Two things I’m not particular fond of shopping and babies and ironically that’s exactly what today revolved around,
shopping for tomorrow’s baby shower.
Sometimes I can’t help but laugh at the ironic situations I get myself
in.
Tomorrow Flipside Fitness is hosting Pretty
in Pink – A Welcoming Party. It’s for
one of my friends, Mama Ro. She’s a
beautiful American gal married to a Korean/American cool dude, both of which sport
the title “Lifers”.
What’s a “Lifer” you ask, well a Lifer
here in Korea is basically someone that is here for the long haul, who has no
intentions of leaving anytime soon. They're not from Korea but now call it their home. I
use to cringe at the title when people labeled me with it but now I quite like
it actually. Why not live in Korea for
many years?!
Korea is safer for me and, with the
exception of my “tenant” initially, no one has ever really scared me here. Ok, so Snickers tries to all the time but
that’s not what I mean here. Koreans are
a lot more innocent-minded and are very community oriented… not to mention pure
eye candy! Most importantly, Korea has definitely
proved to be quite the land of opportunity for me. I can do anything and everything here.
In my many years of living here in Korea,
one thing I have noticed is that not only are more and more foreigners tapping
into the greatness of Korea and moving here for work but more and more are
staying longer. Living here beyond the
first year wasn’t so popular back when I first moved here, nine years ago, but
now I run into people who have been here for two, three, four years or more – “Lifers”
and “Potential Lifers”.
In making our boxing club (... because you KNOW I couldn't go a full homepage entry without bringing it back to our boxing club... hahaha)... in making our boxing club, it's my hope that yes, we'll be able to make Cheonan more foreign-friendly but really help make Cheonan more of a home to other foreigners.
Hahaha... while other boxing clubs breed champs, we're going to breed Lifers.
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