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We had our 8th annual dinner at Red Box last Saturday, the theme was 'Prince & Princess' this time, so once again, they all have to 'dig' their brain to think of what to wear....

If we have the best costume of the night, guess who is the winner?

But l sincerely think he looks more like a pirate la, haha....

It was a very fun and exciting evening, you know la,we are in dance and fitness line, all are sporting, so our catwalk and karaoke session were full of scream and laughters, as usual.....

It was also our workout instructor Ivy's birthday, so we celebrated her birthday together.

Make wishes, hoping we have a wonderful 2012....

Exchanging gift....

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone here again, because of your passion and tremendous effort, Zero has become a wonderful studio, even though this is not a profitable business, but with your love and support, l believe Zero is able to go very far.......

If you notice, Zero supports environmental friendly 100%, we do not throw used paper instead we store all in a box, for the cans and bottles as well, when the boxes are full, we will pass them to charity organization.

We put the notice to remind the members not to throw the cans into dustbin, unfortunately, there are still many in the dustbin everyday especially from gym members......

Don't be angry if l am saying this: why Penangites are so difficult to be educated huh? the pail is just next to the dustbin and the notice is right beside them , l don't understand what is the difference of throwing the cans into pail? It is more convenient either as they do not have to open the cover of the dustbin, so, why?

I think, it is the habit!

I always wish to give a comment to our CM, since he is working so hard to improve Penang's environment and every Penangite has seen the result, but l strongly feel that he should organise more campaignes to educate Penangites, if you stay in Penang, you know, most of Penangites are very stubborn, it is really hard for them to change.....may be campaigne is not enough, penalty is the best way as Penangites are famous with our stingy....Or, should punish those people who simply throw rubbish everywhere to stay in a rubbish room for a month!

My dear members, please, throw the cans and bottles to the pail next to the dustbin, so our cleaning lady and all our staff and me do not have to pick them up from dustbin everyday. All the proceeds will go for charity and we help to save our environment, l don't understand why is this so difficult for you?

Sigh...please think of our next generation, if you do not cultivate a good habit, how are you going to educate them?

Zero is now having great promotion for the begining of year 2012, l know many have been waiting for promotion these few months....

Be very honest, with the increment of everything including rental, staff and instructors salary, electricity, maintenance and some extra expenses, it is really tough for me to run Zero, those who close to me know this : If this is not my passion, l don't think l am able to go far.....

I believe no matter what we do, to survive is the first concern right? Giving promotion is indeed a 'hurt' to Zero, we are not able to survive by charging unreasonably low, we did this for last few promotions, l know it has been a 'tradition' for Zero's members to enjoy the low rate, so l have heard of some noise while l was considering of giving promotion again, it is really hard for me, l must make sure l have enough income to pay for all expenses, but what we charge for promotion is really not a good income to Zero.....But, in order to appreciate our regular members, we have the promtion again, l have increased the charges a bit this time, so, a few have started to make noise, sigh.....l believe l am still charging very low with the environment and service we are providing.

I joked to my staff when we were having meeting this afternoon, if anybody asking for discount again, l wanna hire him as my post, let him run the business then he will understand my dilemma.

Thank you to those who always understanding and supportive, trust me, this is my passion so l will make sure l am doing it well, but l have to survive, all Zero staff and instructors have to survive, l don't think any member of Zero is happy if we are not able to continue right?

So, in order to go far, l have to ignore the noise, apologize for that...

Luckily there are only a few making noise, mostly are supportive [ it is still a good deal la], thank you very very much! [wanna cry......]

I don't know what has happened to my health, l was unhealthy the whole 2011, been sick from begining till end of the year. i used to be strong to travel, but last year l was sick while travelling too....

So, my resolution for 2012?  - Be healthy!

Thank you very much to some students who concerned of my health last Wednesday morning, after l apologized on my absence to them......

I feel bad of not showing a good example, l always tell others to take care of their health, but forgot to take care of mine, haha....

I think l have been too busy and sleep late, so this is what l gonna change in the new year, but it is difficult of not being busy, there are just too many things to follow up everyday, only when l am on vacation, l do not think of work....so, please forgive me if l travel again.....so far, l already have few travelling itenarary in hand this year, some for dance workshops, some not......

Wishing all a healthy, happy and happening 2012!

This is the first time happening in my life.....

I was sick from Monday, getting worse on Tuesday evening after back to back conduting ZFD and bellydance Undulation class....

I went to bed after shower when home, forgot to charge my handphone.....

So, my alarm on handphone was not working, and it happened that my alarm clock's battery 'dying' at the same time, and my family thought l wanted to rest because l was sick, so, no one called me up....and no one could reach me as my handphone was not working.....And l was not able to wake up on my own as l was really sick.....

So, l was absent from my own class last Wednesday morning! When they managed to get me, it was pretty late for the class already....

Of course, some students get angry when the class was cancelled because our staff could not find me the instructor!

Thousand apologies....l believe they know this is the first time in my life, l have never absent from my class without any notice!

When l went back to studio in the afternoon, l asked Ellif our front desk admin : No one curious why you could not find me? Some just get angry and went back, some stayed for gym, but how come no one was worry of me huh?

Conny has disappeared and no one could reach her, l believe this is strange, may be l have encountered something bad?

I am sad to know people just caring of the class but not me!

Until there was a call to studio from a member who came in the morning,asking whether l am alright......

At least one is concerning......May be others are shy to ask l told myself.......

So l have learnt few lessons from this incident, first : Must charge handphone's battery, second: Must prepare at least 2 alarm clocks and make sure they are functioning well, third : Do not expect concerning from others as our world has changed!

It is alright for me as l could not stop the world from changing, but l will insist to be a warm woman, especially after this incident!

My apology.......

Yes Yes Yes! We are very proud of our Zerothoners, they helped us to make it happened, it was such a wonderful, passionate and cheerful evening, we shout, we laugh, we dance, we hop, we shake, we sweat, we burn, all for the spirit of fitness dance and charity, you guys ROCK!

Thank you very much to our instructors who helped us to lead the class voluntarily, thank you Samet, Joann, Eeliz, Ivy, Weberlynn and, myself!

We managed to raise RM1500, we have 140 registered but only 73 turned up, and less than 40 stayed till the end of the class, this is in fact a great result, l expected to see instructors only at the end, but we still have many with us, you girls are SHEROES! We have collected some fund from many members who simply want to donate too, thank you very much! And special thanks to Angelia Ooi who has donated RM50, it is not the matter of money, but your heart.

Some of them did not want to take picture with us, or you will see more here....

I supposed to pass the fund to Guang Ming Daily to help the flood victims of Thailand, but they have stopped receiving donation, so, l have transfered the fund to help the people underpriviledge of Ladakh, India, it happened that a group of Penangites who have been to this place, working hard to raise fund to help the people there, the children have no enough clothes during the winter, also shortage of food and accomodation seriously. please visit their blog http://cuttlefishhand.blogspot, or the MIMC's website www.mahabodhi-ladakh.org, they are now selling their custom made calendar with RM15 to help the people there, you could purchase the calendar at Zero if you wanna help them. For those who finished the whole Zerothon with us, please collect one calendar free at Zero's counter, we do not have enough to give to all, so could only give to the Sheroes. 

We hope to organize similar activity but a grand one in near future, all for charity, hope to get more support from you!

Yes, we have more than 100 now, and the spirit is definitely more than 100!

Everybody is exciting and talking about what to wear for Zerothon, we request all to wear red because we want to be HOT enough to kill the floor!

3 hours workout is not easy, it is ok if you could not finish 3 hours,you could always take a break, but please company us to the end for group photo, we want to see every participant at this memorable moment.

Ready? Go!

Yes, our target to get 100 participants for Zerothon is very possible now, we are very close to 100!

I could not tell you how excited we are, and for me, besides exciting, l am touched.....it is a real motivation in my life of fitness and dance, honestly, l really hope we could do more in future, for charity, may be our contribution is little, but it brings a hope to our community if everybody is willing to do a little, right?

Be honest, l am not a positive person when it comes to human being, l have seen a lot and of course being disappointed, but l am trying to adjust myself to view  from positive angle, the response of Zerothon is a great motivation to me, thank you!

To my surprise, the response of Zerothon is very good this time, we have over 40 registered till now, but, we hope to get more, our two studios could accomodate up to 100 people, so, please help to spread the news around, we need more supports from you!

By the way, the response is encouraging, thank you very much to our lovely members!

Few years ago, l did organize the similar event which we had different workout and dance classes going on the whole day, but the response was bad, and l was scolded by some members even, they did not want to spend extra money and claiming that l am 'busybody' for charity, my heart was hurt and dare not organise the event anymore....

When Samet suggested the idea to me, l told her what l have experienced, but l was thinking to try again, in fact what l am scared is not the poor response, but the ugly humanity that l may need to face one more time, it is really hurt.....anyway, l decided to try again and glad that the response is totally different this time, l went class by class to promote and so far none has scolded me, instead many registered immediately, honestly this is really to my surprise, as l am prepared to be scolded again thus when people smile to me, l was shock but this feeling is great!

Hopefully, Penangites started to have more sense of the words 'participation' and 'passion' which l truly found it is seriously 'lack' in Penang Island. This is the main reason why l am travelling frequenlty, l need inspiration of life but l could not get it here due to most people's mind set, l am not sure how far people have improved but l am always praying hard for the hopes!

Once again, thank you for your support and hope to get more supports from you! And of course, thank you to Samet for the great suggestion!

Please, support us for this charity Zerothon, challenge your stamina and burn your fat in 3 hours workout back to back, Samet, Ee Liz, Weberlynn, Joan, Ivy and l will take turn to conduct the whole routine, please, contribute your sweat for a good purpose, we need your support!

We need your support!

We need your support!

We need your support!