1. Frustrations at tutoring as I stumbled on remembering my vocabulary... ahhh, so hard. I study hard, really, I do. In the mornings I'm sure I drive my neighbour bonkers with playing my chapter dialogue over and over on my computer media player. Q and I have weekly study dates, I'm constantly practicing my Korean at boxing and with random students, and sometimes I get my friends to check my homework. But vocab... it's like brain surgery to me. I just can't seem to remember the words.
2. In my attempt to help myself remember my Korean vocab, I bought a mini book and wrote all my words in them. Since I started getting tutored, I've had about 500 new words thrown at me. I've already recorded them all but today I made a smaller book version of them. I figure if I carry this little book around everywhere with me I can read it and review my vocab.. at school, on the bus, in the taxi, etc.
3. My new morning "happy song"... "Brown Eyed-Girl". This song has got to be one of my ultimate favorite, feel-good songs. Today I blasted it in Q's truck. Ended up giving him the evil eye as I tried to sing at the top of my lungs but he kept on asking me, "Why eyed?"... hehehe. And so on that note, the song was played over and over again... and again... hehehe.
4. Spring is definitely here and I am loving it. Speaking of love, love has struck twice at my boxing club. Q and I use to be the only boxing couple at our club but tonight I found out a fresh new secret. Turns out my team mate Sung Min has a girlfriend now and who better for him to pick but none other than my club sparring partner... sweet!!! I was so excited when I got word of this. No sooner had I arrived at boxing but my sparring partner took me by the hand and whispered her secret in my ear.
5. If there's any gal in this country that I hold especially dear to me, it'd be my sparring partner. She's as cute as a button but trains hard and willingly steps in the ring to take my punches. I feel like an older sister to her and so I love that girl... really, she's awesome. And as for Sung Min, he's got a special place in my heart too cause of the fact that last we stood by each other last October to cheer each other on and to watch each other earn our professional license last year.
6. Side note, I am brutal with keeping secrets like this and so, no sooner had Q showed up at training but I blurted out the secret to him. He didn't seem too enthused though cause of the fact that Sung Min is a university student and she is a high school student and commented that if her father finds out, he'll be furious. So be it though, I say. If they are happy and think this is love, who are we to judge it.
7. I'm so not down with people putting restrictions or boundaries on love. I've got news for you, I'm a young white Christian woman who has dated a variety of me. I've dated men much older man, the oldest being my ex-fiance who was 10 years older than me, a Greek Orthodox, a man with no religion, a poor student, a professional soccer player, a CEO, and now I'm dating a man one year older than me who doesn't even really speak my language... and I don't regret any of it. Dating those men brought me to the man I am with now. Anyways, I am getting a bit off topic but my point is, if they are happy then I am happy for them. After all, isn't happiness the whole point. And if you ask me, I think the age gap is quite sexy.
8. The club was packed tonight. I can't stand it when it's packed. Mind ya, due to the club's size, it gets packed easily. Twenty people is a packed club! Despite not liking a crowded club training was great tonight. All my team mates but one, Handsome Boy, were in attendance tonight. Even Q surprised me by unexpectedly showing up.
9. Because of the fact that last week was White Day here in Korea but I missed some days of training cause of my retarded toe, tonight Junior Mint and Milk Dud surprised me with lots of chocolate... lots and lots of chocolate!!! The look on Q's face as both Junior Mint and Milk Dud handed me two massive boxes of chocolates was priceless. He seemed so proud. That's the thing with Q that just adds to his awesomeness, he's not a jealous guy by any means. If anything, he loves it when people give me attention. Tonight I definitely got attention and so I was so flattered. On Valentine's Day I had bought Junior Mint and Milk Dud chocolate cause they're like family to me. I didn't think, nor did I expect them to return the gesture but it definitely was super sweet.
10. Nice... after training I cranked up my iPod, jumped into my flip flops, tied my sweater around my waist and walked home. The weather was so beautiful tonight and so I walked home in a light t-shirt and cut-off pants... sweet! Mind ya, I got a little ahead of myself by taking a new route and ended up getting lost in the back alleys that were bombarded with dead end streets. Walk home tonight took me almost 40 minutes, compared to the usual 10 minutes... hehehe. Me babo... hehehe.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What restriction do you put on love?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
-- Franklin P. Jones
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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