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Weekend is over! Back to work with renewed spirit ..... for holidays ;)

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I believe I can fly

As promised, here pictures during abseiling.

For those who are not so familiar with the word, according to Wikipedia:

"Abseiling (German: abseilen, "to rope down"), rappelling in American English,[1] is the controlled descent down a rope; climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection."

1. Everbody is helping! Our group is the first to do abseiling AND I was the first to go down through that scary looking platform

 

2. Before we started, the instructor requested that those who don't want to do it, can't do it (for whatever reasons) to step aside .... and half of the team left especially ladies and the senior ones. But I have told myself, I will do it. I will conquer my fear. The last time I did it was like 20 years ago but that was a bit different because I decended down a hill and my feet can touch the hillside to control while decended down the rope. The scariest moment was to let go my feet from the abseiling platform because you realise that you'll be hanging.

3. If you noticed the instructor has to convince me and later he pushed me a bit so that my feet are off the platform, otherwise I'll never get down. lol. And that was when everybody heard my first scream!

4. After that it was no longer scary. But I have another problem ... I keep on spinning instead of going down. I supposed that because not enough weight to pull me down. heheee. If you look at the way I hold the rope it was like 45 degree which is meant for the rope to bring me down, while if I hold the rope behind my back that is like a brake, to stop the rope.

But overall, it was a fun experience. What I am proud of is that, after seeing me doing it, half of those who step aside came back to the group and decided to give it a try! I am proud of those who gave it a try!  Afterall, it was meant for us to conquer our fear.

 

Team building

Back from my university's team building programme!

I should be full of spirit to work as a team now . LOL

1. Our group chanting performance

2. Coconut bowling under the hot sun! You can't find me coz' I am the one who took the picture

3. The girls and the camera!

4. Early in the morning, while most of the staff were still asleep, I wouldn't want to miss the sunrise at the beach

5. During free and easy slot, this was my favorite activity

6. What was learnt during 3-day programme

Wait until I upload picture of me doing abseiling and you can see how 'brave' I am

Take care everyone!

Larra

When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere. ;)

Sending you Jasmine ....

 

Jasmine is from Persian 'Yasmin' which means 'Gift from God'. I am sharing that gift with you today, to start off your Monday.

Jasmine is known in India as the "Queen of the Night"  because of it's intoxicating perfume that is released at night. In China, Jasmine is used a symbol of feminine sweetness and beauty. Jasmine also symbolize deep affection, happiness and elegance. This is why it is used in wedding toss. In my culture (Malay culture), those days jasmine are used on the women sanggol (or a coiffure) not just to beautify but also to perfume their hair.

A lot has been said about this little white beauty and I like what Thomas More wrote:

Plants that wake when others sleep. Timid jasmine buds that keep their fragrance to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.

Happy Monday friends!

Have a productive week ahead!

-- Love, Larra --

Note: Those are pictures of Jasmine which I planted in a pot in the laundry room. Strange though, it never stop blooming since I planted it in January ... and my laundry room smells heaven at night :)