Have you flown with Tiger Airways?

Being in a family that has grown up with our local home grown airline and besides the fact that my father works at Singapore Airlines. I have yet to try Tiger Airways and I'm seriously considering giving them a try.

I've heard so much about this airline and I've seen so many attractive promotions that my friends have been raving about and using for their holiday purposes so it might seem strange to know that in this day & age where everyone seems to be jet setting every couple of weeks. I have not stepped out of Singapore for years now!

Years!!! Can you believe it? For someone who literally grew up on the plane because we moved country every 2-3 years. I've been pretty much home ground for some time now.

Where would I like to head out to if I decide to give this a go? I'd like to give Tiger Airways a try to the Philippines! I haven't been back there since Eirian was 8 months old and you all know that she's turning 6 this year... Its been too long and I would love to see my mom's place again. To visit my maternal relatives, to check out the malls, eat the local food and be driven around by my mom's driver!! Ahhh the luxury of being a "princess" there in the 'pines.

Looking back of the past trips out of Singapore some time back, I have several places that I felt gave me a great experience. However, I'd like to touch on travelling back to the Philippines for now. Not alot of people I know have been there before. Everyone is a little "scared" about the safety of the country. Which I can totally understand. Heck! There are guards with loaded rifles everywhere! From the mall entrances to supermarket entrances to even 7-11 marts. Imagine that. Even security guards carry loaded handguns that hang loosely on their belts. -.-'' Not that they're going to shoot you with it... heng suay lah! But more of deterrent purposes.

However, depending on which part of the Philippines you're at, you definitely get different experiences. This meaning if you're out in the provinces/mountains as compared to being in the City of Makati in Manila.

Image from here.

Being in the city would pretty much also mean MAJOR MAJOR traffic jams. But you get the convenience of having spectacular giant malls and fantastic food joints at your selection and fancy and the food? Whoaaa!! I LOOVE THE FOOD THERE!! And have you ever sat in a Jeepney? Its one of the main public transport in the Philippines and if you have not sat in one before, you should. And learn how to pass your fare to the driver from the back of the Jeepney and HOP OFF when your place to alight comes near bc THEY MAY NOT STOP for u just to alight.

U might have to JUMP OFF! Hahahahaa!

Image from here.

I miss the Carnivals/Amusement Parks too that start in the city from November to Jan/Feb each year. These carnivals are HUMONGOUS!! I think I remember one called "Star City?" There are so many many many rides, roller coasters, games that really win u alot of prizes - u never leave empty handed, horse riding, food!! and more food!!, freak shows, horror houses... its INSANE!! The carnivals themselves are an experience altogether. And there are a few of them.. not only one. I must go back there again soon.

Being in the main city where we stay is like living on Orchard road. Just across the street from our apartment are a couple of malls. And these mall houses LV and similar brand range boutiques amongst others. Imagine that... its a misconception that its totally a 3rd world country when you have such good amenities within the city itself.

Image from here.

Travelling out of the city is something to try too. It really brings you back to nature where you get to drive to various parts of the country, see as far as the eyes can see padi fields, check out roadside stalls, swim in close to nature swimming pools, experience waterfalls, eat native food, desserts & sweets, buy super sweet mangoes & pomelos by the roadside and eat them directly in the car! Super sweet & fresh okay!!, see free roaming animals and buy local handicraft.

Image from here.

Hey! There's even this place called Fantasy World about 2 hours drive out of the city. You can take a bus from the main city interchange that goes direct there and its a mini disneyland *akin to the theme parks at Genting* thats operational all year long! One very affordable ticket at the entrance gets you in for all the rides and its very fun!!! And they're NOT cheapo rickety old rides okay! They're high quality theme park rides!! Very good for a day out when you're there.

Image from here.

And not all of the Philippines is a hot country like Singapore where we only have 1 weather.. HOT? You can travel up to the mountains and its SOOOOOOOOOOO COLD!! Not snow cold but almost there! Its THAT cold but just without snow. I want to bring CJ up to Baguio which is another place where he has yet to explore with me and that place IS COLD!!!

Now that I think back into all these, I really want to go back for a quick visit real soon and hey! Tiger Airways might be my choice this time round!

Tiger Airways is currently celebrating its 4th anniversary by having a special birthday fares starting from S$0.04 to various destinations.

Tiger Airways is Asia Pacific's true low fare airline. It offers passengers not only one of the lowest possible airfares in the market, but safe, reliable and convenient point-to-point air travel as well. Tiger Airways now flies to more than 27 destinations across 9 countries in Asia-Pacific on a fleet of brand new Airbus A320 aircraft.

CHECK IT OUT!! TIGER AIRWAYS 4TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!!

Zumba Party Again!

With reference to THIS & THIS post.

The 3rd CF Zumba party went well today. I enjoyed it and if you went, did you? I didn't go to the 2nd Zumba party but you can check out videos of the 1st party HERE.

I was shoved up by one of the regulars during a call for volunteers to lead a set so I ended up doing 3 sets instead of 2. *bish from behind and a kick to my arse* Wah lau eh.... Oookay.. I'll do it...*snigger & pretend to sigh in resignation* *but buay paiseh mahhh! and anyway everyone now knows I have this secret desire to lead the class heh heh heh* ON LAH!! *skipping on stage*

The sets were relatively simple. The place was crowded. The fruit punch was layed out. The lights were strobing. The decorations & balloons were up. The place was cold! *Very good!*

The theme was beach party *first party was Latin Flava* but I think the only 2 people who actually dressed beachy was Katia in her bikini combo and David with his shades.... -.-'' Singaporeans very no fun one lah!! Not sporting!! Got theme.. dress up mahhh!! Eh! Even I went there with LASHES can... esp since I was helping out on stage.. must look swee swee mah! *cough* annnyyway... moving on....

We had a street battle and I was nominated to lead one side with a little overwhelming response. So flattered lahhh... but BAH... it was a little boring bc it would have been best if the main instructors hyped it up a little more and made it more lively like the first party! So left right left right.. do this n that... BLAH... boring lah... everyone was SOOO quiet n just moving along.. why was it I was the only one going "BOOOOO!!! boooooo!! U suck!! We're better!! Neh neh neh..." *cough* (look around.. eh!! why am I the only one shouting... -.-'')

We had Daniel/Katia/David/Jessie do a set each. I guess like that it made the 2 hours fly by easier and it wasn't so exhausting as each had their own style.

Then we had a limbo game... and we went from really high to really low... and THIS TOO.. aiyohh!! people just not sporting lah!! LIMBO people LIMBO!!! Don't just stand around sniggering leh!! Its a game!! Play larh! *rolls eyes* anyway those who did play.. we played... keep trying lah.. in the end, only a few made it through the lowest bar.. then the game ended... goodybag prizes given out... *heh heh* I peeked into mine.. Lóreal Nutrigloss hair product samples! Yay... time to put on my hair. Heh heh! Oh and my shoes were great but when I mentioned I really need new rubber soles.. I do. I was sliding a little more than usual so I'm now DEFINITELY going to re-sole them so I won't end up slipping on the wooden studio flooring.

A little more dancing... a little salsa, a little reggaeton, a little lindy, a little hip hop, a little bellydance and a little more misc. moves... and ta dahh!! Party over... and everyone made their way to hydrate themselves with fruit punch by the side.

I had so many cups of fruit punch - I feel nauseaus. I even had my bottle filled with it... I can't drink any more fruit punch.. I'm going to hurl. My new found Zumba friend, Sin Yee and me drowned ourselves with so much punch...it was almost flowing out of our ears.

Sin Yee found me through my blog and intro-ed herself one day in class! Very nice girl! Here we are all hot & sweaty after all that dancing...

Anyway.. till the next Zumba party.. I think what needs work would be the involvement of theme and to really hype up the battle segment as that part is really one of the best parts of the Zumba party... Rashidah & David!! You both HAVE to be at the next one OKAY!!

Thats it people! A very enjoyable Zumba party once more... till next time! So... I call out again.. anyone wanna try Zumba or Rumba? Drop me a mail HERE.

Weightloss Update: 74kg!

I stepped on the scales today and stepped off. Stepped on. Stepped off and did that a couple more times... just to be sure.

*blink blink* *bounce bounce* Then happily confirmed. I'm now 74kg... YAY!!! A little slow, 1kg down...BUT its progressing nonetheless!

And I got 2 pairs of shoes today for FREEEEEE! OK.. they're not really FREE but I didn't have to put out any cash for them. I had a voucher and it paid for them! I love love love vouchers! Get me vouchers any day... for any occasion for any time.

Oh and.. yes I know.. my feet are VEINY... its hard stamping a 74kg body on those 2 lumps of meat called my feet everyday without my veins screaming bloody murder.

Now I have a white and a black pair for dance classes depending on my mood! And I love the bling bling gold accents on them. Yay!!! I might want to bring them down to the cobbler to get them re-soled with better rubber soles so that I have more traction and won't end up sliding all over the place but SWEE! I like them so much!! *happiness.... la la la la la....*

Banghra for this Sunday!

With reference to this post.

Yayness! I just recieved the first music set for Banghra so that I know what we're doing for this Sunday and I suppose its relatively simple. I have a general idea of the moves that may be used and I could pretty much replicate to this video without THAT much difficulty. THANK GOD!

I'm beginning to like this song. Throwing it into my player now. Am pretty excited about this! At most.. if I really get lost during the set.. I can improvise... *crossing my fingers that I don't fall off stage or I DON'T CRAMP midway*

THE DAYS of the Lians & Bengs...

I was very kindly invited by Claudia for a Blog Aloud Movie Review for a local movie called "The Days" on Tuesday, 7pm at GV, Vivocity.

It was a chinese movie and you would have thought that I would very likely be the last person to review a chinese show considering that I don't speak chinese. Might I clarify here that I understand chinese, just that I don't speak/read it? Anyway.. there were subtitles for those who are thinking of catching the show and are "chinese illiterate" like me.

Claudia & me! Thanks for the invitation Babe!

I found the show highly amusing. I could almost hear CJs' "tsk tsk tsk" at the back of my mind while I was watching the film. CJ was & has always been the good boy who pulled this so called "lian" out of misery a long time ago almost falling wayside towards a life of decadence and lead me down the road of "goodness". Har har har... such is a confused youth...

As much as I would hate to admit it now, I was somewhat lian back in the 90s. NOT hardcore but somewhat.

While I didn't wear clothes that had brands like Guess, Trussardi, Moschino, Valentino, Sonia Rykiel, Chantel Thomas, Jean Paul Gaultier, Versace... I did carry quite a number of different style JPG bags through out my school years back then which were given to me as gifts. Clothes wise, I always thought those many buckle/studs/obiang coloured shirts that they folded up to their shoulders were really.. OBIANG. I couldn't bring myself to wear those kind of clothes. Those giant buckles/those shiny lion head shirts/those skinny belts and those tight pants & ballet pumps. Gahhh!!! UGLY LAH!

I still wore normal clothes like Esprit/Marks & Spencer *I still do!* and various non brand clothes.. but as you can see here, the black body suit back then was pretty hot so I wore that with various skirts & under dresses.

Yes, I sported hair tails too! It was very "stylo" back then! I had one on each side of my fringe, always tucked behind my ears when it called for decency. If not those "cockroach feelers" would just hang out by the sides. Just because "I like lehhhh".

Yes, I had a Beng wanna-be boyfriend back then too which occassionally got into those crappy "I actually never really see them fight and my gang better than your gang" fights. "Stare what stare?!" and bleached his hair with cheap peroxide. *rolls eyes*

Yes, I frequented TEA PARTIES back then on Saturdays. Those were such a hot thing back then! Where did I go? Well.. places like Orchard Hotel, Fire, Sparks and the Bomb pub at Boat Quay. *GAH!!!* Go in from 2pm-530pm, always dance to TECH TECH TECHNOOOOO museeek, *point point to the sky dance / shuffle around and point finger up again - whooot whooot!!* and drink the complimentary 2 glasses of coke. Oh.. I still listen to old school techno by the way.. haha during my workouts!

However, no one believes it when I tell them that I've never stepped into Canto.. OR Zouk in my life. Even till now. Sure. I've seen it from the outside but I've never been INSIDE.

Yes, I ponteng *skipped* school ocassionally. So that we can go SIT AT McDonalds and hang out or just hang out at the bus interchange... -.-'

But all these above is really history. The show really brought out all reminiscent of those times in the 90s and more. It was highly amusing but not something that I would revisit personally at any time ever again.

I couldn't find a picture that actually SHOWED my tail but I couldn't find one that wasn't BLURRED. So here are some pictures of me back then in 1996 with a very young CJ.. and me... in my teens, count back 12 years lah! Surprisingly though, I was 55kg then but why is it.. I look the same now at 75kg??! Anyway.... I'm very sure I had tails in these pictures bc I had them for a while before I decided that it was a fashion faux pas years later. Must have tucked them behind my ears.

Back to the movie, I won't put in spoilers for the show. You should really just catch it! Its one of the most amusing and really well art directed local movies I've seen to date. They really tried to catch the essence of the times back then and they are quite successful! I almost felt transported back to the 90s.

You can go to check out full details of this show HERE at the official website. Sypnopsis, pictures, links, cast & crew and everything about the show can be found there.

After checking that website out, GO WATCH IT AT GV! I'd recommend it esp for those that are born from the late 1970s - mid 1980s as this show is something you can really relate to and/or find it very amusing to see an era that died off with the new millenium.

What happened during this Blog Aloud screening though was that firstly, they brought us in for the show then there was a Meet & Greet Session with the Director, Boi Kwang and the rest of the cast. The cast was casted from the street and had no prior acting experience but with some training and character immersions, I'd say it was a very good job well done! Looked and sounded so REAL!!

From the walk aka like got big balls cannot close leg swagger, to the language used, to the actions and facial expressions. Very well done! Esp since the cast - mostly & originally do not speak chinese type and are actually really well behaved people in real life! And they looked SO MUCH BETTER, ie more civilised in real life too!

You've got to check it out to amuse yourself at how close they managed to replicate this "era" in Singapore's history. Right down to their props and locations... well chosen and researched!

During the post screening meet the cast session, we got to take pictures! And I chose to take one with the "Small Big Boss" aka Xiao Lao Da, Jeremy Tan - Real name Anthony Kho. He really did an excellent job portraying this "boss" of his gang.

And of course, have to take a picture with the director, Boi Kwang.. *cough* although.. he held me a little tight eh!! *cough cough* nevermind.. *coughIammarriedw/kidsbtwcough*

Successful Director.. can put his arms around me to take photo *cough* and this show is actually based on a true life story.. about Boi & his brother and their Ah Beng days back in the 90s. Oh.. and the director and I are the same age!... *am feeling a little old liao*

And of course, whats a bloggers review if there were not more bloggers there to do their part.. and who else had tickets but Molemole!! She did her review HERE.

Claudia's review can be found HERE. Mr Brown sat in front of us too and he has his HERE.

The Days Facebook page can be found HERE. Go check that out.

And check out a video of the crew & some in movie songs too!! GO WATCH!!!

And this would be one of the rare times you actually see a chinese song on my blog. I've put it here because I thought it really sounded pretty nice. If you listen to chinese songs, check this out.. nice. Even for a person like me who doesn't listen to chinese songs, I think its endearing.

And lastly... we got goodie bags filled with some movie merchandise... which we got the director to sign on. Yayness for goodie bags... free treats are always good *smack the Singaporean in me...* Hur hur hur...

So there you have it people.. Go check out this show. Its really quite worth the ticket and 100 minutes you spend watching it. For this show, I'd say.. Support Local Films.. they're REALLY not as bad as you think! This one "GOT STANDARD ONE!" .... CHECK IT OUT!!!

Assisting a Zumba Party!

I had the most pleasant surprise today. In the midst of a regular Wednesday and slowly winding down at home.

I was contacted by Daniel aka Ban Ban who is one of the other Zumba/Step instructors at Cal. Fitness. *The one in the middle in Pink* I only go to Rashidah & David's classes regularly so I was surprised to hear from him.

"Hi Pam, are you by any chance coming to the Zumba Party this Sunday? If you are, I will invite you to stage to do one track with me. :P"

And I was stunned. I spoke to him once before. He was at the previous Zumba party. I've seen him around and we have made small polite conversation when we bump into each other at the gym.

My girlfriend and I were talking about this Sundays' Zumba party earlier over lunch and we concluded that we might not be going as we were Rash/David fans and if they weren't conducting it. Maybe next one. But now this! Confirm GOING LOR!

I'm so freaking flattered that he noticed me and wanted me to join in with the stage demo. We got talking on MSN and I'm set up for 2 sets of Bollywood and Agogo this Sunday and maybe more.

I'm SO EXCITED! I'm so pleased. I'm SOOO FLATTERED!! *screams*

This may not be a big deal to those who instruct regularly but I'm so damn excited!! So.. are you going to be at the Zumba party this Sunday? Venue: Novena Branch. Time: 4-6pm.

Come & Shake your Booty! *cough* I'm going to be there of course, now.. are you?

Shake your Bon Bons to this!

In line with the dance classes that I've been doing alot lately, I have gotten re-aquainted with the various latin/salsa/regaetton/hiphop/house/dance music that really gets me going and is suitably apt for the kind of moves that we do in class. Think mixture between hiphop and latin dance... very fun.

And lately, I was introduced to Daddy Yankee and WHOAAAAA!!!! Love it! Its very regaetton/hiphop and would work VERY WELL in class.. when I first heard it, I found it somewhat familiar only to later realise, we already play these in class!

*doing the head/shoulder bump at my desk as I write this* NICE LAH!! This makes a good regaetton tune.

And those in class would be FAMILIAR with this... VERY nice. We almost always have this set. You would find a track of this in both Rashidah and David's class. Enjoy! And to those who want to join me and are afraid, take a listen to these tracks and if you feel you can bump ur head to the beat. You will be FINE in class.

"I love your body...."

I've never heard that comment uttered to me by anyone other than CJ so it made me quite stunned when 2 strangers came up to me and said that to me this morning.

As usual, I had my morning dance class and was cooling down at the locker room when these 2 chinese ladies which were in class earlier came up to me and one said "Hi! I love your body!".....

Luckily I was sitting down bc I was stunned. *wide eyes unblinking* "huh?" Oookay.. so that was a little too much of a "gong" reaction but I was really stunned.

The other one then said "You really can dance huh! You really shake well! Very nice to see leh! Next week we come again and take class with you ok?"

I really didn't know what to say and I was surely blushing like mad. I could do nothing but just smile wide and "thank you! and err... sure.. thanks... " *big smile* I sat there wondering what else to say bc they were just standing there... so I just kept on smiling and nodding appreciatively and wondering.. what part of my body could they like? My fat ass? My boobs? Erm... what? 1 minute later, it became a little awkward staring at eachother with nothing to say so they all moved off... "bye!!!"... *wave wave*

No one ever said that to me before... I actually find it pretty amazing! 75kg and at this plus size and you like it? Are you being serious?! For CJ to say it, abit Kelong.. hubby mah.. but stranger? Seriously.. I'm very flattered esp when I know there are loads to improve.. ie flabby arms, fat arse, my legs need more toning, my back needs more toning, my tummy could be firmer... but it kinda made my day as it was such an unexpected surprise.

Goodness.. wait till I reach 55kg. Tell me then how it looks then... and the thought of this really makes me very excited.... how will I be? Time will tell.. and it will be soon... for now.. I'll bask in the flattery for today... tomorrow will be a new day.

Oh.. and another thing.. you know when your blog has taken a life of its own when... a stranger comes up to you in public and says "Hi Pam! I'm (name) and I read your blog".
-.-''

Me: Stunned again. "Oh!! Thank you!!* Nod nod... Smile smile smile....

Dancing at the Zumba Party...

With reference to this and this past post, I pulled some strings and was given the raw video taken at the Zumba party for my personal records. The file was FREAKING huge and I was told that parts of this video will be edited and they will post it up on the TVs at the gym! Very the unglam lahhh.... :(

*GAH!!!* Anyway, to those who were curious to what Zumba is about, I've put in some clips here which I unconventionally took in the most un-techie way. I played it on TV and video recorded it with my HP and transferred it to my computer.

-.-''. I couldn't convert the DVD file into an editable file so I guess watching non high resolution videos will have to suffice for now. If you're interested to check out the real deal though, JOIN ME FOR CLASS INSTEAD to get the full and proper experience and take it from there. For those interested, Zumba is conducted at California Fitness Singapore. CFit has exclusive rights to be the only one in SG to conduct the Zumba program so you would have to join me for class if you really want to give this a go.

This video above is PART of our Zumba routine and this was lead by Rashidah. I love the way she dances.. she's like pumped with caffeine man! So high energy!! And the moves are so simple right? Zumba is a multi-level class. See the Aunty at the end of the video? If she can do it! SO CAN YOU! You can come in with your "two left feet" and still complete the class in glorious style. :) Or you can pump up the volume and the intensity and dance like a mad woman... *cough* like me.. *cough*

This video is part of the routine lead by Rashidah and David. Both my Zumba/Rumba instructors! I love that I have a video of them BOTH...*love love* these 2 people are the 2 other very important people in my life changing experience through my weightloss journey and fitness lifestyle OTHER THAN my hubster, CJ who is my personal fitness coach and driving force from 104kg to now.

And this video is part of the "Zumba style Street Battle" that was held towards the end of the Zumba party. The class was split into two opposing sides and we were up for a dance battle! Lets see who is more "XIAO ON!!*" *crazy.

One side had Rashidah & Diana with the rest of her group and the other side had David & Me with the rest of our group.

We won!!!! I think?! There wasn't a prize though but it was FUN!! And yeah, I'm looking pretty pudgy in this video *I always do!! :( * but I can attest that the past 2 weeks since then have done wonders *with alot of cramps and aches in between while doing weights* towards the firming up the back and arms and whatever else you see shaking in this video... Whoooot!! You've gotta check me out to believe it hahahaha... so anyone else wanna try Zumba or Rumba class?

Aaannnd..... Stop gawking at my fat arse hahaha at least I dare to shake it. :)

Exercise can be fun... even WITH 2 left feet. :) Agree?

TVC Scripts IN! & I Got an Award!

Thurdays are complete work days. Either I'm doing actual work or I'm clearing housework or I'm working on SOMETHING. Its a work day any way I look at it.

We received our TVC scripts today by email. For those who don't know what this is about, we're filming a drink commercial next month. *Don't ask me which one.. you'll know soon enough and we can't say who anyway* It was supposed to be filmed THIS WEEK! But filming got rescheduled. Apparently now, there are 2 variations to film and this commercial is either going to come out as loving & touching, seriously funny or seriously BLAH!!! *crossing my fingers that it will be alright...*

And picture time.. I swiped out my handphone this evening and took a picture. Good hair day! Must take picture.. heh heh.. *bimbotic moment... la la la*

Oh! And my sister Alex just came back from a visit from the Philippines and took some pictures with Mommy!! *love love* I must go visit soon... I Miss You! .. Oh wait! You're flying back to SG soon! Yayness!!

And I was given a Brillante Weblog Premio Award! By a faithful reader living in France. Rojak Rendezvous. Her blog has gorgeous pictures and really shows the other side of life being Singaporean and living overseas with her family.

"Brilliant Weblog is a prize given to sites and blogs that are smart and brilliant both in their content and their design

The purpose of the prize is to promote as many blogs as possible in the blogsphere.

Here are the rules to follow:

When you receive the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back.

Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design.

Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘Brilliant Weblog’.

Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional). All the bloggers have wonderful work and content in their blog and all deserve to get this."

I am passing this award to the following blogger friends & family because I read you regularly, you have put in the effort to put in content to the best you can in your own way and I hope this spurs you on to continue updating your blogs regularly.

Shelly @ Shelled & DeShelled

Diana @ Molemole.Sg

Mun @ MunFitnessBlog

Lydia @ Boarist Federal Government

CJ, my hubster @ My Karate, My Life -

For actually starting a blog and actually writing in it even though he's an ANTI BLOG person! *gasp! you mean CJ has a blog? Yes.. he does! Kua kua kua -.-''*

Adele @ AuntyAdele

Jo @ Jodelicious