Amanda Takes Off...

I completely broke my template somehow and although I could SEE in the source what was wrong, I couldn't get it to work. So. I had to recopy every post and comment. Rather than make a profile for anyone who's commented, I put them all under my name. Hopefully, I will not break the template again.

Went to tae kwon do tonight and we freesparred. On wooden floors. And he made me remove my glasses. So I was focusing, oh, 10 cm in front of my eyes. We DID have gear on for the pointed-freesparring, but otherwise we were gearless. Yes! Blind freesparring on wooden floors! And before I have my Alien Residency Card and therefore lack health insurance!

겨루기 (kyeo-ru-ki) in Korean means both a contest of physical strength and a duel of wits. I think that's fantastic. I sparred against the other woman but she scored the point so I let my team down. Sigh. And after they yelled, "아만다" (Amanda) and everything. Darn.

I have to learn how to spar for points. It's a lot more dancing around each other and taking very few shots. I'm used to freesparring with James yelling, "Come on, Amanda, come on! Hit me, hit me! Pow!" If you didn't let loose first, he did. So you learned to just make as many strikes as possible.

We had green tea cake for a snack at work today.

And I finally got photos of the live seafood in the market. I pass this tank on the way to and from tae kwon do class.