Highlights of my Day... Monday, May 25

1. After classes I rushed off to the boxing with high anticipation of seeing my man and watching the big fights out in No-Man’s Land. What ended up happening though was I showed up at the boxing club and ended up making a big announcement. “I am NOT Q’s girlfriend any more and so I’d love it if you didn’t ask me everyday where he is.” I blurted out. They went silent and so I started laughing. It’s really not a big deal actually, we’re not a couple anymore and it’s as simple as that.

2. After a four hour drive, which I should note here I was about to seriously start handing out free right hooks after they got us lost for an hour… how do you get lost when you use GPS in your car, like come on people!!! Anyways, no sooner did I arrive but Junior Mint took me by the hand and asked to speak to me outside. I knew something was up. My game’s been postponed, that’s what’s up. Yup, it’s true and you want to know why it’s been postponed?! Well, it’s been postponed because just the other day the former Korean president decided to jump off a cliff (commit suicide). Buddy-boy had accepted bribes while he was in office apparently and instead of fessing up to it and dealing with it, he took the cheap easy route out. Yup… that’s what I said, the “cheap easy route out” because while he’s now gone, we have been left behind have to pick up and shovel the mess he left. Of course his death is terrible but suicide?! Without life what do you have?! Him committing suicide doesn't solve the problem he caused but instead it just passed it on to his wife and children, plus it made even more problems. Look at me, I don't even know the dude and yet I'm affected because of it, as are so many other boxers, sponsors, promotors, TV companies, and whomever was tied to the May 29th boxing tournament. The former president doesn't know me from a whole in the wall and yet I'm now burdened because of him. Nice. Ya, I sound super annoyed right now... BECAUSE I AM. I mean... suicide?! You can't honestly think of a better solution and what, may I ask, did he solve by committing suicide? Is his problem gone... ya, FOR HIM it's gone but now his problem has been amblified. Everyone has their own problems and we all dig our own graves but it’s you who dug your grave so it has to be YOU who gets yourself out of it. Don’t pull others under with you. Today he pulled me in with him and so I was ticked.

3. It's so much more than just a change in game schedule (game now June 19th), this messes up so much! The diet and crazy training continues....

- June 18th, postponed game weigh-in day, is a problem because it’ll be school exam day
- I’ll have to cancel my June 29th game because it’s too soon after
- If I want to become the next Korean female flyweight champion, it's highly suggested I accept another fight in the summer.
- Another fight in the summer means canceling my trip to Canada.
- Cancelling my trip to Canada means I won’t get another chance till next summer to visit Canada (because of winter camp I have to work and game schedule)
- Waiting till next summer means that it’ll be two years since I last saw friends and family.

4. Was introduced to yet another promoter tonight and he tried his hardest to pick up my spirits by buying me a massive box of ice cream. I was so disappointed though that I couldn’t even eat it. Go figure, me not able to eat ice cream?! Impossible! One of the KBC guys, who also knew of my game news, chummed around me, hoping that he too would get me laughing. As a result of talking to him though, sure I got laughing but I also let the cat out of the bag. Now KBC knows Snickers and I am a couple.

5. Needless to say I was down in the dumps, totally disappointed and I wanted nothing more than to pound away at the heavy bags. There were no heavy bags around but there was the bathroom wall. No sooner had I punched it but I turned around and there before me stood Snickers’ little nephew and an older woman. I ended up talking to her and, just my luck, it turned out to be Snickers’ mother. Great. So there I was standing in a dirty bathroom after having just punched a wall, meeting my boyfriend’s mother for the very first time.

6. Regardless of this HUGE disappointment of my week, I still was very much eager to watch Snickers’ fight. When they announced his name he proudly walked to the ring, looking so incredibly handsome in his black and red robe and trunks. His whole family had come out to support him and so I stood beside one of his sisters and watched his fight. He looked over in my direction and then the fight started. I had joked with earlier, telling him that I didn’t want to go home too late and so I’d appreciate it if he knocked his opponent out early. We had agreed on the third round, Snickers however ended up doing it in the second! It was fantastic and I was so proud of him.

7. I seriously think I held my breath during the whole fight so thankfully it was short. At one point his sister and I squeezed hands but when he knocked his opponent out we jumped up and down, shouting at the top of our lungs. Tons of people turned in shock to watch us but we didn’t care. In Snickers’ post fight interview he mentioned to the TV crew that he really appreciated his loud cheerers… hahaha.

8. Next up was Panty Boy Jr’s turn. I spoke to him just before the fight and told him to wait till at least the third round to knock his opponent out. “No one wants a short show so the first round is out, play with him in the second round but take him down in the third!” I told him. Panty Boy Jr’s track record in the ring is littered with knock-outs. He’s never fought a full fight because he’s never had to. I think this was the first fight he didn’t knock out his opponent and so he went the full ten rounds… and won!!!

9. I tried my hardest to forget my disappointment and be happy for both Snickers and Panty Boy Jr. but around midnight I was so exhausted from trying my hardest to disregard the burden I now wear. Snickers’ family wanted me to travel back to Cheonan with them and so I did. I really like his younger sister. We spent a lot of time talking tonight and so when we parted ways I told her I wished she lived in Cheonan. She responded by telling me that she’s so happy her brother is dating me and that we’re bound to be close friends. I’d like that.

10. Travelling in the car with Snickers, his older sister and her husband and children, Snickers’ father, and Snickers’ grandfather was nice. I ended up falling asleep but woke up when they made a short pit-stop and watched as Snickers and his grandfather walked hand-in-hand to the store. We finally arrived in Cheonan a little before 2am. Snickers' family has been so incredibly sweet to me and so very supportive with all that I do, but in seeing them all come out to watch him box, both at his game and at training, I couldn’t help but get a bit teary eyed once I arrived home, knowing that my family will never be able to do the same for me. No sooner did I bury my head into my pillow to cry but then a knock came on my door. It was Snickers.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do you understand what this really means?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt