temperature, a gift , and hapkido

i woke up late this mornin..shud hav left for the academy when i was still pooing n my fren knockd on da door.. so i rushd out of my room after shower, grabd a quick sandwich to go..n off we went.. der was only snow leftovers...some water puddle lookd pretty solid tho... found out it was -10 degree [yep mInus 10] when i arrived at de academy..shud hav savourd it more..was my first time xperiencing such low temperature..

anyhow..had a pretty funny day..wudnt cal it gud...rather weird..funny.. lotsa bumps working with da machines..got it through after a long while.. i guess we learn by mistakes.. managd to make somtin for my s.o. tho.. she better treasure it..i almost wrecked a machine makin it..4 times or more on different mistakes haha..

ow btw...i went to a hapkido dojang yesterday in seligenstadt...about 15 mins by bus from my bus stop [which is about 10 mins walk from da hotel]. It was called the '"Shinson Hapkido" the dojang was awesome...it was new, smelled new, spacious, had a large bistro in front of da hall, and the Sabeumnim Yoseph [the head instructor/owner] lives on the second floor of the building..da whole building was modern but da hall had traditional oriental feel to it still.. very inspiring.. wud definitely keep this place in mind when i build my future dojang hehe..

the training was coreographd differently to anything ive done before..other than da korean countings and kicking commands [less than 10%] all others were in german..cudnt understand a thing..so i jus followed wad de others are doing haha..i think it workd alrite.. the people were friendly too..some of them who dont speak english still have friendly faces..and get this, after training and shower, they hung out at the bistro, in the dojang outside da hall to have a light meal..someone must hav bought da cheese, ham, sausage and beers to just talk and chill out!!! this shockd me..first time in my life ive seen this..definitely want a bistro in front of my training hall in my future dojang haha.. was uneasy for me..dat being my first visit and all..to join in da gathering..but i was made to feel welcomed..

so dat settles it. dats where ill be training twice a week for another month..hopefully more.. i might jus train there everytime im here in germany..seems like ill be visiting germany for another few times..wud buy their dobok for keepsake and souvenir if its not dat expensive...it was either 60 or 90 euro =[