1. Woke up nice and slow… nice, slow AND stiff, mind ya.
2. Junior Mint called me today, again, to try to persuade me to go to the cops about yesterday's situation, considering the doctor suggested that I might have to go to physio therapy for my shoulder. I still rather just drop it. What had happened, basically, is that the bus driver got all ticked off at me for pressing the button. He was behind schedule and so he wanted to race it through the stop light. So, he suddenly stopped but no sooner had he stopped (more like a slow down), he closed the back down and sped away, causing my foot to get jammed in the door. The sudden closing of the door caused me to go flying out and so I did a kind of Super Woman fly but can crashing down cause I was still attached to the bus, via my ankle in the door. And let me tell ya, I hit the ground pretty hard, hard enough that despite me wanting to sprint down the street after the bus, I couldn't do anything but lay there. It sucked. The embarrassment on lying on the street is what picked me up and my pride is what got me home. As for calling the cops to pursue this legally, my disgust in cops and the legal system is what stopped me.
3. Had the first period off on account that the university had so conveniently organized a festival so close to the exam time. I spent this extra free time quite productively too… sleeping in late and sitting around with Mi Nam, eating fried eggs.
4. Despite having a million and one things piling up and haunting me… student quizzes that need to be marked, student take-home assignments flooding my desk this week, a final exam I need to create, hand out, mark, and do a review for, and final grades that need to be calculated (ALL by hand to I should note cause after the crash of 2007, I refuse to depend on some wonky computer)…. So ya, despite all the million and one ways I could have productively used my time this morning, I didn’t. And you know why I didn’t?! I didn’t because I knew that this was probably the last time for the next three weeks that I’ll be able to breath easy, relax, and simply enjoy the moment. From here on in, it’ll be non-stop busy, busy, busy.
5. Worked a total of 1 hour and 50 minutes today and then called it a day… sweet! And it would have been less had I photocopied my handouts yesterday (10 minutes).
6. Did a bit of shopping after work. I figured I was deserving of some new boots. 6. Who would have known that giving out my ex’s phone number would have scored me a $20 discount on boots?! I tell ya, if I had known earlier, I would have definitely used and abused this secret… hehehe.
7. Didn’t go to boxing today… doctor’s orders. He insisted I stay home and veg for the next week but you and I both know that’ll never happen. But I took his advance, at least for today. My shoulder is still feeling pretty messed up and so I parked my Polish butt on the couch and that’s where I stayed for a good chunk of the evening, marking student assignments.
8. I really should milk this situation I’ve found myself in and I tried to after a certain someone offered to massage my shoulder but that failed when he fell asleep on my couch
9. … on so I settled with massaging my own shoulder
10. … and continued marking. Got through two whole classes worth of take-home assignments.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What would you have done if you were in my shoes?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Indecision becomes decision with time.
-- Author Unknown
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.
4 comments:
I understand you not wanting to go to the cops, but the thing is, you probably should. I cant tell you how many girls I know who have had horrible things happen to them, and then decided to not tell anyone and repress it. Now this isnt some traumatizing event, but it is something thats hurt you. If you have any self respect for yourself, if you want to stand up and not let people do anything they want to you, you need to do something. Whether it be the cops or confronting the driver himself.
Please.
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Going to the bus company would be better. Fuck it - he deserves to be fired. ^^
99.99% of the time, I didn't ride the local buses in Korea, just because they're an accident waiting to happen.
I agree with you Amy. If you think the police system is corrupt in Canada well, that's not even the tip of the iceberg here.
One of Sung Hyun's friends go into a minor car accident. Faked his injury and layed in the hospital for 2 weeks collecting off of the other guys insurance.....totally bs.
I know that you could argue that you're a pro boxer and say that this incident has held you back from training. Your coach would obviously have your back, but your always in the ring and you willing let other ppl punch and hurt you.
Anyways, I just think it's a waste of time and not worth going to court for.
Hello EVERYONE,
I thought I'd just do a mass response to you all.
I've decided to NOT go to the police for numerous reasons.
a. I don't want a hard time next time I see him.
b. Considering I box 6 days a week, I'm sure they'll blame my injury on my boxing.
c. Police are corrupt, I know.
d. I wasn't that badly injuried.
e. SPONSORS!!! Word of me being injuried NEVER impresses them. It's bad enough I haven't had an official fight in a while, I don't need to discourage them anymore.
Basically, it all comes down to reason e. I don't need the insurance money for an injury that is minor compared to the constant injuries I get at boxing and so I really see reason to risk my sponsors to fight for what is right when, the reality of it is, nothing will become of it, he'll get a simple slap on the wrist and I'd end up possibly losing the interest of my sponsors.
The sponsors are my bread and butter, I really don't want to lose them!!!
Moreover, if I were to take it to court, I'm sure they'd do a full investigation on my current situation and, well, I can't have that happen. I'd love to tell you more about what I mean by that but I can't. Let's just say this situation could REALLY open up a can of worms for me and screw me over. No thanks.
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