1. Had a totally western breakfast out in Songtan. Bacon, ham, eggs, hashbrowns, and toast. Mind ya, they also threw in some cooked tomatoes and salad. It was great!
2. Went red in the face at the movie store where I occasionally shop at as Kim Tae giggled. The young Korean guy there always puts my order as a priority and sometimes we chat in Korea, which I’m sure he likes considering he’s constantly bombarded with English-only Americans who live on base. Anyway, he always sneaks me a free movie and so today was no exception.
3. As Kim Tae and exited the subway station I was approached by a young Korean man. At first I had no idea who he was and then he laughed. I reconized the laugh right away… it was my friend Young Un from my old gym where I use to live in Korea. I haven’t seen him in a year and now his hair is much longer. Ahh… I miss my old gym soooooo much! Young Un and I use to always have silly competitions… like who can do the most chin-ups, push-ups, or skip the longest.
4. Got into quite a retarded argument with one of Korea’s dumbest taxi drivers who refused to listen to me, acted all dumb when I spoke Korean to him, and then he had the nerve to call me Russian. Maybe you don’t know, but, most Koreans think most pretty girls here are Russian and if you’re Russian, well, they think you must be a prostitute! So what if I am or am not Russian… you can’t go labelling people like that. I’ve met my share of idiotic Koreans but you don’t hear me saying that ALL of Korea is stupid. Stupid people are everywhere and it doesn’t have to do with what country they’re from.
5. Anyway, I told the taxi driver I was Russian (just for aruguements’ sake) and then told him I was a professor at Dankook University. He looked quite confused and so he mumbled something. He ended up not even driving me home and so I refused to pay the full price. Instead, I gave him most of the due fare and then asked him if he was Japanese (most Koreans don’t like Japanese so you can imagine he was pretty insulted). I didn’t care. I don’t like rude, ignorant punks. It served him right.
6. Came home to an explosion at the DMZ (Dong Master Zone) due to who else but the Dong Master! Well, it’s no secret… Mi Nam (Dong Master) eats his poop. Don’t ask me why but it’s so nasty. Maybe he thinks it’s his way of helping me clean up… yuck!
7. Much to my surprise, arrived home and was greeted by Kim Tae. I still am clueless as to how he arrived here before me considering he walked me to my taxi. Weird.
8. Definitely wasn’t impressed with Mi Nam and all the shredded newspaper everywhere and so I sat him on the couch and gave him “time out”…ha, ha, ha. It was quite cute actually but because he doesn’t know how to jump down, he started to cry and so then I lectured him…ㅋㅋㅋ.
9. Took Mi Nam for a walk and wow.. he was such a guy-magnet! A simple 5 minute walk to Kimbab Nala turned into quite the social event. The funniest was when I called out Mi Nam’s name and some guy waiting for a taxi gave me a look as if I was calling out to him… cause well, “mi-nam” means “handsome” and ya, that guy was quite good-looking…ㅋㅋㅋ
10. Curled up on the floor with a blanket, Mi Nam and a good movie.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do stupid people know they're stupid or are they too stupid to know?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Stupid people should just be shot.
-- random friend
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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