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, March 22, 2008

Highlights of my Day... Saturday, March 22

1. On account that Q and I stayed up super late last night and I had no real plans for today, doing anything productive or needing any kind of energy level over the rating of was out of the question.

2. And so on that note, I slept most of the day.

3. Hitting the heavy bag and working up a sweat today just didn’t fit in between lounging around the house like a piece of furniture and refusing to exert any energy above level 1… hehehe.

4. Vouch that I have definitely been one lazy bum girl lately with training. I go hard at boxing but I haven’t hit the weights in a week… feels more like months though. My original plan was to get myself pushing the weights and running 4 days a week and then boxing 4-5 nights a week. Lately I’ve been pretty consistent with my boxing, minus the toe episode that is.

5. Both Q and I were too lazy to cook, too lazy to go out and get a decent, and even too lazy to call food, and so, we reheated the nasty fried chicken we bought last night. I guess I really shouldn’t call it nasty, it was finger-licking good!!!

6. I’ve been feeling like a deprived child lately in regards to food. Eating fried chicken never tasted so good and I even gave Q the eye and “the look” when we reached the last piece of ultra fried, ozzing with grease, drowned in fat, piece of chicken that I swear gave me calories just looking at it.

7. No sooner did I eat the last piece but I realized just how much I miss my fight diet. And no sooner did I realize that I want my diet back but my soldier friend texted me. We have plans to hit the beach together this summer and so pressure is on… he was a pro bodybuilder before entering the Korean army.

8. Our evening plans consisted of me having my own plans (studying and playing on the computer) and Q having his own plans (work dinner party).

9. Had hoped to venture out and visit Jae Min but I was still going on this “I don’t want to do anything” mentality from earlier on today. And so, what did I do tonight?!.. I don’t know. I think I wasted too much time on uStream.tv.

10. Got in a good couple of hours of studying Korean. I played the CD so much that I’m sure even Mi Nam picked up some pointers… hehehe. The other day I had asked my Korean teacher about how long it takes the average person to finish this Korean language course and, based on what she said, I calculated that it'll take me about a year and a half. I've already been attending classes for about 4 months, which means I have a little over a year left.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Any pointers on how to memorize vocab faster?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.
-- Anon

2 comments:

Beloved said...

I'm pretty sure I have droned on and on about vocabulary here before, so sorry if I sound like a broken record, but you asked so here I go again. I don't believe in memorizing vocabulary. I know that's how Korean students do it, but I believe you'll only retain that short term. You need to "touch" the vocabulary over and over again in meaningful ways. Your Korean teacher should provide various activities for you--like cloze exercises, word puzzles, etc. which use the same words in different formats. Don't know how feasible that it, but...good luck!

Anonymous said...

Hi Amy ,
Your friend the pro b.b..mayby he can help you with a good diet,..he know everything.
Yes you got lazy, from that bad food!...where is the champ?