1. Woke up with puffy eyes, mad bedhead, and a huge headache... not exactly a great, or pretty, start to my day. Last night I had stayed up way too late, re-reading emails, homepage comments, and letters J-Boy had sent me.
2. Instantly when I walked into work, I was greeted by a bunch of confused coworkers who I'm sure wanted to tell me I looked like crap but they didn't. Instead, they just asked me if I was ok. I got one of the assistants, Sue, to translate a text message for me to send to Junior Mint saying why I missed training today and so, cause of that note, word was out.
3. I had initially intended to deal with more student reports tonight but I was in no state of mind to do anything and so I came home and plopped myself on the couch. And that's exactly where I stayed for the next 3 hours... lying on the couch with my jacket still on and my purse as my pillow.
4. Around 8pm "He" called me and told me to come out. I wanted to see him but part of me didn't. I mean, I really don't know what's going on with him and I... are we dating, are we just two friends hanging out?!... I don't know. I just didn't want to think about anything tonight.
5. He called back insisting I come out and so I did. I quickly showered, composed myself, and headed out the door. We didn't really have a set plan and so we walked around downtown looking for a place to sit and talk. We ended up at Khan.
6. I take back calling him cute. Today, wow... he looked so handsome. I love how when he laughs his eyes literally disappear on his face and when he smiles, his whole face changes... his eyebrows go up, small dimples form in his cheeks, and his pearly whites gleam.
7. I find it ironic how I never really go out and yet tonight, as we walked down the street, almost everyone knew me... most of which were dudes. "He" kept on laughing and insisted that I was Ms. Popular in Cheonan. I reassured him that honestly, I really don't get out much but instead only stick within my 3-block radius. We past by some of Jae Min's boys and they were all giggly to see me, the dudes at Khan always are quick to come talk to me... especially that young one that I stuck up for a couple of weeks ago. Even the cutie in the little Chinese snack truck yelled out hi to me... so strange, especially considering it was just yesterday I bought snacks off that dude for the very first time.
8. We stayed pretty late at Khan. Upon realizing that it was about 2am and he had to wake up at 5:30am, we left. I really didn't want to leave. He had succeeded in taking my mind off of the thoughts of J-Boy that I know would only be waiting for me once I am alone again.
9. Once again... the awkward good-bye, mind ya, this time it was brutal. "He" always walks me to the elevator to say goodbye but tonight as we approached the elevator the door opened up and some other person waiting stepped in. I know it was brutal on my part for simply jumping into the elevator but I didn't even think of it. It wasn't until I turned and saw his facial expression that I knew I shouldn't had done that... dang! But honestly, what do you expect?! Koreans aren't for public displays of affection and seriously, no joking, I don't even know if he likes me like that. I know that's brutal to say. I mean, he calls me beautiful a lot and we link arms when we walk. He's even once kind of given me one of those side hugs to keep me warm. Having said this though, I really don't know... are we dating or are we just two friends hanging out but we just happen to be the opposite sex?! I feel like I'm in elementary school again... dang. Maybe I should pass him a note that reads, "Do you like me? check yes or no" If we were in Canada, I'd understand this situation but this isn't Canada. Things are so different here in Korea. Do you know I dated Byung Ryang for about two months before he ever kissed me?! Ya... way to confuse a girl! So I really don't know what to say or think about "Him" but for now, I really am trying not to think too much about it. If I think about it and put a lot of weight on it, it'll only set up high expectations... which could lead to big disappointments. No thanks.
10. Upon arriving at home, I realized I just had learned a hard lesson... the lesson being that I shouldn't be so lazy to leave stuff on the floor. I say this cause, well, Mi Nam "picked up" after me. I had left a pad of post-it notes, a pair of socks, a bag of peanuts, and my iPod earphones on the floor..... GONE!!! He killed the post-it note pad and left it in shreds, the pair of socks no longer have any toes in them, the bag of peanuts not only was chewed open but all eaten, and my iPod earphones (which I should note are the replacement ones for the original ones he already ate) were in about a million and one pieces.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Where did he go?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Man is what he believes.
-- Anton Chekhov
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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