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Prawin & Eileen: Engagement

Weddings

28 February 2009

I’ve known Prawin for quite some time already and despite his furry face, his huge and somewhat intimidating figure, he’s actually a big teddy bear. A kind and soft spoken guy, I used to wonder why he wasn’t dating anyone when I first met him.

Flash forward a couple of months later, we met up for dinner with Sherrie and a few other friends and I was happy to hear that he was seeing someone whom he met at church :) After a whirlwind courtship of a couple of months, Prawin proposed to Eileen whist they were enjoying a beautiful sunrise at one of Sabah’s most popular attractions, the peak of Mount Kinabalu.

So guess who had the honour of shooting their engagement? ;) Yes, Prawin had no choice but to pick me for I had given him an elbow lock and threatened to wax whatever facial and body hair he had. Hahaha! I kid, I kiiiid.

I only got to meet Eileen on the day of the engagement. When I arrived, she greeted me with her sweet, dimpled smile and it was apparent to me why she and Pravin are such a good match. Whenever I shoot couples like Prawin and Eileen, couples whose relationships have transcended cultural differences, who despite their differences complement each other like coffee and milk, I am gratified. Happier than usual for this shows that race really doesn’t matter.

Prawin and Eileen, thank you again for having me be part of the intimate engagement. Have fun with the preparations for your big day!

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WOD 02262009

Fitness

27 February 2009

Having this online journal has been very useful for me. Now that I’m tracking what I eat, I notice that I don’t take much veges or fruits. So in an effort to be (a tad bit more) healthier, I went all out and OD-ed on bananas today :p
Breakfast: 2 bananas
Lunch: Mixed rice with vege, chicken and tomatoes + iced white coffee. Finished off with a slice of honeydew :D
Snack (pre-workout): 1 coffee and 3 bananas (and 3 pieces of choc which was in the PM fridge. Hehehe)
Dinner: Chicken cordon bleu and mille crepe (which I’ve been thinking about since last night!) at Food Foundry

5 rounds of:
MAX REPS of handstand push ups
MAX HOLD of L-Sit
Results:
HSPU – 25 / 22 / 21 / 21 / 16
L-Sit (knee, in seconds) – 50 / 63 / 72 / 61 / 54
Overall a torturously, fun workout which didn’t require a time component. Rested 3 – 5 minutes between each round. Last round of HSPU, slight soreness on my lower right back, maybe cos I didn’t engage my core enough?Could only hold onto the L-sit (knee) for 54 seconds in the last round as my right fingers were getting numb. I must’ve overgripped the bar while hanging, the sensation was similar to what I used to feel whenever I finished climbing a hard route.

JW & Karen of www.pushmore.com ‘supporting’ me during my workout ;p

50 Pull-ups for time
Result: 4:50
Decided to do 50 instead of 100 as I didn’t wanna over do it. Hmm…thinking of taking it easy tomorrow and just go for a swim instead of doing Crossfit. We’ll see, we’ll see.

Tags: Abs, HSPU, L-Sit, Pull Ups

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WOD 02252009

Fitness

26 February 2009

Breakfast: 4 pieces of biscuits
Lunch: Mixed rice with broccoli, curry chicken and fried egg. Less than RM5! :D I think I’ll start eating more at the Chinese shop across the street.
Post Workout: 100 Plus after the run and a scoop of protein with water after the abs workout.
Dinner: Laaaaaarge beef burger and fries, dessert of brownie with ice cream finished off with a latte (blardee expensive dinner wei. gotta stop arranging meetings at these kinda places -___-”)

Didn’t manage to have any snacks in between my meals. Boooooo :(

“Helen”
3 rounds for time of:
Run 400m
21 KB Swing @ 24kg(M), 16kg(W)
12 Pull Ups
Result: 15:20
Previously done on 102008 with time of 15:28. I thought I would’ve been able to go faster by now. Definitely gotta run faster dammit.

‘Swinging it’ :p Pic courtesy of Pushmore

MH Ab Workout
200 Sit Ups
150 Bicycle Crunches
75 Leg Raises
50 Russian Twist (12kg)
Results: 24:38
Farrrk. This is the first time I’ve taken such a looooong time to finish the MH Ab Workout. I was already hungry by the time I started this workout and this may have affected my performance. Well, that and the fact that I did today’s workout prior to that :p Excuses, excuses.

Tags: Abs, Kettlebell, Pull Ups, Run

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