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.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Highlights of my Day... Wednesday, March 28

1. With my four-legged faithful sidekick snoring beside me and his nose all nuzzled into my neck, getting out of bed early didn’t happen. Mi Nam’s snoring is definitely one of my favourite sounds… ha, ha, ha.
2. It was a beautiful rainy day and by that I am referring to the fact that it was my day off and I love rainy days. I feel a certain kind of coziness and comfort that comes with the darken sky and the rain. Rainy days just seem slower.
3. Grabbed a coffee and jumped on the bus headed to Seoul. I had planned to meet up with my friend Leeky for lunch and then do some window shopping in Nam-da-moon.
4. For lunch, Leeky and I headed to this pasta place in Itaewon called “Sorrento”. I’ve been there a couple times before but today’s visit made me totally miss my first time here. I had come here with Dave and Errol. We had been doing some shopping in Itaewon and then we stopped by for some pasta. I miss those dudes.
5. Well lunch turned into a three hour deal but it was definitey quite nice. We sat there chatting, giggling and investigating each other's thoughts. Leeky is an incredibly smart guy. We’re new friends but I still felt kind of sad to hear
that he’s leaving for America soon. He’ll be in America for four years while he works on his doctrine degree… wow.
6. Got talking to Leeky about relationships and what I want in “Mr. Right”. I know there’s no such thing as the perfect man but I know there’s such thing as “Mr. Right”. After Leeky and I had parted our separate ways, my mind drifted back to our conversation. Here’s what I came up with in regards to my “Mr. Right” and what I would love him to naturally be:

My "Mr. Right"...
a. Speaks more than one language and swearing isn’t a part of his vocab.
b. Has great manners and is a gentleman.
c. Believes in God.
d. Has a beautiful smile.
e. Is a Jack of all trades.
f. Sensitive, sweet and shy.
g. Athletic.
h. Has a great sense of humour and a contagious laugh.
i. Is simple enough to please but not simple-minded (hint, hint… not dumb)
j. Intelligent.
k. Is romantic and pays attention to details.
l. Has a good relationship with his family.
m. Tries to be understanding and open-minded.

Minus points…
a. Tardiness.
b. Smokes.
c. Makes me cry or doesn’t show concern/compassion when I get upset.
d. Believes in God but really has no sense of religion or gives me that kind of, “I believe religion is organized brainwash” bs answer.
e. Is as stubborn as me.

7. Was just about to do some shopping in the subway underground shopping mall when I got an unexpected call from In Sung. He totally caught me off guard when he told me he’d be there in 5 minutes. I knew he was at work but had no idea that his work was right across the street from the bus terminal. What an awesome and totally sweet surprise!

8. As I walked to where I had promised to meet In Sung, I spotted him in the crowd. He was walking so fast and so I tried to keep up with him. Instead of calling out to him, I just stayed behind him and then hid behind a pillar… ha, ha, ha. He was only able to chat for a bit because he was still on work time and so we went on a short walk. We walked by his store and his co-workers all looked up to check out the “foreign girl” with In Sung… ha, ha, ha. Koreans are SO cute!
9. In Sung was sweet enough to buy me my bus ticket home and so then I jumped on the bus and left Seoul. The bus ride totally killed me though and so when I reached Cheonan I was so wiped. Crashed at 8pm.
10. Woke up at 11:30pm and wasn’t impressed cause now I was all wide-eyed and full of energy. Played soccer with Mi Nam, minesweeper with Kobe (am sad to admit I lost one game… ONLY one game though, ha, ha, ha), did some cleaning and then hit the sack again much later

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Tempestuous?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
-- Christopher Morley

1 comment:

international Lee said...

You know some thing that precious are always hidden. I think that's why it is valuable. It is the same as Mr. Right. It's hard to find, but it's worthy. I believe you will find soon. That's me~! ㅋㅋ just joking.