Reading last weeks post makes me cringe a little but it was true for me at the time and I'll probably feel that way again in the next year. This week shifu taught us a new qi gong called the Crane Standing Qigong and it's amazing what a difference that has made for my state of mind. Learning something new is cool, learning this in particular is awesome. It's pretty difficult actually and requires tons of focus but is very calming, just what I need right now. I know I will be practicing this every chance I get for the next little while. It's definitely something that if I was to practice it alone in a park at home, people would think I was a little crazy, but one of the great things about China is that people do all sorts of weird things in public and they're completely unselfconscious about it too. There are many things I don't like about living here, but that is one of the pluses, people really don't care too much about looking foolish. It can be quite refreshing.