This must be what eatting in Heaven feels like... minus the big bill that is.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Saturday, January 31
1. Little Miss Sunshine showed up nice and early at my apartment door today to borrow my key for the boxing club and to tell me that I a certain someone had been asking her questions about me.
2. At training today Buddy-Boy came by with a newspaper reporter. He had won his fight this past Monday... K-O in the first round!!! Needless to say, his awesome win scored him a lot of attention, especially considering his background with the jail and whatnot, so now they're doing a profile on him in the paper.
3. Turns out the "certain someone" that Little Miss Sunshine was referring to was Buddy-Boy. While the reporter repeatedly bombarded him with her camera and told him to pose like this, pose like that, he tried to stir up a conversation with me. "You didn't come to my game" he noted. "I figured it was about time I washed my hair... hahaha" I joked. "I like your dirty hair" he added. "Thanks... I guess." The truth of the matter is, besides the fact that no my hair isn't dirty but instead it's just this extra extended, ongoing joke, I wanted to go to his game, I really did, but I had no clue where it was being held, nor did anyone else at the club for that matter. Most people I asked didn't even know who he was beyond "that kid from the jail" and so I felt bad.
4. Well it's official... I've lost about 90% of my tunes do to my computer crashing last month. Great... note that's sarcasm there.
5. Fabulous... just fabulous. That's how I feel and no I'm not going to act all humble about it. The other day an anonymous commenter wrote "we get a lot of 'I'm wonderful, I'm beautiful, I'm smart (maybe not on those exact words, but that's what you're implying all the time)". And you know what I say to that.... yes, I do think I'm wonderful, I do think I'm beautiful, and yes, I do think I'm smart. I don't bust my butt off at training and continually try to educate and better myself so that I could look in the mirror and see an ugly dumb-nut starring back. After years of letting people step on my body image I no longer care what others see when they look at me. They're not the one I have to face in the mirror. And up until a year ago, I had never seen my full body naked in the mirror and I think that's pretty sad. To me, the mark of beauty is being confident with who and what you are... a smile on the face that matches the inner smile on the heart and soul, so why can't I call myself beautiful if that's how I feel? The opposite of beautiful is ugly and I no longer want to be that.
6. In the day of age in which we live in where so many of us have continuous weight struggles, body complexes, and self confidence that raises and falls like a roller coaster, I am proud to say that I no longer am a rider. I got off that roller coaster in my last year of university when I was sick of the ride and realized that if I had the time to complain about my body and whatnot then I had the time to do something about it. I've earned my right to feel fabulously happy in my own skin and self, so if this makes me sound cocky than well, you've mistaken me for someone I'm not. There's a difference between confidence and cocky, and cocky I am not. I've never claimed to be perfect in any way. Like everyone else, I too have my weaknesses but you know what, I'm doing the best with what I got and am making better to get what I want ... so yes, I think I'm pretty fabulous and I'm not going to apologize for that... why should I?!
7. Took my fabulous Polish self and my fabulously cute Q out for a fabulous dinner.
8. Leave it to Q to order like half the menu worth of food at Mainz... hahaha. We must have ordered an amount equivalent for four people. Q justified it by saying "we are athletes... must feed our muscles"... hahaha.
9. So dinner out was definitely a nice change from my blah eggs and veggies. Mind ya, these past couple of days my eating patterns have been quite relaxed and I've been eating like royalty. It stops after this weekend though. First of all, money wise, our eating has been quite expensive lately and secondly, although the food tastes totally delish, nothing tastes as good as being fit feels!!!
10. Dinner was followed by a movie and then the movie was followed by an at-home facial... hahaha. Hats off to Q for being a fabulous sport about it all. I had dragged him off to Skin Food to load up on facial treats and then made him endure about an hour's worth of face scrubbing, mask wearing, lotion applying facial "fun"... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Since when was confidence a bad thing?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-- Confucius
2. At training today Buddy-Boy came by with a newspaper reporter. He had won his fight this past Monday... K-O in the first round!!! Needless to say, his awesome win scored him a lot of attention, especially considering his background with the jail and whatnot, so now they're doing a profile on him in the paper.
3. Turns out the "certain someone" that Little Miss Sunshine was referring to was Buddy-Boy. While the reporter repeatedly bombarded him with her camera and told him to pose like this, pose like that, he tried to stir up a conversation with me. "You didn't come to my game" he noted. "I figured it was about time I washed my hair... hahaha" I joked. "I like your dirty hair" he added. "Thanks... I guess." The truth of the matter is, besides the fact that no my hair isn't dirty but instead it's just this extra extended, ongoing joke, I wanted to go to his game, I really did, but I had no clue where it was being held, nor did anyone else at the club for that matter. Most people I asked didn't even know who he was beyond "that kid from the jail" and so I felt bad.
4. Well it's official... I've lost about 90% of my tunes do to my computer crashing last month. Great... note that's sarcasm there.
5. Fabulous... just fabulous. That's how I feel and no I'm not going to act all humble about it. The other day an anonymous commenter wrote "we get a lot of 'I'm wonderful, I'm beautiful, I'm smart (maybe not on those exact words, but that's what you're implying all the time)". And you know what I say to that.... yes, I do think I'm wonderful, I do think I'm beautiful, and yes, I do think I'm smart. I don't bust my butt off at training and continually try to educate and better myself so that I could look in the mirror and see an ugly dumb-nut starring back. After years of letting people step on my body image I no longer care what others see when they look at me. They're not the one I have to face in the mirror. And up until a year ago, I had never seen my full body naked in the mirror and I think that's pretty sad. To me, the mark of beauty is being confident with who and what you are... a smile on the face that matches the inner smile on the heart and soul, so why can't I call myself beautiful if that's how I feel? The opposite of beautiful is ugly and I no longer want to be that.
6. In the day of age in which we live in where so many of us have continuous weight struggles, body complexes, and self confidence that raises and falls like a roller coaster, I am proud to say that I no longer am a rider. I got off that roller coaster in my last year of university when I was sick of the ride and realized that if I had the time to complain about my body and whatnot then I had the time to do something about it. I've earned my right to feel fabulously happy in my own skin and self, so if this makes me sound cocky than well, you've mistaken me for someone I'm not. There's a difference between confidence and cocky, and cocky I am not. I've never claimed to be perfect in any way. Like everyone else, I too have my weaknesses but you know what, I'm doing the best with what I got and am making better to get what I want ... so yes, I think I'm pretty fabulous and I'm not going to apologize for that... why should I?!
7. Took my fabulous Polish self and my fabulously cute Q out for a fabulous dinner.
8. Leave it to Q to order like half the menu worth of food at Mainz... hahaha. We must have ordered an amount equivalent for four people. Q justified it by saying "we are athletes... must feed our muscles"... hahaha.
9. So dinner out was definitely a nice change from my blah eggs and veggies. Mind ya, these past couple of days my eating patterns have been quite relaxed and I've been eating like royalty. It stops after this weekend though. First of all, money wise, our eating has been quite expensive lately and secondly, although the food tastes totally delish, nothing tastes as good as being fit feels!!!
10. Dinner was followed by a movie and then the movie was followed by an at-home facial... hahaha. Hats off to Q for being a fabulous sport about it all. I had dragged him off to Skin Food to load up on facial treats and then made him endure about an hour's worth of face scrubbing, mask wearing, lotion applying facial "fun"... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Since when was confidence a bad thing?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-- Confucius
Friday, January 30, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Friday, January 30
1. I think it was the singer Monica that sang, "It's just one of those days that a girl goes through... I just wanna be all alone and you think I treat you wrong..." Well, today was one of "those days" for me. Actually, so was yesterday.
2. Surprisingly enough, despite being on holidays, I've had a lot on my plate lately, more so mental things than the usual "things-to-do" list.
3. So I've decided. I'm going to get another tattoo. It's still in the workings, I'm still drawing it, but before you all freak out, relax. It's going to be blended in with the two I already have on the back of my neck and it's going to be something, how should I say, something more feminine and very tasteful. I don't know what it is that I find so attractive about tattoos. It's like a signature, I guess, so unique and personal. I'd never be so drastic as to get a full body tattoo or anything bigger than what I can hide with simple clothing or my hair, but I am so intrigued when I see people with full arm tattoos and whatnot.
4. Turns out doing tattoos are illegal in Korea, or so I'm told, hence why tattoos are considered gang-related. No worries. I just happen to be one of those people who knows a vast assortment of people. I've got people who know people who know "people"... hahaha. I figure with Panty Boy Jr.'s massive tattoo on his back, he'll be the first person I'll ask for the hook-up.
5. Didn't really do much today. I was in a bit of a blah mood... which is a bit of an understatement.
6. Loaded up my iPod with new tunes and then I headed over to Hongik and did a good one hour run on the treadmill.
7. Skipped out on boxing... for the second day in a row. I think the last time I missed two days in a row was when I got in my big scooter accident about a year ago. But then again, I only missed training cause I was literally stuck in the Daejon hospital with no money to pay my way home.
8. Q knew something was up. I'm always eager to go to boxing and I never miss training. I still hadn't shook the whole "no opponent" situation. I wish they had just told me that from the start. I felt so cheated.
9. Q saw my phone bill tonight and flipped. My phone bill was a grand total of $25 this past month. "Wow... you really don't call anyone!" he commented. Yup, that's right. I'm a text-message junkie though... hahaha.
10. Yesterday it was ice cream, tonight it was pizza. I figure after eating clean for so long, I was due for a grease and sugar fix. Mind ya, no sooner did I eat the pizza (loaded with sweet potato... I love it), but my tummy started to hurt. I may not like eating so clean at times but I much more prefer the feeling that eating clean gives me, as oppose to stuff like pizza.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why do most things bad for you often feel so good?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
-- Buddha
2. Surprisingly enough, despite being on holidays, I've had a lot on my plate lately, more so mental things than the usual "things-to-do" list.
3. So I've decided. I'm going to get another tattoo. It's still in the workings, I'm still drawing it, but before you all freak out, relax. It's going to be blended in with the two I already have on the back of my neck and it's going to be something, how should I say, something more feminine and very tasteful. I don't know what it is that I find so attractive about tattoos. It's like a signature, I guess, so unique and personal. I'd never be so drastic as to get a full body tattoo or anything bigger than what I can hide with simple clothing or my hair, but I am so intrigued when I see people with full arm tattoos and whatnot.
4. Turns out doing tattoos are illegal in Korea, or so I'm told, hence why tattoos are considered gang-related. No worries. I just happen to be one of those people who knows a vast assortment of people. I've got people who know people who know "people"... hahaha. I figure with Panty Boy Jr.'s massive tattoo on his back, he'll be the first person I'll ask for the hook-up.
5. Didn't really do much today. I was in a bit of a blah mood... which is a bit of an understatement.
6. Loaded up my iPod with new tunes and then I headed over to Hongik and did a good one hour run on the treadmill.
7. Skipped out on boxing... for the second day in a row. I think the last time I missed two days in a row was when I got in my big scooter accident about a year ago. But then again, I only missed training cause I was literally stuck in the Daejon hospital with no money to pay my way home.
8. Q knew something was up. I'm always eager to go to boxing and I never miss training. I still hadn't shook the whole "no opponent" situation. I wish they had just told me that from the start. I felt so cheated.
9. Q saw my phone bill tonight and flipped. My phone bill was a grand total of $25 this past month. "Wow... you really don't call anyone!" he commented. Yup, that's right. I'm a text-message junkie though... hahaha.
10. Yesterday it was ice cream, tonight it was pizza. I figure after eating clean for so long, I was due for a grease and sugar fix. Mind ya, no sooner did I eat the pizza (loaded with sweet potato... I love it), but my tummy started to hurt. I may not like eating so clean at times but I much more prefer the feeling that eating clean gives me, as oppose to stuff like pizza.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why do most things bad for you often feel so good?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
-- Buddha
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Thursday, January 29
1. Shoveled down my "breakfast of champions", jumped into some comfy clothes, and then raced it off to my bus. I had Korean language tutoring in Seoul, like I do every week, but today I was feeling particularly tired. I went to bed around 2am, woke up at 6am, and felt like I hadn't slept a wink.
2. My Korean homework got smoked... yikes. Needless to say, my daily Korean diary takes me a good hour to write. I'm such a perfectionist with many things and I've been really trying to use new words and utilize more of the new grammar points I've learned. But in addition to my daily diary writing, my teacher also assigns about 20 workbook pages and then every other week I get a list of about 20 sentences that I have to translate into Korean.
3. I bombed on this week's translations and was quite frustrated at the silly, silly mistakes I made... dang.
4. Crashed on the bus as soon as my head hit the headrest. Upon arriving in Cheonan, I dragged myself home and then crashed on the floor for the rest of the afternoon.
5. Q arrived to find me totally sprawled out on the floor and out like a light. "I don't want to do anything tonight... so... good night" I said and then I rolled over and went back to sleep. I just wanted to be left alone.
6. The other day I got word that yes, I had a fight but that I had no opponent. "Don't worry, we'll still pay you" they said. Still pay me... pay me for what?! For a fight that's not going to happen?!!! Dang. I was still pretty ticked about it today, crushed actually. You see, there's a whole process that happens leading up to a fight. It's called schmoozing with the sponsors, taking drastic measures with your diet, facing the stress of getting weighed-in twice a day, and doing other stuff like early morning long runs and whatnot. So I'm going to stress myself out for the next three weeks on the notion that they might find me an opponent?!... I don't think so. And so on that note, I turned my phone off and didn't go to boxing.
7. Q went to boxing alone tonight. He and I both knew this meant he'd be forced to face Junior Mint's drilling questions about why I was unreachable and hadn't showed up, so I decided to cook Q a wickedly delicious dinner. Pan fried Montreal chicken on top of whole wheat pasta, drowned in a three cheese pasta sauce, and surrounded by a melody of stir-fried veggies. It was delish.
8. I'm such a guy in that the way to my heart is threw my stomach. Leave those roses for the next girl, thanks. So when Q showed up after training with a bucket full packed with a variety of ice creams from Baskin Robins, a smile that stretched from ear to ear instantly flooded my face. I haven't had ice cream since my summer trip to Canada. Come to think of it, I haven't done a lot of things since my Canada trip.
9. Ahhhh... ice cream. You are my true love... hahaha. I think Mi Nam was jealous... hahaha.
10. Later, just as I was going to bed, I turned my cell phone back on. Six missed messages, four from Junior Mint, one from Panty Boy Jr., and one from the Cheonan Trump. Tonight the Cheonan Trump left for the States and so he texted me, promising me a big compensation if I win my fight.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's your flavour?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. My Korean homework got smoked... yikes. Needless to say, my daily Korean diary takes me a good hour to write. I'm such a perfectionist with many things and I've been really trying to use new words and utilize more of the new grammar points I've learned. But in addition to my daily diary writing, my teacher also assigns about 20 workbook pages and then every other week I get a list of about 20 sentences that I have to translate into Korean.
3. I bombed on this week's translations and was quite frustrated at the silly, silly mistakes I made... dang.
4. Crashed on the bus as soon as my head hit the headrest. Upon arriving in Cheonan, I dragged myself home and then crashed on the floor for the rest of the afternoon.
5. Q arrived to find me totally sprawled out on the floor and out like a light. "I don't want to do anything tonight... so... good night" I said and then I rolled over and went back to sleep. I just wanted to be left alone.
6. The other day I got word that yes, I had a fight but that I had no opponent. "Don't worry, we'll still pay you" they said. Still pay me... pay me for what?! For a fight that's not going to happen?!!! Dang. I was still pretty ticked about it today, crushed actually. You see, there's a whole process that happens leading up to a fight. It's called schmoozing with the sponsors, taking drastic measures with your diet, facing the stress of getting weighed-in twice a day, and doing other stuff like early morning long runs and whatnot. So I'm going to stress myself out for the next three weeks on the notion that they might find me an opponent?!... I don't think so. And so on that note, I turned my phone off and didn't go to boxing.
7. Q went to boxing alone tonight. He and I both knew this meant he'd be forced to face Junior Mint's drilling questions about why I was unreachable and hadn't showed up, so I decided to cook Q a wickedly delicious dinner. Pan fried Montreal chicken on top of whole wheat pasta, drowned in a three cheese pasta sauce, and surrounded by a melody of stir-fried veggies. It was delish.
8. I'm such a guy in that the way to my heart is threw my stomach. Leave those roses for the next girl, thanks. So when Q showed up after training with a bucket full packed with a variety of ice creams from Baskin Robins, a smile that stretched from ear to ear instantly flooded my face. I haven't had ice cream since my summer trip to Canada. Come to think of it, I haven't done a lot of things since my Canada trip.
9. Ahhhh... ice cream. You are my true love... hahaha. I think Mi Nam was jealous... hahaha.
10. Later, just as I was going to bed, I turned my cell phone back on. Six missed messages, four from Junior Mint, one from Panty Boy Jr., and one from the Cheonan Trump. Tonight the Cheonan Trump left for the States and so he texted me, promising me a big compensation if I win my fight.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's your flavour?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
...Ain't that the truth?!
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
~E.E. Cummings
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Wednesday, January 28
1. Happy Wanker Day to all the tools, wankers, and "tards" out there... hahaha. What's "Wanker Day" you ask, well, I figure I'd give a whole full day to those of you out there that insist on being... how should I say this... hmmm.... annoying. To all the "tards" out there in cyberspace who totally ignored my awesome news (game set) I sent out just a couple of days ago, and yet jumped all over yesterday's posting and similar postings. Ok, fair enough, so many of you aren't boxing fans, well, not all of us are nit-picker fans either. I'll be honest with you, as I have already been, I find many of you to be really discouraging, not insulting, just discouraging. But instead of going more in detail with that I've decided to give you today. January 28th will now be referred to as Wanker Day so go ahead, get all your pessimistic, nit-picking, and annoying comments out of the way today. Thanks ;) Come on people... can't we just all get along?! Be like the hippies... make love, not war... hahaha.
2. And don't worry about my game, as it stands, there might not even be a game now. So I guess you can't really nit-pick about that now, can you?!... ya, ok.
3. It always amuses me when my good habits are viewed as bad and yet the bad habits of others are viewed as normal and acceptable. I say this because a couple of people whom I know insisted on me joining them for a drink and fried chicken. I started to say "Sorry, but I..." but then I corrected myself. I'm not sorry. Why should I be sorry that I don't like deep fried chicken and don't drink?! They should say sorry for thinking I'd want to bombard my arteries with their deep fried fat and down their beer-gut-inducing beer. Ok, so that's a little extreme, I know. But it really annoys me when people insist on pushing their bad habits on me and yet suggest that I'm some kind of freak for having good habits.
4. While the dumb-nuts of the world celebrated Wanker Day today, I scored free groceries courtesy of an adorable Korean man with dimples on his face and my name written all over his heart... Q.
5. And if a week's worth of free groceries wasn't sweet enough, today I recieved yet another gift. A gift from my mom, packed with Trident gum, oatmeal, some great soup mixes, and a Korean/English devotional book... sweeeeeeeeet!!! Much love to my Mama Bere... hahaha.
6. Q drove me halfway across town to a jewelery shop where the lady working the counter instantly recognized me from TV... hahaha. She kept on starring at me, it was so weird. Good thing I kind of combed my hair today... hahaha.
7. Well, I did it. I figured it was either do it or break his heart, tell him the truth, or swallow it. I got my couple ring re-sized. It's due back in a couple of days and he's all excited. I, on the other hand, well, I'm not quite up to par with wanting the ring back.
8. Training got down right intense and dirty tonight after Junior Mint told me some somewhat heartbreaking news. There's a 50/50 chance my fight might be canceled... I knew there was a catch. I was ticked.
9. With my Korean diary for today still not finished, I decided I needed to relax instead and so Q rented the Korean documentary titled "Earth". It started off with a story about a family of polar bears trying to find food after their long hibernation. Did you know polar bears can go for over 5 months without eating?! Oh gosh... I can't even go 5 hours without eating before the "Cranky-Pants-Amy" starts taking over... hahaha.
10. I'm not a fan of birds but I did get to see some of my beloved monkeys and elephants in the movie. I could have cried though when that baby elephant lost his mother wondered off on his own. There's something about animals that gets to me. I think it's their natural innocence. After the movie was over, Q and I joked around about Mi Nam. Mi Nam's an animal but definitely a domesticated one and please, never ever feel sorry for him... hahaha. He's got it made!!! As they say, "It's a dog's life" and, well, Mi Nam definitely has a sweet life.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What, no kisses for me today?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
I never said I was nice.
-- Me
2. And don't worry about my game, as it stands, there might not even be a game now. So I guess you can't really nit-pick about that now, can you?!... ya, ok.
3. It always amuses me when my good habits are viewed as bad and yet the bad habits of others are viewed as normal and acceptable. I say this because a couple of people whom I know insisted on me joining them for a drink and fried chicken. I started to say "Sorry, but I..." but then I corrected myself. I'm not sorry. Why should I be sorry that I don't like deep fried chicken and don't drink?! They should say sorry for thinking I'd want to bombard my arteries with their deep fried fat and down their beer-gut-inducing beer. Ok, so that's a little extreme, I know. But it really annoys me when people insist on pushing their bad habits on me and yet suggest that I'm some kind of freak for having good habits.
4. While the dumb-nuts of the world celebrated Wanker Day today, I scored free groceries courtesy of an adorable Korean man with dimples on his face and my name written all over his heart... Q.
5. And if a week's worth of free groceries wasn't sweet enough, today I recieved yet another gift. A gift from my mom, packed with Trident gum, oatmeal, some great soup mixes, and a Korean/English devotional book... sweeeeeeeeet!!! Much love to my Mama Bere... hahaha.
6. Q drove me halfway across town to a jewelery shop where the lady working the counter instantly recognized me from TV... hahaha. She kept on starring at me, it was so weird. Good thing I kind of combed my hair today... hahaha.
7. Well, I did it. I figured it was either do it or break his heart, tell him the truth, or swallow it. I got my couple ring re-sized. It's due back in a couple of days and he's all excited. I, on the other hand, well, I'm not quite up to par with wanting the ring back.
8. Training got down right intense and dirty tonight after Junior Mint told me some somewhat heartbreaking news. There's a 50/50 chance my fight might be canceled... I knew there was a catch. I was ticked.
9. With my Korean diary for today still not finished, I decided I needed to relax instead and so Q rented the Korean documentary titled "Earth". It started off with a story about a family of polar bears trying to find food after their long hibernation. Did you know polar bears can go for over 5 months without eating?! Oh gosh... I can't even go 5 hours without eating before the "Cranky-Pants-Amy" starts taking over... hahaha.
10. I'm not a fan of birds but I did get to see some of my beloved monkeys and elephants in the movie. I could have cried though when that baby elephant lost his mother wondered off on his own. There's something about animals that gets to me. I think it's their natural innocence. After the movie was over, Q and I joked around about Mi Nam. Mi Nam's an animal but definitely a domesticated one and please, never ever feel sorry for him... hahaha. He's got it made!!! As they say, "It's a dog's life" and, well, Mi Nam definitely has a sweet life.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What, no kisses for me today?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
I never said I was nice.
-- Me
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Tuesday, January 27
1. I'm confused. Why would a country (Korea) that's so self-obsessed with it's self identity, where you can't turn on the TV without it bombarding you with "I am Korean" or "Korea this... Korea that", celebrate a holiday that's from one of the very countries that, as their history shows, whom they have a love/hate relationship with? After all it's called the Chinese New Year for a reason, right?! Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know bu you don't see me celebrating Independence Day. Sounds like someone is just hard-up for a free holiday... hahaha... but then again, a four-day weekend is pretty sweet.
3. For the most part, Mi Nam has always hoarded and gobbled down his food. For goodness sake, when he was a puppy, I occasionally caught him sleeping with his head in his food dish. But the past two days he hasn't eaten. Not too sure what Mi Nam's trying to prove with his whole "I-don't-want-to-eat" thing-a-ma-jig he's been pulling but I'm as stubborn as they make us Polish gals and so I refuse to give in to his puppy eyes. "You're not a puppy anymore" I told him. "You're two now. Time to come up with a better trick" ... hahaha.
4. Yesterday I attacked my emails, today I attacked cleaning. Everything and everyone in my house got washed-down; by everyone I'm referring to me and Mi Nam. I vacuumed, dusted, polished, mopped, and even got down on all fours and scrubbed. Boredom tends to push me into clean-freak mode... hahaha.
5. Massive fire in Cheonan and, being the paparazzi that I am, I caught some shots of it. It was miles away but I smelt it, looked up, and saw the mounds of grey smoke filling up the sky... wild.
6. With only two days left till the Cheonan Trump ventures off to the States, without me I should add, he called me into his office today to help him. I don't mind helping him actually, I quite enjoy his company and his jolly cheeks that block out his eyes when he smiles. And I definitely don't mind accepting his "thank you" envelops either. Today I got a particularly big thank you envelop.
7. "What do you want me to bring back for you from the States?" the Cheonan Trump asked me. I paused. For a moment I thought I'd be a cute tease and say "just you" but instead, with such enthusiasm I blurted out "Trident gum"... oh gosh, I'm officially a nob!!!
8. "Trident gum"?!!!.. that was the best I could come up with?!... hahaha. What about mounds of oatmeal by the truckloads, a lifetime subscription to Oxygen Women's Fitness Magazine, a kitchen full of PAM pan spray and an oven, or better yet, a bread maker so that I don't have to go trotting around town to get whole wheat bread, which I must note, I don't even believe is real whole wheat.
9. Q's support with me training like an animal meant he was more than happy to sit and watch me do a cardio hip-hop dance video routine at home... as any guy would probably be happy to do so... hahaha. I bought this cardio video a while back, on the Internet. I tried to show Q how hard it was and was hoping he'd join in. He never did but I was full of energy and so I did the video again for the second time today. It's hard though. They start off super simple and sweet but then they jump to these funky dance moves that have you flailing your arms in the air while you stumble with trying to not step on your own feet.
10. Movie night... cool. Despite not being a huge fan of Tom Cruise, and no it's not cause of his whole mental couch-jumping episode on Oprah, but he's got an ugly cocky attitude and an equally ugly nose. Regardless though, the movie was pretty good. I can't remember the name off the top of my head but it was about Hitler, in which he plays a character who tries to assassin him.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's so funny?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.
-- Taki
Note to all my "hyper" readers,2. While Q continued to delightfully dine on dangerously delicious delights and continued to gaily gallivant and schmooze with family and friends, I was stuck here gnawing down on my blah boiled chicken and raw veggies. Dang... I really need to learn how to cook. I tell ya though, sometimes I really wish I believed in reincarnation. I'd wish to come back as an obese man... hahaha. Eat all I want and pee standing up.
This WAS a joke. Apparently some of you lost your sense of humour during the Christmas holidays, I see. And for the record, I probably know more about the Korean culture than you do but what's really sad is that I can't even make an INSIDE joke about something my friends noted the other day without people jumping on my back and getting all "hyper" about it. So relax. But know this, no one ever asked you to read my homepage... remember that!!!
3. For the most part, Mi Nam has always hoarded and gobbled down his food. For goodness sake, when he was a puppy, I occasionally caught him sleeping with his head in his food dish. But the past two days he hasn't eaten. Not too sure what Mi Nam's trying to prove with his whole "I-don't-want-to-eat" thing-a-ma-jig he's been pulling but I'm as stubborn as they make us Polish gals and so I refuse to give in to his puppy eyes. "You're not a puppy anymore" I told him. "You're two now. Time to come up with a better trick" ... hahaha.
4. Yesterday I attacked my emails, today I attacked cleaning. Everything and everyone in my house got washed-down; by everyone I'm referring to me and Mi Nam. I vacuumed, dusted, polished, mopped, and even got down on all fours and scrubbed. Boredom tends to push me into clean-freak mode... hahaha.
5. Massive fire in Cheonan and, being the paparazzi that I am, I caught some shots of it. It was miles away but I smelt it, looked up, and saw the mounds of grey smoke filling up the sky... wild.
6. With only two days left till the Cheonan Trump ventures off to the States, without me I should add, he called me into his office today to help him. I don't mind helping him actually, I quite enjoy his company and his jolly cheeks that block out his eyes when he smiles. And I definitely don't mind accepting his "thank you" envelops either. Today I got a particularly big thank you envelop.
7. "What do you want me to bring back for you from the States?" the Cheonan Trump asked me. I paused. For a moment I thought I'd be a cute tease and say "just you" but instead, with such enthusiasm I blurted out "Trident gum"... oh gosh, I'm officially a nob!!!
8. "Trident gum"?!!!.. that was the best I could come up with?!... hahaha. What about mounds of oatmeal by the truckloads, a lifetime subscription to Oxygen Women's Fitness Magazine, a kitchen full of PAM pan spray and an oven, or better yet, a bread maker so that I don't have to go trotting around town to get whole wheat bread, which I must note, I don't even believe is real whole wheat.
9. Q's support with me training like an animal meant he was more than happy to sit and watch me do a cardio hip-hop dance video routine at home... as any guy would probably be happy to do so... hahaha. I bought this cardio video a while back, on the Internet. I tried to show Q how hard it was and was hoping he'd join in. He never did but I was full of energy and so I did the video again for the second time today. It's hard though. They start off super simple and sweet but then they jump to these funky dance moves that have you flailing your arms in the air while you stumble with trying to not step on your own feet.
10. Movie night... cool. Despite not being a huge fan of Tom Cruise, and no it's not cause of his whole mental couch-jumping episode on Oprah, but he's got an ugly cocky attitude and an equally ugly nose. Regardless though, the movie was pretty good. I can't remember the name off the top of my head but it was about Hitler, in which he plays a character who tries to assassin him.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's so funny?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.
-- Taki
Monday, January 26, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Monday, January 26
1. Today was all about catching up on things I should have, could have, and would have done had I not been the big Polack procrastinator that I've been lately. Filing school papers, cleaning up the house, figuring out how to set up my web cam (again), and attacking all those emails that still sat in my email box, awaiting a response.
2. It's pretty bad when you have to set aside a couple of solid hours to do your emailing... hahaha.
3. Wrote to my parents, telling them that I had absolutely no idea whatsoever of what I'll do for work when I return but I figure if Homegirl can do it and Jennipal is going to do it, then why can't I?! So I've been pondering some ideas and checking out some stuff on the Internet. I'd really love to continue working either with or for Koreans. After all, I spent all this time, effort and money learning their culture and studying their language. I'd hate to think that it was all for nothing, that I won't be able to use my Korean skills. I figure I'll return, lay low for a good couple of months, maybe longer, and see what's out there in the Great White North. It's freaky though... freaky to think that I'll be starting life all over again, basically, and for my second time.
4. Three cheers for High Carb Day... hip-hip hooray, hip-hip hooray, hip-hip hooray!!!
5. Still no word from Panty Boy Jr. and so I went in to train at the club by myself... twice. Junior Mint's gonna give that boy a royal beating, I tell ya, when he hears that he missed training!!!
6. Turns out it's not the loads of people that made Mi Nam so incredibly uncomfortable last week at the boxing club, it's the club itself that he doesn't like. I thought I'd take him to training tonight. I did a simple cardio workout in the morning but went back in the evening to do my usual boxing training routine. Upon reaching the club door, he started to shake like a leaf. I thought that maybe he was just cold and so I turned a little portable heater on for him, no change though. He continued to shake. Needless to say training with Mi Nam there doesn't really make for a productive training session. Thirty minutes later I gave in, took all my gear off, packed up, and then we left.
7. Am convinced Mi Nam's going to have to be heavily, heavily drugged up when I take him to Canada if this is going to work. Next week Q and I are hoping to start working on Mi Nam's fear of car rides. "Why don't you just leave Mi Nam here in Korea." a friend noted. "Why don't you just give my your right arm" I responded. I could never ever leave Mi Nam in Korea. He's my baby. Some days I look at him and smile at the thought of him meeting my parents. They're going to think he's hilarious and Mi Nam's going to love the freedom of their huge backyard.
8. While checking out various videos on YouTube, I couldn't help but notice all the pathetic imbeciles that have thousands of subscribers but not a brain cell evident... seriously. Take Maginon for instance. Now here's a girl who's got 73,993 subscribers and all she does is stare into the camera!!! I'm not even sure if she's really Japanese or just an American girl obsessed with Japanese culture, regardless though, she speaks very seldom and yet the masses love her... why?! It's not like she shows cleavage cause, by the looks of it, she doesn't have any to show. I think her appeal is maybe the fact that she looks like a child, which brings up an interesting point. Why are so many men attracted to women who look like little girls?!
9. I'm not saying my videos are the greatest, cause they're not, but why the heck am I putting forth so much effort and time when all I really have to do is something retarded like sitting and staring at the camera... hmmm... interesting. Note, I plan on making a retarded video to attract the masses. Now as for what to make my retarded video on, I'm not sure. Being the smarty that I am and the retard that I'm not, I'll have to think of a really great idea... and do the opposite... hahaha.
10. Watching too many retarded (yes, that's the word of the day apparently) YouTube videos made by even more retarded people, made me feel retarded for watching those retarded videos by retarded people. Ahhhh.... switched over to the National Geographic channel for something more on my level of intelligence... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Who do you watch on YouTube?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
-- Aaron Levenstein
2. It's pretty bad when you have to set aside a couple of solid hours to do your emailing... hahaha.
3. Wrote to my parents, telling them that I had absolutely no idea whatsoever of what I'll do for work when I return but I figure if Homegirl can do it and Jennipal is going to do it, then why can't I?! So I've been pondering some ideas and checking out some stuff on the Internet. I'd really love to continue working either with or for Koreans. After all, I spent all this time, effort and money learning their culture and studying their language. I'd hate to think that it was all for nothing, that I won't be able to use my Korean skills. I figure I'll return, lay low for a good couple of months, maybe longer, and see what's out there in the Great White North. It's freaky though... freaky to think that I'll be starting life all over again, basically, and for my second time.
4. Three cheers for High Carb Day... hip-hip hooray, hip-hip hooray, hip-hip hooray!!!
5. Still no word from Panty Boy Jr. and so I went in to train at the club by myself... twice. Junior Mint's gonna give that boy a royal beating, I tell ya, when he hears that he missed training!!!
6. Turns out it's not the loads of people that made Mi Nam so incredibly uncomfortable last week at the boxing club, it's the club itself that he doesn't like. I thought I'd take him to training tonight. I did a simple cardio workout in the morning but went back in the evening to do my usual boxing training routine. Upon reaching the club door, he started to shake like a leaf. I thought that maybe he was just cold and so I turned a little portable heater on for him, no change though. He continued to shake. Needless to say training with Mi Nam there doesn't really make for a productive training session. Thirty minutes later I gave in, took all my gear off, packed up, and then we left.
7. Am convinced Mi Nam's going to have to be heavily, heavily drugged up when I take him to Canada if this is going to work. Next week Q and I are hoping to start working on Mi Nam's fear of car rides. "Why don't you just leave Mi Nam here in Korea." a friend noted. "Why don't you just give my your right arm" I responded. I could never ever leave Mi Nam in Korea. He's my baby. Some days I look at him and smile at the thought of him meeting my parents. They're going to think he's hilarious and Mi Nam's going to love the freedom of their huge backyard.
8. While checking out various videos on YouTube, I couldn't help but notice all the pathetic imbeciles that have thousands of subscribers but not a brain cell evident... seriously. Take Maginon for instance. Now here's a girl who's got 73,993 subscribers and all she does is stare into the camera!!! I'm not even sure if she's really Japanese or just an American girl obsessed with Japanese culture, regardless though, she speaks very seldom and yet the masses love her... why?! It's not like she shows cleavage cause, by the looks of it, she doesn't have any to show. I think her appeal is maybe the fact that she looks like a child, which brings up an interesting point. Why are so many men attracted to women who look like little girls?!
9. I'm not saying my videos are the greatest, cause they're not, but why the heck am I putting forth so much effort and time when all I really have to do is something retarded like sitting and staring at the camera... hmmm... interesting. Note, I plan on making a retarded video to attract the masses. Now as for what to make my retarded video on, I'm not sure. Being the smarty that I am and the retard that I'm not, I'll have to think of a really great idea... and do the opposite... hahaha.
10. Watching too many retarded (yes, that's the word of the day apparently) YouTube videos made by even more retarded people, made me feel retarded for watching those retarded videos by retarded people. Ahhhh.... switched over to the National Geographic channel for something more on my level of intelligence... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Who do you watch on YouTube?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
-- Aaron Levenstein
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sweet... guys undies in embarrassing prints like purple cheetah. I think I'd shoot Q if he ever dared to wear anything remotely close to these.
I'd shoot myself if I had to wear these... please tell me none of my friends wear these!!!
At first I thought it said "colon" (one L)... nasty.... cream colon cookies... hahaha. Highlights of my Day... Sunday, January 25
1. No carb day... not fun, not tasty, not easy... and everything about it is rough. Ate only protein and veggies all day. It'd be different if I were able to find some of my favourite veggies at the grocery store, like spinach and those long stringy green beans I use to eat by the handfuls. But, as it stands, my veggies consist of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, and broccoli.
2. While most people dream of treating themselves to chocolate or other yummies like ice cream and cake, I dream of waking up tomorrow and treating myself to sweet potatoes. Tomorrow is high carb day and so focusing on that got me through today.
3. At last minute I decided to go with Q to his family celebration but, upon pondering it together, we both decided that it best I don't go. I have to focus on my diet for the game. Last time I saw Q's mom, she stuffed my face with about 3 oranges and 2 apples in a matter of 40 minutes. And considering there'd be more than just Q's mom there and I'm on a very strict diet cause of my game, the temptation would be brutal and I definitely risked coming off as rude by rejecting their offers of food. It was hard enough to go grocery shopping with Q today. I watched as he loaded up his cart with tons of meat, juices, fruits, and lots of treats. If his grocery cart was only but a glimpse of the food that'd be present at the celebration than I certainly should stay clear. So, I stayed home.
4. I sent a gift with Q for his parents. I didn't want to think that I didn't want to go or that I had forgotten, I mean, for awhile there yes, I didn't want to go but I changed my mind. I did want to go. Anyways, I joked about no one buying me a new year's present and so today Q presented me with a gift. Actually, it was more or less I pointed it out in the store, said I liked it, and then he spontaneously decided to buy it for me.... hahaha. It's a small tea set for two.
5. With Q out of town for the next couple of days, I anticipated getting a lot of work and studying done... no such luck. I've become this huge procrastinator lately and my biggest passion right now has been curling up on the couch with Mi Nam and napping.
6. I really don't know what I did today... honestly. I pretty much started a bunch of things but never did finish them. I threw in a load of laundry... it's done but is still in the machine. I did the dishes, but never put them away. Picked out a book to read, but never started it. Sat down to study Korean but ended up drawing a picture in the margins. Ya... pretty unproductive today.
7. I think the only thing I started and finished today was training. Sundays are usually my only day off training but I decided to go in tonight to do some skipping and light weight training. It's funny cause I both love and hate training alone in the boxing club. Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated but I love cranking up the tunes and doing whatever I please for training.
8. A wave of stress hit me around 8:30pm when I was at training. In about three weeks I'll be fighting someone I still know nothing about. I really don't want to approach this fight like I did last time, when I became so preoccupied and consumed with thoughts of my opponent. Is she training as hard as I am, what's her stats, how old is she, what is she eating, is she already 50kgs...??? I felt like everything I did was for two people, her and me. I don't want to do that this time; I can't do that this time, cause in thinking so much about her, I lost focus on myself.
9. Spent some time reorganizing and deleting files on my computer. Came across a bunch of letters that Drama Boy once wrote me. There use to be a time when I'd wake up to find random notes typed on my computer screen from him. I miss that... I miss him. I didn't realize I had saved them, or so I didn't remember. And so tonight I spent some time rereading his letters. With his broken English and short sentences, I still think they're so sweet.
10. It's kind of sad how time changes things... I wish I could go back to that day, to go back and have those words mean what they did then instead of just being the weightless lost words on my screen that they are today.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why do things always have to change?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
-- Anatole France
2. While most people dream of treating themselves to chocolate or other yummies like ice cream and cake, I dream of waking up tomorrow and treating myself to sweet potatoes. Tomorrow is high carb day and so focusing on that got me through today.
3. At last minute I decided to go with Q to his family celebration but, upon pondering it together, we both decided that it best I don't go. I have to focus on my diet for the game. Last time I saw Q's mom, she stuffed my face with about 3 oranges and 2 apples in a matter of 40 minutes. And considering there'd be more than just Q's mom there and I'm on a very strict diet cause of my game, the temptation would be brutal and I definitely risked coming off as rude by rejecting their offers of food. It was hard enough to go grocery shopping with Q today. I watched as he loaded up his cart with tons of meat, juices, fruits, and lots of treats. If his grocery cart was only but a glimpse of the food that'd be present at the celebration than I certainly should stay clear. So, I stayed home.
4. I sent a gift with Q for his parents. I didn't want to think that I didn't want to go or that I had forgotten, I mean, for awhile there yes, I didn't want to go but I changed my mind. I did want to go. Anyways, I joked about no one buying me a new year's present and so today Q presented me with a gift. Actually, it was more or less I pointed it out in the store, said I liked it, and then he spontaneously decided to buy it for me.... hahaha. It's a small tea set for two.
5. With Q out of town for the next couple of days, I anticipated getting a lot of work and studying done... no such luck. I've become this huge procrastinator lately and my biggest passion right now has been curling up on the couch with Mi Nam and napping.
6. I really don't know what I did today... honestly. I pretty much started a bunch of things but never did finish them. I threw in a load of laundry... it's done but is still in the machine. I did the dishes, but never put them away. Picked out a book to read, but never started it. Sat down to study Korean but ended up drawing a picture in the margins. Ya... pretty unproductive today.
7. I think the only thing I started and finished today was training. Sundays are usually my only day off training but I decided to go in tonight to do some skipping and light weight training. It's funny cause I both love and hate training alone in the boxing club. Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated but I love cranking up the tunes and doing whatever I please for training.
8. A wave of stress hit me around 8:30pm when I was at training. In about three weeks I'll be fighting someone I still know nothing about. I really don't want to approach this fight like I did last time, when I became so preoccupied and consumed with thoughts of my opponent. Is she training as hard as I am, what's her stats, how old is she, what is she eating, is she already 50kgs...??? I felt like everything I did was for two people, her and me. I don't want to do that this time; I can't do that this time, cause in thinking so much about her, I lost focus on myself.
9. Spent some time reorganizing and deleting files on my computer. Came across a bunch of letters that Drama Boy once wrote me. There use to be a time when I'd wake up to find random notes typed on my computer screen from him. I miss that... I miss him. I didn't realize I had saved them, or so I didn't remember. And so tonight I spent some time rereading his letters. With his broken English and short sentences, I still think they're so sweet.
Good morning 미남’s mommy~~ㅋㅋㅋ
What about ur condition? Can u feel wet towl? No? ok~ ㅋㅋ Anyway. Have a nice-day 미남’s mommy~~ ^^; See u soon…
Good morning 에이미~
I think I've caught a cold. I pass on one´s cold to u……. sorry…. Hmm…… anyway… YA!!! Ahh~~I recommend to dog(bulldog) ~~~Don’t worry about ur pet during ur Canada trip~~~ TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Have a nice day in DAN-KOOK Uni.
XOXO
Ps:honestly.. I don’t understand XOXO!! Just I follow u!! what does this mean? Teach me on today please~~~ ^^;
10. It's kind of sad how time changes things... I wish I could go back to that day, to go back and have those words mean what they did then instead of just being the weightless lost words on my screen that they are today.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why do things always have to change?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
-- Anatole France
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Saturday, January 24
1. My mom use to have this thing with pennies. She use to set aside a certain number of pennies on the kitchen counter and use them to keep track how many glasses of water she drank that day. Lately I've been waking up each night. I usually make my way down to the bathroom to brush my teeth, pee, drink some water, and then head back to bed. Mind ya, I didn't realize just how often I was doing this until I started using my mom's penny idea. Turns out I did it 5 times last night... wow! That's a lot of brushing, a lot of water... a lot of pee... hahaha.
2. Have you ever got one of those gifts that was worse than getting no gift at all? Well, I checked my mailbox today and it looks like I got one of those gifts.
3. Felt rather discouraged today. I didn't know whether it was because of the numerous idiots who continually shine their stupidity around me, the Ungratefuls who are long overdue thanking me, or the fact that the masses here seem to only find interest in bickering about bad news but basically disregard my awesome news yesterday. I guess good news makes for boring news. People are always so disturbingly attracted to bad news. I don't understand it. It's like the car crash I saw today. Traffic came to a crawl as everyone downtown just had to take a peek. People seemed so fascinated by it but what fascinated me more was how everyone insisted on checking it out. Someone could have been killed in the crash, do you really want to see that? Are you going to sleep better at night now knowing that you saw a dead person? One of my students killed himself and at least 2 nights a week it haunts me in my sleep. I don't sleep better knowing the situation and I didn't even see his body. Seriously... what's wrong with people these days?
4. The boxing club is closed for the next four days and so I'll be training alone, well, that's not quite right. Panty Boy Jr. will be joining me, not too sure when though; he didn't show up today.
5. No sooner had I geared up and cranked up the tunes in the club but Buddy-Boy's trainer from the jail dropped by. At first I thought he was simply dropping off something for Junior Mint but then he sat down. He pulled up a chair and sat to watch me train... very strange. "He'll get bored watching me" I thought, after all, I start with 30 minutes of skipping and so I thought there would be no way he'd stick around for that ...oh, but he did.
6. Some time later, about 40 minutes later, Buddy-Boy also showed up at the club. Did they not see the notice on the door this past week, noting that the club would be closed?! Well, there wasn't much I could do or say and so I trained beside him. Turns out Buddy-Boy is only 24, is the current Korean male flyweight champion, has a fight this upcoming holiday Monday... and has fire red painted toe nails, how bizarre is that?! Korean guys sporting painted nails isn't so uncommon but I'm sure he'd get a pounding by my male friends over it if he went to Canada like that. Painting my boyfriend's nails has never been something I've ever pondered over. It's a bit too freakish for me and it screams gay.
7. Anyways, the pressure was on, definitely. With Buddy-Boy's coach directing all his undivided attention my way, I certainly felt the heat of his spotlight and so I trained hard. I even did a 40 minute weight training session on shoulders and triceps with the free weights.
8. Waking up today to a winter wonderland wasn't so wonderful as it meant the my evening dinner plans were canceled. The roads were covered in snow and ice, and well Korea not really use to getting much snow, doesn't exactly have snow-plowers. They more or less put sand (sometimes salt too) on the road and blankets on the street, hoping that it'll due until the snow leaves. And you know what, after a day or so, the snow usually does leave. But today's downfall... yikes. It's going to be staying around for a while. It snowed all day today!!!
9. Mi Nam loves the snow which is perfect for the winters to come when he'll be spending them in the Great White North. I put his little jacket on him in anticipation of him wanting to stay out longer in the snow... hahaha. Oh gosh, I talk about him like he's a person. Q thinks it's hilariously cute how much I adore Mi Nam but I fear becoming one of those annoying dog owners who's so obsessed with their mutt that they let their dog take over priority and rule the house. Good thing for me, I have an apartment... hahaha.
10. What better way to enjoy a white Saturday night than with a good movie... well, my options were kind of limited actually. It was more or less go catch a flick at the theater or watch one at home. Home sounded much cozier, and it was.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Did you remember to say your "P's" and "Q's" today?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
-- Jean Baptiste Massieu
2. Have you ever got one of those gifts that was worse than getting no gift at all? Well, I checked my mailbox today and it looks like I got one of those gifts.
3. Felt rather discouraged today. I didn't know whether it was because of the numerous idiots who continually shine their stupidity around me, the Ungratefuls who are long overdue thanking me, or the fact that the masses here seem to only find interest in bickering about bad news but basically disregard my awesome news yesterday. I guess good news makes for boring news. People are always so disturbingly attracted to bad news. I don't understand it. It's like the car crash I saw today. Traffic came to a crawl as everyone downtown just had to take a peek. People seemed so fascinated by it but what fascinated me more was how everyone insisted on checking it out. Someone could have been killed in the crash, do you really want to see that? Are you going to sleep better at night now knowing that you saw a dead person? One of my students killed himself and at least 2 nights a week it haunts me in my sleep. I don't sleep better knowing the situation and I didn't even see his body. Seriously... what's wrong with people these days?
4. The boxing club is closed for the next four days and so I'll be training alone, well, that's not quite right. Panty Boy Jr. will be joining me, not too sure when though; he didn't show up today.
5. No sooner had I geared up and cranked up the tunes in the club but Buddy-Boy's trainer from the jail dropped by. At first I thought he was simply dropping off something for Junior Mint but then he sat down. He pulled up a chair and sat to watch me train... very strange. "He'll get bored watching me" I thought, after all, I start with 30 minutes of skipping and so I thought there would be no way he'd stick around for that ...oh, but he did.
6. Some time later, about 40 minutes later, Buddy-Boy also showed up at the club. Did they not see the notice on the door this past week, noting that the club would be closed?! Well, there wasn't much I could do or say and so I trained beside him. Turns out Buddy-Boy is only 24, is the current Korean male flyweight champion, has a fight this upcoming holiday Monday... and has fire red painted toe nails, how bizarre is that?! Korean guys sporting painted nails isn't so uncommon but I'm sure he'd get a pounding by my male friends over it if he went to Canada like that. Painting my boyfriend's nails has never been something I've ever pondered over. It's a bit too freakish for me and it screams gay.
7. Anyways, the pressure was on, definitely. With Buddy-Boy's coach directing all his undivided attention my way, I certainly felt the heat of his spotlight and so I trained hard. I even did a 40 minute weight training session on shoulders and triceps with the free weights.
8. Waking up today to a winter wonderland wasn't so wonderful as it meant the my evening dinner plans were canceled. The roads were covered in snow and ice, and well Korea not really use to getting much snow, doesn't exactly have snow-plowers. They more or less put sand (sometimes salt too) on the road and blankets on the street, hoping that it'll due until the snow leaves. And you know what, after a day or so, the snow usually does leave. But today's downfall... yikes. It's going to be staying around for a while. It snowed all day today!!!
9. Mi Nam loves the snow which is perfect for the winters to come when he'll be spending them in the Great White North. I put his little jacket on him in anticipation of him wanting to stay out longer in the snow... hahaha. Oh gosh, I talk about him like he's a person. Q thinks it's hilariously cute how much I adore Mi Nam but I fear becoming one of those annoying dog owners who's so obsessed with their mutt that they let their dog take over priority and rule the house. Good thing for me, I have an apartment... hahaha.
10. What better way to enjoy a white Saturday night than with a good movie... well, my options were kind of limited actually. It was more or less go catch a flick at the theater or watch one at home. Home sounded much cozier, and it was.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Did you remember to say your "P's" and "Q's" today?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
-- Jean Baptiste Massieu
Friday, January 23, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Friday, January 23
1. For those that missed it, I was on TV yet again, MBC ESPN Sports.... don't worry. It was a short clip and I missed it too... hahaha.
2. The club was buzzing with lots of people today. Students are now well into their vacation time and so my quiet 1pm training time is now not so quiet. Among those in the club, today we had a couple of extra visitors. A newspaper reporter came by the club to interview Junior Mint but Junior Mint, being one of my biggest supporters, threw me into the interview by bragging about my deal with KBS Sports, Adidas and the numerous TV shows I've been on. Great... I'll forever be known as the "Love in Asia" girl. Anyways, next thing I knew it, I was being interviewed too.
3. The reporter turned to Junior Mint and asked, "Is she a foreigner?", "Not really" he answered... hahaha.
4. Another visitor was Buddy-Boy and his coach from the jail. I take it he's going to be a regular now at our club cause he came by yesterday for sparring practice. I find it rather amusing to see how everyone, but a couple of people, are still very uncomfortable with him in the club. I think the whole situation is rather interesting though and I'm totally envious of his perfect ripped body. Koreans are all about "s-line" and well, he's got s-lines in his arms, s-lines in his legs... wow!!!
5. With this weekend being Seol-Nal (Lunar) New Year, Junior Mint will be closing the club till next Wednesday... no worries though, I've got a key!!!
6. Re-dyed my hair black. Ahhhh... this black hair is high maintenance... but I love it!!!
7. At exactly 4:49pm today I signed for my next fight!!!! Tuesday, February 17th. And so with less than a month away (24 days to be exact) I'm super stoked, super excited, but now I'll be so super busy buttering up to sponsors, training like an animal, and eating like a champ. I know nothing about my opponent yet but Junior Mint hinted that there's some kind of catch with this particular fight, hence why it took them over a week for those involved to agree to letting me have this fight... interesting.
8. Getting that fight automatically set me into hyper-overload and so after I screamed my head off and jumped around the house, I headed over to Hongik to burn off this energy with a good HIIT run (High Intensity Interval Training). Twenty minutes and 300 burned calories later, I was still mentally in hyper-mode but my body had now calmed down and I was practically drowning in my own sweat... not pretty... hahaha.
9. By the time Q came over to my house, it was late but I still was pretty stoked about scoring my next fight. "Well, I've got good news and bad news" I told him. "Good news is I got my next fight... bad news is I got my next fight". Tang texted me, to tell me he heard about me getting my fight and to ask me if I wanted to go out for dinner tomorrow. Tomorrow will be my last free day and then it'll be hardcore training and clean eating from there on. It's stressful, it's exhilarating, it's awesome, but it's also scary and nerve-racking.
10. Spontaneously decided that I wanted to go get some of that natural Skippy peanut butter and so off Q and I blazed it to LotteMart before it closed... no such luck. Not only did they not have natural Skippy peanut butter but they didn't even have ANY kind of peanut butter. And to make matters worse, the employee we asked didn't even know what peanut butter was!!! "What?!... it's what held my dreams together when I was a kid!!!" I said... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Will people comment on my good news or are they only interested in bad news and nit-picking?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Chase down your passion like it's the last bus of the night.
-- Glade Byron Addams
2. The club was buzzing with lots of people today. Students are now well into their vacation time and so my quiet 1pm training time is now not so quiet. Among those in the club, today we had a couple of extra visitors. A newspaper reporter came by the club to interview Junior Mint but Junior Mint, being one of my biggest supporters, threw me into the interview by bragging about my deal with KBS Sports, Adidas and the numerous TV shows I've been on. Great... I'll forever be known as the "Love in Asia" girl. Anyways, next thing I knew it, I was being interviewed too.
3. The reporter turned to Junior Mint and asked, "Is she a foreigner?", "Not really" he answered... hahaha.
4. Another visitor was Buddy-Boy and his coach from the jail. I take it he's going to be a regular now at our club cause he came by yesterday for sparring practice. I find it rather amusing to see how everyone, but a couple of people, are still very uncomfortable with him in the club. I think the whole situation is rather interesting though and I'm totally envious of his perfect ripped body. Koreans are all about "s-line" and well, he's got s-lines in his arms, s-lines in his legs... wow!!!
5. With this weekend being Seol-Nal (Lunar) New Year, Junior Mint will be closing the club till next Wednesday... no worries though, I've got a key!!!
6. Re-dyed my hair black. Ahhhh... this black hair is high maintenance... but I love it!!!
7. At exactly 4:49pm today I signed for my next fight!!!! Tuesday, February 17th. And so with less than a month away (24 days to be exact) I'm super stoked, super excited, but now I'll be so super busy buttering up to sponsors, training like an animal, and eating like a champ. I know nothing about my opponent yet but Junior Mint hinted that there's some kind of catch with this particular fight, hence why it took them over a week for those involved to agree to letting me have this fight... interesting.
8. Getting that fight automatically set me into hyper-overload and so after I screamed my head off and jumped around the house, I headed over to Hongik to burn off this energy with a good HIIT run (High Intensity Interval Training). Twenty minutes and 300 burned calories later, I was still mentally in hyper-mode but my body had now calmed down and I was practically drowning in my own sweat... not pretty... hahaha.
9. By the time Q came over to my house, it was late but I still was pretty stoked about scoring my next fight. "Well, I've got good news and bad news" I told him. "Good news is I got my next fight... bad news is I got my next fight". Tang texted me, to tell me he heard about me getting my fight and to ask me if I wanted to go out for dinner tomorrow. Tomorrow will be my last free day and then it'll be hardcore training and clean eating from there on. It's stressful, it's exhilarating, it's awesome, but it's also scary and nerve-racking.
10. Spontaneously decided that I wanted to go get some of that natural Skippy peanut butter and so off Q and I blazed it to LotteMart before it closed... no such luck. Not only did they not have natural Skippy peanut butter but they didn't even have ANY kind of peanut butter. And to make matters worse, the employee we asked didn't even know what peanut butter was!!! "What?!... it's what held my dreams together when I was a kid!!!" I said... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Will people comment on my good news or are they only interested in bad news and nit-picking?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Chase down your passion like it's the last bus of the night.
-- Glade Byron Addams
I'm so freakin' happy....
No... correction, I do and so does February 17th... more to come later on that. I'll tell you later... maybe, that is if you don't totally annoy the heck out of me... hahaha.Thursday, January 22, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Thursday, January 22
1. Missed my bus by exactly 18 seconds... not fun.
2. It was low carb day... not fun.
3. Responding to bogus nonsensical comments... definitely not fun, so I didn't.
4. Got an email from an particular someone I once put on a pedestal as being perfect and whom, only after the second date, told my parents that he "plans on looking after your daughter"... not fun but funny.
5. Good luck to Italiano with his upcoming date who he described to me as a "40 year old Marlyn Monroe look-a-like, total MILF"... definitely funny. That woman is going to totally devour my hottie friend and his hot pants... hahaha.
6. Got two spontaneous wedding proposals on my YouTube account... very funny.
7. Three and a half hours later, I finally finalized the Cheonan Trump's speech... not fun.
8. He thanked me with yet another bulging envelop... and a massive box of apples... very funny. I had been eying them all evening in the corner of his office.
9. Had a quiet night in with my boys... very fun.
10. Am officially one day behind in my Korean journal writing... not fun.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's the point of writing my homepage when people only try to twist my words?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
-- Thomas à Kempis
2. It was low carb day... not fun.
3. Responding to bogus nonsensical comments... definitely not fun, so I didn't.
4. Got an email from an particular someone I once put on a pedestal as being perfect and whom, only after the second date, told my parents that he "plans on looking after your daughter"... not fun but funny.
"So nice to hear from you and you are always on my mind (trust me!) when are you
coming home for good so we can fall in love and have a family..."
5. Good luck to Italiano with his upcoming date who he described to me as a "40 year old Marlyn Monroe look-a-like, total MILF"... definitely funny. That woman is going to totally devour my hottie friend and his hot pants... hahaha.
6. Got two spontaneous wedding proposals on my YouTube account... very funny.
7. Three and a half hours later, I finally finalized the Cheonan Trump's speech... not fun.
8. He thanked me with yet another bulging envelop... and a massive box of apples... very funny. I had been eying them all evening in the corner of his office.
9. Had a quiet night in with my boys... very fun.
10. Am officially one day behind in my Korean journal writing... not fun.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's the point of writing my homepage when people only try to twist my words?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
-- Thomas à Kempis
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Wednesday, January 21
1. My chest hurts... what a way to start of a day's entry, eh?!... hahaha. It's true though. I'm definitely feeling the effects of restarting my weight training, and I'm lovin' it!!!
2. Had Hongik Fitness all to myself today during training... nice. I should have brought my camera and broke out some of my royal poser poses... hahaha.
3. Had a strange encounter with one of the workers at the GS 25 store that's located on the first floor of my building. He asked me where I've been and noted that he hasn't seen me around lately. I told him that it's cause I'm on vacation now and so I have no real set schedule. But as I walked away, it hit me... I don't recall ever meeting this guy, let alone ever seeing him... strange, very strange.
4. Having Korean fonts temporarily unavailable on my computer is killing my social life with my peeps on msn. As if I needed my already dwindling social life, and lack there of it, to suffer any more loses.
5. Day two of the super early spring that apparently has taken over Cheonan... wicked. Sorry to hear about your chilly -10 degrees there my lovely Tundra bunnies out in Canada, but today Cheonan was sporting 10 degree sunny skies. That's pretty sweet for January and so I celebrated God's gift of sunshine overload and good weather by walking around outside in a light sweater.
6. The KB Bank manager was away on lunch today when I strolled in to do my monthly banking and so I had to deal with the annoying little stump of a security guard who freaks me out with his heavy breathing and webbed hands. I'm not down with any banking lingo in Korean, hence why I always deal with the manager who knows my routine. Thankfully though, some high school student offered to help me when he noticed the guard was clearly not understanding me.
7. My mother use to tell me that I could sell ice to Eskimos (sorry, "Inuits", to be politically correct) cause of my knack for words. Well, tonight I convinced Q he had to do poop duty and take Mi Nam out for a walk after I turned to him and said, "Well, you have two options, you can either give me a foot massage or walk Mi Nam." Hahaha... he choose walking Mi Nam but the joke was on him; he didn't have to do either... hahaha.
8. I said something the other day and it's still taunting me, which just goes to prove that a. I'm not a very nice girl and b. isn't life just so ironic?! So, what did I say, you ask, well, Q's been getting on my back about this upcoming weekend. It's the big Lunar New Year and so most Koreans will be returning to their hometowns to celebrate the long four-day weekend with family.... Q included, and he wants me to come along. Despite being a hit with most parents, I've been pretty good with avoiding the whole family scene. This time it was Q's aunt who asked Q to bring me. He kept on asking me why I didn't want to go and, although I had amble time to prepare a believable excuse, I blurted out, "... cause it's not like I'm going to marry you."
9. No sooner had I said that but I wanted to reach out to catch my words and swallow them. How ironic though, I thought.. The exact words that smashed my little Polish heart just some two years ago in Jeju Island have officially come back to me but this time I wasn't on the receiving end. It didn't quite feel as painful to say them as it did to hear them two years ago but I couldn't help but think I am a bad, bad girlfriend. Mothers... don't let me date your sons... I'm sure Q's mother, Mama Lee, is thinking the very same thing. Dang.
10. Stayed in tonight to do "damage clean-up" after totally shooting Q in the heart with my "... cause it's not like I'm going to marry you" stupid line. He's a persistent little dude though and so he dared enough to ask me again if I wanted to go to Daejon with him. I had anticipated this actually and so I had prepared a better line. "I can't cause of Mi Nam"... nice, put the blame on the innocent four-legged beast who sleeps about 60% of his day away.... hahaha. Sorry Mi Nam... take one for mama please ;)
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
How can you take your foot out of your mouth after damage is done?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo
2. Had Hongik Fitness all to myself today during training... nice. I should have brought my camera and broke out some of my royal poser poses... hahaha.
3. Had a strange encounter with one of the workers at the GS 25 store that's located on the first floor of my building. He asked me where I've been and noted that he hasn't seen me around lately. I told him that it's cause I'm on vacation now and so I have no real set schedule. But as I walked away, it hit me... I don't recall ever meeting this guy, let alone ever seeing him... strange, very strange.
4. Having Korean fonts temporarily unavailable on my computer is killing my social life with my peeps on msn. As if I needed my already dwindling social life, and lack there of it, to suffer any more loses.
5. Day two of the super early spring that apparently has taken over Cheonan... wicked. Sorry to hear about your chilly -10 degrees there my lovely Tundra bunnies out in Canada, but today Cheonan was sporting 10 degree sunny skies. That's pretty sweet for January and so I celebrated God's gift of sunshine overload and good weather by walking around outside in a light sweater.
6. The KB Bank manager was away on lunch today when I strolled in to do my monthly banking and so I had to deal with the annoying little stump of a security guard who freaks me out with his heavy breathing and webbed hands. I'm not down with any banking lingo in Korean, hence why I always deal with the manager who knows my routine. Thankfully though, some high school student offered to help me when he noticed the guard was clearly not understanding me.
7. My mother use to tell me that I could sell ice to Eskimos (sorry, "Inuits", to be politically correct) cause of my knack for words. Well, tonight I convinced Q he had to do poop duty and take Mi Nam out for a walk after I turned to him and said, "Well, you have two options, you can either give me a foot massage or walk Mi Nam." Hahaha... he choose walking Mi Nam but the joke was on him; he didn't have to do either... hahaha.
8. I said something the other day and it's still taunting me, which just goes to prove that a. I'm not a very nice girl and b. isn't life just so ironic?! So, what did I say, you ask, well, Q's been getting on my back about this upcoming weekend. It's the big Lunar New Year and so most Koreans will be returning to their hometowns to celebrate the long four-day weekend with family.... Q included, and he wants me to come along. Despite being a hit with most parents, I've been pretty good with avoiding the whole family scene. This time it was Q's aunt who asked Q to bring me. He kept on asking me why I didn't want to go and, although I had amble time to prepare a believable excuse, I blurted out, "... cause it's not like I'm going to marry you."
9. No sooner had I said that but I wanted to reach out to catch my words and swallow them. How ironic though, I thought.. The exact words that smashed my little Polish heart just some two years ago in Jeju Island have officially come back to me but this time I wasn't on the receiving end. It didn't quite feel as painful to say them as it did to hear them two years ago but I couldn't help but think I am a bad, bad girlfriend. Mothers... don't let me date your sons... I'm sure Q's mother, Mama Lee, is thinking the very same thing. Dang.
10. Stayed in tonight to do "damage clean-up" after totally shooting Q in the heart with my "... cause it's not like I'm going to marry you" stupid line. He's a persistent little dude though and so he dared enough to ask me again if I wanted to go to Daejon with him. I had anticipated this actually and so I had prepared a better line. "I can't cause of Mi Nam"... nice, put the blame on the innocent four-legged beast who sleeps about 60% of his day away.... hahaha. Sorry Mi Nam... take one for mama please ;)
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
How can you take your foot out of your mouth after damage is done?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
If you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Tuesday, January 20
1. My horoscope for today:
2. Me a kind person?!... hmmm.... hahaha. I doubt that's the reputation I've got going on but I definitely came off as rude today at the boxing club when Hell Boy thought it'd be funny to stick his foot in Mi Nam's face and then pretend to kick him. Turns out Mi Nam really doesn't do well with a crowd of people and so when I brought him to the boxing club , he shook like a leaf. I hadn't anticipated that, for sure. I had brought along his sweater that he always lays on, in hopes that he'd feel more comfortable.
3. I don't know whether it's I'm getting more nit picky with age or what but having some middle-aged, over-sized geek torment my dog will never be cool in my books, so I told him so. It started off with me politely asking him to stop. Then I tried to make a joke... then I got down-right rude with him.
4. Why do so many people let their stupidity shine around me?! Seriously, do they think I'm that bored that I want to deal with their retardedness and will take the time to educate them on manners or whatnot?!
5. For the most part no one really approached Mi Nam but lots of people asked me questions. Junior Mint and Milk Dud took turns keeping Mi Nam company and so that was so sweet of them. I was so distracted during training though. I kept on looking at him and in between rounds I'd run over and give him kisses on his forehead. I felt bad seeing him so nervously sitting there but I couldn't help but think he looked so adorable at the same time. I just wanted to scoop him up in my arms and tell him that I love him a million-billion-zillion times.
6. The Cheonan Trump had asked me to swing by his office tower to help him out with yet another speech he was working on for his trip to Chicago and so I joined up with him at 5pm. What was supposed to be me editing one speech and sitting with him for an hour evolved into me editing one speech, writing a full speech for him, editing about ten emails he had to send out, and writing a new year's thank you card. By the time I left it was coming up to 8pm. I was happy to help him, after all, he's always very sweet to me and he's been my main financial supporter for my boxing, but when he turned and gave me an envelop filled with a lot of "thank you bills", I was all that happier. Plan is to return Thursday night and work on yet another speech.
7. Italiano texted me today "So you're gonna move back [to Canada] when I might move [to New York or Europe] away?" He had mentioned the idea of him moving, a while back, but I just thought it was an idea. I never thought he'd be actually seriously pursuing it. Who the heck am I going to go fountain jumping with now?!!!
8. Tang (official new nickname for my only English-speaking Korean buddy at boxing... Tang as in the juice. It's both sweet but sour... just like him) texted me tonight, "If you wash hair not wearing training suit, then I'll admit you're a woman". Not too sure if you understand but basically he's still teasing me about not washing my hair and the notion that the boys at boxing aren't really convinced I'm a woman... hahaha.
9. Grocery shopping... ya... fun!!! I love grocery shopping. Got my usual two whole wheat loaves from the Home Plus baker who's my most recent hook-up... hahaha.
10. Q's silly, overly-exaggerated gangster drama show was on tonight, which meant I sat in my office with the door closed so that I didn't have to overhear the usual crying girls and fighting boys. I tell ya, sometimes I picture myself smashing my TV and think to myself that it'd be well worth the two grand I spent on it to get rid of it. You see, Q doesn't have a TV in his house and so he's always trying to watch it here. Actually, he doesn't have a lot of things in his house... no TV, no couch... no furniture besides a little table that stands one foot in height.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Is there some kind of school that teaches people how to become more stupid or something?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
-- Sigmund Freud
Your reputation as a magnanimous and kind person could make a new person on the scene think that they can take advantage of you -- ha! The joke will be on them when you prove, in dramatic fashion, that's not the case today. Don't be afraid of coming off as rude to people who underestimate you. They did you the disservice of underestimating you, so there is no need to bend over backwards to be polite. This is admittedly a rocky start for the two of you, but things will steadily improve.
2. Me a kind person?!... hmmm.... hahaha. I doubt that's the reputation I've got going on but I definitely came off as rude today at the boxing club when Hell Boy thought it'd be funny to stick his foot in Mi Nam's face and then pretend to kick him. Turns out Mi Nam really doesn't do well with a crowd of people and so when I brought him to the boxing club , he shook like a leaf. I hadn't anticipated that, for sure. I had brought along his sweater that he always lays on, in hopes that he'd feel more comfortable.
3. I don't know whether it's I'm getting more nit picky with age or what but having some middle-aged, over-sized geek torment my dog will never be cool in my books, so I told him so. It started off with me politely asking him to stop. Then I tried to make a joke... then I got down-right rude with him.
HB: Oh come on Amy, it's just a dog.
Me: Ya, but it's my dog. Would you like me to stick my foot in your face?
HB: But I'm not a dog.
Me: Exactly. You're a man. Stop acting like a child. I hate children [not really].
HB: I'm just joking around.
Me: Do you understand Korean?! I told you stop. We don't like your stupid joke.
HB: [puts his hand on my shoulder]... Amy.
Me: Don't touch me and don't touch my dog... Do you want me to touch you? [raised my fist here]. Watch yourself Fugly! (last sentence was in English).
4. Why do so many people let their stupidity shine around me?! Seriously, do they think I'm that bored that I want to deal with their retardedness and will take the time to educate them on manners or whatnot?!
5. For the most part no one really approached Mi Nam but lots of people asked me questions. Junior Mint and Milk Dud took turns keeping Mi Nam company and so that was so sweet of them. I was so distracted during training though. I kept on looking at him and in between rounds I'd run over and give him kisses on his forehead. I felt bad seeing him so nervously sitting there but I couldn't help but think he looked so adorable at the same time. I just wanted to scoop him up in my arms and tell him that I love him a million-billion-zillion times.
6. The Cheonan Trump had asked me to swing by his office tower to help him out with yet another speech he was working on for his trip to Chicago and so I joined up with him at 5pm. What was supposed to be me editing one speech and sitting with him for an hour evolved into me editing one speech, writing a full speech for him, editing about ten emails he had to send out, and writing a new year's thank you card. By the time I left it was coming up to 8pm. I was happy to help him, after all, he's always very sweet to me and he's been my main financial supporter for my boxing, but when he turned and gave me an envelop filled with a lot of "thank you bills", I was all that happier. Plan is to return Thursday night and work on yet another speech.
7. Italiano texted me today "So you're gonna move back [to Canada] when I might move [to New York or Europe] away?" He had mentioned the idea of him moving, a while back, but I just thought it was an idea. I never thought he'd be actually seriously pursuing it. Who the heck am I going to go fountain jumping with now?!!!
8. Tang (official new nickname for my only English-speaking Korean buddy at boxing... Tang as in the juice. It's both sweet but sour... just like him) texted me tonight, "If you wash hair not wearing training suit, then I'll admit you're a woman". Not too sure if you understand but basically he's still teasing me about not washing my hair and the notion that the boys at boxing aren't really convinced I'm a woman... hahaha.
9. Grocery shopping... ya... fun!!! I love grocery shopping. Got my usual two whole wheat loaves from the Home Plus baker who's my most recent hook-up... hahaha.
10. Q's silly, overly-exaggerated gangster drama show was on tonight, which meant I sat in my office with the door closed so that I didn't have to overhear the usual crying girls and fighting boys. I tell ya, sometimes I picture myself smashing my TV and think to myself that it'd be well worth the two grand I spent on it to get rid of it. You see, Q doesn't have a TV in his house and so he's always trying to watch it here. Actually, he doesn't have a lot of things in his house... no TV, no couch... no furniture besides a little table that stands one foot in height.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Is there some kind of school that teaches people how to become more stupid or something?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
-- Sigmund Freud
Monday, January 19, 2009
Highlights of my Day... Monday, January 19
1. Woke up right in the middle of a really messed up dream. I dreamt I had slept through my grade ten science exam and the teacher was sitting in my closet, waiting to confront me. When I woke up though, I seriously thought it was happening for real. So I slapped my head in frustration and then laid there trying to think of the best excuse to tell my teacher. Upon opening my eyes however, I was so confused as to where the heck I was but upon realizing, I bursted out into crazy laughter... hahaha. That was one whacked dream!
2. Did weight training in the morning; trained chest and back. I use to be addicted to training chest once I started to see that it was taming the loudness of my 34D chest. I've dropped two cup sizes in the past year and so now I don't go so hardcore with chest training. Now my focus is going to be more so on my back on chest/back days. I'm aiming for a killer-V back.
3. It's a bit discouraging that I had to lower the weights for a couple of my exercises but I blame that on the two month break I took. Boxing is wicked cardio and really helped me to get more definition but it can't fully replace my need for area-targeted weight training.
4. Read an interesting article on Bodybuilding.com about "Carb Cycling". The main point of the article (two articles actually) stemmed on the notion of carbohydrate manipulation. The plan dwells on three different kinds of days: high carb days, low carb days, and no carb days. I love the thought of being in control and the power I have of sculpting my own body and the feeling that comes with seeing results, so I spent some time today revamping my routine schedule and eating plan accordingly. I've always been a fan of the 3-day split and getting into the gym 6 days a week so that each split can be done twice, but I'm going to try the suggested plan in the articile. I plan on taking tomorrow off of weight training and starting this new schedule on Wednesday. Should be interesting.
5. Yes, that was me some of you saw on the MBC ESPN Sports channel today. Actually, that was the big joke of the evening. Junior Mint claimed I got more air time on TV at his boxing match than he did... hahaha.
6. Junior Mint and I are both hoping that I'll be able to nab a fight on the second weekend of February, which just happens to be Valentine's Day. I'm trying to stay positive and focus on my training and dieting as if I'll get the fight but it's still in the "maybe" stage. I hate the "maybe" stage. repeat. It's hard, it's not fun, it makes me a bit cranky and makes me daydream about stupid things like bathing in loaves of bread, gasping to consume the air when I pass by bakeries, and thinking about robbing bakeries, but it definitely gets results.
7. Mi Nam got cardinally invited by none other than Junior Mint to come hang out at the boxing club while I train tomorrow... hahaha.
8. Got wicked news today... Buff Boy the Original is returning to Cheonan on Sunday, February 1st!!!! My wangtta days are soon to be over... or so I anticipate.
9. Q's obsessed with this Korean drama called "Left of Eden"... "Out of Eden"... something Eden. Thankfully it's only on Monday and Tuesday nights cause I can't stand Korean dramas. They always seem to consist of crying girls, fighting boys, and crying girls that slap the fighting boys and then expect them to buy them flowers and chase them. No wonder so many Korean girls have this whole "Princess complex"! I sit in my office while he watches it and I make him turn the volume down real low when the girls start crying or screaming... which usually means most of the show is watched quietly.
10. "I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as there isn't and die to find out there is." This is a quote I read at the bottom of a forwarded email I got today. Honestly, for the most part I simply delete emails as soon as I see that they've been forwarded, but tonight I read this forwarded email. I love the quote but it kind of freaked me out too, to tell you the truth.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's on your plate?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
-- Buddha
2. Did weight training in the morning; trained chest and back. I use to be addicted to training chest once I started to see that it was taming the loudness of my 34D chest. I've dropped two cup sizes in the past year and so now I don't go so hardcore with chest training. Now my focus is going to be more so on my back on chest/back days. I'm aiming for a killer-V back.
3. It's a bit discouraging that I had to lower the weights for a couple of my exercises but I blame that on the two month break I took. Boxing is wicked cardio and really helped me to get more definition but it can't fully replace my need for area-targeted weight training.
4. Read an interesting article on Bodybuilding.com about "Carb Cycling". The main point of the article (two articles actually) stemmed on the notion of carbohydrate manipulation. The plan dwells on three different kinds of days: high carb days, low carb days, and no carb days. I love the thought of being in control and the power I have of sculpting my own body and the feeling that comes with seeing results, so I spent some time today revamping my routine schedule and eating plan accordingly. I've always been a fan of the 3-day split and getting into the gym 6 days a week so that each split can be done twice, but I'm going to try the suggested plan in the articile. I plan on taking tomorrow off of weight training and starting this new schedule on Wednesday. Should be interesting.
5. Yes, that was me some of you saw on the MBC ESPN Sports channel today. Actually, that was the big joke of the evening. Junior Mint claimed I got more air time on TV at his boxing match than he did... hahaha.
6. Junior Mint and I are both hoping that I'll be able to nab a fight on the second weekend of February, which just happens to be Valentine's Day. I'm trying to stay positive and focus on my training and dieting as if I'll get the fight but it's still in the "maybe" stage. I hate the "maybe" stage. repeat. It's hard, it's not fun, it makes me a bit cranky and makes me daydream about stupid things like bathing in loaves of bread, gasping to consume the air when I pass by bakeries, and thinking about robbing bakeries, but it definitely gets results.
7. Mi Nam got cardinally invited by none other than Junior Mint to come hang out at the boxing club while I train tomorrow... hahaha.
8. Got wicked news today... Buff Boy the Original is returning to Cheonan on Sunday, February 1st!!!! My wangtta days are soon to be over... or so I anticipate.
9. Q's obsessed with this Korean drama called "Left of Eden"... "Out of Eden"... something Eden. Thankfully it's only on Monday and Tuesday nights cause I can't stand Korean dramas. They always seem to consist of crying girls, fighting boys, and crying girls that slap the fighting boys and then expect them to buy them flowers and chase them. No wonder so many Korean girls have this whole "Princess complex"! I sit in my office while he watches it and I make him turn the volume down real low when the girls start crying or screaming... which usually means most of the show is watched quietly.
10. "I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as there isn't and die to find out there is." This is a quote I read at the bottom of a forwarded email I got today. Honestly, for the most part I simply delete emails as soon as I see that they've been forwarded, but tonight I read this forwarded email. I love the quote but it kind of freaked me out too, to tell you the truth.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's on your plate?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
-- Buddha
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