Highlights of my Day... Wednesday, December 10

1. Exams continued on today into day three for me with the marking. Surprisingly enough, it’s not getting boring for me. Although many students have used similar story lines, they’ve all been very cool to watch.

2. Living in Korea for four years has taught me an incredible amount of patience. I’ve worked in a school were only one co-worker spoke English, I’ve dated dudes here who’s English was in the minus range and so things that once would bother me and eat me up inside now simply roll off my back… a lesson that one of my coworkers apparently hasn’t quite learned unfortunately. I say that because today when we headed out to the car, there was a car blocking our way out of the back alley. My co-worker flipped. No offense to him but I really didn’t think it was a big deal. “Let’s call the car’s owner” I suggested, and seeing as I was the only one there that spoke Korean, I made the call. Almost all Koreans display their phone number on their dash board for reasons like today. A couple of minutes later a lady came out and moved the car. Easy enough, or so I thought… no such luck. My co-worker was fuming and using quite the colourful words to express himself. “Wow” was all I could say.

3. I refuse to let stupid things like a parked car knock years off my life, cause that’s what it’ll do. Stress kills. It boils your blood pressure, gives you wrinkles on your forehead, puts added stress on your heart, and a wrinkly frowning person is never a pretty sight.

4. Bless my students who bombarded me with gifts but oh gosh… they’re killing me with all these sugary treats and cream-filled pastries that they’re bringing me as thank you gifts for a fun semester!!! Some of them opted for more “Amy-appropriate” goodies by offering me fat free milk and Gatorade… hehehe.

5. Since Panty Boy Jr. quit our boxing team to get a “real job”, as his mother said, things just haven’t been the same. Handsome Boy is busy looking after his pregnant new wife, Q’s been busy with work, Sung Min is consumed with his career, and Mr. Nice Guy left with Panty Boy Jr. So now it’s down to Black Skinny, me and Milk Dud. Junior Mint is now both our coach and team mate, having stepped back into the ring.

6. I was talking to Milk Dud the other day about this, how I miss the guys and all their friends they use to bring into the club to watch us train. Well, tonight it felt like old times when an unexpected guest, Motor Cross, dropped by and both Q and Handsome Boy were present. Motor Cross went to the military not so long ago but because he’s a professional athlete (hence the name… he’s a professional motor cross racer), he’s been situated locally so that he can still train and race.

7. Weighed-in before training:
Day 1: 55.15kgs = 121.33lbs
Day 2: 54.62kgs = 120.16lbs
Day 3 (today): 54.28kgs = 119.42lbs
Weight lost so far: 0.87kgs = 1.91lbs

Cutting out the starchy carbs from my meals 3-5 have really had an effect on me, both physically and mentally. Mad cravings kicked in today. I craved bread like a pregnant woman, like a fat kid craves a cookie… like Koreans crave rice…. Hehehe. Seriously though, it was rough. I knew I had altered my diet too drastically when skipping for 30 minutes made me dizzy. Took it relatively easy for the rest of training, careful not to push myself too much.

8. Junior Mint was training tonight when I arrived at boxing and so that was awesome to watch… and also very distracting cause I continually stopped training to watch him. Everyone stopped actually. He went animal-style on pad work and then called Q into the ring to spar with him.

9. Q is an awesome fighter. He’s a relatively small guy but he really packs a mean punch. Sometimes I really envy him. I wish I could “paint” like him. “Painting” is when you try to trick your opponent into thinking you’re going to throw a punch. It’s like flinching in a way. The point of it is to get your opponent to react as if you’d be throwing a punch and then you go in for a counter punch to really get them.

“Amy, are you nervous for Q?” Motor Cross questioned.
“Why?” I asked.
“… because he’s sparring with coach”
“Maybe I’m nervous for coach.”

10. Must admit I’m pretty ignorant and lazy when it comes to cooking. I’m perfectly happy chomping on chunks of bland boiled chicken, feasting on hard boiled and fried eggs, and I prefer my veggies raw. I don’t add salt to anything, nor do I really use any kind of seasoning or sauces. The only extras I use is ketchup… hehehe. Tonight I added kimchi to my list of extras… had a craving for something spicy.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What gets to you?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off.
-- Author Unknown