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.

Friday, June 14, 2019

Feeling the Love... Friday, June 14

RAPTORS WON... now if you know the history of what exactly went down, then you'd understand the all caps and would have said I should have ended my homepage entry after those two words.

RAPTOR WON.

Wow... history was made today and I was here in the Philippines, experiencing it with a group of friends all from Canada.  That was super cool.  It was ultra cool, to tell you the truth, but I know we all were craving to jump on a plane and zoom off to Canada to fully experience it.  Toronto must be going completely bonkers.  I wish I was there.... wish I was there just for the celebrating that is.  

I remember when the Blue Jays won the World Series back-to-back.  Toronto went completely bonkers and suddenly, just like that, everyone was all smiles, high fives, fist bumps and happy-go-lucky.  The Blue Jays had won but the city was celebrating as if each and everyone of us had personally played a key role in the win.  It was like nothing else.  I can only imagine that that's what happening right now in Toronto but on a level like non other.

I wish I was in Toronto right now.

I wish I was in Toronto with my friends.

I've had two years of experiencing countless ups and downs here in the Philippines with my business, Empowered, and with life in general but I've come to accept the fact that I have to celebrate these wins and loses by myself.  But to have my friends all celebrating this win without me, honestly,  that kind of was like a bittersweet punch to the liver.

I wish I was there with them.

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