zumba session

I went to my first Zumba session yesterday.

Correction: I went to my first and last Zumba session yesterday.

Zumba is no joke! Before I begin, let me give you some perspective of my fitness credentials. Since I started working, I haven't been playing sports so much because well, you need to form a team to play Netball or Volleyball so I've moved to dragging my sisters to play Badminton with me every once in a while or my sisters playing in the swing and the monkey bar while I jog the park. In other words, I am no Jane Doe.

Our company was organizing a Learning Fest Week so there were a lot of training going on through out the week. They have Zumba and Body Jam at 6pm - 7pm the whole week where people can just come and join. 

I went to this Zumba session with my colleagues. Oh no, not our initiatives, our big boss forced us all to go and join the Zumba session. Because the Zumba was held at the Futsal Court in the middle of our parking area and thinking of how ugly we would look jumping & dancing our ass here and there while waving awkwardly to people passing by whom you deal with on daily serious business matter ... oh no way ... so some of us were trying to find solid reason to escape. 

Err boss, I don't think I can go I have family prayers at the Temple at 6pm.

Me neither, I have family dinner to go to tonight.

Err ... I think I have something too .. what is that thing .. ummm

Our boss be like ...

Can't join? It's OK, no problem. If you don't mind getting a 'no show for training' under your KPI.

We all look at each other ...

Zumba everyone? Let's!

Look at us, in our tracksuit/legging & sport shoes.

The instructor was a pleasant guy so it was all fun and exciting at first jumping our hands and foot in the air. After 15mins, some of us just flailed around like patients at an epileptic ward, frantically trying to keep up with his footwork. For a minute there, I found myself standing dumbfounded watching him shake his butt and judging myself for not being able to do that. That's a girl thing, how did he get to do it so much better! Life is so unfair .. Well, I can do if I want to but it's really not a pleasant view for the girl behind me so ... never mind! Hmmpphh! Every now and again he would give and excited 'Wooo!' and 'Yeahh!' but for some of us first-timers follow with a frustrated 'wuuuu ....' and 'yeahh okayyyyy' .... *cries

Come on Azrah, think Miranda Kerr!! - my motivation to go through the whole 1 hour session. He didn't stop for a break, I was looking at my water bottle from far trying to telepathy it to come to my hand.

This morning when I wake up, it took me half an hour to get out of my bed. Do clinics give MC for muscle sore? Like seriously I had to take the lift because the stairs were just to painful to endure.

My friends still talking about Zumba in our Whatsapp group, everyone is complaining about every part of their body still aching until someone asked ... wanna go again next time?

Okay I will be switching my phone off for the next few days.