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, January 14, 2016

A Shocker for Some, No New News for Others... Thursday, January 14

I'm debating when to return to Korea, to visit.

I wrote "to visit" because I am not returning to Korea to live.  My close friends here in Canada know this and are somewhat educated as to why my decision but I know this comes as a huge shock to others who have no idea what really went down in Korea.

My life in Korea is over.  

For me, it was over the day I packed my bags and left.  I packed my bags knowing that I wasn't returning so I packed accordingly, made videos of my dogs, took extra pictures of my club, said goodbye to those I didn't want to say bye to, and then I left.  I left on the notion that I would never be back and that was the biggest secret I had to keep to myself.  This past Thanksgiving I surprised my family with news that I was here to stay and the ball kept rolling with filling in friends and other family members about my decision.

Those who don't know what really went down in Korea are shocked while others who I opened up to and kept close to me aren't.

So why the visit, you ask, well I do have most of my stuff still in Korea, have sponsors I need to say goodbye to, a boxing club to say by to, and a new club to say hi to.  I'm okay if I never see any of my things again, I took my main valuables, but it's hard to leave 11 years of people I became accustomed to, attached to, and those who supported me whom I really want to explain myself to -- explain why I've left and to say thank you.

This of course isn't the full story as to why I am here in Canada but it all that I can and able to share with you right now so please save the private message questions and inquiring in the comment section below.  

I've made my decision.

I'm not starting a new chapter in my life.  Korea was its own book, not some chapters, and now I'm starting a new book here in Canada.  Eleven years ago I headed to Korea to start a new life and now I'm back doing exactly the same thing, starting a new life, but on a whole different level.  I don't regret Korea but I don't want to go back.  I didn't quit Korea, I finished it.  I finished it about a year and a half ago and did a full victory lap to confirm that I had finished.  Korea is over for me.  It was the best thing but also the hardest thing in my life.
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