2. Yes… can’t skip my breakfast. One of the joys with having to only weigh-in at 51kgs means that I don’t really have to go all hardcore with my dieting… yah for that!!! So instead of having my no-carb days and low-carb days, I back to utilizing my three day plan (high-carb days, low-carb days, and no-carb days mix).3. My high energy bars were a big hit with my Korean teacher and surprisingly enough she was quite understanding when I showed up with half my homework completed. “I’m becoming the very student I want to kick” I blurted out.
4. Wonder Bread thought he’d spice up my day by doing one of his occasionally surprise attacks at the bus terminal in Seoul. Today marks the third time he’s randomly showed up and made an embarrassing situation. “But I love you.. .how can you love him?” he asked. “Simple” I answered, “… because I don’t love you… never have, never will and unless you want to pick up your teeth I suggest you let go of my arm!” I thought that simple threat would end the embarrassing bus terminal situation that was now attracting the attention of those around but it didn’t. And so, in hopes of ending this conversation that shouldn’t have even started in the first place, I looked at him straight in the eye and said, “We’re getting married… wanna come to my wedding?” And with that he let go of my arm and instantly switched into sad-puppy mode with the speechless dropped jaw. I turned, boarded my bus and didn’t look back until the bus pulled away. He was still standing exactly where I had left him and was still standing with that stupid puppy-dog look and slumped over shoulders.
5. Either Christmas came half a year early or my birthday arrived more than a month early because upon arriving back in Cheonan there was a delivery notice on my apartment door. Instantly I knew it was my stuff from Adidas but when went down to the basement to retrieve my package, the security guard told me I had two packages. Turns out it was FOUR packages… one massive box from Adidas and three stuffed packages from my mom!!! I was ecstatic! 6. My mom had sent me three packages and despite me desperately needing a shower because of boxing, I couldn’t wait to rip open my special delivery. No sooner did I swing open my door but I was already ripping the bags open. Inside they were packed with tons of goodies. I was in oatmeal heaven… hahaha. Oatmeal galore, chicken noodle soup, broccoli soup, tons of gum, toothpaste, deodorant, and so many more things sprung from the bags when I ripped them open. My favourite among all the things my mom had sent me was the Shake’N Bake and the XXL Extensions Mascara by Maybelline New York. I’m all about MAC Cosmetics but Maybelline makes this particular mascara that I am all eyes for, literally and as for the Shake’N Bake, I had totally forgot about that stuff. It’s golden!!!
7. As for what Adidas sent me… holy cow Batman!!! When I told Adidas that I needed some more hand wraps and gloves, I had no idea that they’d be sending me 20 hand wraps and 6 pairs of new gloves! In addition, they sent me new boxing boots, two pairs of boxing shorts, a couple of Adidas t-shirts, and three pairs of their new quick-wrap hand wraps. A HUGE thank you is definitely in order to Double D at Adidas in France for continually supporting me and my boxing with his generosity.
8. So much for weight training and jogging in the evening. I totally crashed after opening my gifts and woke up at 8:30pm. I had slept for almost 4 hours and had but only thirty minutes to shower and get all dolled up for my dinner date with Snickers. Our dinner date consisted of us heading out for cheese tak galbi (chicken), ice cream, window shopping, and me wearing a borderline too-short dress that kept Snickers eyes pasted on me… hahaha. The manager at the cheese tak galbi restaurant whispered to me “keep this guy” after he caught glimpse of Snickers trying to pull my dress lower when I stood up… hahaha.
9. One of the big bonuses with dating a Korean man is that they tend to be rather sensitive, or so I’ve experienced. And so despite Snickers being able to brutally dish out mad beatings in the ring without a conscious, he instantly gets all cuddly and mushy with me. Tonight after we had our little dinner date we headed back to my house, just laid on the floor listening to music and talked. I had written him a letter on my bus ride home from Seoul and so I gave it to him to read, it explained why I have trust issues. “I don’t trust anyone” I had wrote. I’d hate to pin it on my notorious ex of three years ago who clearly left his mark on me but it’s true. With the exception of Yanky, after my first real love I dated “Yes-Men” who were clearly “one-sided loves” because it was safe and I felt I could trust them because they were obviously more into me than me into them. But with Snickers things are different and sometimes I find myself backing away from him because I’m afraid one day he’ll leave me. Snickers and I talked about this tonight and made a pinky-swear promise that we’ll always be open and honest regardless of whether or not we think our words will hurt the other person and then we made another pinky-swear promise that if we ever get into an argument that we’ll follow our new 3-step procedure.
Our Get-out-of-Being-Angry Three-StepsI know it sounds kind of silly but I think it’ll work. I refuse to go to sleep agree and Snickers is all about giving space, space in which only makes my feelings and emotions bubble over like a grade eight volcano science experiment. Snickers and I have only had a couple of arguments but they were simply a matter of miscommunication and so they were nothing at all, really.
Step One: Stop talking and hug.
Step Two: Give it some time (to gather our thoughts or calm down)
Step Three: Talk it out.
10. Tomorrow I’ll have the “joy” of convincing Junior Mint of letting me change my boxing training schedule as tonight I promised Snickers I’d go with him to hand out flyers for his new boxing club. His new club is quite the competition for my boxing club and so it’s kind of a conflict of interest but considering who he is in my life, I’m all for supporting him in all that he does, after all, he is the owner of my “last first kiss”.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Who holds your heart?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.
-- Mark Overby
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