A Story that is not the same

Quotes #14

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Food Journal - 181111

2011-11-20T00:58:00.000+08:00

Food:
Breakfast - 2 bean paste baos
Lunch - a plate of bee hoon with 2 slices of fried cereal fish, 2 pieces of chicken, a bowl of aloe vera desert
Snack - 2 choc eclairs :(, 1 cream puff, mango yoghurt
Dinner - 2 pieces of KFC chicken, 1 egg tart, some cheesefries, a slice of chocolate cake

Beverage - vitasoy, cup of pepsi

Exercise - 1 hr of Just Dance 3 on Kinnect counted?, 50 jumping jacks, 25 squats, 300 crunches

Quote #8

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Quotes #7

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Food Journal 171111

2011-11-18T09:59:00.001+08:00

Food:
Breakfast - 2 slices of bread with ham, egg and cheese
Lunch - a bowl of special K cereal with milk and blueberries
Snack - 2 slices of watermelon
Dinner - a spoonful of noodles, half a plate of salmon tofu mentai (sinful!!), 2 shitake mushrooms
Supper - 2 salmon mentai sushi :((

Beverage - nestle blackcurrent juice

Exercise - 2 hrs of semi intensive badminton

Quote #5

2011-11-17T17:34:00.000+08:00

Food Journal - 151111

2011-11-16T09:58:00.001+08:00

Food:
Breakfast - 2 slices of bread with ham, egg and cheese
Lunch - a bowl of special K cereal with milk and blueberries
Snack - apples
Dinner - pan fried salmon, xiao bai cai with pork slices, a spoon of rice, small bowl of pork ribs herbal soup

Beverage - vitasoy, papaya milk blend

Exercise - 300 skips, 200 crunches (gotta make it up the next day then)

Quotes #4

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Quotes #3

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quotes #1

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50 easy ways to reach your ideal weight

2011-10-25T15:26:00.002+08:00

1. Water yourself. A recent study proved that dieters who guzzled plenty of H2O lost more weight than those who didn’t.

2. Halve at it. Divide your normal portion by two and save the rest for later. You are likely to feel full on less food than you think.

3. Go meatless. In general, vegetarians have lower body weights than their meat-eating peers. Follow their lead — at least until you drop a few pounds.

4. Go vegan. Vegetarianism not helping you lose? Take it to the next level by swearing off eggs and dairy too. Cheese can be a diet killer.

5. Get fresh. Eliminate all packaged foods and eat only fresh ingredients you’ve prepared. No bags, boxes, cans, or cartons allowed.

6. Diet 2 days a week. If you can’t stick to a program all the time, try slashing your calories to 650 a day just 2 days a week and eating normally the other days. A recent study suggests this offers protection from breast cancer as well as assistance with weight loss.

7. Not so sweet. Everyone knows sugar isn’t healthy, but when you start reading labels, you find it in unexpected places, like pasta sauce and frozen entrees. Cutting the sugar out of your diet will mean healthier meals overall.

8. Cut the flour. The short-term elimination of floury foods like white bread and pastries can efficiently kick-start your weight loss plan.

9. Be virgin. Alcoholic beverages are some of the emptiest calories out there. Replace them with water, and the weight comes off.

10. Walk 2 minutes out of every 30. Short walking breaks add up to weight loss.

11. Fidget more. Studies show that fidgety types burn significantly more calories than their stationary peers.

12. Sleep it off. Recent studies have shown that those who don’t get enough shut-eye eat more and reach for more fattening grub than people who get plenty of rest.

13. Get it on. Thirty minutes of sex burns at least 60 calories for a 150-pound woman.

14. Eat at home. Meals eaten away from home have 134 more calories, on average.

15. Start a blog. The weight loss blog is practically a literary genre. Start one, and you aren’t just losing for yourself. Your public needs you.

16. Tweet your weight. Some call it the #humiliation diet, but many credit the accountability for their weight loss success. Use the hashtag #tweetyourweight.

17. Find a buddy. You know you are more likely to show up at the gym if someone is waiting there for you.

18. Lose to win. Bring a taste of The Biggest Loser to your own gym, work, family, or circle of friends for extra motivation.

19. Veg out. Fill two-thirds of your plate with vegetables, which are less calorie dense and more nutritious than any other type of food.

20. Go nuts! A recent study found that dieters who snacked on shelled pistachios shed more pounds than those who ate other snacks, even though they contained the same amount of calories.

21. Grapefruit diet. A recent study showed that eating one grapefruit daily helped 58 percent of subjects to lose weight.

22. Pay cash. Shoppers who pay with plastic are more vulnerable to impulse buys, which tend to be the fattening snacks you know you shouldn’t have anyway.

23. Don’t be smelly. Scented cosmetics make us crave the foods they remind us of, which ultimately makes us eat more, according to recent reports.

24. Remind yourself to eat better. One study found that people chose better-for-them foods when they were prompted to “consider the healthiness” before digging in.

25. Learn to knit. Doing something—anything—with your hands can distract you from your cravings.

26. Train for a race. Many people find that having an athletic goal motivates them to exercise regularly in a way that nothing else can.

27. Join a sports league. Fitness can be fun, and if it is, you’re more likely to stick with it. Pickup softball, anyone?

28. Quit sugary drinks. Some supersize sodas have 500-plus calories, and juice isn’t much better. Drink water instead. (See item No. 1.)

29. Swear off dessert. Cut a slew of calories by ordering a skim cappuccino instead so you have something to do while your dining companions devour a cheesecake.

30. Join a program. US News recently rated Weight Watchers the best choice for weight loss.

31. Work standing up. Standing burns at least 30-percent more calories than sitting on your backside all day.

32. Get a treadmill desk. Studies suggest you can burn an additional 800 calories during your workday—if you continually walk at a very slow pace.

33. Swap your supper for soup. Soup’s high water content makes it a low-calorie and filling option. Just steer clear of the creamy kinds.

34. Stop dieting. Yo-yo dieters don’t tend to get thinner—they get fatter. Instead, make a serious lifestyle change.

35. Quit snacking. The real reason the French don’t get fat is because it’s a cultural faux pas to eat between meals.

36. Go gluten free. It isn’t a miracle diet, but it can be a useful short-term experiment that often leads to weight loss and ultimately a less bread-heavy diet.

37. Spice it up! Cayenne pepper really can rev your metabolism, according to recent research.

38. Abandon your car. Walk or bike to work for a slimming—not fattening—commute.

39. Eat breakfast. Those who enjoy a morning meal have been shown over and over to be slimmer than breakfast skippers.

40. Drink more milk. Low-fat dairy consumption seems to speed weight loss—scientists credit the calcium.

41. Eat more yogurt. A recent report revealed the foods most identified with maintaining a healthy weight, and yogurt ranked among the best.

42. Drop the potato chips. At the top of the list for foods that make you add pounds? Potato chips.

43. Take a two-wheeled tour. A long weekend bike ride around your hometown will help you see the sights in a new light, all while you torch a ton of calories.

44. Make it interesting. Go to Stickk.com to sign a contract with yourself to lose weight. If you don’t shed the pounds, your money will be donated to a charity?that you hate.

45. Weigh in daily. For some, the scale is a bummer and a distraction. Others like the daily feedback and accountability. Try it, and see if you lose weight.

46. Meditate. It’s no secret that stress-eating can sabotage the best diet intentions. A short daily meditation can help you keep binge-inducing anxieties in check.

47. Chill out. Drinking eight or more glasses of ice water a day may help your body burn fat, according to research.

48. Express yourself. A creative outlet is likely to boost your self-esteem and take your mind off food. You can’t eat and decoupage at the same time.

49. Brush and floss. Who wants to ruin their minty-fresh breath with a snack?

50. Fantasy binge. Before you dig in, visualize yourself eating a treat. Science suggests that those who do this mental exercise will eat less of what they first imagined.

at least I got started on 15 already ;)

:)

2011-07-13T15:10:00.002+08:00

Yeah, I have been away from this blog for a long time. It's neglected and forgotten as my mind is preoccupied with so many thoughts, mostly rather emo type. This blog wouldn't be a place I wanna pour out my feelings to as I find it exposing. I actually stopped talking about my feelings on this blog since a while back and I guess I'm much more engaged in FB now instead.

I generally feel that I have screwed up and dunno when things will look bright again. But I thank God for His mercy and His grace in spite of all these that's happening now.

Who am I by Casting Crowns encouraged me a lot, hope it will comfort you as well.

US Day 0 - Flight of my life

2011-06-06T10:38:00.000+08:00

What a long flight! Thank goodness for Chris' salonpas, it helped to relieve my back ache a lot! We chatted a lot on the first flight and after a long time, we checked the watch only to find out that it was less than an hour! The in flight meal at 2plus am was a pleasant surprise. What a spread!!! Fantastic food, but bad timing... It's a sinful supper, because it came with haagen daaz as well OMG!

I finally slept.. for like only an hour before we landed.

Now, I'm on the second flight and just got notified about the 15 hour plus flight OMG. Thankfully, I'm seated by the aisle this time so I am quite free to move around.

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It's almost 12pm and I have still only slept an hour odd, but I have watched two movies (Just go with it and Hall Pass) and ate two set meals complete with ice cream. One word- TERRIBLE! I better catch some snooze now and complete my flight by watching Drive Angry!

12 hours later, I finally arrive at new York with bout 7 hours of low quality sleep. It's so uncomfortable that I'll wake up within an hour and could not fall back aslp. Watched 2 episodes of Glee, 2 episodes of America's Next Top Model and played silly games like Bejewelled 2 (so laggy!) and Super scramble (thought it was scrabble but disappointed!). YES!! The little Asian gnome has arrived in New York, likah finally! I'm starting to feel the excitement in me build up!

2011-06-05T06:34:00.002+08:00

At Hong Kong now for my 2nd time, both transits. This time round, I got to see the sudden bright skies at 5.30am.. And the surrounding beautiful scenery. I must admit the mountains, water and islands did get me excited for a while! I dont feel that far away from home thanks to wifi. I'm still very much connected to the world. Now I'm just lying in an unglam manner on three chairs with lots of space to spare (thank God for my short and small frame) haha.

Time to koon till it's time to take the flight to US! Tata :)

Us!

Final Goodbyes

2011-06-04T21:27:00.002+08:00

Just a few hours to my flight to New York and yet, everything feels so surreal. I am not excited bout the trip, feel that I'll miss Ben nor think that I'll cry at the airport. Another long period of being away from Ben. The last one was when I went to India for 3 weeks bout 2 years back and I recall us crying at the airport LOL. wonder how the farewell process will be like later, hopefully a brave, independent and tearless one.

My luggage is packed to the brim which is really weird. I dunno why I have so much stuff to bring.. And they are mostly in zip lock bags already!

Final goodbyes to everyone in SG! look out for my travel diary! :)

Monday blues

2011-05-30T17:24:00.003+08:00

I didn't exercise till Sunday. A lot of time constraints with all the meet the parents, P4 camp and shifting of house. Today is the actual house shifting and the start of p4 camp. Omg, I'm like damn shagged. Totally KOed on the bus back and forth from
Marina Barrage. I don't even have the energy to care about my 'image' anymore. Hopefully, I'll have more chance to exercise this week, before I go to the States. The camp is evil.. It made me so hungry that I kinda overate with my camel mentality (of eating more to store food). I couldn't really type my food journal today because I lost count of what I ate :/

Sebrina Diet Day 3

2011-05-27T07:19:00.000+08:00

7.30am - Breadtalk's cheese hotdog bun and vitasoy

11.30am - huge cup of ice Milo. Had no idea it could be that filling.

1.30pm- a serving of guava and honeydew each

2.30pm- 5 slices of chicken fillet and watermelon.

Weighed myself again and to my horror... I lost 2kg from that day I weighed myself? No wonder i read somewhere before that we should weigh ourselves at the same time of the day. Joked to Ben that I can cut myself some slack and eat sloppily again haha.

4.30pm - exercise bike
30 minutes; 130 calories; 13km

6pm - chai fan (three spoons of rice with two types of fishes, tofu and veg)

10.30pm - one bean paste bao
Maybe I should cut my supper habit!

I think I can forget about Tues, Wed and Thurs. I didn't exercise... And I ate quite a lot of rich food. I really love Wild Honey at Mandarin Gallery and went there on both Tues and Wed. Mad, aren't I! I got to try the Scandanavian, European and Tunisian breakfast! Each of them taste wonderful in their own ways *slurps! I would so go back there for the Scandanavian one again xD

Sebrina Diet Day 2

2011-05-23T16:37:00.001+08:00

Another bad example day, but I'm trying to get it right. Ate too little today due to loss of appetite.

12pm - a pear and a cup of Milo

6pm - a spoon of rice with fish soup and a cup of soya milk

11pm - 2 steamed bean paste baos

Sebrina Diet Day 1

2011-05-21T23:34:00.000+08:00

Keeping hard to the 'earn my carbs' rule, I got out of bed and started my day with Zuzana's 4 minute prebreakfast workout (mentioned it a couple of times before on this blog, you can google it if you're interested!). At least, I wouldn't feel so guilty when I eat the delicious chicken rice that my parents packed for me.

Pre-breakfast workout: interval of high jumps and

27, 34, 20, 30, 21, 32, 25, 32, 20 (stopped prematurely as I didn't have the stamina!)

12pm - 3 spoons of chicken rice

2pm - half a bowl of Beancurd

6pm - 6 pieces of McNuggets

10pm - a bite of burger and half a slice of seafood pizza

I think this diet idea is good- it makes me think a lot about what I eat. This day isn't a good example but it's hard to eat healthy when u eat all ur meals out. At least I stopped myself from eating more junk food.. And I didn't order cheesecake when we were at Blooie's nor go Udders for a second rd of supper!

Re-hi

2011-05-20T18:55:00.003+08:00

Yea, havent been blogging for some time because I was so overwhelmed with work.. And after the kids' exams, I was suddenly so free that I flooded myself with things I always wished I had time to do but didn't. I even put my Gossip Girl dramas aside for a good 5 months without realizing it.

I was rather proud of myself for eating healthily during the diet challenge late last yr to the beginning of this yr. I lost 3 kg of body fat and my waist size was almost on par with my pre-Uni days'. I must admit that I got a little complacent after that and thought that I can eat anything I want since I'm underweight. Together with the high stress levels of teaching, I found myself indulging in ice cream or other fattening stuff once a day for a prolonged period of time (Omg right!!) Of cos, the effects was slow..... But now that it came back one whole round with full force.. I stepped on the weighing scale today and I got a shock! I put back on the 3kg... On top of that, I gained another 500grams! I have never weighed heavier than 45 kg my entire life so this really scares me.

I relooked at Zuzana's website through all the food and diet tips. There was one diet challenge - no sugar diet challenge. That's one challenge I think I'll totally fail even before stopping. Ice creams, cakes, chocolates, bubble tea and all sorts of deserts are my weakness. I should at least resume the diet I used to embark on becos it wasn't that painful for me and it totally worked.

General rules-
1) 5 meals a day, 3 hrs apart
2) two third veg and fruits, one third lean protein
3) frigging earn my carbs!!

I shall be posting my daily meal intakes again. It really holds me accountable when I do that, instead of keeping a brief mental one. Also, I will be stricter with the 'earn my carbs' rule! Check out this space for my results and updates :)

I need to give this diet a name... It used to be Zuzana diet, then Brittany diet because they inspired me. I shall call it the Sebrina diet - an aim towards what it used to be. I have proved to myself that I could do it..both for health's and beauty's sakes.

My Googles

2011-04-12T23:32:00.002+08:00

Wanna compile a list of the stuff I google, just for fun:

- he always forget or always forgets
- is Yong tau foo nutritious?
- what is crocodile meat good for?
- does Hitler have one testicle?
- Nazi human experimentation on twins
- are the Pharisees religious because of laws in exodus
- How to delete a Facebook check in?
- what is sanitary panty?
- gelato in tampines
- jesus washing of feet meaning
- ku de ta Singapore menu
- nice karaoke songs
- Nicole Jung hair
- zombie cafe guide
- zombie farm guide

Now that I listed it all out and look through it, I think I'm freaking...random!!

Thankful

2011-04-03T20:10:00.004+08:00

I am very thankful and grateful for the pple God has placed in my life.

Ben who is always there. Although somethings he says upset me more at times haha.
Aaron who lent me a listening ear today and I was able to tell him almost everything I wasn't happy with.
Eujean who just spent time with ben and I. It made me feel happy even though we didn't talk about my problems at all but it was jus comforting.
Eunice who listened to my problems and gave me advice
Cheryl who listened to my sch stories
Bao Lin who listened to my unhappiness in church

Thank God for the people he placed in my life.

Eating and feeling like junk

2011-03-31T15:35:00.004+08:00

I dunno what's e purpose of this post. Maybe to complain about my own poor diet choice. I was supposed to buy a turkey breast subway but I ended up buying calamari rings for my lunch cum tea break cum dinner! In order to make myself feel a lil better, I bought Beancurd as well. Haha dang. Emotional eating is one of my biggest prob- I'm just overstressed and sorta lonely, with ben now focusing a lot of his time on real estate. Quite a major difference from him being there and home all the time when he was doing his online biz.

God, look at those marking!

One thing I can know for sure- hungry will be the least of my worries. In fact, I was over ambitious. I'll try not to waste my $$. All this junk food costs $9.50!

I was sucha health freak during those diet days and now, my diet choices are really bad. Time to relook into my diet.

An overworked teacher with cute students

2011-03-29T17:07:00.005+08:00

After an awesome-but-too-short March holidays, I was greeted with an insane amount of work! Partly self brought upon as I did not clear it during the holidays and there was the vetting that drained me for 3 long afternoons. I also received the news that the oral and LC exam I set was terrible so I almost had to redo everything. It's my first time and I'm doing it alone! :(

Upcoming days gonna be more hectic.. Especially as the report book comments vetting draws near! :(( taking each day as it comes now. My daily goal is just to do what I need to finish by e next day and clear as much as work as I can. (the second one nearly doesnt happen) Also, am trying to make time to exercise whenever I'm not sick. Need to destress via my favorite Pilates and kickboxing workouts. It is necessary as well because it enables me to snack more often without the guilt. Teehee. I'm quite happy that my weight can't go beyond 42kg now aha.. Though it isn't very healthy.

Anyway, what made me want to blog was a to-do list that I have spotted on my teacher's table in class. I wanted to take a photo of it but dang, I threw it away! No worries, I can remember -

- make sure I do not eat dinner at home
- go to Thomas house to play
- bring bat and ball
- wear my spectacles at all times unless it is very itchy

I thought I read wrongly for no. 1 but no. 4 really cracked me up and wonder if they know what a to-do list is actually for!

They are just DAMN CUTE. I always have the urge to ruffle their hair haha. That also reminds me about the Godsister agreement that I have received. A group of pupils in my Social Studies class did up an agreement for me to be their God sister, with all the signatures and a line for me to write my answer. When I said no (afraid I might get into trouble), they even made me write my reason and sign -_- exasperatingly cute .

That's all for my updates. just something I'm typing as I travel home from sch. :) I know I should update more, and I will. Ta-Ta!

March Holiday

2011-03-19T10:30:00.001+08:00

March holidays has been a fun one - lots of JBing with different groups of friends to do different things. Best thing I like about JB is the non stop action when it comes to food hahaha. Gosh, the last time I went, I ate even more than Kenneth and Ben! It's a scary thought.

We discovered a new mall to go, other than Jusco. It's called KSL mall at Taman Sentosa area. So all the activities are at one area. Can shop and movie at KSL, go over to Pelangi to KTV at Red Box (cos it's dirt cheap!) and eat seafood and massage nearby.

Typing away as I lie on a suntan deck in Batam's cable ski park. Unfortunate for me, the monthly visit came at a wrong time and no water sports for me. The great thing is.. The only exciting cheap stuff is the water sports! Dang, so many noobs doing the knee board. I would have some company. Haha.

I got scratched by a fierce monkey and was quite angry earlier on as it was damn painful! After venting all my anger on every ant that crossed my path and the pain sort of subsided, I feel much better now. It's 11.35am and I have to brave the sun till sunset. Its a thin line between boredom and relaxation. Trying to psych myself to believe that it's the latter.

Anyhow, Ben started on his property agent training course. Every tues and Thurs for the entire day. This is only the beginning. Guess he will be a lot more busy when the time comes. But busy is a good thing I guess, I want him to make lots of money of cos. Still awaiting his big break so we can start planning for our wedding.

Time to relax and read the Eat Pray Love book that I have borrowed from Bao Lin. Tried watching the movie about two weeks back and it's a bore. Hope the book will be good!

Weekly Exercise Report 4

2011-03-07T22:50:00.001+08:00

Monday - Pilates

Tuesday - Pilates

Wednesday - Bar bells and dumb bells class

Thursday - Bollywood dancing class
From all you see on the TV, there wasn't any coconut trees but it was a great workout cos it's super fast paced! Good aerobic workout!

Friday - Gym session plus consultation
Bao Lin and I made the guy very busy by asking him how to use the machines. My friend is 2cm taller than me but 35kg! So the guy taught us the machines we should use to build up muscle mass. After the complete assessment, i found out that most of me is under the requirements CEPT BODY FATS (must be the daily ice cream, chocolates, cakes, bubble tea and donut intake).

Here's the stats:
Body Composition Analysis
My total body water level 22.3 litres (normal range is 25 to 30.6)
My protein level 6 kg (normal range 6.7 to 8.2)
My mineral level 2.24 kg (normal range 2.32 to 2.83)
My body fat mass 11.4 kg (normal range 9.8 to 15.7)
So all that makes up my weight. Cool.

Muscle - Fat Analysis
Weight 41.9 (normal range 41.8 to 56.5)
Skeletal muscle mass 16 kg (normal range 18.4 to 22.5)

Obesity Diagnosis
BMI 17.9 (normal range 18.5 to 23)
Percentage Body Fat 27.1 (normal range 18 to 28) (OMFG!)
Waist hip ratio 0.78 (normal range 0.7 to 0.8)

Advice:
Target weight: 49.2 kg
Weight control: + 7.3 kg
Fat control: 0 kg
Muscle control: + 7.3 kg

Wow, I need to build 7kg of muscle onto my petite frame? I'll be a little musclewoman.

Therefore I need to probably cut down on the cardio and do pure muscle building stuff instead.

What I did, for my first attempt:
40 butt presses
30 leg presses
12 mins 233 calories 2.83km on wave machine

Well, that's it. I got lazy for the weekend :x

Julie/Julia Rerun

2011-03-05T00:58:00.003+08:00

Just finished watching Julie & Julia for the second time. I almost never watch a movie twice but... This is really an exception. Its the rare few movies that I thoroughly enjoy. Laughing and crying alongside with the two main leads. I can totally identify myself with them as I love food, not too sure about the cooking part though as I haven't demonstrated any talent in that area as yet.

I am so keen to try a project such as this. It's F U N! cept that the ingredients might cost quite a fair bit and it will be time consuming. Can someone get Mastering the Art of French Cooking cookbook for me as my 29th birthday present? So i could transit into my BIG-3 years smoothly with my mind occupied. I thought it would cost like at least a hundred but Ben saw it on Amazon for half that price! And it's killing me..... I'm so tempted to get it. At the same time, I'm tempted to try a simpler project first.. Recipes with lesser assortment of ingredients required as we were initially keen to try that Beef Bourguignon HAHAHA our mouths were salivating and stomachs growling as we watched the dishes whipped up. The beef looks so tender....! We can totally imagine that it would be juicy with every bite. But the variety of ingredients needed is really no joke.... I probably have no idea what half of them are and never knew of it's existence hah.

I'm so inspired. Let's see where this inspiration leads. Any cookbooks to recommend, anyone?

Till then, Bon Appetit!

Weekly Exercise Report 3

2011-02-28T20:50:00.000+08:00

I had a very disappointing workout report for last week.

Mon: pilates class
And no more for the entire week!
From Tuesday onwards, I was having a bad headache and feeling light headed all the way. :(
Dang. I think I'm feeling better already. The last random headache I've got was on Friday night, discounting the one I had last night cos I was sea sick on Hui Yin's yacht haha.

Hope this week will be more fruitful! I want to exercise to destress!

Weekly Exercise Report 2

2011-02-22T23:56:00.000+08:00

Wow, I have really set such a high standard for myself in the first week that this week's report looks really PATHETIC in comparison!

Monday: V DAY! :D
Tuesday: CRAMPS :(
Wednesday: Step Workout. I started at Amore by doing this workout a lot. Initially, it was a great workout but subsequently, it lacked the kick as I got "fitter". Now that I tried it again after a long hiatus, it made me perspire again!)
Conclusion of the day: variate your workout!
Thursday: Kickboxing (muscle ache, YES!)
Friday: stayed back till late and cell group thereafter
Sat: school event from 7.30 am to 2+pm and church thereafter
Sun: spent time with my family

Nevermind, I'll exercise hard again for Week 3! :)

Our Valentine's Day

2011-02-16T18:16:00.004+08:00

The both of us seldom celebrate Valentine's Day as this occasion is too near to my birthday and by then, he would have already spent a bomb on my big day. He wanted to buy me black roses for this day and even went to order it. Thankfully, he managed to refund it when I forced him to. Instead, he got me a mini digital lomo camera. It is so much more feasible! Otherwise....by now, the exotic black roses would have been dead, no matter how cool it once have been. BUT, I still have my digital lomo and am taking lotsa photos with it! :D

For the actual day, I am so thankful that I ended school at 2pm sharp and dont have to stay back! Met him on the MRT and we made our way to Bedok for the Sheng Shiong there! Our original plan was to cook steak and cod fish. To our shock, 1 kg of cod fish costs $49.90! We wanted to settle for Salmon and steak when we saw....... clayfishes and crabs! We eyed the crabs and there was 3 price range. $3.90 per crab, $8.90 per crab or $31.80 per kg. Oh my, the crabs going by weight have really HUGE pincers (my favourite part!). We chose THE crab with the biggest pincer. and it kinda knew that we are going to choose him cos he got excited and started crabwalking around.

We were so super excited at our spontaneous plan! Salmon was affordable there so we grabbed a slice as well. At the supermart itself, we googled for recipes and decided on: Creamy Butter Crab and Teriyaki Salmon (just pan fried using kikoman teriyaki sauce)!

On the way home, I was really paranoid when he asked me to carry the bag with the crab in it for awhile as he needed to get something from his bag. I dropped the plastic bag and there was a loud knock. hahahaa, we thought it would break and die, but it didnt (becos its shell is freaking thick and hard..so hard that we had so much trouble cracking it)

Ben was totally obsessed with the crab. Going on and on about how he wanted to keep it as a pet etc etc.

But we love crab meat more than a crab pet....and while I was taking a short nap, he went to youtube "How to kill a crab" (LOL) and did all the research he needed.

Of cos, it wasnt difficult to kill the crab as it was tied. His brother even said he had no honour and glory when killing it as he didnt give it a fighting chance! what the crab?

Instead of sticking a chopstick through, he sticked the entire knife through the middle.

And finally dared to untie the crab after it is dead. Look at those pincers! The crab is super right handed.

So....... our gastronomic adventure begins -

Before

During

After!!!!!

Wow, we rock cos the crab dish is totally AWESOME! You should totally try this recipe (at the end of this blog post)!

Our End Product

and the charred salmon. I happily threw in the entire slice of Salmon and it was too thick to cook evenly that the outside was burnt and the inside was still raw. In the end, we grilled it in the oven for another 7 minutes and it was perfect ;D

A very nice meal and the company made the entire experience FUN and perfect :) I got super high on the right pincer (my stomach just did a somersaut at the thought of it) and opps, the left pincer for Ben was rather disappointing with shriveled up meat. Two persons and a big crab and a big slice of salmon - boy, we were super full and satisfied ;P Best meal we ever had! Beats going to a restaurant to dine as I saw all the tweets about pple's horrendous dining experience on that very day.

TRY IT! :)

Creamy Butter Crab

Ingredients:

2 lbs. mud crab (dungeness crab or stone crab is a great substitute)
1 1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 stick butter
1 teaspoon sugar or to taste
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
3 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon corn starch
2 stalks curry leaves (you can get the curry leaves at Indian grocery stores)
5 bird’s eye chilies (lightly pounded)
10 Chinese buns (mantou/馒头)

Method:

Clean the crab and cut into pieces. Use paper towels to pat dry the crab. Deep-frying the Chinese buns or mantou to golden brown and set aside. Lay them over paper towels to soak up excess oil. Mix the corn starch with water and set aside.

Heat up a wok to medium heat. Melt the butter in the wok before adding the curry leaves and bird’s eyes chilies. As soon as you smell the aroma from the curry leaves and bird’s eye chilies, add in the crab and stir continuously until the crab starts to turn color. Add the evaporated milk and cover the wok and turn the heat to low. Simmer for about 5 minutes, and then add in corn starch to thicken the creamy butter sauce.

Dish out and serve hot and the fried mantou.

Peace out! I know I havent been blogging much.. School stuff and all the marking is really weighing me down. Will still try my best to update frequently, esp on all the big days and occasions so that myself and Ben can look back to this space for our memories :D

Weekly exercise report 1

2011-02-14T17:11:00.002+08:00

Planning to write down my exercise for the week here to motivate myself to make it blog worthy. Weird way of self motivation I know. I have ran out of ways to motivate myself! Especially when pple keep saying I'm too skinny now haha.

Monday: Pilates
Tuesday: Pilates (super good conditioning of core muscles cos they really hurt by now!)
Wednesday: Yogasana (I almost fell aslp..not sure if it's too relaxing, or too slow paced)
Thursday: Pilates
Sunday: Aqua Aerobics with Bao Lin! And Weight training class.. All the bar bell, dumb bells kind.

I'm proud of myself for last week! Think all these exercise is doing me good. I felt less stressful last week, probably becos of all that! Will continue to work hard this week... Though I'm giving myself a break for V day ehe.

Happy V Day everyone!

Goodbye Baby

2011-02-12T00:20:00.002+08:00

Wednesday marks the day that my 'baby' died. My baby is a pillow made by my grandmother which I have been using since I'm like a few yrs old, in replacement of my very first baby that's full of pee and whats not. Unless you have this Chou Chou or little pillow too, you wont understand how I felt when I found out that Ben's maid freaking threw it away becos she thought it was some dirty cloth. Seriously... It took me super long to react. And when I did... I cried :( how can she throw my things without my permission... Grr. I'm so pissed and upset... And empty. I am so used to holding it all the time when I'm home- when I'm marking, eating, watching tv, sleeping.. I bring it everywhere except the toilet of cos. I will either hold it, put it on my shoulders, lap or head, put on Ben's head, or accidentally leave it in the kitchen or sofa. So much memories... So much sentimental value.. just gone like that.

Don't let it be Flabbruary for you!

2011-02-03T17:46:00.003+08:00

Happy Chinese New Yr to all! A time of feasting and collecting ang pows. How not to let this month become flabbruary? I guess I will stick to these:

1) Eat maximum a spoon of rice and only dishes!

2) Whenever possible, don't eat the new yr goodies unless its good stuff like Kueh lapis or bak kwa hahaha.

3) Cut down on the soft drinks or packet drinks by sharing.

4) Stick to the principle of eating till only 80% full.

5) Go for the lean protein food like - fish and chicken breast

Trying my best to keep to all these but I must admit I am presurrized to eat more than I can quite often. My relatives will keep insisting and giving me things to eat... Most of which I pass to Ben when no one is looking haha. Everyone finds my rice portion funny... But I sometimes wonder, who has the last laugh? Hehe I seem to become a legitimate diet expert already as I proved that it is totally possible to lose weight by having discipline in one's diet. I shared my diet with many friends n relatives but so far, no good news back to me yet.. Guess they aren't disciplined enough. So it all boils down to that D word... Depending on how determined you are. Set short term goals and continue building on them. Don't let all the CNY feasting make you flabbier!

Pilates

2011-02-01T00:20:00.003+08:00

Having a serious case of bodyache right now, probably one of my worst ever! It all began with Sunday's kickboxing class and the use of the gym stick then. Nasty. It is even better than a dumb bell! Today, I got a little lazy and was trying to find all means to justify going for the pilates class. I googled and read up on the benefits of pilates (just 3 out of the numerous):

1) promotes weigh loss
2) strong and lean muscles (tones your body) - develops your core muscles and have strength without the bulk
3) better sense of balance

Just reason number 2 alone is attractive sounding. A friend just commented that I looked like I'm 36 to 37 kg.. Let alone those casual comments that I look anorexic that ive been getting. I guess my focus for now isn't weigh loss, just toning up the arms and thighs, and strengthening my core muscles aka get abs. I even dream that I have abs lah.. It's a sign! I think I enjoyed the pilates class today and will shift my workout to include more pilates sessions in a week.

2010 in a glance

2011-01-27T23:43:00.002+08:00

2010 marked the start of my career and the next step in my relationship. On we go down the memory lane. . .

January is my birthday month with all the different celebrations with w133, n182, shortie gang, XM&PY and the actual day celebration. I still remember getting stalked then by this guy at my condo..make me scared to go home for a period! I think this is the period I started liking to wear hats (must see!cos Ben looks exceptionally cute..and gay here)

- remaining of post under construction. sleepy spell taking over. . . and I have school till FREAKING 8PM tmr. finish up soon!

BESK in KL Day 2

2011-01-25T20:41:00.003+08:00

Woke up extremely refreshed! All ready for the all day activities esp the clubbing haha!

With an American breakfast in the stomach each like a camel storing food in the hump, we played the water rides all the way! Haha in the end, I took the mat slides and the python slides with them! Scary, I always want to back out at the last min! Funny how the 3 of them tried to entice me using ice cream and chocolates, which for once did not tempt me at all! In the end, I still took the rides and screamed. We were so silly, waiting for the waves at the wrong pool for no idea how freaking long! Went we stumbled on the right wave pool and waited for again, forever, it was so disappointing! Nonetheless, it was relaxing.

Ben psyched himself up and played e same dart game! This time he won the big prize, though e bear was kinda small still

It's called rainbow!

I love huge bears! But... 999 RM!

Saw a man in full green glitter! Damn cool!

We reached Zouk KL a little too early! Somewhat expected a queue like Singapore's so super kiasu, we reached at 10 pm! We were damn shocked at the turn out. Ended up it was because zouk only opens at 10.30 pm. We were very attracted to the Pentronas towers in the backdrop and decided to go check it out! It looks beautiful both from far and near.

Love this shadow shot of us!

Thankfully, all of us got into Zouk smoothly. We were surprised that for males it is 23 and above! Luckily Ben went back to the hotel halfway during dinner to get my passport, because he thought that a photocopy would do. They need originals! Phewss. The club was rather empty till past midnight when the crowd gets pretty bad. We din have enough of drinks and yaay, got to try graveyard for slightly less than half the price in SG. Dancing was fun, great workout haha. Eunice is super hiong. Now I know... :) we had lots of fun on the podium before we left. My target of clubbing once this holiday fulfilled- at the most happening club in KL! it's pretty good experience Cept for the smoking man. You definitely get to see lots of good looking people esp the girls! As for the cars, judging from the carpark outside, they are freaking rich- all the lamborghinis and ferraris! We finally waved the white flag at 2.45 am and ended up eating some super cheap steamboat and doing foot reflexology just opposite our restaurant.

One stick for only 1RM! If only they have this in Sg!

BESK in KL Day 1

2011-01-25T18:53:00.005+08:00

Reached KL at 5.30 am and we loitered and loitered around, walking down the sleazy street of our hotel and ben getting approached by a lady boy when the rest of us were in a toilet.

Wanted to have nice breakfast at a coffeeshop or dim sum place but as we walked, the streets got more and more artas. We ended up having KFC egg tarts and Mac breakfast!

8 am: since we still had lots of time to burn, we took the monorail in the opposite direction to sightsee all the way!

This cat is amazingly amused by the mop. It sees the mop as some kind of prey and kept trying to attack it!

A whole day of fun at sunway lagoon. Lots and lots of walking. The most memorable of all is the kid's coaster hahaha! I was so thrilled on it! We even watched Peter Pan's musical which we were a good half hour late due to all sorts of circumstances!

The fun place!

This bridge was a killer!! Worst thing was: it was so f-long!!

We seemed to have reversed roles here. The timids are smiling while the brave one is acting scared! We took a long time to get across that bridge aha

Wedgy time!! Whoops

Love this ah ma shot of Eunice! Gearing up for the ATV ride

Dunno why Kenneth was barred from the ride! Must be too reckless?!

This porcupines are so interesting! They totally respond to Ben's threatening calls.. And when I do those rahhhh roarrr sounds, they just Bo hiew me.

The most thrilling ride of the entire theme park though the size can't tell. It's the... Tomahawk! I wouldn't have known, but according to Eunice, the free fall feeling is... Woot!

This, on the other hand, is my thrilling ride hahaha. Wah Lao, when they jerk to a stop in midair, the feeling is quite gross.. Like wobbly legs and super helpless kind!

Ben tried to win a big bear for me... But that's all he won. 3 little key chain bears! Haha theyre cute though

In order to watch this, the boys had to go through a lot. Of running freaking far. Back and forth.. While the girls enjoyed ice creams, courtesy of Eunice. Not that I'm lazy, but we had walked so much that i couldn't walk much anymore... Let alone run. After all the semi-commotion, we finally entered half hr late... But it was still not bad, for the price.

Dinner was at Pasta de Waraku. They had a deal that was too good to resist! Jus for 59.90 RM, we were all so full we had to da bao some food back!

Yums :p just a set and we couldn't finish it! Must be cos I eat like a sub human.. Hahah

It was followed up by some last min shopping cos Eunice didn't bring shoes for clubbing!! Gosh, I think I never felt more tired my entire life! I feel like I can KO on the spot while eating and shopping! Ben, as usual, was dramatically bored during the shopping. He seriously even dozed off a couple of times and I had to whack him to wake him up!!

Reached back hotel and Eunice was darn serious about going to bed. By 10pm, she was as dead as a log! Even heard that she felt aslp with her legs up in e air lol.

Best part was when the three of us decided the night was still young and went to explore. Got tempted by a dim sum place! Lucky nv get tempted. Next got tempted by some random road stall haha, lucky nv check it out. Finally we saw Outbacks from far and it was like spotting a treasure! 134 RM supper but it was darn awesome, best meal in KL so far I would say! Plus Kenneth ordered the crazymamadelicious desert that I can even savour it by just the thought of it... Oh yum. (my stomach jus did a little flip at the memory)

While waiting hungrily

Kenneth getting ready to feast

There's something divine about this, I swear!

A year ago...

2011-01-25T15:47:00.004+08:00

This is me exactly one year ago

How time flies! I hope I still look ever young. Haha I bluffed a friend that I'm 22 and he went "are you sure?" He said I looked mid twenties!! :'((

Yah, that's why I need SKII liao!

Sweet birthday msgs

2011-01-23T17:43:00.003+08:00

I read my birthday messages from my cell group and felt very touched and uplifted. It was full of positive and edifying words that will definitely brighten one's day. I read it this morning and felt encouraged by the loving words. Many friends mentioned that I was outgoing and smiley. But Ben begged to differ. He seriously thought outgoing meant being daring to try anything -_- pls! That's adventurous! I'm starting to doubt his English now haha.

Here's the card done by Sarah (thanks sweetie!)

The 10-10-10 Workout

2011-01-19T17:33:00.002+08:00

Yep, even though I stopped blogging about my exercise and food journal, I am still on it! Trying to exercise several times a week and also, eat healthier. I generally eat that same old boring fruit salad (butterhead lettuce, apple and grapes) every school day. At least my servings of fruits and vegs hit the quota for the day. As for the other meals, I think I am eating more now...whatever Ben eats, I will eat a small portion of it, cept the portion is bigger compared to the Zuzana and Brittany days. I think I am a little too underweight so I wont restrict what I am eating too much. Maybe I need to build some muscle mass to get my weight to the ideal range without gaining fats.

For now, due to the crazy school load, I researched on ways to spend less time on workouts but still be able to have them regularly and effectively. The best that I have read is a quick cardio workout at the gym - involving the treadmill, elliptical and stationary bike. 10 minutes each in that respective order. Make sure your heart rate is at least 140 (ideally more than 150) if you are around my age. This means you are at the fat burning zone. Go try it out, ladies! I am not so zhai. I have never passed 2.4km nafa run before from Secondary school....so I started with 5-5-5 on my first session. I will slowly start increasing as my stamina improves. Update my progress and new workout ideas if I have any!

2011-01-18T20:22:00.002+08:00

Yaay, even though I don't want to acknowledge the fact that I gonna be 25 freaking soon, I am so looking forward to my birthday though! Seems like ben is planning some kind of a surprise hehehe. first surprise today- he finally bought a huge mirror to place near the main door. I can finally see if my shoes go with my outfit. Hahah. Next, his mother asked me suddenly: "confirm buy the sk2 hoh?" lol, there goes the surprise. I replied yes anyway!

I'm looking forward to the little gatherings. Sweet of KK to organize one with the PCS grp! Den probably with my closer church friends too. Haha, I guess one's circle of friends get smaller as one ages. I just wanna have quality time with loved ones :) Lao le jiu shi ze yang ba

25th

2011-01-16T20:37:00.003+08:00

Scary how soon my birthday is coming. 25 this year. Not bad, today the cashier checked if Ben, my Sis and I are above 18 anot cos the next person's beer got mixed up in our order. I guess I still look young then!

Pple has been asking what I want for my birthday. I want to have a small gathering with the closer friends and spend quality time with them. :)

As for my bday wishlist, quite a few of it is kinda crazy haha. It's still better than wanting a car a few birthdays back, right?

- canon 60D with portrait lens (told ben this and he totally ignored me)
- sk2 whole set
- eye care cream
All the skincare products cos I feel damn old already haha.
- dr martens boots
- Kate spade iPhone cover
- amplified bible
- Polaroid camera

Life as a Cher

2011-01-14T20:25:00.004+08:00

2 words to describe my life:

disgustingly busy

Or

overworked, overwhelmed

Or

no life

Struggling to stay positive through all these. I really wonder if this is what I want for my life. Why would I want to continue after the bond?

God, give me strength and comfort. Well, it does push me.. Way out of my comfort zone, if one wants to look at the bright side of it all. I do feel short sparks of happiness when I see kids smile, laugh or enjoy the lesson.

=/

Orchard Xmas Deco

2011-01-08T09:27:00.000+08:00

A night of going around Orchard taking photos with Eunice's zai camera and a tripod! First time in my life I am doing this!! It was fun looking for nice Xmas decorations :) but maybe not so fun for Ben hahaha, so funny to see him 'suffering' cos he was bored! That he would rather play iPhone games lol.

Wow, love these pics! Having a good camera really makes a world of difference!

W133

2011-01-05T15:23:00.002+08:00

W133 gathering with Ruth just before the year ends!

Wow, havent saw some of them for ages and am glad for this chance to catch up! :)

Sweet beginning

2011-01-05T15:19:00.001+08:00

A little surprise that ben did for me when I went out gyming on the first day of the year hehe. So sweet of him! All our little (and big) memories over the years :)

2011-01-03T01:33:00.000+08:00

The little box at BoxCube - decorated nicely by HY!

Think the highlight of it all is the Scrump and the nice orange geek specs haha! Come visit when u happen to be at Far East!

Pink Dining and Bar - Wholesome Goodness!

2011-01-03T00:26:00.000+08:00

Wow, a little outdated photos...based on Ben's hair! I almost forgot how he looked like before already! I love his current "Tae-yang" hairstyle, but hate it when he spends so much time styling it and made us late for appointments several times!

Tried out a new eating place based on 8 Days recommendations - Pink Dining and Bar, walkable from Tanjong Pagar MRT with Ben, Eunice and Kenneth. The rave about the food here is that they use wholesome and healthy ingredients for the preparation of the food! It has a nice dancefloor in the middle for enthusiatic dancers too!

Generally, the food is nice and it feels even better to eat it, knowing that it is healtier.

For me, I came for the highlight - THE DESSERTS! We only ordered one though - a sugarless, flourless and butterless brownie. Wow, it is so awesome!!

Based on reviews that I have read, people mentioned that the other dessert is nicer - their cheesecake which uses low fat cottage cheese!

Go try out! I am keen to go back again, though the rest said that they wouldnt go back again. Hmm :/ Maybe its only for the health freaks like me - love to eat yet afraid to get fat!

Happy 2011

2011-01-01T04:27:00.002+08:00

Happy new year dear friends! :) been a rather fruitful yr. A time to look back on the whole of last yr to see what I have achieved. What I can ratter off my mind now:

- completed my practicum successfully even though there was a monster class that was making me depressed
- took wedding photos in bali (a little early I know, esp with the wedding pushed further m further back)
- graduated from NTU/NIE bachelors of arts (majoring in history) plus diploma in education with a second lower class honors
- started teaching: my form class actually won the model class award *surprised!
- spent quite a lot of traveling lol. But to near places! Think i might have spent ard $2k for my recent BKK trip! On the flip side, I don't have to worry bout working clothes anymore!
- lost weight and waist size. My target for waist size in the beginning of the yr was 25 inches and yea, achieved it before the trips...I'm not too sure about it now because I feel like my stomach is so swollen all the time. I must have put back some inches!

Hmm, compared to my previous years achievements, this is really quite pathetic :( took a brief peek through the archives and browsed through the things I have done in the past and the places I went - conclusion: life was so much more interesting in uni! Working life is really different and I generally don't like to go out that much because work will pile. That's why, I think I played pretty hard this holidays. *happy* feel a lot closer to some of my friends as well because of our frequent gatherings and travels. School is reopen on Tues. I will be lying if i say I am looking forward. Oh well! Might as well look at it from a more positive aspect - I'm given p4 middle ability again :) can reuse a little of what I have done last year and I'm much more familiar with this level :)

I'm back!

2010-12-28T13:54:00.002+08:00

Wow! I haven't blog for the longest of time. A nice long holiday with different friends :) when I came back, I was busy with settling my new house stuff (my parents bought a house in Sengkang and I'm the co owner), Xmas dinner with church friends and the rest of the time setting up our ring business. Yep, you heard that right! We just rented a box in Far East to sell the handmade and specially imported from Korea rings! Hehe, jus a for fun thing with Ben, HY n KK.

On my way to Far East now to decorate the box and put the stocks. Gosh, excited!

2 more day before school starts so must fully enjoy myself before work sets in! Update with lots of pictures when I have time :) tata!

Farewell!

2010-12-16T20:26:00.003+08:00

Going to leave SG for some real holidays in a few hours time! Anything beats spending holidays in Singapore when I am so bothered by the school assignments that I have to do but Yaay, I finally finished them all at 7.30pm, sent my emails and GOODBYE work!

I kinda hope I can eat within my calories when I'm overseas. Even the past 2 days itself was not a good example although got quite a lot of friends commenting that I have slimmed down and obviously it makes me feel very SONG! I have crazy sugar cravings and just can't stop snacking!! Maybe I should visit the supermarket and buy some apples, yoghurt, grapes and banana when I'm there hahaha. So at least I snack on healthier stuff and not chocolates and sweets!

Hehe I am so excited!! Felt like I have been waiting forever for this holidays. Tata!

P.s. : should I keep a food journal when I'm overseas? Tagboard me!

Brittany Day 24

2010-12-14T14:02:00.001+08:00

1.30 pm - green curry chicken with a spoon of rice

3.30 pm - apple

3.40 pm - milk with 5 pieces of digestive biscuits

5.30 pm - 6.30 pm - KardioSculpt class

Super effective class man! So freaking shagging I can't give it my all!

6.35 - 6.45 pm - exercise bike
51 calories 5 km 10:40 mins
8 sets of 30/30 HIIT

7.30 pm - a sunny side up, some stirfried veg, 5 prawns, a spoon of rice

8.30 pm - blended lettuce and apple juice

9.30 pm - banana fritter and prawn fritter

1 am - soy cereal drink

Brittany Day 23

2010-12-12T13:00:00.003+08:00

12.30 pm - Milo with 5 digestive biscuits

1.30 - 2.30 pm - kickboxing

2.30 - 2.40 pm - HIIT on exercise bike

5 sets of 30/30
33 calories 3.23 km

2.50 - 3.20 pm - swim (mostly tanning only actually)

3.45 pm - butter sugar traditional toast set from toastbox

I was heading towards Mr Bean but I ended up rewarding myself a lil. Afterall, I have earned my carbs!

8 pm - a small portion of hokkien mee and about half cup of Green milk tea

1 am - a bit of cocktail koniyaku jelly (only ate the cocktail part away and gave ben the plain jelly part haha) and a few very nice caramel popcorn from Garett

4 am - omega 3 plus milk

I think it's for elderly one but I think I'm almost one with all the backache and all!

Brittany Day 22

2010-12-11T01:47:00.001+08:00

2 pm - multigrain cereal with milk and 4 strawberries

5.30 pm - beancurd

7 pm - Milo

7.30 - 8.30 pm - kickboxing

Wow this class rocks! I packed power in as much punches and kicks, and the workout was awesome. Until I have to stick salonpas on my back!

8.50 pm - muah chee and a stick of sotong

9.45 pm - a cup of strawberry ribena

11 pm - one tea egg

12 am - half red bean bao and half char siew bao

1.30 am - half cheese hotdog

Brittany Day 21

2010-12-10T22:02:00.000+08:00

1.30 pm - chicken breast with butterhead lettuce

3.30 pm - 4.30 pm - kickboxing class
The instructor was very informative- explained to us about MET. Also, learnt a few exercises that are meant to strengthen our core muscles. Interesting!

4.45 pm - half of a chocolate ice blended from Q Essential

Can't believe it's $4.90 -_-

7 pm - duck breast with Xiao bai cai

8 pm - half of a Q Essential milk tea

For $2.30, this is pretty worth it. Taste just like gong cha to me!

10.30 pm - one chocolate cheese egg tart

3.30 am - one KFC egg tart

Porn - Sexy Thai Food by Pornsak

2010-12-10T18:42:00.003+08:00

I love the food at Porn's: Sexy Thai Food! The best thing is I got to see Pornsak and he is such a nice and friendly guy. When he first gave us the condiments and explained to us how to add it, my jaw dropped though I tried super hard to maintain my cool. We were the only ones in the restaurant and at the end of the meal, I asked him for a pic beside his super nicely decorated wall. He is a charming dude because of his warmth and nice smile :D i would so go back there again!

Info:
Porn's - Sexy Thai Food
Liang Seah St (right opp Bugis junction taxi stand)

One thing you must order - the green curry!

Brittany Day 20

2010-12-10T03:49:00.002+08:00

1 pm - a glass of strawberry ribena

1.30 pm - a glass of soy cereal drink

2.30 pm - @ Porn: one third of a bowl of green curry and one quart of phad Thai wrapped in egg

7 pm - @ Pink Dining and Bar: shared a plate of Jackpork and a bowl of soup with Eunice

8 pm - half of a butterless and flourless brownie

Brittany Day 19

2010-12-08T01:32:00.001+08:00

Took a two day break on Sunday and Monday as I was having bad cramps and was unable to exercise (but still able to eat lots of chocolates Opps)

2 pm - less than half of Christmas hotplate

It is more filling than it looks! The turkey and baby potatoes are kinda too little though

2.30 pm - slightly more than half of a Cravio hazelnut bar! One of my favorite cheap ice cream!

5.30 - 6.30 pm - High Low impact aerobics

Quite a good workout, except that the pace was a little too fast and my psychomotor skills was put to the test (and failed)

6.30 - 7.30 pm - Pilates

Wow, my first time doing pilates and I thought it's gonna be a useless exercise but I am surprised! Really good toning exercise because my muscles trembled like mad while carrying out the poses

8.30 pm - beancurd

9.30 pm - butterhead lettuce with apples and mixed berry yoghurt

11.30 pm - a few strands of noodles with cabbage and one ham

Brittany Day 18

2010-12-05T14:26:00.001+08:00

11 am - beancurd with 3 quarter you tiao

3 pm - Xiao bai cai soup with 3 fishball and half a plate of beansprouts stir-fried with mushrooms

8 pm - 2 egg tarts

9 pm - quite a bit of bee hoon with papaya milk soup

1.20 am - half a packet of aloe vera apple drink

4.40 am - banana

Brittany Day 17

2010-12-04T01:06:00.000+08:00

1 pm - soy cereal drink

2.20 pm - HIIT on exercise bike

20 sets of 6/9 max rpm: 134
5 sets of 30/30 max rpm: 138
I personally find the 30/30 more 1effective. Get the gymboss app for free if you use iPhone!

72 calories; 7.8 km; 15 mins
Just 15 mins and Im perspiring like mad. Good workout!

2.40 pm - 5 slices of duck breast and half a bowl of peanut lotus soup

Ben tried to force me to eat rice. I rejected! To make up for all that I ate yesterday

4 pm - beancurd

6 pm - a cup of Horlicks

11 pm - half a slice of bread with egg mayo and two small bowls of my famous diet fruit salad consisting of butterhead lettuce, apple and grapes topped with aloe vera yoghurt

A lot of friends told me that my salad is nice!

The Haunted House Project Review

2010-12-03T17:44:00.000+08:00

The Haunted House Project is a horror show from Korea. It is about a crew of photographers and videographers (3 total) and a small group of horror enthusiasts from a club (2 guys 1 girl) who decided to check out a famous haunted house.

It is shot in a documentary style, with the camera crew setting up the scene before hand and taking the 3 club members exploring the house.

The show is shot in a pretty jerky motion, with strange noises and really dark and creepy corners. It is similar to Rec/Quarantine, in that they use the shock factor to scare the audience. Some scenes are pretty scary, but the story seems pretty disjoined and doesn't really make sense at times.

The ending also seemed pretty abrupt and leaves the viewers with many questions. Still, those with a weak heart will find this a pretty scary movie, and might give you a sleepless night.

Brittany Day 16

2010-12-03T00:55:00.001+08:00

1 pm - weighed and measured my waist. Results will be revealed all e way below!

1.30 pm - half of a fried Mediterranean fish set. Ate quite a lot of baby potatoes

2 - 2.40 pm - exercise bike
162 calories ; 15 km ; 39 mins

4.30 pm - half an apple and half an aloe vera yoghurt

6.30 pm - ate a lot of Sakae Sushi - half a beef teppanyaki set and lots of mentai stuff!

8 pm - 2 spoonfuls of durian ice-cream from Scoopz

9 pm - half of a double choc brownie with half a scoop of vanilla ice cream

12 am - 2 helpings of duck breast with ketchup

Ok, I admit I kinda ate a lot today... But I have been working out real hard lately too! Finally dared to step onto the weighing scale today (there was one period I literally weighed myself a few times a day, but I read somewhere that shld only weigh yourself once a week ard the same time). I'm standing at 41 kg now, as for waist, theres a drop of an inch too! From 25.5 inches to 24.5 inches. Gah, hope all the eating today din affect negatively. Gotta keep it up, half an inch more to go, then maintain! Have to keep track of my diet and maybe go back to the Zuzana diet challenge again.

Brittany Day 15

2010-12-02T02:47:00.000+08:00

12 pm - half of Horlicks ice blend with pearls

12.30 pm - a quarter of a bowl of green curry chicken and one small portion of phad Thai

I am really having a Thai food craze. Good thing a Thai stall opened at a nearby coffee shop! Cheap Thai food!

3.50 pm - 2 spoons of milk beancurd

5 pm - a few digestive biscuits and 2 oreos with milk

6.45 pm - 2 slices of chicken breast and clear soup

7 - 7.45 pm - exercise bike
186 calories ; 17km ; 46 mins

8.30 - 9.30 pm - step workout

9.40 pm - one egg, half a cup of Horlicks, 3 quarter of my butter sugar bread

12 am - half of the milk beancurd

2.20 am - half an oreo with lots of milk

Brittany Day 14

2010-12-01T20:02:00.001+08:00

12pm - half a bk meal plus half a sundae

2.30 - 3.30pm - step workout
Crazy workout! At the last part, I almost couldn't do anymore as my muscles aren't cooperating anymore.

3.30 - 3.40pm - on cross trainer
71 calories ; 0.52km ; 10 mins

3.50 - 4.20pm - swimming
100plus meters. Could have been more but it suddenly started drizzling!

5.45pm - 3 tang yuen, half a beancurd, few forkfuls of beehoon and some Xiao bai cai and ham

9.30pm - bah ku teh soup with ALOT of you tiao

11.45pm - 1 Portuguese egg tart

Brittany Day 13

2010-11-30T02:30:00.002+08:00

Actually, I missed a day again - for Sunday. Another eat a lot, no healthy food and no exercise day that isn't worth mentioning.

Here's my Monday:

10.30 am - Milo with a packet of butter biscuits

11.15 - 11.30 am - exercise bike

61 calories ; 6.3 km ; 14 mins

11.30 - 12.30 pm - step workout

Great workout, I like this instructor cos his steps are very easy to follow!

12.40 pm - a few pieces of duck breast and two spoons of rice with half a bowl of wintermelon soup

Our favorite $6.80 deal from Dian Xiao Er

4 pm - half a curry puff and half of almond beancurd

First time I actually ate the filling of a curry puff! I'm surprised myself! Think I'm getting more tolerant of spicy food and am much more adventurous with the things I eat

8 pm - phad Thai

I'm crazy about Thai food these days. I even dreamt of myself psychoing Melvin to go eat it with me.

11.30 pm - the other half of the almond beancurd

12 am - six pieces of Lays sour cream chips and one mixed berries yoghurt

Brittany Day 12

2010-11-28T13:12:00.000+08:00

11 am - a cup of Milo

11.45 - 12.20 pm - exercise bike

147 calories ; 15 km ; 33:33 mins
Super good workout though, Perspired like mad!

12.30 to 1 pm - swimming

I swam err, 140m. Felt like super a lot but the number is so small! I think I swim freaking slow.

2.30 pm - cooked cod fish with DOM, herbs, garlic and lemon, baked potatos, healthy transfat free oven baked French fries, scrambled eggs

Hehe both Ben and Eujean enjoyed my cooking Yaay :)

3 pm - butterhead lettuce with apple and lemon juice

6.15 pm - packet of almond soya milk

8.30 pm - a bit of hokkien mee

9.30 pm - beancurd

Brittany Day 12

2010-11-27T11:48:00.003+08:00

Failed, will retry.I think I freaking ate a lot yesterday and there was nth healthy in it :( time to buck up on my diet. Even hy was shocked at how often I ate..it was the meetings that destroyed me - so boring and I'm forced to be there.. Causing me to turn to food instead! Somewhere yesterday, I had a bad thought- I almost wanted to throw in the towel and give up on my diet! Jeeee.

Time to head on with a renewed energy level! Typing out this blog post while cycling on the stationary bike in the gym!

Aja Aja Fighting!!

Brittany Day 11

2010-11-26T20:46:00.000+08:00

8.45 am - palm size of mee goreng and 3 half seaweed chicken

U know what happened to the half.

11.30 am - one big drumstick, one egg and a few spoons of rice

Throughout the day in school - few pieces of Andes choc

3.30 pm - cranberry almond cereal with milk

Was talking while pouring the cereal... By the time I realized how much I poured, it was too late. Super full after that.

9 pm - phad thai and a bit of mango salad

12.30 am - soy milk cereal drink

Brittany Day 10

2010-11-25T17:23:00.002+08:00

Aim for the day: control over my diet!! (cos recently like eating too much)

8.30 am - palm size portion of bee hoon and a cup of Milo

9.50 am - mixed berries yoghurt

10 am - 5 Mini double chocolate chips cookies

The brand is called Non-stop! Seriously, if I have no self control, I would have eaten the entire container of it. Super nice!

10.20 am - palm size of bee hoon with one springroll

12 pm - a few slices of duck breast, chicken breast, one breaded fish, one half calamari, 2 huge portions of short beans, a few cashew nuts, a few grains of butter rice

Treat from the principal who's leaving. Freaking nice food there man!
Why half calamari? The other half flew out of my mouth when I was trying to tear it! Almost flew onto a Tamil teacher's plate!

2.30 pm - one and a half cream fruit tart

Could have been more but again, half of it flew off and dirtied my fren's chair, pants and floor WHOOPs. Like KK and HY pointed out, I'm messy with food!!! D:

5 pm - half of a peanut butter waffle

7.30 pm - 8.30 pm - BellyBlitz class

I feel like a retard cos I look like one when I try to dance! Grrr...

8.30 - 9 pm - exercise bike with Suraiya!

First time chatting and cycling, quite breathless at times.

153 calories; 14.92 km; 35:45 mins

10 pm - 4 big strawberries with chocolate milk

11.30 pm - Tom yam noodles

Is eating spicy food enjoyable even though you are suffering? First time enjoying something that's spicy! Maybe this marks the beginning of me eating spicy stuff!

Brittany Day 9

2010-11-24T00:03:00.001+08:00

8.30 am - small plate of bee hoon, 2 small drum sticks and a cup of Milo

9 am - some sour cream pita chips

Die, I felt super bloated. I'm wondering which part of this is Brittany or Zuzana approved :(

12 pm - a few pieces of egg tofu, curry chicken and long beans

Good, did not eat the rice given

1 pm - two pieces of oreos

3.30 pm - 4 eclairs and 3 cream puffs

Super sinful!! :(

8 pm - 6 Xiao long bao, 3 bean paste Xiao long bao, a tiny bit of noodles with 3 small bowls of beef soup

Ok freaking full. I have never been so full for such a long time!!!

11.30 pm - 2 chicken essence frog legs

Conclusion: I think I totally failed :( Tmr must make it up by exercising lots!

Brittany Day 8

2010-11-23T10:30:00.002+08:00

8.30 am - small plate of carrot cake

Yucks, so oily!

9 am - cup of Milo

9.30 am - Kit kat

I have not eaten kit kat for ages and have always wanted to eat it... FINALLY!!!

Look at the snacks provided!

10.45 am - a few pieces of egg from the carrot cake

11.45 am - muffin

Evil thing!

12 pm - huge portion of cabbage, 2 big black pepper prawns, one chicken breast, 3 pieces of egg tofu

3 pm - cranberry almond cereal with milk

6.30 pm - Shokudo!!

8 pm - pita chips and gong cha - milk and herbal jelly

Brittany Day 7

2010-11-22T09:26:00.000+08:00

10.30 am - Milo with 6 butter biscuits

Delicious, but I think I have very little time to digest

11.30 - 12.45 pm - Aqua aerobics class and swimming

Great workout and great weather!
Swam an additional 225m on my own.

2.30 pm - broccoli and traditional roasted duck breast

I think I kinda overate cos I was too hungry and stuffed food into my mouth too fast. Maybe it was a little oily too.

4 pm - banana and strawberry chocolate milkshake ice blend

Haha freaking thick and shiok, quite healthy at the same time

6.30 - 7.30 pm - KardioSculpt class

Wow, it really lives up to its name. Super cardio and super sculpting exercises! Was very tempted to give up in the third quarter but glad I persevered through.

9 pm - half of a ham, one potato with cream cheese and scrambled eggs

Wow, crazy full after the meal. I had no idea that one potato can be that filling.

12 am - one mini apple tart

A pressie from Eujean and I felt very obligated to eat at least one. It is delicious!

Brittany Day 6

2010-11-21T01:01:00.000+08:00

7.30 am - one slice of whole grain bread with fish fillet, cheese and lettuce

9 am - beancurd

I wasn't hungry, but then again this isn't filling either.

11.30 am - small plate of bee hoon, 3 nuggets, 3 eclairs

Gosh, the eclair is freaking nice. Had a lot of trouble trying to stop myself from taking more.

5 pm - an apple

6 pm - snickers bar

Needed some chocolate to cheer me up and ensure that I won't feel hungry till dinner time

9 pm - sliced fish soup with ee mian (but I ate mostly the fish and soup only)

No idea why I bought one bowl of noodles and ben bought a plate of chicken chop. It was way too much!

Brittany Day 5

2010-11-20T18:21:00.000+08:00

7.30 am - one slice of whole grain bread with fish fillet, cheese and lettuce

I love eating this for breakfast!

11 am - one chicken drumstick and a small portion of omelette

Delicious and greedy me went to take 2 more drumsticks. :x

11.30 am - one chocolate oreo muffin

Having craving for something sweet

2 pm - 2 more chicken drumsticks

Gosh, I hope drum sticks are not fattening. I felt guilty after that.

3.30 pm - apples and lettuce

Feeling much better after fulfilling myself with something healthy

7 pm - one spoon of rice, half an egg and a few slices of duck

It wasn't satisfying at all even though I tried to drink a lot of hot soup and even drank Kenneth's soup and Horlicks

7.30 pm - KFC egg tart

Bought an egg tart to satisfy those cravings!

12.30 am - half glass of chocolate milk

Brittany Day 4

2010-11-19T08:24:00.002+08:00

6.45 am - one slice of whole grain bread with fish fillet, cheese and lettuce

Awesome breakfast!

8.15 am - one cup of 7 up and 1 keropok

Having a class party. Wanted to happily eat away but suddenly remembered after eating the keropok

10.15 am - one slice of whole grain bread with fish fillet, cheese and lettuce

Slightly hungry so I ate what Ben packed for me

1.15 pm - two cups of sprite

Wow, the gas sure did make me feel very full!! Maybe I should be on a sprite diet haha

2 pm - a few slices of chicken rice and hot soup

5.30 pm - an apple

They say eating an apple before meal will make you eat lesser during the meal cos u will be less hungry!

6.30 pm - a spoon of rice, a few slices of duck breast and lotus soup

7 - 7.30 pm - exercise bike!
Distance: 11.3 km Duration: 30 mins Results: 123 calories

I remember cycling ard 50plus rpm on tues. Tot it was the norm... Until I saw the person next to me today going at 90plus rpm!! Pushed myself to ard an avg of 60plus to 70plus rpm.

9.30 pm - beancurd

Needed some tofu in my diet haha.

11 pm - half glass of chocolate milk

Wow, haven drank choc milk for ages and I forgot how thick it tasted... Like liquid choc!

Btw, shocker of shockers...... I gained 2kg! I think it's the slacking in my diet - I shouldn't have gave myself 2 days off! And... I somehow took it for granted that if I exercise, I can eat more and I had quite a bit of cheesecake. Jee, a huge lesson. I better keep strictly to my diet.

Brittany Day 3

2010-11-18T13:58:00.000+08:00

9 am - garlic bread with a small bowl of creamy mushroom soup

The garlic spread my mother bought is crazy nice!

10 am - 12 pm - badminton

Intensive non stop action! Great workout!

1 pm - sliced fish Ee mian

The exercise made me really hungry! Ate the entire bowl by myself. Oops.

2 to 3pm - swimming

Ran 2 rounds around the pool, kicked ard

4 pm - one double choc egg tart

Wanted to eat beancurd but decided to try the Fancy Delight egg tart. It was nice, and surprisingly filling!

7.30 pm - half a plate of San Lou hor fun

Very hungry before that, very shiok after that

9 pm - cheesecakeS (Chocolate truffle cake, Oreo cheesecake, Rum n raisin cheesecake from The Cheesecake House at Siglap)

Gawd. I thought I could eat lots cos I exercised so much the whole day. But Kenneth woke me up when he said "don't think you exercise a lot means you can eat a lot" oh man!

Brittany Day 2

2010-11-16T23:29:00.000+08:00

7.50 am - 1 apple and butterhead lettuce

Feeling very empty so I ate, but it was weird having a cold meal for breakfast as I gave Mr Siti his day off for making breakfast for me. Finished the whole thing and felt less empty.

8.40 am - a packet of Milo

I dunno how hungry feels like, usually describe the feeling as empty. Yea, so my stomach was feeling quite empty, needed some energy!

12.30 pm - a bowl of milk with banana nut crunch cereal and 3 oreos

Feeling empty again and slightly greedy.

2 pm - a few slices of char siew and chicken breast

Wasn't feeling hungry at all but was greedy as the food was lying just in front of me

7.30 pm - a third of instant noodles with crab stick, prawns, egg, veg, a few slices of pork and chicken fillet

Was very hungry before eating but felt super full after that. Might have overate :(

9 to 9.30 pm - Exercise bike at avg speed 60 plus

Feels like quite a good work out!

9.45 pm - 5 oz original Frolick with butterscotch syrup

The 1 for 1 Tues at Tamp 1 tempted me!! Decided to try Frolick to see what's the hype about

Brittany Day 1

2010-11-15T23:37:00.003+08:00

Since the end of my diet abt 2 days back, I've been kinda binge eating and relaxing on my diet rules. Jee. I think I need to continue my food journal method to know what junk I'm putting into my body..and this time, I'll call it SLD (Sunway Lagoon diet lol). So as you can see, this diet will last till BESK goes to KL!

(edit at 11.44pm, I decided to call it Brittany diet! cos SLD really doesnt sound nice, dont have the feeling! Why Brittany? Because she was the one who first inspired me to start on this whole dieting. Yea, Brittany in Glee episode 2 lol)

Morning:
- chicken fillet with lettuce
- 5 choc mint wafers sticks

Afternoon:
- a few bites of BK's Tendergrill mushroom Swiss, quite a lot of fries and half of caramel sundae

Night:
- steamboat: prawns, mushroom, lean pork, veg
- 4 forkfuls of hersheys sundae
- one slice of papaya
- an apple

Went for Bellydancing class but doesn't feel like a good workout, shld go for cardio kind in future!

Read some tips from Bodyrock.tv on how to write a proper food journal-
1) what time did I eat?
2) what did I eat?
3) did I feel a little bit hungry before i ate your meal? If not, explain why i ate...
4) did I listen to my body and stop eating when I felt that I was full? If not why did I keep eating?

For girls out there, try keeping a food journal, it makes a world of difference! You will be much more conscious of what you eat :)

Zuzana Day

2010-11-13T12:10:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- fish fillet in whole grain bread with cheese and lettuce
- two pieces of big chocolate

Afternoon:
- cai fan dishes - veg, kong bao chicken, tofu
- egg beancurd

Night:
- two spoons of rice and 5 slices of duck breast with lotus beans soup

Went for Hi-Lo cardio class then Bollywood Dance hahaha Omg, it was damn funny and a uber fun work out!! Muscleache now!

This officially marks the end of the 5 weeks diet challenge by Zuzana but I won't stop here. One of the purposes of the long challenge is to show that if you can eat healthily for this period, you can do so for any amount of period.

Zuzana Day 34

2010-11-11T01:12:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- fish fillet in whole grain bread with cheese and lettuce
- banana
- apples and grapes with butterhead lettuce

Afternoon:
- had swenson's 1 for 1 :x slightly more than half of the salmon and mushroom pasta and 3 small forks of beef lasagna

Night:
- few slices of chicken breast with hot soup
- half a banana

Was supposed to buy an exercise bike but as we walked past Amore, I thought no harm to take a look and I was really curious bout their private pool. I ended up signing a 1 yr unlimited package with them at $99 a month! I am super excited man! Always wanted to sign up previously but lacked the cash. Went for step work out class today and it was a great work out!! Hadn't perspired for so long cos of a solid one hour block of work out! Woot!

Zuzana Day 33

2010-11-10T19:03:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- a slice of whole grain bread with fish fillet and cheese
- almost a whole plate of creamy white mushroom pasta
- a scoop of choc chip ice cream
Brought my CCA kids to 18 chefs for makan session and I ate a little too much :~(

Afternoon:
- a few slices of chicken breast
- half of Koi's cocoa berry. Super extremely nice, thanks Kenneth!!

Night:
- a few bites of teriyaki chicken
- half of a buttered baked potato
- boiled green apple juice

Thought of a new milestone that made me excited haha. For sunway lagoon in dec! Else I like eating quite a lot of ice cream recently.

Zuzana Day 32

2010-11-09T14:16:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- half of Mr Bean's Milo lava
- half beancurd

Afternoon:
- BK turkey ham and cheese croissant burger and about 10 fries (BK just opened opp Ben's hse!)
- half of an espresso sundae
- aloe vera yoghurt

Night:
- scrambled eggs
- veg and chicken in Maggie mee soup
- grapes

Why I love playing L4D2

2010-11-08T18:52:00.002+08:00

We are almost playing L4D2 every weekend and this is one of the reasons why its so fun! (because we usually have a huge laugh after that)

It was private at first, but since its so funny, we had to share and spread the joy!

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Ben: Eunice hurry up, you are the hunter, pounce on them!

Eunice: How to pounce?

Ben: Crouch and click.

Eunice: How to crouch?

Ben: Go and edit your controls.

Eunice: How to edit control?

Ben: ...

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(Eunice as boomer hiding behind a small pillar)

Eunice: *boom!!* ehhh, how come they can see me, I can't see them!

Ben: just because you can't see them doesnt mean that they can't see you. ...

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Ben: Quick follow me follow me, let's chiong ah!

Eunice: Eh, wait for me wait for me, I can't walk fast!

Ben: Errrr that's because theres like 20 zombies hitting you from behind......

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(enemy team 3 men down and 1 dying. Eunice to spawn as spitter)

Ben: quickly go to some place that they can't see you and spawn!!!

(Eunice walks behind a door, up the stairs, into another room, pass the alleyway and spawns)

Ben: Eunice....... A bit too far right.......

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You know your sensitivity is too low when you take 3 massive swipes to turn 180 degrees...

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You know you are too into the game when you try to strafe left and you lean left in real life instead...

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(Eunice spawns as charger)

Ben: Quickly hide behind a wall and wait for them.

Eunice: *charges and hit 4 people*

Eunice: OMG! I HIT 4 PEOPLE!!! DID YOU SEE THAT?!

Ben: ...

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We decided to put this as a facebook note and the response was hilarious! Its like the Halloween video that Eunice had posted up - everytime I see either one, I will laugh like mad instantly!

Zuzana Day 31

2010-11-07T23:32:00.000+08:00

Morning:
- less than one spoon of porridge with some chicken breast and duck breast
- mixed berry juice with collagen

Afternoon:
- aloe vera yoghurt

Night:
- one spoon of porridge with chicken breast and duck (leftovers from lunch)
- boiled some green apples, hope they will turn out nice

Lost weight again. Standing at 41kg now, 5kg below my ideal weight. Think it shld be just temporary.. Seem to have lost my appetite these few days

Zuzana Day 30

2010-11-07T20:17:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- 2 packets of butter biscuits with Milo

Afternoon:
- a slice of wholegrain bread with chicken fillet and cheese
- apple

Night:
- Mr bean's 3 in 1 beancurd with rice balls
- half of Kenneth's Gong cha - Earl milk tea with 3 puddings, my fav!
- a packet of hot Milo as I had bad gastric
- hot milk at 3+am. Never seen my stomach so swollen before. Ben had to apply medicated oil on the really cute and round stomach.

This is a 5 week diet challenge... So 5 more days to go. But I intend not to just stop and go back to my bad old habits of eating.. Maybe for the really nice food that I like, I'll eat in moderation and very low frequencies.

Clara's Wedding Dinner at Holiday Inn

2010-11-06T21:36:00.000+08:00

Some of the photos taken during the wedding that we attended on Fri- Ben n his brother grew up with the bride in the same church, so their families were quite close. The banquet at Holiday Inn is good!

What impressed me the most is their wedding car

Really UP!

Zuzana Day 29

2010-11-05T22:31:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- beancurd with one sixth you tiao
- old Chang kee fish fillet onstik

Badminton with Ben, Cheryl and Kenneth! Din get to finish the much anticipated 50 pt match with Kenneth!

Afternoon:
- dark chocolate chip tofu pudding. Gave some to Cheryl, Ben and Kenneth haha think they ate it jus to gimme face!
-2 half slices of pizza at Oishi again Ehe. Love their unagi pizza! And cheesy mushroom too!

Night:
- wedding dinner of Ben's church friend whoops ate a lot! Sharks fin soup, crispy chicken breast meat, garoupa fish, broccoli, abalone slices, yam desert

Zuzana Day 28

2010-11-05T21:36:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- milk with banana nut crunch cereal
- small packet of honey roasted sunflower seeds (like hamster food)
- powerberries juice

Afternoon:
- apples
- a few pieces of tofu, some veg and 3 tiny pieces of chicken
- chocolate beancurd

Night:
- cabbage
- two chicken wings without skin
- made dark chocolate chip tofu pudding and ate a lil

Zuzana Day 27

2010-11-02T20:34:00.002+08:00

Morning:
- whole grain bread with 2 fish fillets, lettuce and cheese

Sent ben this morning and he went on bonkers-naggy-mode haha.

- sausage egg McMuffin

Afternoon:
- lettuce with apple and grapes. Very nice of a colleague to add in some sauces for me- apple vinegar sauce, maple syrup
- mixed berry yoghurt
- 5 Andes spearmint chocolate
- 3 caramel popcorns

Night:
- 'Steamboat': 4 different vegs, prawns, chicken fillet, salmon, carrot

Zuzana Day 26

2010-11-02T10:27:00.000+08:00

Morning:
- whole grain wrap with one fish fillet, cheese and lettuce
- 1 slice of papaya and honeydew

Afternoon:
- banana nut crunch with milk
- lettuce with apple and grapes
- orange juice

Night:
- chicken breast of the emperor chicken
- a few spoonfuls of egg and chocolate beancurd

Zuzana Day 25

2010-11-01T22:03:00.001+08:00

Morning:
- Egg McMuffin
- half of a beancurd
- 1 giant fishball

Afternoon:
- 3 slices of Oishi pizza woohoo! (I ate more than Eunice Omg!)
- 2 breaded scallop
- 1 tempura prawn

Night:
- 1 Portuguese egg tart
- 1 soya milk

Walk freaking a lot at Night Safari that I could even wake up with my legs still mad aching this morning.

And I just spent $71 on groceries today!! But I guess e fish will last me a long time though- got salmon and cod fish Yums :)

2010-10-31T10:56:00.002+08:00

I guess this yr's Halloween is the most happening for me. Most of the time, it will just pass me by..and I think I only somehow celebrated it once during my poly days by clubbing.

This time round, its like a double celebration. First at Fort Canning when I got to dress up as a cheerleader Woot! Thanks xuemin for lending me her costume to fulfil this fantasy of mine :D the make up is the half half make up- like as if the lorry only banged my left side of the body. Lol:)

And today, a few of us are going night safari yippee! Eujean, Eunice, Kenneth and us :) think it's gonna be damn fun though I'm easily scared! I even thought/planned silly things like the formation we shld walk, how we shld sit on e tram lolll. N b4 that, we gonna have dinner again at my fav pizza place: Oishi Pizza @ Serene Centre!! Yumss ;)

Here's some pics taken on Fri:

Zuzana Day 21 to 24

2010-10-30T18:26:00.002+08:00

Yo, I'm back to update!! You all din think I had given up right! After all, this is a 5 week challenge. (though I keep mistaking 5 weeks as 25 days hahaha, math damn jia lat)

Am I eating too much or too little? I feel I'm eating too much, but to others it seems little. :/

Wed
Morning:
- whole grain bread with chicken patty, sunny side up, cheese and lettuce
- butterhead lettuce with apples and grapes

Afternoon:
- 2 KFC egg tarts. Damn nice!!
- half a ToriQ chicken stick
- few spoonfuls of taiwan mee sua

Night:
- celery blended with powerberries juice
- chicken, carrot and salmon porridge (without the rice haahah)

1 set high jumps and mountain climbing with Ben.

Thurs
Morning:
- whole grain bread with chicken patty, sunny side up and cheese
- milk with collagen
- powerberries juice

Afternoon:
- apples and grapes
- 2 pieces of almond choc
- 1 butter sponge biscuit

Night:
- ikan billis soup with xiao bai cai, carrot, prawns, chicken breast, salmon

Fri
Morning:
- fish fillet with lettuce and cheese in whole grain wrap
- apple
- powerberries juice

Afternoon:
- chicken soup with chicken breast, xiao bai cai and egg

Night:
- two chicken nuggets with egg on it
- trix cereal with milk

Didn't eat much cos it's a busy day!

Sat
Morning:
- jollibean cheese

Played bout 2 hours of badminton and tennis

Afternoon:
- 3 slices of pizza at Oishi pizza. Omg the best pizza I ever ate in my life!!!!!
- less than 10 spoons of ice cream at island creamery :x
- beancurd

Night:
- lettuce with apple and grapes
- a bit of hokkien mee
- beancurd with one sixth of a you tiao