Hmmm.... What did I do today?!....
I did fasted cardio before breakfast.
Got treated to a foot massage at my condo... Yeah for that. My left foot is throbbing!
Nap time.
Went and searched out some Filipino street food.
Went for a swim in the pool -- 20 laps with my new swimming goggles.
Weight training at the gym -- upper body and abs.
Worked on my homepage and responded to business/fan mail over coffee.
Filipinos are pretty small and by small I mean short. Most are small too, as in petite and compact. You don't really see many big sized Filipinos, both tall or wide, but then again I haven't really seen too many buff or toned ones either. There's skinny and then there's muscular lean. Skinny Filipinos, yes, but the muscular lean are really only at the gym. Today I was commented to after someone noted I was working the same weight as another gym goer, a male gym goer that is. I'm kind of used to it now, lifting the same weight as the dudes here, but I'm starting to feel a bit too muscular for the Philippines.
When Filipinos look at me I feel they don't see me as ugly because of my look -- the half shaved head, tattoos and athletic body -- but they don't also see me as really pretty either. I don't think I'm pretty either, for argument's sake, I think I'm cute but I think my look confuses them a bit. Some are confused where as others look at me and ponder if I'm a celebrity, because of my unique look. I asked my Filipino buddy the other day what Filipinos thought of my look and he admitted that he's a bit confused but thinks I'm "still a very pretty girl". In Korea my look made me feel ugly whenever Koreans looked at me and it wasn't so much because of the hair but instead because I was more muscular than the average women. Korean women tend to want super lean arms and equally lean legs... Long, lean legs. My legs are short and stocky because I weight train and only stand in at 5ft 2". But here in the Philippines, I'm pretty much the average height here so that's pretty awesome.
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