Colder Weather Makes it Hard to Train
It is so different training when it’s cold out. You can tell
the moral drops a little. I don’t even want to train some mornings. It’s cold,
windy, makes you want to stay in bed all day. Lucky for me I don’t get up at
5:45 am to go to tai chi, so I can’t really complain.
It’s apple and grape season here in Kunyushan so we get
really yummy fruit. For the grapes we go into the vineyard, knock on the door
of this shack and the guy comes out and cuts the grapes straight off of the
vines. Best grapes I have ever had! The apples are really nice as well. I had
these two guys from India taste apples and honey and I think they liked it quite a
bit.
Training has been good, I finished my TomBay form (I don’t
know if that’s how it’s spelled, but that’s how it sounds).
There is a new kid in my class that is sooooo lazy! Sheifu
beats him every day. The other day Sheifu was so mad at the kid he hit him with
the stick and the stick broke! I think the kid deserves it. He’s so lazy,
thinks everything is a joke, and can just tell he doesn’t want to be here. He
came with his dad, and his dad even tells people, if he’s bad just hit him and
put him in his place. The kid is a punk BUT…. I can say, he is getting a little
bit better…. Just a tiny bit.
Stance Training- can you tell who the new kid is??
This weekend I went to Yantai with Scott, Sam, Brittany and Dan. We went to the aquarium, shopped around a bit and had dinner at the duck place. I am going to be learning the bull whip so I had to buy my weapon on Saturday. Sinday scott Brittany and I went to muping. Scott had his last lesson and Brittany and I shopped around again. We had lunch with jenny and Lieu Bing at Hot Pot. It’s similar to fondue. I tried jellied duck blood…. I don’t know what it tasted like because I just tried to chew really fast and swallow. I chased it down with pear juice, I can say though, that it was not my most favorite thing I’ve had in china thus far.
Hot Pot lunch
Before I go to bed I will give you a few travel tips.
China travel tips by Kc:
1)
Remember where the “good” bathrooms are when you
go out. In Muping there are no bathrooms unless you want to use the scary one
in JAJAYU (grocery store) or unless you go to a restaurant. In Yantai we
usually go to McDonalds, KFC, or another restaurant to use the bathroom. And by
good bathroom I mean a bathroom that doesn’t smell too bad and one that doesn’t
have too much “water” around the toilets.
2)
Don’t wear belts when you go out into town. When
you do use the bathroom you want to make sure you are in there as short amount
of time as possible so do not wear a belt. Belts take too long to take off and
put back on. I don’t know about you but I can’t hold my breath that long.
3)
Make sure you have toilet paper in your pocket.
Most bathrooms do not have toilet paper so you have to bring your own. If you
do not have TP you are SOL. Also, it’s a good idea to keep it in your pocket so
you don’t have to rummage through your bag in the stall. The stalls are small
and yucky, it would be horrible if you dropped something on the floor or fell
into the toilet thing while squatting and looking for TP in your bag.
4)
Wear closed toed shoes. The streets are dirty,
but this tip is yet again for the bathrooms. (can you tell I hate the bathrooms
here?) There is some kind of watery stuff around every toilet in China. I don’t
know if it’s because you have to squat over these toilets or some other reason,
but I doubt the liquid is 100% toilet water… some people just can’t aim.
That’s all for now. I’ll give you more tips next time.
Xoxo,
Kc
this is a "nice" toilet. they usually are just set right into the ground
Aquarium in Yantai
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