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 21, 2013

 It's no lie, the way to my heart is either to tell me you love boxing or give me good food. 
After King Kong and Guy Smiley stopped by the boxing club today, they then treated Snickers and I to some ultra delish dining -- Korean style.
 They tried to dazzle me with some overly priced beef but I'm all about the raw beef with mixed veggies (oak hwa bibimbap).
King Kong and Guy Smiley got to my heart via food but friends have been getting to me by continually showing up at Hulk' to check it out, spread some good vibes and bounce ideas around about our boxing club.
And there's been a lot of friends showing up... very, very cool!
Hulk's is definitely being influenced and shaped by friends but it wouldn't anywhere close to what it is and what it is becoming without our amazing crew of hardcore workers!!!
Whether it's a printing shop I've been a customer of for years, an in-law that travels 2.5hrs to help with our electrical or a fellow local boxing club manager, the list of people who have worked on Hulk's is super long and continues to expand.
I must admit, with the exception of the World's Most Deserving Head-Kick Worker (aka our wallpaper ajjuma), all our workers have been so incredibly hardworking and dedicated to helping us out.  Today we got a super sweet surprise from our father & son hardware store -- they opened their shop just for us today.  How awesome are they?!  PRETTY AWESOME, and yes, they are deserving of all caps for that label!

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