Getting Fitter, Yes I Am

Last winter, I was at Intermediate level and looked pretty bulky as my muscles were building. At that time, my body had only started to recognised that it was just 6 months of exercise, twice a week of one-hour pole dance classes which meant a lot then. As a result, I became chunky.

This winter at Advanced 2, I am able to control my eating habits yet not over indulge in food. I have a healthier diet with a lot of fibre to start in the day; cereals, cereal bar or Weetbix with soy milk. Every meal has both vegetables and meat to balance the nutrients required in my body.

I am currently training up for Pole Divas’ Unleashed Amateur Pole Dancing Competition on 17 June 2011, I hope I make it through the tryouts on 5 June 2011 with my pole partner, Jen as we’ll be in the doubles category.

Getting fitter, yes I am and I have to persevere. There are still a lot of pole tricks I still cannot do and it really frustrates me. Then there is the fine balance of not pushing myself too hard and overdoing things.

Chutney’s Fine-Dining

This is Chutney’s meal for the next six days. Porterhouse steak. He has an exquisite taste! And he’s worth it.

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Mondays Are Tough

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Yeah, tell me about it.




Lunch at The Sheraton, Fiji

We stayed at Westin but could cross over and it took us a few minutes to go by buggy car or 10-minutes walk. It was good to check out other hotels as they were all mostly under the same group of hotels; in this case under Starwood Preferred Guests (SPG) where we could charge our meals to our room at Westin.

The best food in Fiji were Indian food as there was a large community of Indians in Fiji.

After lunch, we went back to our hotel to get changed for wedding in the afternoon.

Bula, it’s Fiji!

A week before Easter, Josiah and I went for our second honeymoon. Just kidding. Every day is a honeymoon, isn’t it? We went for Kate and Jola’s wedding. Fiji is a beautiful island and the people were genuinely courteous and I mean it, not just because we were tourists. I see the way they interact and respect one another, and Fijians are awesome. Awesome, well except for the food we had on the plane via Air Pacific. Food tasted decent but unfortunately I fell sick after landing on to Fiji and when I landed back in Melbourne.

At the Nadi Airport.

We were greeted by some singers.

When we reached Westin Hotel at Denarau Island, the buggy car took us to our luxurious chalet-style room.

The beds were absolutely comfy!

With mirrors everywhere, I like!

Since I was sick, we ordered room service. Afterwards I was never sick ever again throughout the trip! How amazing!

So the next morning we were all set out to have an early brunch before taking a look around the resort which was one of the many resorts in that little theme-park-like mini island called Denarau.

I was jumping in joy.

We had a tour around the Westin resort.

Food at Moo Moo restaurant  was a little more expensive that our usual daily restaurant, but still pretty affordable.

It wasn’t easy.

And one thing to note also is that the women have the same hair-style and built! How cute.

Shopping? There really isn’t much shopping to be done in Fiji. Most of the items I could buy cannot be brought back to Melbourne, or rather they must be declared as they contain wood, plants and etc.

I was also surprised to see a Nike Pro shop at Westin!

Man, these chess blocks were so heavy!

Westin didn’t have a beach. We had to walk further down to other resorts to enjoy walking on the beach.

There was this one big bed-sized couch that were meant for us, looking into the ocean.

And after sun-baking, we had some New Zealand ice-cream, oooo-yeah! Look at Josiah’s expression!

That night, we went for a cocktail get-together at The Hilton.

And when we walked home, we were greeted by Prince Charming.

More to come! Last froggie photo was still day 02.