A little this, a little that...

   By my reckoning, this is day 51 ( 7%ish gone, 93%ish left ) of the Year of the Rat, day 51 on a year long journey, day 51 towards reaching my "goals" set forth by Master Brinker and myself, so where am I now? Well, my numbers seem to be moving steadily along ( summary at the end ), of course they are not where I would like them to be, but are they ever?


   Mania.. We are all being affected by the current mania about "COVID-19", I call it mania (Mania is the Greek word for madness. It is derived from mainmai, to rave in anger) for a reason. So many people are so quick to take the latest media blitz as "the Truth". So quick to overreact ( toilet paper ), so quick to panic, so quick to believe the latest social media "dump", without taking a breath and a moment to step back and understand what is truly going on.  Yes these are troubling times indeed, but more because of the Mania being caused by the uninformed or misinformed. If you haven't read Master Brinker's post on this, do it. A calm educated voice in a storm like this is what we all need.



   Stepping up... a couple of really positive things are happening because of all this. If you haven't read my wife's post , you should. She talks about a person in our neighborhood who posted on our local site that if anyone is self isolated or unable to go out and needs anything from the local stores, they would be more than happy to do this for them. WOW, that's what this world needs more of right now!!
   Second, cleaning of the training hall. This really concerned me that in order to stay open during these times, the training hall would need to be cleaned constantly and thoroughly like never before, and that only a handful of people would step up to do this. So far I am happy to say my fears where unfounded! Between the mopping, sanitizing, sweeping and general cleaning, we actually seem to have more people willing to help than jobs to do!! Way to step it up fellow Kung Fu'es, it makes me feel more that ever how awesome the people at Silent River Kung Fu truly are.



   On that note, did we as a school what to start an initiative, like my neighbor did, and offer help to those who need someone to pick up some groceries ( or other things ) for them? I know this opens up Pandora's box, there would be many details to discuss, but I wonder if the time is right to do something outside of box so to speak. I would love to hear people's thoughts on this, it feels to me like the right thing to do at this time. Please think it over, or at least think what you can do personally to help those who need it right now. It doesn't necessarily need to be school related, but I wanted to put this out there because I would rather be part of the solution instead of doing nothing and being part of the problem.




Now the Numbers... dun dun dahhhhhhh ( insert ominous music here )

Push ups  7080/50000

Sit ups   7125/50000

Sparring   220/1000

1609KM   453.2km/1609km

1000 AOK   235/1000

Hand Form   192/1000

Weapon Form   194/1000

Personal

Kicks   760/10000

Many more are weather dependent ( -24C this morning )