attention. people i didn't know were telling me this. kinda cool. after lunch it was forms. so i first went against 3 guys who came from my master's school in korea. anyway, the first guy went up and got two 9's and an 8. man, that was intimidating. i went last and did TaeBaekHyung. Apparently a lot of people were watching me on that one too cuz i heard a lot of screams for me. i was really happy with my form. i got straight 9.5's. wow. that was cool. the korean guys were kinda astonished. but they were really cool with it all. now here's the weird thing. after i finished with that, my master's brother dragged me to another ring to do forms again. he said i was in the wrong division because the other guys were only 1st dans. well, that's not entirely true. the other guys were first dans in Hapkido but higher in Taekwondo. I'm a second dan in both. anyway, i got moved to another ring where i was judged by 3 of my grandmaster's brothers (all tkd masters too). talk about hard judging. i was competing with one person who was my age, a 15 yr old, a 16 yr old, and (get this) the young 5th dan who teaches at my master's school in the valley. so he was pretty much a lock for first place. he's technically a master but he's like 26-27 yrs old. he looks young. so i got silver for that one. that was fine. but later, one of the master's who judged me for that last round of forms told me that he (and the rest of the judges apparently) thought i won but because he's a master and instructor for so many students, that he had to get the gold medal. i mean, i can totally understand. i didnt' really care, but it felt good to hear. he had a solid form anyway. better than the vast majority of people there. but yeah, i mean, he has to look good. all i do is teach once a week and he teaches 6 days a week adn several classes at a time. besides, i think it'd look bad if a 2nd dan beat a 5th dan. it was nice to hear tho. anyway, i center reffed for a while. man, the tournament went on for a long time.
ok, this sucked. some punk tried to take my honda H emblem off my car. but it's wired up because it's got an LED. but they peeled it off and just left it hanging. stupid mofos. so i hvae to take off the old glue and put more silicone glue on it. damn punks. although i guess i should have expected it. south pasadena isnt' the nicest area of the san gabriel valley and that part is notorious for stolen cars and stuff. bah. anyway, the day wasn't so bad. i mean, i came home with three medals and a master told me that my silver should have been gold anyway, so it's all good. man, i'm beat. chem test coming up. and i've got stuff to do for the week.
• Chem Test Tuesday
• Call PG&E
• pick up computer
• write letters
• make study guides for me and my tutee
• prepare for interview (hopefully)
ugh, so i'm getting kinda sick. my throat hurts and my nose is running. but my throat only hurts in the morning and at nights. i hate that. my parents were so paranoid this morning when i told them that i was kind of sick. they were like "can you go to church?" "you shoudln't go to the tournament then." O_o i mean, c'mon. it's a damn SORE THROAT!! i'm NOT dying here. sheesh. anyway, just wanted to get that out. hehe. k, g'nite.
12:05 am
technically it's sunday. but i'll tell ya about saturday. so i woke up and then i went to the 24 hour fitness to hip hop class and met with christina there. after class i went weight lifting and christina went swimming. felt good to lift. not a lot of people on the weights so i got to use just about every machine i wanted to use. i asked some guy to spot me for bench press. i shoulda asked someone else. this guy didn't really let me move the weight. so i didn't get a good burn with that set. ugh. oh well. anyway, after i lifted, i changed and went into the whirlpool and then teh sauna and steam room. felt pretty good. i went home, ate a big sandwich and then slept for an hour. after chillin' at home, i went to visit sophia in the valley (san fernando if ya dont' know). we hung out at her mom's taekwondo studio for a bit. i got my old hogu back and i got a mouthguard. i need it too. i have a tournament tomorrow (today). we talked to laura on the phone and jsut hung around. went to dinner at carl's jr. greasy food. not so good. drove to northridge mall and walked around. it was past 10 so all the shops were already closed, but we walked around anyway. we stopped at border's and waited for brian come get there. he got there, we chatted then headed to a boba shop. i think it was called boba stop. i keep forgetting. anyway, we chilled, watched some x-men and just kind of hung around. it was nice to hang out with sophia and brian again. took a nice long drive back. i should really sleep soon.
i'm actually scared of teh tournament tomorrow. i haven't really sparred since collegiates and that was a while ago. i always have this stupid fear when i'm sparring. so many other peopel dont' have it. and i haven't been training really. i'm usually teaching so i dont' really practice against people who i'd normally fight. hopefully no one will enter and i won't hvae to fight. hehe. i know my parents dont' want me to spar. but i kinda wanna force myself to do this just one more time. i know i need this for me. i'm gonna be doing breaking and forms. that's just like demo stuff so that should be fine. oh well. wish me luck.
February 21, 2003
5:25 pm
Wow. i just woke up from a 3 hour nap. that felt good. but i know that means that i'll be up for a while tonite. well, if that happens, i'll just work on this site then. but it was a weird dream. had to do with killing peopel. but it also had chris tucker in it. i guess i've been watching rush hour and rush hour 2 too much lately. hehe. just a weird dream. now i feel even more tired cuz of it. well, today, i woke up early and went to my bio class. i made it kinda early. i was on the waiting list, so i was kind of scared that i wouldnt' get in. but i got it so it's cool now. now i just gotta wait for the tutoring place to call me back. well, i should get going. i have to teach tkd sparring. two classes. ugh. oh well. hopefully it'll be fun. i'll write a lot more tonite.
11:45 pm
So let's see. i went to tkd a little early. i hate slow drivers. especially if they're in the fast lane. i thought about that on the way there. i mean, it bugs the hell outta me when someone's driving 65 in teh fast lane. i remember in driver's ed showing a video that you can get a ticket if you drive too slow in the fast lane. ugh. anyway, at tkd, my master wasnt' there so i was wondering where he was at. i started teaching the advanced children. they're getting better. which is nice. it means that they're learning the stuff i'm teaching. but some of the kids still goof off too much. oh well. anyway, my master came back with some korean instructors and students. they watched as i taught. it was kind of intimidating. i think they're more the demo type of tkd ppl rather than sparring. but they're still pretty good. they trained with the adult advanced class which was nice. fun stuff. they left early and afterwards, i just bowed out. went home and my parents bought some jjajjangmyun for me. so good. so filling. then showered and idled online. that's about it.
so my random thoughts. well, i remember i was talking to an online friend of mine named alvin. for valentines, he was saying that he'd eat jjajjangmyun to symbolize his singleness. well, i usually eat it when i want hearty noodles. i can't think of food to have certain meaning usually. i never got into the idea that long noodles meant long life. i mean, i know i eat miyukgook for bdays (seaweed soup) but i think that's about it. dunno. oh well. this time, the noodles didn't have any specific meaning. just to get full.
so i was talking to darren about some stuff. i just realized that i've seen thongs a lot lately. at school, at the gym, etc. is that a good thing or a bad thing. i'm not sure. oh well. i think thongs are really flattering on women. earlier in teh week, i was in class early so i was reading my notes. then this russian girl sits in front of me. kinda skinny and she was wearing some low hip jeans. so when she sat down, it was quite visible that she was wearing a thong. the guys behind me kept making comments about it. and she kept bending down to get something. kinda distracting. we had a break between lectures, so i moved away and one of the guys behind me took my seat. hehe. that was funny. man, two blog entries, and both have something to do with thongs. man, my brain is in the gutter. i guess i should mention something else. i was thinking of having a thong contest on Bronx's Junkyard but i dunno how well that'd turn out. oh well. hehe. ok, maybe i should sleep soon. hip hop class tomorrow.
February 20, 2003
3:15 pm
So my first blog entry for this particular layout. I think i'm finally content with this one. I've tried to design something that i wouldn't be disappointed with. Some of my other layouts were just hideous. I mean, i tried to put so much in just one page. Like a lot of phoshop effects and all this other crap that was just unnecessary. well, at least now i've got something where i can deal with it. besides, i can always try to make a new layout later, right?
Well, just wondering what else i shoudl put on this site. I plan to have my art and other stuff like that under "inspiration." then i was gonna put blog archives and other thought related pages under "contemplation." "Visualizations" would have pictures that i want to display. not necessarily scans of personal pics either. i think... "Impressions" will be my shout out section. "Diversions" will have links among other things. hrm...i just realized that i don't have a section for my bio or anything like that...well, i can always just put it on this main page. yeah, tha'ts what i'll prolly do. i have space on the right. just a small box underneath. and i have the graphics, so that should be simple enough. now i'll i gotta do is automate the whole thing. prolly php...yeah...sounds good.
So let's see what i did today. I woke up early as usual. went to class. Chem 101 wasn't so bad. jsut a big problem session day. I started off kinda slow but then i got the hang of them. I'll prolly recopy my notes tonite. i got to come home a little early today. that felt good. went to fry's to check out cdroms. drove around a little. came home to some really nice club sandwiches my mom made. Ate, then did some stuff. now i gotta go and tutor then i'm off to the gym for hip hop class and weight lifting. i must get muscles....MUST!!! hehe.
11:30 pm
so i got back from tutoring. today was a good tutoring session. my tutee (<-- is that a real word?) started understanding the geometry stuff. so i felt good about that. also i gave her a little background on some biology stuff. so it was good session. i got paid today too. that felt good. i just hope i'm doing my tutee some good. after that, i went to the 24 hour fitness, lifted a bit, then had hip hop dance class. that was fun. hehe. man, i love hip hop dance class. the people are just a lot of fun. and the teacher is friggin' cool. so after that, i lifted some more. my biceps are getting stronger. but my chest strength is kinda lost again. and when i do too much chest stuff, my shoulder starts hurting. and that kinda scares me. well, at least i keep off it when it does hurt. anyway, came home, gave my mom some of the money i earned (Korean tradition) then ate. my dad came home with the neon "open" sign that i ordered online. wow, that's fast. but it looks good. so i can't wait to see it. let's see, i chatted with some ppl online and the fone. thats' always nice. human interaction... i really like it. hehe. i wonder if i should keep the same format as before, like my exercises, what i ate, stupid thoughts, a rundown of what i did. i'll think it over. i'm gonna try to psot up the dance routines too. that way i dont' forget and others can learn too. hehe. gotta get a better digi cam then. ugh...need more money. i hope i get the other tutoring job. that'd be nice.
So i was looking at my running shoes, and one shoe has really long laces. so i just thought i had skinny feet. ugh. turns out i missed a set of holes when i laced them up. duh!!!
so why do girls wear thongs to work out? i mean, i'd imagine it'd be uncomfortable especially if ur getting sweaty and moving around a lot. oh well. maybe it's comfortable to them. or maybe they're just scoping out guys so they wear thongs to entice them. i was trying to do some barbell curls, but this girl in front of me was on an decline bnech and she sat up and i had a clear shot of her thong. i dropped the bar and went to a differnet machine for a few reasons. 1. her man was right next to her so i didn't want my ass kicked. 2. i couldnt' concentrate 3. i really wanted to finish my set of curls. man, so hard. in LA so many ppl dress up to go everywhere. oh wells. not like it's really a bad thing. hehe. ok, i think that's enough for now. nite.
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