1. Had full attendance for my morning language group.
2. It’s been a busy week so far and yet it’s only Wednesday.
3. Whether I’ve been running off to tutoring, flying off to Seoul for substituting, or rushing off to boxing, I feel like I honestly haven’t had any down time or a chance to breath.. not that I could breath cause of my nasty clogged nose. This week’s busy schedule is a continuation of last week’s, but thankfully it’ll all be over this upcoming Friday. I’ve never been one to be driven by cash but let’s face it, me working like a slave for two weeks and racking in more cash in these two weeks alone compared to what my former coworkers at the university make in a month is pretty sweet! Even with their overtime I killed their paycheck, so there’s no denying that it’s pretty sweet.
4. Today I worked for five totally different people for five separate pay checks… sweet.
5. In all honestly though, I much rather stay at home and do my own thing than be running around Korea like a chicken with its’ head cut off. The money is great, there’s no denying it, but I much prefer to spend my afternoons sipping on coffee with Cherry Pie and then having energy to not only train hardcore but to put towards Snickers too. I’ve only gone running two times in the last week and a half, and although I’ve been consistent with sticking to my boxing, my energy levels and performance levels at boxing have definitely been altered.
6. I tutored Tinkle Toes and then Peanut Butter and Jelly, in between which I then scooted over to see the Cheonan Trump and collect his ‘support’.
7. My substituting gig in Seoul at the community center didn’t start until 4pm but I had to start making my way there at 2pm. An hour and forty minute trek there and then an hour and forty minute trek back is brutal for sucking the energy out of you. My second wind came courticy my bus driver and a school van/bus driver who decided neither was going to yield the right away. We were just a minute or two away from the Cheonan terminal when the bus I was totally clipped the tail end of a smaller bus. Both bus drivers got out to yell at each other so all us passengers took off.
8. Because of my overly clogged nose, food has lost all smell and taste, and my ears occasionally pop when I try to drink water or swallow food. Eating has become somewhat painful and a chore. Moreover, because I am doing so many random jobs in so many random places (and cities) I’ve been burning calories like a mad woman. My increase in calories burnt combined with me not making up for it with extra food means my weight has dropped, and this isn’t a good thing.
9. I was determined to get rid of my sniffles and overly plugged nose that’s been driving me mental this past week, so I got out the Vicks vapour rub at bedtime. I didn’t want to rub it on my chest or neck like recommended and then risk rubbing it all over my bedding while I slept, so I got creative.
10. Ended up rubbing it all over the inside of a cotton face mask and then wearing it to bed.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Any secret remodies you'd care to share?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Health is not simply the absence of sickness.
-- Hannah Green
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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