Zumba Master Class
Posted on April 18, 2011 by Ching under Events, Health, Zumba.
I succumbed to peer pressure and decided to attend the Zumba Master Class at North YMCA yesterday. I’m glad I did because I had a lot of fun.
With Amie, Andrea and Gina
Gina, Hideki and Andrea
Obligatory photo with Tony, the Master Zumba Instructor.
Our post-workout picture.
I’m really glad that Amie talked me into going. I was reluctant at first because I was worried that there would be 200+ people there and it would be way crowded, which I hate because then I can barely move. When I was in Amie’s Sunday Zumba class at West Central Genesis earlier that day, though, she told me that there were only 40 or so pre-registered at the time that she signed up. It makes sense, because how many people would really pay $20 to take a Zumba class?
It was a decent turn out, but not as big as I feared. I’m glad Gina Ann and her friends got there early and secured a great spot. I hate being in the back because I’m too short to see over other people.
So anyway, Amie’s class ended at 2:00 pm. This gave Brian and I time to meet the family for ice cream at Orange Leaf. I just took a few bites out of Brian’s ice cream. I was good and didn’t have my own. Anyway, I was really sloppy in Amie’s class in my black Zumba cargos and a white t-shirt so I wanted to come home, shower and change into a more colorful Zumba outfit for the Master Class.
Brian was like, “Why are you showering? You’re just going to sweat again!”
Channeling my inner five-year-old, “I have to look presentable. This isn’t a REGULAR Zumba class! This is a MASTER class! This is an EVENT!” I was quite indignant. LOL.
I’m glad I changed because we took quite a few pictures. I’d hate to look losyang compared to everyone. =P
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David’s Birthday Weekend
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Ching under Events.
We started David’s 57th birthday celebration by taking him and Donna to Tanganyika Wildlife Park. Neither of them had been there before.
Donna got to feed a giraffe.
It was an absolutely beautiful day!
I was quite impressed with the quality of the pictures from my old camera.
Donna got to feed the lorikeets.
A beautiful kookaburra bird.
A red panda.
Donna, David and Brian at the penguin exhibit.
David and Donna got to feed the ring-tailed lemurs.
It’s our favorite exhibit.
This giraffe was quite friendly.
Brian liked this one.
After Tanganyika, we treated David and Donna (and Misty, who joined us also) to dinner at Pacific Coast Pizza. It’s their favorite pizza joint.
We gave David his birthday gift at dinner: Close Encounters of the Third Kind 3-DVD boxed set on Blu-ray. He was surprised because he thought the trip to Tanganyika was his gift. It was actually a trifecta: the Blu-ray, Tanganyika and dinner at PCP. 🙂
The celebration continued on Sunday afternoon at Orange Leaf. David and Donna’s treat.
A rare picture of the Brubaker men together.
I thought it was an awesome birthday weekend. I hope that David had as great a time as the rest of us. His opinion of the weekend is ultimately what matters most, since it was his birthday weekend. 😉
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Zumba Power Couple: Justin and Mandy
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Ching under Health, Things to Do, Zumba.
I have no idea how Mandy did it, but I bow to her persuasive powers. She is the only one who has managed to convince her husband to join us. I’ve been trying to get Brian to do it for months. The only thing I’d ever been able to get him to do is come and shoot video.
Well, I did get him to try Amie’s class once. That might have been my mistake. I think that scared him off. Maybe I should have eased him into it instead of starting with the most challenging Zumba class. I just figured if Raymond and Colt could do it, then maybe Brian could too. Besides, we had the videos for him to watch so he could learn the routines. How wrong I was! Now the mere mention of Zumba makes Brian shiver. I think I’ve scared him off for good.
Gina Ann suggested perhaps coercion would be the way go to. She said I should offer him fellatio in exchange for doing Zumba with us (but not immediately AFTER, unless a shower is involved =P). He’s getting that quite regularly now, so that would mean I’d have to withhold it until he does Zumba. After much consideration, I’ve decided that would be more punishment for me than it is for him so that’s not going to work.
I’m thinking maybe video games might be the ticket. He’d have to Zumba with us in order to buy new video games. Do you guys think that would work? Any other suggestions?
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Brian’s Gifts
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Ching under Free Stuff.
Brian had a really good week. He got to eat all of this good food and enjoy cocktail hour every night. I think Don Julio is probably the best gift he received this year. He wants to save it for fight night, though; so we are forbidden from drinking it. He actually hid it when Jay and Becca came over tonight. LOL.
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Ang Bodega ni Mama
Posted on April 16, 2011 by Ching under Family, Free Stuff.
This is the room that mom converted into a closet.
All of the other closets in the house (except for the one in Jenni’s room) are full of mom’s clothes. She’s a total clotheshorse. It’s pretty bad.
These are the dancing shoes I got from mom. I wanted to wear them tonight, but I didn’t want to walk on the wet pavement with them because I didn’t want them to get ruined.
These are the slingbacks that I got from mom. I totally fell in love with them after putting them on. I wore them home that night and again to work the next day. 🙂
I think my Kenneth Cole Tribeca sandals fit mom better so I left them with her in exchange for the dancing shoes and the black slingbacks. Can’t beat that!
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