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, February 18, 2016

Got to Love Being so Short... Thursday, February 18

I confused a schoolyard worker today.  He didn't know whether to ask me if I was an actual student at the school or a worker; too funny.  I had entered the school yard a bit after their lunch break had ended, set up my little training pylons, and then started training.  I did some HIIT runs with the pylons and then broke out into various other leg exercises like frog jumps, walking reverse lunges, and burpees.  

I was decked out looking like a kid who had been all bundled up by an overprotective parent -- thermo jacket and thermo pants that could be easily confused as snow pants.  But then, as I continued with my training, I peeled off some layers.  It was when I got down to a t-shirt and short pants that the schoolyard worker approached me.  

I had to laugh at his question because he had sat there for a solid 40 minutes watching me kill myself at training before approaching me.  He said I "looked like a little kid and then suddenly didn't".  I didn't really know what that meant but I took it as a compliment.

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