Hightlights of my Day... Thursday, August 28

1. Mi Nam got hit by a car today. Yup. That’s how my early morning started. As I rushed out the house to walk Mi Nam before heading out to tutoring in Seoul, I allowed him off his leash and just as I turned the corner to follow him, I heard him give this most horrendous cry. I didn’t see it happen but saw as the car drove off. He had jetted out in front of the car and when it hit him, he dropped to the ground and so the car continued, leaving his shaking body on the road. I raced to him and then ended up throwing the leash at the car (which I must note here is one of those retractable dog leashes with a metal handle). The car stopped and the people, an older lady and a young high school boy, got out but offered me no help.

2. I didn’t know what to do and so I scooped up Mi Nam in my arms. There was no blood and no obvious injuries but I raced him over to the animal emergency down the street. I entered the vet’s in total tears and with Mi Nam’s pee all down the front of my outfit. The vet took him from my arms and told me to me leave the room when his assistant entered.

3. A couple of minutes in the waiting room felt like a million years. I was so scared. I tell ya, the day Mi Nam dies is the day my heart seriously will shatter into a million-trillion-zillion pieces!!!

4. Finally the vet opened the door and asked me to come in. They did a couple of x-rays on him and told me that besides shock and a bit of trauma to side of his head, Mi Nam would be OK. He told me to closely monitor Mi Nam and not to play rough with him for the next couple of days. Needless to say I was quite relieved but still so upset. I took Mi Nam home, placed him in his little bed on the floor, and then curled up beside him. I struggled falling asleep and so I ended up lying there, starring at him while he dozed off. Ah, Mi Nam… I love him so much.

5. There we stayed for the rest of the day. Q ended up coming over and joining us. I got all teary eyed when I told him what happened. I felt so sick, knowing that I was so close to losing him.

6. So much for going to my Korean tutoring class, boxing or weight training. I had to stay home and watch Mi Nam. Honestly though, later in the day I was still shaken up by the whole ordeal but Mi Nam seemed to be quite carefree about it all. I couldn’t even bring myself to walk him and so I had to get Q too, reminding him about a million times to be extra careful with him.

7. In attempts to get my mind off of this morning’s awful event, Q took me out for dinner. I had been craving spicy food and so he took me out for the spiciest chicken around, which, I must say, wasn’t so spicy. Mind ya, four years ago this very same chicken would have left me sitting on the toilet for weeks. I have a much stronger stomach now, obviously.

8. Q is quite a simple guy, needless to say, and as much as I argue that he hasn’t got a romantic bone in him, tonight he tried super hard to be extra sweet to me… even romantic… hehehe.

9. After dinner, while walking back to my place, a little café on a side street caught my eye and so Q asked me if I wanted to go in for a drink, “sure” I replied. The café was awesome… wow!!! It was this modern, funky-looking café. Upon first entering it, we noticed a trombone spurting water into a massive metal bin (looked like a horse troft) filled with fish. We sat in the window seat and Q ordered for us.

10. Had a good laugh at the sight of Q sitting in his shorts and teddy bear t-shirt sipping on wine and eating caviar. I don’t think he realized he had ordered caviar… hehehe. Neither of us had ever eaten it and so when the waitress brought out crackers loaded with sour cream, sweet potato and caviar, we both looked at each other and laughed. It tasted pretty good actually. Mind ya, the thought of my tummy being full of fish eggs was kind of gross.

QUESTION OF THE DAY…
Who thought of the idea of making fish eggs a meal?

QUOTE OF THE DAY…
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
-- Oscar Wilde