I love getting emails. They usually brighten up my day. Today was an exception though.

When I went into my inbox, I saw that one of my old gung fu brothers had sent me a message. Instead of the usual cheerful banter and wishes of good luck, this email bore some terrible news. My old school is going to close down at the end of this month. I haven't trained there in about two years, but it truly saddens me that it will no longer be there.

I cannot even begin to express my gratitude for all the things Sifu gave me. I am the person I am today because of what I learned at DMA.

I am sorry to see it go.

It was kind of quiet at work today, I took the opportunity to get a photo of some of the people I work with.

That's Yukari on the left and Tsubasa on the right. They are the administration staff at the branch. As you can see, the atmosphere is rather laid back and even downright silly at times. It makes full-time that much more bearable when you can laugh easily.

This shot was taken in the teacher's room. The teacher's room is where we all sit while we plan lessons or eat lunch.

Note the snowflakes I made the day before, hanging from the ceiling behind Yukari.