10 posts tagged “gym”
As I have mentioned before, I encountered difficulties imitating the instructor in executing combinations for the step athletic class. He is quick-witted, performs elaborate moves and his actions are 'amplified'. I enjoy Step Athletic by R not because it is complicated and highly challenging but because it is just so much fun and you can really work up a sweat.
Look at my trainers. So worn and dirty. It has been conditioned through 4 times a week, 2-3 hours a day gym time - with activities like Body Combat, Yoga, Power Balance, Pilates, Aerobics, Step Athletic.
On the topic of being a diploma graduate, here is proof that I'm entitled to
Every once in a few years, after I got dumped/dumped someone, I would feel the moments of loneliness and I just want to go out there and meet someone to fall in love with. In really rare occasions do men fall on my lap so easily. Usually it takes effort of me approaching some poor unassuming guy or something along the lines of that. I don't want to look like a desperado but if you're a person like me, staying single for long just sucks sometimes. For the past year I just admired men in my gym from a distance. When you're the (possibly) oldest girl in your entire college, there's no way you're gonna find the perfect older guy. So the men in my gym it is. Its weird calling them men because about a year or two ago, I acknowledged them as guys or boys but since I'm no longer a girl but a woman, it is more adequate to call them men.
At the end of last year it was one or two guys whom now I have not seen anymore in the gym or is attached. Then the beginning of the year there was one but I didn't do anything either. Now, there is about 3? One from class, whom I Facebook-stalked. One who looks like the another one. Sounds confusing? I think I mentioned it before. MDG..and MDG 2. MDG is the one whom I saw modelling for Fashion on 1. I got a shock of my life when I saw him on the catwalk. What are the chances right? MDG 2 is a guy who comes to class sometimes and he looks a little bit like MDG from far.
It was easy to find the guy from class because I knew who his friends were and his friends knew my friends on Facebook. So it was easy to search. But for MDG and MDG 2, I don't know who their friends are and they come to gym alone. From past experiences I learnt not to ask guys for their names or any other information. Too many embarassing situations :(
Finally I'm done and over with my Mass Media Law examination (which gave me alot of headache and anxiety)! Finally I am able to complete a Step Athletic class knowing every single step! TO me, these two things are pretty major but I guess it would be smashing if I passed my Mass Media Law too.
If I'm not mistaken, I started doing Step Athletic in May. It is November now. It took me 7 months to learn it? Wow. But its not really 7 months because at one point of time I didn't go consistently. Initially I did not want to go for Step because I felt so tired, having woken up early and gone for Law paper in the morning. However, something stirred up within me to just go ahead and work it out. I'm glad I did!
Yesterday during Step Athletic class, two of the gym members asked me about M. They asked where was he. Remember this post? It was my first time doing Step Athletic and if I remembered correctly, M came over to my group to show me steps for the combo. I think from then on the other members thought that he and I were very close. I met him when we were in Vivien's Energy Aerobics class. I kept bumping into him because I was new at that time and was confused with where to turn. When I turned left, he turned right, so naturally we would bump into each other.
I asked him if he was new and he said no. Then we got to know each other that way. He is tall, well-built and is good-looking I must admit. But he is also married with a child. Everyone knows that I will not even go for a guy with a girlfriend so going for a married man is definitely off-limits. Another woman from the class was also interested to know whether he was married or not. I got a feeling she might have been interested in him. Alot of ladies enjoy talking to him because he has a great friendly personality. He never fails to smile and talk to you when you see him.
Anyway, I don't mind meeting someone like him. Lately, I've been thinking about my singledom. Has it really been 2 years since I've last held someone's hand? When was the last time I went out on an actual date?
Oh well. The time will come.
[EDIT]PS: I spent 10 hours in 3 days watching the second and final part of "My Lucky Star" starring Jimmy Lin. Perhaps that triggered the feelings of wanting to be loved. *Heartmark* Jimmy Lin[/EDIT]
Every once in awhile, a girl needs to have a day where she primps up. Too much stress or lack of rest could cause a girl to look dull and unkempt. That's why I had a good day today just pampering myself. In the morning I went to Bangsar to do my nails. Then later I went to Taman Tun to have a haircut.
Had to take a cab to college for an hour's tutorial. Presented my photo depiction of time, the response was so-so. But I put in sooo much effort to take the photo. I love this subject and I want to do well in it. I guess putting more effort into it will produce fruitfulness.
After college I headed to gym. I spotted the contestants of I Wanna Be A Model 2. They look like how they look on TV. No comment on that. I did Cardio Dance and took a dinner break instead of going to Body Combat. When I came back, I was energised and ready to go for Step Athletic. Although I suck at it, it is a major improvement from before. I think it takes time for me to be good. I won't give up just yet.
I popped by Macasia during my dinner break and I fell in love with a Macbook. The reason why I prefer to get a Macbook is because I can run Windows on it too. I've always wanted to get a Mac. However, I don't plan to get it anytime soon because I feel that I shouldn't spend on something which is going to be upgraded soon. Maybe when I go overseas I will get it.
Overall, I had a good day. I was pampered during the afternoon and was challenged during Step class in the evening. It is good to have such balance.
Who said being hot and having washboard abs are everything? I, for one almost believed it when I saw F at the gym. Well, maybe not the abs yet before, but after yesterday I came into conclusion. That I discovered he has a set of really beautifully sculpted abs and that he sucks at Body Combat. Today I discovered something even more interesting; he has horrible work ethics. His shift is from a certain time to a certain period and he never comes for his shift and spends most of his time flirting with girls more than working.
The Body Combat performance (or lack thereof) was revealed when he stood in front of me during the class. His coordination and techniques were wrong. When the crowd went left, he went right. When they did upper cuts, he did jabs. Maybe he wasn't so good at it was because he hardly goes for the classes, he explained to the instructor. But, Body Combat is the most straightforward aerobic class! All you have to do is just follow the instructor, be his mirror-image.
F is the type of guy any straight girl would do a double take. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating. But he does look cute. He looks like his age, 20 this year according to sources. He's fair-skinned, Chinese and has an average height. Although he does not have chiseled good looks like some guys do, he has a face that people will remember. I asked a few of my girlfriends what they thought about his looks. They said he is not bad.
Another thing I heard about him, from a guy who claimed to know F's ex is that F cheated on that particular ex. Sometimes I wonder if I should listen to all this rumours or just get to know the guy personally. I have yet to smile or say Hi to him. He seems nice but I'm just too shy to make the first move. Of all four of my friends whom I asked about him, all of them discouraged me from having an interest in him. Seriously, it is like I don't even have the slightest chance, much less a shot at trying. But I did say that I will never date a younger guy anymore. And F doesn't look like the kinda guy I would have a long-term relationship with. Back to the drawing board (room?)
Kenny just got back from Australia and he said he would bring something back for me. We decided to meet up for Karaoke at Neway, but I didn't know Elysha was coming. Anyway we had a blast and here are the goodies:
Much later in the evening, I went to gym for Body Combat by Calvin. It was good but I didn't really work up a sweat. So I wanted to try out Step Athletic, one of the toughest class in gym. I consulted WY and M whether I should join and they encouraged me to do so. Nervous and abit perplexed, I followed the other members to arrange the boards. I decided to join a group of 3 ladies, where I know 2 of them personally. I was just telling the other one that it was my first time, then she left the group. There are 8 boards formed into a formation and if one member of the group screws up, the whole team screws up. Naturally the lady was wise in leaving the group; she didn't wanna get stuck with a newbie. :(
R is the gay instructor for this class. He's very good in teaching this class, fast and agile. However he only teaches a combo move like twice and expects you to follow it. I was abit miffed when he asked if I was joining the class - in a very sarcastic tone of voice. I knew R from the other gym and I used to join his classes, cos they were easy but ever since he started teaching here, I never joined any of his classes and I guess he underestimates me.
But seriously, it was quite a bad experience for me.I couldn't catch up with the rhythm and the moves were confusing. I ended up slowing down the rest of the group too. Somehow in the middle of it, M came over to help me out to the surprise of the group and I. M is good and he's really nice. He's good-looking too but married with a kid XD;; I never ever go for an attached guy, even though if its just a girlfriend.
I really hope I can improve in Step Athletic and Energy Aerobics. I plan to go for more classes. I hope the humiliation and confusion doesn't deter me!!
Finally, after 5 years the exciting world of Alias comes to its final episode. I completed the last episode today, after spending approximately 2 months on the 2 seasons that Kamarul borrowed me. I've watched the first 3 seasons years ago. Ever since I first watched the pilot episode, I've been hooked to the spy series that brings the viewer to every single part of the world. And there is no on-screen couple as sweet as Michael Vaughn and Sydney Bristow.
Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan dated briefly off-screen before they broke up and Ben Affleck came into the picture. I was thrilled at that time when I heard Jen and Michael were together. The news of them breaking up was bad for me. I always saw them as the perfect celebrity couple.
Today would be the first day I'll be going to gym this week. Usually I go from Mondays to Thursdays but I couldn't go because of the flu. Tomorrow I will be going out with Chien so maybe I might have to skip gym tomorrow too. I hope I won't grow fat :(
It was a last minute decision - a rash one too. Yesterday evening, I was just looking through the Bangsar Village II Celebrity timetable when I suddenly spotted Richard's name just below the 'Step Intro'. Richard taught Step? Wow. I thought he only teaches RPM and BodyPump. I knew I had to join this class. Even though it meant that I had to wake up 7 in the morning, drive through a jam and go all the way to Bangsar just to attend a 1-hour class. The things I do for a gay guy. Also, since I self-declared a holiday, I've been sleeping on average at 3 a.m. and waking up at 12 noon or later. I don't know what drove me to wake up so early, given that I slept at 1-2 a.m.
Actually, I didn't even sleep soundly. I woke up between intervals of maybe 2 hours throughout the night. Just to check on the clock to see if I overslept. But it was all worth it, because I did see Richard, attend his class and talked to him. Kenny was the one who suggested I should go talk to Richard. We've never really exchanged more than a "hi" so it took me quite some effort and courage to go up and start a convo.
But he is as nice as I expected him to be. He's just like the instructor who cracks jokes in the class that I've grown to admire from a distance. We spoke on alot of things - just general stuff like how he gets to work, how he likes the gym and how expensive cab fares can be. He seems so normal. So straight. Unfortunately for me, all my efforts goes down the drain because he's gay and he'll never fall for me.
I had a fair share of unrequited love in my life. I guess I'd just add this one more to the list.
Here are (almost) all the photos that were taken last night. There were a few that was unedited and not that clear so I decided to dispose of them. You can see the view of KLCC and KL Tower from Luna Bar. I wished I took more photos of the place. Mostly there are camwhoring photos more than anything else. Missing from the photos are Taugeh, Chang and Chin Yu. They're not that photogenic as we are :)
I'm the girl in the blue dress. As you can see I got my hairstylist to set my hair. The makeup was done by me, hence the lack of professionalism of makeup on my face. I look fat in some of the photos because I'm now at my fattest, after putting on about 15kgs in a year and a half. I lost about 3-4kgs these 2 months and I am motivated to work harder. Soon I will look like how I used to look like in the userpic.
I had a short nap at work again today but the manager didn't catch me. Instead the supervisor who saw me said it was okay but I was too embarassed to go back to sleep. Surprisingly after work, I had the energy to go out with my cousins to have an early dinner and buy some groceries. Shortly after that, I went to the gym. Did about 30 minutes of cardio and RPM with Richard. In case you haven't heard of the Richard story yet, Richard is a good-looking RPM and BodyPump instructor at Celebrity Fitness. He's tall, has broad shoulders, gorgeous smile and dark mahagony hair. He's like the perfect 10 in looks but I found out a secret about him.
He's gay.
I have nothing against gays but how would you like it if your crush was not straight? And you of course, is a straight person. Quite difficult ain't it? Well, I forgot about Richard the last time I joined his class and I forgot about N too. We need to forget people who are unattainable sometimes. Although it crushes our hearts :/ I'm gonna get ready to sleep so I could be energetic at work tomorrow. Toodles!
