Pleasant Surprises

Yesterday, 13 August 2005, I did not have my regular session of badminton due to "unforseen circumstances". So I scheduled my weekly yoga instead. I went for Yoga Combat.

Yoga Combat = Karate + Kickboxing + Thai boxing + Yoga = Exhausting workout... I almost fainted, no kidding!

Previously I went for: Yoga Therapy, Gentle Yoga, Yogalates and Sun Salutation Series. These were NOWHERE near the intensity of Yoga Combat. The moment the yoga master played the fast paced music, he began his mission to make us perspire like the rain and huff and puff to our physical limits. I was struggling to keep up with the pace but found myself pleasantly surprised. I was surprised because despite the different ages, shapes and sizes, everyone was in full concentration trying to box and kick. Amidst the frenzy of kicking and boxing, I observed that everybody (no doubt breathless and wet in perspiration), including the yoga master were enjoying ourselves tremendously!

After my yoga, I was very hungry so "radio" for a lunch mate. Terry responded in record time and after lunch, I was in for a surprise.

"You want to help me?" Terry asked. Since I was already in Orchard and had nothing planned, I agreed. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out what I had to do: Be a Tai Tai!

So off we went to Versace, Raoul, Pois, P.O.A., Hugo Boss, Bag Bar, Liz Claiborne, ProjectBloodShopBros... and 20+ other "class" shops! All I had to do was to carry the paper bags with clothes and accessories collected from the shops. Actually all the items were for a photo shoot for a magazine but it was so much fun going from shop to shop, carrying increasingly more label bags in the process. We definitely caught the attention of many shoppers. I felt like a Tai Tai for once... SHIOK!

While enjoying my Tai Tai moment, I met my secondary school mate (XBL). She was so delighted that she gave me another pleasant surprise: she treated me (Terry and her friends) to dinner at Pasta Cafe in Takashimaya! After dinner, it was about 8.30pm.

Just when I thought things could not get any better, (XBL) decided that the night was still young and treated the whole gang (7 of us) to coffee and tea at a hotel lounge!!

At about 10.30pm, (XBL) seemed tired and it looked like we were heading home when I was in for my final surprise. Somehow it was still too early to go home on a Saturday evening, so we went karaoke!!! At 3am, after 4 hours of pure enjoyment screaming, yelling singing we finally went home on Sunday morning. Gosh! What a day of pleasant surprises!! Thanks to Terry, (XBL) and her friends =)