1. Today was all about catching up on things I should have, could have, and would have done had I not been the big Polack procrastinator that I've been lately. Filing school papers, cleaning up the house, figuring out how to set up my web cam (again), and attacking all those emails that still sat in my email box, awaiting a response.
2. It's pretty bad when you have to set aside a couple of solid hours to do your emailing... hahaha.
3. Wrote to my parents, telling them that I had absolutely no idea whatsoever of what I'll do for work when I return but I figure if Homegirl can do it and Jennipal is going to do it, then why can't I?! So I've been pondering some ideas and checking out some stuff on the Internet. I'd really love to continue working either with or for Koreans. After all, I spent all this time, effort and money learning their culture and studying their language. I'd hate to think that it was all for nothing, that I won't be able to use my Korean skills. I figure I'll return, lay low for a good couple of months, maybe longer, and see what's out there in the Great White North. It's freaky though... freaky to think that I'll be starting life all over again, basically, and for my second time.
4. Three cheers for High Carb Day... hip-hip hooray, hip-hip hooray, hip-hip hooray!!!
5. Still no word from Panty Boy Jr. and so I went in to train at the club by myself... twice. Junior Mint's gonna give that boy a royal beating, I tell ya, when he hears that he missed training!!!
6. Turns out it's not the loads of people that made Mi Nam so incredibly uncomfortable last week at the boxing club, it's the club itself that he doesn't like. I thought I'd take him to training tonight. I did a simple cardio workout in the morning but went back in the evening to do my usual boxing training routine. Upon reaching the club door, he started to shake like a leaf. I thought that maybe he was just cold and so I turned a little portable heater on for him, no change though. He continued to shake. Needless to say training with Mi Nam there doesn't really make for a productive training session. Thirty minutes later I gave in, took all my gear off, packed up, and then we left.
7. Am convinced Mi Nam's going to have to be heavily, heavily drugged up when I take him to Canada if this is going to work. Next week Q and I are hoping to start working on Mi Nam's fear of car rides. "Why don't you just leave Mi Nam here in Korea." a friend noted. "Why don't you just give my your right arm" I responded. I could never ever leave Mi Nam in Korea. He's my baby. Some days I look at him and smile at the thought of him meeting my parents. They're going to think he's hilarious and Mi Nam's going to love the freedom of their huge backyard.
8. While checking out various videos on YouTube, I couldn't help but notice all the pathetic imbeciles that have thousands of subscribers but not a brain cell evident... seriously. Take Maginon for instance. Now here's a girl who's got 73,993 subscribers and all she does is stare into the camera!!! I'm not even sure if she's really Japanese or just an American girl obsessed with Japanese culture, regardless though, she speaks very seldom and yet the masses love her... why?! It's not like she shows cleavage cause, by the looks of it, she doesn't have any to show. I think her appeal is maybe the fact that she looks like a child, which brings up an interesting point. Why are so many men attracted to women who look like little girls?!
9. I'm not saying my videos are the greatest, cause they're not, but why the heck am I putting forth so much effort and time when all I really have to do is something retarded like sitting and staring at the camera... hmmm... interesting. Note, I plan on making a retarded video to attract the masses. Now as for what to make my retarded video on, I'm not sure. Being the smarty that I am and the retard that I'm not, I'll have to think of a really great idea... and do the opposite... hahaha.
10. Watching too many retarded (yes, that's the word of the day apparently) YouTube videos made by even more retarded people, made me feel retarded for watching those retarded videos by retarded people. Ahhhh.... switched over to the National Geographic channel for something more on my level of intelligence... hahaha.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Who do you watch on YouTube?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.
-- Aaron Levenstein
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.
8 comments:
Hi Amy! Happy New Year! I think you mean "Polack." "Pollack" is a fish product, like the stuff they put in gimbap.
Are you sure you want to refer to yourself as a "Polack" anyways? You know it's derogatory, don't you? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polack
Anyways, good luck with the diet!
-Corrine
Hey Corrine,
Hahaha... thanks. I went back and corrected it. Spelling never was my strength in English.
I know it's derogatory but my friends and I joke about it all the time. It's quite the nickname among them and so I know they aren't being rude or inappropriate in calling me it.
Thanks for the luck with the diet.. I think I'll need more than luck to stay focused on my game diet though :(
Hope this doesn't get taken the wrong way, but I think it's a bit offensive when the word "retarded" is used to describe things as "stupid" or "uncool". It's the same as using the word "gay" to describe things as "stupid".
Be conscious that, although this is about your personal life, it is a public blog. You have every right to your own opinion, but words can be very hurtful.
Hi Anonymous #2,
I agree and I appologize totally if I have offended anyone. I know a lot of words in the English language have double meanings and I am sure people will realize and take that into account. Having been raised in a home where my mother was a caregiver for mentally retarded and phsycially handicap individuals, I am well aware of the initial meaning of the word.
As for the word "gay" I used it the other day when I commented about a male boxer having painted red toe nails. I used it not to say that he having painted toes were stupid but that it seemed like something a gay man would do.
I hear you and thank you. I hope my readers know that I'm not the offensive ignorant girl that, if they took my words out of context, would suggest I am.
We know you're not an offensive or ignorant girl! I just know, through experience, that ESL learners pick up slang faster than they pick up any other vocabulary. I also know that your blog is popular with all kinds of readers, and it would be a shame if some poor Korean--not understanding that it might be offensive--used it and caused a misunderstanding!
Much love to you, and good luck with the diet and training ^^
~Anon #2
Hi again Anon #2,
Thank you. True... very true. Thanks for the tip. Some of my Korean friends read my homepage but are always stumped by my overuse of slang and whatnot so ya, I guess I should be more careful.
Thanks for the love and the luck too ;)
Leave your dog behind.......holy crap.....NO WAY!!!!!!
I miss Canada Amy!!!! I love Korea too but my heart is in Canada. I have no clue what I'll do there but do know that I must return! And what a great thing to think that you'll be starting your new life in Canada. I like that idea.
Hey!!!
As if you'd leave Mi Nam in Korea. He's your family!!
When do you plan to go back to Canada? I'm not trying to discourage you whatsoever, but the job market is really bleak there right now. Being in Korea is probably the best thing to do until things start to get better over there. It's definitely something I'm pondering. If my contract doesn't get renewed here, I'd consider going back to Korea before Canada. Living with my parents and job hunting doesn't sound like my kind of fun. Even the Federal gov't has put a freeze on hiring.
I think eventually when things get better, then there will be lots of options. Just something to think about, that's all.
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