faster route to soup!

I walked to get soup with Hannah today. We were in a rush to get there and back because Shifu said he didn't have much time. I think we were pretty quick taking the red route avoiding the China Town crowd. We walked East on Grand St., turned right on Center, turned left on Hester and then right to Baxter St.



According to Google Maps and Hopstop.com, the fastest route is through Canal St. (blue route) -- which is not true.

I've tried that route. Fighting my way through mad China Town shoppers takes a lot of chi and time....


Next time I'll try walking down on Grand until Baxter.

*update*
Heng De pointed out that the temple is actually below Grand. When I did Google Map I gave a wrong address.... Hannah and I actually walked down Howard, not Grand. That's why we didn't walk all the way to Baxter.... I guess I..... need to train harder...

Lollygagging Will Get You Nowhere...Literally

You know when we're doing basics, and Shifu paces us by barking GO! each time a group of four is up? So during waibaitui today, I heard him say GO! to the groups in front of me, and then when I lined up, I didn't hear that GO! so I didn't go and just waited there a wee bit too long. Durrrrrrrrrr.... And then Shifu did one of those annoyed c'mon what are you waiting for? GO!s at me. Oops.

So Qbertplaya's lesson of the day: Keep the chi up! Don't let Shifu catch you lollygagging! Zou! means GO!

And then after training, Sucheela, Shi (Jose) and I lollygagged and ended up heading to Thai Son for a super quick dinner. We almost weren't seated cos we were so late. For simplicity's sake we all ordered the same dish - 10a - rice noodles beef soup w. grilled chicken. But the kitchen was in such a rush to close, some of our chicken was only half cooked. Raw. Yuck.

It doesn't pay to lollygag! Train faster! Eat sooner!