Making Doe Eyes....

Prologue: After yesterday's bout of cryptic posting, we are now back to the regular programming.

Since last weeks Shanti's Combat night, had not seen Shades at all...let alone make doe eyes at him. Have not been stalking him...apparently I'm too busy stalking someone else.

BH and I showed up, observed the instructor, instead of our reflections in the mirror( like the good members we are), then had dinner with him, only to have him claim I'm "looking at him funny" and be warned that if we don't show up next week, he'll bitch about it. Woi! You trying to increase blog traffic arr? Just remember, Who's your daddy?????

Anyway, Shades class is always good lar..queing spot on, instructions always clear. If you wanna know how good an instructor is, just look at the newbies...if they can follow and are not lost, doing their own thing, then he's good. If it's full of regulars, but they're all doing their own and sometimes wrong thing, then he sucks. Shades is one of the former...so is Renee, who showed up last night, and Jason, Eugene, You, most of the step instructors, Eric and Lynn....acthelli most our FF instructors la.

Shades, though being HT for BC, when he heard Renee was gonna be in class, asked her to give feedback...that shows quite a bit of humility and have to give kudos to him for that. It shows he is constantly trying to improve himself, which in the end means better instructor for us..no wonder he is HT.

Over dinner we had a lot to bitch about....hehehe...deciphering cryptic posts all. Kekeke...But Shades, sorry lar dude. I only have eyes for BH these days ( sound of readers barfing)...after all, he's willing to bear the pain of childbirth for me..if ever it were possible lar. How to get a man like that?

I think my receptionist has caught on....

These days, my appointment at 6 is always taken...I just don't know though how my receptionist manages to get the 6 o'clock to come in late, thereby screwing any chance of me finishing by 6.15 and dashing off for class. By the time I get into my car to drive, Teoh's class would already have started. I wish I could disapparate and transform...that way I can apparate in class, all transformed from office wear to work out wear in an instant...sigh..

Though I'll miss Teoh's class terribly, I have found an alternative. Tried it out yesterday..Finally made it to Riyo's class last night. She actually pointed out that I haven't been in any of her classes since she gave up combat and that's eons ago! No doubt she was surprised to see me in her BS class...hehehe. It was a great workout..my bum aches, my legs wobbly. I wonder how I'm gonna do my weights today?

As for Tuesdays...well, there's always Shades, isn't there? It's Shades...can never go wrong one, sure to work up an unbelievable sweat. It's either because he's damn good or I work extra hard in his class..I try real hard NOT to curi tulang mah, bad for ego...heh. I guess now I really have no excuses not to hit the gym.

Tuesday nite requests

Ok, I've put up the list for next Tuesday's combat in Uptown...any other suggestions and requests welcome..will submit to Shades by Saturday, otheriwse as I said earlier..BC 19...EUUUGGHHHHH.

All requests will be entertained...unless there are multiple requests for the same track, then I decide which one I want, lar, ok? Requests from non-participants in Singapore also welcome...so, fill in the blanks, people

Sayang, tengok sini, KIRI

Made it for Jason's BC at The Curve yesterday evening. Finally doing combat after a long hiatus. My legs felt so much lighter after all the BS and RPM classes...but my arms...hmmmph. Like jelly. Couldn't hook,jab,cross or upper without strain and definitely no power. I was all over the place! Looks like I need more practice.

By track 3, I'd lost the contact lens in my right eye and was winking at God knows who and Jason on stage...NOT on purpose. Must have been all that winking that made him single me out...and the dimmed lights at track 5 ( Lady Marmalade) made me shake muh bootie. Sigh, the things I do to embarrass myself.

I dunno if it was because it was a newbie class or if Jason was tired from the pump class he taught earlier, but the dude was taking it a bit too easy for my liking. His techniques, well, I have seen him do much better, power too. But it was an enjoyable class nonetheless, managed to work up a sweat and have to say, Combat makes me sweat more than BS lar..heh.

At the final tracks, noticed two late comers...well three, including YouKh who came in for conditioning. Diha and Elaine were here too...strange, I thought they'd end up at Axis..well, they came in from track 6 onwards, and suddenly the class got a bit noisier..hehehe. Them Amazons.

YouKH, was slated to do Jam right after...that's what he thought and what anyone who checked the online schedule thought. But anyone reading the board at The Curve would think it was Leo's class, cos her name was on it. What really happened? Dunno...in the end, it was JUWITA on stage with You. You, in true Diva style, managed to smile through on stage...though I bet he must be thinking his class got hijacked..poor fella. Can't blame Juwita either...someone must have told her to cover Leo...hmm....

Finished by 8, rushed home to blog...but TMNet was out, so ended up watching Grey's till episode 20 of the latest season. Legs and now arms hurting...if all goes well, I'll head for another torture session of RPM tonight.

Not so leisurely Monday in Leisure Mall

Mondays always prove challenging. It's a busy day, with many patients to attend to. On top of that, yesterday was only the 3rd day my new assistant was on the job, hence a very tired me. It takes a lot of repetition ( and patience) to train a new DSA, especially one just out of school.

Thankfully she's not all that blur and can pick up quite quickly, but the learning curve is steep. Just have to keep taking very DEEP breaths. Am amazed that my patients too are very patient once we explain the situation, enough to give the new ( and slower) girl a chance. Least she's not as bad as what I've had to work with before and for that, I'm very thankful.

Plus, the BOSS came back from hols and guess who had the guts to give him a status report on all the mice happily playing while the cat was away? The usual office politics, with a dash of drama and blame slinging thrown in is enough to create a huge headache. So, by the time I finished the last patient, I was eager enough to get out of there and into the jam around the mall.

It took me a good 45 minutes to reach LM. BH, who had left before me, reached 10 minutes ahead...but since he'd been pointing out that we have not been back in our home gym for a while...I felt it was ok la. After hours, everywhere also jam what? Might as well make a trip "home" where the canto pop stars roam.

LM is way different from the others...almost to the point you need a visa to get in...hehehehe. The official language is Cantonese, the official stand is...So What? We like it OUR way...hehehe. LM members got spunk, I tell you. They'll joke about fishballs, height and mannerisms and they don't really care who's on stage. If it's a class they wanna attend, they'll show up, no matter who's teaching.

So anyway, we were there for combat...it was 32 ALL THE WAY, I can't stress it enough, Track 1 :32, Track 2 :32 , Track 3:32, you get the point.Teeheee. After a week plus of not doing combat, I can still hook!!! But as BH said, no power. What to do? No practice mah.

It was Cheng and Nicholas on stage, both have gotten better since I last saw them. Cheng's instructions were very clear, timing is good and I'm sure newbies can follow. Nicholas has got more power, he just has to get rid of the accent. So the combo of the two of them, made for a very enjoyable class. The class was packed as usual, it's LM, its always packed, except for 5.30 classes lar. the usual LM suspects were in class, with a few who have gone astray...by that I mean to IOI.

Finally got my groove for combat back....am feeling it now. Mostly in my shoulders. Looks like I'm gonna be back in combat class soon...can't wait till next week when they start mixing!!! Will probably still carry on terrorising the RPM and BS classes, and might even someday, actually terrorise a Jam class...