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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Tea with Yoga Derek



Derek is my very good friend. He is only 23years old but know what? He is already a Yoga Instructor at MANY places. I knew him in the gym as we go for the same class(HipHop) and he taught me how to exercise with Fit Ball and hey, my tummy is smaller now! He used to be SUPER Fat! I've seen his FAT phtotgraphs before and i screamed at the restaurant when i saw it! Yoga is good!! hahaha

We went for late tea/dinner at Starbucks outside the gym. Potatoe salad and Almond Croissant. Yummy. Too bad the Starbucks outside Orchard Cali will be closed soon. Boo Hoo Hoo...

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can put fat photos of Derek, hahaha! Want to see the difterence between him now n then.

Anonymous said...

like what anonymous 10.59pm mention, can put before/after photos of him..

972fan said...

德江你好!
可否在下一个单元的“最爱帮帮忙”帮忙寻找一摊位於Aljunied Ave 2 Blk 117(靠近芽笼东泳池)名为“易记炒福建虾面“的炒福建虾面?这摊炒福建虾面的特别之处是在於它的炒面不像一般的炒福建虾面般把面条炒到过软,所放的材料的份量够多。最吸引人之处是它里头所放的炸到香喷喷的”猪油渣“,咬起来大块大块的好过瘾。这摊面已搬离大概超过七、八年了!

Unknown said...

Agreed!! And also put the instruction for how to getting fit^^ Am I too fat????? Wa haa haa, by the way, I love the green tea frappacino (is that spelled right?) in starbucks~~

Anonymous said...

Dejiang,

Can help to ask Derek is it too late to learn Yoga over 50 years old of age?? Ppl said learn Yoga must continue, if you stop you will grow fat again, is it true?? Thanks.

Curios.

Nicole Hah said...

oh my god! really is him? really look like 2 person le! but now is most handsome la!

Derek said...

Hihi everyone:

I think by now everyone must have seen my ugly past...okie lah may not be that bad after all at least got more "meat"...

Anyway here to answer an important question...

You can definitely learn Yoga even when you are 50 years old. The only thing is that you need to find a style of yoga that suits you. Perhaps you might want to start of with a easier beginners' class or a slower style of yoga such as Iyenger yoga or a slow Hatha Vinyasa Flow. When you are more adept at your practice you may be surprise that you will want to go for something more challenging.

Everyone can learn yoga, even if you are very very young, or old, sick or healthy..the only people that cannot master the essence of yoga is LAZY people. Think about it.

My sincerest regards,
Derek

Derek said...

Next question of getting fit......a question that has been always asked by many..even me..lol

I think in my opinion getting fit is about putting in effort. The first thing that you need to observe is your lifestyle. If you realise that you have a work and go home and rest lifestyle, then perhaps you need to change it by adding in some form of exercise. A sedentry lifestyle is what leads to fat accumulating.

The next thing that you need to be aware of is the food you eat. Remember that what you input is what the output is going to be. Just simply give yourself time to observe the food that you that and adjust slowly. My PAST diet on Sunday mornings are....One big breakfast, One Hotcake with pattie, Carrot Cake...(no joke) but then after I started my slimming down regime all these had to go and became morning of a simple bowl of oatmeal and lunch of soup yong tau fu and dinner of fish soup.....IT SOUNDS BAD but yes it takes effort.

Overall..if you observe of my answers, I have been repeating words like "awareness" and "observation" I think these two words from my lessons in Yoga helped me to slim down. It simply means to be aware of what you are doing in your life and watch every single action. You then slowly change actions that will cause something that you dislike later...It is not about eating diet pills and going on crash course diet...slimming down is about slowing down and watching yourself...I hope this helps..

My sincerest regards,
Derek

Anonymous said...

Hi Derek, great to hear from u. Think u can write books on sliming n fitness, hahaha......

gummi_smurf said...

Hi Kevin / Derek,

Which fitness centre does Derek teach Yoga?

Best regards,

Patrick

Derek said...

Hi Patrick:

I am currently teaching freelance...mainly Fitness First and California Fitness...

Regards,
Derek

gummi_smurf said...

Hi Derek,

Is there any way we can meet up for discussion? My office is near Capital Square, do you teach in that Fitness First located there?

Is there any way to reach you?

Thank you.

Patrick

Derek said...

Hi Patrick:

Hmm I am currently teaching at FF at ORQ on Monday 8:40pm and Paragon on Friday 8:50pm.

Sincere regards,
Derek