Holiday Party For Kids

Today, my bootcamp and I hosted a holiday party for kids who live in transitional homes by bringing Christmas gifts, tempting sweets, and gingerbread houses for the them to decorate.  It was nice to spend time with people who have a heart to give back and see innocent smiling faces to boot!

So many generous boot campers pitched in and bought presents for 11 kids; each kid got two gifts each!  Some also generously donated cash so that we could throw the party!

Setting up the tables.  Luckily, the rain didn't set in until later in the day after the party was over!

Setting up a gingerbread train in advance so that the little kids could start decorating without having to build!

Serving one of the tenants.  Few people showed up at the beginning, but more tenants joined toward the end of the party!

The awesome team who helped with planning, set-up and strike down.  They were amazing - all of them showed up on time and stayed for the whole duration.  So thankful to have met these wonderful people through this event!

Singapore Part 2

This is the Voice!  Messing around at the office.

Early morning swim before the sun even rose

Chicken rice is popular here, so I met up with an old colleague to try it out and was not disappointed.  We went to Boon Tong Kee on Balestier Road, one of the oldest streets in Singapore.

Singapore Part 1

Hello!  I am in Singapore for a week for work.  First day consisted of delayed flights resulting in an unplanned 6 hour layover in Hong Kong, checking in to my hotel room at the butt crack of dawn, and heading straight into the office for meetings.  

Delicious snacks courtesy of Cathay Pacific's business lounge.  I think I ate nonstop thanks to the benefits of sitting in business class.  Did you know they serve juicy wonton noodle soup as a snack?!  

 

My room at the Mandarin Oriental - beautiful view!

Day and night time view from my room

I went for a run before the sun even rose intending to run 2 miles, but ended up running for over an hour because I got SO lost.  Every person I asked about getting back to my hotel responded with "you are really far away!".  Nevertheless, glad I got in those extra miles and burned those extra calories since I am eating like a little pig over here!

Turkey Trot 2015

This year marks the 3rd year that I ran the Turkey Trot and to kick things up a notch, I decided to run the 10K this year.  I met up with my Fitbody clan before the race and sipped some coffee to pump some caffeine into my anti-morning body.

The gang before the start of the race with the 150+ bags collected for the Thanksgiving food drive!

I was so happy that one of my girl friends decided to run with me at the last minute

 Quick shot with my coach seconds before the race started

 Halfway through - still feeling pretty good!

 The last mile was painful, but we did it!  The medals were quite disappointing this year because they were made of rubber and plastic.  But the important thing is that I achieved my goal of running under an hour (barely!) and hitting sub 10/mi!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Veterans Day Run

In honor of Veterans Day coming up, we ran a 5k at Griffith Park this past weekend.  The race was low budget and small (approximately 300 runners) and the entire course was on dirt/sand which made running a little more difficult, but better for our knees nonetheless.  Another bib and medal achieved!

 We warmed up with a 1 mile run prior to the race starting - it was so cold!

Great looking medal! 

Not as quick as the Rock/Roll 5k, but faster than we had thought for running "chill"!