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Thursday, 08 February 2007

Hard to admit

alarm rang at 7:30am. Woke up. Got dressed. Brushed my teeth and fixed my hair. Made breakfast and Lunch. Then went on computer and sent an email to work telling them im not coming in today.
im coughing so much my lungs are about to pop out. It's hard admitting that i'm sick and that i need to take time off. i somehow think that being sick isnt an excuse to not go to work, but ive been so sick the past few months i should have learned...i just should have learned.
I'm hoping i'll get a full recovery. ..soon.

Sunday, 15 October 2006

The one great romance...

In life we're trying to find our one big love, the one. The one who will lift us off our feet and is everything that you would imagine and sometimes even more...
so..i have found a few of them...
1. Daniel Wu in Love Undercover (the one where miriam yeung is a police woman under cover...btw..the 1st one, coz the 2nd one isnt as good)
2. Dr Julian Mercer (played by Keanu Reeves) in Something's Gotta Give
3. Mark Darcy (played by Colin Firth) in Bridget Jone's Diary (as long as he doesnt wear the rudolph sweater)
[i would like to say Edward Lewis (played by Richard Gere) in Pretty Woman...but "the one" would not be driving on Hollywood Blvd picking up a prostitute...thus he doesnt make the list]
I will add to the list when i think of more....but these characters sweep me off my feet

Friday, 13 October 2006

the day has finally arrived...my karate grading..
i have not been sleeping well...my usually morning naps on the subway are now disturbed by the thought of bad stances, high stances..wrong katas and a million other stuff...
ack...i just wanna get this over with...and then...i can enjoy my *cold* weekend. Winter has officially arrived..it was -1 degrees yesterday...time to get all that winter clothing out...and im planning to buy new ear muffs... the adult kind...not the ones i used to have..coz apparently they were sheepy (made of 100% wool)...but the adult ones slip off my head (i have a big head.... )...so i am on the lookout for "ear bags"...they are like pouches for your ears.... ..if u know where i can get them..please tell me..
anyways, back to work.. mich xoxo

Monday, 02 October 2006

here's a quick update before i go to class...so yesterday was an interesting day... My 2 events were in the afternoon but we had arrived early so that we could warm up and get used to the place. the tournament was being held at a college recreation centre close to waterloo, so it was quite far away. so there was me, and 2 other gals from our club which were entering the novice division. During the many hours that we were there, we would wait around the rings and whenever one of the tournaments finished, i would start walking all over the mat to get a feel for it. whenever the microphone went on i would think its my event and start warming up, ultimately my warm up lasted for like 2 hours. either way i completed my 2 events, without vomitting or dying. I got a silver in my kata and loss badly in the sparring portion. I wasn't as scared as i thought i would be, the other girls in the competition seemed very nice and petite so i knew i was going to get beaten up badly... However, the day ended badly when I saw a girl spar and broke her arm...not pretty. anyways that's it in a nutshell...(maybe next time ill do it again )

Tuesday, 26 September 2006

My first...

Official Tournament....
In less than 3 days i'll be in my first KO Tournament. Ive been to other mini tournaments, which were less intimidating and plus i kind of knew the other competitors. But this one is different. I promised myself i would write an entry on this, because i wanted to remember the before and after thing. So my current thought is..."that i will start off lying on the floor and pretend that im so sick that i cannot spar"...the second option is that "i'll be so scared that before i start i will vomit on the side, and then the judges will order me to leave the ring". Both options will result in me not sparring at all, without it looking...um...like i wanted it that way. Im scared, scared to death, but im still putting myself through this because i want to face my fear. so the tournament is on sunday oct 1st. im competing in the novice women category. I'm in 2 different events, one of which requires absolutely no contact with anyone what so ever, but then again, i can still trip and land my face due to being clumsy. the last event would be sparring. It brings butterflies in my stomach when i have to think about it....and now im asking myself "why did i enter".."what did i get myself in this time?". Either way...i will fight...spar whatever, and at least do the best i can. this shouldnt be that ugly..its controlled sparring, as i am told...but really, how much control does a novice have?? that is questionable.
either way, i will update after my match and maybe post up pictures (since im trying to show my family what ive been doing here). im scared but im excited . I hope i do well, and when i say well i really just mean that there are no signs of vomiting and no signs of backing out. ok that's it, wish me luck. love, mich xoxo (side note: this is karate im talking about...just in case)