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, January 22, 2006

Highlights of my Day... Sunday, January 22

1. Showered, blow-dried my hair, even chatted with Ryan and supposedly his grandmother was oblivious to it all. Looks like he was right again.
2. After a couple of months of dealing with people’s stares, I’d have to side with Ryan and say it’s getting pretty old and annoying. They seem to be so fascinated that he’s Korean and I’m Canadian… a white chick. Mind you, he’s whiter than me and I’m more yellow (inside that is).
3. Ventured out to Costco with Ryan and talk about sensory overload! It was great. At the sight of all the western food I turned into a 2 year old in a candy shop... and ya, it was that obvious. Ryan said I was so hyper and I didn't stop talking.
4. Spent about $35 on cheese!!! I bought two mother-sized cheese bricks and a bag of babybell cheese. Now I can eat cheese everyday for breakfast AND snack! Great!
5. The rest of our Costco groceries consisted of muffins, Canadian maple syrup and 12 boxes of macaroni and cheese.
6. The countdown continues to our “special day”… our 100th day as a couple. Ryan says we’re going to go out and celebrate it in style, good stuff. February 1st is the BIG day!
7. Ate ice cream at the Haagan Das ice cream restaurant that we discovered the night before. It was a full-fledge sit down restaurant with a menu that so beautifully incorporated ice cream with EVERY meal it served.
8. Got my phone bill for my new cell and looks like my overseas calls were either omitted from the bill or apparently not as pricey as I had expected. Great.
9. Story time with Ryan consisted of him freaking me out with tales of the recent Cheonan murderer…. great. I’m sure I’ll be able to sleep better tonight.
10. Movie night was a bust. We were both too tired and so we vegged out for the evening with a big pot of macaroni and cheese.


QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's your favorite bedtime story?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
-- Woody Allen

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