Vera

We signed ourselves up for too many things. Omg.

It all started last month because we went for our biannual dental appointment at PLQ. Because we rarely wake up early on Sunday mornings, it felt like such a luxury and we decided to walk around the mall.

We ended up signing up for MANGA DRAWING at an art studio and PIANO CLASSES.

Yes. Adults with kids pay for their children’s classes but we don’t so we spend money on ourselves! Why do people think they can convince me that having kids is a good idea?

But because of our impulsive decision and our fascination with learning new things.. my schedule is completely packed. I’m my own tiger mum omg.

Tues and Thursday mornings we have bouldering PT that start at 8am. At night, we have qigong (lol wtf was I thinking)

Wednesday nights I have piano lessons. C’s are in the daytime.

Sundays we attend art class, then we eat a light lunch and walk over to Singpost to boulder with friends.

I’ve also decided to bring in the gorgeous ceramics from Thailand and we’ll be putting them up for sale on IG. Need to figure out packaging and processes for that so we’ve been running around doing things for that.

All these on top of my regular teaching, regular marketing and promotions.. and managing work at my Mum’s. 🤦🏻‍♀️

What is going on, I don’t even know why I do this.

Today after teaching 4 back to back sessions, I passed out on the chair with my brain feeling like a different entity from my body.

Dying might be painful

But death is only painful to the living.

I’ve been trying to clear my wardrobe in preparation of the big move out. Decided not to do two built ins because of my indecisiveness and inability to commit that extra space in the study so C and I only have ONE built in wardrobe between us in the master bedroom AND it’s smaller than my current wardrobe.

The plan is to buy one off the shelf if we need it – ideally we won’t – IF I am successful at whittling down my clothes. I have very little confidence that I will be able to do this but I just can’t commit to the second wardrobe until we move in and unpack. Perhaps a chest of drawers will do? Let’s see.

Eh how come it’s so hard to get rid of clothes?! I’ve even had Marie Kondo on Netflix to get myself in the mood but even after getting rid of two full bags, my wardrobe still looks pretty much the same leh.

I’ve been procrastinating on a few things for the house. Probably due to my own laziness and inability to commit to making big purchases.

We decided that we weren’t going to get a television, so that has helped us save on the cost of a TV and a console. We were keen to get a projector since we’re both part of the streaming generation anyway – but we had no idea how expensive projectors are!

Stumbled upon the Philips Picopix Max indiegogo campaign today and got my credit card out within 10 mins flat.

I don’t have good experiences with crowdfunding (looking at you, coolest cooler), but this is under Philips, and shouldn’t be so bad right?

Excited for this now. It supports Netflix, will connect with Philips HUE (though we don’t have any Hue bulbs yet), and has plans to integrate with Sonos speakers!

Recently saw an article about male athletes doing Pilates and I thought I’d share my experience of teaching guys in Singapore who have done Pilates!

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Even though Pilates seems to attract a lot more females, my male students are usually the ones who are the most intrigued about Pilates.

Perhaps it’s because most of them are typical fitness buffs who work out at the gym doing the usual weight training thing, strength to them always comes at a cost of flexibility.

When they come to BodyTree and try out our Mobility Fitness Assessment, most of them find that the strength training that they’ve been doing actually impedes their ability to move well, and in most cases, the exercises that they’ve been doing has actually not activated the muscles that they’re meant to fire.

But in a gym setting where the more weights you load, the merrier.. our bodies has no choice but to compensate in ways that allow us to do whatever we demand of it.

Ever felt more quads than hamstrings and glutes in a squat or deadlift? More delts or upper traps than mid traps in a row? Or more neck and lower back in abdominals work?

These are usually the most common compensations I’ve seen. (Not exclusive to males, of course! Most of my female students have more dominant quads – and if you’re doing Barre you’d understand what I mean!!)

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Running, rock climbing, basketball, football, tennis, bowling, taekwondo.. you name it, these men are always trying to keep active. And maybe that’s why they decided to pick up Pilates, because they’re always looking for ways to improve in their movement.

However, because of their very active lifestyles, they’ve also usually got a list of injuries from all those compensations over the years..

So they are usually always incredibly appreciative and excited about their progress, especially after feeling how it helps them improve in their strength and flexibility and seeing the results in their sport.

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Once you gain an awareness of your muscles and your body, it really helps you to feel secure that whatever you’re doing in the gym is actually going to benefit the correct muscle group that you intend to work.

Standing in the train and trying to conserve my energy. There are so many things to do and I feel drained today. Fridays are tough, purely for the commute.

I chose not to drive today because my morning PT cancelled and I had such a bad time sleeping. I think because I cleared a bit of my wardrobe yesterday, some dust probably filled the room so I woke up in the middle of the night with a really itchy left eye and my nose was leaking.

Feeling a little bit off today like I’m dreaming as I’m standing here in the train. Here’s my stop.