As I left church, I crossed the street and continued walked towards the subway entrance. I was only a few meters from the station entrance when suddenly some random dude leaning against the corner building yelled out to me.
Him: Hey girl... you look good!
Me: Ummm... [giggle]... thanks.
Him: Girl you are fine.... wow, look at this girl!
He then followed me into the subway station, unknown to me, and then approached me on the subway platform as I waited for the train to approach. He had two long, thick gold chains on his neck, both holding pendants. One was that of a cross and the other was of a pair of boxing gloves.
We ended up chatting and I asked him if he always randomly yelled at girls outside on the street. "No, but do you talk to everyone?" he asked. "Yes, I pretty much do talk to everyone", and that's definitely the truth. As it turns out, he's a young guy in the music industry with a massive smile, some huge positive energy, and he too is just trying to brand himself and get his self known out there in the industry like I am here in the Canadian boxing community. I ended up giving him my Instagram ID and now we "follow" each other.
For those who have Instagram, follow me -- FLIPSIDEGIRL.
I got into quite the intense conversation tonight about trying to brand myself and find my spot, my place, here in Canada. In Korea I had a place and I was very successful, very sure of who I was and what I was doing. I feel somewhat lost here in Canada. I don't want to make another boxing club; I did that already. I'd be able to make decent money if I got more personal training clients but I don't know if that is where my passion is plus the clubs and gyms take such a big chunk of the client's fees for the use of their facility and equipment. Private house calls to clients I find on my own would be my best approach if I want to pursue this more. But do I? I don't know and I figure if I have to ask myself this than the answer is no.
It'd be so much easier for me to simply return to Korea, to my dream job, my dogs, and my boxing club. But I know returning means knowing what I'll be missing out. I know what's missing from my life now and I seem to have found it all here. I have close friends that I talk to almost every single day, a home church where I am always welcomed with smiles and hugs, a gorgeous roommate that I totally click with, I get to actually be a part of my family's lives, a beautiful apartment, a gym where I'm not labelled the foreign freak but am respected and encouraged, and I don't have to translate everything I want to say or give the cultural context when I speak. I just have to open my mouth and speak. It's so refreshing to just be so simply understood.
I've got a lot here in Canada now. Life is good but it is still just as exciting as it is scary when I try to think of what the heck I want to do here in terms of a career and a future.
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