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I don’t know about you, but even after a month and a half, I am still shocked and saddened that Robin Williams passed away. I never met the guy, but from the first time I saw him, I fell in love with him. I was mesmerized by his personality, he lit up the screen whenever… Read more

This weekend is our annual kung fu retreat in Michigan. While I’m excited to learn and bond with my kung fu brothers and sisters, I’m dreading how sore and tired I’ll be afterwards. I’m hoping the weather holds up and everyone has a good time. I can’t wait to learn more kung fu and run… Read more

So after the second time running 7 miles, my left knee hurt for about a day or two. I took the week off of running but then ran the big ten 10k. My knee hurt for a few days after that and it was way worse. I figured out it was my IT band since… Read more

Finally watched this TED talks video that my friend sent to me a few months ago when we first started running together. We started out running 2 miles once a week together. Today we ran 7 miles for the first time (my first time running 7 miles ever, woo!). My running has been improving and… Read more

I wasn’t sure whether I should name this blog post female problems or kung fu struggles. The more I thought of my life, the more I realized it comes down to me not only being female, but also a married female who wishes to start having babies within the next few years. I am 27… Read more

For the past two or three months, I have been oil pulling with organic coconut oil. For those of you who have never heard of this here’s a link with more information: Oil Pulling Basically it is where you take anywhere from a teaspoon to a tablespoon of coconut (or sesame or olive) oil and… Read more

I’ve decided to try and plan my training for both kung fu and running. My friend and running partner sent me the following link which is a half marathon training schedule. Half marathon training for beginners. This has inspired me to use my Google calendar to plan out my runs and kung fu classes. I’m… Read more

Life is one big test, if you fail one measly section you get yourself back up, dust yourself off, and move on. I passed my kung fu test by the hairs in my chin, or as Sifu said by the skin of my teeth. I am in no way Bruce Lee Jennifer Lee but I… Read more

Today marks the halfway point of the 18 days I’m working in a row. Only 9 more days to go, but the real tests are this weekend. I have my red sash test Friday night and I have to pass my teaching certification for the Princeton review this weekend. So basically as long as I… Read more

Starting today I will be working either 9am to 5pm or 9am to 6pm for 18 days in a row. Somewhere in there I have one of the hardest kung fu tests of my life to complete (ok it’s scheduled for June 6th unless something goes wrong). I passed my private but have a few… Read more