Most schools are closed for the rest of the week due to the hurricane. A lot of ppl constantly update their statuses and brag about the fact that they have no school. Oh the joy and blah blah

YEAH WE GET IT ALREADY

Meanwhile I got school bright and early in the morning. Gotta wake up at 5am tmrw in order to get back to campus. Wonderful....

The Arrival

It was a rainy Saturday evening and I was standing, holding onto one of the poles in the train. I was home bound after being warned about an impending tropical storm. Seats were all occupied with groups of men and women. Some couples, some just friends. I stood there staring at the passing scenery while casually listening to my music.

Outside the sky was cloudy, yet the full moon was vivid enough that it shone the entire nighttime sky. The white, spherical circle, looming around Earth as if a lonely child in a lost world. Droplets of water were running down the window as the wind slammed the misty rain against it. No doubt it was raining. No doubt it was cloudy. Yet the moon was still visible in the far away distance.

The train approached its last stop. As the doors opened, I stepped out and walked along the platform to the exit. Passengers with their bags all heading towards the same direction. Right then my ipod was playing Miles Davis' I Waited For You.

"I waited for you, too" I said, clueless to whom it was directed to.

Food and stuff.

東アジア中間試験の結果がきましたね。そしてかなり上手くできました＾＾
今日は洗濯、そして本を買わないと。

大学のテコンドークラスです。僕が会長です。

I give the members of the Tae Kwon Do class in college my congratulations for achieving their rank as 9th Gup.

As stated in one of my previous posts, I have been chosen to become the president of the Tae Kwon Do club in my college. Although considered both the newest addition and the youngest, I plan to keep the club in good shape and develop ideas instrumental to the community. Because the club is slightly lacking in size, I delivered a brief speech to the current Tae Kwon Do class (above) to consider joining the club. By joining the club, they will have a much deeper understanding of Tae Kwon Do. With the opportunity to train with distinguished  black belts, they will learn a wide variety of drills and techniques from one-steps to even competitive match sparring. With rigorous training, I plan to assemble a demonstration team so they can exhibit both what they have learned and the art of the sport to the college community as well as other local institutions. Right now I feel as though the club is emphasizing a lot on the drills that is slightly separate from the sport and is heavily influenced on martial arts similar of its kind such as judo and hapkido. While this is certainly beneficial in that one can have a much wider understanding of martial arts in general, I feel that it is also important to focus more on Tae Kwon Do. I feel that we need more discipline-- that is, pad drills, fast paced workouts, and the like. With this in mind I feel the club members will become better acquainted with and improve their practice of Tae Kwon Do.

Chinese practice!!

I made this boy-girl conversation on the fly. Using the Chinese I have learned thus far.

你好吗！
我很好。
那个男孩子是谁？
他是我弟弟。
你有姐姐吗？
我没姐姐。
请问，你做什么工作？
我是大学生。你呢？
我也是大学生。你多大？
二十一岁
你喜欢吃中国菜还是美国菜？
中国菜，美国菜我都喜欢。
好。今天晚上我请你吃饭，怎么样？
。。。你为什么请我吃饭？
因为我是你的朋友。。
好。可是我今天很忙。
明天忙不忙？
不忙。
。。。
是一点三刻。再见。
明天见！
再见。

Went back to my dojang to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Black belt alumni+current students represent!

やっと東アジア中間試験今日終わりました。。。３時間もかかった試験でした。まぁ、終わったよ。

ちょっとホットした。

今、ハワイのラヂオをききながらぼーっとしてます（笑）

水曜日の近代東アジア中間試験の勉強のプログレスは。。。まぁね。明日、クラスメートたちと一緒に一日勉強する予定です。今はあんまりできない気分だろうけど、ぜったいによくやる気持ちになっています。時刻は午前１２時半。もう火曜かぁ。今から勉強をつづけます。がんばります。ぜったいに上手くやるぞぉぉ！！！

必勝！！！

まぁ、まだ中間試験だからね。

Earlier today

水曜の近代東アジア中間試験の勉強。。。-_-
全くまだなにも勉強してない俺。あああもうやだぁー
机にはドリトス(笑)、教科書、そしてランダムな物が散らかっています。最近デブな物いっぱいたべて運動もあんまりしねーからちょっと太った感じがしますね。
では、勉強をどうにかします。

Played handball at the racquetball  courts in the gym in the late evening with one of my suite mates only to get kicked out minutes later. Thus we found a random wall and played there... until he clumsily hit the ball too far up. Just like that I lost this freakin blue handball.... ugh

Then we actually went to the supermarket because the suite needed handsoap. And I needed some snacks.

So lame lol

Before I lost it. The brick wall behind.

it's 2am, do you know why you're up right now?

Always the last one to sleep among the eight people I live with in a suite. Thus I am always the one who switches off all the lights and makes sure the front door is locked. And even if I go to sleep earlier than anyone, I doubt they'd have the will to do all that. LOL

One day I'm just gonna fall asleep before all of them and see if they do.

God I'm so tired.

It's like the night shift or something.

I'm hungry..

Bought a bag of Doritos. Not healthy to eat now. ugh

listening to soothing Hawaiian music.

helps me sleep, kinda

wtf it's 2?!?

830am class tmrw

today***

lol

One may ask why the hell I am up so late all the damn time.

well, the answer is this.. it's because I do.

it's actually pretty late.

good freakin' night.

Another day of studying. Have a Chinese midterm tomorrow. Actually don't even know if it's a midterm or a regular quiz. Professor wasn't really clear on that ahaha.

Another midterm next week... Ugh. Hate the feeling of having to memorize mad terms.

They had Lo mein. It was... Eh.

I took a four hour nap today

... and yeah.

Played some pool and table tennis with my suite mate in the evening. Won 6 games in a row in table tennis. Undefeated.

Read textbook in library.

Got half a cookie from a friend.

Oh look at the time, 11:30 pm

Lost toothpaste.

Tried to sleep.

But could not.

Class in the top of the morning.

The hushed AM hours are approaching.

Who knows,

I might go ahead and say the next day--

... that I slept for four hours.

最近、あっという間に寒くなってきまして。外にでる時、もうパーカとジャンパーです。風邪を引かないようにあったかくいないとな。

寮にでもけっこう涼しい。半ズボンとt−シャツのパジャマセットはもう寒すぎて長いパンツと長いシャツとかわりました。

おなかすいたな。ラーメンとか食いたいな。

Recently it's been getting mad cold. A hoodie and a lil jacket is a must. Hope I don't get sick.

I'm hungry. Need like, ramen.


... oh, Ippudo... -__-

on the way back

       I was in the train, gazing at the passing scenery while listening to the spontaneous shuffle of songs on my ipod. Trees and houses swishing by every minute as the cars in the highway were moving at a tad slower speed than the train. A paperback was resting in my lap, the pen stabbed between the pages where I left off. In the train were other passengers-- parents with their children, elderly ones intently going over the paper, among others.

       I got off the train and walked to the bus station. Going back to campus required me to make multiple transfers. I sat down under the shelter. A chilly evening it was, as the ghastly wind roamed around and hugged my body. The sky was getting darker by the minute. The orange-lit mercury vapor lamp was faintly beaming down over me. I flipped open the paperback, trying to get some reading done but the cold made me unable to even skim over a sentence. I dug my hands in the pockets of my varsity jacket and leaned back against the bench while pumping my legs up and down, trying to keep myself warm.

       The bus came shortly-- a motor coach that took me back to campus. While in my seat, the sky was already dark. Compared to the city this was a small town. Not a lot of cars, not a lot of people. I'd see restaurants, drug stores, and large department stores. Then some minutes, after the bus made a couple twists and turns, I saw nothing but trees, bushes, and suburban houses. Amid darkness, all I saw was my reflection. What a difference, I thought, as I sat back and continued to engage in music world.

US/Japan goodwill concert!
Then food with the fam.
Haven't had Japanese food in too long.

今日はアメリカ／日本グッドウイルコンクールに行きました。
そしてそのあと、夕食。日本の夕食を食べるのはさしぶりです。

僕です。
Me.

おいしくない夕食、霧。Bad Food, Fog

大学の食べ物ですが
今夜はなんとアジア料理があったので全く美味しくないチキンてりやきを食ってしまいました。。。間違えていっぱいとりすぎた。のこってるこのマズイ物。。。まずっ！
明日は初めてクラスがありません。休みっていう事ですね。やった〜
今日はすごく曇ってた日でした。外に歩いている時、周りに霧がそっと浮いてた感じでした。

They had some Asian food tonight, but I have no words for it... Accidentally took freakin too much. Screw dis I be going to the asian restaurants in the neighborhood.

Bleh.

Dissatisfied face LOL

俺のガッカリした顔（笑）

After I worked out with some bros and played some hacky sack with the suite mates. Nobody does it better than me ahahahah!!! 

No class tmrw wuddupp 

It was pretty darn foggy today-- I couldn't even see my surroundings as much during the night, as the fog silently floated its way around me. 

... damn it my foot just fell asleep. 

Officially named the club president of Tae Kwon Do in my college!! 

wuddup!

Today is also a day where I learned that one of my suite mates is dropping out. Although a quick decision, we all wish the best wherever he goes.