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Lil about me! Hi i'm Trina
2018 trip back to Fiji
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I was born in the South Pacific islands of Fiji, in the capital city of Suva.
Fiji is a beautiful and unique place. I immigrated to Vancouver, Canada with my family when I was 15 years old.
We settled in Surrey and where I attended a junior high school call "West Whalley" This is where i went through some tough bullying. They called me "nigger girl" or "Paki"cause they couldn't figured our what Fijian meant. I spend time in the counsellor office quite often and she taught me to stand up for myself to this Caucasian Kid who would not leave me alone. So one day he was calling me names in the hallway and this time he pushed me which has never happened before, i think this made me super mad i got up and pushed him back so hard he flew back and hit the floor. How did that feel? i yelled and said yes I am that nigger / Paki girl and Yes i do like my chicken curried and sometimes deep fried. Don't be mad at me cause you ain't got No seasoning!! From that day onwards we both just ignored each other and went our own directions. I learned in those first 6 months of being Bullied on how to speak my truth and stand up if not people will think they can just do whatever they want and use you like their emotional doormat. My Story conts...
I was born in the South Pacific islands of Fiji, in the capital city of Suva.
Fiji is a beautiful and unique place. I immigrated to Vancouver, Canada with my family when I was 15 years old.
We settled in Surrey and where I attended a junior high school call "West Whalley" This is where i went through some tough bullying. They called me "nigger girl" or "Paki"cause they couldn't figured our what Fijian meant. I spend time in the counsellor office quite often and she taught me to stand up for myself to this Caucasian Kid who would not leave me alone. So one day he was calling me names in the hallway and this time he pushed me which has never happened before, i think this made me super mad i got up and pushed him back so hard he flew back and hit the floor. How did that feel? i yelled and said yes I am that nigger / Paki girl and Yes i do like my chicken curried and sometimes deep fried. Don't be mad at me cause you ain't got No seasoning!! From that day onwards we both just ignored each other and went our own directions. I learned in those first 6 months of being Bullied on how to speak my truth and stand up if not people will think they can just do whatever they want and use you like their emotional doormat. My Story conts...
IN HIS MEMORY : HOW FITNESS SAVED MY LIFE
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Fast forward to 2007, i got the worst news of my life: My Dear brother Chris Mohan had been killed, he was the one innocent victim that got caught in the middle of a shoot out going down in surrey.
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I knew I had to act. Sitting around licking my wounds was not going to do me any good. I had to create my own happy ending. No one was going to do it for me. I had to transform myself from a Victim to a Survivor, and then, to a Thrive-or!” |
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About a year later, I felt an intense urge to change my life. I needed to move, and experience someplace different-- this urge led me to move from Vancouver, BC to Toronto, Ontario. I had also made up my mind to drop my nursing program and become a personal trainer.
My brother was also big into fitness too! He also wanted to be a personal trainer like I did, so this was like a two-birds-one=stone sort of move for me. For the first time in a long time, I was inspired. It's hard to describe what inspiration feels like. It was refreshing-- like a cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. You know!!
Following my heart, pursuing my dream, was the best move I ever made. It was a new beginning.
This was where my FITNESS JOURNEY began. Fitness was the one thing that kept me strong and kept me hopeful. Fitness made me feel like I had a purpose. I wanted to not only help myself, but help others who had also gone through traumatic experiences in their lives.
After working in a busy Toronto Gym, I launched my company TWT Fitness and F-YOU Bootcamps to offer my clients my own brand of personal training inspired by my own growth and lessons learned. Using my own life experiences, I aim to inspire others to be more physically active and live a balanced lifestyle. I witness many of my clients acquire a new zest for life just by simply participating in fitness activity. Fitness had made such a big difference, not only in the way their bodies looked, but also in their outlook towards life! My clients continue to inspire me everyday to continue along my journey, help others along the way, and be happy following my heart.
My brother was also big into fitness too! He also wanted to be a personal trainer like I did, so this was like a two-birds-one=stone sort of move for me. For the first time in a long time, I was inspired. It's hard to describe what inspiration feels like. It was refreshing-- like a cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. You know!!
Following my heart, pursuing my dream, was the best move I ever made. It was a new beginning.
This was where my FITNESS JOURNEY began. Fitness was the one thing that kept me strong and kept me hopeful. Fitness made me feel like I had a purpose. I wanted to not only help myself, but help others who had also gone through traumatic experiences in their lives.
After working in a busy Toronto Gym, I launched my company TWT Fitness and F-YOU Bootcamps to offer my clients my own brand of personal training inspired by my own growth and lessons learned. Using my own life experiences, I aim to inspire others to be more physically active and live a balanced lifestyle. I witness many of my clients acquire a new zest for life just by simply participating in fitness activity. Fitness had made such a big difference, not only in the way their bodies looked, but also in their outlook towards life! My clients continue to inspire me everyday to continue along my journey, help others along the way, and be happy following my heart.
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MY MISSION IS
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