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8 September, 2009 · Filed under developments, family, Firsts, friends, ME, sports, Tufeil, work

Monday, 7th Sept 09 (5months, 2 weeks)

Tufeil has started sitting on his own!!! This is what i’ve been waiting for! Granted, its still wobbly and unstable. He would flail his cute arms around for balance. Sometimes he would topple over, other times he could even play with the iPod while sitting.

Mum said this is because she put him in unmoveable walker quite a bit that he knows how to work his arms for balance.

I have a 3min clip of him sitting but footage is not proper to be posted. Ahaks!

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Thursday, 3rd Sept 09

Played Badminton with the Joyful One (colleague). It’s our practice session before company tournament this Thurs.

Top 8 players will represent the company! Ok i’m sooo totally not in that league. We’re playing for fun, but not anyhow whack lah.

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I’m tired of breaking fast at home. I WANNA GO OUT TO EAT!!!! Cafe Galilee, Please save me from eternal food boredom. Well, at least i got my pizza and Sarpino’s brownie bites yesterday. YUMMY!!! =D

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Fri, 4th Sept 09

Went to Yaya’s place for Iftar with the Besties. It was soo fun with so many babies around and so many varieties of food in abundance! Best part was when we left the hubbies outside in the living room to bond, while we the girls stay in the room to discuss date of our group Eid visiting! 

I want to thank Ma n hub for taking your time to come to Wlands all the way from Tamp to pick up my baby! You both are a God sent!

We left at 10:30pm. Nobody was going up north, so took cab home. $22. Thank you Zi for contributing $10 even though you alighted at $6 mark.

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Sat, 5th Sept 09

Iftar gathering at my mum’s paternal side of the family. I really really hesitated to come along and i should have followed that instinct. BEcause Tufeil was cranky all night.

But the alternative of breaking fast alone albeit at Cafe Galilee or somewhere nice is even more scary.

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Sun, 6th Sept 09

Fun Iftar session at Simei with Mum’s maternal side. The little cousins are also there including the Japanese, Chinese and Paki mix breds. The Indian mix breds were not there though =(

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE MAK Ngah’s goreng pisang using purely ADABI’s flour mix.

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I think i’ve lost the skill / interest to take photos. And i totally blame my SNAIL SLOW Sony Ericsson G705 hp.

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2nd Dance Class

15 May, 2008 · Filed under Downs, health, ME, sports

I teared a bit today in Class.

Today it was a Pilates / Yoga type of lesson.

This one exercise required us to do a Cat Stretch where we had to go down on all fours like a cat.

Then we had to lift and extend our legs followed by the opposite hand and remain our balance and centre alignment. ie cannot go sideways.

I could do the right left alright but when it came to lifting my left leg…. i just cldnt do it! I tried…. but im scared if my left hand cannot take it. My injury, remember? At least i can bend it already but it still cant withstand my weight lah!

So thru out the left leg section i just… froze.

Z told me to tell the instructor. But since she didnt ask i tot i dont need to tell lah.

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Grooooovy Baby

12 May, 2008 · Filed under health, ME, sports, work

So i danced last Thurs.

The steps were rather similar to the Hip Hop class i ever joined before. Its not like ballroom dancing… its disco dancing.

The best thing about this class as compared to the gym session i’ve been to is that, we all started on the same lesson, so we are all newbie and the instructor was very kind to tell us that its ok if can’t catch up on the very first day.

But i stood behind this outgoing person, so i felt a bit stressed when she does it with style while i did it so.. awkwardly stiff. I find that i can remember the steps better if i do it as if it was aerobics than actual groovy dancing.

There’s no shower facilities, but its ok cos we didnt sweat much actually… for maybe not for first lesson, cause she showed us 8 steps at a time and max we did 3 sets in a row. Not much to sweat it out in an aircon room some more.

Can’t wait for next lesson. But first must practise my half beat hand movement. That one very confusing.

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Let’s Dance!

6 May, 2008 · Filed under health, ME, sports

I’ve always had an interest on this. I once attended a Hip Hop class at the previous gym i go. But found the steps a bit confusing my mind got muddled!

However, ever since badminton competition, i’m fairly more confident now with my limbs action. And since its only $30 for 12 sessions… I grab lah!

Hi all

Be happy and dance and dance and be
happy!

Come join the Dance Fitness Class organized by WHP &
Your Rec Club.

Sweat out with Groove Blast – A hot and
energetic dance class with the best hip hop, pop, house, reggae and popular
music.

Tone up with Dance Conditioning – incorporates Pilates
principles, Ballet / Jazz techniques & other dance moves that will keep you
tones, enhance your flexibility & your strength.

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Badminton Fun!

22 November, 2007 · Filed under sports, work

The tournament day was finally here!!

This pic is from last week’s practice session. They were so busy watching the game, they forgot to snap pics!

All of the participants!

This year’s tournament’s way better and more fun than last year bcos i got thru to SEMI-FINALS! hahaha no lah… bcos of the change in format.

  1. Points to 21 instead of 15
  2. Choose own teammate as opposed to “assigned” by drawing lots last yr
  3. Handicap points. Eg: Double ladies vs Double Men 10 pts for ladies, mixed double vs double men, 5 pts to mixed double
  4. At least 2 sets of game in Qualifying Round, if tie then 3rd set or Rubber.

Last year, there were 20 teams! Afraid of running over time, we only played 1 set on knock out system. Lucky for me, i was the best in the best 6 “losers” so i moved to next round.

I told you my partner is very good right? He won 3rd place lah last yr! So i was under extreme pressure to perform.

First round, we played against a Double Men team. With the 5 lead points we had, and Wei Lee smashing right into their tummy, we won both sets w point diff of btwn 5 – 10!

Immediately after that, we moved on to the next opponent, another Double Men. I played against them last week and knew they were good. it was a heated game! But i messed up lah with my screwed up serving! I was too nervous to serve properly like how the partner told me to, that it often fell short, netted and once even OUT! *shake head*

We lost but by a mere 3 points. The opponent later got 3rd place playing against 2 other teams in the Final on Round Robin system. Then i slapped myself mentally… “Why was i so scared of them? They lost BOTH games in the Finals.”

But its ok. I really felt satisfied with the game. I would say my play has improved by 10% heheheh… at least something what… But i cldnt help feeling guilty that my partner didnt get to defend his title… tho it was only 3rd place! But of cos he dismissed my apologies.

I’d like to play at least once a month lah.. anybody wanna join? Kak Is maybe? And Im sure your dad be very good also being a tennis coach!

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Vertical Challenge 2007

21 November, 2007 · Filed under pictures, sports, work

In line with some WHP (Work Health Promotion/prog) guidelines, we hafta organise some sporty activities.

So we’ve had that Amazing Race Food Edition some time back, last fri 16th Nov 07, we had Vertical Challenge.

It is a race up the 26 Floor building of our office! There were two sections, Team and Buddy relay.

A team consists of 5 pple each taking on 5 floors with exception of the first climber, 6 floors. Each member of buddy team will take on 13 floors each.

Stretching

These are Edy and Wei Seng. They are the champion for the Buddy relay finishing at 3.12mins

Fun pple ! (My they really look like a cartoon drawing!)

This French team finished at 3.23mins.

Painted Legs for group identity.

 

The different Batons

That brown stick with a cartoon face is actually a baguette! Last year, we had cucumber!! LOL

Some hang on to the rail

Mathieu thought he should do 3 steps at a time!

They were greeted with these snacks on 26th Floor

 

The medals for top 3 teams

Team Relay Champion at 2.42mins

2nd Place at 2.42mins, 3rd: 2.49mins, 4th: 3.02mins, 5th: 3.04mins, 6th: 3.06min, 7th: 3.06min, 8th: 3.09min, 9th: 3.17min


My two Department representatives of this race got 3rd place finishing at 3.53mins

The buddy challenge generally finished after more than 3 mins but that’s SUPERB i think! 13 Floors is no joke! Before my boss sponsored my gym membership, i tried to climb the staircase, i only managed to do 4 Floors sey…

Luckily i didn’t participate in the team relay bcos i was still sore from badminton on wed! haha

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Badminton Practice!

15 November, 2007 · Filed under ME, sports, work

Phew! What a night!

Last month we had that Amazing Race Challenge right? This month there are two other sporting events, one of which is Badminton Tournament.

Last night was the 2nd training session. I was pleased to see that my “driver” is playing again this year! He lives in Yishun and gave me a lift there then i’d take the bus back to Woodlands.

The story is like this…

I so wanna play badminton with Paul, our champion last year. But he had a knee operation just 2 weeks prior to registration deadline. Mathieu, the Frenchman, wants to play with his fellow countryman. I’m left with the not-so-interested-just-play-for-the-sake-of-participating-in-something Amos, the new guy.

I stalled my registration … then one day i saw that there were two names registered but with no partner! they were Edy and Wei Lee. They are both very good players! Somehow, i chose Wei Lee.

Boy! Was i surprised to see that Wei Lee is the Driver from last year! See.. i was confused between Wei Lee and Wei Ming. I tot he was Wei Ming! i told him just so and he said, “Oh that’s why u put your name there lah cause you thought you’d be playing with Wei Ming. He’s 1st runner up last year what. Eh Don’t put high expectation on me, no!”

Now i remember my theory to recall which is which, Wei Ming is the tall one and Wei Lee is the erm… not-tall one. hehe

This year and last year is definitely NOT the same. Last year i was single, this year i’m married. I asked Zubair to come along, rather than him sitting at home feeling bored right. At first, he said he’d get bored watching sports, but then i said no you can go look around maybe GreatWorld City or something.. and he did just that.

In total i played 4 matches. I finished 2.5 ltrs of water in 3 hours.

It was really fun this time around! Chiaw Gek, our professional player, showed me the “footwork”. The theory is you skip to the right and to the left as to reach the shuttle with least movement. No wonder i saw they hit the shuttle so effortlessly and gracefully!

Then the partner gave me some tips and asked me to practise

I need to serve lower so the receiving opponent wouldn’t be able to smash.

To do that, i need to change the style i serve. From back hand… change to.. er… upper hand? and that my thumb should be positioned so that it’s pointing the flat face of the net of the racket.

I hafta “tap” the shuttle and hit with my racket swung to the back a bit and wait for it to get lower.

At first i thought that “tapping” means light touch. But i soon understand that it means hitting it hard. and send it to the back of the opponent.

Another tip is to hit right end or left end, but not center.

Zubair said my face was so flushed RED after i finished the last match. Gosh the game is just about 5min and i cldnt take it! To be fair, i did a lot of jumping and the opponent made me run to the right to the left like crazy! Need to remember the skipping steps.

Anyway, by the end of the training session, i felt so… delirious that i regretted not coming last week. But at the same time i was also grateful that i didnt, bcos otherwise i would have terrible sore muscles i wont be able to enjoy the Eid Visiting with friends the next day!

Next week is the tournament. I can already identify which team is potentially to be the champion! The ultra Male team: Ka Wei and Albert. Well.. more details next week! Can’t wait! But maybe can wait till my sore muscles ease up. hahaha

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