em has MOVED...

...moved to www.emilytan.wordpress.com

more info and links there! =D

To-Do List

30 priority on To-DO List...

The initial plan of doing 15 tonight....

Gone with the wind...

done ONE...at 1:05AM >_<

well now TWO...though blogging was not on priority list...

just need a migrane reliever...

Ranting may help...

for now i only have my Piece of Mind from Origin...

*stares at pile of work* Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

need to RUN...want to hit the treadmill...but have work to do...but need exercise to release...but cant release cause have work...but need to release....

*now wish i have my 24hour gym back home in knoxville to hit*

my never ending battle with time and unexpected interruptions...

i will decide when the alarm goes off at 830AM...

well now it shall be 730AM... unexpected task popped up

on a sunday morning -_-

I keep Losing...

....SOCKS!
i wear them DAILY!
yet i keep looosing them!?!
It's like every trip to the washing machine then out and to the hanging rack then back to my laundry basket, socks somehow SOMEHOW gets lost in transit
BBAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

....SLEEP
my long lost friend...
everytime i make a date with it, i end up FFK
Anything from long distance phone calls to urgent emails to send to piled up work...
if only i can have one whole day with you...just one whole day

....SUN
i am completely WHITE apart from my very very dark arms! (thanks to half of my everyday spent in the car BAKED in heat Stuck in awful-time-wasting-KL Traffic)
Pool-Sun-Bikini -> WANTED


the Journey continues....til i WIN!
Grab a MUG and clank it babbaayy!



Viva Vertical POLE STARS Update!
Now you get to learn more about your favourite VV Pole Star!
Follow their Pole Journeys HERE to Pole Stardom!
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Viva Vertical Pole Stars:Malaysia Talent Showcase

Em@Lola surfaces Blog-world again!!
(i know im a terrible blogger, i need to have a device where it'll translate my daily blabber from mouth to blog post window, wouldnt that be wooonderfuuuull!! fingers can rest...haha)

ANYWAY....

Yes been caught up with lotsa Pole work, including the hottest excitement ever - VIVA VERTICAL POLE STARS!
Met all (but one) final contestants yesterday and i could so feeeeel the excitement! (as well as nervousness, reminds me of how bonkersly nervous i was on my first pole performance, worm-knots and butterflies were mating and growing in the belly causing all sorts of flutters!)
but hey these gals and GUY had guts to submit their submission and major pole kudos to them for partaking in their first ever VV Pole Competition! =)

Check out www.vvpolestars.wordpress.com for links to the contestants blog pages where they are required to blog daily on their Pole Progress and ALSO for your neverending support!
YES these upcoming Pole Stars will be having a "fan" base ;D
so click-ety click away!
Group rehearsal vid-logs will also be updated on VVPolestars page so be sure to keep visiting =)








In the mean time, i'll do best to keep blogging too...no matter short or long...
must...just...type....few....blabs......

On a personal note, am still salsa-fied.
you must be thinking SSHhhhheeessh with only 3 "official" salsa lessons on ur belt and u wanna go check out salsa clubs??
i dont caaaaare, good or bad, Em is Luvin this Heat ;D

OOOOOH, and COOKIE still needs a home!
Cookie is a super uber cute kitten rescued from damansara uptown(with the help of Foo Foo >->)
if i wasnt resorted to stayin with grandma temp i'd be able to have pets in the crib
CAT-LOVERS and CAT-CAREGIVERS! Please help Cookie with a safe warm loving home =)
how can you resist a face like this???



Jon Ong the upcoming STAR!!! was such a change watching Jon on stage singing and stringing away on his guitar than a stainless steel Pole.
Once i can convert this darn avi file for upload (youtube is rejecting it) will share with ya'll =D





on another note of our Music STARS: (newest update)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LOVELY VIVA VEE!!
a bunch of us recorded digital wishes and all compiled by a very amateur EM (amateur as in that was the first time i actually used more than 2 features on imovie. i know...epic fail!) and Thanks to Naughty Nastacia who took the time to introduce me to the many wonders of imovie! (which..hmm..got me interested in doing more vids now...first need materials...pole-vid-log? )
Check out Vee's Birthday Wish Vid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-UlXa3d16Q&feature=channel_page
Thank you Viva Familia, Amigos Y Amigas for making Vee's Birthday Wish a memorable one =D

Race Against Time

I expected myself to be tougher...
perhaps its the airport and its signification that opens that door, bolted and chained for so long
one crack at it, and the danger of it splitting wide open...i risked

Being my 5th year back in good ol' hometown Kuala Lumpur, i now fully understand the expressions of "getting it left, right and center"...and it aint the delightingly positive "getting it"
From every aspect and what you may call "pillars" of your life, i "got" it nicely...left right and center
now i dont mean physically of course....though that sounds more endurable as that only hurts for a shorter period and the bruising goes away
seems like whatever was done with the perfectionist objective...was not enough
mentally and physically trying in several different directions...
also "getting" it...in several different directions

What do i do...
What can i do...
What should i do...
I BREATHE...or try to

Time is the ultimate rival now
Its winning...
now...it WAS winning...
it MAY get ahead of me again....
but im determined...
i will get mine...plus i hate losing =P

been up since 830AM on this Sunday morning
attempting to trick the mind of Nescafe having an aroma
and start the day with a winning attitude! ;)

The other side

What's the first thing you think of when we say Hong Kong?
Perhaps something like this?



filled with yummies like this?


(personally we think Goose Rice is overrated)


Instead, the best part of HK so far was Vee and I taking a trip out to visit HK Pole Goddess Symone C! Who lives like 3 mins away from this:



Symone's sweet partner Jose made a lovely meal to fuel us after our Death-Lays attempts! *check FB page for pics!*
needless to say we had to attempt a TRIO on the pole:




As messy and noisy and crowded as HK seems, my time here had been calming to the soul, eventful and had a great experience at AFEEX with the knowledge that the international presenters had generously shared with the us.



AFEEX Updates
Viva Vertical participation and presenting Pole Fitness at the Asian Fitness Education Expo (AFEEX) of 2009 in HONG KONG,organized by AASFP and supported by REPs





*more pics will be uploaded on FB ;) *


my flight back to KL is due tomorrow.
i believe i'll have better focus now with 2 weeks "migrane"-free and phone going off every 10mins and NO DRIVING!

Aight KL peeps, see ya'll in HOT SUNNY KL very soon!

EmLuvinIt - HK

perhaps a sleeping schedule thats needs a lil tweeking and energy level that needs to be back up to par had resulted in the "sniffles"...

Viva Vertical's first LIVE radio interview in CANTONESE! Hope i didnt sound like a baboon with my throat clearing, sniffles and deeper-than-usual voice
To the HK peeps, hope we caught it on MetroInfo Radio Station this afternoon!




having lived in KL and Knoxville where both cities are beach-less, i crave the calm and soothing effect of nature's Wind and Water elements even more
even a harbour front helped me "ZEN" out while enjoying my MOS Burger =P
wuahahhahhahaaha




The Wind was calling out to us...reaching to us....so we greeted the wind like this...





Do we Look like we're ready for an outdoor appreciation ad? =P





anyway, am taking my opportuniy now to blog more cause i know that chance may not be so readily available once am back in KL. so here's more to bore ya with!

i've been told i need to "calm-down"...do yoga or somethin so im not so "hot" ( and i mean temper ya =P ) most of the time...which only usually happens at night when my patience had reached its limit for the day =P
Fine...thought i'd do some yoga while am here and tried out Hatha Yoga for an hour.
i dont understand yet...still...how ppl do it 7AM in the morning. my muscles aint even warm yet for all that stretching movements!
Perhaps i should study more on WHICH type of Yoga to do in the morning....meditation may not work as i'd end up falling asleep in class. come to think of it, perhaps being sleepy helps you "float" while you "meditate"...hence the calming effect. argh dont mind me...am blaberring, dosed up with cold medication (yes i managed to catch me a cold with a change of climate here as well)
So...what do Viva Poleleaders do instead of Yoga for some slow controlled mind focused movements? --> TAI CHI



that would be me shivering my arse off with lack of thick clothing to combat brutal morning wind

Here are the pros demo-ing. i do wonder how old they are...but its impolite to ask... =P




how to warm up the body after tai chi? some good ol chinese porridge with "yow tiu" =D malaysians call it "yow zha guai". this is some awesome "yow tiu"! the best i've ever had!! YUMMMMMMM




alright. i now must stop blogging because my laptop battery is about to run out PLUS i need to get my butt to Central to visit an old buddy! woot woot!!

Stay tuned as next blog i'll update ya'll on our Day-O-Fun with Pole Goddess Symone and Vee and I "attacking" well....fine ...not exactly attacking but marking "Viva Been Here" with poles around town

Peace and Love to ma pole peeps and mi familia!