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.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Experiencing the Philippines on a Different Level

In the Philippines, I see such a contrast between the rich and poor every single day.  Such is life in the Philippines.  There is so much life in this country, regardless of whether it's rich or poor, and so far I am really enjoying it.
Taking an Uber, there is always someone and something to see outside my window.
I always have my camera ready.
 After taking the WORST UBER E.V.E.R, I finally arrived at my destination.
 The service was to start at 2pm and I arrived just in time.
 The church was very pretty and it was filled with a lot of familiar faces.
 After the service, we headed over to the cemetery, the burial site.
Note those aren't houses or business buildings there in this picture.  They're elaborate tombs.  I had seen similar ones last week, ones that were super posh, and today I noticed that some of them had air conditioners.
 Today's funeral ended with friends and family dining together beside the burial site.
Rule of thumb, where there are Filipinos there is family and food, and a funeral is no different.
I'm beginning to really, really like this part of their culture... of course, I'm an athlete!  Food is fuel.
Arrived back in Eastwood and met this gorgeous little boy... a 1yr old Russian Ovcharka.

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