Summary
- Cooked E breakfast (eggs and rice)
- Walked Mushroom at Morden Hall Park
- Swimming at David Lloyd’s
- Scarfed down chicken curry (E Udon) at Cafe Mori
- Cooked chow mein (recipe discovered on YouTube shorts)
The Karate Kid – The Musical
My appreciation for musicals have increased, as someone who has started practicing dance seriously these past couple years. I also enjoyed this particular musical — The Karate Kid — because the film holds a special place in my heart, as someone who binge watched the whole Kobra Kai (Netflix) series. And I the lessons that The Karate Kid tries to convey, are applicable not just to the discipline of Karate, but across other domains, including dance as well.
“He gets injured a lot doesn’t he?”
I was cackling when E nonchalantly said this, her (not so) whispering these words during the scene in which Mr. Myagi was healing Daniel LaRusso’s knee that was injured during the semi finals of the All valley championships.
Unexpectedly cried when Mr. Myagi appeared out of thin air when Daniel was getting beaten up by the outnumbered Kobra Kai. Unsure why I felt so emotional seeing Mr. Myagi step in and defuse the situation. Something beautiful about someone else witnessing injustice and taking action someone else’s behalf.
Dinner
During dinner, E was scarfing down the chow mein, the dish becoming one of her favorites. And while we eat at the kitchen dinner table, we’ve sort of established a routine of playing snakes and ladders. While I am fully aware the game is pure luck — come on, you roll a dice — I find it apocryphal that E wins … every time.
Speaking of winning every time, I had explained to E a few weeks ago how, while of course we all want to win (i.e. competitiveness), cheating — she was re-rolling the dice during board games and peeking during other card games — reduces the likelihood of anyone (including me) wanting to play with her since nobody likes playing when it’s unfair. And I’m proud that she was receptive to my explanation and I do so in a way that was non-judgemental and did not induce any unnecessary guilt or shame on her.
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