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.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Highlights of my Day... Wednesday, April 16

1. With absolutely nothing really to do but lots of school work and a meeting waiting for me, I hung around Q's house for a good chunk of the day. We both had the day off and so our list of things to do included being as lazy as physically possible... hehehe... and that we did.

2. We were too lazy to cook anything, too lazy to even call in food, and I was way to lazy to try to think of any creative ways to serve what limited food he had in his fridge, which consisted of about a million different kinds of kimchi, chocolate, cheese puffs, and some funky vegetable that probably was once considered a cucumber. And so on that note, we reheated the fish stew from last night... delicious! It was like morning-after pizza... better the next day.

3. Q thought he was all rough and tough by starting a relatively innocent game of wrestling but was quick to learn that I do know how to wrestle.... hehehe. He ended up flying off the furniture and if that wasn't bad enough, I pinned him down and tickled him until it was clear I won... hehehe.

4. I must admit, I love Korean men's preference for the long, shaggy style, boy-band kind of hair. With their jet black hair, long sideburns, and silky hair... wow, so handsome. Q, on the other hand, has short hair... short, short hair. I use to wish that he'd grow his hair out but his short hair has really grown on me, especially when he it's freshly cut.... hmmm... I don't know why I just wrote that... hehehe. Oh well.

5. Mi Nam has decided that it's much more interesting to try to bite the floor than the massive bone I bought him. What a freak!

6. Q and I headed off to boxing today and I ended up being the one picked on today. While Q sat ringside with some of my team mates, Junior Mint thought he'd break me down by going full-force on pad work. He had me doing what felt like a trillion combinations and punches per minute and just as the bell rang, signifying the end of the round, he picked up the pace and made me go harder and longer. We went for three full rounds, non-stop. That's 2 minutes a round 30 seconds in between... 7.5 minutes of brutal pad work.

7. Stepped out of the ring knowing full well that the eyes of not only my boyfriend and team mates but many of the amateurs were on me. I felt so light headed and I wanted nothing more than a massive glass of water and something to calm my shakes. Instead though, Junior Mint yelled out for me to start my work on the heavy bag. Brutal.

8. Needless to say, my boxing training definitely gives me a run for my money. I'm usually physically drained at the end of training but act so hyper after a great workout. Mind ya, an hour later, I usually crash and my energy levels hit the floor.

9. Day two of cold water. I'm trying my hardest to bare the icy-cold water but it's hard. I count to three loudly and then plunge my body in the cold water, hoping that if I try not to think of just how cold the water is that I have a decent shower. No such luck. I ended my shower by yelling at the top of my lungs. Seriously, my head really hurt from the cold water.

10. And so on that note, I got dressed and went downstairs to the main floor to ask my building's security guard to help me look for my water bill. Maybe the mail man dropped it, or maybe the water heater just wasn't working. He advised me to call the water company tomorrow... ya, like that'll be an easy task.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Yesterday it was my chair, today the floor. What will Mi Nam try to eat tomorrow?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
-- Will Cuppy

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ach ..Amy ,that cold water ,how it possible the leaving you so!