Trying to bring a portable CD player through security at Blue’s company front gates was like pulling teeth and they reacted to me as if I were trying to smuggle in a bomb or pound of crack. First, there was the initial response that consisted of them convensating it, then they asked me a million and one questions, and they insisted I fill out a couple of forms that then needed to get signatures. Through in the fact that all this went down in rapid-fast Korean and not a word of English was thrown in and… ya… wow!
Security swarmed around me and I despite being paid literally a dollar a minute to tutor Blue, I seriously questioned whether this silly amount of money was really worth the hassle. Workers busily going in and out of the front gates stopped to watch me like I was some kind of side-show free entertainment.
“Thank God I didn't bring my Hello Kitty player”, I thought to myself.
For the most part I understood what they were asking me but it really seemed like such a big hassle. I needed the CD player for my tutoring with Blue, so I couldn’t not bring it in. I already know I can’t bring in any kind of recording device, like a computer, tape recorder, or even a USB, but I stood there and argued with them on the fact that my CD player is a dinky little thing with no microphone. It doesn’t even have a tape deck attached to it or a place to plug in a mic.
I was running a bit late as it was, so I had to decide whether or not go through the hassle or ditch it and show up to tutoring on time.
“Come lady”, I heard someone say to me.
I turned around and there was the Sangyoung Hulk whisking me away by the arm and scooping up my CD player in the other hand. I was appreciative of his help and he quite enjoyed being the so-called hero of the moment – just like the old Sangyoung Hulk would.
“No thank you?” he asked.
“Maybe you should be the one thanking me” I noted.
“Why?”
“I don’t exactly let people touch me, unless that is you’re in the ring with me.”
“You tell me where and when, and I’ll get in the ring with you”, he added.
“And you’ll what?... Kick my butt?! Tell me how your foot feels after… hahaha” and with that I ran off to Blue’s office.
QUESTION OF THE DAY…
You think you can man-handle me for free?
QUOTE OF THE DAY…
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
-- Timothy Leary
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.
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