Tekken 7 - Lidia Sobieska

Now this is cool!!!  Finally Tekken pays homage to Shotokan karate thru this new character: Lidia Sobieska, a young Polish lady who happens to be the prime minister of the country as well.  hmmm.....  The "prime minister" part is a bit weird, but I'll just pay no heed to the game makers' outlandish fantasies.   

I Am Shotokan

After 24 years, I finally got my black belt earlier this month, finally a Shodan (初段).  I got the Dan Ranking in October, but the belt only arrived in early December…  Last Sunday was the first time I donned the black belt in training and man!!  That felt Freaking Awesome!!  

The long awaited Kuro-Obi From Tokaido - Samsung Galaxy A8+

Ordinary October

It has been a dull week.  No one at work seems to have time for me.  You see, there's this Robotic Process Automation project which the business owners are keen (or at least to me, they seem keen) to adopt, but at the same time they don't have time for me to just arrange a meeting with the vendor.  As a result I was just doing mundane things in office such as sending reminders, uploading exchange rates, troubleshooting some business application issues.  I swear, the boredom is killing me slowly.

Well at least.... last Sunday there was the Karate grading in which I finally attained a Shodan (初段).  My black belt is now still on it's way from Tokaido.  Hopefully I'll get it soon as I really can't wait to put it on.  

On the other hand, this week I managed to indulge myself in some reading again.  

My reading stuffs

It Has Been Quite Sometime...

Since I last posted here.  6 weeks or so...  My schedule had been quite packed and a lot had transpired up to this point.

To start with, I finally sat for my GMAT exam, got quite a good score to get me an interview for admission to NTU's part-time MBA programme which I'm still waiting for the application's outcome right now.

Lincoln and I went for our karate grading, he's now 8th kyu yellow belt while I got another double promotion, 4th kyu blue belt.  He didn't execute his Heian Shodan (平安初段) correctly but still completed the Kata.  The examining Sensei generously granted him a pass to 8th Kyu.

Double Promotion - Orange Belt 7th Kyu!

I went for my grading 5 weeks ago and got a double promotion.  From 10th kyu to 7th kyu.  In belt language that means I'm an orange belt now.  So I skipped yellow belt and went straight from white to orange.  Lincoln didn't join me in grading that time because he still couldn't remember his Heian Shodan (平安初段) and Gohon Kumite (五本組手) steps.  

My "new" orange belt