Just the other day in the car, we talked about the things we did when we were younger. My son found out a lot about his Dad, that he even wants to have a shirt printed. Guess what? “My Dad is really cool and I didn’t know!” They were even surprised that their Dad knows how to go skateboarding. I told them too that I tried skateboard and roller skates. “Cool,” they said in unison. Ish my daughter wants me to teach her how to ride the skateboard. I looked online for a skateboard, and guess what I found? I found skate shoes instead. I didn’t know that there is a special shoes for skateboarding. I can ride the skateboard with only my slippers on, well maybe because I just did it for fun. But if you take skateboarding seriously, you should be using the proper gear for it.
We have no reason not to exercise anymore. N has always been asking me to go biking with him everyday, but everytime he asks me, I always turn him down. Blame it on the Obagi system I am using since December, it keeps me away from the sun. N feels like we don’t have enough exercise (even if I go belly dancing twice a week), especially my son who does nothing but sit in front of his laptop every single day. He is actually the reason why we bought that treadmill. Now we exercise together, him on the treadmill and me on the bike/stepper. He runs a kilometer, while I do mine about 30 minutes. We want him to run at least 3 kms. in a day, but since he is not yet used to it, we are giving him an allowance for that. Maybe we’d do it gradually. 1 km on the first week until he reaches 3 kms or even more.
Every woman wants a “vavavoom” body. I for one would do anything (haha uber) just to have a body to die for. Nah, I don’t have it yet, and I don’t think I’ll have it. I’m past the age sad to say. And since it’s every girl’s dream is to have a beautiful body, a lot are in constant search for the top diet pills. Err, I am talking about women who find themselves fat. I know it is such a struggle to lose those unwanted pounds, that’s why people go for diet pills that are popular and are known to really work.
Yeah it’s the salad again, but this time with a twist, nope not a lemon twist, but I added grilled chicken strips this time. Pardon me but I know how to make just this kind of salad only, and this is what the family eats. Sometimes it’s all veggies, like I add cherry tomatoes and carrots, but since the kids are not really big fan of veggies, I decided to add fruits.
We are putting a kid on a diet, so you’ll be seeing the same salad over and over again, hehe. So far, so good. He finished everything I prepared for him. He didn’t ask for a midnight snack. See he is determined, or is it that he’s only after the reward, like what happened here, #2. His dad promised to get him PS3 if he goes down to 120 lbs…goolay long way to go, like 25 lbs. to shed.
I remember posting a picture of Ballet shoes when I first informed my readers that I was going into this kind of fitness program. I was really excited about since I really love to dance. I’ve tried several fitness programs, but none lasted. It just bored me to death, but not DANCING. Until now i’m still into it. When I finally decided to go into dancing, the first thing I bought was my Dance shoes. I read somewhere that it is really important to have the right dance shoes, because if not it can cause injuries. Of course I don’t like that to happen to me. I made the right decision of owning a ballet shoes. Yes, that’s what I use whenever I go belly dancing. It feels so comfortable and I can move freely. My husband even suggested that I should wear Leotards. Yeah right, I was telling him. Why not? For once I can look like a ballet dancer in my get up. Ballet is actually one of my frustrations. When I was younger, I was asking my Mom to enrol me to this ballet class, but I don’t know how I ended up in Hawaiian class instead.
Anyways back to dancing. Whenever I go to my belly dancing class, I make it a point to wear the proper dance wear. I don’t know but I just feel good in it. I always have the energy to dance. I think it really helps wearing the right dance wear. How about you? Are you wearing the appropriate dance wear whenever you go dancing? If not, let me show you a website where you can buy it at 50 percent less than the retail price. Dancedirect.com/uk/ has everything you need.
Whenever I see auto accessories, I cannot help but think what’s next to put in my 4×4. Oh now I know. I need a bike rack that can hold 2 bikes. You see my husband is sometimes lazy to drive, and most often I find myself being his personal driver. Since I can’t comfortably drive his monster vehicle, it’s time to get my own mini monster (kidding) its own bike rack.
Whenever I see punch bags I always relate it to boxing only. But did you know that punch bags have a variety of uses to include aerobics, stress relief, and as martial arts training equipment? It is a matter of carefully selecting which kind of punch bag matches your needs. I know you’ve seen those hanging punch bags years back, but you seldom see it now. It is because of the hassle of mounting or setting it up. Now more manufacturers are offering free standing punch bags. No installation is needed and you can put it anywhere. It is one of the favorite equipment of people engaged in martial arts. Now you see it in homes too. You know why? It’s a complete workout in itself. The punch bag allows you to kick and punch thereby performing both aerobic and strength exercises which we all know is a good cardio exercise. When you strike on the freestanding punch bag, you develop better muscles.
When it comes to punch bag material, the shell is basically made out of leather, synthetic leather or canvas. Leather material is gaining popularity nowadays because of it’s durability and soft classic feel. It’s quite expensive though compared to the synthetic and canvas. But each of them has it’s own benefit. Take for example synthetic leather, this is mildew resistant and can be easily cleaned by cloth and water. Canvas on the other hand is best when it’s placed outdoor.
The kids have been learning this dance routine (hiphop belly) for about two sessions already. They will perform this at the planned dance recital come December. Nothing is final yet, but hopefully it will push through.
Nobody in the family plays golf, but I have some friends who do, and they say it’s very relaxing. We even have a friend who has long been convincing us to join them when they play golf. We actually haven’t given it some thought, but due to this friend’s insistence my husband is now considering it. He has done some basics in the past with his friend, and he says it’s not a bad idea. If and when he decides, then I won’t have hard time looking for golf clubs and other gadgets needed to play the game. I don’t really need to go for the highend brands for a start, maybe I would go for the items on sale at Theworldofgolf.com, and have it shipped to my sister’s address in the US, anyway shipping is free for items above $50. This would be a wonderful birthday gift when he celebrates his nth birthday this November.
This is what N did to my bike, he converted it temporarily so I can “bike” indoor. I have not been biking at the Mall of Asia for how many months now, since I started taking care of the cooking here at home. Don’t ask me if I’ve used it already, lol. You won’t like my answer. Yes, I am a lazy bum, even forgetting about those weights I bought. But I realized I need to do it. Promise, tomorrow I’m gonna do it. You can check on me, yeah I like that, gives me the motivation to do it. Especially now, that I don’t do anything but sit my butt out in front of the laptop. There are just certain areas in our body that need attention, and I can’t get it all by doing belly dancing. Agree?
“Sweet, let’s join Tour of the Fireflies” N was telling me one night. It’s fun, it’s an experience, and there’s even a 4 yr. old boy who joined last year. Since it’s fun and all, I immediately said YES. Then I went to google it…WHAT? 50 km? around Metro Manila? (I know, I should have asked for the details before saying YES) And I go, sweet I don’t think I can, it’s a 50 km tour, I don’t think my body can handle it. And he goes “kaya mo yan (you can do it), you have enough cardio exercise, there’s your belly dancing and you’ve been playing badminton lately”.Well, who can say NO to that. I’m really excited, I’m all geared up to do it. It’s a once in a lifetime experience, and yeah if my body decides to quit halfway, then I can always take my bike and ride the truck =)
Josh has been playing every afternoon for an hour at the 4th floor (supposedly our badminton court, but still unfinished). I even joined them one afternoon coz I heard their voices and they were having so much fun. I really didn’t intend to play that afternoon. But seeing them having a great time, I joined them, too lazy to change into the correct footwear. Too scared to play in my havaianas, I played barefoot (yeah call me cheapskate or something). The result? I had blisters…hmmmp I didn’t like to destroy my havaianas you know :)Seeing how Josh enjoyed, I invited him to go play at the court nearby…now he is making it a regular thing. I’m just waiting for him to tell me that he again wants to be trained (we enrolled him in 2004 but only finished half of the training as we were scheduled to have a vacation).
See how my darling boy’s soooooo serious about his fitness program…will he lose weight?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Me: what is it babe?
Josh: oh never mind Mom…i heard you sigh (which I did), maybe I asks too many questions.
It has always been this way (not the sigh part), whenever we’re in the car, Josh talks non-stop. Occasionally he’s being joined by his sister Ish. They sound like tweeting birds. I used to tell them, hey I can’t concentrate on my driving, can you please lower your voice or just give me some peace and quiet til we reach the place?
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Josh: what’s a virgin Mom?
Me: person who didn’t have sex yet (I assumed he knows about the sex part)
Josh: oh so that makes me a virgin, and I guess i’m gonna be a virgin forever.
Me: and why do you say that?
Josh: because I don’t want to have annoying kids, just like me!haha…so he figured he can get annoying sometimes huh =)
Summer vacation officially starts today for the kids, though they have to be back 2 more days, 17th for Josh’s Reading Diagnostic Test, (he was one among the five picked by the teacher to participate) and the 27th (Josh) 28th (Ish) to get the report card.
Today also marks the start of our fitness thingy. We went all the way to Mall of Asia (MOA) to jog. It’s more like jog…walk…jog…walk… It’s actually a first for the kids so I don’t wanna force them. We only did 3 kilometers and they’ve survived it, although Ish and the Yaya (nanny) did a short cut, cutting down the 3 km by about 200 meters. I encouraged Josh to finish it (he needs it badly) which he did. We are happy that they love it and we don’t need to drag them into doing it.
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