1. Happy Wanker Day to all the tools, wankers, and "tards" out there... hahaha. What's "Wanker Day" you ask, well, I figure I'd give a whole full day to those of you out there that insist on being... how should I say this... hmmm.... annoying. To all the "tards" out there in cyberspace who totally ignored my awesome news (game set) I sent out just a couple of days ago, and yet jumped all over yesterday's posting and similar postings. Ok, fair enough, so many of you aren't boxing fans, well, not all of us are nit-picker fans either. I'll be honest with you, as I have already been, I find many of you to be really discouraging, not insulting, just discouraging. But instead of going more in detail with that I've decided to give you today. January 28th will now be referred to as Wanker Day so go ahead, get all your pessimistic, nit-picking, and annoying comments out of the way today. Thanks ;) Come on people... can't we just all get along?! Be like the hippies... make love, not war... hahaha.
2. And don't worry about my game, as it stands, there might not even be a game now. So I guess you can't really nit-pick about that now, can you?!... ya, ok.
3. It always amuses me when my good habits are viewed as bad and yet the bad habits of others are viewed as normal and acceptable. I say this because a couple of people whom I know insisted on me joining them for a drink and fried chicken. I started to say "Sorry, but I..." but then I corrected myself. I'm not sorry. Why should I be sorry that I don't like deep fried chicken and don't drink?! They should say sorry for thinking I'd want to bombard my arteries with their deep fried fat and down their beer-gut-inducing beer. Ok, so that's a little extreme, I know. But it really annoys me when people insist on pushing their bad habits on me and yet suggest that I'm some kind of freak for having good habits.
4. While the dumb-nuts of the world celebrated Wanker Day today, I scored free groceries courtesy of an adorable Korean man with dimples on his face and my name written all over his heart... Q.
5. And if a week's worth of free groceries wasn't sweet enough, today I recieved yet another gift. A gift from my mom, packed with Trident gum, oatmeal, some great soup mixes, and a Korean/English devotional book... sweeeeeeeeet!!! Much love to my Mama Bere... hahaha.
6. Q drove me halfway across town to a jewelery shop where the lady working the counter instantly recognized me from TV... hahaha. She kept on starring at me, it was so weird. Good thing I kind of combed my hair today... hahaha.
7. Well, I did it. I figured it was either do it or break his heart, tell him the truth, or swallow it. I got my couple ring re-sized. It's due back in a couple of days and he's all excited. I, on the other hand, well, I'm not quite up to par with wanting the ring back.
8. Training got down right intense and dirty tonight after Junior Mint told me some somewhat heartbreaking news. There's a 50/50 chance my fight might be canceled... I knew there was a catch. I was ticked.
9. With my Korean diary for today still not finished, I decided I needed to relax instead and so Q rented the Korean documentary titled "Earth". It started off with a story about a family of polar bears trying to find food after their long hibernation. Did you know polar bears can go for over 5 months without eating?! Oh gosh... I can't even go 5 hours without eating before the "Cranky-Pants-Amy" starts taking over... hahaha.
10. I'm not a fan of birds but I did get to see some of my beloved monkeys and elephants in the movie. I could have cried though when that baby elephant lost his mother wondered off on his own. There's something about animals that gets to me. I think it's their natural innocence. After the movie was over, Q and I joked around about Mi Nam. Mi Nam's an animal but definitely a domesticated one and please, never ever feel sorry for him... hahaha. He's got it made!!! As they say, "It's a dog's life" and, well, Mi Nam definitely has a sweet life.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What, no kisses for me today?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
I never said I was nice.
-- Me
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.
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Amy,
Gosh, I'm sorry to hear your game got cancelled. That's disappointing.
Your first note is, I assume, directed at commenters who dare to disagree with your point of view, such as myself. Thank you for giving me my own day! (I will refrain from commenting on my opinion about your use of a slang term for mentally challenged individuals.)
However, don't you feel it is a bit rude and hypocritical to give me a day and then delete my helpful comments about improving your writing skills on the last entry? I feel cheated.
I wanted my day!
~Geraldine
Don't you have a fur-lined jacket? It's a little hypocritical to say you have a big heart and then buy fur. Please!
Hi Geraldine,
I sense sarcasim... yes?!
It's not that they dare to disagree with my point of view, it's just that I'm really sick and tired of so many people picking on the negative things of whatever on my homepage when there's more to me and my page than some simple comment. I mean, I bust my butt six, sometimes seven, days a week and all people can comment on is some stupid spelling mistake or some silly joke I had directed towards a couple of people.
And for the record, the sland "tards" doesn't mean retarded. I don't think it's even a word. I always thought my brother made it up when we were kids.
I deleted your other comment cause I found it rather offensive.
Hey Anonymous,
When did I ever say I had a big heart?! I said "there's something about animals that gets to me." So no, it's not hypocritical of me, thanks.
Amy,
I was quite sincere in my disappointment about your fight not working out. I can see that boxing is something you are rather passionate about, and I would never be one to mock someone's passion. I hope that some miracle occurs and you are able to develop your professional status further by doubling the number of fights you've had.
And you (or your brother) are quite incorrect about the etymology of "tard." It is an offensive term, though I know you may not have intended it that way.
For the record, if you found my last (deleted) comment offensive becuase I used the words "ignorant buffoon" when referencing how you came across, I was NOT stating that you ARE one. Merely that the way you phrased your "joke" made you seem like one. I assume you would not like to sound that way, so you should know when you do.
~Geraldine
Geraldine is correct about the word "tard." And I find it hard to believe that a lost elephant in a film gets to you while you have no problem wearing fur. Honestly, you need to pick a side. I think you have no idea about what you believe or feel and that's what probably gets you into trouble in your relationships. If you don't care about animals, fine, don't care, but don't give us a speech about how this "got to you" and then act all proud about wearing a dead animal. By the way, do you know how animals are killed for their fur? They're electrocuted anally. Sometimes it takes a few minutes before they died. Some bleed through the nose and mouth because the electricity fries them from the inside out. So please, if that doesn't get to you, then don't try to make us believe that this does. Just go your merry way without caring and nobody, including me, will dare to comment on your choice.
"all people can comment on is some stupid spelling mistake or some silly joke I had directed towards a couple of people."
Well, since you spend so much of your time criticizing the type of comments you receive, maybe your next post should be a list of pre-approved comments for us to choose from?
Here, I'll even help you get started:
a) I agree with Amy
b) Amy is cute
c) You go girl
d) Amy is right
e) You don't know Amy so don't judge
f) Check all of the above
And yes, I've no doubt that this will inspire at least one more post complaining about us rude ungrateful wretches who stop by here, if not another shutdown of the entire webpage...
I'll go with C and E from the above list.
Amy, YOU GO GIRL! To all the 'tards out there, you don't know Amy, so don't judge. Don't you realize she's an English professor??? She's a TV celebrity! She's a boxer! She's awesome! She doesn't care if you don't like her using "retard" and "tard" to describe you haters, she's going to KEEP ON DOING IT! So quit judging her crappy spelling and grammar. Stop disagreeing with her. She has a right to display her ignorance for all to see on her homepage, and if you don't like it don't read it.
WOW quite the heated comment section. Yikes!!
Just wanted to let you know that I hope your fight goes through. Suck that you are promised one and then it gets taken back!! Hang in there Amy
Now I know why she calls so many of you tards. Because you are tards.
Have you no morals?
Are you all proud to be adult bullies?
Watch yourselves people.
"...actor who killed himself in Korea partly in response to some homophobic online attacks. And now, when looking at a larger trend of suicide in that country, it appears that Korea may have a dangerous internet bullying problem on their hands. The International Herald Tribune reported yesterday about the death of Choi Jin Sil, a Korean actress who committed suicide after a series of vicious internet attacks"
(http://gawker.com/5062582/koreas-internet-suicide-pandemic)
A 13-year-old boy is thought to have committed suicide following an internet bullying campaign on social networking site Bebo.
(http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/06/12/internet-bullying-may-have-driven-boy-suicide)
Do you need more links here to see how your bullying can lead to drastic measures?
I'm not suggesting that Amy is suicidal but don't you think you've gone too far? You are now no better than that grade 8 kid that use to throw me in the snow when I was but only in grade 4.
I hope you're all proud of yourselves. Not only have you proved that you're proud bullies but that you DO deserve to be hated on by her.
I hate you too.
Since when did people start being required to edit personal diaries? Because it's online she has to edit. Oh please.
I hope Amy doesn't stop her homepage because of some outrageous comments.
I agree with you, Mr. Tinton but I disagree with you Amy, in that I think the word "pathetic" is more appropriate for those haters here. They could only wish to be retarded, then they'd at least have an excuse as to why they are the way they are.
I guess you don't all know how much money and attention Amy really gets for being who she is.
Amy, I really hope you ignore these haters. You're still a huge inspiration to me with my boxing. Stay strong.
They could only hope to be half the woman that you are. And I mean that!
Question = Why do you read Am's homepage if all you're going to do is hate on it?
exactly
don't kill it for those of us who love her
Mrs. Kim's husband has a small dick but don't worry. Mrs. Kim makes up for it by being an even bigger dick.
LOL (^o^)
People, there's a huge difference between criticizing and flat our attacking and being nasty with your words. I like fish but I hate eating them. Does that mean I'm hypricritical too? Like you've never bought a leather coat. Gimme a f-ing break.
eye luv u Am
o^O^o
-- forever
-- and ever. And not just because you taught me how to play the piano. You have always been a loving friend to me. You have always supported me. I want to be that loving supporting friend to you now.
o^O^o
Wow. I was here earlier and there were like 25 comments. I didn't get a chance to read them and now they're gone. I'm guessing those were the negative ones. Deleting them does not solve anything, sorry to say. You may not like what you're hearing, but maybe these people have a point. That may not be the person you're really like, but that's how you're coming across. You don't need to prove anything to them, but maybe you should look at your own life and see why you're opening yourself up to this attack. There may be something there worth learning.
You are putting yourself out there which is to be commended but with that you take the good and the bad. If someone is HARASSING you than that needs to be stopped but if someone is merely disagreeing with you or calling you out on something, well you take the good with the bad. I learned my lesson with my blog back in the day with my family and friends so instead of going through that roller coaster, I just simply closed it down. You don't get to decide who reads your blog or comments when you have it wide open. You can't one day bask in the LOVE of your readers but the next day have a break down if they write negative comments. What I have learned to do is ignore the people I think are being jerks. The more you call them out, the more they respond again and again and you end up looking bad. So please, either filter your comments, stop getting comments, or thicken your skin. Because this bi-polar response from one day to the next is getting hard to take.....the good readers will eventually go away.
This is your blog and you're entitled to say whatever you like here. However, we get a lot of "I'm wonderful, I'm beautiful, I'm smart" (maybe not on those exact words, but that's what you're implying all the time). It's great that you have such a high image of yourself, but readers have the option of disagreeing. If you really are as tough and self-assured as you claim to be, then this shouldn't bother you. If it does and you really don't want to hear it, then don't give people a reason to say it. You can't control what people think about you. Nobody can. Some people will like you, others will not. When you have a public page like this, you can't tell a group of people to go away just because they're not praising your beauty or intelligence at every step. Some people will look at your pictures and think you're ugly. Some people will think you're beautiful. You can't please everybody and it's not like you should try either. But you also shouldn't accuse everybody who thinks you're not as cute or smart as you say you are of being idiots. And the fact that your friends keep coming along and saying that you are, in fact, the smartest, sweetest, most beautiful woman in the world is not helping either. You're not (neither am I or probably anybody else reading this blog). They think you are. Great! Enjoy it but don't expect everybody else to agree with that opinion.
If their comments really bother you, then tone down your speech. If you don't want to bother, then, as the previous comment say, grow a thicker skin. There are no other options. This is a public blog. People have a right to call you on whatever they feel like it. You can't make them shut up just because you don't like what they're saying. That's not how the world works.
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