1. With still no gas range, meals at home have consisted of a lot of raw veggies and fruit. I guess I could try to boil eggs in my rice cooker but Snickers has been cooking barley tea non-stop for the past day or so in it. My protein intake is at an all-time low and so today I grabbed a much craved for chicken tortilla wrap from the Galleria.
2. The chicken wrap dude is always trying to strike up conversations with me and lately our conversations have stemmed from the fact that he was in the park that one night when the gang of annoying ajjumas yelled at Snickers and me about Mi Nam. Today he gave me thumbs up for it and joked about me scaring him that night with my strong tone and words.
3. My new home had its’ first real house quest, Kitty Cat. We had picked up coffee at Coffee Bean and then we headed over to my house to study in my kitchen. My new home got great raves from Kitty Cat and I got extra props for the beautiful kitchen window and roof top patio… sweet… hahaha.
4. Spent a good chunk of my day slaving away at my Korean diary writing.
5. Later in the evening Snickers and I headed over to Sambu to take back some of the remaining things I had left there. Sambu is no longer the crowded, comfy home I use to so look forward to going to. Instead it is now a dirty, empty shell that I am so incredibly relieved and happy to walk away from. Tuesday morning my Sambu apartment will no longer be mine and I couldn’t be happier. I love my new home beside the park. It’s tucked away on a side street downtown and it’s where Snickers and I have started to create our own memories together, minus the interruption of the past.
6. My home’s second official guest came around 10pm tonight. It was K-Gere, Snickers’ father. He came by to talk to Snickers and to see the new place. Moments before he arrived, however, I got an email that was quite upsetting and so when K-Gere arrived I tired my hardest to hide my face. I didn’t want him to see that I was upset.
7. K-Gere and Snickers stood in the kitchen talking for some time. K-Gere had noticed a picture on my fridge of a particular person in my life and asked about her to Snickers. I was already on thin ice with wanting to crack and let the tears flow so when I heard him start talking about her I kept quiet and stayed in the family room, nervous of dropping a tear.
8. When K-Gere left he handed me an envelop full of cash, I guess as a house-warming gift. We said our good-byes but no sooner had he left but Snickers turned to me and gave me a frowning eyes. He was ticked and asked me why I showed bad manners to his father. I didn’t mean to, honestly, I really like his father. I think his father is adorable and I really respect him for being so open-minded and for caring about me but this past week has been so incredibly hard for me.
9. My mind is still in complete shock over the news that got thrown to me over the telephone line last Saturday but my heart feels like it’s about to shatter. I wish I could tell you about it but I’ve been asked not to post about it. It’s consuming me though and at random times during the day I find myself consumed with thoughts about her and the whole situation. I wish I could drop everything, go to Canada, hug her and then drop kick her doctor. Okay, so maybe I wouldn’t drop kick him but I feel so helpless being all the way here in Korea.
10. Snickers has been more than supportive of me with everything and especially with the situation I have no found myself in and so when I told him about the email I got right before his father arrived, he felt bad for getting mad at me. It wasn’t his fault though, of course no. How could he have known?! Anyways, the evening ended with me in tears and Snickers using his shirt to try to dry my face. We sat on the floor with me all curled up on Snickers’ lap like a little child. “I can’t wait till she meets you” I told him. “She’s going to be so happy!” The other day, when I talked to this particular person on the phone, she had asked me if I knew who loved me the most and, without even thinking, I blurted out my boyfriend’s name. “No” she responded, “God loves you the most.” Oh ya, that is true but Snickers does give God some pretty good competition!!!
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Who do you love the most?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well.
-- 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.
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I think someone in your familie is badly sick ?!give her strenght from me ,if that is thruth!
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