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i was thinking about what my friend cubano69 said about my blog: it is plum crazy that i update this daily! is it now, is it? isn't that what a blog is all about? seriously i am asking here. perhaps he has a point but since i am pretty brilliant at time management, i am able to do all that i need to do & still make time for this blog. it's easier than emailing my away friends & repeating the damned story over & over again. maybe he is right, perhaps i have too much time on my hands. but how could that possibly be?

tummy revolt is still ongoing. the system is just not a happy camper! when oh when can i devour what i used to with relative ease & glee? i am eating yes but the quantities are small & still the tummy hates me ever so! it's a terrible feeling to have a perpetuall tummy ache.

training last night was awesome. i didn't have much energy really but i pushed myself to go, go early, stretch & complete class with forms & everything into the push-ups, sit-ups & back bends. the midclass stretch was wicked painful & so needed. still it was not as bad as the throbbing stomach gnawing at me. it was hungry! right after we finished class i ran up to the usual suspects & declared it! luckily everyone wanted to eat. we had a nice meal, albeit small for me & for quan tuo too. it was funny. we usually devour our food & finish first & we did finish first but it looked like we barely ate anything. that's rare. still, unwinding with those great folks is always a fabulous time.
the line drills were painful, especially since one of my brothers punched me in the forearm during mabu then grazed my arse during cetutui. all the while louder than a loudspeaker gone amok! but i resisted the temptation to whack him, more chi for me! i refused to peter out & was sweating up a storm but i knew that it would be good for me to do this & get the system nice & warm. in fact, upon entering the temple it was the very first time i can ever say it was cold in there. it was near empty & reznor wasn't on but i actually had a chill. it was nice to run into quan tuo's uncle who studies chi gong there. he's a hoot.
it was during forms that my stomach was really nagging at me. it felt empty & low (like it would fall out!) & it cramped a few times. but the beat went on with me practicing chuji quantao & what i know of yiluquan (all the while waiting for sifu to pull me off to learn more of it but he was too busy with the newbees & the remedial). i knew quan tuo was gonna ask me why i did yiluquan only once each time & the answer is obvious: hungry, little energy left. it was only chi that kept me going.
sifu had us do push-ups, sit-ups & back bends for the first time in a long while. usually qbertplaya, quan tuo, easter & a few others elect to do this at the end of class. at old temple it was regimented. push ups were hard! shake the temple! but the sit-ups almost killed me. they are more like crunches actually but i try to make sure i keep my neck & arms relaxed. this time my hands were gripping my tummy as i waited for sifu to yell stretch your back! this part was ok & i welcomed it, it didn't come soon enough. then we line up, give reverence to sifu & ourselves amituofo! then it was over.

my muscles feel ok. it was, as i thought, just what i needed. now only if the tummy would chill, i could be a happy camper. more chi!