Tiger Challenge

I felt that the Tiger Challenge this year was a huge success.

Everything was ran really smooth, and quick I felt. Except for the few mix ups at the kids table, everything went really well. From my perspective, I felt that running two rings for the kids went so well, we got the kids through in a little over an hour I believe. Everyone there pitched in and worked really hard, so congratulations to everyone =)

I'd have to say that going into my sparring events, I had a slight bit of an anxiety attack... Sparring definitely is not my strong point, and it's always been a bit of a fear of mine to compete in tournament sparring. I'm really glad that I did it though. I think that I've conquered that fear. Sifu Prince, and Sifu Regier were really good competitors, and they taught me a lot. I've got to really work on keeping my guards up, and being way more aggressive.

I learned a lot this today, and I had a lot of fun. Everyone did awesome today at the tournament, and you all deserve a pat on the back!

And,

Congratulations to Sihing Chessall on Senior Grand Champion, and to Mr. Rice on Kids Grand Champion.

Rain Rain...

There's not much to write about today, but lets just put it out there that I enjoy the weather.

I'm a rain girl. I like walking in the rain, the smell of rain, the sound of rain, the feel of rain, I like everything about it.

Rain provides for so many things. It provides nutrients for the grass to grow, for the trees to bud, and the flowers to bloom. It gives the animals something to drink, and lets the lakes, and rivers flow. It's amazing to think how, a few minutes, or hours of water droplets falling from the sky, gives life to so many different, and diverse things.

I could do without the wind though.

To me, rain is beautiful. I love it.

Its Crunch Time.

So I'm back into the world of blogging. I'd have to say that I'm happy to start religiously blogging again, I need a place to throw out all of my thoughts. It's been a long time.

Where to start?

School. We're coming into the last month of school, and It's pretty crazy. Teachers are cramming to cover everything before our government exams start, which means a ton of homework every night, and a lot of tests.

I've seemed to have developed a bit of test anxiety. I actually wrote part A of my English PAT on Thursday. Two hours straight of writing, one short story, and one business letter. I didn't feel very nervous before the test started, but once the supervisor told us to pick up our pencil, I had a sudden shake take over my whole body, and I broke out in a sweat (yuck). I couldn't begin to write anything, because the letter weren't even close to being legible. Incidentally, I sat at my desk, for 25 minutes with my eyes closed, deep breathing, trying to get my hand to stop shaking long enough to bang out my two figures of writing. The breathing seemed to help, and once I stopped and asked the well known question "where am I, what am I doing?" I seemed to be able to calm down instantly. I'll have to remember that next time right off the bat, instead of wasting 25 minutes...

So now, It's a matter of keeping my grades constant until the end of the year, and acing my finals. I'd like to see myself taking a grade 11 biology course next year, so I can't loose focus on my grades, I'm also taking a self-taught course over the summer. I know that all of this is achievable, I just can't loose focus on my goals, and what I want to see happen...

Well, that's all I've got for now.

Thanks For Listening.