21/52 - Knock out

Week 21 of 52
The end of a stressful Monday
Singapore

I have had one of those Mondays where I should have just stayed in bed.  Nothing terribly earth shattering or truly horrible but just an annoying and stressful day to start the week and coming off of a rather stressful weekend.  In the grand scheme of things it is no big deal...but annoying nonetheless. 

I had a personal training appointment tonight and was supposed to go for a run.  It is nice and breezy out and rather cool by Singers standards so was looking forward to it.  At the last minute my trainer texted me and told me to bring my gloves...change of plans...we'd be boxing!  Wahoo!

Working out is actually a good release for me to let go of the stress and ick of the day.  Boxing...is a seriously awesome way to make me laugh and smile.  Come on...punching things...kicking things...so, so great and such a stress reliever.

Muay Thai boxing is very popular in Asia.  As you can tell by the name it originated in Thailand and is a huge sport there.  I've never actually been to a live Muay Thai match but will try and go if I get back to Bangkok.  It is a form of boxing where you throw normal punches...jabs, straights, uppers...don't I sound like a boxer...but you also knee, elbow, and kick.  It is an all-out workout that wears you out in no time at all.  I don't actually fight anybody but instead just spar with my trainer based on him calling out the different punches and kicks that I should do.  We've been boxing off and on for the past two years.  Although, we haven't actually boxed since July so this was a timely change of plans.

In case you were wondering, those gloves are my personal gloves.  I wandered through some dodgy alleys in Bangkok near one of the big Muay Thai arenas in order to find them.  I didn't intend for them to be so fancy but the only ones they had in my size were these...

I'm not sure how well you can see it but there is a dragon on the end of each glove.  At first I wasn't a big fan but now I sort of like the fact that if I ever were to really box somebody the last thing they'd see before I punched them was a dragon...insert evil laugh here...

So, I should have had a 52 weeks post over the weekend...I never said it would be 52 consecutive weeks...or if I did...tough, I changed the rules...
And I probably should have gotten out and about to explore someplace in Singers but it didn't happen...
Feel free to argue with me...I'm in a fighting mood!
Actually not really...just thought I should sound a bit tough since my post was about boxing.  I sincerely hope your Mondays in the US are much better than mine was here.