1. Woke up around 10am with just enough time to talk to Pretty Boy on the phone before he started work. Put my head back on the pillow and I was out like a light again.
2. Up until 3pm, my day had basically consisted of sleeping, dreaming and the occasional pee break. It’s not like I didn’t have anything to do, I had lots on my “to do list” but I had no motivation to do anything.
3. Had a dream I got called into work at the landscaping place where I use to work. I arrived early for my shift and so I went for a swim but then it dawned on me, apparently I hadn’t brought any clothes to change into for work…. Or had I?! Turns out my clothes dissolved and so I was forced to potato sack. So strange!
4. As if my day wasn’t strange enough, I got an email from a friend of my mom’s. A friend of my mom’s that she hasn’t talked to in a long time. She had messaged me on Facebook…. Do you know Facebook? I’m addicted to it for the simple fact that it allows me to hook up with all the people I once hanged with. Anyway, today I was able to track down some of my students from my Junior Youth Sunday School class I use to teach. They’re all grown up now and honestly, it made me feel so old. After all, there they are, getting married, having babies, buying houses and I’m here… a 26-year-old with nothing really stable in my life except for the theme of change. How ironic is that.
5. Ok, so here’s the low down on the people at my gym… Jae Pil is Buff Boy (previously referred to as Fitness Guy), Newbie is the new young trainer, and Meat Head is this dude who, yes is quite buff, but seems a little too into himself. Anyway, at training tonight I had a bit of a run-in with Meat Head after he left his weights, cell phone, hat and locker key on various equipment and benches in the gym. I didn’t know what he was using cause his stuff was everywhere and so I took it upon myself to put his weights away so that I could use the bench they were on. Well, he wasn’t impressed! He came racing over and said something in Korean to me. He motioned to the stack of weights and the hinted for me to hand him his weights. In my head I was screaming, "Step closer so I can drop kick ya and pop your HUGE ego", but instead of saying this, I said nothing and instead I put my best poker face on and handed him the smallest weights I could find…. Hehehe. Buff Boy and Newbie saw the whole thing go down. Newbie faught the urge to laugh but Buff Boy wasn’t as successful and instead, he bursted out laughing. Meat Head stood there fuming and I continued on like nothing happened…hehehe.
6. I was sure to stay away from Meat Head after that silly stunt I pulled but, while I was doing bench dips, he came over and offered advice to correct my form. I was definitely caught off guard.
7. This has been a rough week for me cause of Pretty Boy’s sudden move to Incheon. It’s left me questioning things, wishing he was here, and has caused me to be quite the lazy bum. It’s really put me in a weird mood and so yesterday, in my attempts to snap out of it, I texted my friend Carmen and invited her out to supper tonight.
8. Turns out I like cooked fish after all, great! Carmen suggested us to go to this fish restaurant that she’s quite familiar with. I was a bit hesitant at first but none the less, I agreed to go. I think I ate more fish than her!!!
9. After dinner we continued our “girl talk” to Coffee Bean where we sipped on tea and gossiped some more. Carmen’s got quite the spunky attitude and I love her snappy comebacks and comments. She definitely makes for a colourful conversationalist… hehehe.
10. Much later in the evening I got a chance to talk to Pretty Boy again, mind ya, we ended up getting into a bit of an argument and so he hung up on me. That sucked. I know he doesn’t need any added pressure or stress from me and so I wanted nothing more than to go to Incheon and say sorry and to tell him how much I love him. Of course, I couldn't do that and so I went to bed feeling terrible.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Am I spoiled?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
-- Elbert Hubbard
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.
4 comments:
i love sleeping in. i did too, although not nearly as much as i wanted too.
i think the dream refers to you wanting to be in that one swimsuit this summer. but a potato sack is really odd.
what was the email about?
i dont think you're spoiled, i think you deserve most if not everything you have.
luv,
bram
Sometimes I worry about my life (okay I always worry about my life). All of my friends back home are getting married, buying houses and starting their careers. Makes me wonder what sort of path I am on.......if any path at all.
On Friday you had a bad night with pretty boy......well my bad night with Sung Hyun happened to be last night (Saturday). Sometimes I wonder if I will ever find happiness........for the most part I am happy but the perfectionist in me tells me it's not good enough. I expect a perfect relationship (don't ask me why, because I am far from perfect). I don't know if my standards are too high or if I expect too much or if I'm just spoiled, as you put it.
.........well to make a long story short we got into a discussion and I pushed the issue too far.....it left Sung Hyun frustrated and me in tears. I ended the night by slamming his truck door and running up to my room. Usually I get a good night text from him, but not last night!!!! I feel awful!!!!
ps, i hope everything worked out for you. I am assuming that he called back the next day and things were better (at least I hope so).......
Yo Bram,
Hehehe... I think there was a potato sack cause when I was younger my mom use to always say, "You'd still look so beautiful even in a potato sack". She use to tell me this whenever I wasn't feeling up to par with my looks or whatnot.
As for the email, it was just a short one asking me if I'm still enjoying teaching in Korea.
And as for my question and your answer... thanks. I think I was a bit spoiled with Pretty Boy though cause he use to visit me 2-3 times a DAY and I guess I just got use to it. I didn't realize it'd ever end and so now I'm having a really hard time.
Hey Jenn,
Don't worry... you're not the only one questioning things. The other day I found out one of my former Sunday School students is married and is expecting her first child... how wierd is that!
I feel like somehow I missed the "Grow up and get married" bandwagon. I always use to joke that I was the "Captian of the Singles" or call myself the "Single Girl" but ever so ofter I get stressed over it and wonder if I've doomed myself to a single life... damn!
Back when I was in highschool my mom and I literally made a beat that I'd get married before university graduation. I may have been the frequent single girl but I definitely had my share of "groupies" calling my house.
Well, I won the beat but never really cashed in on that bet ($100 plus a meal out to a place of my choice). It's a beat I don't know if I'm happy I won.... hmmmm.
But, my mom says good things come to those who wait. I think I have good things in my life but yes, I want more too like you. I think everyone does to a certain extent.
And as for the high standards, well, don't expect anything from him that you wouldn't expect from yourself and so, if you can do that well, your standards are just fine then. Don't sell yourself short!
And as for your fight... are things ok now? You two will work it out... I'm sure on that. You two are totally in love! I'd hate to say this but a little bit of drama is good in a relationship... it spices it up and, in reality, it works to let you understand each other more and to appreciate things.
My fight on Friday continued into Saturday morning with text messages... so frustrating. All day I was itching to text him back but I told myself to give him space. So I waited. And you know what, when he called me later in the evening, we both were so sorry for the stupid drama and we were so happy to talk to each other.
(Mind ya... I also spent a good part of the day trying to convince myself that love was God's punishment. I know that sounds bad but sometimes love is so hard. Love hurts... it's true).
How are you two today? I'm guessing Sung Hyun patched things up. You and I are both strong Western women, Korean men aren't use to "our kind" so try to keep that in mind for next time.
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