Thurs

Balance, Zumba and lunch with Hayati, Jenn and Sharon at Turf City ESarn. So so.

Adam took his Brio train set up.

Ikhfâ dan Izhhâr

Lets see if I can remember.

6 huruf in hukum Izhhâr. Meaning to make clear of sound. As is. Nothing added or taken out.

15 huruf in hukum Ikhfâ. Harus ditambah 'ng' di belakang nun sukun atau huruf bertanwin. " Fa manG tabi u' "

Tha

Sa

Dal

Dzal

Jim

Zal

Sin 

Shim

Sod

Dhod

Thor

Dzho

Fa

Kof

Qaf

Month of Sept...

..sees us celebrating two birthdays. Mine then A's. It is also a month seeing me going through a minor tooth extraction procedure followed by removal of a tiny piece of bone from the area 2 weeks later. 

S took us to Alkaff for my b'day dinner plus a trip to pandora. I took the kids to Jones for benedict brunch in the afternoon.

A's treat was a hi tea at Mandarin Oriental Axis. A lovely lounge overlooking marina bay but the morsels served wasn't much to shout about. A's gift was a jewellery box from me and union jack's treasure chest from Ad. 

Fun yoga amd foam run Sentosa.

5k foam fun run at Sentosa with H and J. Great fun. No medals just towel and flip flop.

Yogying with Miri at Alpha. Good workout but techniques were a little advanced.

Tues and Thurs torture

Thursday wod was not easy with the swing snatch and 100 mountain climbers. Finished 3 rounds in 17 minutes. 

Tuesday barbell was tough too. Tje whole routine was pretty dynamic so it required jeck of a lot more work !!

Been so long x

Do !

Must keep the blog going. Must record the workouts. Might not seem like a big thing now but in a few years I will look and it'll make me proud of the little achievement I have made during my fitness journey. Might not be aiming for Ms Bodybuilder but I am sure my body will be thankful later on. 

Tues back at Fusion

Easy does it at pump. Still on antibiotics. Body felt weak 3/4 way into class. Late wakeup so no time for breaky. A little trembly now.

Tioman 17-22 Arch

Swim update

Pie Friday

Decided to make apple pie for dad after last Tuesdays pie crumble 😛 

Maybe join the 5pm Zumba later.

Thurs KB

Thurs KB with a twist. We were using plares and doing triceps extensions instead. 10kg, 5kg and 2.5kg. 

Day 6 of missing MH370 Malaysian Airlines.

I tried out the tomnod satellite imagery but after 600 squares, seen and spotted nothing. 

Wed doc

Dr Chan gave me a week's course of antibiotic for the throat. 

Tried out KB at Westgate. Turned out I was the only one. Good intensive class by PT Ramesh. Plenty of squats and WoD was lunges intermittent with lunges/deadlifts/pushpress.

5th day no update about MH370. Will update more later.

Barbell Tues

42.5kg back squat.

MH370 still not found.  An interesting video been uploaded showing the changing path of the plane before it disappears from radar to reappear at north Vietnam and disappearing again on sea berween south China and Vietnam.

http://youtu.be/XnfXwyh-8KY

Monday

Still no news with MH370

Zumba with Ana.

Lazy Sunday

Spent the whole day checking online for latest update on the Malaysia airlines mysterious disappearance. 

Chicken wrap for dinner.

Sat

Woke up to the shocking news about the disappearance of Malaysian airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. What should have taken the aircraft 6 hours to fly, never happened. The aircraft has apparently vanished. Carrying 239 people including 2 infants and 12 crew, the ill fated plane simple vanished from radar about 2 hours after take off. 

At the time this blog is updated, its been 30 hours since the aircraft was last contactable. Nothing yet has been established. So many speculations are circulating on the online media and networking sites regarding theories and possibilities but so far nothing has been found.

Singapore, Vietnam, US and China have deployed military help in the sky as well as navy ship. According to the Vietnam navy ship, an oil slick of up to 15 miles was seen in the south coast of southern most tip of Vietnam. Samples are being collected to be tested.

My heart sunk since yesterday and today, no better. They need a miracle right now. Please god, let them be safe. Whatever has happened to them, please return them to their families.

The world is shocked and sadden by this mysterious disappearance taking with it nationals from India, Malaysia, China n Taiwan, Ukraine, Indonesia, France.

Its heart wrenching. Could so easily be someone I know.

The latest development so far is that two of its passengers were traveling with stolen passports ( Italy & Austria ). Hijacking and a possible terrorist act have therefore been suggested. 

I hope to wake up with good news tomorrow. Please God, let it be a miracle.

Fri

Went to Yishun at 9am for mom's medifund renewal. Bapak cooked some apple filling so I made him an apple poe after the social services appointment. It looked great as soon as it came out of the oven but impatient me took the pie out to place it in the glass plate. The whole pie shattered on its sides. Poor bapak.

We went to watch Non Stop with Liam Neeson as an air marshall traveling in a plane with hijackers demanding ransom money. Gripping movie with a lot of suspense. 

Great Thurs

Started the day at contemplating of whether or not I can complete two different session of exercise. Went to yoga nevertheless and was real glad I did. 

Sherlin had us doing plenty of stretching, mostly with our hamstrings, glutes, archilles and finally a great spine stretch. It feels great. Grabbed a tea with french toast downstairs and headed off to Alphafit for Thurs class with Gabi and Sam.

Chief had us doing TABATA of 1/2 turkish getups (total of 99 with 8kb). 

And snatches of 5/5 10kg. 5/5 12kg 10/10 16kg 20/20 at 10kg. 

Sweet Jenn gave me a tshirt and a keychain of a converse style shoe.

Wed Westgate

Decided to try out Westgate today. Joined the TRX class by Jenn C. Good class requiring strong leg muscle as well as deep core for suspended 'pike' or 'crunch'. Had a break after and joined  Sh'bam an hour later by Pao Pao. 

Started talking to a Chinese lady who happens to enjoy a bit of photography by the name of Gillian and later made another acquaintance with a brazilian lady called Adriana who enjoyed Sh'bam, a lot. Makes a difference who you stand next to in class. You can either have a good class or a great class !

Halia dinner

Halia dinner with Sja. Nothing to shout about. Only the scallops was nice. Crab linguini was ok. Filling. Slowww service. Wont go back.

Kb bar bell tuesday

62.5kg deadlift. Glad I went. Wasn't sure if I could make it to the end after 2 weeks absence ( CNY, H being away, Tues swop with Min class ). But am a hapoy bunny 😄

Sat Sun Mon

Breakfast at McTurtle. Aishah has netball tournament at Tanglin Trust till 5. Adam arrives from Malacca at 5pm and we all went to Al amaan for dinner. Aishah was exhausted. Both slept at 8.30pm.

Sunday was second day of tournament for Aishah and she played a really good game. ACS came in 2nd in Bowl cup. Sja flies to Palembang via Jkt and will be there till Thurs. Tioman is booked for 17th till 21st Mar.

Monday is teachers training day so Adam is at home whilst Aishah has cheerleading practise as she stands in for a friend. She brought some friends over for project homework. I had Zumba with Ana ...nice start to the week.

Watched Frozen with kids but Kakak fell asleep which was expected. Nice movie but tad too much singing.

Halia dinner

Fri Pump & Sh'bam with Ema

Bumped into Hayley at FFusion, lovely surprise. We ended up doing the pump class together ran by Ema. Good class as always. Still weak on the upper arm especially triceps.

Continued with Sh'bam with Ema and her tonnes of energy. Can't help admiring her super toned body ! And that energy she has .. wow !

Thurs Amy Zumba hey !

Great Zumba with Amy. Rested rest of the day. 

Wed Balance

Body Balance with Amy and sushi lunch.

Tuesday sees a new instructor

His name is Yeoh and he is from Penang. A class full of ladies drooling over the new body pump instructor. Hard class so will need to adjust weight when I see his name on class timetable.

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Hunger pang after the class so had nasi padang with half portion of rice with mutton curry, sotong itam and long beans. 

Dinner was ayam rendang, sotong itam and sayur campur. Oh and made the 5th batch of english muffins ( Paul Hollywood's).

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Made a postcard image for Dave's daughter with her teddy bear in it.

Monday happiness

Monday morning starts with easy (not) class with Ken that saw me marching on the spot most times. Then Zumba with Ana that got me woohooing and wheeeing as the class filled with so much energy. Maybe its time to get some proper dance outfit :)

Monday ROM as witnesses for the Campbells, then high tea at Ritz Carlton. Lovely ! Hani gave me a Bobbi Brown party make up set as a thank you gift. How sweet!

Too much carbs today ?

Cereal

6 pcs tuna sushi

Assorted finger sandwiches at Ritz

Half packet fish porridge at dinner.

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Saturday - Breakfast at Turtle Garden with Ais and Ad. Giant supermarket with Sja then Lego movie in the evening with Ad at GVGrand. Dinner later was at IndoChili Indonesian restaurant. Nasi tumpeng was nice. 

Sunday - Kite flying at West Coast with Adam. The colourful triangle soars high up in the sky along with others. Feeling proud. Lunch and dinner was mee soto ayam yam yam !

Friday 21/02/14

Rest day as I can feel the biceps and the shoulders. Prolly from the 25/25 L n R snatches.

Blossom Beauty Elios light treatment at Toa Payoh ( last one ) but ended up signing up for 7 more at $244 ( CNY promotion )

Stopover at HV Coffee Bean for tuna sandwich and latte with a copy of Psychologies. Great article about making changes every month of the year. Some great tips on how to improve outlook on things

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Dinner date with SJA at Gusto. Not the best place to eat as it's noisy and the food ( I had spaghetti with auberge and zucchini ) wasn't that great. 

We did have a chat about our issues going on in our relationship. Somehow I managed to be honest with my opinions and feelings. S listens and admitted work probably had affected him badly that he treats his family just the same. I could see that he is feeling bad about it and thanked me for telling him. I just hope he'll be more aware not to take his family for granted and that nothing should change no matter how high up the ladder he has climbed.

Workout and again

Monday - Feeling blegh. Went to Fusion but changed mind. Went to Ikea instead and bought glass cabinets.

Tues - Pump

Wed - ABT with Ken

Thurs - Yoga Sherlin / KB at Alpha

Thursday 20/02/14

Friday V Day

V Day dinner at Waterfall Restaurant with a bunch of roses. First time seeing myself walking with a bunch of roses. Ambience was beautiful but the food wasn't the best. Lots of cheesey stuff. Goats cheese on chutney bread, cheesy linguini with black truffle and deep fried cheese packet. Dessert was also a disappointment although it looked kinda interesting ( A white chocolate ball with lemon cream ).

Positive : I had a raw oyster for the first time. Too bad I wasn't talking. Went to Balaclava for a drink after. 

Oh and a card too.

Thurs workout

Jenn

Gabi Winnie and Me

Swings, jerk and snatch as wod. Right wrist hurting. Swung 12kg and jerk 10kg.

Saw the lions at Ghim Moh market while having lunch. Always entertaining.

Cook thai chicken curry n pepper prawn for dinner. 

Sunday 5k Marina Fun Run

First time girls did well for the 5k. Wish the sun wasn't too hot. Glad I brought my cap along. Forgot to switch the run keeper on but I think it was 36 minutes.

Ditched the gun as it was lousy.

Wed ABT Ken

Waiting for ABT with Ken. Eileen in her usual corner chatting with buff Ken.

Good workout of lower body. Complete leg work. Still feeling blegghhh so asked Molly if she's free for lunch. Had lunch at Fusion ( half rice, kari kambing , sayur kobis campur). Sooo gooood ! Drove to hV for 30 minutes painful foot reflex.

Tuesday pump

Lady boss is in Vietnam so I am attending pump at Fusion. Now my arms are sore. Hard class. Need to get reacquainted with the bars again. My triceps are sooo weak although I did well with the push press. Maybe should be better dress too as I kept pulling down the virus top down. Worn with Nike new york tights.

Monday 10th Easy Steps with Ken

Easy Steps with Ken - got a bit confusing towards the end 😁 )

Zumba with Ana

Hair retouching and highlights. Using 2 of the sessions. 7 sessions left. 

After.

Sunday 9th

Lion dance visiting the neighbourhood. 

Friday pump - Back in class

Friday - Pump with Ema.

Sat - thighs are sore

1st day bck at school

Zumba with Amy at 11.20am

Kids back at school. Made some appts for tutoring for Aish.

And a bag of maruku

By the pool while the boys are at the shooting range, Karon.

4th day Phuket

Just had breakfast. Lounging in the lobby as wifi is stronger here.

3rd day Phuket

Its getting hot out here ...

Family parasailing Pating Phuket

1100 baht each = $44

Lots of fun ! Gripped the handle too hard.

Ju parasails

http://youtu.be/Il6gCtgA9ro

2nd Day Workout - Phuket

1k run

Bench press 7.5kg 5sets x10 reps

Side pull 7.5kg  3 sets x 10 reps

Overhead press 5kg 3 sets x 10 reps

1k run

2nd day Phuket HIE

Nice lounger. About to go go karting

Go Karting woohoo. 

Temptation by the beach.

 Why not ! Parasailing by sunset.

The usual suspect. Sticky rice mango, phad thai seafood, tom yum goong.