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So today is the first day of Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO)... 10th June 2020 to 31st August 2020. Came to think of it, almost 80% of the year 2020 we #stayathome #staysafe #kitamestimenang . It's actually DAY 83 today. We started with MCO, CMCO, and now RMCO... It has been a long journey, yes. Some changes in this phase are we are allowed to travel to other states (in Malaysia only), hotels will be opened, some sports are allowed, you can go cut your hair at a salon... BUT SWIMMING IS STILL A NO-NO. They simply put.... "Aktiviti dalam kolam renang" And that, made us swimming instructors outraged, just to exaggerate . But really, we are! The reason is because of 'Mass Gathering'. Like what....... Pfft. OKAY. I wasn't satisfied too so I made a post on Facebook stating my opinion. And I'm writing about it more here... Obviously I am not settled yet aha... Of course la MASS GATHERING . Because you think of the swimming pool as a place to main-main air...

Yup, watch me in action on TV2, this Sunday. I watched the teaser just now and dude, I sounded funny. Anyway, selamat menonton! Latest update on 18th July 2017: Don't worry if you missed it! You can watch it online at  http://myklik.rtm.gov.my/berkala-program/30893/55857

MY VERY FIRST TV DEBUT! Yes, I'll be on tv! OMG seriously it took me quite some time to settle down. Like, to finally digest what happened few days ago. I was still anxious, excited, terkesima, what else? It still hadn't really occur to me that thousands of people will be watching me in my swimsuit. Yeah, I'll be on tv in my swimming suit. So if you wanna see me in action in my swimming suit, tune in to TV2 on Sunday 10am around May. Boom boom chiki chiki boom~ Seriously, I couldn't really believe it when mum said RTM wanted to shoot at our centre. Coz come on... We just opened our centre July last year. Belum setahun lagi and you wanna put us on tv? But well, yes. Alhamdulillah. They came to recce our centre, even came another time during class to see how we conducted our class. There is something unique about our training style that got them attracted. I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE THE ONE ON TV. Along the way, we IRenang team kept on discussing how our founder/ h...

I miss blogging. Ha-ha. Life has been more hectic than usual. Rushing here and there (in, around, and out of the house). I've started driving again, after months. I took one personal class out of the centre, at a public pool, a VIP client, but got so pissed ended up that was the first and last lesson I had with her. Anyhow, Alhamdulillah for the experience. Every student is different, every client is different. Asalkan mengajar ikhlas that should be enough. Just a side note, I didn't expect her to be like that. I didn't expect such words from her after teaching her wholeheartedly. She have back and neck pain, and also knee problem. See how challenging it is to teach her to swim? And oh, she's already 60 plus years old. Datang lambat to the pool some more. And I actually left Sofia at home just to teach her at a public pool. Sheeshhhh... Ugh and here I am rambling about it here. Not a big problem I guess since I didn't reveal who she is. If I do reveal it, m...

So I was the Gadis Pilihan for Dara.com magazine January 2015 issue. Felt a bit shy of blogging about it hence the delay... I finally decided I should blog about it to just remind myself of my achievements. So I'd be more thankfull... I didn't want to get stuck in past achievements, that's why. Because my fiancè used to say, their coach always reminded them to not let past achievements be their marking stone. But then again, I always feel like I haven't achieved anything when actually being featured in a magazine itself is actually a big achievement. So there. Here's a short post on the feature. Well, the journalist approached me in an unusual way. The first thing she asked was my age. It was around November last year I think, basically just a few months before I hit 26. The fact that I am 25 makes me eligible to be in the mag. Ha-ha. I really consider myself lucky as I found out soon (when I bought the mag) that Dara.com is targeted for girls until 25 year...

I should remember these moments. Was enquiring about a business conference through a phone call earlier. "Tempatan ya?" "Ya, tempatan" *honestly I really imagined myself a local fruit or something... It's an international conference, by the way. The next question. "Dari mana?" *I hesitated. What do you mean by "Dari mana?".... Obviously I'm from Malaysia. Tempatan. Duh.. Ke nak jawab Selangor? So I asked, "Sorry?" "Dari mana?" "Er... Dari Bangi." "Oh. Tak, maksudnya organisasi apa. Individu ke?" Oooooooh.......... OMG... Hahaha! So I just agreed. "Ya, individu." When I'm actually representing I Renang.

Just yesterday, I felt different. I finally feel like I'm in my own league. The big boss aka founder aka mak used to remind me now and then now and then (twice repeated as she really have to remind me a whole load of time!) our mission. I Renang's mission and focus. I Renang focuses more on water safety and water as a medium for wellbeing, not only swimming, but also other water activities. Your Body... Your Mind.  Yes. Exactly that is our mission. Nothing to do with high performance athletes etc... I have friends who are also swimming instructors. Like, duh.... Lifeguard friends, hi! Either they are full time or part time instructors. Freelance or full time. Under a swimming club, school, or operating their own swimming club. Many of them. Lately I noticed them attending swim meets to support their swimmers (Tq Facebook newsfeed) . Swimming competition. COMPETITIVE SWIMMING. I feel like I'm not IN. Because I didnt have a student or trainee to send to compete. But...

Finally. i-Renang is registered already! As in REGISTERED legally, officially. Yay! Went to the Companies Commission of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur just now to register the business and OMG I was so excited and relieved! I think it's quite easy lah to register a business. Seriously! You only have to fill in two forms(which is given free at the counter) and prepare one IC photocopy. Pay RM70 and ta-da! The business is legal already! But like mum said, starting is easy, but keeping it going is hard. I think it's just like blogging. Starting a blog is easy, but maintaining it is hard. Don't you think? But somehow i-Renang have to be registered as i Renang as no dash (-) is allowed. While registering at the counter, a woman at the back(behind the counter are a few other workers) asked us if she could learn swimming while wearing hijab, the one which came with a muslimah swimming suit. Such a business minded person, I immediately said "Eh boleh, boleh! Memang boleh je!...