he is Rafael (the capoeira instructor)

This is the 100 Plus Activ commercial done by Rafael, water capoeira.. really impressive!!

my very first Capoeira class..

Jeng! Jeng! I had my very first capoeira class yesterday.. before the class i was a bit nervous but also feel excited bcuz i been thinking of doing it long time ago..

The instructor is Rafael (the guy who did water capoeira for 100 plus aqtiv advertiment in cinema).. he looks lean and fit in real and i really like his hair, so unique the African style and so impressive!! he is a frenly guy too..

80% in the class were beginner, thanks god!! we start with stretching.. OMG!! even the stretching is so hard, i noticed that my body is not flexible at all, i can't really bend myself much, so sad.. after the 15 mins stretching, i was damn tired already..haha!! no even start the lesson...

It was quite fun actually and it is more like martial act instead of dance.. of coz i am lost sometime middle of the class bcuz of the movements are too complicated to me or i lost count.. and there are also one specific movement that i can't do at all.. it is a very simple movement but i juz can't do it.. arhhhhhhhhh..... honestly i really feel upset bcuz of that.. but i told myself i have to practise it at home until i can get it.. support me pleaseee.... and the music or song for capoeira are more like the African or Brazilian traditional type..

Another thing is the outfit of doing capoeira, it seems like long n lose pant is more suitable for it, and yesterday i worn a short which is quite tight, so it is damn hard for me to kick my leg high.. so embarrassing.. haha!!

So i will go get my long pant and get ready for my second class again next week!! have fun!! haha!!

CAPOEIRA

Capoeira (IPA: [ka.pu.ˈej.ɾɐ]) is an Afro-Brazilian blend of martial art, game, and culture created by enslaved Africans in Brazil during the 16th Century. Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the center of the circle. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, subterfuge, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Throughout the game, a player must avoid a sweep, trip, kick, or head butt that may knock him or her on the floor. Less frequently-used techniques include elbow-strikes, slaps, punches, and body-throws. Capoeira has evolved from one main form, known as "Capoeira Angola", into two other forms known as "Capoeira Regional", and the ever-evolving "Capoeira Contemporânea".

For more information about Capoeira please visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira

trying new gym centre

Me and my gym buddies have went to visit the new gym centre which lately opened in one of the hottest new shopping mall in town.. the package they offered is quite attractive in term of monthly fees compared to what we are paying now.. the consultant has gave us a 3 days visitor pass for trying the gym equipments and classes on last weekend..

We went joined the classes on friday evening and crazy me has joined 3 classes back to back and i was damn tired after all the classes.. talking about the classes, if compare to my current gym, the number of members who join the classes are really less, they seem like not really interested or maybe not dare to join the classes.. so not really fun!! luckily 6 of us went to join the classes and make the classes warmer than usual.. haha!! even the instructor who also teaching in my current gym said he really happy to us there for his classes.. haha!! actually the studio/class rooms are not bad, i like the 3 sides mirror which we can really see ourselves when we turn around to see our movements but one thing is just the aircon inside the studio is too cold.. hopefully it is get warmer when there is more members join the class..

The gym equipments there are much advance in term of technology and all brand new.. which really make me have the 'mood' to use them.. haha!! what attracted me most is the capoeira (Brazil's dance) classes which i really wanna try although i know it is hard.. others like hot yoga and bikram are something new that i never try before..

Overall after 3 days trying the gym, we are quite satisfied with the gym facilities except we need to bring our own towels and there is no shoe lockers available in the locker room.. anyway it is not a big problem as long as we enjoy the new gym environment..

We have decided to join the new gym and hopefully we will have great time in the new gym, enjoy our workout, our classes and for me i wish i can learn and pick up the capoeira skills.. i am hope all of us will become more fit and more healthy in new gym.. most importantly - more happy!! haha..

Carl's Jr (yummy yummy!!)

The combos that we tried 'Super Star with cheese' and 'BBQ Chicken' - low fat sauce and bread with chicken chest meat..



Me and the Super Star with Cheese...

I remember there used to have Carl's Jr in KL last time, but all closed down quite long time ago.. till lately there is one opened in pavilion.. my fren and i were in pavilion yesterday evening and we both got no idea what to have for our dinner, initially we though of going Nando's but we saw this Carl's Jr which is juz next to Nando's really attractive.. so my fren suggested why not we go try it...

We both standing at the cashier keeps looking at the big menu on the wall but can't make up our mind what to order.. i told the cashier (who has a very unique hairstyle and quite good looking.. ) we are first time here and need his recommendation.. he introduced a few beef and cheese burgers with different sauce to me.. and finally i picked the 'Super Star with cheese' combo.. my fren has chosen the 'BBQ Chicken' combo bcuz she can't take beef.. and they used the chicken chest meat and low fat bread and sauce.. it is definitely suit her.. haha!!

I like the fresh fried, it is the best among others.. we both are so damn full after finished the fried.. the burger is so big and we have to take our own sweet time to eat the burger slowly, but no doubt the burger is so yummy!! again... the best among others.. haha..

So if u not sure what to eat in pavilion next time, u may consider Carl's Jr.. sure it will give u satisfaction.. and full!!

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

'Not really great as what i have expected.. but no doubt it is an entertaining movie..'

I am a fan of treasure hunt type of movies and so far my favorite were still the series of 'Indiana Jones' movies by Harrison Ford.. till now, i still watch the DVDs of 'Indiana Jones' movies sometime, and no doubt there are great movies.. worth to collect..

Honestly i am a bit disappointed with 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'.. the trailer that i watched was great but not really that nice for the whole movie.. especially the beginning part was a bit boring and i almost feel like wanna sleep.. but the story getting more interesting when they found the secret of the resolute desks and heading to mouth Rushmore to find the golden city - Cibola.. in fact the golden city was not as big and as grand as i though.. one thing to mention is the cars chasing part in Paris was a bit similar to Jacky Chan's movies bcuz Jacky like to have car chasing in the narrow street where everybody run to escape..

Overall, the movie is ok only.. but for treasure hunt type of movies, my no.1 choice still 'Indiana Jones' and even 'Tomb Raider' was great bcuz of super hot miss. Angelina Jolie..

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (AVP-R)

'Predalien' (the left one) is the most interesting one in the movie.. it looks gorgeous bcuz it is mixed of alien and predator..

Before i go for this movie i had poor / bad feed backs from frens, one commended the whole show is so dark, another commended the aliens are so fake and he fall into sleep while watching the show... OMG! can you believe that.. fall into sleep while watching aliens?? what in my mind is all the previous aliens and predator movies are not so bad till make the audiences fall into sleep right?? although it may not as excited as those old ones but still can't believe sleeping inside the cinema.. haha!!

After those poor feed backs, i have not really 'keen' to go for the show till one of my fren asked me to watch it with him.. so i decided to go for the show and i tell myself definitely i won't fall into sleep.. haha..

It was damn cold inside the cinema and my whole body shaking.. it could be i am wearing slipper and short.. or it could be most of the time in the show was night time and raining and make me feel cold..

Overall the show is not bad (i didn't fall into sleep... haha!) the most interesting one is the 'Predalien' which was delivered by the predator who had been impregnated by a Facehugger and killed by an Alien Queen.. but too bad, although he came out from the predator body but it is 100% behave like an alien and fight against predator.. sigh.. i was telling my fren how interesting if inside the 'Predalien' have two roles one is an angel (predator) and another one is devil (alien), so the 'Predalien' is having a very complex mind... should be nice right?? haha.. another commend is the predator seems like a bit 'slow' response in this movie always get attack by aliens easily.. hey mr.Predator.. can you be more alert in coming 'Aliens vs. Predator' movies..

I have the feeling that, it seems like the aliens are not so scary now if compared to those old aliens's movie by Sigourney Weaver.. is it because of my age?? or the problem are the aliens?? i think i should go get those old aliens movies DVDs and watch, i am sure they are much nicer than the new one.. and Sigourney Weaver is the hero to me and i feel sad whenever she been attacked by aliens..

北纬66度 - 许茹芸

Finally i got this album.. Ben bought it as a Christmas/New Year present.. thanks dude!

The cover of the album really have the winter feeling.. she lying on snow (fake snow) and those pictures inside the album are taken in Finland, so whole album really winter and cold.. haha!!

Although i have downloaded the songs before i got the album but the feeling of listening in my laptop and cd player are different, of coz her voice and the songs are much nicer in cd player.. i really like the way she sing, it is unique and you can feel that she sing from deep inside her heart and not showing off her high node by just screaming..

My favorite track in this album is '我绝对不说我爱你', a simple beautiful love song.. i like the arrangement of the song and her voice is so soft and touching.. i have addicted to this song and i can keep on repeating it.. haha!! my second favorite is '爱情·进站', i like the way she sing this song, it has the feeling like she can't survive without love and begging for love.. sad ha!! '乐天市场' is a cute song, the arrangement is so nice and she really show her talent of singing in this song.. '北纬六十六度' is a slow and sad.. and touching.. a duet song '男人女人' sure will be a popular karaok song..

Anyway it is a beautiful album and i recommended it to you guys if you are looking for some high quality love songs, try this..

Great job Valen and welcome back!!

MV : 我絕對不說我愛你－許茹芸

许茹芸(Valen Hsu) has released her new album in Taiwan on end of December after missing for 3 years plus in music industry.. her new album '北纬六十六度' doing well in Taiwan and it enter as no.1 first week in the Top 10 selling chart.. it seems like quite a lot of people still miss her voice so much!!

I have heard all the new songs in the album from sogua and youtube even before the album officially released, haha.. it is a great album, most of the songs are gentle and soft, and very nice to listen at night when you are alone at home with a dim light while relaxing on the sofa..

Too bad, i still can't get a copy of the album here, been asking in a few CD stores and still not release here.. so fed up la!! but i have downloaded all songs and save them into my ipod.. haha.. but still i will get an original copy of the album bcuz it is too great!!

'我絕對不說我愛你' so far is my favorite track in the album.. although the MV is not so interesting but no doubt it is a lovely song from her.. hope you guys like it too..

FIRST DAY of 2008!!

I was drunk in the count down party and can't really sleep well that night, in fact go to bed almost 5am.. haha.. woke up around 10.30am in the first day of 2008 and feel a bit headache and hungry.. haha.. a big sunny day and the weather is hot!! took shower and went to the shop where the chicken rice there was great!! it has been 2 months that i didn't go there and when we reached the shop it was renovated and got lesser stalls than before, the boss told us today they juz open from renovation.. saw the chicken rice stall but couldn't find auntie selling chicken rice, well i juz order and the rice, the chicken and even the chilly all not nice.. so disappointed, even the steam bread which used to be nice also not nice.. disappointed again... told my fren we are not going to come this shop again..

After a not nice lunch than i feel tired bcuz lack of sleep.. i forced myself to go to attend BodyStep class in the gym.. although tired but i still manage to complete the class and sweat a lot.. after the class me and my frens plan to go for something in pavilion and i suggested we had the pasta which next to the hot donuts.. again.. again.. so disappointed with the foods.. one of my fren joke, better don't let me decide what to eat today bcuz whatever i suggest and order turn up to be not nice.. haha!! we spent sometime shop around there and one of my fren suggested to go for coffee and toast before we go home.. guess what!! the coffee and toast also not so nice as what we expected.. OMG!! nah!! it is nothing to do with me.. i am not the one who suggested to drink and eat there.. haha!!

What a funny first day of 2008 with all the not nice foods.. haha!! so i better stick to my regular foods and don't be so adventure to try something new.. wakaka!!

What i did on New Year's eve.. (drunk!!)

Let's cheers for 2008 - may 2008 bring us the best!!!

Filleto di Salmone - my favorite salmon.. sure i will order this again next time...

Spaghetti Marinara Sizzle - the seafood tomato spaghetti, the tomato saurce is so yummy!!

Pollo e Funghi - the tomato mushroom, chicken ham thin pizza..

I am getting very excited on the evening of the last day of 2007.. i work till 7.30pm, rush to my fren's place for shower and change than rush out to town to meet up others for dinner.. i am a bit worried about the traffic due to the road closed of certain areas in town.. but i still manage to reach pavilion around 9.45pm to meet my frens for dinner.. it is so happening there, lot of people and the DJ is playing some dance musics, somemore there are some street act arteries performing there, it juz like a carnival..

Initially we plan to have dinner at La Botega but it is full and we decided to go to check on other place along there.. finally we found this one - Michelangelo's, the italian dining.. the environment of the place is not as nice as La Botega, the decorations and wall color of the place are more into white and silver.. each of us order something to share and fren suggested we get one red wine for the dinner.. that's a great idea!! but due to Angie is very sensitive to red wine where she might juz get high and drunk after half of the glass, and to avoid she is drunk and miss the count down.. so we order a white wine.. haha!! the foods are so yummy especially the grill salmon..

We rush to a club for count down and luckly we manage to reach there around 11.45pm where everybody seems are get ready to welcome 2008.. we got ourselves for a bottle of beer and waiting for the count down.. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... HAPPY NEW YEAR!! we cheers with our beer and hugging and greeting each other.. so we move to the dance floor and dance.. thanks god finally i manage to finish one bottle of beer where i really don't like the smell of beer.. the music is cool, much nicer than the one on Christmas eve.. met some frens there and one of my fren keeps buying beer for us and he seems like targeting me and wanna make me drunk, haha.. at last, he won.. bcuz i really drunk and getting very high with the music!! and i keeps hugging most of my frens in the dance floor.. haha!

The party over at 3am.. and i need my fren to send me back home.. so shame shame of me!! haha..