Miho visiting Jakarta

Miho was visiting Jakarta from September 20-25th, 2009 and I didn't get the chance to join her class though. Usually we scheduled for lunch or dinner but this time she was so busy with meetings but still she managed to teach a few class at EX, FX and Puri Indah. She's gonna come here on December 2009, anyway she came to Jakarta earlier than I thought. And she'll come to Jakarta again on December 5th but she has to go back to Istanbul on the next day.

Working out at Celebrity Fitness Istanbul

Well...well...it's been a long time since I wrote a blog. The reason is that I was too excited because me and my friend decided to go to Turkey and the fun part was we're going to see Celebrity Fitness's branch in Istanbul. Turkey is a beautiful country and has many many historical places, although some of its people are kinda tricky and not nice...but well it's not that big a different than Jakarta. Celebrity Fitness is located in Levent at Dalmaz Center, the location is similar with CF Saberro House...in a building with valet parking and everything. I was introduced with 2 of the local instructors, Ogun and Sem. And then we joined Miho's Body Balance class on Saturday at 4.10pm. Miho's Body Balance class was kinda different than she used to teach in Jakarta. In Jakarta, I think Miho's Body Balance was for advanced class. But then Miho told me that the members weren't ready for it. I think their bodies are kinda stiff for Body Balance class and some of them might be not fluent in English so when Miho tried to explain something, they might catch it only half of it. It was awesome though, Miho and JJ have been super nice with us.

Face massage with Miho

I know that Body Balance 44 Launching was last month but due to my work, I forgot to tell you guys something. After BB launching and then ate lunch, Miho showed me where she usually go after her BB class back then. She said she knows this good place for face massage (I spend most of my time in Kelapa Gading but I don't know this kind of place...lol!). I asked her how long and how much. It's only 15 minutes and it costs Rp 150.000,- (ouch!) and then I think what the heck. It was actually called "Totok Wajah", they massaging from your head to your face to expand the blood circulation. It was my first time and it gave me a headache but I slept like a baby that night. That was the quickest and the most expensive massage I've ever had but it was worth it, besides Miho already paid it for me. Isn't she sweet? She's totally my idol now...lol! You guys can see how our face is wrinkle free after the massage...lol!

Lunch With Miho after BB Launching at LP

After Miho's meeting with the team, she and I went to lunch at Sogo Foodhall. She said she want to eat this food before she go back to Japan. I was thinking what kind of food she really miss in Jakarta. And when we got there, she ordered "Nasi Liwet khas Keprabon"...*my jaw dropped*...lol! I thought it was Chinese food or Thai food. The way she say "Nasi Liwet", it was so cute...lol! She said she was soo hungry...uhm I was too, usually I eat lunch at 12am but that day I ate lunch at 1pm (I was starting to get dizzy at the time so I already ate cookies before the lunch...lol! Anyway, we ordered and when the food came, it was like food for 4 persons. Well, Miho asked if I ate a lot...uhm, of course I am...I mean always...lol! I thought she was ordering 1 dish but when the food came...there was Miho's Nasi Liwet, my Nasi pecel, Korean Noodle and this Korean Sup with rice. I was like...OMG this food is for 4 persons...lol! Then I think...Bring it on...lol! There I was thinking that all of instructors are on a strict diet but when I saw Miho ate lunch...I was so thrilled because usually when I eat with instructors, they always told me not to eat that, not to eat this or after you eat all this, you have to work out everyday for a week. Miho isn't like that, she was just kept eating and then talking and talking. I like that kind of people because if somebody want to do something uhm go on a diet for example, they don't need to be told. No matter how often you tell or encourage them to go on a diet, if they don't have any will to do it...then it's useless. Anyhoo, we ate all of it except the extra rice. I think Miho has a great metabolism because if she always eat like that there's no way she's not gain weight...unless she work out day and night or work out and then don't eat until the rest of the day...lol!

Body Balance's Launching at LP (March 18th 2009)

I just had my first morning Body Balance on March 18th and it was refreshing. The new Body Balance is great as always, different moves and different cool songs. But I didn't see the ladies that used to join Miho's BB on Thursday. Only saw couple of faces that I recognize but we never talked to each other. It wasn't too crowded like EX but it was nice and calm. And after the class we took pictures together. Then Miho, Andre and Ike started to take pictures again again after all of the members were gone. You know what the day before was Miho's birthday and after the class I asked Ike how was Miho's birthday party. Ike was like WHAT??!! OMG, I forgot...lol!

Miho's Special Class together with Stefan at EX (March 15th, 4.40pm)

Yesterday was Miho’s special Body Balance class at EX with Stefan. Usually, I joined Miho’s class at 10am on Sunday but yesterday was so crowded, maybe because it was in the afternoon so the parking lot was full and the plaza was also full. I saw the class before Body Balance, it was so full of members. It was like there was no space to put the weight anymore, everybody stood to the left, to the right, facing each other. Even when the class was done, most of them stayed in the class for the next class which was Body Balance. Me and my friend got a small space in the front near the door. The room was so full and even there was almost no mat left. I think the crowd was unfriendly, there was 3 persons who got 2 mats each and he saw my friend got the old slippery mat, he didn’t even bother to offer one of his mat. Well, I guess different CF, different crowd then. That’ll never happen at LP. Anyway, Stefan said that a lot of new face today…of course, Miho was in da house, baby….lol! I think it’s true that because of Miho, the class was so crowded and as always Body Balance Rocks!!!! Miho’s in Jakarta for 10 days only so we can’t miss her special class, right? Besides who knows when will she be in Jakarta again.

Miho's Special Class

Miho's back in da house everybody and she texted me today to join her Body Balance class at LP, I really want to but I can't besides it's at 20.20pm. She said she's gonna be in Jakarta for 10 days only. She's been doing a lot of Special Class on her visit. Me and all her members in LP really miss her. I bumped into one of her member at Fruit Market the other day and the lady kept saying that her Thursday is kinda plain without Miho and she also said that she's never met the members that used to join Miho's class back then. Hmmm...that including me. I kinda miss the ladies, they're so nice...maybe because I'm the youngest among them...lol! I guess Miho bring us together in her class. Oh, I also miss the twins but I forgot their names and last time I saw them, I still can't tell them apart. I think one of the twins told a little about her, she said she works in one of the TV station. And back then they seem everywhere, see them or one of them at LP, Puri, EX and FX. I'm gonna take a day off or half say off to join Body Balance 44 launching on March 18th...Miho, Andre and Ike will teaching the new Body Balance. Anyone who read this blog, please join us tonight 20.20pm or on Sunday 4.40pm at EX or Monday 7.10pm at Puri or Tuesday 4.00pm at EX or Wednesday 10.00am at LP or Thursday 9.00am at FX and 7.00pm at Bellezza because Miho'll going back to Japan on March 20th.

Miho's Class at La Piazza on March 18th, 2009

Guys, I just saw the announcement at La Piazza last week and Miho's backkk!! She and Celeb X Team will do Body Balance 44 launching on Wednesday, March 18th at 10am. Hmm Body Balance in the morning...nice huh?! I'm still looking for other Miho's class in EX or FX, anybody has info on that? Oh, one more thing, I think Miho will go to Japan, Nagoya to be exact on March 20th...hmmm that means 2 days after her class at La Piazza and she'll stay there until the end of the month.

Might see Miho again in Jakarta

If you want to hear some more new about Miho, please stay tune with me on my blog...I sound like anchor woman wannabe...lol! Well, Miho's toe is better now and she's already starting workout 3days ago. I told you guys that my blog is updated as soon as I heard from Miho so please don't change to any blog now (am I too pushy? hope not, for your own sake...lol). Miho told me that she slipped on the stairs because she got too much to wear and the small and narrow european style stairs. Her big toe joint came off because of that...I have to say this "OUCH!" and then rushed to the hospital to pull off and back in again. I'm sure the pain is unbearable but somehow she can managed. Poor Miho, she has to wear a lot of clothes because of the weather and ridiculously small stairs. But you know what her toe isn't 100% but she already start workout, if that's not a dedication, I don't know what is. I miss her class so much.
Now for the great news that we've been waiting for today's blog, Miho might come back to Jakarta for a week on March. I'm sure you all asking when is she going to be in Jakarta...well you will have to stay tuned in this blog for that...seriously! LOL! I'll let you guys know as soon as I heard.

Miho says Hello to her members in Jakarta

I'm so sorry take so long to write but don't worry I have new from Miho but not so good news. Miho told me that she's still in pain now because she injured her big toes 2 weeks ago and she couldn't work out for 3 weeks. Also she couldn't find any good gym there, she said the gym has poor studio program. Now the good news....hmmm she said Celebrity Fitness is still the BEST! FYI, Celebrity Fitness isn't open in Turkey yet, it's not even start the pre sale yet...she has a lot of work to do like train peoples and other process. But she's so sure that Celebrity Fitness will be great there. I'm sure it'll be great, they have Miho to build a strong team there. Actually the good news is that Miho like it there, she like the food, the people who more relax and slow. I mean we have to like the place before we open for business or work in new place, right? Makes me wonder, in Jakarta, people not relax and not slow enough? hmmm, I think people in Jakarta tend to get late most of the time and that means they're relax and slow or lazy maybe? But one thing I do know that people from Japan is serious and walk very fast but not running, they walk so fast like someone is chasing them, I guess they were chased by time...well, time is money, right? Miho said that Turkey has the biggest shopping mall and so many shops too (shopaholic talking here...lol). OK then, when I visit Turkey I'll bring big empty luggage, shop 'til I drop and return with big full luggage with Miho in it.....just kidding...lol!

Another message from Miho

Uhm...I don't know what's wrong with me..I recorded 2 videos of Miho and all of them had the same problems. First, you have to tilt your head to watch the videos and uncool background voice of mine at the end of the video, saying OOK...that's just ridiculous. I should've just said cut instead, right... and I just realized how terrible my voice was...lol! Anyhoo, don't let that stopping you from watching the video. Miho give her message or should I say motivation to her all members and her loyal fans...lol! So hear her out, guys.

Message from Miho

Well, year 2008 is almost over so this is would be my last blog in the year 2008. Anyway, Miho said that she went to Dubai at December 23th 2008 and we're gonna miss her. It's gonna be cold there now, I bet she miss the warmth in here. Before her last Body Balance class, I recorded her with my cellphone so she can tell all of her members and fans...lol. Her messages are about Indonesia effort to prevent the flood and traffic jam...and of course global warming....lol...just joking guys. But she did ask me why the malls in Jakarta don't turn down the aircon temperature when raining season....hmmm that has something to do with global warming issue too, right? Oh, one more thing...the videos kinda have technical problems so we're gonna have to tilt our heads to watch it...sorry about that. So check it out, what she's gonna miss here in Jakarta.

Miho's last class at La Piazza

Last Thursday was Miho’s last class at La Piazza. She had celebrity sculpt at 3pm and Body Balance at 5pm. As usual, the older members in Miho’s class at 3pm, talking, chatting and gossiping before the class. I rushed upstairs and they still gossiping when they stepped into the class, one of the member said it with a lot of confidence that Miho will be going to Dubai…*roll eyes*. But they said something that make me feel kind of happy. They said Miho left them something that they can proud of, they can sit on a ball without their legs touching the floor…the point is Miho give them a good balance. Thanks to her, I can do yoga much easier when it comes to balance. One more thing, we got a chance to know other members in her class and I don’t know if I can still meet them in other class. Miho brought us together.Miho didn’t tell about her leaving to her members or should I say her fans…lol. Ike told about Miho’s leaving during launching Body Balance 43. Well, after the class finished...there was a member gave Miho a gift and then took pictures together.

Fashionista

OK, I'm not good at talking about fashion and my choice of fashion is a disaster lol....I'd rather talk about food but I'm gonna try it anyway. I can see someone who has a very good sense of fashion. So when I see Miho's style of fashion, I can say she has a great one. I don't see her much outside the gym but before and after her class I always see her in daily clothing. Her choice of fashion is awesome, between mix and match with a little bit of harajuku style. No matter how cheap or expensive the clothes and her accessories are, you'll think that all of he clothes is very expensive...some might expensive. She said her favorite brand is Bebe and La Senza for lingerie, too bad Indonesia doesn't have Victoria's Secret lingerie, otherwise she'll buy most of them. I'm guessing she likes bright colours like gold and silver. Also she doesn't wear make up too much...oh, I have funny story about a friend of mine who wear too much make up and with her shiny and sparkling eye shadow and her clothes was also shiny and sparkling and when she blink her eyes...I was like "MY EYES, MY EYES, I think I'm going blind!!" ...and my friend went staright to the bathroom trying to wipe the eye shadow...lol! Miho's not like that, she just know how to make it fashionable. The point is that she can take good care of it.

Brunch with Miho

I had brunch with Miho, we talked and checked out my blog because she hasn't read it. She said she's using IM2 just like me but in her apartment the reception is suck ( I hope IM2 read this and the customer service is useless too). Miho's in 20th ++ (means 20 up...lol), I think that higher apartment is the better reception, right? Strangely higher the apartment is blank, zero, none, nil reception *roll eyes* Anyway, she saw the link that I found when I was looking for a reference. When I first saw her picture in that website, my jaw dropped....awww so cute, so young, so innocent and so dark or tanned? Check out the link , we can see Miho's picture ten years ago when she won 1998 Fitness America Pageant National Championship on November 21th at Redondo Beach, California. But I have to pay $7.95 to see all of her 15 pictures in there. I think I know what everybody think about the link so I'm gonna tell you one more time....just because we have to pay to see all the pictures that doesn't mean it's porn website, also it's not pay per view...the big difference is that this website about women's achievement in fitness industry. She didn't know about that website, she was thrilled when she saw the picture. Oh, here's another link about her ranking pretty awesome, isn't it? Check out who's the lucky number seven in 1998 Fitness America Pageant National Championship. And she's the only asian in the competition, no wonder it was her proudest moment.

Gossip Girls

FYI don’t stay in the locker room too long, there's a lot of gossip and rumors and most of them isn't true (that's why I don't like hanging around in the girl's locker room too long...I'd rather not to listen any of them). Most of the gossip about someone I don’t know very well or I don’t know at all so I was thinking why did they insist talking about someone they don’t know well. I was in Miho class on Thursday and I told one of the member about my blog. The truth is I don't know that the member is going to read it or not ( I don’t think she know how to browse the internet….lol) but she asked me a lot about Miho. Anyway this member asked me how old Miho is and I didn't know...and then she said your blog is about Miho, how come you didn't know? I said to her, I wrote Miho a blog not her biography...lol! That question didn't stop there, she asked me whether Miho has children or not, I told her I don't know and then she asked and asked about Miho and I was getting upset. OMG I only told her about my blog and she was like interogating me. Makes me wonder how delicious the gossip in the girl's locker room with everyone spice things up...ugh! Miho's right about it. Do I sound like the gossip girl's narrator now? LOL....xoxo Gossip Girl...LOL!

Describing Miho

I have a lot of words describing her but let's just narrow it down.

1. Strict : Even though she's kinda quiet but she has this uhm...strong influence among the members. So she doesn't have to say much and her members already know it.
2. Like to compete : Well, her achievement so far is the proof. I Googled her name and lots of links popped up. One of the link, there're pics of her and I have to pay to download her pics during her Miss Fitness pageant. Read all my blogs and you will find the link...lol!
3. Likes challange : Miho wants to be great on what she does. In order to be great, she has to believe that she can do it. So to be someone better, we have to challange ourselves or push ourselves to the limit.
4. Never give up : Just like the song "Try again" by Aaliyah...first you don't succeed, all you have to do is try again...try again...lol. We can't just "poof" and then become great all of the sudden, right? We must earn it. The point is be an optimist no matter what the situation are.

Her passion

The reason why she choose this kind of job because she like fitness and teaching. To share her knowledge. She said that the day she stopped teaching is the day she died. What a commitment!Her motivation is when many people change into somebody they wanna be, they become healthier, stronger, more muscles or gain/loss weight. Believe it or not they change into somebody better because of the training or most importantly her training. I think it's very noble. Well who doesn't admire someone who dedicated her life to make many people feel better about themselves? I hope she knew that our motivation (including me) is to be like her. I know that it's not that easy to be like her, I mean strict diet, can't eat this or that, painful training for hours, checking weight all the time, etc...everything must be in control but the result is awesome...No pain, No gain, right?! Unlike me, I can't control my appetite...lol. But that doesn't mean I can't do what slim people can do, I just have to try twice harder than them but I'm a quick learner. I'll show the pictures if nobody believe me or ask Miho herself...lol! Like Miho always said don't be scared just believe in yourself that you can do it.

In the class

When I’m in Miho’s class, she always adjusting her class, for example when most of the class is older members she will give the exercise not too hard. That’s how understanding she is. Also she’s very strict but in a friendly way and that’s how she earn her respect. Well, you know what…she’s very strict because her coach made her that way. She said she’s not very strict anymore because she’s getting older….oh c’mon, Miho you’re not that old. All I’m saying is that she’s not getting older but she’s getting wiser. Her coach trained and pushed her so hard through the training. That’s why she’s good on what she do now. When she’s teaching almost noone complain but I remembered one member told me that when Miho say breath, that member heard it breast…lol…..hmm I’ve never thought of that before. Well, let’s ignore that member….the important thing is everybody understand her, besides English is our second language.

The day she landed in Jakarta

In 2004 Miho and her husband came to Jakarta to launch Celebrity Fitness Center, the first and only gym of its kind in south east asia. She started to gather foreign and local instructors to teach classes. You know what, I waited for months and finally CF was opened in Kelapa Gading area, La Piazza to be exact. She told me that she almost didn’t survive when they opened CF, she said she even doesn’t have any money for the electricity, ate only pasta&tuna and window shopping because they had to decide whether it’s important to buy or not. Also when she started to teach classes not many members joined, some even looked her with one eyes because she’s Asian not bule. Well, I’m not one of them I was in Gerson’s class at the time. I don’t know about her class then but her class now is always full.