Movin' on up!

I'm officially a yellow belt. How cool is that? Ok so I know it's not that huge of an achievement but I gotta get to black one step at a time, right? I had my belt change test on Saturday but it was all kind of hectic because the belt change test was at 11AM and then I had to leave immediately to meet with Liz, Kate and Michelle to head over to Erin's wedding. I have to say my first experience with Korean weddings left me wanting more. First of all the ceremony is ridiculously short, like 10 minutes long (and no I'm not exaggerating). Afterwards everyone, from multiple weddings, goes into this big buffet/cafeteria type place. You give them the food coupon that you have and then you try to look for a table where people can all sit together, which may or may not happen and eat. Then when you're done eating you leave. That's it. It all felt a little cold to me. But on the positive side Erin looked absolutely beautiful, she was just glowing and her husband is so sweet to her. He even sang her a song. It was so cute.

On Saturday night I went downtown with my new friend JK. I vegged out for most of Sunday, but I think I needed a rest since last week was exhausting. For some reason I was having a lot of trouble sleeping. On, both, Thursday and Friday I didn't fall asleep until almost 6AM. Crazy I know, but this is sometimes typical for a nightcrawler like me. It was just a long week and I really miss my sister (well my whole family). Being in Korea is great but once in a while it gets a little lonely. If I didn't have Hapkido and my Korean friends I would probably be going completely crazy. This week I've decided that I am going to find a salsa club if it is the last thing I do. I'm going completely stir crazy with no dancing. Still, in Hapkido I'm learning some really cool stuff. I'm learning how to do fight choreography for Hapkido shows. I'm learning how to fight with fans of all things. Every time I practice I feel like Mulan (if you don't get the reference you need to go back and watch the movie). But anyway, it's so neat and we're working on new flips everyday. YAY! My backspring is still not happening at all but my front handspring is getting there. Hey I'm only a yellow belt...