Asia's 1st ZIN JAM Session

Its happening right in Flyte studio! Yep! My Studio! ZIN registered Zumba Instructors! Are you ready to Jam?! Registration is open right now for the first 30 ZINs to be part of the first ever ZIN JAM session. 3 hours of Zumba Fitness choreography brought to you none other than top Zumba Jammer herself, Alena Groopman.

Chinese New Year Zumba Party!!!

Updating the upcoming event this month! Remember to drop me a mail at honeymeow@gmail.com if you are attending! I have about 14 posts upcoming so watch this space. Updates all the way from July 2011 till now!! My goodness *embarrassed* They're super due by now!! See ya around people!! Oh and a HAPPY HAPPY 2012 to you... stay blessed. :)

Zumba Christmas Party!!

Come for Halloween Zumba!!

RSVP required at honeymeow@gmail.com with your attendance confirmation, additional guests plus your food contribution for the party. Single class fees apply at $17.12 (GST incl.) for all guests. Open to public - no need to be a member of the club to attend. Gym/Bath towels + locker provided with luxurious shower/steam facilities & complimentary parking. Limited space left!

Zumba By the Park!!

My girlfriend, Charlotte organised an awesome Zumba Fitness event on the 14th of May 2011 at the Hort Park, Alexandra in Singapore. The 2.5hr event comprised of a full team of 9 Zumba instructors, 100 people, 30 dance tracks including an introductory Samba performance by Gali, a combined group dance battle and a final surprise birthday song with cake for some very special birthday celebrants. There was catered food, professional photography, a fashion contest, a lucky draw and sale of Zumbawear at the event too!  The event was a complete success!!! Great job Charlotte! 

My team consisted of Angela Grosse and Manthony Gerald and I think we rocked the stage that night too! It was extremely sweaty and everyone was coordinated with their deconstructed Zumbawear for each set. I presented 2 tracks of my own, was in action for a total of 11 tracks that evening either shadowing my team when I wasn't instructing or pushing the dance battle on the dance floor. The 9 instructors for the night were made up of Shannon, Zuri, Rhomeiny, Siew Siew, Angela G, Manthony Gerald, Vanessa, Gali and myself.

One of my favourite tracks "Baby come Back"... done for the evening...

Part of the dance battle below where we have as much crowd interaction with each side dance battling and grooving to the beat. Plus the final part where Charlotte & friends made a surprise entrance with a huge chocolate banana cake for birthday celebrants Shannon (pink pants), Gali (dark orange pants) and Siew Siew (light orange pants, 2nd from the right) for the evening.

One of my best Zumba instructors in training, Pek Gan also came to give her support. Pek's style is extremely high impact and is something truely to look out for if you need that cardio kick. :) If you ever see her name on a Zumba class schedule, do check her out!! You'll really love it. 

Group picture with some of the instructors that we managed to grab before everyone left to mingle and eat for the night. It was awesome!! More Zumba Fitness events to come!!

ZES Masterclasses - May/Jun/Jul 11

Zumba Fitness ZES (Zumba Education Specialist) Masterclasses over the past 3 months! Marta Formoso (ZES Spain) on the 31st of May. David Velez (ZES Singapore/China) on the 14th of June. Michael Thomas (ZES Australia/S.E.A) on the 17th of July. I've been busy busy busy with my classes and these 3 classes have been a wonderful highlight for inspiration over the past 3 months... 

Marta Formoso is an absolute firecracker! Her classes always shockingly high energy and there are always so much style techniques to learn from her each time we meet. Love it!!!  Marta gave 2 back to back masterclasses in May and I attended both. :)

Picture of Marta and me... and another picture together with the sexy ladies from the American club (love u chicas!!)

As always when we get together, its picture taking time and we tried some dark shadowy profile pictures by the glass window by the studio for fun... and a picture of Angela Aiken and me all hot & sweaty after 2 hours of Zumba...

Then there was Davids' Masterclass. He came back to Singapore again for a few days from China and held another masterclass on the 14th of June... theres another one coming up in September 2011 where he'll be back for a very short trip again... If you haven't already registered for it, its probably already fully booked by now. Alas, its good to catch up with him from time to time since he was the one who trained me from knowing absolutely ZILCH in dance to training me in my certifications for Zumba till who I progressed to be today...

With years of all his group X experience under his belt, his classes are always energy packed and the sense of familiarity is welcoming to me whenever he returns for a masterclass in Singapore... his style is so definitive so its hard to achieve that kind of style essence with any other instructor here in Singapore... who else can teach a cumbia and a bachata with such style like Senor Velez? I haven't seen one yet. Have you?

As you can tell, its always a sold out event. 

And my Zumba chicas, Angela (orange), Hang (blue) and Alida (Pink) will never miss a masterclass if we could help it... Viva La Zumba! Picture below of my friend & "mummy", Jenny who also has a daughter named Pamela so I'm now her adopted "Zumba baby", Grace who helps to organise events and coordinates classes at Zumba Scape, David just fresh off the airplane and another instructor girlfriend, Airin who also teaches freelance in Singapore. 

And then there was Michael Thomas's Xtravaganza Masterclass and Zumba ZIN 32/33 training on the 17th of July. Unfortunately we all realised too late that we didn't take a group shot for this training so we only have action shots for this day. It was still amazing as usual. All Zumba ZES are of the highest quality so any class with them are always an awesome experience.

I found this picture amusing because the perspective made it seem like I was a toy that Mike was carrying around the studio but we were in the midst of a dance move here. Grace caught me skipping into the studio with my "I'm so happy to be here pose" as we entered before class started.

And again, it was packed from wall to wall! Picture below of my fellow instructor girlfriends - Pek Gan, Charlotte and Yvonne while we rested outside in between ZIN training and the Xtravaganza class to begin... Taking the time to breathe... breathe... breathe...

And a final shot from ZIN training earlier that day with my girlfriend and fellow Zumba instructor, Angela Grosse... her style is very high energy,  tribal + hiphop and her smile is always on her face just like mine simply because we love what we do... :) You'll find classes with any one of the instructors you have seen here in this post all over Singapore and with each instructor, you'll find a different style but in the midst of it all, you'll find that we all have a passion for Zumba... we all love what we do and thats all that matters...

PEACE LOVE ZUMBA ZUMBA ZUMBA!!

National Day Zumba Party!!

Please click above to enlarge to read for more details. RSVP Required. Please email me at honeymeow@gmail.com. Let me know how many attending by Wednesday 3rd August. Limited to 50 pax attending. Thanks! 


The specially tailored menu for the party will be as such... *yummy!!*
Assorted Open-Faced Sandwiches - Smoked Salmon w/ Capers & Roast Beef & Chicken Roll.
Appetizers & Salads - "Gado Gado" w/ Peanut Sauce, Salad Nicoise, Thai Seafood Salad w/ Glass Noodles and Charred Mixed Vegetables with Aged Balsamic.
Yummilicious Main Courses - "Sze Chuan" Style Wok-Fried Fish Fillet, Stir Fried Beef w/ Onion & Ginger, Balinese Grilled Chicken with Condiments, Wok Fried Mixed Vegetables, Steamed Jasmine Rice and Braised "Ee Fu" Noodles with Yellow Chives.
Desserts - Fresh Fruit Platter, Warm Bread & Butter Pudding w/Raisins & Vanilla sauce, Mini Fruit Tartlets, Honeydew Sago and Orange Cordial.

Zumba Fitness Launch at the AC!

Finally after close to a year instructing various classes at the American Club Singapore. We finally get licensed for ZUMBA FITNESS! and officially I get to start donning my Zumbawear with much pride n happiness.

We had an awesome launch party on the 6th of May and 40 other ladies *some not present in this group shot* rocked the Dance floor as Rhomeiny in Orange (my team teach partner for the morning & other Zumba Fitness instructor teaching at the AC). It was a crazy high energy rockin' booty shakin' morning with everyone who attended complete with discoball n spotlight that was specially installed for the launch party.

Rhomeiny is a pretty fantastic Zumba instructor! And it was an honour launching the program at the club together with him. We sizzled the dance floor with the crowd and everyone later adjourned for some complimentary protein juice shakes, cakes, strawberries with cream, viet rolls and vegetables n dips as we mingled in the aftermath of a great class..

So much was the energy output that morning that it had me flat out for the rest of the day! My legs were jelly and I had to reschedule classes and personal training clients while I took the time to rest and get my legs rubbed back to life at the foot reflexologist.... Hahahah!! BUT... it was all worth it as the launch went fantastic! More Zumba to come people!! Check out the Lifestyles schedule at that club if you are a member there for class timings with either Rhomeiny who is taking over my Friday morning slot or with me on Sunday or Monday afternoons. :) Unfortunately however, you can only attend if you are an AC member or if a member signs you in and helps you pay for your class. 

If you're keen on taking Zumba with me, click on that link you see on the left column here on my blog for more details on my publicly available class at the Raffles Town Club. Yep, that big Zumba circle thing on the top left... yep! That one.. click on it.. :) ZUMBA! ZUMBA!! ZUMBA!!!

Zumba Party Fever VIDEO!!

With reference to this POST. ITS OUT! Motion Live video here. Check it OUT! Lisa gave it so much of a effort to create these videos so do take some time to view everything... and oh.. check out my HIPS at point 6.46 - 6.55... waahahahaha!!! I love that shot! Whoever recorded that...THANK YOU... Enjoy it people!! ZUMBA ZUMBA ZUMBA! Picture Video below...

ZUMBA FITNESS with Pamela!

Its here people!! Zumba Fitness classes in Singapore with me 6 times a week.... click on the image to view. Tues 12pm, Tues 630pm, Wed 730pm, Thurs 1030am, Thurs 730pm and Sat 230pm!

Location at THE RAFFLES TOWN CLUB. Map HERE. Please use THIS LINK to find out how to get from your location to my class.

For now, I have limited space for my classes so each class can only hold a limit of 25 participants for each timeslot.

Rates are SGD$17.12 (incl. GST) for a single trial class and/or SGD$107 (incl. GST) for 8 consecutive classes. How this works is that each day/timeslot runs on separate class registers. For example, if you sign up for Saturday 2:30pm class. You will follow that roster till you complete your 8 sessions or to fulfill the remaining part of that block, whichever comes first. Should you be unable to attend your scheduled dates as per the existing roster, you are allowed to make up up to (2) classes at another timeslot within the following month of the ongoing existing class schedules. 

Fees are charged on a 8 consecutive class system. Should you enter your first block midway through an existing 8 block, you will have a one time pro-rate to your fees till class no. 8. Subsequently, all fees are automatically continued to be billed till you have decided to pull out of the class (which will need to be done in writing to stop the billing). Should you want to come to more than one class a week, each timeslot is paid separately.


For my Zumba Fitness classes, up to 6 participants from each class can claim complimentary parking. (first come first serve) Towels (both small gym & bath towels), water dispenser machines, luxurious shower and steam room facilities are included with your class registration.

Please ask me directly if you have any questions on your class fees. Thank you.

If you were or are one of my students, whether for Personal training, Fitball, Aqua or Dance and can help me spread the word for these classes, I sincerely appreciate it.. Thank you for your support everyone!!

Now.. Lets ZUMBA!!!

Zumba Fever Party @ TAB

With reference to this preview video of the Zumba Fever party, here are the pictures from that amazing evening... my gorgeous Zumba lover girlfriend, Lisa Kong organised this event and I helped to get a sponsor for some NOMU black pepper grinders for the goodybag which everyone loved!! Lisa invited David back to Singapore for this event and the logistics of this practically drove her crazy. Kudos to her to have pulled off such a successful event and everyone is looking forward to the video that she and Melvyn are creating right as we speak.... *excited!*

Check out the video if you haven't already done so and preview the crazy antics and floor burning moves we did on the dancefloor at TAB @ Orchard Hotel.

TAB @ Orchard Hotel was a great club location for the event and it was indeed a party to remember. The lighting was great, it was sufficiently ventilated, finger snacks and a complimentary gingerale or soft drink was provided, along with phenomenal company of my closest instructor friends, dance students and of course, who could forget the man who taught me how to shimmy shake the way I do, David Velez. Who now lives in China btw.. if you were wondering where he disappeared to... 

The outfit for the evening? Outrageous Red! Black lace top with my coral Zumba pants and a short red wig... bling bling crystals and crazy long long dramatic lashes... no one recognised me till I greeted them in the face only to be received with a scream or a hug. The exhibitionist in me totally LOVED it! And I had to put this picture in here simply because it was too "act cutesy" for a middle aged woman like me with 2 pre-teens to be... *slaps self*

I had to pull off the wig right into the first set of the dance for the evening as it was slipping off and did the rest of the dance segment without it. Hard to miss my coral pants though.. and I loved that I was right smack in between the powerhouses of Shannon Lupian and Angela Grosse... we three totally rocked the dancefloor!!! If you want to know how a bootyshake is done, put us 3 together and it'll be a nosebleed.... wahhaahahaha!!

The dance floor was packed at the sold out event all the way to the bar and even up to the second level of the club as all that attended grind and bumped the clubs walls down... the atmosphere?! crazy crazy crazy... but then again.. its Zumba after all... its supposed to be crazy fun..

   

 

Ahh..and trust that David would give us that monkey monster face before we jabbed him into submission for a nice shot together... and finally he succumbed and said "okay.. here's a pose"... tada!! Zumba burning the dancefloor!! Zumba Heey!! Zumba Haa!!

Tonnes of pictures taken that day and I've only put some favourites up here for keeps. Group shot with organiser, Lisa Kong (front kneeling in green & green/orange top & a shot glass). A large majority, perhaps even more than 60% of the participants are licensed Zumba instructors... and that always makes for a great event..

Picture with my hot colombian chicka, Alida... love this shot! The blue lights make it so psychedelic!! *loves!*

Groupshot with my girlfriends - Sharon, Tosca, Charlotte with "Rasta-man" Terence and "Super Zumba Ella!" to the rescue!!... 

Another group shot with Emily and Azmy added in too!! Zumba!! 

One of my favourite persons, Sharon.... love that she came! She's new to Zumba and slowly.. I will convert her.. slowly... *evil snigger*.... ~hiak...hiak... hiak...~

I'm not sure about Azmy (in yellow) but the 3 of us here - Charlotte, Terence and I came from very fatty backgrounds. My 34kg weightloss story has always been a feature on my blog, Terence who was one of the successful winning contestants in our local TV weightloss programme, Lose to Win lost BIG!! He used to be really huge!!! and look at him now... exercise fanatic and yes yes yes!! newly licensed Zumba instructor too!! Charlotte - one of my dearest blog readers, dance student and friend also lost a great amount of weight to look as hot as she does now... she recently took the Zumba instructor course wih Terence too and she's also the founder and advocate of the Singapore Weight Watchers group.

Go check out her website HERE!! And register today.... Free regular membership for a limited period only so go check that out! 

More group shots with even more instuctors (Shannon L. to my left in gray) & Zumba Fitness fans....  and below Angela G. to the right most with her uber toned abs.. *whoots!*

And somemore as the evening goes by... can we ever get enough of posing in our Zumba gear?! NEVERRRRR... Wahahahhaaha! People say... "you Zumba people must be rich huh? everything on your body is Zumba this n Zumba that..." and Zumbawear doesn't come cheap.... so understand this.. we're NOT rich.. we're just passionately frugal... Wahahahhaha!!! (Now you know what to get me for my upcoming birthday people.. ZUMBAWEAR!! I wear a size M for tops, a size L for bottoms (equi. to a size 12) and a size 8.5/9 for shoes. Thank you.. *cough.grins.cough*

And again.. can we EVER get enough of Zumba events?! NEEEEVERRR also... so the next one coming up on the calendar is ZUMBA by the Park organised by Charlotte. (My girlfriend in pink hair in the first picture of this post). Details can be found HERE and Registration too. Space is limited but the Fun will be unlimited!!

And good news is that apart from Shannon (on the poster below), I will also be team teaching with her on stage so come burn the sexy dancefloor with me on the 14th of May 2011 at the Hort Park... we'll be there with a group of other fabulous instructors to buzz the bees right out of the park. Avoid disappointment by registering NOW & pay to secure your place... NOW!... yes.. now.. go.. now... what are you waiting for?!

Thank you!... Zumba Zumba Zumba!!! Olé! See you in the Park!!

Zumba Fever Party!!! Video Trailer...

Oh My Gosh... I have 9 long, picture intensive posts coming up so please look out for them. I've been SO busy these past couple of weeks, the posts just keep stacking up... so if I don't get to them soon, they'll pile up so much - fall over and flatten me.. *pooof*.. meanwhile, while I work some adobe magic on my picture albums.. enjoy the Zumba Fever Party trailer from the Zumba event I attended last week!!

Rockin' Phenomenal Event I tell ya! Can you spot me in the video? *Hint - Flaming Red head*... Enjoy!!! It was an evening of wild moving with a whole clubful of people I love, friends and students and it was all Zumba Zumba Zumba!!!

And guess what!? From May 2011 onwards, I have converted several of my dance classes to ZUMBA FITNESS!! More details for that to come in the following posts...  clear your days and nights on Tues 630pm, Thurs 1030am, Thurs 730pm and Sat 230pm!! Its time to Zumba!!

ZUMBATHON @ ZIRCA with PA

Ladies & Gentlemen! Its Zumbathon time and its now available to the public. 20th November @ ZIRCA - Clarke Quay *3-5pm* Not the exclusive members only Zumbathon that you would have seen me in at California Fitness in the past 2 years but one this year that is now conducted by PA - Peoples' Association.

Link to Nov. 2009 Zumbathon HERE and link to May 2009 Jackie Chan Zumbathon HERE.

Zumba Fitness will be launched at specific PA locations and CCs in 2011 so this is a fun sneak peak for whats to come that would have great atmosphere!

Details in poster above. Click to enlarge. I'm a registered PA instructor for my other fitness programs so I'm helping promoting this on their behalf to get the event off the ground. I have no doubt it would be a really fun event and at a dance club venue too! Who knows.... you may see me next year under PA's 2011 Zumba programs too... Watch my space for developments on this... :) *winks*

Its really going to be a big fitness party!! Tickets can be bought for $12 for Passion Card members and $20 for Non Passion Card members.

I would suggest however to just sign up for the Passion card as you can use it as an EZlink card, $7 movie deals, grocery shopping points at most major supermarkets amongst other venues/merchants plus preferred rates for courses at PA/Community Clubs. And its only a one time $12 for a 5 year membership. You can register for your Passion Card HERE if you don't already have one.

It will be conducted by Michael Thomas aka Mike T as seen here. I love his classes - very high energy as he has a background as a hiphop dancer too. I would be there that day for sure and have 40 slots that you can register with me to be filled up if you're keen. And its filling up fast!

Programme is from 3-5pm (includes registration, arrival of VIPs, warm up, basic steps, VIP to go on stage for demo & interaction, full Zumba Fitness routine and collection of goodie bag)

You can register directly with me and is on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS as slots are limited and make payment via internet banking. Email me honeymeow@gmail.com with the header "Register me for the PA Zumbathon" and include the following details for me to register you. I will advise bank transfer details once I recieve your full registration details.

Please note that you have to give me individual details for each registration and cannot book bulk slots for a group of friends without their individual full details. Slots are limited.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 29th October 2010 or when 40 slots are full whichever comes first.

Full Name:
I/C:
DOB:
Gender:
Address:
Postal Code:
Email Address:
Mobile number:
Are you a Passion Card member: Yes or No

If yes, please confirm that your membership is still valid and in force.

If no, let me know if you are opting to pay $20 for the event or register online for your Passion card membership. Once you have made payment for your card registration, you can inform me that you're a passion card member and I'll update your registration under the preferred $12 rate and you can make your transfer accordingly.

Registration & Payment includes entrance to the venue, 1 drink and a goodybag. Slots are filling up quick so register fast! Zumba! Zumba! Zumba!! I'm excited already. :)