You think I don’t know but I know and now that you know that I know, I hope you know better… calling yourself “Anonymous” is the understatement of the year.
What does it mean to be anonymous anyways? I mean random people sign comments on my homepage using this name, most of them I must note use it when they have a mean comment to spit on my page. So does calling yourself Anonymous mean you’re identity is secret. You do realize we live in a techno-world where everyone everywhere and everything is linked via the World Wide Web?! It’s called IP addresses. I think the label “Ignorant” would be a more appropriate for such anonymous commenters that think they’re protected by such a misused label. Maybe I should respond to such “Anonymous” commenters by calling them out by their home address – “Dear Mr. ## Hopkins Street” -- which is so easy to get considering my homepage keeps record of commenters’ IP addresses and Goggle maps them.
The other day an “Anonymous” commenter claimed I “am not a professional boxer”, to which I question, what then defines someone as being a professional boxer vs. an amateur boxer or even someone who does it simply for leisure? I suppose me being a registered license boxer who puts more time in the gym and training than anything else, who constantly has to report to sponsors – both domestic and international organizations and companies who annually support me financially and with products. Would this same “Anonymous” commenter be more up for calling me a professional boxer if I was fighting more often and sporting punch-drunkness?!
Moreover, I’m always curious as to why such negative “Anonymous” commenters continually read and critic my homepage if they supposedly don’t care for me. Sounds rather silly if you ask me. I don’t care for peas and carrots so I don’t eat peas and carrots. Ok, so I’m not exactly peas and carrots but if you don’t like something or someone than why would you continually come back to visit that person even if it is a simple click onto their homepage?! Do too people simply have nothing better to do? I say, get a hobby.
Since when was it ok for people to pee on other’s parade? If someone’s happy, why try to pull them down to your level. With so much crap already consuming the news and our reality why would you want to help foster such negativity? Why can’t people just be happy for someone who is happy?
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.
3 comments:
I kind of agreed with Anonymous if it was the comment asking about why you wouldn't fight. It seems like you declined the fight primarily because you thought the chance was high you'd lose. Isn't that kind of the wrong attitude? Someone has to lose...I've also noticed this bad attitude when you talk about some of the other losses experienced by boxers at your club.
You do have a tendency to encourage people to comment on your posts and then criticize the nature of THEIR criticism. It's not super fair.
Hello Mrs. Kim,
I declined the fight for various reasons with the potential of losing not being one of them. I run my own fitness company so I've got promises and plans I have to keep. Moreover, being given only 3 weeks to prepare for such an intense fight is very unrealistic, ask any boxer and I'm sure they'd certainly agree.
As for the other losses by teammates at my club, they know, I know, and my coach know what I'm referring too. If you think I was harsh on the Heavy Hitter for his last fight that he lost, oh gosh, you ain't seen nothing yet. I was harsh because I know his level of skill and whatnot, and I also know he went easy with his training and slacked off. He too admitted this. So it's not that I have a bad attitude I was just saying the truth. I don't feel obligated to pretty things up when the truth is they could have and should have done better. I don't think it's wrong to have high expectations of myself and my teammates. I greatly respect my teammates and totally adore them so it's not me being disrespectful to them in any way.
And as for criticizing people's criticism, sorry if you honestly feel that way but you don't know the half of the comments I get on this homepage. I screen my comments. Words are often so easily read into and misread because unlike spoken words the tone is not easy to interpret.
Maybe I do sound harsh with my words but my tone and intention isn't harsh. I don't mean to offend people but so often I find many commenters try to offend me so if that's the case than ya, I'll defend myself.
Moreover, it's interesting to note just what people comment on. I mean, Mi Nam died and what happened... people sent nasty messages, saying harsh things that they knew nothing about. I went through hell in back grieving for that little guy and it still is a struggle for me. Every single day I get somewhat teary eyed for him and up until a couple of days ago I couldn't even walk past his grave without crying, and yet here on my homepage commenters want to continually say bad things and put me on the defense. Even now I feel I'm getting somewhat defensive and I'm sorry. I'm sorry Mrs. Kim but commenters have made me to get defensive because everyone wants to comment on the bad and pick at the sensitive points but who comments on the good and says something positive?! ... exactly, hardly anyone.
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