Breaking News

I was wondering where's Chandra in the past 3 weeks. But then I just got a call from her this morning. Our crazy yoga instructor is backk people. She said that she was on holiday and yes it was Bali...AGAIN! She really really loves Bali, doesn't she? She know Bali more than I do. Suggesting to go here and there. She told me that she was having so much fun in Bali. I was thinking that she might be sad or something because she lost her job at Celebrity Fitness. But Chandra that I know is back, happier than ever. She's going back to Brazil the day after tomorrow though (May 12th). She told me some things that I can't share at the moment but I will share it next month because it's a surprise and well she kinda forbid me to tell about it now. But I guarantee it's a great news. Oh Dear, I really really want to share but if you read it carefully, you will know what's coming *giggles*

Chandra is Still In Jakarta

Well, it's been a while since my last blog. I didn't write anything on March but me and my friend was invited by Chandra to a Carnival Party at Musro. It was on March 13th to be exact and it was a cool party. They gave us this masks to wear at the party and lots lots of dancing. Chandra wore a cute sexy pink tight dress with a pink bunny's ears on the top of her head, so funny..she looks like one of those playmates at the Playboy Mansion...LOL! OMG the way she danced, all eyes were on her. She danced and dance on the dance floor and the stage until dawn.


I haven't heard from her since that party. All I know is that Leonidas is safe, he's Brazilian now...LOL! Oh yes, I forgot to mention that Chandra had this photo shoot for FHM Magazine April Edition, Girl Friend section page 28-29 with the title. And yes, she's wearing a tiny bikini. She looks ravishing and very sexy (not in a perv way of course...LOL!). So buy the FHM Magazine April edition, c'mon Celebrity Fitness members...buy buy buy...Chandra is a real celebrity....buy buy buy! (I should've had a bonus from FHM for this *giggles*). I thought that Chandra is already gone but I heard a gossip that she's still in Jakarta until May and she's staying at her friend's house in Menteng. I sound like Gossip Girl....xoxo Gossip Girl *LMAO*

Chandra is Still Teaching Until March 2010

Well, turned out Chandra still teaching us until March but February 23th will be her last Tuesday teaching at La Piazza and February 27th will be her last Saturday teaching at La Piazza. She's still teaching at other CF but not in La Piazza no more. This is just sad...because Tuesday and Saturday are the only chance I join her class. Her other classes are either too early, too late or too far away from my house...can't stand the traffic jam. The class will be over by the time I got to her class...lol!
I forgot that have I mentioned about Chandra's interview by Men's Fitness magazine. Anyway, Men's Fitness magazine interviewed her and put her 3 pages, how cool is that? I'm gonna ask for her autograph later (looks like a stalker, don't I? LOL) Uhm but I think it's gonna be a bit hard to find now because it's January edition.

Chandra Will Be Leaving Indonesia

It's been a while since the alst time I write but this time I must write it. On January 22th, 2010 Chandra told me after the class, she said that she had to tell me first. She said she's going back to Brazil for good on March and February will be her last month teaching classes. I was so shocked, it was like I was unconscious for a minute there. She's the only reason I come to gym every Tuesday and Saturday. She said that the management just told her a week before that. I think that's cold. I achieved a lot in her classes, including yoga poses that I think I will never be able to do but she encouraged me to do it. I trust her with all my heart and I al most can do it all the hard poses.
Chandra said that the management didn't renew her contract was because business reason. C'mon CF management, she's the only female expat instructor in CF. She's sad, she's never showed it...but she's sad behind her smile. I'm so sad right now. And I kept thinking about Leonidas too, what's gonna happen to him? I guess business is just cruel.

3 weeks without Chandra

Chandra is going home again this year and she'll be at her hometown for 3 weeks. September 19th, 2009 will be her last class but don't worry she'll be back on October 10th at 10pm. She'll start teaching on Monday though, I hope she can handle the jetlag...lol! She's suffering in the plane for 40hours to go back home and another 40hours to go back to Jakarta *big applause*. If it were me, I won't go back...lol! So for those of you that join her class, be grateful...because even though Indonesia has a lot of natural disaster that well foreign people afraid of or the travel warning because of terrorism, she's still want to go back here.

Swasthya Yoga Workshop

On Thursday, May 28th..there will be Swasthya Yoga workshop at CF Saberro House with Chandra and her sister Rhena. The workshop will be 2 hours long, for the first 30 minutes Chandra will tell us all about Swasthya Yoga and how it expand in Brazil, then we can ask her questions. After that we're gonna do Swasthya Yoga for 1 hour and 20 minutes and the rest of the time Chandra and her sister will perform advanced Swasthya Yoga. So, remember it'll start at 6pm, please come early because it's gonna be full due to small yoga studio at CF Kemang. It's gonna be a blast folks! I have an information for those who has deep pockets, Chandra is available for PT, so you can have Chandra all by yourself (I mean in a good productive training way...lol!) who knows, someday you can become an instructor yourself.

Finally....

After waiting for 4 months, I finally got Leo's birth certificate. When I got to the pet shop, the person that taking care of those kind of things has been sick for weeks. I was thinking I'm gonna have to wait for weeks again or who knows how long. But luckily the new guy was willing to get it and he found it...yay!! Oh yes, one more thing...last Saturday Chandra told us that this Saturday (May 16th), she won't be teaching due to the training but on Tuesday, she told me that this Saturday she'll be teaching. Turned out the training isn't from 7am-9pm but it's 7pm-9pm. So guys, please come to Chandra's class this Saturday, ok? And for May 30th, she's still going on vacation to Bali with her sister.

Lunch With Chandra

I had lunch with Chandra at Sushi Tei MKG 5 (again...lol!) after her class on Saturday. Usually I don't have the time because I have another class with Toto. One thing I like when I hang out with Chandra is that she always has something to talk about, she kept talking and talking even though she had a migrain...she said her migrain is caused by chocolate. She got migrain almost all the time but not everyone knows that. I hope she can handle it because migrain is really really sucks! Maybe because she's never had breakfast??! We all know that breakfast is most important meal of the day. That day in the class, she asked if somebody had something to eat because she said she's so hungry. So please for those who always join Chandra's class in the morning, bring something to eat like power bar or crackers or banana..just in case Chandra's asking about it. FYI, my birthday and Chandra's birthday is very close...mine is 15th an Chandra is 16th. She gave some suggestions about what gift I should give on her birthday, turned out it wasn't so weird....lol! And then she asked me what do I want for my birthday, isn't she sweet? I think all Gemini are cool person, most Gemini are open minded, not shallow, has a very good intuition, sensitive, funky, smart, love animals so much and very loveable. That's why when I told Chandra my deepest darkest secret, she was very very supporting....how cool is that?? Anyhoo, I was offering to take her home and then she said she's gonna show me the fastest way to get to her apartment, because the last time I took her home, it took an hour or so...lol! Chandra was like...why did you go this way instead that way...so funny. Well, it took more than 30 minutes...and yes I admit it was faster than my way. She was so proud and she said she came all the way from Brazil just to tell me the fastest way from La Piazza to her apartment (ouch!)

The Reasons of Chandra's Absence After Her Holiday

After Chandra got back from her holiday, there were 3 Saturdays she didn't show up at La Piazza. One time she did show up but didn't teach Body Balance. So when Chandra still didn't show up for the third time, most of the elderly members got cranky. But don't get them wrong, they were cranky because they love Chandra's class. Anyway, Chandra's got very good reasons for it. First week, she got a small surgery in Brazil that couldn't allow her to bend over especially during Body Balance. Second week...she did a Body Pump training 3 days in a row (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and the third time, she wasn't able to get up because she forgot to change the alarm of her new mobile. By the way, she bought a Gold Blackberry Curve Limited Edition with a very good price too.

Swasthya Yoga's Back..

Well, Chandra's back and she brought her lil' sista Hannah to our class. And she's right, her sister is more bule than her...her eyes are grey, her skin is pale and her hair is kinda blonde. I don't know why Chandra's different, I guess her family is very colourful...lol! Too bad, her English isn't good like her big sis. It's good to have Swasthya Yoga back. Chandra didn't teach Body Balance for 2 weeks now and then she told me that she had a small surgery so that she can't do certain pose in Body Balance. But I noticed something different about her though. I can't tell what it is in here so anyone want to know, just ask Chandra herself. I'll give you guys a hint..that surgery makes something bigger...lol!

3 weeks without Swasthya Yoga

Today the only Swasthya Yoga's instructor was going back to Brazil for 3 weeks. Chandra told me that it took 40 hours flight to Sao Paolo, i couldn't imagine being in a plane for almost 2 days, I'll be stiff as a log when I got off the plane. Maybe Chandra should ask her boss for a month vacation because it just doesn't add up..I mean 40 hours to Sao Paolo and another 40 hours back to Jakarta, that means 80 hours wasted on the plane, so she only has 17 days of vacation with her family and friends back home. Oh yes, one more thing..Chandra said that it took 3-4 hours by car from Sao Paolo to her hometown, another hours wasted *sigh*. I bet she'll miss Leonidas so much but she'll have fun back home. In her last class at La Piazza before she went back to Brazil, she told us that she'll bring her sister to Indonesia. She told us that her sister's eyes are blue and her dad's are green but Chandra's eyes are black....hmmm very colourful family...lol! I think it's gonna be awesome and cute...I mean whole family dedicated to yoga. Anyhoo, she'll be back at March 22nd with her big sister...yay!

Swasthya Yoga's Instructor at Celebrity Fitness

Well, on August 2008 there was a new yoga class, it’s Swasthya Yoga class and the instructor name is Chandra. I thought Chandra is the new yoga instructor, I don’t know that Chandra wasn’t new at all. She came to Jakarta 4 years ago but then moved to Surabaya for 2 years and went back to Jakarta again on August last year. I thought Chandra is a he but when I peeked at her class….OMG she’s so cute with her long hair and small posture. I joined her class the next week until now. She’s teaching Swasthya Yoga which is new to me. I also realized that Swasthya Yoga has no Sun Salutation movement, which is good because I’m not too into it anyway. Chandra told us that Swasthya Yoga has no Sun Salutation because Swasthya Yoga is ancient yoga, so this kind of yoga already exists before popular yoga like Hatha Yoga, Jaganatha, Ashtanga, etc. Makes me curious about its history, so I googled it and since Chandra is from Brazil, I think this is the link that match. In Brazil, Swasthya Yoga was introduced 4 decades ago by DeRose. Maybe she even know the people in the link. I also found a blog by Marcello Oliveira ( I wonder if he’s a Brazilian too ) that explains everything about Swasthya Yoga, I think his blog is very very thorough. I should ask Chandra to read it, because I’m stuck at the 58 Pranayamas. Actually I want to write about Swasthya Yoga history and poses but considering there’s 58 Pranayamas and other rather complicated explanation, well just click and read would be more efficient. The point is Swasthya Yoga is the only ( I repeat…the only ) yoga in the world that has eight angas, or parts…meaning the most complete. Maybe that’s why in every Swasthya Yoga class, the poses or the movements are almost different every week ( I thought Chandra do that poses and movements so that we’ve never got bored…lol ). And all of those poses and movements couldn’t be done in one hour class. I think it’s great that Celebrity Fitness has Swasthya Yoga class.