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.

Sunday, December 29, 2019

2020 is Their Year... Sunday, December 29

It was so very sweet to be sitting in the pew of the church I used to go to.  To see the pastors at the front and to recognize the various faces in the congregation.  To have familiar faces amongst them scoot over to greet me with a big hug and an extra big smile.  To then have the pastor come down after the service and tell me he's so glad to see me.  

They will never know how much I've missed them.

I tried to find a home church in the Philippines and the closet I got was Victory Church in Manila House but word has it that the Manila House is closing so I don't know what will become of it.  It will never be to me what Grant African Church is though and I'm trying not to compare it, trying to just let it be what it is, but it's hard when in my heart I'm longing for Grant Church. 

After the service, later in the afternoon, I ran into two friends and we headed out for coffee.  They were all questions about the Lil' Sistas Project because they want to come out to the Philippines in possibly February to do a documentary on it.   I'm so very flattered but I know the production of this will break all our hearts -- the hearts of those involved in it.  I say this because it's going to bring to surface things about the girls and whatnot that I'm not even aware of.  I don't know all the stories of the girls and I've decided not to inquire about them because I know they all have sad stories.  Their stories won't change how much I care about them but I think it'd really kill my faith in humanity.  I felt it crashing when I was doing the HUGE Lil' Sistas Christmas.  It was incredibly discouraging and burdensome to try to get people to care.  Many cared but so many, too many, didn't and that's what was especially hard for me to accept.  

Anyways, they're thinking about coming to do a documentary and I think that's awesome but I also think it's going to be a game changer.

2019 was the year of Empowered and I proved it to totally be exactly that but 2020, it's going to be the year of the Lil' Sistas Project.  Mark my words. 
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