Sensibility

Today at work, I found out some disturbing news about unfair treatment. Favoritism in the office is nothing new but when unfair treatment is being practised openly, it is just wrong. It sends a wrong message to other employees. It de-moralises the affected employees. So quick to judge, criticise and blacklist when one made mistakes but gives no credit when that person delivers. I feel bad for a couple of colleagues who are being unfairly judged. I know I won't like it if I am in their shoes. Don't do upon others what you don't like being done to you. It's all about karma.

Work aside.....

Was at the gym last evening and saw something which annoyed me for some time already....happened before. One lady, in the changing room, was on the bench texting and has no sense to see that the bench she was sitting on was pushed very close to the lockers. I somehow managed to slide my tiny frame in between the bench and available locker. Opened the locker door, put my bag in and was ready to go change when I noticed that the lady kept glancing behind as if afraid that I was peeking into her sms because of the close proximity. Talk about stupidity! She couldn't push the bench further away issit? I barely had enough room to turn anyway. Sensing her consciousness, I purposely stood behind her and took my own sweet time to slowly rummaged thru my bag....making her even more nervous...hahaha.

Ok, all evil aside, I had a more enjoyable time embracing the new Body Combat 37 in my 2nd attempt. Found out that the correct name for the Capoiera martial art in Track 6 is Esquiva, and not Skiva (which sounded like the lingerie brand...teehee). Esquiva, a form of Capoiera, is more on evasion than contact. Whatever it is, somehow to me, Capoiera is more of a dance form than martial art.

I like this new Combat release purely because there are lots of scissors and I love scissors purely because it's a reminder that my knees are fine.....touch wood! The next few classes will be more on refining the techniques.

I'm beat

Returned to pumping and combating today after skipping those classes for almost 2 weeks. I swear, my stamina and strength levels have dipped significantly of late. For the past 2 months, my attendance record at the gym has been quite pathetic really. For the kind of membership fee that I am currently paying, it certainly didn't look worth it.

I returned in time for the Les Mills new releases. I did not anticipate much changes in Body Pump 67 and I was right...although I must say the warm up track was a little weird, kinda messy. Squat Track has plenty of bottom halves. Tricep Track quite a killer especially with the kickback towards the end. It seemed to go on and on. Shoulder track, which I also failed miserably, was simply wicked. Plank crunch was something new introduced into this release for the Abdominals Track. It's gonna take me a while to adapt myself to my once a week Body Pump workout, instead of the usual 3 classes per week. It will definitely affect my weights selection and improvement.

The new Body Combat 37 has plenty of new movements, noticebly the Brazilian capoeira in Track 6, which I think is called "skiva", or something like that. Lots of squats and lunges. Not something that I was looking forward to, considering that, just an hour earlier, I was doing squats and lunges too, in Pump. Thighs were still burning from that. The Muay Thai track has 64 knees, on each side. Conditioning track started off with crunches, followed by wide and tricep push ups, something I was able to do relatively well, thanks to all those time spent doing Body Pump. Overall, this new release was not bad. Music wise, I'm not too crazy about it.

It was raining heavily when I was leaving the gym but I was able to rush home, shower and grab a bite to eat before leaving for my facials. I was looking forward to the shoulder massage, which I needed, especially after an exhausting afternoon. Unfortunately for me, the beautician did not do a good job, unlike the usual times. I left the facial centre with a throbbing headache, something which I had been experiencing intermittently on a daily basis for a week already.

Looking forward to an early rest tonite and hope for better health ahead.

Amazing Race Asia 3 - Early season prediction

Amazing Race Asia Season 3, otherwise known as TARA, started airing last month with much anticipation and is now into Episode 4. With 10 brand new teams, this season has been dubbed "The Toughest Race Ever". This makes me wonder....if Season 3 is the toughest race ever, does that make Season 4 and beyond cupcakes then?

As predicted, there are more models, actresses, beauty queens , TV personalities in TARA than the average Joes. For entertainment purposes, this isn't all that bad. It boosts ratings, no? Sure, we all want the "normal" people to win the race but let's face it, deep down in our hearts, we like the existence of these celebrities in this show, even though we bitched about it. Bear in mind, if you are not from this elite group, don't bother applying to be in this race. Really. Don't waste your time.

My top 3 this season - Henry & Bernie (Team M'sia), Sam & Vince (Team HK), Ida & Tania (Team M'sia). I think these 3 teams are very competitive, strategise well and don't bitch at each other. Key ingredients to winning.

Early season awards (drum roll please):

Most Likely to Win it all - Sam & Vince (Team Honkies).

Most Likely to Win the most legs - Henry & Bernie (Team Bolehland).

Most Dramatic - Niroo and Kapil (Team Capati), thank god they were eliminated in the last leg. How much more drama can we take?

Most Laidback - A.D. & Fuzzie (Team Kiasu)

Most Annoying - Ida & Tania (Team Bolehland), but hey, still one of my favorites.

Most Dumbest - Natalie (Team Tomyam). Sorry Natalie, you are alone in this one.

Most Misunderstood - Geoff & Tisha (Team Pinoys), I see nothing wrong with Geoff.

Most Untrustable - Oliver & Mai (Team Tomyam). Karma bites, dude.

Teams that have already been eliminated thru Episode 4:

Leg 1 - Neena & Amit (Team Capati) - dunno much about them.

Leg 2 - William & Isaac (Team Kimchi) - So much hopes for this duo.

Leg 3 - Natalie & Pailin (Team Tomyam) - Quitter. (singular)

Leg 4 - Niroo & Kapil (Team Capati) - Quitters.

For the last 3 legs, Team Bolehland Malaysia has been first at the pitstops so congrats...Malaysia Boleh! Woohoo! Tune in to Amazing Race Asia 3, which airs on AXN, Thursdays @ 9pm. For more details, log on to http://amazing-race-asia.axn-asia.com/index.php.