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, May 19, 2016

Finally Have an Answer... Thursday, May 19

Balboa may be the prefect man.  He doesn't eat my food or drink my coffee.  He waits for me to come home and then greets me like I'm Christmas.  He doesn't ask a billion questions but instead listens to me babble on and on.  He doesn't hog all of the bed and he always lets me be the big spoon.

I wrote about this on my Facebook status update today, something similar to it that is, and it came about after one too many people asked me if I was single or not and if I had a man. 

"I have a man", I replied today. "He's a beautiful Mexican that left his life in Korea and travelled on two planes so that I wouldn't be alone here anymore".  At first my response was greeted with an "Awwww, that's so sweet" and a "You're so lucky" but when I started to elaborate on my original response the "You're so sweet" and looks of envy changed to most definitely her saying "You're so weird" in her head and looks of confusion.  

I think I'll just stick to answering "yes" to the ever-so often asked question of if I have a man or not.  Perhaps I'll add in a little silly remark too with that yes, like "and he's got four legs" or "and he's a foot tall" because that question is just becoming way too repetitive and annoying.  "Do you have a man" in Canada is like "Do you have a baby" in Korea.

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