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, April 05, 2018

The Juggle is the Struggle

My first of many coffees of the day.  I should have known better though to accept that free coffee from the manager at Larry's Cafe because I had 7 meetings today so the coffee would be definitely flowing.
I played it safe though, well kind of.  Opted out of coffee for my last meeting and instead had juice which I think was rather counterproductive because I'm sure it was full of sugar.  
Should have continued on with the caffeine binge.
My first few meetings were regarding the space for Empowered.
I'm really loving this space and the more and more I think about it, 
the more and more eager I am to secure it.
As for the second space we were considering.  This is the ceiling -- nasty.  It's one thing that it's busy with air ducts, it's another thing when one person says one thing and another says another.  I took my architect there today to search out some answers.  The confusion of it all, honestly, turns me off.
Despite having meetings back-to-back, I managed to get a second wind and head out for boxing.
Maybe it was the caffeine overdose making this happen, maybe it was my love for the sport.
Maybe it was both plus the thought of a possible fight coming up.
"Special Services Center", ohhhhh.... sounds so secret agent-like.  It's just the Philippine Army Gym.
I wonder though, just how many ways can you actually spell my name?!  It seems like every time I come here they spell it a different way but never the way I actually spell it -- A-M-Y.
Okay, so maybe I don't know how to properly salute a soldier but at this point I'm surprised I even had enough energy to lift up my arm.  Boxing today, wow, definitely brutal... but I love it!!!

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