Original Bootcamp Malaysia : m2d11

And it's my last day of bootcamp for November.

Today was a wee bit better than Tuesday but still it was hardcore.
We had to sprint about six steps and drop to the ground to complete an exercise (either push ups, sit ups, squat jumps, grunts) then repeat the same for about 10 stations.
We went round and round until it was time to stop.

Anyways, when Corporal Dharmin(I'm not sure how his name is spelt) was explaining what we had to do at the stations...Corp Jon was showing the moves to the platoon...and that's when he did his famous butterfly/dolphin/leaf/caterpillar(added today) dive to the ground.
Everyone was entranced okay.
Not many people can float to the ground to do a push up =P

Then Corp Jon had to show us a squat jump.
When he finished...it looked more like a starry squat jump!
Imagine a star fish jumping with arms and legs at the sides.
It was my turn to do the circuit and I reached where Corp Jon was stationed...
I got ready to do my starry squat jump and suddenly I heard him say "Show me your Sailormoon jump" O_O

For those who doesn't know Sailor Moon...

Sailor Moon is the yellow haired gal on the left with the super long twin ponytails at the sides of her head. For the jump...can refer to the gal in the middle =)

I burst out laughing as it was so unexpected...then I jumped and went "wheeee..."
Us gals definitely look quite cute doing a Sailormoon lar...then suddenly I spotted the Pakcik in front of me =P
Wonder if Corp Jon made him to do a Sailormoon too!
It was a happy starry squat jump for about 2-3 stations...then I wasn't so happy about it anymore.

Damn tiring to jump like that okay -_-

Anyways, we ended up in mamak after that.
Many of them left early but Bev and I stayed back to wait for Suanie as she was coming to join us.
Poor gal wasn't at bootcamp today as she's down with the flu.
So we were updating Suanie with the latest gossips/happenings of bootcamp and about the new trainee trainers who were helping out today.

Topic was about the guy trainee and then Suanie asked..."Is he a PT?"
Bev answered "No lar...he's not pretty at all k"
Me and Suanie stared at her..."PT...personal trainer lar"
Bev..."Ohhhhhh...."

Lol...don't know what's on Bev's mind =P

On the drive home, I was thinking how time flies...can't believe I managed to stick with bootcamp for 2 freaking months.
And I'm still alive =)

After 2 months, I feel that I'm healthier and fitter.
I don't feel so sluggish and lethargic anymore which is good.
Definitely stronger as well as my push ups are getting better and grunts doesn't seem so intimidating anymore (though I still hate it).

I love my bootcamp buddies, both trainers and recruits.
Bootcamp wouldn't be the same without them.
We shared lots of tears, laughters, pains, grunts and mud together.
If stinky mud doesn't bring people closer together...I don't know what will =P
No regrets in joining bootcamp (okay lar...maybe a itsy bitsy lil bit when I look in the mirror and spots are glaring back at me...erm...so I'm avoiding mirrors)

Hooyah PJ Bravo!!!
Will miss you all lots =(

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : m2d10

And it ain't getting any easier!

After almost 2 months of bootcamp, one would think that I'll like running a little more than when I started.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

Running is still a pain in my cute ass.
Today we did LOTS of running...too much till I almost gave up and drop dead in the middle of the 'cowdung' padang.
We each got a partner and Suanie was mine, one of us had to run and the other had to do a series of exercises while waiting for the runner to get back.
Then we switch.
The thing is...we try to help one another by running slower (okay..I admit...damn tired until cannot run fast lar) but then...I always find one of the trainers running next to me =(
And they'll encourage me to run faster by going...

"Come on Tracy...pick up the pace"
"Catch up with her (the person running in front of me)"
"Sprint to the end!"
"You can do this...keep going"
"Just a little more (even when I still have half the distance to go!)"

and the best of all...

"She's not that far in front of you...catch up to her!"
Walaueh...that was said to the person running behind me...made me damn stress man.
So obviously I had to run faster lar...takkan just let another Ranger(cannot be Seals or Deltas la) overtake me like that.
Yalar...I know...so kiasu =P
But then at mamak as I was eating my thosai...I started to wonder if there really was someone running behind me at all?
I can't even recall which trainer said it...maybe he was just messing with my head =(
Damn...it was seriously a mental game this morning.
And the gloomy weather didn't help one bit.

All this running was done in 3 rounds of 10 minutes each.
Since we have a partner and assuming we are at the same level of fitness, that means each of us ran about 5 minutes and did exercises for the other 5 minutes.
After the first round, I wanted to just fall to the ground and never get up again.

But then we had to go for round 2.
I was struggling real bad...breathing was in gasps and I probably sounded like I'm taking my last breath.
We were damn happy when Sarge said to take a 2 minutes(yippee!) water break and everyone thought it was warm down after that.

God forbid...we went for round 3 =(
Needless to say...everyone was looking kinda pale on the padang except for our wonderful trainers and a few hardcore Deltas.

Everyone did kinda looked half dead after today's training and no one was complaining about lack of intensity.
Even the final "hooyah" was without it's usual oomph.
Those who were saying training was easy recently got their wish...and almost KO the rest of us in the process.

Anyways...I wanna bitch about something someone said to me at mamak which got on my nerves.
This question was directed at me when this person found out I've been bumming for many moons now.
I've been asked this question many times before in many forms.
I've heard it all.
What made you think you'll be the first one to come up with such an original question?
And what made you think I would actually answer your question truthfully?

It's at the top of my "Most Hated Question List" and it goes like this...

"Don't you think you're wasting your time?"

Well...it's my time and I'll do what I want with it.
MYOFB

Call me defensive. Call me a bitch.
I don't owe anyone any explanations besides people I care to share with.
So there...you can judge me all you like...I'll just bitch about you! 

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : m2d8

And we did it in Padang Merbuk in KL.
Don't ask me where it is located exactly...all I know is it's near the Tugu Negara and bird park.
Since I would obviously not be able to get there without losing my way, I carpooled with Suanie.
It's her bright little idea to go and join KL Bravo =)
We have an official and unofficial reason for crashing into KL Bravo's session today.
Took advantage of it just because we can lar...actually...it's Bring-a-Friend Day so it's no biggie =P

Our official reason and we stand by it is...due to Suanie being back in her hometown this weekend and would miss tomorrow's session while Bev and I missed(thank God!) yesterday's "stinky cow dung" training in Astaka...so we decided to make up for it in Merbuk instead.

As for the unofficial reason...let's just say we weren't disappointed!!! ;P

Anyways...I got up damn early at 5am today and made my way to Centre Point's McD to meet up with the gals at 6am.
Bootcamp only starts at 7am but according to Suanie, it takes bout 40minutes to get there on normal traffic.
Since we didn't want to be late and get grunts, leaving at 6am sounds good enough.
Lo and behold...we got there in less than 15 minutes -_-

Still damn dark when we got there okay...most of the cars should be KL Alpha's.

Spotted a rope at the bootcamp's van..me no likey rope =(

KL Alpha's in the padang...they're there lar...just too dark to see them!

We got there so early and nothing to do so we camwhore abit =P

And I thought the one with the longest arm would be able to take a nice self pic...your arm is not the focus point lar Bev!

Much better =D

Suanie has this weird tendency to do everything in the middle of the road...

Prove that I was in Padang Merbuk and realized it's spelled Merbuk instead of Merbok =D

Innocent looking padang...but it's damn freaking MUDDY!!!

Ample parking space...only wish we had the same in Astaka.

Bev, Suanie and Me after changing out of our dirty stinky muddy bootcamp attire.

This is Bev's 'after' bootcamp outfit. Same shorts different shoes O_o

So not matching lar =P

We went to a Malay stall nearby for breakfast...nasi lemak with cockles, egg and fried chicken =D

I'm never going to Padang Merbuk again for bootcamp.

There's mud and puddles of dirty water EVERYWHERE!

And the mud is so thick....our whole shoe will sink in it.

Then we have the trouble of pulling our feet out of the mud as it kinda suck on the shoe...once you get your feet back, shoes are covered in mud.

I know lar...my shoes are the same colour as the mud but it's still damn disgusting lar.

And the mud stinks really really really bad.

Today we did a circuit where we had to wave a rope, then jumping jacks, push and pull rifle and finally squats with rope.

Bad enough the rifles were coated with smelly mud and then we had to bring it so close to our face...it's also damn tiring man.

I swear the rifles feel heavier...did the trainers add weight to it or is the mud a culprit?

Honestly, rope and mud is a bloody bad combination.

For the rope squats, we had to drape this freaking huge rope on our shoulders and do squats.

And the rope stinks super bad (worst than the rifles!)...it made me gag like crazy.

I almost puke because of it too =(

Muddy rope is not something I want to experience ever again.

So erm...Astaka it is and we're never going to complaint about the mud there ever again.

A salute to the KL platoon for putting up with such smelly muddy conditions all the time.

Who knows...maybe they think it smells good? =P

Broga Hill @ Semenyih, Selangor

Broga Hill is no secret anymore.
Many has made the climb to it's peak and took beautiful pictures.
We wanted to catch the sunrise but unfortunately, a few minutes after we started our journey up the hill, the sky started to light up and we don't even need our torchlights anymore.
I was pretty paranoid about being attacked by mosquitoes during the hike as I sometimes develop horrible allergies to their bites.
We put on lots of mosquito repellant right before heading into the jungle of lalang.

Thankfully, not many mosquitoes were in sight and no one complaint of being attacked by bloodsuckers.
Maybe we were just lucky that the mosquitoes left us alone =)
Which reminds me...I got a free Iced Milo from McD's when tapauing burger for Suanie as we foresee being hungry after reaching the peak.
Should've guessed that things could only get better after that for the trip =)

It's my first time hiking and I'm not sure what I expected of it actually.
I only know it's not going to be easy.
The trail was uneven and narrow. Some parts were pretty steep too.
I got scared many times as it's so easy to slip and just fall into the ravine just next to the trail.
Being a super clumsy person doesn't help much either.
(I constantly trip when walking on flat ground wearing flat shoes -_-)
So it took me quite a long time to actually reach the lower peak.
The Deltas were probably sprinting and I bet they got bored of watching the lalang while waiting for the rest of us to get up there =P

First picture of Broga...

Ruk, Me and Suanie. Yes, I know lar...the view is all lalang

More lalang...

View from the peak we stopped at to rest while Deltas headed for the next peak.

Sean and Tricia demonstrating what you can do up in Broga besides enjoying view of lalangs

Lonely path I took on the way down...

The climb down was even scarier than going up.

I slipped a few times and was scared half to death as I was all alone.

Those in front of me went out of sight as they were so fast on their feet.

Those behind me got held up for one reason or another.

I kept thinking if I fall into the ravine, no one will know where and when I disappeared =(

At one point..I looked back and shouted "SUANIE!!!!" 'cause I was feeling lonely walking alone surrounded by lalang and trees.

I didn't hear any reply from her so I kept going as I assumed she was to far back to hear me.

Apparently she did hear me shout and answered =P

I realized that I don't fancy hiking.

It's only fun because of the people I'm with.

Without any doubt, we are a bunch of very noisy people...even while hiking =P

Hiking it's not easy at all, it takes alot of strength and my legs are still aching from Broga.

Even bootcamp is easier than hiking!

And I've been told Broga is easy O_o

I think I went with a group of Supermen and Superwomen =)

If you're planning to visit Broga Hill, advisable to go early as it gets pretty hot up there when the sun is up.

I did enjoy myself eventhough the day started with lots of drama.

I'm just glad it ended on a happy note.

But I'm still going to think twice three times if anyone ever suggest I go hiking again.

Can we go to the beach instead?

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : m2d3

Am so tired today as I didn't get a good night's sleep.
Went to bootcamp anyway...and it's another day in the mud.

We had to run around in circles marked by cones and flip 4 tyres placed at intervals.
Each time we reach an empty tyre, gotta flip it 3 times.
It must also not be abandoned for more than 5 seconds.
Cheating will result in time being added.
How to cheat?
Well...it's any delay in flipping, any walking, any stopping or any running inside the cones.
We got lots of time added okay...no thanks to a particular recruit who keeps running inside the cones right in front of the trainer -_-
They should've learnt the art of cheating smartly by now *sigh*

Tyre flipping has become somewhat easier.
Not sure if I've gotten stronger or it's just a case of mind over matter.
It was muddy man...have to be smart to avoid places where the tyres make mud splashes.
Ain't a pretty sight to be covered in mud during bootcamp.

Mamak session was drama to the max lar.
Not going to elaborate as I'm too tired to bitch about the lack of customer service again.
Btw...it's Ganesh.
Don't know why people insist of going there at all.

Suanie, Bev, Faizal and I then lepak in Ali Berkat(yup, we moved mamak) until it was about 1.30pm. And the pic above shows how many drinks the 4 of us had =P
It's a record for after bootcamp mamak session man.

I'm so tired after today's session....well, the truth is, every session is tiring lar.
Tomorrow is the hike up Broga Hill and I gotta get my butt up at 3.45am so I could meet up with the convoi.
This better be worth it!
Yes Bev, it's all your "brilliant idea" as usual =P

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : m2d2

m2d1 = month 2 day 2

So I finally decided to do bootcamp for another month and then it's off to Macau where I will hibernate during winter.(I plan to workout in Macau but lets see if I actually do it)
Today we did a circuit which involved lots of squats and too many sandbags.
My arms feel like they're falling off right now.
Some of the new recruits are doing really well...much better than me in my first month.
But it's nice to see some struggling lar...makes me feel good that I'm not the worst of the bunch =P
Since I'm a senior now but if still doing worse than the newbies then damn paiseh lar.
Yes, I'm evil. No point denying it.

By the way, my new pair of shoes are covered in mud.
It rained last night and was still drizzling when I got to Padang Astaka.
I made a great choice in choosing such a colour for my shoes as the dirty mud doesn't show at all.
To see it, you would have to come really close and look at my feet.
Me super happy...that means no need to wash shoes!

I'm feeling super hungry now eventhough had a mamak session after bootcamp.
Maybe I'm building so much muscles that I'm getting hungry faster?
Yes..yes...wishful thinking.

I'm really happy to be back in bootcamp, though it's still gruelling and hardcore.
The real reason I'm back for a 2nd month is because I know I will miss hanging out with my new friends.
I'm so used to seeing them so many times a week that the feeling of being left out is unsettling.
Now...we can share the mud bath together =P

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : 2nd Assessment Day

I did it. I completed assessment day and didn't drop dead or puke!
Only decided to go this morning and I'm glad I did.
At least now I know where my fitness level stands.

Did the same thing as my first day in bootcamp one month back.
Oh...how time flies.
Last month, I couldn't even complete assessment so obviously I'm a little scared this morning.
Damn paiseh if after one month of bootcamp but still can't finish it.
Thankfully, I did it. Slow but I completed it below cutoff time.
It's a real achievement for me.
Everyone else was comparing and many made improvements to their time.
Way to go y'all!!!
As for me, I'm just super happy I finished.
That was my aim today, time didn't really matter.
What matters is the fact that I pushed hard and gave it my best.
I feel damn good now =D

Anyways, just for the record...

1st test : 14.20 minutes
1 mile run = 11.19 minutes

At mamak session after bootcamp, Corporal Jon mentioned I lost alot of weight =)
Hehehe...feels even better to hear that.
Since both Sarge Sim and Corporal Jon said the same thing, I'm going to take their words for it.
They are the expert in fitness afterall =P

Got to know a couple of new people.
Okay..technically Shaun is not new but this is the first time I've sat down and talk to him.
Didn't even notice him during bootcamp last month (not that I'm a snob ok...where got time to chit chat during training?)
People should really hangout more together after bootcamp.

Nick's business partner joined bootcamp as well.
I've got no idea why he wore a t-shirt with a hole today...kinda weird.
And his goal is only to lose weight and not getting healthier or looking better...which is even more weird.
I guess different people have different reasons for joining bootcamp.
My priority has always been to make new friends.
Losing weight and feeling better is just a bonus =)

I've still not decided if I want to do bootcamp in Nov.
If I do, then it's time to get a pair of new shoes.

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : Day 12 - The Finale

So this happened on Saturday but I didn't have time to blog until now.

It feels great!
Couldn't believe I survived one full month of bootcamp with Hell Week thrown into the mix.
I remember my first day so clearly...how much I wanted to give up and just go home to hop back into my bed.
I kept asking myself if I should continue bootcamp after that day.
Why torture myself like this?
Why go roll around on grass that I'm allergic to?
Why don't I just give up?
Why...why...why?

I don't know why I went back for day 2 with my body aching all over.
Maybe I am a little nuts.
Looking back, I'm glad I kept going back to bootcamp even after I felt like I'm dying during the gruelling workout sessions.
I've pushed myself to a point that I didn't knew existed.
I'm so not the health freak or even an active kind of person.
Bootcamp is so way out of my confort zone.
When I tell friends and family I signed up for bootcamp, they're shocked.
Even Eric.

Hell...even I'm surprised I enrolled!

I've realised I can do it if I wanted it bad enough.

I wanted it so bad that I force myself to wake up before sunrise and make sure I'm never late for bootcamp.
I wanted to prove that I can do it.
And I now know that I can do it.
But I couldn't have done it with the constant encouragement from the trainers and fellow bootcampers.

They're always there to spur me on...to keep me going.

For that, I'm forever grateful.
Without you guys and gals, I wouldn't have stucked with it  =)

I'm proud of what I have achieved in bootcamp.
I wanted to be healthier, and I am.
My stamina has improved tremendously and I'm more energetic.
My body is looking better as well with muscles forming on my arms and legs.
I could now do push ups which I'm really happy about.

Hopefully I'll be able to keep this up and see some abs in a few months time *fingers crossed*

The most important achievement would be the great friends I've found in bootcamp.
That is worth all the aching muscles and allergies =P

I joined bootcamp on a whim...and there are no regrets.
It's physically and mentally rewarding for me.
It took my mind of things that were dragging me down and gave me confidence.
Confidence that I could do something that seemed so impossible.
Confidence that was lacking in me for some time now.

I'm getting all emo about finishing bootcamp.
I'm not sure if any other bootcampers feel this way.
But bootcamp had definitely changed me.

Finally on the last day of bootcamp, we get to snap some pics in our uniform!

Nick, Tate, Susan, Beverly, Megaa and Vanessa who is posing with her pony tail and water bottle =P

I got into the pic and we're trying to look tough!

This is our final Hooyah pose =D

Thank you for the great experience.

Hooyah!!!

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : Trials Week done

Day 5 of Hell Week...I loved it!

Rain, rope, friends, fun & food.

One more session tomorrow and I graduate from bootcamp.
Gonna be a super short post today as I'm heading off to the airport soon.
Hope it rains again for my last day in bootcamp =P

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : Day 11

It was really hard getting up this morning as my bed was so comfy and warm.
The thought of skipping bootcamp today flitted through my mind a couple hundred times.
But I dragged my butt there, just because I want to finish six bootcamp sessions this week,
I know it sounds a little kiasu but I've come this far...only two more sessions to go.
I can't give up now.
Might end up in the hospital for over doing it but I don't give a damn anymore.
I want this quite badly, just to prove to myself that I can.
And to make some people eat their words =P

Went to bootcamp today in my still soaking wet shoes.
Mum was grumbling about the shoes, 'cause they're hers =P
The field was still wet and soggy from all the rain yesterday...no point havng dry shoes afterall.

Today's session was definitely harder than yesterday's.
We were in team of fives and had to pull a long rope to the other end and then flip a freaking heavy tyre about 5 times.
After that, we had do a series of exercises such as squats, jack knives, push ups and plank holds while waiting for our teammates to complete their turn.
Yes, we had to pull the rope and flip the tyre alone.
I had a really hard time with the tyre.
It was so muddy and I couldn't get a good grip on it.
Vanessa told me to use my legs but they were so wobbly from the squats and stuffs *sigh*
By having two Chongs in our team, guarantee can hear lots of encouragement coming from them...even if you're 50 feet away =) 

After all that sexy mud exercise, we moved on to my worst fear.
Running =(
With sand bags *faints*
We had to run three approx. 200 meters laps and then do thrusts, push ups, sit ups and squats...with sand bags.
Then repeat with the running again.
It reminded me of my first day of bootcamp where I almost puke and gave up =(

This is how my bootcamp t-shirt looks like after today's training.

I'm also really sorry for the 10 grunts you guys had to do because I walked when I was supposed to be running or at least jogging.

I did try my hardest but running is a struggle.

I will try harder, I promise.

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : Trials Week cont.

The bunch of us made it through the 3rd day of Hell Week.
Three more days to go.

It was raining the whole day so we were hoping to train under the rain.
Was still drizzling when I left the house...but it cleared up when I reached the field -_-
Rotten luck.

Turn out for bootcamp was pretty good today.
A total of 28 recruits, half were seniors =P
The field was super wet with puddles of water everywhere.
I tried to avoid the mud and water as much I could but it was a lost cause lar.
At the end training, I was soaked from head to toe, panties included.

Did alot of sprinting and jumping around.
Followed by lots of abs exercise with complimentary sound effects coming from Bev.
Her gruntings and moanings probably scared the new recruits. Squirrels too =P
Bev...it sounded nothing like sex okay...more like someone being skinned alive!

Went to mamak after bootcamp as usual.
Was super hungry so I had 2 half boiled eggs, maggi goreng and a can of 100 Plus.
And wanted more food!
I couldn't stay long to chat with the gals today as Mum was waiting for me to pick her up from University Hospital which was just down the road.
I dropped her off before bootcamp so she could visit a family friend who just had stem cell transplant to treat leukemia.
Sadly, according to Mum, he's not doing too well =(
Hopefully, he'll be able to pull through soon as he's been in the hospital for a year already.
Makes me feel sad to see how this is affecting Mum.
He's one of her oldest and dearest friend.

As Mum didn't have dinner while at the hospital, took her for bak kut teh.
I ate a little lar...cannot resist bak kut teh =P

I'm so excited...Eric will be back in a couple of days and I have so many things I need to do.
Have to clean my room, change the bedsheets...make myself pretty =P

Now...the countdown begins to Eric's arrival and then to bootcamp graduation!

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : Day 10

And it's unofficially known as Hell's Week instead of Trials Week =P

Slept only four hours last night...at least it's better than 2 hours.
Woke feeling a little sore here and there, must've pushed myself more than I expected yesterday.
Still...I ended up going for bootcamp this morning.
Don't know how I survived it.
Doing 2 sessions in a 12 hours period is crazy.
Bev, Kevin, Kenny, Suanie, Megaa and I...the gungho recruits who're going all out to survive Hell's Week.
Lol...I might just chicken out tomorrow's evening session =P

Today's bootcamp started out with a relay.
Again being in 2 ranks for the workouts.
Rank 1 had to run, do two push ups, run back and repeat.
Rank 2 did planks while waiting for Rank 1 to finish.
Push ups and planks was substituted with thrust and jack knife holds after that.
I gotta work harder on my plank hold...super hard man and my butt was still sticking up.

Then we moved on to stations workouts.
And I'm going to bitch.
So not in the spirit of bootcampness but what happened drove me nuts!

I was so unfortunate to have this lady next to me.
Damn it la...it pissed me off real bad.
Not that I don't appreciate people cheering me on to push harder, I totally love it when my teammates shouts encouragement.
It spurs me on to finish something I thought I can't achieve.

This person irritated me to no end.
The only reason I was sprinting fast from the last station to the first was to bloody get away from her yapping away.
Please lar...there were only 6 stations okay...star jumps, seal jumps, thrust, another jumping thingy, mountain climbers and grunts.
So hard to remember is it?
Fuck man..everytime we changed station, she gotta ask what are we supposed to do.
Hello?? Open your eyes and watch what the team next to us are doing lar.
She asked me so many times and I got so fedup...eventually I just ignored her.

Not too mention she was super annoying...we were supposed to run to the next station but I was super tired already so I brisk walk.
She then went "Raise your arms up and act like you're running"
Walaueh...you think the trainers are blind that they're looking at your hands instead of your legs to see if you're running?
Wanna cheat also cheat smarter lar.
And she kept saying the same thing to me over and over again. Wtf?
Wanted to tell her to shut the fuck up but I was running out of breath.
And then...as I was walking to the next station, she even grab my arm and said "Come on...faster!"
Excuse me...you've already pissed me off real bad and the last thing I want is any physical contact.
And it's rude to pull someone.
If you see me sporting a pissed off face instead of a grateful one...leave me alone.

You do your stuffs and I do mine.


If anyone saw my pissed off face and I totally didn't smile or make eye contact, I'm very sorry.
At that moment, it took all my strength to refrain from kicking the idiot.
Okay...I've finished being a bitch.

On a more serious note, found out at mamak after bootcamp that my new bootcamp friend has a muscle disorder, Muscular dystrophy.
He's young, he's energetic, obviously an over achiever and he's super nice.
You'll never guess he's harboring such a painful disease.
And yet, he's going about life with so must gusto...even doing gruelling bootcamp when it's obviously hurting him.
It's just going to get harder for him with time.
Unfortunately, at this moment, there's no cure for this desease.
No way to slow it down.
I hope God will help make the journey less painful for him and his family.
Stay strong my friend. 

Original Bootcamp Malaysia : Trials Week

Trials week just started today and there's two more sessions.
I was happily lazing around watching tv when I received Bev's sms that some of them are going for bootcamp this evening.
And asked me if I wanna go O_O
We have bootcamp tomorrow morning and they wanna go for a session this evening?
Crazy to the max lar.

Yup, I'm crazy too because I actually went!
We only had 2 trainers today, Sarge Sim and Lance Corporal Daniel.
And there were less than 20 recruits.
Many of them seniors who came for the fun of it =P
If we go for all 3 trials days and also keep up with our actual bootcamp training, that will be 6 sessions in a week!!! *faints*

Anyway, the less people in a group, the more attention you get.
So hard to slip in a cheat...the moment you slack a little, you'll have Sarge or Daniel by your side.
But I actually enjoyed today's session.
I found that I could run pretty well in the evening.
No idea what happens to me during morning runs which leaves me breathless with the urge to puke.
As we were doing jack knives towards the end of the session, it started to drizzle a little.
We were hoping for it rain...but it didn't.
Just little drops of water and that's it -_-

As usual, after bootcamp, mamak time.
We're now regulars at Ali Berkat =D

Anyone who is intersted to have a taste of bootcamp, come and join us this week.
Trials week is free and there are two more sessions on Wednesday and Friday at 6.45pm @ Padang Astaka.
Check out www.bootcamp.com.my for more info.