I had to get up real early this morning to go for a walkathon and it was a torture cos last night i stayed up pretty late to update my blog (and YM-ing on the side...hehehehe) while sipping on my X-mas special Toffee Nut Frapp (which is a tad sweet even though i've asked for the light one...hmmm...the usual one would have increased chances of me getting diabetes, i reckon!!) 
Anyway, apparently there's an on-going promo which the barista kindly 'highlighted' to me that upon purchase of 18 (yeah, you read that right) Starbucks beverages, i am entitled to get the Limited Edition Starbucks Coffee 2007 Planner and the promo is from Nov 13 till Jan 2nd! Well, i suppose, if i'm a diehard Starbucks fan, i reckon that's no sweat but for people like me who visit the place like once in a blue moon to take advantage of its wi-fi facility, hmmm, that's fat chance of me getting the planner, i must say!! The waiters were very nice and helpful and even gave me complimentary biscuits and muffins to try...hmmm, perhaps i should change my coffee fix to Starbucks instead of Coffee Bean after all....kakakakaka
I reached the Centrepoint Starbucks at 8am this morning to register myself for the walkathon. The newly-opened Starbucks outlet is a sponsor for the walk and we get free-flow of the freshly brewed coffee and tea. Oh yeah, we also got goodie bags from Starbucks, which included their apple cinnamon muffin (yummy), fruit cake, mug and cap! Not too bad, eh? *chuckle* And all in the name of raising funds for charity too!! The walk was organised by the BU community committee and was to raise funds for the Hope Shelter. I told my friends that since the walkathon is only around 2 plus km, it'll be a walk in the park and we just need to stroll along as though we were talking a walk to the local neighbourhood pasar malam. Muahahaha....Anyways, after all the ding-dong of registration, chit-chatting, drinking our fill of Starbucks beverages, we were flagged off around 9.15am. There were around 200 odd people and consists of senior citizens, families, yuppies and children. We started strolling but was amazed that the 'tai chi' group of senior citizens powered their way to the front line...Wow, it sorta crushed our ego somewhat with the lack of oommmphh the way we were walking compared to them....and we were supposed to be the *ahem* younger and fitter counterparts...hehehehe
A lady committtee member who passed us told us to just enjoy the scenery and not to hurry ourselves in pursuit of the faster walkers. CC commented that it's actually very hard for us to be disqualified as we lacked the energy to even run or jog our way through, much less talked about power-walking!!! wakakakaka....Anyways, cos of the 'stiff competition', we ended up walking just for for over 10 to 15 minutes round the neighbourhood block. Which is pretty fast!!! Since, we didn't win any prizes, i took off to go for my gym session.
I got to my freestyle steps class just in time or rather was just 5 minutes late. I was lucky there was still a spot at the corner of the room. It wasn't the best spot as i could hardly see BCow even though he was wearing a striking yellow top! hehehe...He did the sashay thingy (again!!! am beginning to think it's gonna be permanent chory) and i just sorta skip my way through that part...today, he did a dunno-what very fast motion side tap thingy (hmmm...must check with LM what's it called) and at a certain juncture, the whole class got confused again!! And i think this time round, BCow also got mixed-up...hahahaha....LM told me that the next level of freestyle steps consists of more combos and is faster paced! Ho-hum....i reckon then it'll definitely be awhile before i can advance to the next level lor....
Next, i joined in BP class as it's been ages since i last did BP...reckon it must be 2 weeks past. Tracks were mainly from older releases so i'm not really sure of the songs. Familiar ones were only Phantom of the Opera (torturing chest track) and Left Outside Alone, which is DC's fave. After BP, i summoned my last ounce of strength to go for BC! After the 2nd track, i gave up as my legs were screaming in pain!!! I signalled to LM and we both got out to take a breather!!! *Groan* that's all the punishment the body can take for a day, man!!
Anyway, apparently there's an on-going promo which the barista kindly 'highlighted' to me that upon purchase of 18 (yeah, you read that right) Starbucks beverages, i am entitled to get the Limited Edition Starbucks Coffee 2007 Planner and the promo is from Nov 13 till Jan 2nd! Well, i suppose, if i'm a diehard Starbucks fan, i reckon that's no sweat but for people like me who visit the place like once in a blue moon to take advantage of its wi-fi facility, hmmm, that's fat chance of me getting the planner, i must say!! The waiters were very nice and helpful and even gave me complimentary biscuits and muffins to try...hmmm, perhaps i should change my coffee fix to Starbucks instead of Coffee Bean after all....kakakakakaI reached the Centrepoint Starbucks at 8am this morning to register myself for the walkathon. The newly-opened Starbucks outlet is a sponsor for the walk and we get free-flow of the freshly brewed coffee and tea. Oh yeah, we also got goodie bags from Starbucks, which included their apple cinnamon muffin (yummy), fruit cake, mug and cap! Not too bad, eh? *chuckle* And all in the name of raising funds for charity too!! The walk was organised by the BU community committee and was to raise funds for the Hope Shelter. I told my friends that since the walkathon is only around 2 plus km, it'll be a walk in the park and we just need to stroll along as though we were talking a walk to the local neighbourhood pasar malam. Muahahaha....Anyways, after all the ding-dong of registration, chit-chatting, drinking our fill of Starbucks beverages, we were flagged off around 9.15am. There were around 200 odd people and consists of senior citizens, families, yuppies and children. We started strolling but was amazed that the 'tai chi' group of senior citizens powered their way to the front line...Wow, it sorta crushed our ego somewhat with the lack of oommmphh the way we were walking compared to them....and we were supposed to be the *ahem* younger and fitter counterparts...hehehehe
A lady committtee member who passed us told us to just enjoy the scenery and not to hurry ourselves in pursuit of the faster walkers. CC commented that it's actually very hard for us to be disqualified as we lacked the energy to even run or jog our way through, much less talked about power-walking!!! wakakakaka....Anyways, cos of the 'stiff competition', we ended up walking just for for over 10 to 15 minutes round the neighbourhood block. Which is pretty fast!!! Since, we didn't win any prizes, i took off to go for my gym session.
I got to my freestyle steps class just in time or rather was just 5 minutes late. I was lucky there was still a spot at the corner of the room. It wasn't the best spot as i could hardly see BCow even though he was wearing a striking yellow top! hehehe...He did the sashay thingy (again!!! am beginning to think it's gonna be permanent chory) and i just sorta skip my way through that part...today, he did a dunno-what very fast motion side tap thingy (hmmm...must check with LM what's it called) and at a certain juncture, the whole class got confused again!! And i think this time round, BCow also got mixed-up...hahahaha....LM told me that the next level of freestyle steps consists of more combos and is faster paced! Ho-hum....i reckon then it'll definitely be awhile before i can advance to the next level lor....
Next, i joined in BP class as it's been ages since i last did BP...reckon it must be 2 weeks past. Tracks were mainly from older releases so i'm not really sure of the songs. Familiar ones were only Phantom of the Opera (torturing chest track) and Left Outside Alone, which is DC's fave. After BP, i summoned my last ounce of strength to go for BC! After the 2nd track, i gave up as my legs were screaming in pain!!! I signalled to LM and we both got out to take a breather!!! *Groan* that's all the punishment the body can take for a day, man!!
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