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.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Highlights of my Day... Saturday, July 21

1. With no attempts from Yoon Jae to kiss and make up, I made one phone call, got all dolled up, packed an over night bag, call out Hannah, and jumped on the subway. I was SO done with waiting around for the drama to unfold… Hannah and me wanted to go find some new drama. Our search took us to Songtan.

2. Hannah’s never been to the strange little bubble world of Little America (Songtan) and so I let her in on the golden rule: What happens in Songtan, stays in Songtan. Hehehe.

3. I had told Hyun Chae that I was in need of a change of scenery and so tonight we were going to celebrate his birthday a week early. He had to work until about 9:30pm and so we waited. Mind ya, our party of two doubled when the American Kid showed up with his buddy.

4. Hannah and I thought it’d be funny to talk about the American Kid and his boy in Korean… hehehe. They both have been in Korea for about 7 months now and haven’t picked up a word of language!

5. It wasn’t as busy as expected tonight. Was Songtan a total bust though?! No! Never! Maybe for Hannah who had congregated this idea in her head that she’d be bombarded with cute American guys. Me on the other hand, it was a night full of giggles, no stress, dancing and lots of attention. Attention, I admit I wish I was getting from Yoon Jae but… whatever. I figure, what someone doesn’t get from one person, they’ll naturally go get from another and so I had every right to venture out to Songtan tonight. Why should I waste away my youth on these dudes who only keep me home alone on a Saturday night while they're doing whatever, where ever?! I don’t even know if I’m single now, how retarded is that! I mean, I like Yoon Jae and a part of me is hoping that he’ll figure out how to fix this but I don’t even know if I want it fixed. All I know is that I’m just not one of those girls you can ignore and think you can get away with it. I’ve said this before and I’ll say again, just as hard as it is to get the girl, it’s just as hard, if not harder, to keep her. And in my case, this means you have to keep me curious about who you are. I’m beginning to think that with guys, I have the attention span of a goldfish!!!

6. The surprise of the night was running into Mr. Smooth Move. I haven’t seen him since he pretty much bought out the local GS 25 store of all its’ breakfast foods and cooked me the world’s largest breakfast… hehehe. I wrote him off months ago when he proved to be quite the aggressive boy. But tonight I got thinking. Maybe what I need is an aggressive, in-my-face, bad boy, after all, these good boys seem to just bore me with they predictable and routine-like attitudes. Anyways, as soon as he noticed me he came running up to me, picked me up, and swung me around. Wow. Turns out he is buddies with the Video Rock Star who always slips me a free DVD when I visit his shop… cool. They ended up joining our party and so now my initial party of two turned into a party of seven.

7. At curfew my party rushed off to be back on base at one. Hannah and I were still wide awake and not wanting to go to sleep. One of her friends called us up and so we jumped into a taxi and
headed off to Pyoungtaek… that was our mistake for the night!!!

8. I thought Hannah’s two friends were pretty cool… at first. The one was a Korean model and so naturally he was gorgeous! The other, well, he wasn’t exactly the brightest of light bulbs. No sooner had we jumped in their car but then we were pulled over by a police spot check. Ten minutes later I found myself sitting outside of the Pyoungtaek police station while buddy-boy filled out some papers. He was getting fined for drinking and driving…. Congrats on your $1,500 fine buddy. They all thought it was kind of funny but all agreed that the fine sucked. I on the other hand, was ready to punch the dude in the head for so carelessly letting me get into his car when he knew full well that he had too much to drink. That’s not a good first impression that’ll ever win me over!!!

9. Took a taxi BACK to Songtan to get my bags and to sign out of the motel, and then took ANOTHER taxi BACK to the police station. Total time wasted = 1 hour. It wasn't totally wasted mind ya. I did use this time to call my friend Errol in Canada and then I called Yoon Jae. Yup, I gave in and called him. It was about 4 in the morning and he was studying for his TOEIC test. Didn't really get the answers I was looking for but then again, maybe no answer is the answer.

10. With no one knowing how to drive except for the very dude who just got pulled over, they looked at me… “Heeeeeeeeeeelll no!!!” I blurted out. I know I have no licence but take my friend’s scooter out occasionally for a quick spin, but there was no way I was going to drive that car and be responsible for the lives of 3 other people! We ended hiring a designated driver from a local service company. He drove us to buddy-boy’s house where we hung out for about 2 hours and then headed back to Cheonan. Got home at 7am.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
-- Japanese Proverb

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hold your horses there Amy. Just because one good guy discouraged you doesn't mean you should go writing us good guys off the list. I guess he wasn't a good guy after all if he made you upset. Exactly.

Anonymous said...

I think we don't have the whole story here. Are you breaking up with him because he came to see you Wednesday without calling first? Or is there something else that we're missing? I'm confused.

Anonymous said...

I'm not too sure if Amy wants me to leak her secret about Wednesday or not but I'll try to answer that question without giving too much detail. You're right. You don't have the whole story. He made a sexual pass at her and so she got scared.
He's not being consistant with what he says and what he does but now he doesn't say anything.

권투선수 에이미 [Amy] said...

Hey J-Boy,
Oh my gosh... I can't believe you just wrote that! You know that he reads my homepage right?! Hmmm... I guess that's one way to get him talking about it... reveal it to the world on the internet. Dang.

Hi Anonymous,
J-Boy pretty much answered your question.
I just thought he wanted to take things slow with "us". I really just want something sweet and innocent. He wanted to take it to a level way beyond any level I was even thinking about.

Anonymous said...

I say you just end it here. It's already too complicated and the freshness is gone. Cut it off, count it as one more done, one closer to the real thing.

권투선수 에이미 [Amy] said...

Hey M.M.,
... just did.

Anonymous said...

Hmmmmm...Becareful when you profile these bad boys and good guys. I think everyone visits immaturity in one fashion or another. We each happen to mature at different times and paces. I think it is the same innate problem when comparing Westerners and Easterners or if you want to get more specific with ethnicities...that too.

It sucks being caught in that inbetween.

J-boy, it seems that Amy entrusted you with that info without posting it on the blog. I am not so sure feeding your ego by being the person in the know is the best way to comfirm that trust.

권투선수 에이미 [Amy] said...

Yo L-Boy,
Sorry I haven't gotten around to commenting on your homepage lately. I've got a big ear problem and so sitting at this computer is rough enough... dang! I really appreciate your comments though... you wrote a comment to J-Boy, I love it. Thanks! Thanks for sticking up for me and saying something. He hears enough of it from me and so it's good that he hears it from someone else once and awhile.
I met J-Boy in unversity and so he knows way too much about me, it's almost scary. Hehehe
But anyways... yes, I know. I know it's easier to just go and stereotype guys. I do try hard not to do that. We all have both sides within us, I know.