13th Day of Training...More rope dart.
WOke up this morning for morning practice, but WOng Sifu never showed up so I went back to bed at 540. Mid Morning practice was ok. I practiced mostly on Rope Dart. Learned some new stuff. Now that the italians left last nite, we don't have to worry about our teachers getting furstrated and people hogging other stuff.
Not much happened this morning.
Lunch time was pretty uneventful as well.
I had some food and watched a movie while relaxing. I tried to pay for my next 2 weeks until the 28th of August, but Xiaohui was like, oh, come back later. I was like, Don't you want my money. Its funny, they constantly remind you about it, but then when you come to pay, they don't want it. Josh hasn't paid yet for the month of August. They ask him everyday. He went to pay yesterday afternoon, and they were like, Come back later. Aiya!
Saturday afternoon practices are optional, but I went because I felt I didnt practice enuff this week, so I went. I did some more on rope dart and then I tried to do some practice on Zui Quan. I got some new stuff down. Also, I learned how to do the back handspring...where you jump backwards onto your hands and then to your feet. Happy Sifu and Dola were helping me with it. But, apparently I am having a slight problem with waist and I am not getting over quick enuff causing my legs not to come around quick enuff which causes me to land in a crouched position. I need to work on that, along with keeping my arms straight and not bending them.
Doin this move is tuff. First, you have to get over the fear of not seeing where you are jumping. Its kinda freaky. Dola just kept on saying, what i figured he was saying, "You're still not doing it right. Do it right." Happy Sifu was the same way. I was like, "Chill Fools, I have never done this before, it will take some more practice." In addition with this and some other acrobatics, i pulled a small muscle in my left bicep. Shouldn't be too bad. Happy Sifu pulled one in is shoulder doing some acrobatcis.
Rom was out most of the afternoon because he was coming down with a sore throat, I think maybe he accidently took in some of the Black Dragon Water. That might have done it. I may have done so myself, but since I have been in this country so long, I am used to its germs and I am invincible. Rock.
After class was over around 530, I went back to the room and Josh was there. I hoped in to take a cold shower, but to my surprise it was warm! THANK YOU GOD! (said like Carl in ATHF)
After I got out, I needed to change, so I told Josh and Christine (a 15year old Russian that likes Josh, and they were playing Tekken 5) to shield their eyes from Heaven.
After I changed, I hoped a bus to Dengfeng around 615pm. It started pouring rain halfway there. When I got to the city and off the bus, it was still raining and I forgot my umbrella. Great. So I got went. Then I went into the Kodak shop to go get my picture CD. I walked into the shop expecting them to have the Disc. Nope. They didnt'. Lazy bastards.
So, i basically waited for about 30 minutes for a guy to transfer them at a different, but affiliated shop and run them over, while a little girl in a sundress with big ears eating chips was staring at me and frolicking around. I was pissed. It only takes 5 minutes to burn pictures from a Memory Card to a CD. How did they not have it done within 23 hours?
Because of their laziness, i missed the last bus back to Shaolin, so I had to pay for a friggin taxi. Assholes.
I got back to Tagou and as I walked up the stairs, the gang, Paige, Ethan, Grandpa, Josh, and Grandpa were heading out to get some dumplings in Dengfeng. They had a taxi paid for so I joined them. I was still a bit hungry after all I had for dinner was a sandwich. Food was ok.
We came back and I pretty much spent the rest of the night getting ready for my trip to Luoyang tomorrow to see the Longmen Shiku (Dragon Gate Grottoes).
Well, sleep well.