Singapore weekend

Hello peeps, I am back in one piece after surviving the 10km run at the SCSM2009! It was a fantastic weekend with lots of yummy good food, shopping and enjoying the merriment that Christmas brings.

 

As for the run, it was a real eye-opener experience as never have I attended a properly organized marathon of such a scale! First off, it’s an international marathon and secondly it attracted more than 50,000 people to participate! It was really really grand… however I did quite poorly, finished 10km in 1 hour 18 minutes which is so embarrassing as compared to the result during Klang Pacer. Why? Well I only had barely three hours of sleep on Saturday night (not to mention boozes) let's just say I’m just so glad we didn't chicken out from the race. There were so many times I felt the strong urge to give up once passing the 5km mark!

 

I’m happy that I made it but the lack of discipline is a lesson learnt. Anyway, I had a great time in Singapore ( thanks to Jacky Phang for showing me around) checking out the latest and most trendy malls and also chill out places.

 

And oh, I also went back to Clark Quay after 12 years of MIA! It surely has changed a lot, not that I could remember how it used to look like… just feels really nice to be back there again. :)

Rewind: Michelle’s Hen Night (Part1)

If you need ideas on planning for a bachelorette night, then read on.

As the maid of honor for Bin’s wedding last year December, part of the “duty” was to organize a hen night party for her prior to the wedding.  It took some time to do research on the games and got all the girls together but the turn out was worth every effort.

Facebook Event comes really handy. It saves you time from the tedious calls down to confirm their attendance or to inform people for any changes made to the event. It really saved me from a lot of headaches.

I even created a simple banner! :)

It’s always good to have a theme so that everyone’s attire can be in synch, it would also look nicer in the photos.

SKY

Pilates & Yoga

To my surprise abs and hips don’t hurt as much as I’ve expected after my very first pilates class last night. Man the workout was tough though! I mean, I’ve been doing yoga regularly for a while now and is beginning to feel the difference as my body is getting stronger; there’s no better feeling than to know you can complete every pose that you previously thought was impossible.

Anyway back to Pilates. I’ve attended chi-Pilates classes before and it’s a dynamic workout on body movement. In Pilates, I learnt that breathing and concentration is very important in order to stay balanced and to make each pose possible; it is quite different than yoga. Pilates focuses on abs, hips and back and apparently after a long period of practice you’ll get a flat stomach and a dancer-like bodyline!  ( now who doesn’t want that right?)

Moderation and persistence is key to any workout.

My Sister’s Keeper

I just finished reading the book “My Sister’s Keeper” late last night which totally bawled my eyes out. I’m not really good at doing reviews but this is one book I would recommend anyone to read; it’s fictional but it really makes you ponder upon the important things in life and values on family ties. How, in practice, we see morals more important than ethics and how love transcends law. I won’t spill too much here but in general, the story is about a sixteen year old girl suffering from a rare type of leukemia and her younger sister was genetically formed to be a perfect match for any donations she needed to help fight the disease.

Now I am really looking forward to watch the movie as I heard the movie ending is different from the book.

http://www.jodipicoult.com/my-sisters-keeper.html

Bin’s Birthday

I went back to Ipoh during end of October for my bestfriend’s birthday. She's a 4 months preggar who has just recently surpassed her rather challenging first trimester, so the girls in hometown and I decided to bring her out for a nice dinner on her big day.

Nothing too fanciful and yet cozy enough for a fun girly night out together. We had dinner at this recommended restaurant called Citrus Cafe followed by karaoke sesh. ( both places were my first visit)

We were just drinking "ribenas" while Michelle was only allowed sky juice. :)

And oh check out the sumptous meal we had!

Happy birthday, Bin! xoxo

Terry Fox Run 2009

Today is my third year taking part in the annual Terry Fox Charity Run. It was a very humid and hot Sunday.

I like their shirt design for this year

before the race started

Deepavali

Last Thursday was the company Raya and Divali open house for all employees at Celcom. Being in a multi-racial country, our company will throw big parties for major festivals (along with the public holiday) to promote the notion of One Malaysia.   

Sand Art at the lobby

Photo moment with our CEO, Dato’ Sri Shazali Ramli

Me and Mr. Blackberry

Team Group Photo

Weekend means

 a refreshing 6km run in the morning. The after rain breeze was rather cooling.

being pampered by eldest brother on happy food

Chocolate and Green Tea ice-cream at Gelatissimo

pigged out at Plus One Shabu Shabu, Imbi KL for Tim’s birthday celebration

Sunset

Drove past this amazing sunset on my way from work yesterday