Highlights of my Day... Monday, October 29

1. Waking up late on a Monday wouldn't be a big deal if only it didn't have to prepare 4 out of my 5 meals before I jet off to school. So, as I raced around the house like a chicken with it's head cut off, I some how managed to juggle having a shower, putting on my make-up, drying my hair, and throwing together an outfit, while cooking 18 scrambled eggs, steaming 3 sweet potatoes, tossing together some veggies, a salad, and scarfing down a can of tuna and some oatmeal for breakfast. Total time = 40 minutes.

2. Half my Monday students didn't do what was required from them for their take-home assignment that was due today which leads me to believe that maybe something is wrong, after all, I did provide written Korean translations on the assignment sheet.

3. Discovered the "joys" of computers... and the viruses that LOVE to eat files. Today ALL my files on my USB were eaten by some virus, oh joy... perfect. You can imagine my frustration and shock. Had my student not been standing beside me upon discovery, I would have cried. Thankfully I have most of the files backed-up on my laptop at home and I've emailed students my lecture notes so I can recover those.

4. As I stood there in shock, I realized that I really couldn't do anything. It was all gone. I took a taxi home and, in anticipation of possible tears, I rushed my butt to the gym where I knew I'd be surrounded by people and thus couldn't cry. Usually I don't weight train on Mondays cause it's my long day at work and I like to go visit Giggle Girl Jr after class, but today, I definitely needed to hit the weights.

5. Arrived at Hongik and was greeted by some very surprised friends... Newbie, Oppa, and Ju Wan. Usually I literally come bouncing into the gym. I love working out but tonight, it was clear by the blah expression on my face and my sluggish walk that something was up.

6. Much love to my girl Ju Wan who's proven to be quite the awesome gym buddy and cheered me up today. She is the only Korean girl I know that trains hard on the weights and loves working up a sweet. She's awesome. Add the fact that she's always quick to listen to my random stories and joke around, means she's all that cooler in my books!

7. Within 10 minutes, Chan Won showed up. It was his day off but I had briefly mentioned in a text that I had a problem at school and so he tracked me down and found me at the gym. He came jetting into the gym, right towards me. He looked so concerned... I was quite flattered actually.

8. After weight training, I scarfed down my 5th meal of the day and then raced off to boxing. Unfortunately I had forgotten to wash my hand wraps the other night and so they stinked! Seriously... so nasty... it's not a pretty smell!!! Junior Mint gave me a good clip across the head for forgetting to wash them and then he drilled me extra hard on pad work. I've got my right hook down pack but my left hook is lacking in consistency and so, cause of the language barrier, Junior Mint resorted to tough physical training to try to correct my technique. After repeatedly being hit in the left arm every time I was wrong with my left hook, I left the ring with my arm beat red from him. I'm definitely going to wake up tomorrow with a bruise... oh ya! Having said that though, my left hook is looking much better!!!

9. Junior Mint drove me home, like usual, but this time he lectured me about training. I had boosted today at training that my weight has dropped but he quickly put me back on check by telling me I have to train harder. Train harder?!... I thought I was already training harder... apparently not. Turns out the only other professional female boxer at my club, Min Young, has stepped down from fighting for a bit and no longer wants to schedule fights. This of course takes the pressure off her but adds double pressure on me cause now I am the only professional female boxer at my club available for such fights. Moreover, cause of all the hype from Friday's fights up in Incheon (Panty Boy Jr. and Black Skinny both winning championship titles), there's a lot of people watching Cheonan in the boxing world here in Korea. They're all expecting big things from Cheonan now and so Junior Mint is hoping he'll deliver with the aid of me and a scheduled fight.

10. Spent a good part of my night retyping files lost cause of my USB... dang! Chan Won had been texting me through out the evening, checking to make sure I was ok... actually, a few friends had texted me, thank you. I am ok, a bit stressed but never the less, ok. I don't think God would send me anything he thought I couldn't handle. Having said that, around 2:30am or so, I discovered Chan Won sitting outside my apartment. I had gone down to the GS 25 store, he was outside. He looked sad and so I joined him. He's still quite heartbroken from his past girlfriend and so, having experienced that first hand, I knew the best thing I could do for him was join him and listen. Turns out she left him for his friend. I really didn't know what to say to him, after all, I was once her. I once left someone for another. We sat for about 2 hours chatting. With my wet hair (cause I had just showered) under my ball cap and flip flops on, I sat there freezing my butt off, but, I didn't want to tell him. I knew he needed someone to talk to. When I broke up Byung Ryang, I had Byung Hyuk and Kim Tae looking after me and so I will forever be grateful for them. I couldn't have done it without them, seriously... you have NO idea. I was a mess. Tonight it was my turn. So, we continued. Thankfully Chan Won, convinced that I wasn't fine like I had said I was, wrapped my bare toes in his warm hands and so we continued to talk.


QUESTION OF THE DAY...
If you life were a song, what song would it be?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew.
-- Anonymous