Holy crap it's snowing and STICKING!

AND it became sunny outside. Fantabulous!! and yes, that's a word in the Hanna dictionary.

Dinner last night was fabulosity as well. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=tayyabs&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=tayyabs&hnear=Islington&cid=8895099891619640405

Dipping sauces for the Pappadoms. The orange one is my favorite (it's mango). So sweet and almost jam like.

 Pappa who? Pappadoms I believe (sp?)

They bring out this small platter of veggies so you can pretend to be eating healthy. All kidding aside, I actually eat the vegetables w. the meal. With everything being so hot and spicy, it's nice to have the vegetables to cool the palate down.

Lamb chops, chicken, and some type of sausage

I eat lamb chops like a lady with my fork and knife. That's probably the only finger food I eat somewhat gracefully. I did lick my fingers three one time :-D

The chicken was so tender!! Seriously. How come my chicken is never this good at home!!!

Garlic naan. Dripping in garlic butter. O my lordie!

Lamb chop curry. Lamb x 2!!!

Some sort of fish curry. I really dug the flavor and the fish soaked in all that lovely curry sauce.

So STUFFED!

A bottle of white to share. Tayabs is BYOB. Score!
So my last fitness assessment was today and I PASSED! I was so lucky to find a friend who volunteered to be my test subject. I had to measure his height, weight, blood pressure, body fat, flexibility, find out how many press ups he could do in one minute, and a 3 minute step up test and accurately tell my assessor the results. Thankfully, the only hiccup was checking his pulse after the step test but it wasn't major enough for me to fail so YIPPEE!!!  Barring any bad news on the two previous written tests, I'll be a level 2 gym instructor (for now) before moving on to the personal training level 3's next year. Whew... I'm done w. my program till January so now my holidays can really begin. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Lunch:

I was starving when I came home!! The assessments took longer than I thought and I was back home by 1 p.m.

Oops!! I sort of burnt the crust.

Not that it matters because I was still able to enjoy the flaky, buttery crust along w. the chix and mushrooms.

Time to get crackalackin on cleaning the house. Oh geeze. It hasn't been done in SOOO long. I've been slacking BIG TIME in the cleaning department. Maybe I'll even listen to some Christmas music too. Oh look out!

NO EAT!

It's just one of those days. I'm tired and ready for the week to end already!

Asia has the weirdest snacks..but strangely enough, I love em! Cuttlefish flavor? Does that even sound appetizing? I'm Korean so of course I would find it appetizing!

Sippin on a glass of white while chilling at home. Feels nice :)

Lots of snacking on wasabi covered peanuts.

 ..and white chocolate sticks

To hold me over til dinner..

I swear we've ordered pizza here before. Everything looked and tasted very familiar.

Spicy hot wings. I miss BWW!! (Buffalo Wild Wings)

Cheesy garlic bread.

Vegetarian pizza w. green peppers, olives, onions, and mushrooms.

Raisin oatmeal cookie from T's cafe. Shhhhh... someone's trying to fatten me up!!

What up fool. Watch me do some tricks.

Look ma, I can shake!!

 "no eat!!"

 "geee this is harder than I thought."

"naw, easy peasy!!"

Song of the night: "Grenade"- Bruno Mars

I gots no time

Just time to dance.

 

My new hobby and obsession is becoming a bit time consuming.

Dinner a few nights ago: 

Does this count as my 5 a day?

Holy moly. That's a whole lotta veggies!

leftover spinach lasagna.

Once you go sunny, you never go back!!

Well at least not for me. 

I got up too late to work out but at least I had time for the blogging world... gotta jet to class!!

"Without dance, I cannot feel my soul, hear my heart, or see my dreams"- Nahara

Passed w. purple colors

I PASSED!!!! HIP HIP HORRAAAY!!!
Darn teacher made me think I was going to have to repeat some sections.
T: "I have to go to work now, is it alright if I leave?"
Instructor: "Well no we usually need our helpers to stay. If Hanna has to repeat some sections, she'll still need someone here"
T: "oh okay, well maybe I could stay. What time do I need to stay here until?"
Instructor: "No, its okay. Go ahead and go and she can find someone else to help her if she needs to"

After a grueling hour or so wait, she came out to tell me I had passed. WTF man!?! All that worrying and negative self talk for nothing! Actually, I think everyone passed. I'm assuming she said those things so I didn't just assume I had passed. Little did she know....I don't assume cuz ya'll know what that does (assume).

McDonald's celebration meal: hamburger and medium fries. The usual.

I managed to squeeze in a workout this afternoon since we had it off. The focus was on biceps and triceps. 3 sets of 8 repetitions- heavy weights.

• Hammer curl
• Tricep Dip
• Concentration curl
• Tricep extension
• Bicep curl
• Close grip dumbbell press up
• Shoulder press
• Bent over lateral raise

My arms will be sore tomorrow!!

Pizza pizza pizza

Lunch @ Pizza Express. http://www.pizzaexpress.com/

Garlic bread, a bit small but still cheesy and yummy!

Dough balls w. garlic butter. Cute, delicious, and fun to eat!

My funghi pizza. Lots of mushrooms with some garlic oil on top. Can you believe I finished one myself?! The crust was super thin (I swear!!)

T's pizza w. spinach, olives, parm, and an egg in the middle.

Quick stop at Gallipoli for a cappuchino & dessert. Shhh... they don't have skim milk!! Who doesn't have skim milk nowadays?!

Chocolate fudge cake w. pistachio ice cream. The cake was so moist and perfectly fudg-ey. Score! Another point for Gallipoli desserts. I can justify eating dessert because I ran for over an hour today around Regent's Park. Running outside is so much more enjoyable when the weather isn't deathly cold. LOVE IT!!

Lots and lots of salsa practice...followed by:

Chinese takeout for dinner:

 

Appetizer platter- all things just average

Egg chicken drop soup. Bland and flavorless. Soy sauce was definitely needed.

Shrimp noodles, salty and slurpable.

Pineapple fried rice w. the smallest chicken pieces I've ever seen in ma life! I'm not even sure it was chicken :o)

Somehow I forgot to take a picture of the best part: The duck!! I love duck wraps w. hoisin sauce. Mmmmm..!!

Morning's agenda: My YMCA practical assessment. YEEEP!!!! Those good stress endorphins are kicking in!!!

Song of the day: Nicki Minaj " Right thru me"

KAboom

KA BOB! We're officially regulars.

On the side: Garlic and spicy sauce to mix and dip.

I had 1/3 of this double cheeseburger without the double :)

Not the best burger in town but it does its job in satisfying the hamburger craving.

Crunchy fries w. ketchup this time!! :P

More chocolate pleeeaaaase! Banoffee pie dessert.

Breakfast:  Green monster muffin w. yogurt parfait