1. Last night the noise and ciaos in the house ended around 2am. Today, no sooner had the sun kissed the morning sky but it all started up again. It was just shy of 6am, way too early to deal with an army of screaming ankle biters.
2. Locked myself in the room, hid under the covers and tried to convince myself it was all a bad dream. I skipped out on breakfast and on lunch on account that, well, let’s be flat out honest here… I skipped out on ALL activities with them cause they had out done themselves. I was counting the hours until we’d leave and had lost all hope in trying to make the best of the situation.
3. For lunch I escaped and made my way to the beach. Q came along with me and so we bought some food at Family Mart and had a cute little picnic beside the water.
4. At 1pm we packed up, got into our cars and left… and I couldn’t have been more happy. On our ride home I taught Q a new saying, “Hellllllllllll no!”… hehehe. He knew better than to ask me if I had a good weekend but I told him my answer anyway, “Helllllllllllll no!”
5. On route home, we stopped off by another part of the ocean side and ventured out for a bit. There in front of us was this massive concrete walkway that led from the main land out to an island. The tide had taken the water away, revealing this walkway. The path marked stated that the walkway was 1km and so Q and I went for stroll along it. At the end of the path was an island and a lighthouse.
6. At the top of the lighthouse we had asked an older man to take our picture. Thinking he’d only take one or two, he ended up taking quite a lot and was apparently very fascinated with us as a couple. We giggled as he shuffled around, looking for the best angle and fiddled around with the zoom… hehehe.
7. Little kids and numerous adults were playing in the ocean floor mud, collecting shell fish, craps and rubbing their skin in the mud. I didn’t venture into the mud but instead, stood at the side of the ocean yelling at the craps, trying to scare them. Q tossed rocks into the mud and we watched with such fascination as literally hundreds upon hundreds, if not thousands, of craps scurried around, popping back into the mud to hide.
8. Finally we reached Mokcheon. I never thought the day would come when I’d be so happy to be back in Mokcheon but today I was. We had an early supper with one of Q’s coworkers. The lady at the restaurant joked around with us, telling us that we looked like zombies. We were so exhausted.
9. No sooner had we arrived at Q’s house but then it was lights out. We totally crashed. Made Q promise to never invite me again to one of these trips again if there’s more than 2 kids going and I made him promise to drop all baby talks. Many of my friends have children and all the respect to them and all the HUGE thanks to those who actually discipline their children, but I am beginning to think I really am no where ready to have kids. I like my quiet house and I’m not about to ditch my designer label clothing for “mother clothes” that are bound to be puked on, dribbled on and pulled. Moreover, I am too into my boxing, weight training and sports to stop, let my body become like a human balloon and then spend years hiding my body because of stretch marks. I think it’d really crush me to have to sit on the sidelines and watch my team mates box and see other people training. I know I can’t continue my boxing forever but sports and fitness are a HUGE part of my life and I am just not really interested in stepping it down a notch. Call me selfish, so be it. I am not the only one that thinks this.
10. Am convinced, now more than ever, that Mi Nam is the perfect child for me… hehehe. Thank God I don’t have to cook for him cause all I cook these days are eggs, chicken and vegetables. Even that though, I tend to eat my veggies raw. Mi Nam is quite content with his daily morning and evening walks, his diet is easily prepackaged in one big bag, and he is extremely low maintenance. He goes to the dog spa once or twice a week for his weekly grooming appointment and his toys consist of a bone and a lot of random socks. Hugging Mi Nam tonight after my weekend in Hell felt so good. I didn't think I could possibly love him more than I already do but after the weekend I just had, well, I love him sooooooooo much!!! Mi Nam may be a four-legged dog but please don’t discredit him. He’s got a lot more manners than “some” people’s children who have years on him.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
How much does Mi Nam love me?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.
-- Irish Proverb
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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I think ,also soooooooooooooooo much!
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