Uneventful eventful Saturday...

Quite an uneventful eventful Saturday.

Confusing, eh? Haha! What I mean is that the Saturday was filled with activities, but all the activities were things I usually do on Saturdays.

As is the case most of the time, I woke up ahead of my alarm. I went to bed a little past midnight. Since there was no work the following day, I was hoping I would get up by 7AM. Guess what? I was up an hour before the alarm went off. Damn body clock! There is probably nothing that can be done about it anymore. Hehe!

Unable to go to sleep again, I decided to just get up, head to the kitchen with my bag of dirty clothes and do my laundry. While waiting for laundry, I ate my cereals while watching an episode of Arrow.

By 10AM, I made my way to Jurong East for the gym. One "new" thing about this Saturday is that Mon decided to join me and Tipz for our crazy class combo of Pump x Combat. Haha! It was really nice of Mon to join since it was literally a journey to the West for him. HB Boy joined us at the gym much later. He went for his swim, while Mon, Tipz and I punched and kicked in Combat.

By the time we left the gym, it was already 3PM. We headed to eggs n' berries for a very late lunch/breakfast/brunch. The good thing about going to restaus at that time is that there are no queues. Yay! egg n' berries is a good brunch place. Their first branch is at Expo. PG Boy and I used to go to that place when he was still living in Tampines. I was more than pleased when I saw that another branch was opened in Westgate.

Time really just does fly so fast. It was already 4PM when HB Boy and I said buh bye to Tipz and Mon. Tips stayed behind at Westgate to check out Tokyo Hands. Mon headed back to the city to run some errands. HB Boy and I had our own unplanned plans.

Further proof that time moves so fast? Our unplanned plans lasted until 1030, I think. Lol! Having made the trip to Jurong East, I thought I'd accompany HB Boy back to his place in the north. Usually, we part ways at the MRT station. Last night, I walked him back to his place. It wasn't far from the MRT. But by Singapore standards, I would say it is far. LOL!

I'm not complaining. It's one more "walk" that can be added to the list of "walks" that we usually do. Richie once said, referring to me and HB Boy, "That's your thing, no? Going for walks." Hmm, I guess it is. I dunno. That's one of the things I like to do I guess. I'm glad that HB Boy seems to like to do the same thing.

Back on the mat...

After a year or so of not praticing yoga, I'm back on the mat.

I've finally found yoga class schedules to fit my schedule. Hehe!

So far, I've been successful at attending classes twice a week - one Gentle Yoga and one Hot Flow. However, I still have to get myself to attend the Thursday morning Hatha Yoga class.

Argh! So far, I have been unsuccessful. I would always wake up at 6AM and it is just too late to get to the gym by 7.

However, I am happy because I've been able to fit the morning workout on three out of the five work days. Monday morning is for Combat. Yeah, Combat at 7AM. Tuesday is for Gentle Flow. Wednesday is for Body Pump.

I have been enjoying the morning classes a lot because 1.) the classes are not packed at all. There is room to kick, to stretch, to lift; 2.) I feel energized almost the entire day (I would only feel sleepy when I have an unclean lunch. Haha!); 3.) I feel that I'm able to maximise my day.

Going to the gym for 7AM classes means zzz-ing by 1130 at the latest. It's okay though. Since I moved to SG, staying awake past midnight has always been a challenge. Hehe! And I tell you, PG Boy will tell you, I have no problems zzz-ing at 11PM or at 10PM. Hehe! It's a gift.

Back to yoga, I hope to be able to keep attending the classes. Being away from the mat for more than a year has made me less limber again. Huhu! I just want to be able to do a bakasana. I'm not even aiming for a headstand. Hehe.

Oh well...

Caught dancing on a Thursday night... aka my own Hayden Kho scandal... Haha

Hehehe! Found this on the Multiply site of a classmate at the gym.

So this is what I'm getting myself into every Tuesday and Thursday night. Engel dragged me into this, and I sort of dragged Mich into it. Hehe!

The guy who teaches the class is Reagan Cornelio. He is (or he was??) a member of the Philippine All Stars.

The first 30 minutes of the class, we do a series of routines. For the second half of the class, Reagan introduces new choreography every four or six sessions. He's a good teacher. Very patient and he tries to adjust the choreography according to the class' level of proficiency. Hehehe!

Anyway, this was the most recent song we were dancing to. Wait, my classmates were dancing and I was trying to make it look like I was dancing. Hehe!

The music is O'Neal McKnight's Champagne Red Lights. Before this, we did Akon's Keep You Much Longer. Both songs I absolutely enjoyed, but Champagne Red Lights had more manageable choreography for mere mortals. Haha!

Can you see the struggling boy in the third row? Hahaha!

Hinay hinay sa pang-okray, okay? Hehehe!

What keeps most of my weekday nights busy...

Only because I have nothing better to write about. Hehe!

This is where I've been spending my weekday nights and Saturday noontimes - the spinning room and/or the dance studio at Gold's Glorietta.

I really didn't think that I would be the gym-going kind of guy. I once told Tey that that was one thing missing in my "happy" DNA, and it seems like I'm proven wrong. Hehe! It is only now that I'm really beginning to appreciate the gym.

I'm particularly addicted to the group classes. First is the spinning.

My first taste of a spinning was a couple of years ago at the Fitness First in ABS. Edsel invited me to a trial workout, and I absolutely enjoyed the spinning. I was close to having a cardiac arrest that afternoon when I got off the bike, but I was really happy because I really enjoyed the group class.

Unfortunately, that was the only time I got to do spinning. I was working in Manila then and at that time, no FF in Robinson's yet. Then FF came but membership was quite expensive. I just wasn't ready to shell out a monthly fee of P2K++.

When I found out about the deal between Gold's and my workplace, I took advantage of it. It was a super good deal. The monthly fee is super, super dirt cheap, and the membership type is the one where I can work out in any branch of Gold's. Woohoo!

So since February, I've been attending the spinning classes in Glorietta, and I'm in love with it. The week is incomplete whenever I would miss the class, and I try to really squeeze in the group class in the crazy work sched.

I've already attended the classes of three out of four (I think) instructors and each one has its own pros. I love David's Monday and Wednesday class (8PM) because his method of teaching and motivation is notable. You can tell if a person is really a teacher. And David is. Even when we're all dying already in the last 15 minutes, he can still push us to our limits.

I love Toby's Tuesday and Thursday class (6:30PM) and Saturday noontime because his music is really great. Some students probably get tired of hearing the same set almost every week but not me. I easily fall into habit, so I have no problem listening to Mary J. Blige's Just Fine every week. Hehe!

Emy's class is also good (Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM) and her way of handling the class is quite unique as well. You'll hear a lot of yelling from her and from the students. Hehe!

Uhm, I seldom attend her class though because it's as the same time as the street dance class, which colleague Engel got me to start attending. Hehe!

That leads me to the other class I love. Every Tuesday and Thursday, close to maybe fifty people dance to Akon, Usher, Craig David, among others, while I try to make it appear like I'm dancing as well. Haha! The class is quite popular. I dunno if it's because of the teacher - Philippine All Stars' Reagan or if it's because of the dance routine. Or maybe both. What is great about Reagan is that the routine he teaches may be difficult but still doable by mere mortals. No side steps or grapevines here. Hehe! Although there were a couple of times I swear I was going to get into an ACL injury because of all the twisting. Hehe!

For the past few weeks, we've been working on Akon's Keep You Much Longer and so far, it's the song and dance routine that I love, love, love the most. Hehehe! Last night we started on O'Neal McKnight's Champagne Red Lights.

What I'm really lazy at though are the machines. The basic weights I try to do as much as possible, but the machines, oh the machines. Not only do I get bored by it, I only stick to the ones I know how to operate. Hehe!

My membership is going to expire this July. I'll have to make a loan to pay for another year's membership, but it's okay because I can still avail of the special rate. Plus, at least I don't have to worry about paying for it for the next 12 months, errr... make that 13 months since we get an extra month free if we enroll for a year. Okay na din.

Now if only my "happy" DNA would continue to evolve so that I could learn how to be grossed out by carbs. Hahaha!