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, April 18, 2010

Highlights of my Day... Sunday, April 18

1. I hadn’t scheduled a language exchange meeting today on account that the turnout of Koreans ranges from a couple to none and I question as to whether I’m really benefiting from it. Moreover, I could be doing the same thing and getting paid for it, an idea that a certain company has approached me about, and I also had another meeting to attend today and it was of more importance.
2. My early morning meeting was regarding a business proposition.
3. I’ve somewhat have become like a second manager for Snickers, so after my first meeting in one coffee shop, I then raced off to another coffee shop for a meeting regarding a potential boxing sponsor for Snickers. I would have brought Snickers along for the meeting but it was a kind of unexpected meeting and I knew I could work my charm on my own just fine.
4. Meet up with Cherry Pie for some hardcore chat time and window shopping.
5. Wedding dinner party planning continues and it’s frustrating. As if party planning wasn’t hard enough, I’ve taken it upon myself to try to pick a place via the Internet and then contact them about details, so it’s been like write an email, wait one day for a response, repeat. Thankfully my two lovely lady friends back in Canada, Fisky-Fries and Homegirl, are acting as my wing men (well, ‘wing women’ to be correct here) because I wouldn’t be able to do it without them.
6. As for my evening, I had a movie date with Snickers.
7. We had some time to kill before the movie started, so we headed into the Multiplex for some arcade-playing fun. I’m hooked on that silly ‘spot-the-difference-in-the-pictures’ game that leaves my eyes squinting and my pockets empty of coins… hahaha.

He thinks he looks so tough but note the fact that the gun is pink!

I come fully loaded -- with a pink gun that shoots, a short dress to distract the target, and butt-kicking legs for backup... hahaha.

8. “Blind Side” was the movie of choice tonight. It starred my oh-so-loved Sandra Bullock and it was one of those ‘feel good’ movies.

9. I’m not one for being star struck or for caring any more about the life and times of celebrities than I am about the price of rice in China, but lately I caught word of the naughty life of Sandra Bullock’s husband. Strangely enough it became the big topic of conversation tonight between Snickers and I. I’ve never been a believer in the saying “Once a dog, always a dog” but I’m a firm believer that you can never forgive if you can’t forget. Love may be able to move mountains but it moving a bad memory from your heart is different thing. There’s a lot of things, bad things, that I am willing to overlook in a relationship but a cheating mate is not one of them, not for me at least. Hats off to those who can move past it but I doubt the whole forgive and forget ever happened. Anyways, my biggest fear with getting married was marrying a cheating man. I think it would just destroy me and put me permanently on the “I-hate-men” membership list. I once told Snickers that if he ever cheated I’d cut off his ‘secret part’ and feed it to him. “But you’d go to jail” was his response. “Sure” I replied, “but I’d be like a hero to many women and you’d always been known as the man who ate his penis – try explaining that to a new girlfriend!”
10. New English phrase for the day for Snickers was ‘tough love’… hahaha.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do you think you can honestly forgive if you can't forget?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Forgive many things in others; nothing in yourself.
-- Ausonius

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