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, October 10, 2015

Nothing to Read, Or So I Thought... Saturday, October 10

Toronto is not Cheonan and Canada is not Korea, it's a known fact but something that I seem to struggle with on a daily bases.  It makes me nieve to things like street smarts and common sense that the average Torontonian grasps but passes well over my head. I am definitely not a real Torontonian anymore because I definitely still have my tourist moments when it comes to things like talking to strangers, for example.

I landed myself in some very hot water tonight after I thought nothing of going out with a particular person.  In my head it seriously was just two friends going out, it was just as simple and straight forward as that and that's the honest truth.  My friend just happened to be a guy but it was no big deal, at least to me that is.  I have plenty of male friends -- hello my life revolves around boxing at the club and weight training at the gym, two places known to be infested with dudes.  Originally however there was going to be a group of us; a friend of mine and her friend were going to meet up with us but then their plans changed so my group turned into just him and I.

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