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.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Highlights of my Day... Sunday, January 25

1. No carb day... not fun, not tasty, not easy... and everything about it is rough. Ate only protein and veggies all day. It'd be different if I were able to find some of my favourite veggies at the grocery store, like spinach and those long stringy green beans I use to eat by the handfuls. But, as it stands, my veggies consist of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, and broccoli.

2. While most people dream of treating themselves to chocolate or other yummies like ice cream and cake, I dream of waking up tomorrow and treating myself to sweet potatoes. Tomorrow is high carb day and so focusing on that got me through today.

3. At last minute I decided to go with Q to his family celebration but, upon pondering it together, we both decided that it best I don't go. I have to focus on my diet for the game. Last time I saw Q's mom, she stuffed my face with about 3 oranges and 2 apples in a matter of 40 minutes. And considering there'd be more than just Q's mom there and I'm on a very strict diet cause of my game, the temptation would be brutal and I definitely risked coming off as rude by rejecting their offers of food. It was hard enough to go grocery shopping with Q today. I watched as he loaded up his cart with tons of meat, juices, fruits, and lots of treats. If his grocery cart was only but a glimpse of the food that'd be present at the celebration than I certainly should stay clear. So, I stayed home.

4. I sent a gift with Q for his parents. I didn't want to think that I didn't want to go or that I had forgotten, I mean, for awhile there yes, I didn't want to go but I changed my mind. I did want to go. Anyways, I joked about no one buying me a new year's present and so today Q presented me with a gift. Actually, it was more or less I pointed it out in the store, said I liked it, and then he spontaneously decided to buy it for me.... hahaha. It's a small tea set for two.

5. With Q out of town for the next couple of days, I anticipated getting a lot of work and studying done... no such luck. I've become this huge procrastinator lately and my biggest passion right now has been curling up on the couch with Mi Nam and napping.

6. I really don't know what I did today... honestly. I pretty much started a bunch of things but never did finish them. I threw in a load of laundry... it's done but is still in the machine. I did the dishes, but never put them away. Picked out a book to read, but never started it. Sat down to study Korean but ended up drawing a picture in the margins. Ya... pretty unproductive today.

7. I think the only thing I started and finished today was training. Sundays are usually my only day off training but I decided to go in tonight to do some skipping and light weight training. It's funny cause I both love and hate training alone in the boxing club. Sometimes it's hard to stay motivated but I love cranking up the tunes and doing whatever I please for training.

8. A wave of stress hit me around 8:30pm when I was at training. In about three weeks I'll be fighting someone I still know nothing about. I really don't want to approach this fight like I did last time, when I became so preoccupied and consumed with thoughts of my opponent. Is she training as hard as I am, what's her stats, how old is she, what is she eating, is she already 50kgs...??? I felt like everything I did was for two people, her and me. I don't want to do that this time; I can't do that this time, cause in thinking so much about her, I lost focus on myself.

9. Spent some time reorganizing and deleting files on my computer. Came across a bunch of letters that Drama Boy once wrote me. There use to be a time when I'd wake up to find random notes typed on my computer screen from him. I miss that... I miss him. I didn't realize I had saved them, or so I didn't remember. And so tonight I spent some time rereading his letters. With his broken English and short sentences, I still think they're so sweet.
Good morning 미남’s mommy~~ㅋㅋㅋ
What about ur condition? Can u feel wet towl? No? ok~ ㅋㅋ Anyway. Have a nice-day 미남’s mommy~~ ^^; See u soon…


Good morning 에이미~
I think I've caught a cold. I pass on one´s cold to u……. sorry…. Hmm…… anyway… YA!!! Ahh~~I recommend to dog(bulldog) ~~~Don’t worry about ur pet during ur Canada trip~~~ TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Have a nice day in DAN-KOOK Uni.
XOXO
Ps:honestly.. I don’t understand XOXO!! Just I follow u!! what does this mean? Teach me on today please~~~ ^^;


10. It's kind of sad how time changes things... I wish I could go back to that day, to go back and have those words mean what they did then instead of just being the weightless lost words on my screen that they are today.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Why do things always have to change?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
-- Anatole France

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