1. As my holidays gets down to the single digits in terms of how many days left, I feel myself getting more and more lazy, when I’m not training that is. I’m antsy to get back to teaching though. I love the first week of classes, not cause of it’s super short classes (although that is pretty sweet, too), but because it’s another chance to do things differently and try new things out. I’m sure students ask around about the professors and so it’s always interesting to hear what they’ve found out, or what they think they’ve found out, about me. I always give them the first class to ask me whatever they want. You get the usual questions, “Where are you from?... Are you married?” It’s always interesting some of the questions that the braver students come up with…. Hehehe.
2. Abs day at Hongik for me and so that was brutal. It’s a short routine but it leaves me with swollen abs for the rest of the day… I love that!!!
3. So much for me thinking I had finally come up with a wicked workout plan for myself. For years I always did split routines but recently I switched to doing full-body routines, followed with one day designated towards abs, and another day specifically for abs. I knew that the number of exercises for each individual body part was low but I tried not to be too concerned. With boxing in the evening, split routine weight training was killing me on bicep and back days. Having said this though, my friend Miki in Japan (friend on Bodybuilding.com) suggested I return to my split routines…. Ahhhh. Can’t say I am surprised though.
4. Do you ever just have those moments when the light goes on and something just clicks in your brain, bringing about a total new understanding or answer to something?! Well, today I figured it out. I figured out EXACTLY what was wrong with my diet…. I felt like a genius at the realization of it, too!!!
5. Got yelled about by some older lady while I was out walking Mi Nam. Funny thing is though, I knew exactly what she was yelling about in Korean. Turns out she’s not a fan of any four-legged creatures who publicly poop. I reassured her that I wasn’t one of those bad owners. I carry my little poop bags with me and scoop after my little boy’s mess. She didn’t believe me… that is, until I opened up the bag to show her… hehehe. Now, honestly people, why the heck would I lie to her about poop?... seriously!
6. Walked in on an uncomfortable conversation, uncomfortable for me that is. No sooner had Mi Nam and I turned the corner but Mi Nam went racing towards his buddy’s cage outside the hotel, you know… the fighting dog down the street. There, beside the dog’s cage, was parked a truck loaded with 4 or 5 dogs and two men arguing. From what I understood, they were arguing about the sizes of the dogs. I think they were tying to set up a fight among the dogs. I hate stuff like that… people who train animals to fight; so cruel. I could never imagine making Mi Nam fight. He might like his opponent to death or suffocate him with late night snuggles but that’s as far as his skills go.
7. Almost convinced myself to steal that dog, seriously. Sure he’s a fighter dog but even the hotel owner said that I’m the only one besides him that the dog lets approach him. I think he lets me approach him because I’m the only one that gives him some kind of affection and compassion. He stands just looking at me, looking so desperate for a big hug.
8. Ran into my Moon-Ja-Ah Friend (“moon-ja-ah” is Korean for “trouble maker”) at boxing tonight. I haven’t seen him since I returned from Canada and so he had lots of questions to ask me. Talking about Canada made me feel so homesick and so my face reflected that. When asked why I am so homesick, I blurted out “I have no real friends in Korea!” He looked shocked and so he stopped me from skipping by kicking me in the leg and yelling out (in Korean), “Hey, this boxing club is your family! No friends?! That’s OK. You have family… here; me.” I know… but it’s not the same.
9. Junior Mint overheard my comment about the no friends and so he gave me a hit on the back with his notorious wooden stick he hides in the corner of the club near his desk and made me do extra rounds on the sand bag. I think my comment at boxing tonight shocked a lot of people because Milk Dud and his friend ended up offering to walk me home. I guess on the flip side of things, I could look at this no real friends issue as a good thing in that it means I’m able to stay more focused on my boxing, weight training and dieting. After all, because of my brutal lack of any kind of social life, it means I don’t have to deal with peer pressure to drink, stay out late, or skip training. As it stands right now, my social bubble only includes Hongik Fitness, UP Boxing club, the grocery store, and Sambu (my house).
10. After months of Q repeatedly asking me if he can watch any of the “Sex and the City” DVDs I have, I finally agreed. I was nervous that he’d get the wrong impression of me but I guess he knows me well enough by now to know that I’m not a sexual person. Trust me on that!!! I get way more kicks out and a huge high with an intense sparring round/game or going extra hardcore on pad work than some dude kissing me… oh please, don’t flatter yourself. I’m a fighter not a lover.I kind of felt like a pervert in liking the show so much, after all, they’re always addressing sexual issues, and for owning so many of the DVDs but the dude in Songtan loves me and so he’s always slipping me free DVDs at his store. I argue that I like the style of the show, how they use narration in the first person, and I love their sarcasm, but Q was shocked at how “visual” some scenes were. Mind ya, I ended up covering his eyes… he’s too innocent for this kind of stuff.
QUESTION OF THE DAY…
What is in your bubble?
QUOTE OF THE DAY…
This world's a bubble.
-- Saint Aurelius Augustine
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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