Week 9 (1 March - 7 March)

Monday 1st, today most of the kids had come back to start school and training again. I noticed a massive difference in my flexibility which was very encouraging. My shifu started teahing me a new form, the shaolin dun dao (shaolin short broad sword and shield). Tonight the sky stayed bright for a very long time.

Tuesday and wednesday there was barely anybody taking the training seriously. Which was pretty good because I did some qi gong with my master and also got personal training which meant I could learn a lot more. I also got a new chinese teacher called Belle, she is actually Korean and has really great teaching skills.

On friday I was angry because my master kicked me for making mistakes in my form, he was a bit upset about the lack of attendance. By the evening I had calmed down again, accepting that everybody can have an outburst of pent up frustration.

The weekend was pretty boring, Josh (UK) and Lucas (Canada) were play fighting and Lucas smashed Josh Laptop screen. They went to Siping to have it replaced but nobody could help them. I told them I would repair it, so I ordered a new LCD panel on Alibaba, I hope it arrives (still a bit weiry regarding chinese online shopping) althought the EMS shipping should be reliable.