On August 14, 2010, The ParkCity Club was yet again the venue of another fun and exciting event called the GetActive Fitness Challenge! GetActive is a group of personal trainers who have been appointed by The ParkCity Club to give expert workout and physical training advice to club members who need additional help in their fitness goals.
A GetActive personal trainer showing the participants how to execute a “burpee” exercise
The fitness challenge event was conceived as an event to introduce the GetActive trainers to our club members and Perdana ParkCity staff whilst giving all participants a really, really good workout. The challenge was a challenge course around the main facilities of The ParkCity Club. Participants were required to run the challenge course which consisted of five different “challenge” stations, where they were required to perform lunges, burpees, push-ups, standing jumps, crunches, jumping jacks, mental puzzles, and running or swimming in the pool. The participant who would be able to finish all the challenges in the shortest amount of time would be the winner.
The first batch of lady participants ready to roll!
The second batch ready to give their all
Eager participants turned up at 9 am for the roll-call and introduction to the trainers. The trainers then briefed the participants on what was required of the participants for this challenge. Soon after, the participants were herded to the starting point, where they were identified and given contestant numbers. They were then divided into groups of threes and fours, and they the groups started separately.
Some of the men getting ready to rumble!
It was fun to see some participants already start to pant like crazy after just the first challenge. Others who were totally gung ho at the beginning, came to the tiring realization that the subsequent stations had even more difficult challenges than the previous ones. Even so, the challenge was filled with fun and good cheer, despite some of the challenges pushing some of our Perdana ParkCity staff to the edge of their physical capabilities. It was really fun to see that even our pregnant staff participated and completed the challenge, albeit with modified and simplified challenges. Even one of our Muslim staff participated in the challenge while fasting. Impressive indeed.
Lunge challenge
Push-up challenge
Jump challenge
Crunch challenge
Mental and water challenge
After the grueling but fun challenge, the participants and organizers congregated at the Pavilion, where delicious sandwiches and cold juice were served. Needless to say, after a challenge like that, our participants were only to happy to wolf down the food and drink. The GetActive trainers then explained to us the purpose of some of the challenges and highlighted how the challenge exposed the fitness levels of all the participants. Then it was time to announce the winners. The winner of the male category was Dr. Peter Ch’ng, a resident of Zenia. The winner of the female category was our very own Perdana ParkCity staff, Christine Wood. They both recieved a free fitness consultation and personal training session at The ParkCity Club gym with the GetActive personal trainers.
Dr. Peter Ch’ng from Zenia receiving his prize for
having the fastest time in the men’s category
Perdana ParkCity staff, Christine Wood receiving her prize for
having the fastest time in the ladies’ category
All smiles despite the muscle aches!
It was certainly a fun Saturday morning and we urge more of our club members to find out more about how they can make full use of The ParkCity Club for all their fitness needs. For more information, please call The ParkCity Club at 03-6280 7770.
Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd took a significant step in adding an important communal component in making Desa ParkCity the best place to live in Kuala Lumpur when it had the official Ground-breaking Ceremony for Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity on August 3, 2010.
This 300-bed RM 142.8 million medical centre will provide first-class round-the-clock medical care and services for Desa ParkCity and other areas in its immediate vicinity. Scheduled to open in 2013, this medical centre will be built by Perdana ParkCity and will be operated by Sime Darby Healthcare Group.
Distinguished invited guests arrived at The ParkCity Club for drinks at 2.00 pm and at 2.30pm, they were ferried by bus to the actual construction site located about 1.5 kilometres away, at the northeast side of Desa ParkCity. A grand tent was set up for the ceremony complete with a stage and seating for all 170 guests.
The Guest-of-Honor, Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad Bin Ismail, The Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, could not be present due to other commitments and was represented by the Director General of Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Yang Berbahagia Datuk Haju Salleh bin Yusup. Among the other VIPS present for the ground-breaking ceremony were Mr Lee Liam Chye, Group CEO of Perdana ParkCity, Mr Yaw Chee Siew, Chairman of Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd, Mr Joseph Lau, Executive director of Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd, Yang Amat Mulia Tengku Datuk Seri Yang Teramat Mulia Dato’ Tunku Putra Badlishah Ibni Tunku Annuar, Director of Sime Darby Healthcare Group and Ms Elaine Cheong, CEO of Sime Darby Healthcare Group.
In his speech, Mr Lee Liam Chye said that Sime Darby Medical Centre ParkCity will provide patients, visitors and medical staff the comfort, convenience and reliability of a high-end medical facility of international standards. He also added that Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd will be looking into the viability of providing rented accommodation for families and friends of local and overseas patients in the ParkCity Town Centre currently being planned. This could be in the form of a hotel or service apartments or both.
After the speeches were presented, the VIPS were invited to the front of the stage where they were given hardhats and gloves to wear and a shovel for the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony. Yang Berbahagia Datuk Haju Salleh bin Yusup was then invited up on the stage to unveil the giant image of the medical centre amidst applause from all the guests.
Soon after, the guests were ferried back to The ParkCity Club where they enjoyed a tea reception. A press conference was held soon after.
Excitement filled the air at the SportsCenter football field on August 7 and 8, 2010. Our neighborhood football stars certainly played their hearts out as the teams battled it out to find out who would be crowned champions of the tournament.
Team Southlake are all smiles after beating Team ParkCity
Team ParkCity are also still smiling after a good hard-fought game
On August 7, Team Southlake went up against Team ParkCity for the third placing of the tournament. Team Southlake proved too agile and crafty for Team ParkCity in their 3:1 victory over Team ParkCity.
Team Safa
Team Waterfront
The final on August 8 was between reigning Champion Team Safa and Team Waterfront. After an intense match-up, Team Safa emerged victorious and is once again the Champion of the Desa ParkCity Inter-Neighborhood Football Tournament. Congratulations to the winners!
Team Safa are Champions again!
Hot on the heels of the recently concluded 2010 World Cup Tournament in South Africa, the Desa ParkCity Inter-Neighborhood Football Tournament kicked-off at the SportsCenter football field on July 10, 2010. It was very clear that the World Cup fever is still in the air when last year’s champion Team Safa took on a newly- formed Team Waterfront.
FOUL! He put the ball out of the corner spot!
While there were no loud blaring vuvuzelas, the crowd still enjoyed a tremendously spirited match between two very determined teams. Since then, every weekend saw teams from around Desa ParKCity pit themselves against one another to see who would be crowned the best neighborhood football team this year.
Our FIFA-certified ref and officials
The six teams in this year’s tournament are Team Safa, Team Waterfront, Team Adora, Team Nadia, Team Southlake and Team ParkCity.
Team Safa checking their strategy playbook
The group matches have been played and we are now at the final stages of the tournament. The battle for third place will take place at the SportsCenter football field on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 5 pm between last year’s runner-up Team ParkCity and Team Southlake.
Catch me if you can!
The final will take place on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 5 pm between last year’s champion Team Safa and the newly formed Team Waterfront. These teams met in the opening match of the tournament and their hard-fought match resulted in a 1-1 draw, so a rematch between these two giants is in order and we invite all of you to come and witness what is sure to be a fun and exciting final!
“In Realty”, a popular Astro Awani (Channel 501) TV talk-show on property and interior design, recently visited Desa ParkCity to find out just why we are fast becoming recognized by many as the best place to live in KL. Perdana ParkCity Sdn Bhd’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Ms. Susan Tan, was on hand to explain to hosts Mr. Syed Faradino Omar and Ms. Linawati Adnan, just what makes Desa ParkCity such a memorable and livable township.
The interview was held at the Show Gallery at The Waterfront and also at The ParkCity Club. It certainly was a fun time working with the TV crew since it isn’t everyday that one gets a chance to be under the bright lights of broadcast television! This segment is part of their focus on Desa ParkCity as “KL’s Little Community, Big Living.” It was fun to see how the professional TV crew deliberated on how the interview scenes would be shot on the fly with the hosts and just shot the scenes with hardly any retakes. The hosts of the show also interviewed one of Desa ParkCity’s residents and the segment will feature her house as part of the ID segment of the show.
We would like to thank Astro Awani for featuring Desa ParkCity in their program. Please tune in to Astro Awani (Channel 501) on July 29th at 9.30 pm to see how Desa ParkCity is the best place to live on TV!
