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.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Family Reunited on the Other Side of the Globe


After nine years of being in Korea, I finally add my own couple love lock to the notorious fence at N Tower in Seoul and I got my cousin and her hubby to add one too.


There were locks upon locks and it got me thinking, how many of these couples are still together? 
After locking our locks up, we then walked down the mountain and threw our keys away. As the story goes, if you want to break up your couple, you have to go find your key first -- Snickers made sure it'd be impossible for me to do so when he threw our key off the side of the mountain.


Next it was off to Insadong, one of my favorite shopping places where the street food alone makes it worth the visit. My cousin's hubby liked it because of all the tea, Snickers liked it for the ice cream, and my cousin Ashley and I liked it for the sheer enjoyment of being with each other.


And what's a visit to Korea in the summer without indulging in some ppapingsu?! Exactly!!!


After a lot more hugs and silliness, it was time for my cousin and her man to leave Korea.


Saying goodbye to my only one family member to ever visit me was rather hard so I needed a pick-me-upper and what better way to get one than via a good workout so that's exactly what I did. I headed into Hulk's after midnight and geared up for an intense workout.

... not before some silliness though. Been secretly working on my handstands and flips when no one is around. One day I will walk the length of the club on my hands and flip through the air!!!

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