It's been awhile

It's been awhile since I've posted in this blog. So far, there have been many changes in my Kendo practice. For one, I am now wearing full bogu. (For those who don't know, that is the armor that kendoka wear, which includes gloves called kote, a body piece called do, and a face mask similar but bigger to that used in fencing, called men.)

I'm getting bruised up a lot. When I came off the bus one day after practice and after a late night get together with my kendo mates, I must of looked like a sight for sore eyes. My contacts were bothering me a bit, and I kept sniffling due to a cold. The only guy who got off at my stop turned to me and said "I'm sorry but, are you okay? You look like you're crying" or something to that affect.

Warning! Warning! The Girl Might be getting Abused by her Boyfriend!
Or that's what they guy was probably thinking!
As confidentaly as I could, I responded no, I'm fine, don't worry, it's just my contacts and a cold that are bothering me. I forgot to mention anything about the bruises dotting my forearms. And I unfortunatly had to break my vow of silence for a brief moment. I just felt that the guys piece of mind was a bit more important than adhering strictly to a vow of silence. Writing something on paper was a bit impractical since it was so dark out, plus he might get even more worried if I refused to talk.