That feeling is pride. And we’ve been having a lot of it lately.
Being a fairly new tribe, a #traverbal is an exciting word to us. So when our homegrown girl Davina and expat Natalie who only got to know of NP because of Miri went to London this week, we were beyond ecstatic and yes, there’s the word… proud. Proud like papa and mama bears sending their NP children to the world. Proud because we already know they would be welcomed like family even before the bounce. Proud our seahorse tag made it out to a tribe in another city.
It’s only right we got these two ladies to write about their experience working out with November Project London. Minus points that there weren’t more pictures of Jake and Tom aka the Bradley Cooper and Taron Egerton. But I give you a million points for bringing along your best friends from London with you! #recruiteveryone
Natalie:
Photo credit to NP London
Waking up early on a Wednesday has kinda become the norm for me now, so when my alarm didn’t go off at 5am (dammit!) all was ok because my body clock sprung into action and got me up! Instead of waking up before the sun, like in Miri, the sun was awake and shining brightly in London- very rare, even for the British summer!
I dragged my best friend out of bed and insisted she joined me, after all she did #verbal the previous night. She wasn’t as awake, alert or excited as me. She was nervous and totally regretting letting me stay with her haha. We began our commute to Central London and took 2 buses to reach the Duke of York column. The roads were quiet, again rare, as the majority of London were still asleep or turning in from the previous night.
We arrived at the Duke of York column at the same time. Despite her twisted ankle, Davina was her same bubbly self and did us all proud by following the #justshowup rule. We walked down the steps and were instantly welcomed by the London tribe. Hugs all round!! The leaders introduced themselves and I flashed my seashore logo showing them where I came from- woooo I love you Miri!
The workout started with the standard NP bounce, there was no pg13 option and we all welcomed Wednesday the right way… with a fuck yeh!!
It was PR day! 5 burpees, 5 sets of stairs, 450m run… as many as you can in 25 minutes. I haven’t worked out since leaving NP Miri so I pushed myself and my best mate Marina – love you Marina. The temperature difference and zero humidity made it slightly easier… however, it was still a challenge!
I wana give a shout out to my bestie Marina – SO proud of her, she was totally out of her comfort zone but she did fab and surprisingly did it all with a smile on her face!! She said she’ll kill me if I tag her in their Facebook pics though, oooops.
Davina:
When Ing told me there’s a tribe in London, I googled it immediately and started looking at the tube routes and bus routes to Waterloo Place. Having not been in London some twenty years now, I didn’t want to chance public transport and risk being late so I decided fuck it; I’m getting an Uber.
My best friend Lisa said she’d come along, so Wednesday morning came and along with Wednesday, came the sun. I was so excited that I was up with the sun and before my alarm! (This never happens; I think it’s the British summer.) I was half expecting Lisa not to wake up but to her credit, she did! I was successful because I was making her laugh whilst waking her up. (There are ways to get her to do things and I know all of them. Lol!)
We got the Uber (costed me 11 pounds by the way) and off we went to Central London. Our ride was timely as London was just coming alive to greet the new day and traffic was smooth sailing.
Nat and I arrived together at the Duke Of York Column. We made our way to the stairs and were greeted immediately by Bradley Cooper (Jake), the British actor in Kingsman (I don’t know his name but I’ve decided Tom looks like him) and the tribe. It was hugs all round and the bounce started low with a gradual progression to an enthusiastic peak of the infamous #fuckyeah!
My ankle didn’t let me do any running, so I did an alternative workout of squats, lunges, planks, push ups and crunches as many circuits as possible for 25 minutes. Lisa at her first NP workout, powered through 4 circuits
in 25 minutes. I was so proud of my bestie both for dropping a #verbal and to #justshowup.
Living in the second machine-age, we become more detached from people than we realise. This experience, having the opportunity to workout with another tribe on another continent made me realise how great the November Project movement is, and how community-centric it is on a global scale; and that is mind blowing. #traverbals are awesome!
Photo credit to NP London
It looked like the orangutans of Sarawak have invaded London!
We’re proud that our girls kicked some serious PR ass on their first #traverbal workout in with the London tribe. We will ride high on this feeling as we wait for their return to Malaysia.
To the rest of the tribe, we bounce this Wednesday 5.10am at Bumiko Hill. Let’s PR!
Spread the positivity!
P.s Orang utans are Asian species of great apes, and mostly found in the Borneo island where November Project Malaysia is.
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