Big Bash with Cato

The highlight of my weekend trip last week was meeting


Cato Larsen for the 1st time. He is a popular line dance


choreographer who was in KL for a short stint invited


by Funstompers. Roll With The Wind, I Won't Cry,


Fairytale, Sealed With A Kiss, are few of the dances


shared with us. Beeda met up with me on this occasion,


and we had a wonderful time shopping too.

Charity Linedance Night 19 July 2009

Line dancers from Singapore and Jb converged for
a Chairty affair organised by Jenny Lim. An awesome
night with 80 dances to dance kept our feet pretty
busy. A fun-filled party with lucky prizes ,
bingo games , heaps of food and a sharing with special
guest, the spectacular and exquisite Joyce Lim.

Raising more than 18,000 rm for Palliative JB
was the main ingredient for this successful night.

This zany gang of mine is definitely having a blast!

Sandakan Trip

When Roger, my brother-in-law who resides in Sandakan invited us

for an outing to Lankayan Island, we simply could not say a "no".

We flew into Sandakan via Kota Kinabalu, while Cynthia flew in

on a direct flight from Kuala Lumpur.

The island is an hour and half boat ride from the mainland and the followings

are pictures to remember.

The chalets are clean, comfortable and with the sea almost at

your doorstep what more can we ask!

Hammock ridden.

Fook Fook the resort's resident dog.

Bronzed by the sun.

The crystal clear waters.

Diving equipment for hire.

Our catch for the day.

Enjoying ourselves on the fishing boat.

Yoga time in the middle of the ocean



Sure this is yoga?????

Sun-bathing on the sun-deck

Hung this sign on my door to indicate to the resort's staff

in case of any turtle nesting.

Very lucky to watch a turtle laying her eggs.

After 3 days at the island we are back on the mainland Sandakan to

do some tourist visit.

Had tea and cakes at the famous English tea house which is

on top of a hill overlooking Sandakan bay.

Agnes Keith's house. She is the american writer who lived here from 1930s

and 1942 , and wrote three books. The first was "Land below the Wind"DIV>

(first published 1939), a book on pre-war days. It was followed

by "Three Came Home" (1947), which focused on hardships suffered in the

Second World War, and was subsequently made into a Hollywood movie, and

the third book "White Man returns" (1951), which tells of her life in Sandakan

after war.

The Australian Memorial dedicated to some 2700 Australian prisoners

of war and others who died in the Pow camp and death marches in

North Borneo during WW2.

Crispy pata a favourite Filipina dish (used to eat this frequently

prepared by our Filipina maid when we stayed in KK)

Farewell dinner at Masarap was special with a live band entertainment.

Golden and Blissful

We had the honor of being invited to Ivy's golden wedding

anniversary. A young couple in love is joy, but an aging couple in love

is bliss. When a couple has cherished their marriage for 50 years, it certainly

calls for a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. A wedding anniversary is the

celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity.

Newlyweds become 'oldyweds', and 'oldyweds' are the reasons that

families work.

Upside Down!

Yoga is one of the few systems of health that suggest you

regularly turn yourself upside down for extended periods of time.

The health claims are astonishing: it reverses aging, increases

blood flow to the brain, regulates pituitary and pineal glands,

relieves constipation, tranquilizes and mellows the nervous system.

Yesterday's workshop with Bronze touched on Yoga Inversions

and here am I doing the shoulder stand. Bronze offering helpful

detailed pointers on this pose.

Some other inversions with the security of my fellow yoga

mates.

Completed with a group photo.

My Computer CRASHED!!!

Yes, I think this is one of my most dreaded moment.
The past week had been painfully slow, give me a
choice between the computer dead and missing out
a line dance party, I think I rather take the later!
Two senior people in the house like us, not very
computer savvy coupled with the two girls not around
is really quite frustrating. Till today we really can't
figure what happened to the computer!

Being computer-less made me realise how dependant
I am on technology and on the Internet... I missed
my incoming emails , reading blogs and websites,
and printing out my line dance step sheets.

I am glad the computer is back, but abit sad
to discover that I have lost a few files, pictures
and favourites. It's like losing a cupboard of things,
which you can't really remember all the things
that was saved....

Simply Ikebana

Was invited by Serena to see the Ikebana exhibition held at Citisquare

on Saturday. Serena is a great Ikebana enthusiast, and this is

her display of her floral arrangement. I am not good at any floral

arrangements, but I certainly do admire this art.

"Ikebana is born from the encounter of nature and humans; it is the coming

together of nature and human life....a clear example of perfect harmony

between man and nature...."

Some other Ikebana arrangements by other enthusiast.