I KNOW WHAT I DID DURING LAST TRIP.. (of course I do)

We arrived at the airport and was shocked to see His Excellency Ponlork Ho waiting for our arrival smack infront of the aeroplane door. This hospitality always made us felt honored on our every visit to Phnom Pehn. H.E. Ponlork Ho escorted us out through the immigration without us having to even queue.

This trip back to Phnom Pehn was abit more relaxed compared to those previous trips. We were able to have a quiet lunch on arrival at the regular luncheon place.

Then we head straight to our Hotel.

Beside work.. We did 10 new things in Phnom Pehn? (ok not all are new things but at least recorded)

OBC FIRST WEEK REVIEW... THE OOHS AND AAHS

"Once a training momentum is broken, starting again is so dreadful" was why a bunch of us Me, Dr Malek Aziz & Shobha Bala started the ACE-PACT at the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP way back in October 2009. We knew being consistent and discipline was the key towards achieving the best result but it takes quite an effort and willpower to be consistent in training especially when juggling between work, rest and leisure.

To make sure we all achieve the ACE .. or 100% Attendance, Commitment and Effort, we mutually agree to add on a punishment for those that committed but failed (for whatever reason). and guys that failed, had to wear skirt while training or a fancy dress during grad day and gals that failed... err.. you dont wanna know. It was successful then when most of the recruits were so god damn 'kiasu' and that is the trait that those at OBC-BU possessed! So I wonder if we should throw another challenge to OBC-BU recruits.

Without the same pact, someone called Ady Zahrin had even lost his training shorts and is only planning to buy one to start bootcamping again. I heard rumours John Chuah had jet-lag (from too much break???) and could not get out of bed although is wide awake in the morning. Similarly.... I found it so bleh but forced myself to the training field and has not missed any session yet. All as a consequence from December's 2 weeks break.

ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP 2010 GRADUATION PARTIES PICTURES

The ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP MALAYSIA @ Bandar Utama that was established in June 2010 have had 7 graduation parties before the closing of the year. A total of more than 300 recruits excluding corporate and children at the Seal Pup have participated since establishment and there are more than 3,000 pictures taken at all graduation parties.

The summary of all the graduation parties are as follows:

The first graduation was organised at the ECOBAR, Damansara Perdana on 7 July 2010 . The theme was the World Cup in conjunction with the World Cup fever. (See: first Grad)

The July second graduation was held at the DUKE, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and the theme was the rugged white and denim in line with the 'younger' look having burn thousands of calories training at the bootcamp. (See: Second Grad)

The August or the third graduation was combined with September graduation due to the fasting month or the Ramadhan month and was held at the co-licensee's residence at Bustanu Pahamin. The theme was Hari Raya in conjunction with the Eid Mubarak celebration. (See: 3rd &4th Grad)

October graduation was held at the Library at the E-Curve Mutiara Damansara with a hilarious theme Nerd & Geek. The Nerd & Geek theme was to add some laughter to the monthly graduation. (See: 5th Grad)

November graduation was organised at the TGI Fridays with the theme Hats Off.. in line with the 'hats off'  & well done recruits for both completing the 8 weeks challenge as well as for being consistent with training. (See: 6th Grad)

The last graduation party was held at the Modestos, the Curve Mutiara Damansara and we invited His Excellency General Chan Kosal from Cambodia as our Guest of Honour. There is no better way to end the year than to invite a real military to give out the certificate to our millitary inspired recruits. (See: 7th Grad)

More than 3,000 pictures during all the graduation parties are available for viewing at HERE. Have fun viewing. Thank you for making every graduation party a huge success.

Until the next party..... Stay tune..

PROTON EDAR AT CAR SHOW ALAMANDA, PUTRAJAYA

View the latest PROTON INSPIRA & the sportier face-lifted PROTON SAGA as well as other PROTON's latest variance at the ALAMANDA from 7 January 2010 to the 16 January 2010.

ALAMANDA is the only shopping mall in Putrajaya and is located 10 minutes away from our PROTON EDAR @ PUTRAJAYA SHOWROOM, No 1, Jalan Diplomatik 2/2, Presint 15, 62050 Putrajaya.

Amongst the many cars being displayed at the auto show are NAZA, TOYOTA, MAZDA CHERRY, HONDA etc........

THE SEAL PUPS TRIAL DAY 1.....

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The Seal Pups or the Chief Original Bootcamp for children that was originated from the 20-years old Australian military-inspired program at Bandar Utama is now officially open for those age from 5 to 12 years old. No Seal pups is not those military style yelling and screaming but its the military-inspired teamwork and discipline that is instilled unto the children.

The Seal Pup lead instructor Daing Daniel Fitri or known as Sarge (OBC) Dann at the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP fraternity has been training Taekwondo to children as young as 3 years old for more than 9 years since 2002 at the DDF Taekwondo Academy. Three of Sarge Dann students has been accepted into Malaysia Taekwondo team and had won various gold medals. Sarge Dann himself was a Malaysia gold medalist for Taekwondo.


Sarge Dann was assisted by Lans Corporal (OBC) (P) Rosey and Lans Corporal (OBC) (P) Ody. LC (OBC) (P) Rosey is a certified accountant and was previously the co-owner and operator for Party Pixies, a children party organisers which was a partnership amongst three siblings Rose Emini Pahamin, Melor Edina Pahamin and Chempaka Emalin Pahamin.

Party Pixies was K.I.V. when the lawyer siblings were too busy with legal work and I kidnapped Rose Emini Pahamin into family business as our accountant. Rose Emini Pahamin have had extensive experience interacting and handling kids during her tenure with Party Pixies. LC (OBC) (P) Ody on the other hand is a sports science graduate and took special interest in child psychology. LC (OBC) (P) Ody is a 7 months old recruits that had took extra effort to adopt and learn the culture and trade of the Chief Original Bootcamp program having been a recruit for more than 5 months prior to being mentored by Sarge Dann as an instructor. Alongside LC (OBC) (P) Ody and LC (OBC) (P) Rosey, there are 5 other recruits cum trainee-instructors that is being mentored by Sarge Dann to prepare them for assessment by Chief Brabon. Instructors at the Chief ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP is regularly assessed and re-assessed, trained and re-trained by Chief and its Master Global trainers to ensure the quality and result is homogeneous globally.

20 YEARS OF THE ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP, THE HISTORY....

The History

20 years ago in 1991, at the tender age of 17, Jim Brabon joined the Royal Australian Army as an Infantry Soldier.He had just completed his final year of school, and with weeks was on a bus to Basic Training (the Australian name for boot camp).

Having competed at a national level in Athletics, Cross Country and Road Running, Brabon was soon identified as "An extremely fit individual amongst a very fit group of men." by his Commanding Officer.

Despite his already impressive level of fitness, Brabon soon found that the functional training methods, and discipline based motivational techniques utilised by his superiors, continued to improve his overall physical ability, more so than the methods taught to him while completing his fitness and athletics coaching certifications.

Base on his reputation within the ranks, Brabon was soon fielding requests for Personal Training from fellow soldiers looking to undertake the gruelling SAS Barrier Test, and if successful, the legendary SAS Cadre Course. It was at this time that Brabon discovered his passion for motivating others to push beyond their mental and emotional barriers. As a result Grunt Athletic was born.

grunt (grnt) n. Slang for an Infantry Soldier.

ath·let·ic (th-ltk)   adj Physically fit or strong

Have FUN, get FIT, feel FREE at the FIELD..

The Seals Pup or the kids bootcamp is now open for online-registration at HERE. The Seal Pup is available once or twice a week depending on your child's need. There are two option for the once a week session  either on Thursday 6:00pm to 7:00pm OR Saturday at 7:45am to 8:45am. Alternatively, for those parent who wants their children to be more active physically, they can opt for a twice a week session on both Thursday (6pm-7pm) and Saturday (7:45am to 8:45am).

SLOTS FOR KIDZ BOOTCAMP

Seal Pups BU KidZ Bootcamp (SINGLE-THURSDAY) : 6:00pm TO 7:00pm (RM100 per month)

Seal Pups BU KidZ Bootcamp (SINGLE-SATURDAY) : 7:45am to 8:45am (RM100 per month)

Seal Pups BU KidZ Bootcamp (DOUBLE- THU & SAT) Thursday @ 6-7pm & Saturday @ 7:45am to 8:45am) (RM180 per month)

For JANUARY, first week is a FREE-TRIAL, and the january promotional month fees for SINGLE is RM75 per month and DOUBLE is RM160 RM120 only.

**The fees charged includes a one-time free T'shirt & a camo-cap which is compulsory for every child to wear during all sessions.

The Seal Pups are for children age 5 years to 12 years old.

For more details.. CLICK HERE.

Register online now at www.hooyah.com.my

HOOYAH...!!!

A WORKING, OFFICIAL AND MEMORABLE VISIT TO END THE YEAR 2010.

Life in Cambodia gets better on every trip... I mean the food. Upon arrival, we went to straight to a Malaysian & Singaporean restaurant that serves one of the best beef soup in town!!! Better than the Soup Tulang Daing Daniel Fitri had in Singapore on Christmas (Grrrrr..). The restaurant was H.E. General Ponlork Ho's regular luncheon spot. We enjoyed the soup and Mio Dino @Johari Haji Mahadi had the vegetable without any rice... some people are concern about their carbohydrate intake and me  someone, forgotten that he is on a diet.
 

After checking in at Blue River Hotel with a stupendous view of the Mekong river, we dressed up and were ready for our first schedule. A trip to the Senate house where we were suppose to meet with some officials.

OBC2011 JAN1/12: HAPPY NEW YEAR

There were so much planning when the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP @ Bandar Utama went for a two weeks Christmas & New Year break since the last December 2010 session on 17th December 2010. During the break, we planned to alternate a long distance running with gym weight workout and also a cycling adventure as well as other strenuous activities. It was a 16 days break to be exact and the break ended today with the first bootcamp session for the new year. What did we end up doing during the 16 days Christmas and New Year break........... Nothing! except for two visits to the Gym... *Slap my forehead.

The 16 days break was a blessing in disguised... Suddenly, workload and overseas appointment piled up last minute towards the end of the year. okay ok.. reasons reasons... but actually that was the truth. When the training momentum was broken, waking up this morning at 5am felt heavier than usual. I was even breathless from a routine warming up session this morning. This whole week is going to be dreadful.... Padan Muka.

This morning, Sarge (OBC) Dann, Corporal (OBC) Chun and Corporal (OBC) Nawal was the reds in charge for the 1st day Benchmark assessment. For the newbies, click HERE for the details of the benchmark assessment.

SANTAU? ....BOMOH...

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I was in Oversea when I first received a Blackberry Messenger message from a staff at one of my office that reads, ".... I want to call an Ustaz (religious preacher) on Saturday to our office, there were too many 'experiences', she said in the bbm message. She continued to type, "On Tuesday, I was at office alone during lunch time and as I walked out from the toilet, I heard a voice calling me... 'akak' (sister) but there were nobody around...".

Other staff too had heard various voices... sort of endless whispers, heavy breathing and even smell of carcass (bangkai) inside the office. After the 'akak' voice incident, that staff fell sick and has not been well. I reluctantly agree for her to call the Ustaz to have a look at the office though I am always skeptical with these ordeal.

In my absent, she (my staff) called my mother for advice who inturn called my cousin.... whom had inherited from my ancestor to be a spiritual healer, Yes.. somehow this bomoh thing is an inheritance but that is a story for another occasion..

OBC-BU/USJ1 DECEMBER 2010 GRADUATION PARTY.. HO HO HOOOOYAH

22 December 2010. The CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP MALAYSIA AT BANDAR UTAMA & USJ1 SUBANG JAYA celebrated its 7th Graduation party at the Modestos Curve, Mutiara Damansara with CHRISTMAS as the theme. Being a nation with multi religion, races and culture, Malaysians are proud to celebrate any festivities of all religion and races. These harmony in multi-races, religion and culture is the backbone of our success.


Guests arrived as early as 7:00am and Chun Chia Kai @ Corporal Chun was the earliest. When I arrived, Rienna Choo, her battalion and Rose Emini Pahamin were all ready for the night. Rienna Choo came early and had to leave earlier for another function. So we gave her certificate before the guest of honor arrived.

Armin Baniaz Pahamin & Rienna Choo

HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL CHAN KOSAL

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His Excellency General Chan Kosal arrived at KLIA from Phnom Pehn on 22 December 2010 after accepting Fasfik's invitation to Malaysia for a business collaboration. His Excellency Chan Kosal whom only speaks Khmer was accompanied by a Cambodian University Head of English Language, Prof Todak as his translator and three other delegates.

Upon his arrival, we brought him as our Guest of Honour at the CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP "HO HO HOOYAH Graduation Party" that was held at the Modestos, the Curve at Mutiara Damansara. The CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP is a 20 years old Military Inspired Group Outdoor Personal Training Program that was originated from Australia since 1991. The Chief's OBC was introduced in Malaysia last year in 2009.

THE SEAL PUPS.... BOOTCAMP FOR KIDS...

The CHIEF'S ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP @ BANDAR UTAMA  & USJ1 yesterday introduced and launched the SEAL PUPS or the Kids Fitness program in conjunction with Aaraf Armin's 8th Birthday.  The SEAL PUPS is part of Chief's ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP program originated from Sydney, Australia and is now available in Malaysia at Bandar Utama. The program offers after-school, school holiday and mandatory physical activity programming for children, through it's SEAL Pups kids's fitness program.

Apart from increased physical fitness and better health, the program also promotes team work, communication skills, lateral thinking, self confidence and leadership skills.

Poor co-ordination and/or poor ball skills (whether perceived or actual) are often the cause of children shying away from physical activity. It seems that little is available for those students who do not wish to play organized sport. With the rate of childhood obesity at an all time high, schools and families must look for solutions which will inspire our youth to be active. The SEAL Pups program is aimed to achieved just that.

AARAF ARMIN'S 8TH BIRTHDAY PARTY THE BOOTCAMP STYLE..

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Volley Ball court @ BU 3/1 Sports Compplex, our bootcamp training ground was converted into a party area

Aaraf Eid Pahamin Armin Baniaz aka Aaraf Armin turned 8 years old on 10 December 2010 but the only dates that was available to celebrate Aaraf Armin's birthday was on 19th December 2010. While thinking of a theme for the party, darling Sista Melor Edina Pahamin threw the best idea in all her 35 years of life... the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP!! Yes.. it was MELOR EDINA PAHAMIN that first mooted the idea.. she and all my family knew how fanatical we are over the Military inspired, Group Outdoor Personal training high intensity program!!

It was 8 days before the actual event and although it was a last minute motion, I quickly agree... As there is no better time too celebrate the birthday than to do it together with the soft-launching of the much awaited "Seal Pulps" or the Original Bootcamp for kids and the soft-launch of the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP new logo to the "Chief's Original Bootcamp" in conjunction with the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP's 20th Anniversary.

MALAKOFF 12KM RACE...

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Recruits at the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP @ BU/USJ1 had become an adrenaline addict and could not stop running running races!!! Those that ran the MALAKOFF 12km race on 19 December 2010  were John Chuah, Joe Liew, Chun Chia Kai, Joannita Zaleha Yusof and Wong Siew Peng, Freda Liu and Jun King. Others did not participate as most of them came for Aaraf's 8th Bootcamp Birthday party.

Joe Liew completed his 12km run in 1 hour 4 minutes..

Joe Liew whom was a runner-virgin began running after joining the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP @ BU/USJ1... Joe Liew is also a Virgin BLOGGER.. Click HERE for his blog.

The Malakoff race was Joe Liew's 6 races this year.

CONGRATULATION DR NUR ADILA ANUAR & DR NUR ALIAA ANUAR

 ~DR ADILA ANUAR & SYED ABDUL HAKIM~  

AND 

~DR NUR ALIAA ANUAR & MUHD FAIZ MUHAMMAD~

My two cousins, siblings Dr Adila Anuar & Dr Aliaa Anuar ended their singlehood yesterday when they both had a double-wedding at the Tengku Kelana Jaya Putra Mosque. I double-booked to attend my staff's wedding Khairil Azaham in Melaka but regrettably, it coincided with my two cousins's akad nikah today.

We rushed to my uncle's house Anuar Mohamad in Subang Jaya and arrived there at 10am to find the house empty and locked!! "Oh dear.... maybe we had mistaken the date", I said to Nawal Aini Zulkifli and called mum.

"Why are you in Subang??? Its at Tengku Putra Kelana Jaya Mosque!!!" replied mum.. Gulp.... but we made it in time for the wedding and saw sista Melor Edina Pahamin and other relatives eagerly await the bridegrooms.

We parked the car... and I took out my Blackberry Bold 3 to snapped pictures for the blog. All pictures were taken from Blackberry Bold 3 especially dedicated to sista Dr Teratai Edithy Pahamin whom is in London and cant make it for the function.

THE LAST ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP SESSION FOR YEAR 2010

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Our ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP MALAYSIA @ BANDAR UTAMA ended year 2010 with an 'Amazing Race' Challenge for the last session today!!! Although we missed having Patrick Gotham, Jenn Collins, Adriano Abila, Marlene Kandler, .Azliza Razali, Fatintafrina Tareh, Ilyanna Aylin Ayob, Izalea Ayob, Sayf Ismail, Amy Ho, Farah Ekmal Afiza Abdul Halin, Syed Mahadzir Syed Manshor & Viki Lim.... and expected Azlan Ramli to be absent too, but we had a good 49 recruits at Alpha.

Recruits were pre-informed to expect an early nice  white  'wet' christmas surprise pressie from Sarge Dann and the 'reds' community. Sarge Dann, Corporal Nawal & Corporal Tom was the reds incharge for the platoon and had spent 5 hours preparing, trekking and planning for this last session. Their commitment was exemplary... their dedication was admirable.

The platoon was divided into three teams Alpha, Bravo & Charlie under the supervision of one Red for each team. Coincidentally.. or maybe fated, the kiasu-est were all in my team.. James Fong, Joe Liew, Joannita Zaleha Yusoff, Pooi Ching Khiew, Ody Nurfuadi Ruzalli etc etc...

There were 3 IMPORTANT RULES... (1) every team must collect items number 1 to 8 according to the numbering in the map (2) once collected, no items are allowed to be drop on the ground (3) no team members can be left more than 3 steps apart. Any breach of the rules, our legs will suffer with squat pulses..

PROTON SAGA FL

First it was the recruits at the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP Malaysia that had a new look after completing their 8 WEEK CHALLENGE, then it was the ASIA BIGGEST LOSER whom completely rebranded themselves into a sexier, hotter and slimmer look after months of grueling training and food control. The ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP too had a new face with the new Chief's ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP logo after being in the market for almost 20 years and now....... YESSSIRE.. the PROTON SAGA too was given a new look.. sportier and sexier!!! with a leaner more masculine six inches  spoke sport rims.

The sportier looking Saga was unveiled yesterday by Dato Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Tahir, PROTON Managing Director at the PROTON Centre of Excellence in Shah Alam.

The launching of the New Saga FL was attended by all Banks, Insurance companies and media.

PROTON SAGA was launched in January 2008 and will be 3 years old in two weeks. Todate, there is exactly 204,150 Saga on Malaysia road and another 40,880 booking pending delivery.

ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP MALAYSIA 11TH SESSION

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I missed three bootcamp session on Wednesday and Friday last week and Monday this week being away on business trip but was back at Bandar Utama today for the second last session in December. After this week, the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP at Bandar Utama and USJ1 will be on 2 weeks break to end the year 2010. Our session will start again on 3rd December 2010 at Bandar Utama and 4th December 2010 at USJ1, Subang Jaya. To register for 2011 January session, click HERE.

It felt good to be back in training mode especially to be training alongside James Fong, Joe Liew, Adriano Abila and Chun Chia Kai.. Or so I thought. After the warming up session with Corporal Tom, the platoon was divided into team Alpha and Team Bravo and a leader was selected for each team. My usual training buddy James Fong was selected to be the team leader for Alpha and I was the leader for Bravo!! and the two team leader had to compete in speed to perform 10 Grunts!! the faster of the two, is given the pleasure to pick the next workout form.

BIGGEST LOSER ASIA SEASON 2...

I left straight to KLIA for an official trip to Cambodia after a night stay at the Sepang Goldcoast on Tuesday 7 December 2010 last week and returned on Saturday 11 December 2010 and left straight to Ipoh to run 12km on 12. 12 at the Roadrunners Ipoh Tangjung Rambutan race. Came back on Sunday 12 December 2010 but received a call on 13 December 2010 to be at Singapore for the Biggest Loser Asia finale at 9am on 14 December. On 15 December 2010, I have to attend the soft launching of the new face-lifted sexy Proton Saga at the PROTON Centre of Excellent. Such is December, year end schedule but what made it all so interesting... was the fact that those activities were my passion... Business, politics, health and exercise ... is what life is all about.

The trip to Singapore was unplanned.. Chief Brabon from Australia, the founder of the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP and Gunny Emily was suppose to attend the Biggest Loser Asia Finale scheduled on 14 December 2010 having trained the contestants the ORIGINAL BOOTCAMP style in some of the episodes in Season 2 that will end today. When Chief Brabon and Gunny Emily had to attend another function in London, the loyal licensee Armin Baniaz Pahamin & Sarge Dann was called to be in Singapore in barely 12hours to represent the Chief's Original Bootcamp worldwide. We could not disappoint Zainariah Johari or popularly known as Zai Johari in the media industry, the producer whom has been very supportive of the ORIGINAL  BOOTCAMP.