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.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Much-Needed Down Time... Thursday, June 20

Snickers idea of “down time” and my idea of it are totally polar opposite, they couldn’t be more opposite actually.  When he wants to hang out with a mob of friends during his off time, I am all about chilling out on the couch or at a local coffee shop with a hot cup of cappuccino.  Of course, however, now days that coffee shop cappuccino is now a luxury I’m only able to treat myself to once a week but that’s beyond the point.  My point is that I really do value my down time but it also needs to be silent, do-nothing-but-veg time – no loud noises, no constant people in my face and definitely no flash mobs of people or friends.

Tonight Snickers left work early and headed out to Suwon.  He wanted to go to the beach after work.  I would have gone with him if it weren’t for the five other people tagging along – no thanks.  Two is cozy, three’s a crowd, four is a party, and five is just way too much.  Count me out.

He always wants to do things with his friends -- he always does fun things with his friends -- and this is becoming somewhat of a problem, at least for me that is.  Yes I like my down time but I want to do things too, fun things, but he seems to save all his "fun times" for others.  Can't help but feel a bit neglected.  It'd be nice if he'd just plan something for him and I as opposed to inviting others, letting friends "crash" our couple time or ending our date time so that he can race off to see friends.  I've become that wife that randomly turns her husband's phone off and acts like they know nothing of it because sometimes Snickers can be so Korean -- cellphone attached to his head.  I used to complain about it but I've kind of given up.  Now I text friends or play Words Free on my phone to distract me from really caring about it.  Maybe that's bad of me to do, after all it's not really solving what's turning into a problem but I just don't care to be that annoying nagging wife.  

But anyways...  

Friday’s are “free train days” at Hulk’s, meaning that we’re open but beyond any class being offered, both Snickers and I don’t coach anyone.  Members can come train but they train at their own pace and do their own thing.  I anticipate Snickers not returning until Saturday so this means I’ll be managing the club by myself.  This will mean extra loud, ultra old school beats being blasted on the speakers.  He can’t stand it when I crank the music but I love it, especially when I’m doing my own training.  I’ve been consist with training hard and training late in the evening, around 10:30pm.  I anticipate tomorrow’s training being exceptionally awesome!!!

When I came home tonight from work I took a shower and then, while vegging out with my four-legged beauties, I remembered I had forgotten the laundry.  Ended up running all the way back to the club and then walking the laundry back home.  Talk about training overload tonight!  I had just recovered from my wickedly insane leg workout on Tuesday and then there I was, after a long day of training others and doing my own training, running back to the club at 2:30am. 


Needless to say, by the time I did get to sit down for some overly much needed down time, I wanted nothing more than just to sit on the couch in the family room.  I didn’t turn the TV on, I didn’t even turn the lights on.  Only the kitchen stove top light was on, dimly lighting the room.  I was beyond exhausted but I wanted to spend time with Pyen Chi, Balboa and Pac.  I miss them when I'm at work, I really do, so I make it a priority to spend my morning and after work time with them.  Pyen Chi usually comes to work with us but I'd like to see about switching it up and taking one of the others with us every other day.  

I had had a coffee date in the morning with a friend at 9am today and then finished my day 19 hours later.

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