1st training day...
I woke up at 530AM for 600AM practice. We got to the training hall next door and I told Sifu Yin Lan that I will pay for the month and just try it out. He seemed happy to hear that. All we did was stretching and a bit of running. Then, they were like...ok...go eat breakfast and rest for 2 hours. WTF!? Stretching out and resting for 2 hours is totally stupid. I was also in the beginners class as well. I just started getting a negative feeling like that this wasnt what I wanted and that I havent had a chance to do what I wanted which was travel around and train. Plus, i hated the idea of not leaving the school. The place looked like a prison almost. Sure, I want to train hard, and maybe if I wanted to stay a long time, that place may be the best bet, but I also want to travel around when I have free time, I mean, this was also my prolly only time studying with Shaolin Monks in Shaolin or this area. The training is pretty much the same...but the rest isnt.
After breakfast, I got online and talked with the Tagou school about some things.
Then mid mornign class started and it was Taiji. Oh great. SOmething I don't want to learn. And it really gets me irritated when people say that Chen is better than Yang because thats the whole point of taiji..to not use lots of power. They still refused to realize that I could prolly join the advance group, but they still stuck me with the beginners and I was super bored with what he was giving because after about a couple tries, I would have it and it just dragged on. I found myself watching the other students in the higher class and I started doing the form on my own in the corner. BAM! In your face.
Lunch was pretty much the same. Alot of nothing. I found out that I would be getting a roomate later in the day. Neato. After lunch I payed my money and I just made sure I would get it back if I left after 3 days and then Xanda Sifu was like, well, tomorrow you would have to leave..cause it would be 3...and I was like...technically its only 2 days. I would have to leave after 3 nights for the to be true. What a turd.
After noon practice was more of the same b.s. that i dealt with in the morning. It was still a good work out but it really didnt do anything for me.
I asked the Shi Yan Lin if I could do more and he just nodded and said yes but made no effort. During afternoon practice the new student Christopher from Denmark showed up. He watched. After that afternoon class was done, Sifu took our passports to get copies made. I was still thinking about leaving, but still needed to check things out. I showed Chris around and told him some advice just to be safer. I told him that I was thinkin of leaving. And I tried to explain it the best I could. I just didn't feel right and I felt I needed to see something else before I made a decision.
That evening, before bed, I told Dominic about my feelings for leaving and he said it would be alright. There are no problems with it. So, I figured I would leave tomorrow after morning practice. Then while doing some computer stuff on the computer that crashes randomly or just shuts off, we watched "I, Robot". What a load of crap that was. I could see the hollywood cookie cutter formula for the movie all the way thru.
We went to bed and I chatted with Chris about lots of stuff. He's a cool guy. Well, goodnite all.