1. Woke up knowing full well that today would be packed to the brim with things to do, places to go, loads of last minute surprises, and lots of work. Surprisingly enough, I woke up and got straight to work.
2. With tomorrow being the “Big Day” (trip to Canada), I had a million and one things to do. Ok, ok… so it wasn’t exactly a million things, it was more like nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nice things to do. My first thing on my to-do list was make a to-do list.. how ironic.
3. Cleaned my apartment inside and out, turned it upside down and scrubbed it down. No sooner was it sparkling clean then Mi Nam (the Dong Master) came and pooped on the floor. Oh my gosh! Mind ya, that was my fault. I had just finished washing the floor and hadn’t put his papers back.
4. Talk about freakish weather today! First is was cloudy, then it was rainy, and then some mad snow blizzard hit downtown Cheonan. Couldn’t help but laugh at how Koreanized I am cause of my reaction to the snow. Snow in Korea is definitely not like snow in Canada. Getting snow in Korea means getting only like an inche or so and walking around with an umbrella. Snow in Canada, on the other hand, consists of non-stop shovelling and then returning three hours later to do it all over again…ㅋㅋㅋ.
5. After rushing around the whole day like a chicken with it’s head cut off, I finally got to sit back and relax. Kim Tae treated me to dinner at one of my favourite restaurants.
6. Turns out the impossible wasn’t so impossible… my bags are packed!
7. After supper, when everything was finished (or so I thought), I still had one thing to do…. Find out the answer to my question. But, what was originally thought of as a relatively simple question, lead me down the path of total frustration, confusion, annoyance, and left me seriously questioning the intelligence (or lack there of it) of several people! My question was: At the airport, do I have to show the visa that my e-ticket (plane ticket) was bought with?
8. A friend of mine once got the total third degree at the airport cause of this question and so I was trying to avoid this hassle… too late! First I called Travolocity (USA). My call was answered by some over distracted dude who over heard me speaking Korean to Kim Tae and so then he past me on to some translator. She was Spanish… and that sounds like Korean how?! I thought it was kind of funny but that died real quickly.
9. From the Spanish lady, I was directed to call the Canadian Consulate in Washington, DC. Ya… I was confused too but thought I’d just hear her out. That’s when frustration really hit the fan!!! The lady who answered the phone was this incrediably stuck up, totally rude, French woman who apparently had something stuck up her ###. After 5 minutes with her I was seriously considering egging her on and calling her out. I don't like stupid people and I especially don't like racking up a huge cell phone bill having to listen to their nonscense!!! How this lady still has a head on her shoulders is beyond me!
10. So, what did I learn? Well for starters, I learned that my question got lost in translation at the start, there are some serious professional idiots out there and, in addition to having no answer to my question, I now have more questions. Ahhhh!!! And on top of it all, it really killed my evening!
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Is Canada ready for me?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
It is impossible to beat an ignorant man in arguement.
-- McAdoo
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
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