What's wrong this week!

28 Aug
Let’s talk about today. I was on my way to Toa Payoh to teach a class. During the bus journey I dozed off. Suddenly, Gwen Stefani’s “Wind it up” woke me up – my mobile’s ringtone. A call from Health Promotion Board said “Hi Mike, WHERE ARE YOU!!! The children are waiting for you!” Horror! Horror! Horror! I actually forgot about the workshop I’m supposed to conduct. How could this have happened! I quickly alighted and hopped on to the cab and rushed there. The moment I got out of the cab, I dashed as fast as I could to the room. It was a group of young Caucasian kids from a kindergarten. Still gasping for breath and feeling extremely apologetic, I build rapport with the kids and finally struggled to deliver a fun workout for the children. Phew, this will NOT happen again!

31 Aug
This morning I woke up at 5 am. Yes, 5 am. Gosh, I wish I can still snooze a little longer but I had to be at Pasir Ris at 7 am. It’s ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) Day. Upon arrival at the school, the student sports leaders whom I’ve trained over the past few weeks were busy running through the kickboxing routines at the school gym. Then came the moment for us to position ourselves at the mini platforms. When the music started, the participants just stood there and looked as us if we were clowns performing on stage. Some of them even making fun of the sports leaders, making them look quite jittery on stage. I told the sports leaders, “Just carry on!” But at the back of my mind, I was thinking “If I have a firearm, I would love to gun them down.”