Danie Dharma
20+
I tend to project myself as either a quiet guy or a hyperactive and elated fella.


I only get into the cheerful mood when I'm with my girlfriend or my closer friends.

I have been an avid bodybuilder for the past 5 years,
and I love what the sport has done for my life..

I only wanna touch the ends of the universe,
But all I can do is stare at the stars...

~wishlist here.



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Gratitude

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31st March was a special and important day for me. Firstly, it was my 3 month anniversary with Saras! It was also the day both my bodybuilding competitions were held. Saras told me that she'll accompany me to both the competitions, and I was very touched by it. Both competitions together will take up a whole day, and I was worried that she might get bored, but she said that she wanted to be with me as it was our anniversary and that she'd stand by me even if it wasn't! This was the first time anyone other than my parents had been so supportive to me!

As for me, I was hoping to make my "comeback" during this competition. I did well in competitive bodybuilding before I enlisted into Navy. In BMT, I lost 9kg during those army styled trainings, and lost alot of hard earned muscle mass. As I trained to gain it back, I gained some bodyfat too. For the first time in years, my bodyfat had actually exceeded 13%. I couldn't diet down to my peak condition as I was a stay in personnel, booking out only on fridays and returning on sunday nights. Hence I couldnt prepare my diet food. During this period, I still competed in 2 competitions but didn't do very well. During the Nationals Juniors 2006, I took a 3rd place, but I knew that I was better than that. At my peak, I could have easily won it. Then came Muscle War 2007 open catogory. Open catogories are more competitive as there are no age or weight limits. I tried my best to prepare for it, but my superiors at time were bastards. They threw in many hours of OT at me, and I couldn't follow upon my training or diet. The stress caused my physique to slacken a little, and in the end, I didn't even get into the top 5. Many spectators told me that I belonged in the top 5 and that the judges were politically biased when they gave the placing to a guy they favoured, but I strongly believed that if I came in a better condition, I wouldn't have lost my top 5 spot. Also to make things worse, I was defeated by another guy, Weiming who took 2nd place. I ain't taking anything away from him, and I felt he was in tremendous condition and deserved a good placing. But the fact is I had won this guy 2wice before in my peak!! This kind of showed me how much I had slackened..
These pics were taken after I lost 9kg during BMT. I weighed only 64kg.. The lady in red is my mum, and the guy is Sheikh! A close buddy/ bodybuilding brother..

When I recieved the application forms for CDANs open catagory and Muscle Explosion 2007, I decided to sign up. I wanted to get into my contest shape again, but at the back of my mind, I thought that I might have made a mistake to compete so soon. I was now posted to a different department, and now had a superior SSG Joel, who was very supportive! He gave me alot of time to train and also joined in and trained with me. He also made it possible for my class to stay out. During this period, I trained as hard as I possibly could to get into my contest shape. I still couldn't go on my fully blown diet, but I made up for it with lots of cadio excercises. I ran in the hot sun, and did some minor adjustments to my diet. Soon, after all the hard work, sweat and blood, I was at 90% of my peak condition. I still wasn't in my best shape yet, but I was ready for battle.

Thats me and SSG Joel! Thanks for everything!!!

I booked out the day before, and didn't practice my posing routine. I couldn't do so last night as I had to shave my whole body. I was so tired, I fell asleep before I finished shaving. I didn't set my alarm, and thank god, my mom SMSed me in the morning wishing me luck. I got up with a start, and realised that I was late! I was supposed to meet my Darling at 9, and it was already 8! I told her to meet me at 9.30 instead, and hurried to complete my shaving. I was lucky I didn't cut myself. I managed to meet her by 9.30 and we were off! When she showed up, I was mesmerized for a second. She looked stunning, and I felt lucky that such a hot girl was accompanying me! Wahaha!! I felt very encouraged after recieving the gifts that my Darling had given me the day before. She also helped me to burn the song I wanted for my posing routine..

Thats SIL and my Darling before the contest began

Soon, I was backstage applying bronze colouring on my body. The moment I took off my shirt, I knew that I was going to do really well! I couldn't wait to step on stage. Soon, the pre-judging was over, and I got into the top 5. The finals were held about 3 hours later, so I decided to go catch a bite with Saras, and SIL (sister in law(Veeni)). Veeni also came to support me! We went to Macdonals and well, had a nice time chatting. We took quite a number of photos! Haha, and it was also the first time I tried a grilled chicken foldover and the Macdonals Cuppuchino..

Thats Weiming and me, taken backstage after bronzing up! Damn hes improved! I gota catch up with him!


Thats me and Saras sharing a French Fry


Happy Happy!!


Thats SIL taking some shots of herself...

Soon, it was time for the finals. Now Clement, a good friend of Saras also came by. Initially I thought he came to support me, but I later realized that he came to try convince my girlfriend to attend some dinner with him. Well, the finals and the 1 minute posing rounds were over. I was rather pleased with my performance of the 1 minute individual posing. I didin't even practice it, only in my head, but it turned out pretty okay! Now, another good friend came by. His name was Fauzi, one of my closest gym buddies! Hadn't heard from him ever since he went for his BMT. He was looking good with his wide shoulders.

Uploaded this pic to show who Fauzi is. Fauzi is the big guy taking the pic with his handphone..

After the finals were over, I had to wait another hour and a half before the prize giving. The 5 top 5 competitors were all very excited! The 5 included Weiming, Desmond (National Heavyweight champ 2006), Faizal (Civil Defense Officer), Sameer from West gym and myself. In the end, it was Faizal who took the title! Weiming was 2nd, I was 3rd and Desmond was 4th. I felt that Weiming came in a very good condition and could have won the title himself. Faizal however stood his ground with a very good conditioning as well, he actually had veiny abs! As for me, I was elated on getting the 3rd place. Although I didn't win the event, I still won the war. I came back in a better condition and prooved that I'm no has-been. The moment the event was over, I had to rush to the next location for the next competition! So I didn't get to savour my 3rd placing and the prizes, especially the $300 cash! Had to dump it all in my bag and run off!!

Soon we had arrived at the 2nd location. The event was called Muscle Explosion. It was the new NTUC building a short walk from Raffles MRT. After arriving there and settling down, the officials told me not to go anywhere. I was starving after competing all afternoon, and Saras and Clement were too. So I asked her to help buy me something on the way back. After they left, a friend Dex, a 2006 National Champion, gave me a doughnut to eat. I was very pleased with his kind guesture at such a time of need. I only ate half though, I gave the other half to another competitor who was hungry.

During this point, I noticed that almost all the competitors from the CDANs came to compete in the Muscle Explosion as well, including the 2 guys who beat me earlier. But now we were catogorised by age. So there was an under 21 catogory, 21 - 26 and 27 and above. The moment I heard the word under 21, my confidance went up as I didn't see any good under 21 year old bodybuilders backstage. The 2 guys who beat me earlier were in different catogories. So I told myself to move in for the kill!!

Soon Saras and Clement were back, and she had bought me 2 Mcchicken burgers. Little did I know that she spent her last bit of money to buy them. I felt very touched when I learnt about this later on. I ate slowly and soon the event began. Before the contest itself, there were some other prize giving events going on. I felt bad when I saw a video showing the audience. I saw my darling sitting down alone, very bored. (Clement left after realizing that Saras was going to stick by me) I wished I could drop by and accompany her, but.. I was a competitor!!

Finally, the competiton began! I was very eager to step on stage, and kept figitting! Once on stage, I did my thing. I noticed that it was a good crowd. They cheered loudly, especially for a guy called Ivan as he was from the church that organised the event. This contest wasn't like CDANs where the the finals was 3 hours later. It ran consecutively and soon it was prize giving time. I had won my 3rd title! I was so happy that I made a comeback and won another gold. What made it more memorable was that my Darling was there with me to share the moment of glory.

My 3rd win: Wasn't a big win as compared to my second title, but it was more memorable!

Me, Champion of Champions Mr Weiming and the winner of the earlier contest, Mr Faizal

Finally the event was over. I hurried out to look for my darling. I really wanted to give her a big hug and thank her again for spending so many hours just to come and support me. As I left, alot of people came and congratulated me. Some told me that I should have won the overall, but deep down, I knew that this day, Weiming was in better condition and it was appropriate that he won. I saw her and went to her, and she suddenly gave me a big hug! We have hugged many times, but this particular hug felt so special and passionate!

On the way back, my bestie, Roy met us at the MRT. He didn't come for the competition as he had something on, but he took the trouble to meet up after the event! I was glad to see him and we took some candid shots! By the way, it was him who introduced me to Saras..

My best frend and myself!

I sent Saras to her doorstep. There her family congratulated me and both her Mum and Dad fed me a sweet each! It was truly a very memorable moment for me! It showed that her father, who is a strict man with traditional values, had gotten comfortable with me being her boyfriend. This truly turned out to be a wonderful, though tiring day. I got to celebrate my anniversary by
winning my 3rd title, with all those special moments at Saras's place and of course! I got to spend the whole day with my Darling!! Darling! Thank you for making this day so memorable! Also a big thanks to SIL and Roy!!

This is my favourite pic of the day


As for this pic, it was taken in the lift before I sent her home! Haha!

into part of the universe...
8:39 PM



30th March was the eve of the 3 month anniversary of Saras and me. It began as a rather dull day though. I had been in camp the whole week, from sunday night til 6.30 pm today (friday). I had signed up for 2 bodybuilding competitions due the next day, and I thought the hours following my bookout from camp were going to be really hectic. I had some trail runs for sports day events, and was kind of exhausted before I left camp. Then I had to rush home to Jurong West, all the way from Changi Naval Base, shave my entire body (legs, armpits, torso) and pack stuff. As dull as the begining sounds, the day twisted and turned out to be one of the most memorable one I ever had!

My Darling came to fetch me from camp and accompanied me to my house. There we spent some time together, and she gave me a hell of a surprize before she left. She told me that she wanted to change, and locked herself in my room. When she came out, she told me to go have a look at my desk. There I found a note, it was a happy anniversary and a good luck card for the competitions; Darling made it like a treasure hunt, planting notes in different parts of my room. With the notes came bag of gummy coke sweets! 25 of em! My favourite sweets and number! She also printed out my favourite picture of us taken during Valentines day, and secretly put it in my wallet!

I was overwhelmed by the surprizes, and was lost for words! Those cards contained the nicest words any boyfriend could ever hear! As for the cards themselves, they weren't those kinds bought from some sovenior shop with a name signed at the bottom. They were written and coloured entirely by hand! All of em! One particular drawing that caught my eye was a crocodile holding a 1st-place trophy. I could clearly see that my Darling had put in alot of effort for that drawing, and everything else for that matter! The gifts seemed to radiate her love throughout my room, it almost felt like it was glowing with a pulsating red light of love.. Damn, my girlfriend is so full of surprizes!!

I didn't get to savour them throughly at that moment. I wish I did though.. I was frozen by indecision. I didn't know how to thank her, and all of a sudden, I got kickstarted by the fact that I was late.. I had to leave immediately, cos I wanted to send her home safely, and then meet a friend to collect some important things from him for the competitions.. I sent her her to her place, collected the stuff from my friend, and got home. At this point, I was so tired out that I fell asleep before I could completely shave my body. I didn't even set my alarm!!



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8:19 AM