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Tue, 11 Mar 2014 | By kamilia | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients egg,oil,Chinese cabbage,pasta,ketchup,vinegar, sugar,salt,hot pepper sauce How to prepare this recipe 1?Wash Chinese cabbage and cut into strips. 2?Cook pasta and Chinese cabbage. 3?Mix pasta with home-made dressing hot pepper sauce ...
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Tags: Passport & Plate: ITALY 2014
Wed, 5 Mar 2014 | By korric | Views [920] | Comments [2]

The weather's getting warmer, so training is increasing in intensity. It's still a little chilly out at times, but much warmer than a month ago. Normally, during power training on Wednesdays, among other things we do one-legged hops, frog jumps, and ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Sun, 9 Feb 2014 | By korric | Views [1092] | Comments [3]

Last week at Kunyu Shan: Wing Chun student: I want to show you what I learned. Punch me in the face. Shaolin student punches Wing Chun in the face. Wing Chun: I meant do it when I'm ready. Shaolin: You ready? Wing Chun: Yes. Shaolin punches Wing ... Read more >
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Thu, 6 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 6 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [707]

This is a bit late, I know. I got a bit fed up with the computer at the hostel in Beijing (slow and restricted!) and stopped using it. Soz.
So, it's confirmed. The Great Wall, is, in fact, great! One big tip for it though, no matter if you do a guided ... Read more >
Tags: beijing, china, climbing, mountains
Tue, 4 Feb 2014 | By cd10_10 | Photo Gallery
Our trip to the Harbin Ice & Snow Festival during Chinese New Year
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Sat, 1 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [482] | Comments [1]

Kobe was my last trip using the Rail Pass and also my first ever experience Couchsurfing! For those who don't know it, it's a website/network that allows you to connect with people across the world to socialise, get information, sightsee and stay the ... Read more >
Sat, 1 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [387]
Did a little day trip to Hikone on Lake Biwa from Nagoya, a place I'd been wanting to go for a long time and saw probably the last bit of snow I'll see in a long time! It started as I was walking toward the castle and continued semi-blizzarding on and ... Read more >
Sat, 1 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [407]

Onward to Kyushu! After much waffling and failed couchsurfing requests (I was way too disorganised for it!) I decided on a vague itinerary: Fukuoka-Nagasaki-Kumamoto-Aso and possibly Kagoshima, depending on if the timing worked out. It didn't, lol. I'll ... Read more >
Sat, 1 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [375]

Next, Hiroshima! I really liked the size and atmosphere of the city and the Peace Park was surprisingly really peaceful and calming, despite its reason for existing. There are, of course, various tragic reminders around the park and obviously there's ... Read more >
Fri, 31 Jan 2014 | By kpow | Photo Gallery
Beijing for a week, Shanghai for a day
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Fri, 31 Jan 2014 | By kpow | Views [416]

On January 28th I made the final leap and left Japan for good- or at least for an undefined period of time. It was hard, and that's all I'll say about that since this is a travel blog, not a personal one ;)
But it was time to look forward to Beijing ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 | By korric | Views [985] | Comments [3]

Another Mantis student, Ian, and I were practicing an application, and it wasn't quite right. We were doing something wrong but weren't sure what it was. He mentioned that there should be a manual. This application was part of a form that we were both ... Read more >
Tags: china, martial arts
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | By korric | Views [992] | Comments [2]

One of the students in Mantis group recently went home to the U.S., where he will return to his job as a karate instructor. There is a kata in his style that is not generally shown to outsiders, but he wanted to present a gift to his kung fu brothers ... Read more >
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Sat, 14 Dec 2013 | By korric | Views [1057] | Comments [8]

We're doing more training inside the training hall now that the weather is getting colder. The heat is turned on now, so it's more bearable, but it's still generally a little chilly in the rooms. Fridays we normally go up and down the stairs between ... Read more >
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