Monday, May 29, 2006
we're on TheStar Malaysian newspaper!
*thanks to Shengwa for informing, hehe..
*thanks to Shengwa for informing, hehe..
Out of the mouth of kittens
From the time she was a gangly teen, Yazliana Mohammad was hooked on pole dancing after watching it on telly. She scouted high and low for classes but there was none being offered then.
“I saw it being performed in the clubs and there was something about it that attracted me to it. It didn’t look easy but seemed challenging, and I badly wanted to try it even though I’m not an avid exerciser,” the 24-year-old reveals.
Finally, the classes became available last year and she eagerly enrolled. After the first class, she was pooped. Unless you have a flair for climbing trees, climbing up the pole is tough. Her arms ached and she had cramps that lasted several days! What more with stilettos.
Yazliana doing a Ballerina. - Picture by YAZLIANA MOHAM
“Oh my God! I just couldn’t do any of the exercises. It was strenuous but I stuck on and managed to improve over time. There are certain stunts I still cannot do but I always have fun during the classes,” says the Singaporean who teaches English and Maths to young children.
Injuries are common and in her quest to better herself, she overdid a backward bend and threw out her back. Luckily, it was just a minor injury and she recovered speedily. Yazliana’s best stunt is the Ballerina manoeuvre where she climbs up the pole, swings one leg around and swivels down to the floor. She can manage four to five full circles on a good day.
“So far, I’ve not fallen from the pole and that’s great! I’ve seen women fall off quite often and this can be dangerous.” The classes have boosted her confidence level and she has become a little more extroverted these days.
Speaking to the demure Liang Peimin, one can easily tell she is a shy individual. Soft-spoken and sweet natured, her boyfriend signed her up for classes to build her confidence.
“I agreed to go only because I know it would be good for me. My family is very conservative and they still don’t know about me pole dancing although some of my friends know,” Liang confesses.
Liang Peimin (left) and Virginia Lim.- Picture by REVATHI MURUGAPPAN
As a primary school teacher, she faces the usual stress and releases it in these classes. She is still a kitten but after nine months, she has reached performance level. Before, Liang says she had no waist but now, the curves are appearing and her muscles are getting more toned.
What does her boyfriend think?
“Well, he hasn’t seen me in private,” she squeals, “but he has watched some of my public performances and he says I have improved but there is room for more.”
Virginia Lim, 21, had low self esteem before she discovered pole dancing.
“Peimin and I are both bloggers and I happened to read her experience on pole dancing. It provided a refreshing insight and so I contacted her to find out how I could take the classes, too,” says the college student.
That started their friendship and a love affair with the dance. Lim prefers activities that are slow and private as opposed to the heart-pumping aerobic classes. She has learnt how to flaunt her assets, accentuate her curves and sees herself as a “real” woman.
“I started off with exotic classes first and my mother was very supportive of me. Of course, my dad said if possible, please do not perform in public!” she says, laughing. Pole dancing is not as sleazy as people think but it is a fun way to get fit. Within a short period of time, Lim has honed her skills and now performs whenever there is an opportunity.
* Demure...? SHY ???.....me??
urghhhh
Sunday, May 28, 2006
the Great Singapore Sale is finally here!!
it's best to welcome it with open arms.. and open wallets, hehh..
met up with Lifang and Stella for a whole day of shopping!
and it's really nice to be given some nice leg massage after that whole lot of walking around :)
*wink
some photos taken yesterday @ Spageddies Marina Square.
too bad kaya isnt working at the outlet, she's at tanglin's.. heee..
or else hopefully can get more MEAT out of its menu ;p
stella and me
stella and fang
fang and me
Next, we went to the Beauty Fair at one of the exhibition halls @ Suntec..
to support the dancers from Sensual Joy.. hehe..
*it was good in a way we Amateur team pulled out from the performance.. look at what they are wearing,SO SIZzLING HOT.. haha..
it's another of a shopping day for me ahead.. this time with my all-time fave shoppng kaki, esther, haha :D
i cant wait!
it's best to welcome it with open arms.. and open wallets, hehh..
met up with Lifang and Stella for a whole day of shopping!
and it's really nice to be given some nice leg massage after that whole lot of walking around :)
*wink
some photos taken yesterday @ Spageddies Marina Square.
too bad kaya isnt working at the outlet, she's at tanglin's.. heee..
or else hopefully can get more MEAT out of its menu ;p
stella and me
stella and fang
fang and me
Next, we went to the Beauty Fair at one of the exhibition halls @ Suntec..
to support the dancers from Sensual Joy.. hehe..
*it was good in a way we Amateur team pulled out from the performance.. look at what they are wearing,SO SIZzLING HOT.. haha..
it's another of a shopping day for me ahead.. this time with my all-time fave shoppng kaki, esther, haha :D
i cant wait!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
3 pictures
1) the Gigantic rose i got for mama on Mother's Day...
no matter how much she swears that flowers are a waste of money, i still believe ALL WOMEN LOVE FLOWERS..
dont believe it?
read on...
after dance training on Sat, i was going back with Virgie when we walked past this flower shop @ Raffles Place..
well, beautiful flowers never fail to stop me in my tracks, hehe... especially when it's so HUMONGOUS..
that, by the way, was the biggest rose in the entire shop *hehe 8)
bought it and went Somerset to meet my parents for dinner... the first thing my mom did when she saw me was holler at me for wearing such a short skirt -_-
but before she could even finish her sentence, i shoved the rose right under her nose wishing her a "Happy Mother's Day!"
it's really the most amazing thing when u see how that rose actually worked just miraculously at turning the sides of her lips upwards into a smile. haha!
she, obviously embarrassed due to amused onlookers, took the rose, muttered under her breath, "zuo wo lak sehh"(make me throw face) and chucked that stalk into her shopping bag.
Heh...
-_-
2) the Voodoo Doll that Kiyomi, very thoughtfully, brought back for me from her Taiwan trip
keke...
she claims it's for AI QING (love)
whahhahhahhaa 8) thank Kyu arh!!!
so..... what should i do with it?
burn it and let him drink arh?
3) a belt i bought while randomly window shopping @ Marina Sq last nite, hehe...
for women, window shopping doesnt mean literally looking thru shopping mall glass WINDOWS ONLY..
it equates to accidentally walking in, coincidentally liking something and unintentionally buying it only
:)
1) the Gigantic rose i got for mama on Mother's Day...
no matter how much she swears that flowers are a waste of money, i still believe ALL WOMEN LOVE FLOWERS..
dont believe it?
read on...
after dance training on Sat, i was going back with Virgie when we walked past this flower shop @ Raffles Place..
well, beautiful flowers never fail to stop me in my tracks, hehe... especially when it's so HUMONGOUS..
that, by the way, was the biggest rose in the entire shop *hehe 8)
bought it and went Somerset to meet my parents for dinner... the first thing my mom did when she saw me was holler at me for wearing such a short skirt -_-
but before she could even finish her sentence, i shoved the rose right under her nose wishing her a "Happy Mother's Day!"
it's really the most amazing thing when u see how that rose actually worked just miraculously at turning the sides of her lips upwards into a smile. haha!
she, obviously embarrassed due to amused onlookers, took the rose, muttered under her breath, "zuo wo lak sehh"(make me throw face) and chucked that stalk into her shopping bag.
Heh...
-_-
2) the Voodoo Doll that Kiyomi, very thoughtfully, brought back for me from her Taiwan trip
keke...
she claims it's for AI QING (love)
whahhahhahhaa 8) thank Kyu arh!!!
so..... what should i do with it?
burn it and let him drink arh?
3) a belt i bought while randomly window shopping @ Marina Sq last nite, hehe...
for women, window shopping doesnt mean literally looking thru shopping mall glass WINDOWS ONLY..
it equates to accidentally walking in, coincidentally liking something and unintentionally buying it only
:)
Friday, May 12, 2006
i have so little time to blog...
yet i feel so blessed!
:)
went to his aunt's housewarming party with his family today.
after that, his mom stayed for mahjong and i went back with him, his dad and his brother.
on our way home, it started raining...
he made a wrong turn and we ended up on CTE instead of PIE... while we were on the merging lane into the expressway, a car was infront of us, waiting as well, for the oncoming traffic to pass.
dear was busy keeping an eye on those cars instead of the one right infront of our vehicle. Then everything happened just too quickly despite me and his bro's warning screams and shouts (respectively), he already inched our car forward and 'kissed' the latter's butt.
luckily it was a slight bump and no damage caused..but obviously the driver wasnt too happy. dear got off the car to apologise and it was good that the driver didnt demand any compensation.
*sweat
thou it wasnt a serious accident, it was still a bad shock for all.
his dad started nagging and scolding him for making that wrong turn...i knew dear felt really really bad after that...
i didnt realise it till i briefly turned to steal a glance at him when i saw tear steaks on his cheek..
he's been crying!
:(
back in his room, he noticed how shitty glum i looked,
held both of my hands and asked me why.
i couldnt answer him cos my heart was paining so badly.
i kissed him on his eyes.
cos' that's the only comfort i could offer him at that very moment...
then i knew love.
*love is feeling the happiness when he is happy.
and the sadness when he grieves...
yet i feel so blessed!
:)
went to his aunt's housewarming party with his family today.
after that, his mom stayed for mahjong and i went back with him, his dad and his brother.
on our way home, it started raining...
he made a wrong turn and we ended up on CTE instead of PIE... while we were on the merging lane into the expressway, a car was infront of us, waiting as well, for the oncoming traffic to pass.
dear was busy keeping an eye on those cars instead of the one right infront of our vehicle. Then everything happened just too quickly despite me and his bro's warning screams and shouts (respectively), he already inched our car forward and 'kissed' the latter's butt.
luckily it was a slight bump and no damage caused..but obviously the driver wasnt too happy. dear got off the car to apologise and it was good that the driver didnt demand any compensation.
*sweat
thou it wasnt a serious accident, it was still a bad shock for all.
his dad started nagging and scolding him for making that wrong turn...i knew dear felt really really bad after that...
i didnt realise it till i briefly turned to steal a glance at him when i saw tear steaks on his cheek..
he's been crying!
:(
back in his room, he noticed how shitty glum i looked,
held both of my hands and asked me why.
i couldnt answer him cos my heart was paining so badly.
i kissed him on his eyes.
cos' that's the only comfort i could offer him at that very moment...
then i knew love.
*love is feeling the happiness when he is happy.
and the sadness when he grieves...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
on our second field trip to the botanical gardens...
it's more on learning about Orchids :)
below is a nice collage i made of all the orchids named after the 'VIPs' who have visited The Singapore Botanic Gardens since the 1980s
from the top 'left' to 'right'
1) Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher (former Prime Minister of the UK)
2) Dendrobium Khunying Savetsila (wife of the former Air Marshall of Thailand Mr. Siddhi Savetsila)
3) Dendrobium Nilda Patricia Zedillo (wife of the President of the United Mexican States, Dr Ernesto Zedillo)
4) Dendrobium Anne-Marie Willoch (wife of the former PM of Kingdom of Norway)
5) Dendrobium Poh Moo-hyun 'Yang-suk' (First Lady of the Republic of Korea)
6) Dendrobium Begum Khaleda Zia (PM of The People's Republic od Bangladesh)
7) Dendrobium Masako Kotaishi Hidenka (Princess Masako of Japan)
8) Dendrobium Joaquim Alberto Chissano 'Marcelina' (former First Lady of The Republic of Mozambique)
9) Dendrobium Masahito and Hanako (His and Her Imperial Highness Prince an Princess Hitachi of Japan)
10) Dendrobium Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed (PM of the State of Kuwait)
11) Aranthera Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (President of the Republic of Philippines)
12) Dendrobium Nilda Patricia Zedillo (wife of the President of the United Mexician States...)*dunno why this appeared twice..but collage is done so cant be helped.. heh...
13) Dendrobium Elizabeth (Wueen Elizibeth II of the UK)
14) Dendrobium Tien Soeharto (wife of the former President of Indonesia, General Soeharto)
15) Dendrobium Jenny Shipley (former PM of NZ)
16) Spathoglottis Syed Sirajuddin (The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XII of Malaysia)
17) Renanthera Akihito (Emperor Akihito of Japan)
18) Mokara Zhu Rongki 'Lao An' (wife of Zhu Rongji of PRC)
19) Dendrobium Saleha (wife of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah)
*yawn ;0
and finally.....
20) presenting OUR NATIONAL FLOWER!! Vanda Miss Joaquim. it was selected to be the national flower in 1981 (the freaking year i was born! shucks! im OLD)
half of the pple in there i dunno one -_-
if i could one day be half as famous as them, i would love to have this named after me!
...my favorite orchid, the Dancing Lady :)
cos it's so pretty! :)
our forever drama-mama Shikin darlin' and Sherley, hehee..
she's not only 'taller' than Sherley, she's taller than the dustbins -_- hahhaa..
while the rest of us...
...Mrs Sree and Sarina resting their tired feet, haha
me and sherley, keke....
darlin' shikin :D
next... we gals saw this weird looking tree.. we decided to name it "Siao Cha Bo"..hahar
wonder who the real siao cha bo is... -_-
more disturbing photos...
2 birds mating on a BOTAK tree... -_-
dont they know what's privacy?
next, we proceded to the Cool Room.
OHHHH, how we loved this place cos it's definitely a heaven in comparison to the sweltering heat in the gardens outside..
in there, some very interesting plants we have
these plants feed on insects and similar small animals that they catch with their leaves.
the first, the Pitcher plant with a pitfall trap filled with water..
The Venus's flytrap that closes its leaves quickly over an insect..( u cant really see the openngs cos the leaves were already shut tight...
lastly, Sundew with its leaves covered with sticky hairs...
i thank God i'm not an insect.
it's more on learning about Orchids :)
below is a nice collage i made of all the orchids named after the 'VIPs' who have visited The Singapore Botanic Gardens since the 1980s
from the top 'left' to 'right'
1) Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher (former Prime Minister of the UK)
2) Dendrobium Khunying Savetsila (wife of the former Air Marshall of Thailand Mr. Siddhi Savetsila)
3) Dendrobium Nilda Patricia Zedillo (wife of the President of the United Mexican States, Dr Ernesto Zedillo)
4) Dendrobium Anne-Marie Willoch (wife of the former PM of Kingdom of Norway)
5) Dendrobium Poh Moo-hyun 'Yang-suk' (First Lady of the Republic of Korea)
6) Dendrobium Begum Khaleda Zia (PM of The People's Republic od Bangladesh)
7) Dendrobium Masako Kotaishi Hidenka (Princess Masako of Japan)
8) Dendrobium Joaquim Alberto Chissano 'Marcelina' (former First Lady of The Republic of Mozambique)
9) Dendrobium Masahito and Hanako (His and Her Imperial Highness Prince an Princess Hitachi of Japan)
10) Dendrobium Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed (PM of the State of Kuwait)
11) Aranthera Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (President of the Republic of Philippines)
12) Dendrobium Nilda Patricia Zedillo (wife of the President of the United Mexician States...)*dunno why this appeared twice..but collage is done so cant be helped.. heh...
13) Dendrobium Elizabeth (Wueen Elizibeth II of the UK)
14) Dendrobium Tien Soeharto (wife of the former President of Indonesia, General Soeharto)
15) Dendrobium Jenny Shipley (former PM of NZ)
16) Spathoglottis Syed Sirajuddin (The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong XII of Malaysia)
17) Renanthera Akihito (Emperor Akihito of Japan)
18) Mokara Zhu Rongki 'Lao An' (wife of Zhu Rongji of PRC)
19) Dendrobium Saleha (wife of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah)
*yawn ;0
and finally.....
20) presenting OUR NATIONAL FLOWER!! Vanda Miss Joaquim. it was selected to be the national flower in 1981 (the freaking year i was born! shucks! im OLD)
half of the pple in there i dunno one -_-
if i could one day be half as famous as them, i would love to have this named after me!
...my favorite orchid, the Dancing Lady :)
cos it's so pretty! :)
our forever drama-mama Shikin darlin' and Sherley, hehee..
she's not only 'taller' than Sherley, she's taller than the dustbins -_- hahhaa..
while the rest of us...
...Mrs Sree and Sarina resting their tired feet, haha
me and sherley, keke....
darlin' shikin :D
next... we gals saw this weird looking tree.. we decided to name it "Siao Cha Bo"..hahar
wonder who the real siao cha bo is... -_-
more disturbing photos...
2 birds mating on a BOTAK tree... -_-
dont they know what's privacy?
next, we proceded to the Cool Room.
OHHHH, how we loved this place cos it's definitely a heaven in comparison to the sweltering heat in the gardens outside..
in there, some very interesting plants we have
these plants feed on insects and similar small animals that they catch with their leaves.
the first, the Pitcher plant with a pitfall trap filled with water..
The Venus's flytrap that closes its leaves quickly over an insect..( u cant really see the openngs cos the leaves were already shut tight...
lastly, Sundew with its leaves covered with sticky hairs...
i thank God i'm not an insect.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Saturday, May 06, 2006
im a happy girl today, hehee...
cos i got to meet him!
haha...
he's not working today as it's polling day :)
oh how i love the govt.
went town and we planned to catch a movie, but there were no nice ones to watch...
cos i watched MI3 with siaolang last evening already, aha...
after a hearty meal @ Sakae Sushi, we proceeded to KLKK @ Far East...
and we did the most unexpected--> took neo-prints! whahhahhaa... :D
so old-school... but he actually agreed to take, hahhahaa
*i must be dreaming
while waiting for our turn..
he took a short nap -_-''
he's ultimate.... cos EVERYWHERE can be his bed
he took some really ugly photos of me -_-
looking super 38 lor......
wah lao eh
we starting cam-whoring, haha....
i think these taken by my digicam turned out better than the photostickers lor....
*show them when he gets them scanned :)
we continued shopping around and dear helped chose a ribbed tank top for me.
he said it was very nice so i bought it! :)
it has some *bling bling* infront
.. and lace at the back, teeheehee 8)
nice?
:D
im sooooo sleepy....
Good nite peeps.....dun let the bed bugs bite
cos i got to meet him!
haha...
he's not working today as it's polling day :)
oh how i love the govt.
went town and we planned to catch a movie, but there were no nice ones to watch...
cos i watched MI3 with siaolang last evening already, aha...
after a hearty meal @ Sakae Sushi, we proceeded to KLKK @ Far East...
and we did the most unexpected--> took neo-prints! whahhahhaa... :D
so old-school... but he actually agreed to take, hahhahaa
*i must be dreaming
while waiting for our turn..
he took a short nap -_-''
he's ultimate.... cos EVERYWHERE can be his bed
he took some really ugly photos of me -_-
looking super 38 lor......
wah lao eh
we starting cam-whoring, haha....
i think these taken by my digicam turned out better than the photostickers lor....
*show them when he gets them scanned :)
we continued shopping around and dear helped chose a ribbed tank top for me.
he said it was very nice so i bought it! :)
it has some *bling bling* infront
.. and lace at the back, teeheehee 8)
nice?
:D
im sooooo sleepy....
Good nite peeps.....dun let the bed bugs bite
it's Saturday and i woke up freaking early.
it must be the biological clock in me.. cos im so used to waking up early everyday...
but to think that i could have the luxury to hole up in bed again after i've blogged definitely lifts my spirits, hohoho...
8am.. and the rain is falling... :)
Field trip for the teachers @ the Singapore Botanical Gardens last Wednesday
it's nice to get in touch with the natural surroundings once in a while... amidst our hectic schedules...
me and ma darlin' shikin
shikin with Mrs Sree
Sherley and Jessica, hehe
our trainer took us on an educational tour around the Evolution Garden
our planet Earth existed 46000 million years ago... lifeless then.
Life was said to have evolved over 3500 million years ago... by the photosynthetic bacteria that produced atmospheric oxygen by harnessing light energy..
supposedly a 'photosynthetic bacterial soup' in a volcanic crater
About 460 million years ago, land plants first invaded the Earth... Algae and liverworts being the ancient ancestors... By 360 million years ago, the land was covered in vegation...
mosses & ...
.. liverworts, one of the very first plants found on the Earth...
After the initial colonisation, land plants diversified....
Ferns, cycads and conifers appeared...
that's our very cute trainer, Dr Jean Yong holding onto an elephant fern.
A man who is just so passionate about plants (or anything) is indeed very charming, hahar
???
interesting!
the spore bags at the underside of the fern frond!
The reptiles evolved and afterwhich, the early dinosaurs...
oops, that was shikin, hahhaar....
sorry, i dont have any dinosaur photos, heee :p
mrs sree and i :D
these are how the early trees look like... no leaves for photosynthesis and their stems were used to make food instead...
these, of cos, arent real... they are fabricated to look like the already extinct ones
The first flowering plants are the aquatic Lotus and Marigold..
The dinosaurs disappeared at the end of the Mesozoic Era, 65 million years ago..
Mammals took over as the principal land animals....flowering plants proliferated and diversified to dominate the Earth's vegetation.
u know by then, legs are aching and the ladies becoming abit restless...
so, take photos!! hhaaa...
so crappy...cannot stand, heh
Poseurs!! sherley and shikin :D
beaten..
*twist! keke
started taking random, irrevelant photos..
very cute hor? the 3 ang-moh kids...
YEAHHHHHHH
IT'S THE WEEKENDS!!!!
enjoy it, peeps!!! :D
*cant wait... cant wait :)
it must be the biological clock in me.. cos im so used to waking up early everyday...
but to think that i could have the luxury to hole up in bed again after i've blogged definitely lifts my spirits, hohoho...
8am.. and the rain is falling... :)
Field trip for the teachers @ the Singapore Botanical Gardens last Wednesday
it's nice to get in touch with the natural surroundings once in a while... amidst our hectic schedules...
me and ma darlin' shikin
shikin with Mrs Sree
Sherley and Jessica, hehe
our trainer took us on an educational tour around the Evolution Garden
our planet Earth existed 46000 million years ago... lifeless then.
Life was said to have evolved over 3500 million years ago... by the photosynthetic bacteria that produced atmospheric oxygen by harnessing light energy..
supposedly a 'photosynthetic bacterial soup' in a volcanic crater
About 460 million years ago, land plants first invaded the Earth... Algae and liverworts being the ancient ancestors... By 360 million years ago, the land was covered in vegation...
mosses & ...
.. liverworts, one of the very first plants found on the Earth...
After the initial colonisation, land plants diversified....
Ferns, cycads and conifers appeared...
that's our very cute trainer, Dr Jean Yong holding onto an elephant fern.
A man who is just so passionate about plants (or anything) is indeed very charming, hahar
???
interesting!
the spore bags at the underside of the fern frond!
The reptiles evolved and afterwhich, the early dinosaurs...
oops, that was shikin, hahhaar....
sorry, i dont have any dinosaur photos, heee :p
mrs sree and i :D
these are how the early trees look like... no leaves for photosynthesis and their stems were used to make food instead...
these, of cos, arent real... they are fabricated to look like the already extinct ones
The first flowering plants are the aquatic Lotus and Marigold..
The dinosaurs disappeared at the end of the Mesozoic Era, 65 million years ago..
Mammals took over as the principal land animals....flowering plants proliferated and diversified to dominate the Earth's vegetation.
u know by then, legs are aching and the ladies becoming abit restless...
so, take photos!! hhaaa...
so crappy...cannot stand, heh
Poseurs!! sherley and shikin :D
beaten..
*twist! keke
started taking random, irrevelant photos..
very cute hor? the 3 ang-moh kids...
YEAHHHHHHH
IT'S THE WEEKENDS!!!!
enjoy it, peeps!!! :D
*cant wait... cant wait :)
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