2009
Saturday Workout
Hitting the gym to do this. Man, how long does it take to get in that amazing shape? I need more discipline and patience. Anyone else out there doing Zusana’s workouts? How’s your progress? Hope you’re having as much great time doing it as I have.
2009
Office Christmas Lunch
Market Tray
Today we had our Office Christmas Lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel. In the photo (taken with a phone cam) you’ll see what my boss’ husband ordered. It’s their Market Season Tray where all the ingredients are fresh from the Pike Place Market. It’s like a 5 star tv dinner. HAHA! How sad, I just called hotel food tv dinner. No really, it did remind me of it. What with the tray and all. But it was really really good food! I’m glad I didn’t have to pay for it. It was pretty pricey. I thank my bosses for that.
Tray 2
I ordered the clam chowder, beef cheeks, fries and dessert pictured above. It was really good. The cheeks came shredded and shaped into a burger. I was expecting to get a beef that I would actually use a knife to cut into but oh well, it was what my bosses husband called “chewed up beef.” Don’t get me wrong, it was flavorful, but just wasn’t the texture I was expecting. It was like corned beef in a can texture. It was also my first time to try beef cheeks. I will not end my beef cheeks exploration here. I am sure there are other ways other restaurants serve this. Overall though, I was happy with what I got. 
After our lunch, the manager of the Four Seasons gave us a tour of the hotel. Mostly to see the paintings of Pacific Northwest artists. He even took us to the presidential suite, which was like what… 5 times bigger than our apartment. One thing though, if I actually stayed or lived in a building like that in the downtown area, the one thing I won’t like is not being able to walk around naked with the windows open. My neighbors would see me right away. I mean it did have an amazing view of the Puget Sound but still… people on the other side of the building will be able to see me. Hey I don’t walk around naked all the time. I just like my privacy…. and walking around the apartment naked.
It was a fun time… we started lunch at 1pm and left the hotel at around 4:30pm. We obviously enjoyed ourselves. This is what I love about where I work.
2009
Punky Brewster
If I had a photo of what I was wearing today, I would totally put it up. But since I don’t, I would just have to describe what I’m wearing. HAHA!
I feel like I’m Punky Brewster today. I’m wearing my fingerless gloves, lots of bracelets on my left wrist, pink top, a long gray and white scarf, denim/brown leather sneaker boots over my skinny jeans.
I love that I can wear whatever I want to work.
2009
Taking a Break . . . But Not Really
For this month, with the crazy Christmas schedule, I decided to take a break from Capoeira. Not just to save money for more gifts but to also try and work more on my endurance.
Strength, I have no problems with but I need to be able to be in the roda for long periods of time. Especially if it’s your birthday, my professor thinks it’s the best day to torture you. What better way than to go against everyone in the roda. So usually after playing 4 people, that’s when I feel like I’m about ready to faint and kiss the floor.
With that, I decided to change it up a little bit after I discovered a video on YouTube. This woman is intense, crazy fit… and yes has big boobs. But try to go past that boobs and butt and watch her workout. She’s crazy and her body is something to strive for. She works hard to get in great shape and you can see the results. If she can do it why can’t I right?
The video above is the workout that I have been doing at the gym for a week now. The first time Nick and I did this, we were so out of breath but it was soooo good! We actually hit the treadmill for another 20 minutes after our workout. So we did good!
My goal is not to be skinny, but to be fit. Shave off all the fat in my body by eating right and working out. Doing more cardio and Zusana’s intense workouts.
I’ll be back to Capoeira in January. I wonder if my workouts will make a difference with how I play. I want to last in the roda and kick everyone’s butts!
Do you have a workout you want to share?
2009
Capoeira Glimpse
We had a capoeira photoshoot 2 weeks ago ’cause my professor wanted to use it for our group’s website. I am usually the designated photographer so you don’t see me much in photos. Unless I asked my husband to take a photo of me while I am in the roda.
My professor was making me do the Au Malandro in front of the camera. Since my camera is a fancy one, no one really touches it unless I give them permission to. At this time I didn’t give anyone permission. HAHA! I just put it on the tripod and set the timer. And the timer goes for 10 seconds.
In this photo, you can see.. how I failed to time it right.
Au Malandro Fail
2009
Starting Over
I started blogging in December of 2002. I started with a free blog on blogger, to having a friend host my blog and giving me a domain in 2006, and now 3 years later, I am hosting my own blog and paying for it myself.
I have gone on blogging sprees to going on hiatus for months and months. This would be the nth time I change the face of my blog and the 3rd time that I start from scratch. Meaning zero posts. As I was in the process of moving into a new host, I asked my friend to back up my posts. I was thinking that I just wanted a new face. But after having problems with uploading it on my host and up to now, I still can’t figure it out, I decided that heck, I should just start over.
Blogs.. blogs. The great thing about blogs is that you can start all over again. Create a new you. Create hope. Create life. More to look forward to. And not have posts or baggage from the past haunting you every time you log onto your blog. You can just click on “delete”.
You can’t do that with life. But it doesn’t hurt to have a clean start. We’ll see where this blog goes. I might just create another blog solely for photos. I have done that before but didn’t really pursue it. But since I have my fancy camera, it gives me a good reason to challenge myself.
The look might change if you come back. I am still unsure of how I want the blog to look. We’ll see. For now, cheers to a fresh start!
