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.
Translation: I will wait for you. Prepare yourself to be kissed.
He's always prepared for my kisses. He gets plenty of them, maybe too many.
3 comments:
Hmmm!!lucky dude !!
Hi Amy,
If you could so kindly take some time to answer my questions, I would be very grateful. I am currently teaching English in Busan and am in a relationship with a Korean guy.
How do you usually communicate with Snickers? In English, Korean or Konglish? Can love really transcend language barriers?
I find it quite frustrating at times when I cannot fully express myself to my boyfriend because of the language barrier. I am trying my best to learn Korean and he is trying his best to learn English too. But sometimes it just gets really tough :( I really want this relationship to work because I know we really care for each other. How do you do it?
Hi Vbuuren,
Yes, he is, but he's just as lucky as I am. We both have been so blessed to find each other.
Hello Mischa,
Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I've been brutal with responding to my homepage comments this past month.
So let me answer your question... questions.
When I first met Snickers he didn't speak any English but I had been studying Korean for awhile and so that definitely DEFINTELY helped. But what helped the most was that we were (and still are) so very much interested in discovering the other person.
I think what made us work, beyond our huge curiousity in each other, was the fact that we both tried to be really patient, open-minded, and we really had no high expectations regarding what would become of "us", or if an "us" would ever occur. We just enjoyed each other's company and so we tried not to read into it or put too much stress on it.
Mind ya, now that we have become an "us", expectations have totally been set and sometimes we do have frustrating moments. I find it's more so about the culture than it is the difference in langauage.
I've dated other Korean men in the past, and actually broke up with my ex because of my curiousity in Snickers, but things are so different with him and I. I think it honestly takes a different kind of Korean man to date a foreign girl. It takes a Korean man who is open-minded and not so stone-set in his Korean ways and Korean thinking about things. Moreover, Snickers and I are both fun-loving people. We balance each other out and keep each other smiling.
The thing with Snickers too is that he's my soul mate and I know this because I've always been told "When it's right you'll just know", and now I know exactly what they are talking about. It's awesome.
As for my advice with you and your Korean beauty, just take it slow and don't put too high of expectations on it because it will only hinder the relationship. Try to stay open-minded and try as hard as you can to communicate your thoughts and feelings with him. Snickers and I are at the point where we can read each other like a book but it took us effort and time to get there. You can get there too but you and him will both have to want to get there and will have to work to get there.
Snickers' English has improved a lot but, to tell you the truth, body language has been our main source of language. When I speak to him I usually say what I want to say in Korean and then part of it in English. So yes, this means that I may say the same sentence twice (once in Korean and then once in English) but it has really helped him to not only learn English but it's also helped my Korean to improve and has shown him just how dedicated I am to making us work.
I hope this helps you and gives you some advice.
It is meant to be, it will be. Just don't push things.
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