Translations

I got an e-mail from Mrs. Sung the other day. It’s a mix of English, dictionary English and romanised Korean.

I’m lost.

A prize to anybody who can make sense of it:

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Better Late Than Never

Before I forget everything, some of you may be interested in my recent brush with kendo greatness in Korea.

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Weekend Round-Up Part Two

Well it’s somewhere between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning and I have a lot of blogging to catch up on. I really want to tell you about the President of Kumdo na hKorea but everything has to be chronological…

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Weekend Round-Up Part One

Well silly old Hairy-Armpits (Mrs Sung) is a bit miffed that I didn’t get home until midnight on Monday. I tried to explain that I couldn’t exactly say no when the President of the Korean Kumdo Association invited me for tea, but she doesn’t understand. *sigh* I think I’m having my rebellious-teenager era now. I’m so misunderstood! *revs up motor-cycle*

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Kumdo Convert! ^^

I can’t begin to tell you how nervous I was.

Visiting another dojo is scary enough, doing it alone is terrifying. I felt like I was representing myself, my clubs, my country and my continent. That’s a lot of pressure! I didn’t want to let anybody down…and I don’t think I did! Here is the full report of my first experience of kumdo :)

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No More Soju….

First of all, a medical update:

1 – my eye is 100% healed. The “infection” lasted about 3 days. I still think it was a burst blood vessel (but I’ll be keeping those eye drops ;) )

2 – For the first time in about 2 months, I don’t have any purple skin on my feet! ^^ Screw you Cork! I’m delighted I won’t be training on your rough floor this weekend!

So set your minds at ease people, Siobhán is healthy.

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COEX-tatic! ^^

A day spent shopping means Siobhán is a happy bunny.

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Disclaimer

Where to begin…well, first I want to say that I’m going to cover a few “controversial” topics today. There’s no guarantee than I’ll handle them well. Please bear in mind that I’m not trying to offend anybody and if I do, I’m sorry. I’m just being honest :)

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Budo na hKorea

…or lack thereof.

I came to Korea with high hopes of practicing kumdo and teaching the deviants a thing or two.

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It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times

Today was the halfway point of my time in Korea. It began as the worst day ever, but ended as one of the best.

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