1. Well, I’ve got good news and really good news. The good news is that my fight is no longer scheduled to take place right after the opening card and instead I’m scheduled to fight at 4pm. This means that I’ll be able to somewhat relax, catch my breath, digest what’s going on and let it all sink in. And as for my really good news, Junior Mint gave in and agreed to head out to the fight location on Saturday morning, meaning that I can get a good night’s sleep in my own house instead of some cheap motel.
2. After about a month of not seeing Tang he showed up at boxing today. He’s no longer taking dance lessons but instead is contemplating taking up another sport. He’s thinking about baseball. I joked and asked him if he switched sports because there were no hotties at his dancing studio and he agreed, saying that he’s hoping by changing his sport that he’ll change his chances and possibilities with meeting a girl. “Don’t take up baseball then!” I told him, “Take up swimming… if all else fails you can either pretend to drown near the cutest of them or win them over with an-over-the-top cute doggie paddle… hahaha”
3. My team mate, correction, my former team mate, came in today to talk to Junior Mint about being a no-show for his game training and it resulted in many tears, many beatings, and a pair of sandels that now have to be replaced (Junior Mint’s “weapon of choice” for the beatings). I can’t say I feel sorry for this former team mate of mine because I don’t. I don’t necessarily agree with the beating of a life time he scored and I’m sure he and his 2000 and 1 body parts will be hurting for the next week, but he kind of brought this problem upon himself by ignoring Junior Mint for over a week. What started off as a minor problem snowballed and it was him who created this massive snowball.
4. As the saying goes “If mama ain’t happy ain’t nobody happy”, the same applies with Junior Mint. When he’s having a bad day everyone else is forced to have a bad day, myself included.
5. Snickers arrived after I had returned home from boxing and so I told him about the very public, very brutal beating of my former team mate today. Almost instantly he picked up his cell phone to call my former team mate… I freaked out. I urged him to hang up the phone but he didn’t listen. It was my former team mate who initially dragged Snickers into this situation when the rest of us at UP Boxing Club tried so hard to help him but he ignored us. But to have Snickers then acting all concerned and buddy-buddy with the very person who’s caused so much stress to us at the boxing club and was the reason why I too took a beating today was were I drew the line. I left my apartment and sat in the stairwell to cool off but it didn’t really help so I returned to confront Snickers about it all. My voice shock with such frustration as I practically begged Snickers to stay out of it.
6. He knows I’m brutal for keeping secrets from Junior Mint but he texting my former team mate has put me in quite the uncomfortable position as I have been forced to either keep our secret and lie to Junior Mint, or answer Junior Mint’s questions honestly and break my promise with my boyfriend. “I’ve kept as much as I can a secret but I refuse to make up lies for questions coach asks me!” I told Snickers. “Stay out of this. This is not your problem and he cares no more for you than the game he so easily skipped out on. But continue with this and I promise you that you and I will have problems. He’s not your team mate and he isn’t your friend so continue to take his side and I promise you that you and I will have problems. I sure as hell don’t care to take the beats and sport numerous bruises for someone else. This isn’t my responsibility or my problem, so don’t make it our problem!!!”
7. It didn’t take too long for things to calm down. I know Snickers didn’t oversee what went down today at the club but he knows me and from what he knows of Junior Mint, he realized that maybe he hadn’t really thought this through. I knew Snickers was only trying to help and I love him for that but this is really a situation he shouldn’t get involved. My former team mate is now banned from my boxing club and Junior Mint made it quite clear that he doesn’t want us to associate ourselves with him, Snickers included.
8. Late night evening plans consisted of vegging out while watching “The Bucket List” and than late night running. Snickers and I have tapered out weight training and so training at La Sya now only consists of running and ab training.
9. “Lots of training, lots of eating”, or so apparently our motto seems to be. Snickers rewarded himself after an intense training tonight with two bottles of Coca Cola.. brutal… and tried to justify it by telling me that the carbonation makes him feel full. He’s also known to eat either ice cream or a Popsicle after training, which I think is brutal because of the low nutritional value, high sugar/fat content. So when the manager at La Sya complimented Snickers tonight on having lost so much weight and asked him what his diet secret was, I blurted out “His diet consists of Cola, ice cream and Popsicles!” I got the rather confused look from the manager. If only he knew I wasn’t joking though. As for my diet, I’m eating like a horse these days and am loving it. Chicken galore, numerous eggs, lots of fruit, and veggies like you wouldn’t believe!
10. I miss the old Snickers. His weight has drastically dropped in the past couple of days and so I feel like I can wrap my arms around his body a couple of times. His face has thinned out a lot and I’m pretty sure we have the same waist line now. Cuddling with him isn’t as comfortable as before, now I feel like I have to worry about snapping him in half.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why not keep your business your business and not drag others into it?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice.
-- Author Unknown
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
8 comments:
Hey Amy,
I read all of this with your Snickers getting involved with your issue and I agree with you. I hope he understands how you feel about certain things. It's best not to get in the middle of things between you and another person.
Beth
I'm sure she will defend him--he is her coach, after all. Besides, some people find the pushing exhilarating. I can understand that. On the other hand, I have a point where I won't be pushed beyond, and he would have crossed that long ago if he were my coach. When I was studying martial arts, I had a similar situation--my coach thought it was ok to push a little too far--and he quickly figured out he was wrong.
I think your coach needs to be made aware you're not his indentured servant.
Yo Beth,
I'm pretty sure he understands now. I guess he just thought he was helping out. I know he'd never try to over step his positon or whatnot and so it's okay.
Hi Anonymous,
I know.. sometimes, many times, I think the same thing but considering the crap that recently hit the fan with my former team mate totally stiffing him, I think I understand somewhat why he's been a bit off his rocker lately.
I'm not necessarily defending his behavior but remember, this is Korea and so beating students is a regular thing... it's not Canada or America here.
Hello Mrs. Kim,
I agree, I'm not his "indentured servant", nor am I totally defending his behavior. I know him taking his anger out on me and the others was uncalled for but we ALL are quilty of doing that at times. I know it doesn't mean it's right.
As for you sticking up to your martial arts coach, that's awesome. Good for you. I do defend myself with regards to my coach but I also try to let some things roll off my shoulder. Sometimes putting up a fight with him only makes it worse.
I don't buy the argument that "it's just their culture". It still doesn't make it right. I'm not one of those people that say "oh well, their just different". We don't have to respect other cultures "ways" just because it's their "tradition" and it might "offend" them. Yes, they are different to our culture, and our culture IS superior. I'm not afraid to say that we have a better and more evolved culture and not just "different". Forget the politically correct bullshit, and let's not be afraid of saying the truth for fear of offending some outdated, stupid and inferior tradition.
Hi Anonymous,
Just because something is different doesn't mean it's wrong. And please don't include me when you say "we" because for someone who's so "not afraid to say that we have a better and more evolved culture", you kind of killed your arguement by signing as "Anonymous"... hahaha!!!
"Our" culture?! Like you know anything about culture and what's superior. I take it you're a westerner, maybe Canadian or American. How superior and evolved is a culture where teachers can't even simply touch the shoulder of their students without fearing being charged with sexual harrassment... I could go on but I won't. I take it you know little to none about the Korean culture and how it puts great value on family and whatnot. But I guess you're right, valuing family is so outdated... thank God I don't still live in a self-centered culture where they disregard and place their elders in senior citizen homes and where families break as easily as they are made.
Wow, I have to comment on that last comment from Anonymous. Dude, I have no idea what culture YOU'RE from but I guarantee it's not superior to any other culture. That is bullshit. Cultures are not superior or inferior to one another. One culture may be more technologically advanced or more economically developed than the
other(s), but culture is much more than technology and money. It includes beliefs and social customs. Are you going to argue that someone's beliefs are inferior to your own? For the sake of others, I really hope you never try to travel or live outside of your own culture because your close-mindedness and arrogance is very scary.
I believe in freedom of speech.
I believe in human rights.
I believe in freedom of choice.
I believe it's not right for women to be stoned to death for being seen with a man, or for seeking an education, or for trying to vote, or for dressing 'inappropriately'. I believe cultures that don't believe in these basic rights are not just different, but, in fact INFERIOR. Do you understand me now Beloved?
Um, no. I don't understand you now. Now you are talking about religion, and in particular religious fanaticism. Religion is one small part of culture. To make a broad statement like __________ culture is superior/inferior to _____________ culture is narrow-minded and arrogant. I feel like I am repeating myself. Do you understand me now, Anonymous Coward?
P.S. Sorry Amy. I understand if you don't post this. I'm done now. :) I won't dignify this ignorance with another response beyond this.
I hope you're alright after your fight. Keep your chin up!
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