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.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Going Back to Move Forward... Wednesday, January 30

I'm planning to return to Korea, only for a visit though.

With me being so busy though, it's hard to designate a chunk of time where I won't jeapordize my clients' coaching, my boxing, miss any rugby games, or miss out on any business stuff like my Lil' Pow Boxing Classes for my Lil' Sistas. 

Holy Week is coming up, the third week of April.  It's a full week were the city becomes a ghost town, businesses and companies shut down and stop, and everyone goes MIA on a mini holiday or out to the provinces to see family.  BGC empties out.

With Holy Week being totally irrelevant though in Korea and far enough away from today, booking a ticket shouldn't be a problem.  The plan is to get in, stay just long enough to grab whatever stuff of mine I can, deal with the divorce papers, and then get out.  I noted on Facebook to my friends in Korea that I'll be coming to visit but it'll hardly be an enjoyable visit.  I just want this to be over with already and I have so many personal belongings there that I just left behind, stuff that is super important to me, like the last picture of my mom with us as a family, before she passed away.  

It's not a holiday and it's definitely not a vacation.  It'll be harder and more stressful than any kind of work I've ever done.  It'll also be a dangerous trip too.  I haven't talked to Snickers in months so I have absolutely no idea what kind of state he is in, good or bad... or ugly, if you know what I mean.

But part of moving forward with life is letting go of the past, readjusting your focus and staying the path.  Hard to stay the path though and move forward if I've got my past holding me down and still stopping me.  Time to cut off those ties, seriously.

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