time of my life

i am having the best time of my life….

and i just had one of the sweetest and most romantic nights ever…

life of an instructor

i am currently working in Camelot as a kayaking and camp instructor.. today was my first day there and i had to be a KI (kayaking instructor) for group of pri sch kids from CHIJ.. initially i thought i was just going to be a safety support (SS) crew either on my kayak or on a powerboat but it turned out that we were doing this ‘relay’ system on kayaks where we would have to sit on an open-decked kayak, take two tiny pri sch kids along with us, with the KI sitting right behind. then 2 person would paddle each time. when we reached the pink buoy, we’d have to turn back, and the front girl would pass her paddle to the girl in the middle, and we’d paddle back to safety.

it’s pretty fun considering that fact that i love kids, and i love outdoors and sports. i haven’t done actual kayaking in a long while, it’s usually open-decked kayaks, like the ones we used in bintan. today’s was somewhat similar. but the waters were maybe 2-3 times more choppy than bintan’s. partly also due to the tides coming in in the afternoon i think.

so i had to do quite a bit of shouting and now i’ve lost a bit of my voice. my throat is sore and i’ve been sipping pi-pa-gao (honey) but it still isn’t working. i have 1 last woods lozenges and it’s somewhere i have to find it!

working as a freelance/part-time instructor be it a GI (group instructor) or KI is pretty interesting.. but it means that i’ll be busy and have to stay over for camps.. at the same time i can choose when i want to go for which camp. but of course when they need ppl i’ll be obliged to help out.

i’m very happy with my life right now and i’d like to thank the people who have made it possible. the support you’ve given me esp when i was in a dilemma whether to give up my MHA internship, or to stay.

i’m so glad that i have made a choice and chose to be an instructor. my passion of the young (teens and kids), imparting skills and values and also my ultimate (all time fav) interest in water sports and outdoors has definitely allowed me to feel a great sense of achievement and happiness while working there..

i hope this will go on forever.. i’m out for now! ciao!

food and exercise

as i was on my way home from apple’s today.. i was looking out of the bus and i was actually pretty surprised to see many people jogging around the neighbourhood. felt rather motivated to do so but i was still quite bloated from the dinner and water so i decided not to.

i have not exercised at all for about 3 weeks already. when i went to the club yesterday, my sisters and i just dipped and played in the wave pool for awhile. other than that i really wasn’t motivated to do anything else. i have a thing for not going to the gym during exam period. not to play squash, badminton, basketball or any sport during the exams – for fear that i might fracture or hurt some part of my body that would directly or indirectly affect the way i’m going to prepare for and take my exams. it’s not paranoia, it’s more of taking precaution, cos’ i’ve had close encounters of friends breaking their arms or injuring their fingers just before an exam. so swimming is the only activity that i allow myself to do… and a bit of light jogging. the sad thing is i have done neither!!

i exercise everyday 2-3 days in the past but i think it’s my record for not working out for 3 weeks haha. surprisingly though i didn’t gain any weight despite indulging in more sinful and unhealthy food which i never would’ve allowed myself to.. such as ferrero rocher chocolates, dark chocolate bars, lotsa’ lotsa’ milk, coco crunch, deep friend food like fries and secret recipe’s chicken cordon bleu… overly oily food… and i also forbade myself from consuming too much carbs cos’ carbs+lack of exercise was what made me gain 7kg over 1 year now that i’ve lost 11kg… i aspire to continue with my healthy weightloss regime, by exercising regularly and eating healthily… though it is alright to cheat during weekends i always believe in a balance. besides if i were to give myself to many rules esp with regards to what not to eat, i would be a very very sad girl! haha.. FOOD IS MY LIFE!

okay.. so… here are my plans for now for the coming 2 weeks:

6may (tues) – swim 1 hour
8may (thur) – kayak and cycle @ sentosa
9may (fri) – swim 1 hour @ chalet (if period doesn’t come)
10may (sat) – jog/cycle 1 hour @ chalet

12-13may – bintan
14may (wed) – gym 2 hours
15may (thur) – NDP training
16may (fri) – swim 1 hour
17may (sat) – east coast park cycle + NDP training

hopefully nothing else changes and i’ll have time to return to my exercise regime of working out at least 3 times a week! coming up of course would be more badminton sessions with apples! and also family hikes to bt timah hill!

with regards to FOOD…. i’ll try my best to slowly cut back down on carbs during dinner. it’s soo hard esp cos’ now i’ve started eating carbs again! maybe i’ll ask helen to cook soup like everynight if im back for dinner! haha. i must get apple’s mum’s soup recipe! tomato..chicken..onion..carrot.. what else? i only see that in the soup but it tastes sooo good!