Tae Bo

So I started doing Tae Bo again. The last time I did Tae Bo exercise was when I was preparing for my wedding... I had to get my body ready for my ideal wedding gown! I love the result of tae bo... coupled with pilates was even better.

What is Tae Bo, by the way? Tae Bo is an aerobic exercise routine developed by tae kwon do practitioner Billy Blanks. Blanks developed the routine in 1989, by combining music with elements from his tae kwon do and boxing training to form an intense workout regimen. During the 1990s, some celebrities (such as Paula Abdul) started using Blanks as their personal trainer and a series of videos were mass-marketed to the public. As a result, Tae Bo became somewhat of a pop culture phenomenon in the late 1990s. Tae Bo classes are taught worldwide. Tae Bo includes many of the same punches and kicks as karate, but is not intended for fighting—it was not meant for any combat or self-defense applications. There are no throws, grappling moves, or ground fighting techniques in Tae Bo. Its only intent is to increase health through movement. Tae Bo also includes aerobic exercises intended to strengthen all muscles of the body with basic choreography.

So far, I have only done once. Will try to do it again today. But my, oh my... how painful my body is now. But of course, I have to persevere. I am, after all, aiming to have a swimsuit ready body for my special holiday trip with Hubby to Phuket.

Thai Odyssey at One Utama

Last Saturday, when we visited a couple friends, they offered to take us to a Traditional Thai massage. Hubby and I hadn't done Thai massage for a long long time now and we were craving for it. We said yes. Today, we went to pick her up from her condo in Mont Kiara (Kiara II) and went to Thai Oddysey at One Utama.

We were pre-booked at 3:00pm but there was some kind of mistake so we re-booked to 4:00pm. 10 meters away from the massage place, you could smell the eucalyptus aromatherapy oil. We were ushered to a room with two mattresses on the floor. We then changed into pyjamas prepared for us.

Samantha was getting ready for the massage too. Hehehe. It was actually a 2-hour massage. It was worth it... We felt so rejuvinated and refreshed after the massage. The masseurs were from Thailand... so I tried remembering how to speak Thai (which I learned when I was posted in Phuket for almost 3 years).

The kids had fun for the first hour, doing the massage themselves, lying down next to me and their daddy... giving me a lot of kisses (it was awesome)... but towards the 2nd hour, they started getting bored and sleepy. By the end of the massage, Samantha was sleeping. Hehehe.

Anyways, just grateful for friends that gave us this 2-hour Thai traditional massage. God is awesome!