In-line skating

Haven't been blading for about 6 months. Today, I took out by gears to skate together with Xiuyi. She just bought her new skates and would like to try it.

Our plans were to start from the chalet, then to Fort Road and lastly we stop @ Bedok Jetty to catch the fire works!

The beach is quite packed with campers, holiday makers, cyclist.. blah blah. We told ourselves to skate carefully along the mac-donald sketch because we were not too good at stopping. After about an hour or so of non-stop blading, we decided to have a break @ Burger King however on our way there, I tripped over a BIG seed and fell. Luckily I had my knee & hand guards however my left elbow was not spared. Its not too painful but its rather embarrassing. I quickly stand up and skate our way to Burger King so to wash up my wound.


I hurt my left elbow about 1.5 years ago (& its scarred), now its my left elbow. my two poor elbows. I will wear my elbow guards on my next trip. (this is the "dried up wound" after 1 week)

We got our way to the jetty and waited patiently for the fireworks. Due to the location, we din really enjoy the fire works cos its too far and no sound effects

Gym Freak?

I got my 1 month free Califonia Fitness membership FREE.. thanks to xiuyi & lichun. with this membership, we got a free personal trainer session next saturday! We tried the "intro step" class. With its name, you must have thought that its an introductory class to STEPS. you are WRONG! we were struggling and trying our best to keep up the pace. its crazy but fun. likely its only an hour.

Yoga-mania

I missed practicing yoga, actually so I managed to persuade Xiuyi to join the class @ SSC. The class was full of "experts". dun be deceived by their age (mostly uncles and aunties) and their shape (plumb). they r so flexible (imagine a big spare tyre ard them yet they can bend here and there). I'm not pressured by them though becos yoga is not about going beyond your abilities but its about understanding your own body and pushing to your OWN limit. My yoga teacher uses alot of those hindu names.. which i do not understand but nevermind i just look around at what others are doing.

The class started with some breathing exercises (in Easy pose) then followed by

Sun Saluation: it consists of mountain pose, plank pose, dog pose, cobra pose, downward dog.. blah blah. After one cycle, my heart will beat faster and my body feeling warm.

Spinal Twist: I love this pose becos it stretches my spinal cord and my upper body. my ex yoga coach once mentioned that this pose squeezes our internal organs. Imagine a wet rug and u twist it to squeeze the water out.

Wind-relieving pose: hmm.. wondering if you will fart after performing this pose? I will.. hehe. but i tahan until the end of the class if not it will be so embarassing as the class is usually quite.

Shoulder standing pose: i cant do this pose today cos of my monthly problem. my frd, xiuyi was sooo funny. she told me that she was struggling with this pose. Though the coach was there to help, she was rather forceful.


Corpse pose (its the last pose of the routine. my coach was great, she switched off the lights, light up the candles.. wow amzing. one of my classmate fell asleep and SNOZE!