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.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Highlights of my Day... Wednesday, May 23

1. It was my day off and yet at 5:30am I woke up. I had lots to do before Pretty Boy came over and so at the crack of dawn I woke up, ran the stairs, headed off for my meeting and then was back by 8:30am. Pretty Boy didn't come over till around noon and so it meant that I got in a few extra hours of sleep.

2. With no real plans for today except for getting in as much kisses from Pretty Boy as I possibly could, we hung around the house for a couple of hours doing nothing in particular except enjoying each other's company.
3. Pretty Boy and I cruised around downtown, hand-in-hand. I had asked him to help me with the whole phone situation. You see, my other phone was in my ex's name cause I didn't have a credit card, but now I have one.... sweet. Pretty Boy tried to convince me to buy the new Prada phone but at $800 there's no way I'd drop cash like that. Ended up getting the same phone as Pretty Boy... how cute. Now we have couple phones.... hehehe.
4. While sitting outside, enjoying the beautiful weather and my even more beautiful man, I snuck a kiss only to look up and notice one of my university students walking by. She was giggling. I so know that when I teach her class on Friday the girls will have been filled in on "Professor Michelle kissing her Korean boyfriend in public"... hehehe.
5. It was time for Pretty Boy to leave Cheonan, once again. Saying good-bye to him definitely wasn't as hard as the first time but none the less it sucked!!! As he got on the bus I waved good-bye and then turned and ran. I blazed it through the bus terminal to the street corner where I was hoping to get one last glance of him. I arrived right on time and just as his bus was going through the intersection, traffic ahead of it stopped, leaving his bus in the middle of the crosswalk... right where I was walking!!! It was so cute... there he sat in his seat waving at me. I ran up to his window and yelled out "I love you!"
6. As traffic cleared and his bus moved on, I saw his head pop up above his seat and he waved to me. I was definitely all giggles and so I'm sure I looked silly but I didn't care. I waved good-bye and even yelled out to him again even though I knew he couldn't have possibly heard me.
7. No sooner had I got home but then Carman texted me. I knew if I stayed home I'd start thinking about being alone yet again and so I decided to meet up with her. I took her to this awesome sushi restaurant. Sooooo delicious!!!
8. What was intended as a quick get-together, turned into quite the evening with us then heading over to Coffee Bean for coffee. We walked in and instantly spotted Sean, my co-worker. He was there with a lady and so Carmen and I hid behind the wall pillar. We didn't know if he was on a date or not and so we wanted to check out the scene first.... hehehe.
9. Came out of our hiding and ended up joining Sean and his friend for coffee. I'm sorry but I can't remember her name.... that's where my old-age is my excuse... hehehe. Anyway, she works in the second floor of my building and her English is awesome. The four of us sat around joking and chatting. I entertained them with my boxing horror story... hehehe.
10. Came home and called up my mom. It was her birthday yesterday. I had left a couple of messages on her answering machine but wanted to hear her voice. We talked for quite a long time but it was good. I chatted with my dad for a bit too.
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
When we see each other again?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
-- Christopher Morley

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