Highlights of my Day... Saturday, January 19

1. Peeled my face off my pillow, brushed my teeth, and then headed off to boxing. Q came along to train with me. Junior Mint doesn't go to the club on Saturdays but he's past the responsibility on to Q to help me train on Saturdays.

2. Today Q worked with me on my left hook; it's my pride, seriously. He had shown me a wicked move involving my left hook and so we really focused in on that today. We continued on to work on another move... a wickedly dangerous upper cut move he says I should save for round 3 and 4... when the crowd is unsuspecting! Cool.

3. Headed out to Daejon with Q and his coworkers for the SG Wanna Be concert. One of Q's coworkers asked me a billion and one questions on the way and so that was quite entertaining. He was all curious about how Q and my relationship worked, considering the language barrier. I reassured him though that the so-called language barrier isn't really a barrier at all, if anything, it just adds to our relationship. Then he turned to me and asked, "How do you feel about a Korean husband?"... Gee, I wonder what he's getting at... hehehe.

4. The seats Q and I scored were awesome! His coworker generously gave us her special seats, valued at $88. They were in the front section... big bonus was the fact that those seats also scored us signed limited edition SG Wanna Be calender and CD... cool!

5. Despite probably being the ONLY foreigner in the packed concert hall, I was familiar with the songs and had a blast. Surprisingly enough, the group even sang some English songs. Apparently the guys in front of me thought I was some kind of friend of the group and so when the English songs started up, they kept on looking at me. One even took my picture. Q and I thought it was funny and so we hammed it up by pretending I was a celebrity... hehehe.

6. Yes, the boys sounded amazingly beautiful, the fireworks in the show were impressive, spraying the crowd with mist was fun, and bombarding us with confetti was fun too, but my favorite part of the show was the encore song. A year or so ago I had learned a SG Wanna Be song and sung it for my coworkers at Eumbong Middle School. Tonight, that same song was their encore piece and so it was so much fun singing and dancing to it with Q.

7. After the concert, Q and I headed over to see his friends. Every month he and his group of middle school friends (about 13 of them) gather in Daejon. Tonight we all met at one of their houses. Although I have only known them for a couple of months now, it's been interesting to note the changes in the group. This month's change was the fact that one of the friends got married... congrats!

8. For the most part, I had no idea what the heck they were all talking about. I sat there trying to comprehend it but wow, their Korean was too fast and full of lots of slang. So I sat there nibbling on the massive table of food in front of us and smiled.

9. Q is convinced kids have this natural attraction to me cause it seems no matter where we go, if there's a kid and I'm there, most likely within a couple of minutes that kid is going to be crawling all over me. Sure enough, tonight there were two little girls... and sure enough, they were crawling over me for the rest of the night... hehehe. Because they're so young, their Korean is very easy for me to understand and they don't ask complicated questions. So, for the rest of the evening, I played with the two little girls.

10. Upon arriving at Q's parent's house, his mother woke up and called me over to sit with her on the floor. She had been sleeping in the family room. Q joined me on the floor with his mom, as did Q's brother, Young Moon. I didn't really know what they were talking about but it felt so nice to be sitting there, all snuggled up under one big blanket with out feet in the middle of the circle. I don't know how to really describe what I felt, sitting there, I guess I could say that I felt like I was a part of something greater... like this wasn't just four people sitting in a circle at 2 in the morning, that this was something special.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
How do you feel about mixed marriages?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
All marriages are mixed marriages.
-- Chantal Saperstein