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, December 25, 2018

An Unexpected Christmas... Tuesday, December 25

Headed out to search out pancakes.  I wanted pancakes for my Christmas breakfast.  And what was suppose to just be pancakes turned into a full fledge Filipino lunch that followed and then drinks and snackies at a friend's condo.  I left my condo around 11am, didn't get home to call it a day till about midnight.  Perhaps shortly there after it.

So much for doing "nothing" on Christmas.

I always think I don't want to celebrate Christmas and Christmas always makes me feel sad because I'm away from family and close friends, but then Christmas comes and I end up celebrating it in the most unexpected ways.  This Christmas was no different and I ended Christmas feeling almost silly that I had gotten teary eyed over it at the start of the day.  Mark my words though, next year I will be celebrating Christmas in Canada.  I miss my friends too much and it's weird minus the snow and minus them.  I had made this promise last year but I also had promised myself that I wouldn't go to Canada until my boxing club was up and running.  I still don't have my boxing studio up and so yes, I didn't go.  Regardless, I should have gone.  It was hard waking up to Christmas today, not expecting to spend it with anyone beyond Skittles, Balboa and Cassius.

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