My I Ho Chuan Year

Hello everyone what a year this was. My year in the i ho chuan for me was quite a rocky ride. I started the year so great then somewhere along the road i fell off the wagon a bit, but it was not all bad.

My accomplishment is that i have completed the acts of kindness, the 1609 kms, the sparring, my sai form, and a few of my upgrading personal goals, I got 80's or higher in almost all my courses, Math 31, Phys 30, Math 30 Pure, Bio 30, the only two i did not get higher than 80 , and that was English 30-1, and chem 30. they were below 80, but not by much, only by 1 or 2 percent. Those were the toughest course for me and i study and did so much tutoring for those two course and i still did not get over 80. I also blogged one healthy recipe every month, and i was able to  keep up with my blogging. For the mending the relationship part I do not know if this count's but it was all that was in my life. I became closer with my Dad, and i confronted a friend about an issue that was making him angry and resolved it. The biggest thing is that i have conquered a lot of my fears of performing in public, and socializing with others. I still have a long way to go, because i feel awkward and shy and anti social just when i go see my family. It is not because they are horrible people it  is because i have never know how to socialized with my own family that sometimes i do not feel like i belong. I feel more comfortable at my job or Kung Fu compared to my family. When i say family i mean uncles aunts and grandparents, an cousins, not my parents i get along with them just find.

Where i failed was the little thing the most important thing, Push ups  and sit ups. This was the most single thing that was the most important, not because you had to do 50,000 in one year, but because this is one of the more important tools that keeps you engaged in kung fu and what put you in the right mind set for the rest of the day. I started to miss one day then two then it got bigger and bigger until i just stop doing them and that was the biggest mistake i did in the UBBT program. Also i was unable to complete my Lao gar 1000 times, i kept putting it off when i should  of took it on, just like i did my sai's. But i stop the push up and sit ups which made me less engaged. I also did not lose any weight i wanted to lose 40 lbs, and i did not. I have no excuses, i just did not put my mind to lose the weight i have done it before, yet i have failed.

What i have learned is that i should never stop the little things, even when i get sick, just reduce the numbers. And this year i will accomplish my goals this year all of them. Also i will put the mind set of losing weight it will be hard, but i believe i can do it. And if any of you out there had some of the same problems or just joining, If i can do it so can you. You just got to remember never stop the little things which would include, acts of kindness, push ups, sit ups, 1609km, and of course blogging, because it is what sets your mind set if you do not of it then you become ordinary, but if you do all of it you become a little bit more extraordinary.


Sihing Langner