Magical Night

Being a witch was somewhat fun!!

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• 5 full days of meetings-company dinners-presentations is not fun (even though I was at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn...)
• For 1 week I was stressing on my slides. I kept adding and deleting them. Thankfully, my boss is super nice and patient. At my insistence, he went through them with me day after day.
• My maiden marketing roll out went smoothly with massive support from my boss. *relieved*
• On Saturday evening, I was mentally and physically exhausted plus I had to work the next day. That's why I bailed on the mini-marathon. Sorry, guys!!
• But I'm super proud of each and every one of you: Sharon, Mei-Foong, Simon, Saw Wen, De Way, Jason, John, Tze Wei and Chin Teik (I'm not proud of you, Kelvin, cos you've participated in the Penang Bridge Run so this is chicken shit in comparison). Especially Chin Teik, who completed the run in 45 mins and won a medal!!! Woot!!!

PS: Thanks for drawing my attention to Blogger's new feature, Jason. :)

John's quote

"It's ok to notice A6-es everywhere. But it's not ok when you see other cars as A6-es."

Well said, my friend. :)



PS: Did you know that for RM113.95, you can be Harry Potter? And for RM69.95, you can be a witch!

WODs

Will you guys kill me if I bail on the run? With a really good reason?

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Mei-Foong alerted us about the Putrajaya Night Race on 6 February. The smart-ass in me asked everyone to join. 13 of us registered. Some caved in under duress (read: Chin Teik).

I don't even know why I registered cos I hate running. Period. How can a person who hates running even run a marathon? It's an oxymoron.

Anyhow, I decided to get off my butt and train so I won't finish last. The fact that I've a (psycho) Personal Trainer who bugs me via e-mail, calls and sms helps. So this has been my workout for the past 2 weeks. My confidence level is rising as the days go by. I believe I can do this!

However, as all things in my life, there is some drama. I will be having 3 full days of meeting before and on the day of the marathon plus a full day of team building activities the day after. Omfg.

I seriously hope to have the energy to show up for the run. But if I don't make it on 6 February, the training I've undergone (and will be undergoing) is well worth the RM66 I paid for myself, Chin Teik and my (psycho) Personal Trainer, Tze Wei.

The fact that we Mangkuks actually wake up so friggin' early every Saturday to train amazes me!! And the fact that Sharon ran a whole lap around the Subang Lake today (23 January) is super impressive!! Gambateh!!!

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WOD 230110 @ Subang Lake

Jog 2.25 rounds = 2.5km
Brisk walk 3 rounds = 3.3km


WOD 200110 @ MPSJ

Jog 4 laps = 1.6km
Brisk walk 3 laps = 1.2km


WOD 180110 @ Gym

Treadmill 5 mins @ 5.5kmph, 12%
Treadmill 25 mins @ 6.5 kmph, 0% = 3.21km
Bicycle sit ups @ 80
Bicep push-ups @ 20
Tricep push-ups @ 10
Assisted dips 5 reps @ 33.8kg x 5 sets
Assisted pull ups 5 reps @ 33.8kg x 5 sets
Shoulder press 12 rounds @ 10 pounds x 3 sets


WOD 160110 @ Subang Lake

Jog 1 round = 1.1km
Brisk walk 2 rounds = 2.2km


WOD 110110 @ Gym

Treadmill 30 mins @ 5.5 kmph, 12%
Sit ups @ 15
Alternate Lunges @ 15
Squats @ 15
Assisted dips 5 sets @ 33.8kg x 5 reps
Assisted pull ups 5 sets @ 33.8kg x 5 reps

SOTW

T-Rex

I was hankering for some live rock music so the gang went over to HRC after we loh sang. It was T-Rex's final performance, The Big Band starts performing tonight.

Their 1st set consisted of slow pop rock tunes, which made us sleepy. The 2nd set was my favourite, with contemporary and '90s rock tunes. In the 3rd set, they played R&B and heavy rock.

Performance and song-wise, they couldn't compare to Switchgroove (of course!). But I was thoroughly amused by the antics of Ju a.k.a. Russell and Tze Wei.

1. When they performed Metallica's Enter Sandman, Ju & Tze Wei got so emo they held hands at the part of the song that said: "Take my hand off to Never Never Land"
   
   
2. During the intro to The Killer's Mr Brightside, the vocalist asked, "Do you know this song?" and Ju yelled back, "Yes! I know it very well!!"
   
   
3. When Ju and I heard the intro to No Doubt's Sunday Morning, we looked at each other, covered our mouths with both our hands and screamed like school girls.
   
   
4. Tze Wei and I were delirious when they played System of a Down's Chop Suey for we were super excited about the part of the song that goes: "Wake up! Put on a little makeup!"
   
   
5. Ju's motto of the night was: "Meet me at the hotel, motel, Holiday Inn" complete with dangling of keys and cheeky grin. *sweat*

Man, it was super fun! Except for the fact that the noise was super loud.

I mean, I've been to HRC many times and I've been to clubs, concerts and even F1 for goodness' sake. But none of these have ever made my ears ring for such an extended period of time. My ears are still kinda ringing now, >17 hours post-exposure. And to make matters worse, my hearing is pretty muffled at the moment. Omfg.

I hope I didn't kill my eardrums. Cos T-Rex really isn't worth it.

by Anna-Rina

I *heart* this the most.



Anna, you rock!! :)

SOTW

Me neither!

Un-thinkable? Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart

Discovered these 2 gems while listening to The Element of Freedom.

At first I thought the Un-thinkable was an affair. Then Bee Chin pointed out that it could be two people deciding to act on their homosexual feelings. What do you think?

Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart? I have.

Let's Just Fall In Love Again

JL's White Winter

"It is mad here in Dublin. Minus 1 to 5 degrees with heaps of snow. Last year we had snow for few days, this year it is just crazy. The city is quite pretty with a blanket of snow. Really cover up some of the dirty streets. Enclosed are some pics of our balcony, which we use x1-2 peryear; trying to use a wake board to snow board; pics with Frostie & wife; our snow dog."

JL, thanks for giving us virtual snow. Over here, it rains every evening, which is weird, cos it should start getting hot (the usual pre-CNY weather).

Can't wait to see you and Grace in April!! :)