Food Journey By Me

Time.

2010-03-29T19:45:00.001+08:00

If you've got time to actually come to this page and read this, you've got time to chat with me on msn =)

Finally some time...

2009-11-18T16:09:00.002+08:00

OK here i am, as i promised.

Exams are finally over and i'm having a tingling feeling because i'm no quite sure what i want to do right now.
Head feels like exploding and my entire body feels void of energy. Hmm so for dome updates.

Time has passed so quickly, this semester i've been quite a mugger *chuckles at the thought that kelvin became a mugger*

My initial plan was to take up a pharmacology study plan over here, but during my first week of school, i attended this Chemical Biology lecture and was lost. Dropped the course the next moment, along with a Principles of pharmocology though i have yet to attend that lecture.

The courses i ended up taking were:

PHYS1171 - Physical Basis of Biology something
lol forgot the name, basically physics

BIOM2208 - Developmental Biology
About embryogenesis, stem cells and limb formation... patterning etc. Interesting to learn, a pain to remember and the exam is the one i have the least confidence in.

BIOM2012 - System Physiology
About the body, physiology stuff. Like lung functions, heart functions, parasympathetic vs sympathetic, nerual.... stress.... renal and pancreatic functions. I initially thought that it's similar to what i've learnt in nuh, but it turned to out to be much much more. I learnt more about the normal function and less about the pathology. Which is very different from my diploma. But all in all, i could cope with it.

MICR3001 - Microbial and Human Health
Hah. Something i was the most familiar with but similarly with BIOM2012, I learnt so much more indept over here. It's about diseases caused by microbes and stuff. Interesting but the paper was a let down. =( The exam questions that came out were super unpredicted. Though i have to thank NUH for prep-ing me with the knowledge about dengue haha!

If anyone is interested in taking the course next or the future semesters, please let me know and i can pass the notes to you.

Yea, so the plan changed from the pharmacology and toxicology to the immunology and infectious disease plan.

Managed to met quite a few interesting people from these courses as well. And i was in the same class as Teresa(Nuh junior) and jiaqi(poly 1st year IS classmate).

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My parents came over to see how i was doing for a bit, and stayed for around a week in my room. For photos please go to FB to see. They toured the city in the day while i was in school studying and made dinner for me when i'm back. yea thats about it.

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I've been cooking almost every other day unless i crave for things i can't cook. And i think after all these cooking, the one thing i have improved is my egg beating skills. From lumpy to frothy! haha!

I also caused a mini-explosion by stupidly pouring water into a pot of boiling oil, catalyzing the reaction, resulting in a sudden burst of fire. Didn't get burnt or what. But my hair had wax on and the max melted, along with the hair that they were on. =( was so paranoid about the melting that i kept pulling my hair for like 2 days.

oh that reminds me, I cut my hair in brisbane city. So how was it? 2 words. Cheat money -.-
Was cheated $39.90 for the stupid hair cut. Cut already cannot not pay right. lol!

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I'm not going back in nov as i intended to. Instead, i'm staying over for the summer semester to do a vacation project and then return back to SG in Feb. So people! can start booking me for dates!

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Realized that when i came here, all my friends had things going on between them. In the sense that they either quarrel and stop talking, or just went MIA.

PEOPLE! PLEASE. Just because i'm not that doesn't mean that it's not fun to hang out! *chuckles*

I hope you guys solve your disputes soon. I don't want to go back to separated cliques of friends.

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Been to the gym over here. I dare say that it's one of the best i've been to. Equipments are great, not air-conditioned but who needs it when it's generally cooler here. The only thing is the price's a bit steep. $500 for a year. I don't go gym that often. probably once or twice a week? Hmm shall wait for offer to come.

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I bought an acoustic guitar from this shop in town, It's by Squire. I thought it's a solid top. But i think it's a laminated now, though it still does look like a solid. Oh well, $169 only haha. Can't bargain for more.

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So I'm gonna be quite bored for the next 3 months. especially during the christmas and new year week. If anyone wanna come brisbane for holidays then, do let me know! Just grab a cheap ticket here and i will settle your lodging! FREE! wooo how great is that! And i can bring you around that time too.

So come on! Be tempted! haha!

After some time...

2009-11-08T09:53:00.003+08:00

Hmm...

It's been while since i last post anything. Exams are coming and i'm studying pretty hard for it.

But i will update once exams are over... or when i'm too bored studying for it.

Gonna make a series of posts, perhaps summarising what happened each month, as much as i can remember.

Yea. So good luck to everyone who's going to take their exams and hope that you all don't fall sick due to the stress! though... technically we would onl fall sick AFTER exams because that's when our cortisol level drops... hmm back to studying!

Last note.

I HATE %#@&*&^@# PHYSICS!

New Life, New place, New friends, New...

2009-08-01T20:49:00.005+08:00

The last time I blog was 2 months ago, and its was just a simple note saying that i've ORD.

Well, life after ORD. What about it?

As the word life implies, i have my life back. Though not the same anymore. With a 16kg load off my body, new physique, new outlook, new friends, new purpose in life, things are still pretty much the same.

Except that i'm in Brisbane now.

I've flew here for my studies in early july and now live somewhere near school. Just 5mins walk away.

This past 3 or 4 weeks have been interesting. New people, new places, new environment and all. Different cultures, different accent, different people.

I went from knowing nothing about brisbane and australia, to knowing a bit more from nothing about this place. It's still quite foreign to me, as i'm foreign to it. Do i miss singapore?

Yes i do. I miss the convenience of waking up to a train system that i know that if i miss the train, 3mins later one will pop up. I miss the convenience of going to ta-bau a $2.50 cai-peng from the foodcout that's just 5mins away. I miss the cashier aunties in ntuc who would never ask me whether i have a good day or not and just ask for a link card which i never have.

There are other things i miss too.

I miss my family. I miss my friends. I miss the temperature of singapore(not that its terrible here. It's fantastic!). I miss the unlimited broadband all over singapore. And of course, i couldn't leave this out. I miss my bed.

My bed in singapore was a queen size bed. My bed here is a single bed which i think its JUST enough for my height. My pillow in singapore is hard, and comfy at the same time. I have to squeeze 2 soft pillows into a single case over here to get a somewhat similar effect.

But i guess living here taught me certain stuff. Stuff like how each and every person has an innate ability to small talk. And how to deal with the idiosyncracies of everyone.

I used to dislike talking to people i don't know. First i'm shy, 2nd its too much of a hassle.

But over here, i can't ignore them. They, being strangers, will ask you how was your day, how are you etc etc. And if you don't reply, you would be like a snobbish prick who is just plain rude and unfriendly.

I even have to thank the bus driver everytime i get off the bus. Its just something i have to do because everybody's doing it. Just like how people queue up for the nasi lemak in changi village. Monkey see, monkey do. But oh well, it's the culture here.

And because of that, i feel weird sometimes when i'm alone in a shop with an ang-moh. Because i know the ang-moh is itching to talk to me. About anything and everything. So i activated this ability and came up with random crap about anything and everything and see how it goes.

Putting culture aside, I'm living in a house with 7 rooms in it. Sharing with 7 other people but now only 5. Made quite a number of friends here and there. There is the jonathan and his friends and their friends group. There is the munro group. There is the carmody girl and her friends group. And there's meryl and faith's group. All of them are singaporean.

Then there are the friends i've already known. Yan xia and alicia. Haven't seen alicia yet though.

My housemates are quite fun to hang around with. There was adeline when i moved in, but she graduated and moved away to melbourne to work; but had fun getting to know her and all. Jonathan is suppose to move into her room. But i think he stay in the manors with issa and muzz till too shiok, don't feel like staying here haha.

There's maria, the doctor to be. Staying in the biggest room in the house and the most comfy of them all i think. Somewhat like an oasis in a desert. haha. Then there's teresa, the girl who lives 1 floor above me and complains about me making loud footsteps when i walk around in my room. In my defense, so does she, even though she has tried ways and means to not be so loud haha. So its just the house la.

Then there's li dong, the quiet guy who stays in room 3. We don't hang around much. So yea...

Then my neighbour, whom i'm sharing the toilet with, Louie. Then there are louie's friends who are quite fun and interesting people themselves. For the past few days, we have been hanging out in the living room till it's time to sleep.

I think i've missed out quite a number of people, partly because i don't know exactly where to place them into.

And for people who keeps asking me questions, this shall be a standard reply.

I'm doing fine.

I've settled down already.

School just started.

So far so good.

I'm coping okay.

So please read that before asking me anymore. Though i sincerely thank you all for your concerns. really =)

Life here is pretty boring. But i'm a boring person. So it suits me haha. I'm one who is easily satisfied with the way things are. Except for certain things that would probably make my housemates laugh when they read this.

I'm signing off with wishes to everyone who i couldn't miss birthday to, either because i didn't had the chance to, forgot about or just didn't bother about. So yea. happy birthday in advance or belated whichever applies! Ciao~

Pink

2009-06-05T17:03:00.002+08:00

Not many words. Just 3 letters.

O-R-D

XD

2 years

2009-04-08T18:14:00.003+08:00

I finally passed my Ippt. Took me close to 2 years to achieve that. lol

Should be seeing my CPL rank soon. Not that i really care haha. I'm gonna go in less than 2 months anyway. =D

Results:
SBJ: 218 (2nd try =x)
Chin-Up/Pull-Up: 6 (all over-graft. could do more. but why bother? lol)
Shuttle run: 9.99
Sit-up: 40
2.4: 11.52

Wooo~ huge improvement from my last ippt. last year. which was...

Results:
SBJ: 203
Chin-Up/Pull-Up: 2 (i cheated a little bit. the 10% and 90% thing i mentioned previously lol)
Shuttle run: 10.6 (i think?)
Sit-up: 40 (piece of cake la... since bmt lol)
2.4: 13.30

Anyway, now my current weight is 70.1Kg. Heh.

And i still haven go back to gym =X

Went to sheena's concert the other day. Heng was commenting that my weight loss programme is a success. but he thinks i look better when i was fat. =X could it be the hair?

Haha oh well~ ORD in 2 months!

Colorgenics (2)

2009-03-13T18:33:00.003+08:00

Hmm been a... unhappy week for me. Had some problem that occured. And I don't know what to do about it.

So i decided to do the colorgenics again. The colors i picked this time were different.

Is it that you are working - or even playing - too hard? Because it would seem that you are experiencing a great deal of pent-up emotion at this time which could possibly take effect and lead to irrational behaviour.

You are working extremely hard trying to improve your image. You need for those people in positions that matter to recognise your potential and to acknowledge you.

You are a rather inhibited sort of person. This could be the result of your upbringing or of your schooling, whatever. You are able to obtain satisfaction from various forms of physical or emotional activity but all in all you are inclined to be emotionally withdrawn. As a consequence of this you find it difficult to sustain any deep involvement.

You are feeling full of uncertainty and worrying over what you consider as missed opportunities. This is causing considerable stress and tension. You feel that there must be more to life than the constant pressures and anxieties - that surely life must hold far more opportunities than that which it has to date presented to you. You sincerely believe that there must be a simpler way to tap life's hidden recourses and should you be able to find that way - you could achieve your hearts desire. It's the not knowing 'how' that is affording you the constant worry. You are constantly probing and seeking - trying to ensure that at all times you are on your guard against missing any opportunity. 'Enough is enough'. You are anxious to avoid further setbacks. You are strenuously trying to make sure that you will not be overlooked and you badly need security.

There is that inherent fear that you may be prevented from attaining the better things in life - those things that you consider essential to your well-being. So you are prepared to try everything to prove to yourself that whatever you do or try will go wrong. This destructive attitude could come under the heading of 'a self fulfilling prophesy'. This belittling yourself is your method of disguising how hopeless and what a waste of time you feel that everything is. So now turn it about. As you 'think', so you are... So 'imagine' yourself successful. 'Pretend', 'act it out' and you may be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.

I'm surprised again. Well I think the whole thing was trying to explain a really really really vague meaning of that i'm lost. Which i really am. So it did a good job loosing me. lol.

I'M UPSETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! =

Somebody help me =X

Problem being proper.

2009-03-10T19:47:00.002+08:00

A while back, when abhilash and lock were stil in NS, abhi introduced to me the Book of Pook.

Its sort of like a book about self-love in general. About how to deal with relationship problems etc.

The book of pook encompasses 15 lessons in its starting chapters. What this 15 chapters are, i can't just describe them, you need to read it yourself.

But basically it tells the story of a typical nice guy who falls in love with a girl and how his 15 actions, crushed his hopes.

Those 15 lessons are like the golden rules of dating, if i may put it. But thats not what i'm driving at.

The Book of Pook, mentioned 3 type of guys that exists.

1. The Great Guy
2. The Bad Guy
3. The Nice Guy

This 3 types of guys attract different types of girls.

The great guy and the bad guy attract all the right ones, while the nice guy finishes last. He is often left with whatever's left and thus is settled on by the girls, or settled for a girl.

If one falls into the nice category, he should aspire to be the great guy as the great guy exudates charm and manliness. stuff that girls like. He will feel great about himself too.

But why do girls like bad guys? Well, for one, the bad guy has a certain charm about them as well. They are are exciting, thrilling and generally fun to be with. They will do a lot of things to disappoint the girl but yet she continues sticking to him. Its sad but its true.

Nice guys do finish last.

Nice guys are people who are contented with how they are at their current state, refusing to change, but are unhappy that they don't attract the girls like the other 2.

I sadly, fall into the nice guy category and in the 15 lessons, i probably would do exactly what the loser in the story did, thus hindering any opportunities for any relationship. They are like the nice guys instinct.

I shall explain in brief some of the 15 lessons that apply to me.
Friendship - Abandon all hope ye who enter!
The word 'Friend' is tabooed. Once you become a friend, there's no hope of rising up. Though some beg to differ. I don't know about that haha.

Lol read through the 15 lessons. Then realised that actually not all of them apply to me now. lol But in some ways they do but its too vague.

Well, i'm a nice guy, i certainly am rather happy with the way i turned out. I enjoy doing things i like. I'm easily satisfied. Life for me do not need a lot of excitement to keep me happy.

But why for girls, its things like this that deter them? They want spice, flavor, excitement! Fun! Spontaneous activity!

I'm a guy who definitely don't mind trying out new stuff. I'm spontaneous. And fun. But in my own way. I'm not the one who usually initiates a meet up with friends to go for a certain outing. I'm the one who's used to be the one to say ok to everything. Does that make me look like i have no life, no preference/mind of my own?

The reason why i'm ok with going out for whatever activity, is because i honestly don't mind doing them, even though my hobbies isn't one of them. Do i have a mind of my own? Of course i do. I will NOT do things i don't like. And i can say that there is not many. Usually this are stuff that goes against my principles like i mentioned previously.

Ok, take watching movies for example. To me, i have no specific genres of movies that i particularly like, though i admit i like watching movies with like inspiring themes. But i do watch the others. I may say that i like watching those movies, it does not mean that i hate stuff like horror or stupid shows. And when i say i don't have a particular liking for them, it does not mean i don't like them. It just means its in my 'ok-to-watch-list'.

I admit, i'm quite a pain to be understood. I don't talk in straight sentences. I mumble. My sentences are riddled with hidden meanings and/or sarcasm. I can't connect my thoughts and my speech really well. I'm not expressive. I'm an introvert. If someone actually tries to understand me, even in a little little way, i would be happy.

That is how easily satisfied i am. Drinking coffee in a coffee club and talk with friend at night certainly won't be boring for me, even if i'm not participating in the conversation. I'm more of a listener, than a whiner. I'm quiet because i enjoy peace. I like the moon compared to the sun. Why? The moon to me, gives me a calm and relaxing feeling, whenever i look at it. I'm not a dog or a werewolf or anything lol but i'm a night person. Not that i enjoying doing things or activities at night but rather, its the serenity at night that i'm attracted to.

I'm a weird person. I don't like to reveal myself too much to others because i feel that its like intruding my privacy. I practice self control in using vulgarities in front of girls because i think that their ears deserve more respect. Its not that i'm not treating you any different from anybody, but just that i feel that its not right haha. I can't explain.

I believe that spending money for food, outings, activities or whatever with friends, is not actually spending money on those stuff. I'm spending money to "buy" time from my friends and spending it with them. I believe time is more important than those material stuff.

I'm uncomfortable with touch. I dunno why. I'm just uncomfortable with it. But i think in recent years, i'm improving in this area of mine. Not that i go around touching people or anything lol. but when people touch me, be it intentionally or accidentally, i don't get annoyed as i would used to.

I'm fickled-minded. I think too much. I don't express what i think. I trouble myself and others with unnecessary pressure even though i do not want it. But honestly i'm a result-oriented person. If it leads to nowhere, i won't like doing it. So with pressure, it actually forces some work to be done. But then again, if this pressure causes people to be unhappy, i would hope that it goes away.

I don't open up to other people. I only open to people i can trust. Even to them, i would hold stuff back. I'm not the sort where if you ask me about sensitive stuff, i will tell you. I'm not like that. I would consider a lot of factors before teling you. The are not many people i trust with stuff like this. I hope i would be better in this area because i will only keep myself away from friends if i ever have any problems. That's unhealthy. =x

I promised myself not to mentioned about matters of the heart in this blog. But i guess when one is troubled/confused/frustrated, It's easier to think when its put down in words. This is not an entry about "A newbie's guide to Kelvin's Mind".

Goodnight =D

Oh and the book of pook link is below. Have a read. It's quite interesting.
http://forums.hardwarelogic.com/f9/book-pook-9057.html

Colorgenics

2009-02-24T16:32:00.002+08:00

Name: Kelvin
Date: 2/24/2009
Colorgenics Number: 27503164

You are trying to prove to others that nothing can really affect you. You are pretending to be stoical - indifferent to pain or pleasure and indeed even superior to any form of weakness. As a result, more often than not, you unfortunately act with undue harshness or severity by adopting an autocratic and self-willed attitude.

At this time you 'need to be needed' and again you 'need to need'. You have had this feeling for some time now and you are looking for someone who could share a close bond in an atmosphere of shared intimacy. You have the belief that with the right person you could conquer the world.

Everyone, sooner or later gets that feeling that one has been cut off from reality, cut off from everything that's going on around them. It usually happens when there is a complete lack of understanding and co-operation - be it from friends, family or loved ones. So what can one do about it? Instead of pondering as to what the future may hold, do something different. Make a cup of coffee. Have a shower. Read a book. Watch your favourite soap opera. Because as soon as you become involved in something different, the original disassociated feelings will dissipate.

You pretend that you are a carefree individual and that nothing really bothers you - that you are so self-sufficient that whatever problems beset you they simply flow off you as water flows off a ducks back. You are experiencing considerable stress, trying to conceal yourself from the rest of the world. In actual fact - deep down, you are not at all happy. You feel lonely and you need someone with whom you can 'Let your hair down' and share your hopes, dreams and high standards. You are imposing unnecessary self restraint on yourself. You would like to demonstrate the unique quality of your character to all and sundry.

You are presently worried about your future and you feel that whatever you do will go wrong. At this time you are your own worst enemy. All the disappointment that you have experienced, coupled with the fear that there is no point in formulating fresh goals, have led to anxiety. You would like recognition and a position of trust but you are concerned that these hopes and dreams may not be realised. You are very argumentative and insistent that you are right - maybe you are - but you are pushing too hard. Take it easy, let go, and smile. Smiling and agreeing with people works wonders - try it and see.

Done at Http://www.goldinuniverse.com

its like so wtf. How did 8 colors tell so much that is so true o.o and i just picked them in the order in which appeals to me most. lol

Valentines...

2009-02-21T09:19:00.002+08:00

Happy valentine's day to whoever is reading this!

I hope you had a wonderful time with your partner, and as for those who broke up/something wrong happened, well, i feel for you. Don't destroy the entire forest because of a solitary tree.

Me?

Well lets just leave it at i was date-less on that day. lol

So yea. I went out on valentines day to pay for IDP deposit as i've mentioned previously. Then i decided to go takashimaya to look for something. Along the way, i met many couples. Lovey-dovey and all.

Some girls were carrying huge bouquets of flowers with their boyfriend or husband by their side while some girls were alone and yet were holding a single stalk of rose or something. I was wondering why they were doing that until i saw an indian fella outside wisma giving those roses to those single women outside haha.

So yea, as i was walking, i figured out a theory on why girls like to flaunt that they recieved flowers on that special day!

1. Their boyfriend is ugly. The flower distracts the passerbys from looking at the boyfriend.
2. She is ugly. It distracts passerbys from her bloody face.

Haha!

Those truly pretty and handsome couples don't bring along any flowers because they have no need to! They just bathe in their natural "i'm very good looking! Eat that!" aura that exudates from their dainty bodies and people would be in awe and make way for that wonderous duo.

Well, similarly for the really ugly pairs, they probably have given up on trying to distract people from their looks and thus decided to scare people off with their looks and have their paths cleared! What a good way of crowd control!

Flowers to me aren't just distracting tools to be used on valentine's.

They are rather symbolic of valentine's. Where a guy or a girl, expresses his/her love for the other, in which case, its usually the guy who gives the flowers. Of course, they are people who think that its customary to give flowers to girls on valentine's even if they are not romantically attracted to her and in some situations, it can be both good and bad.

Good because it makes her happy. I guess its a natural hormonal or whatever reaction that girls have when they recieve flowers.

Bad because she might overthink it. Or she hates flowers =X

Would you be happy if someone gives you, a beautiful bouquet of 99 crimson red roses, a box of 12 heart-shaped godiva chocolate in a brilliant purple heart-shaped casing and a small pink heart-shaped pendant/necklace from tiffany and co. and a cute as hell teddy bear that says "i love you" as your valentine's gift?

Well i wouldn't do that to the girl i like.

No doubt chocolates, flowers, jewellery and stuff toys are symbolic of valentine's, i still think its so cliche. Everybody is doing that because its "safe"

Then again, if the girl like them, i have nothing to say haha.

I would go for a more practical gift. Something which they can use. Something like a pen =D

Why a pen? Its practical. It can be elegant, depending on what pen you chose. It is professional. Something people don't normally recieve on valentine's day. That's why its so special because it showed that you've actually put thought into what gift you gave and not just settled for the cliche items.

Who disagrees with me?

On other matters, i promised myself not to write stuff concerning my emotions in the blog as it showed the inmaturity in my writing as i have done so before in my ancient blogs. Almost did. But i took it down in 10mins. Hope nobody saw it. =X

Well anyway, i think things concerning emotions, are not meant for public display. And when i mean emotions, i refer them to things concerning you being sad about being rejected by a girl and all. Its okay to write it down somewhere to pen down your thoughts and vent your frustration. But its not ok to post it on your blog. I for one, cannot take you seriously if your entire blog is full of contradicting emotions which is usually the case. Thats why i prefer not to show this "weakness". If you want to know, ask me. I will tell you. As much as i think you are allowed to know.

My place in there is fixed. It will never change. Won't it?

Retard

2009-02-14T22:42:00.002+08:00

Went to IDP to pay my deposit today and then went to town to look for something. Unfortunately it was out of stock. Oh well.

Then i took the MRT home.

Its kind of rare nowadays that i take the MRT, especially after i got my license and all. haha but then luckily for me i found a seat from toa payoh all the way to woodlands. So still alright for my aching feet.

Yea, so i was staring in front of me in the mrt. No there wasn't any pretty girl or what but i was deep in thought.
Just recollecting on like how i used to see some kid walk up and down from 1 end to another end of the train and then he will keep doing that till he reaches his stop.

Back in the mind of everybody, they will probably be thinking," this kid must have problems; Sort one!; Must be a retard."

I am guilty of that too. Haha i used to think they were quite annoying. Even when the train in crowded, the bugger would be trying to zig zag his way through here and there, accidentally knocking someone's feet or a tramp thats in the way.

Well what i failed to realise was that i used to be THAT retard!

Lol! I remember when i was really really really young, Like really really really really young. I had tuition class in Jurong east. So i would take mrt from marsiling to jurong east. then boring ma. so walk up and down lor lol.

Thinking back made me grin like an idiot. Then the auntie beside me suddenly move away 1 seat away. She must have thought i was sort one .... suddenly smile like that while staring infront =X

I'm not saying i'm a retard. at least i did it i because i was truly bored. The rest are retarded and god knows why they did it.

Issue

2009-02-10T18:49:00.003+08:00

Alright.
Right now i'm contemplating should i or should i not munch down the pineapple tarts that SJ made.
Just had my dinner so its kinda sinful if i continue to eat. But then if i don't touch it now, i will never touch it cos i have a short term memory in terms of eating snacks.

Well in the past i wouldn't cos i was such a glutton. But then when i place the tarts/cookies/chocolates etc. into the freezer or somewhere in the kitchen. the next day when i return the food will be gone or half gone. My brother would have got to them first before me.

So there is this issue of me not being appreciative of whatever people make or give me. Well they wouldn't find out unless i told them; Its not like they drop over my house everytime and ask,"Hey what happened to the box of cookies i gave you this morning? Was it nice?"

Well if that really happened, i would have told them the "truth". Either i never tried it cos my brother finished it up or it was fantastic! I'm not so mean to tell them that it tasted like vomit or i had better, stuff like that. Even though sometimes it may be the case =X

See, when people give you presents or gifts, self-made food in particular, you have to factor in the amount of money, time and effort they put in to produce that supposed-to-be wonderful creation. You have to question about the thought as well; Is it just some spare that can't be put into the beautiful tupperware/containers or did they really make it just for you. And everybody else he/she wanted to make it for.

Then again, if it was me, i wouldn't be so nice to be the latter. If you happen to experience me giving you something to eat out of the blue, its usually 1. Its something worth trying and i want you to eat a bit if not all. 2. my mum ask me to bring to you to "clear stock".

Firstly i don't make cookies/tarts/cakes or whatever-not. i don't cook also though i think if i do it wouldn't taste that bad...
So i sorta have this soft spot for people who made and gave me cookies/tarts/etc. Less chef friends, mum, brother and boys. Firstly, if chef friends make stuff for me, its usually some new reciepe they are trying or they just mixed something up and give it to us to help him clear the left over, or like 80% of the time, they would be trying to sell me whatever they made. So beware if your chef friends do it for you!

Secondly for my mum and brother, every year they would embark on a pineapple tart and cookie making routine and my house will be flooded with them. Its not that its not nice, but i don't eat them. I will touch on that later.

Thirdly, boys making cookies and tarts and giving them to me is just plain weird and gay. Hell no. Oh for the record, none so far =X

So yea, if its girls haha i feel obligated to finish the food they gave me. Can't blame girls. It like 70% of the girls i know like to bake. And i'm often treated as the waste collector, scooping up all the treats.

But please. Please. PLEASE. Do not assume that all guys like pineapple tarts and cookies. More importantly, do NOT assume I = ALL GUYS.

I for one, don't like to eat pineapple tarts. Its too dry for my taste. I don't like cookies other than famous amos. SO don't make or give to me unless you feel that its comparable to famous amos. I don't like chocolate coated cereals baked with dunno-what-thing-shaped-like-a-tart. Just weird and i don't like it.

So, if you think you can buy my heart by making me all these "goodies" and think i would treat you nicer and not say so much bad things about you... you can continue thinking and dreaming then. I'm not so easily bought over. Unless you give me things that actually catch my eye that is. haha.

So yea, back to SJ tarts. Eat it? Don't Eat it? I have to eat it. The stock from my brother and mum still there. And my brother won't touch it. And i have to be appreciative. So ya. Munching now!

Hope it doesn't make me gain weight =X

Reasons...

2009-02-05T21:48:00.003+08:00

Ok, just some quick updates. Same as the previous entries. I'm still eating like that. But i'm not going to gym. Damn.

Thankfully though, RT is back and at least i'm exercising. Of course, i always believe if you go gym and just play around with the machines, it won't help you lose weight or pass ippt. So i always ensure that even if i'm restricted in terms of machines or equipments, i will supplement by being more objective.

But there's only so much i could do. There isn't any bar bell in the gym. No free weights greater than 5kg. Sigh.

On a plus note, i managed to pull a 6 ... or maybe close to 6 haha. I realise something. On some bars i can pull til 5/6. Some i can only manage 3. Its always 3. Not more. i wonder why. Is it a mental thing?

So yea today had a RT session. Did bench press with the machine, 40kg. I could manage. But i guess its mean a long time since i went to the gym so kinda need some warm up.

Did some other random stuff as well. Took a run at the new treadmill.

Set at 11.5km/hr, i lasted for 10mins at that speed. even though i think i could have gone faster sometimes. But i don't think that speed can make me pass ippt. considering 11.5km/hr for 10mins... thats like... 1.916 km in 10mins. i wonder if its possible to finish the next 0.484km in 2min 20s haha.

People would say," With determination you can!" Screw determination.

At the 9th minute i was just praying for the time to speed up so i can get off the treadmill. haha i think i need to run more.

Oh yea, talking about running. I want to join addidas sundown in may. I missed the early bird but its still $10 cheaper to register now anyway. Saturday see how haha.

Ok my blog title is titled reasons. Why? well recently i have been questioned why i have certain thoughts towards certain things. All of them have a certain reason.

Lets start with my principles.

I used to advocate 3 principles; No Drinking, No Smoking, No Gambling

Why? well its very easy to say in chinese haha.

Why no drinking? I just don't like beer. Or wine. Or spirits. Or whatever. I don't see the reason why to drink something to quench your thirst when in actual fact its dehydrating your body. Its like total contradiction. And it harms the liver. So No drinking. And don't be stupid. When i meant drinking, i meant drinking alcohol and alcohol related beverages. Its not H2O you freaking-think-you-are-smart-and-want-to-play-with-words-dumb-ass-!$#^&!.

Why no smoking? Obvious isn't it?

Why no gambling? Ok this i have to explain myself. Even though lately i seemed to be associated with being crazy about playing mahjong, i in fact disapprove of gambling. I'm not talking about buying toto and 4d 3 times a week for the 3 different draw dates. I'm talking about spending $1000 in total on toto and 4d a month. It is that extreme end that i disapprove. Mahjong? Well lets just say i'm trying to stick to my principle even though i admit i strayed. i blame it on anna and huiting. for asking me to play mahjong on anna's birthday. >.>
I myself don't buy toto or 4d. I don't bet on soccer. I don't play mahjong... anymore. I don't play blackjack,poker or any other casino related card games. Dice nope. Horse racing nope. It started with a chalet when i was denied sleep over a complicated mahjong camp which i wasn't playing. But because of them i couldn't sleep and bath. So from then on i swore not to gamble. As well as influence from my dad, who also dislike gambling addicts. Seeing the people in camp losing money in soccer betting and all makes me want to save money more haha.

OK with the 3 done, lets move on.

Why do i don't like clubbing? I explained before and i shall explain it again. I Simply do not like clubbing. I do not like girls who club. why? They lack the certain mental maturity that i seek.

Why i disapprove whoring? Don't be stupid. If you are, stop reading this.

There are many other things i do and don't do. Can't remember them all. But if i remember anything i will put them in the subsequent entries.

Kwan has been entertaining. Thanks for being the serious clown that you are. =) And i don't play mahjong anymore.

Applied for NTU, NUS and SMU. Hope i get at least an interview. Prays hard.

Er what else...

I can't make the payment for deposit for UQ cos apparantly IDP is closed on every 1st saturday of the month. So i guess its postponed to next week.

Oh my army friends bought me a crumpler bag! haha. Its hee-goer. and honestly its fugly. The mental picture in my mind doesn't connect to JY, who was the one who bought it. He said it was olive green. Well it look more like grass green haha. So i'm gonna exchange it on saturday at raffles place. Gonna change to ... i forgot the name. starts with P .... or packet or something. haha. might need to top up.

Deloitte and touche! Grats SJ!

Women don't really say clever things...

2009-02-02T22:39:00.004+08:00

Its true!

Haha i heard this on the radio.

Women don't really say clever things when they open up their mouth to speak.

However there's a clear indication when she is about to say something really clever...

She will start the sentence with," A man once told me...."

Haha! Happy Chinese New Year people!

Guess what?

2009-01-20T18:13:00.003+08:00

Woohoo i'm back!

Been MIA for the past month, partly due to my laziness and partly due to a certain problem which prevents me from logging in to blogger. No idea what was it but everytime i try to load blogger my IE will hang.

Anyway, the burning question is, Have i or have i not quitted?

The answer is.......... YES.

And no.

Lol.

I'm still eating the meals. Plus a bit more of slack here and there. haha

Gym wise i found it difficult to motivate my fat ass to go to the gym and work out ever since i came back from shanghai. Shall find a solution. Somehow. =X

And no. I didn't swell back. My weight didn't increase.

It dropped to 72kg actually. Woohoo!

And remember i said i could do 2 pull up?

Now i can do 5! Wee! 1 more to ippt pass! And no kicking! All proper pull-ups.

72kg was the ideal weight i wanted back when i was a 80+kg secondary school/poly boy and now that i have acheived that, makes me... wanna maintain it. It would be better if i lose more though haha.

Its not helping when my friends keep telling me not to torture myself with all this inhumane eating. All this mental torturing to lose weight. I look fine the way i am. No need to slim down. You look better if you stop losing weight. I prefer when you were bigger.

Aiya. The moment i can't feel my love handles anymore, i will stop. They don't seem to be going away though. How? Weight loss cannot target spots one. Sian.

Well on the brighter side, my army pants don't fit me anymore. I will reveal half my undies when i wear it. I can wear the polo t-shirt i tried to squeeze in while holding my breathe in sispec easily now. Considering i was my thinnest in sispec. Now i'm thinner!

On other things, I was happy. I am happier =D

Zero Fighter

2008-12-23T10:16:00.003+08:00

Ever heard of the superb japanese war planes that were used to bomb the crap out of pearl harbour? Those planes that strike terror to the likes of people like me and you if we lived in the 1940s?

Marvelous contraptions aren't they?

Unfortunately in singapore army lingo, Zero-Fighter are those people who can't pull a single pull-up, hence the word Zero.

I'm one of them actually. haha. Couldn't do a single proper pull up all the way. No matter how hard i tried, my hands just won't listen to me. Can't go up even 0.4 percent. blaaa...

I used to tell people i can pull one. Which was 90% true. haha. that is if i started from the 10% mark =P. I would use my feet to touch the ground or support and pull myself up. And this is with the undergraft grip.

Well i'm proud to say that I'm no longer a Zero Fighter!

Yes! I'm now officially a Two Fighter!

I found out last week when i was trying to attempt pulling a overgraft grip. And i did 1! I was so surprised that i kept on doing the entire day. haha

The next day i decided to do a 2nd one and i did!

Wooooo!

Oh and i'm 21 finally =D

Back from China

2008-12-16T19:26:00.002+08:00

Ah! Finally back!

Clean air! Proper roads! Normal looking buildings! Expensive stuff! English! I've returned!

Spent a total of 9 days 8 nights at China in various places namely, Shanghai, Su Zhou, Wu Zhen, Hang Zhou, Nan Jing, Wu Xi.

Went with my Mum and dad, and my mum's sisters' families. So a total of 9 on our side, along with 18 other people, We form the "Sino-America Spectacular Jiangnan Tour Group"

I didn't make that name up. I don't know whether its an official name also lol. I got it off the itinerary.

Took a total of 527 photos over at Shanghai and i shall spend the next few days uploading them to facebook and some to here.

The initial plan was to write one complete entry on my entire trip tomorrow, but as i couldn't take off tomorrow, i can only do so much in one night. So i decided to split the entries to a few. This allows me to think and recap as well. Hopefully i can remember a lot =X

Well anyway, for those who were wondering, " What about your diet!? Lose weight? Go china? haha lose weight haha. gain more likely."
I was afraid of that as well.

I took my weight on monday morning after gym, before leaving for the airport.

72.5Kg and 30.6% TBF. Woo! Lost 0.5kg and =<>

ok i'm having some problems uploading them to blogger. So i guess its a pictureless entry for now.

Shanghai

2008-12-07T18:17:00.003+08:00

Gonna fly off to Shanghai tomorrow afternoon. Sinful trip. Gonna gain back all the lost weight =X

Anyway, Finally finished my 4 alternate duties for this month. And i've settle the issue on where to eat.

Gonna eat at The magic of chongqing hotpot in tanglin.

Shall update when i'm back. tata~

awww babies...

2008-11-29T20:58:00.004+08:00

Hmm 2nd post today.

Been watching Cheaper by the Dozen 2 on Ch 5 and the advertisements.

Then i saw one advertisement about the zoo. Where this small little girl asks her father an impossible number of questions that a normal person can't possibly answer.

"Why is it's neck so long? Why is it's nose so long?" etc. etc. etc.

The advertisement was not bad. Showcased the activities that you can do in the zoo... the animals you can see... the new attractions that are in the zoo. I mean. Since when was there a boat ride in the zoo?

Pardon me haha but the last time i've been to the zoo was probably... primary 4? or somewhere around there.
Thats like at least 10 effing years!

Tell me when's the last time you've been to the zoo? SJ? Brandon? ah brandon probably went with his many gullible 14 years old mei mei(s). haha.

Well unless people like going there for dates or whatever, good for them. Unlike them i have been single for quite a while. and its weird to ask a group of guys to see giraffes and kangeroos.

"Hey guys lets go see the cute monkeys and feed them our juicy bananas!"

Probably not.

The advertisement ended off nicely with the little girl tired and asking for the father to carry her.

The father dotingly obliged. Aww...

That probably is in everybody's mind when they saw that image.

Well a loving and normal father would probably do that for any of his children. Lets think back of the times when we were young.

Don't we all love to be craddled by our mum and dad? Don't we all love the feeling of sleeping on the couch and waking up in your own bed with the blanket covering ur body all cozy. ah parental love. We love our parents don't we? =D

Remember how we would ask to sit on our fathers' shoulders so that we could see everything and feel on top of the world? Then they will hold our arms and swing it like our arms are connected to our body not by bones and joints but like wood and ropes?

All the while we were having a roller coaster ride and even after it we would continuosly ask for it again, again, again!

But we didn't realise all the while our parents were literally letting a couple of rice sacks riding on their shoulders.

I'm not sure about you but i was fat. And i loved to be carried around. Who wants to walk when u can be carried? =D

And i was heavy. I used to ask for my dad and mum to carry me around, carry me on their shoulders, piggy back me, you name it, i tried it.

I wonder where do parents find the strength to do all this stuff. Issit because of love? Issit because we are their own flesh and blood and thats why somehow our weight in their hands defies the laws of physics and everything negates to zero?

I mean come on!

Back in secondary school, i'm sure everybody went through this, during those ridiculous P.E sessions, where the insane P.E teachers hands you a remarkable and yet simple equipment which everybody remembers and hate.

I introduce to you:

The Medicine Ball.

I've always wonder whats inside the Medicine ball. Issit really medicine? lol How can medicine ball weigh so much? and why issit called a medicine ball in the first place? it has nothing to do with drugs i think?

Yea anyway, our P.E teacher would tell us to carry one, usually 3kg for girls and 5kg for guys, and run up staircase A to level 3, run across the corridor, down staircase B to lvl 2, around the hall, down staircase C to the carpark, back of canteen, back of workshop, basketball court and back to starting point. All under 3mins. And we were suppose to do it 3 or 4 times within that painfully slow 30mins of hell.

OK i exaggerated a little. But then we died. DIED. Just carrying a round ball of 3kg/5kg weight and run around for 15mins. Our parents carried us, piggy bagged us the whole day and they don't complain to us how tired they are. They would always smile and pick you and your bloody 20-40kg body up.

In the army. A M16 weighs roughly 3kg? A Full field pack around 10kg and with the sbo probably a bit more. Once again we died. We hated route march and SOC. We hated carrying the bags+gun+sbo combo and do all sort of stuff. Oh i forgot. The effing helmet. We hated wearing the helmet and slinging the rifle while building basha however you spell it. Even though i'm sure the helmet probably weighs less than 1/10 of a healthy baby.

So, be grateful to your parents. The amount of love they gave, time they sacrificed, money they wasted, bringing us up to whoever we are today. Don't waste it by going to smoke, forcefully inflict trauma to your liver by drinking excessively, wasting your parents hard earn money by gambling and losing $20 on soccer every single day, every single match, and risking your parent's flesh and blood by contracting AIDS and what not by going to whores.

Of course, people who actually did all that probably won't be reading my blog anyway. Too damn stupid to do so.

Man don't cry. Shortlisted.

2008-11-29T18:50:00.004+08:00

I'm not a person who watch a lot of tv.

So when people ask me whether i watch this or that show that is showing at this time this channel etc, my answered would usually be, "No."

Well unless its the channel that my parents watch.

Been watching, no stealing glimpses, a show on SCV that's on every weekday night and on certain time belts in the weekend showing repeats. Its called Man Don't Cry or in chinese, Jian Ren Jian. Not bad. Not that i'm recommending it to people but then its not bad. haha

Ok after doing some research on my own and input from some friends, i've sort of short listed a couple of places to go to for my dinner. on my birthday.

1) Azabu Sabo - Central, Clarke Quay
2) Coffee Club - Central, Clarke Quay
3) Ma Maison - Central, Clarke Quay
4) Tao's Modern Pacific Cuisine - Paradiz Centre, Seleie Road
5) Fish And Co The Glass House - Park Mall, Penang Road
6) Curry Favor - Velocity, Novena
7) Orchidville New Forrest Restaurant - Mandai Agrotechnology Park, Lorong Lada Hitam
8) and the restaurant that brandon had his.

Haha obviously out of the 8, the least i wanna go is the last. Not that i don't like it, but i thought it would be better to try something new. But if non of them are feasible, that would suffice.

Hmm of the rest of the 7, I'm inclined to Tao's, Forrest if that is really what wayne was referring to, and Azabu Sabo.

Well my friends have no preference. Neither do i. Help!

tired

2008-11-28T19:35:00.003+08:00

Went to gym after leaving camp just now.

Today's result?

Well, i think i improved a little bit.

Firstly i did squats. 2x17.5kg seemed manageable now. Gonna increase to 2x20kg next week.

Bench Press: Did 3sets of 8 and 2 sets of 6 of 2x7.5kg. need to work more in this area.

Dead Lift: Same as squats.

Pull up: Still sucky lol.

I think because i drank 2 cans of coffee before going to gym. Maybe thats why the squats was easier. Didn't feel as much strain as on tuesday.

Damn shagged now.

suggestion

2008-11-26T21:06:00.001+08:00

I need some suggestions for places to go for a nice dinner with a couple of friends on a saturday night.

Please don't tell me hawker centre or something haha.

The cuisine type could be anything. Just need some options for now.

Please put something on the chat box people! Whoever reads this anyway!

Deleted my previous entry. Thought it was crap.

Went to gym on Tuesday morning. Reached the place at around 9, hoping that the gym would be empty, considering that its a weekday and its so damn bloody early. But wah. Its quite crowded.

Oh well, the only equipments i need are the squat rack, inclined bench press and the pull up machine.

And usually i start off with a set of squats then followed by bench press and alternate between sets.

On that day however, the bench press was occupied by 2 china guys. So i decided to make do with what i could get my hands on, and that was the squat rack.

I thought that the 2 would probably be done by the time i finish with the squats and so i started my work out.

The previous session i had problem with doing 5 sets of 8 with 15kg on each side of the bar bell mainly i think because i slacked off for a week and didn't go to gym haha. So i aimed to do a little better that day.

I warmed up with 2x5kg and then changed it to 2x15kg for the actual sets. I did 1 set of that and decided to increase 2.5kg to each side and followed through to the last set. With squats done, i moved on to the incline bench press. The 2 china guys were gone and so i had the whole thing to myself haha.

Wanted to try another way of lifting. So i warmed up with 2x1.25kg and then changed to 2x6.25kg as i previously left it. I did 6 reps and then with each set, I added 1.25kg to each side. So by the end of the 6th set i was doing 2x8.75kg. Wait. Calculate the math and you might wonder why after doing 6 i'm still at 8.75kg. haha thats because i was dying by the 4th and 5th set and so i decided to do 2 sets of 7.5 and 2 sets of 8.75. haha i think the next session i've got to try harder.

Went for a short break and then i moved on to the dead lift and pull up regime. this time nobody was occupying the pull up machine and so i took my own time to complete the sets. Started with dead lift with 2x5kg for warm up and then i added to 2x17.5kg. I was doing 2x15kg previously and so i decided to increase a lil bit. the extra 5kg proved to be a strain intitally. But after the initial few sets i just wanted to finish the whole damn thing and so pulled it through. haha. For the pull up, i did 5 sets of 8. With each set decreasing the amount of weight by 1. Not 1kg but 1 something. I'm not exactly sure whats the weight of one of the bars. So yea that sort of concludes my tuesday gym session.

While i was doing my chin up, 2 girls who just entered the gym were stretching and then one of them wore super short pants. I'm pretty sure they weren't tights. Hot pants definitely. Multi-colored striped hot pants. haha. Then when she stretched, her pants wrapped around her butt cheeks so tightly like its gonna tear the pants. haha.

Nvm, i continued with my chin ups and then the 2 girls went to the machine where its suppose to be a machine to work the thighs, and you are suppose to push the platform forward and then retract. something like that. so they alternate that and another exercise, involving weights to work the back muscles and they have to bend down while doing that.

So while the hot pants girl was doing the exercise, got this 2 indian guys were just staring generally into their direction, enjoying the view haha. they just sat at the bicep curl and quad machine on the other side the whole way and stared. lol.

I think sometimes this type of girls purposely wear like that. Perhaps they like the attention they draw. If they get molested or raped someday i think they asked for it haha.

I took off on that day to go gym in the morning as well as to meet up with SJ in the afternoon for lunch. Was suppose to be dinner but i found out somebody wanted to watch tv at night so decided to shift it to afternoon instead. Luckily i did duty on saturday and that i used the off as well.

We went to the Curry Favor at stamford. This was the 2nd time i've been there. The previous time i ordered Cheese Katsu, basically its cheese wrapped in pork and deep fried like tempura. It was heavenly haha. I thought i try something else this time. So i ordered Rosu Katsu rice. And it was a set lunch so the entire meal cost me 12.90 only. SJ ordered Chicken Katsu set and then i asked to add cheese sticks. the cheese sticks cost 7.90 and we were joking initially what if it came as just 3 sticks. or even worst, 1 big stick. haha. But it didn't to our delight. I ordered ice tea for the drinks and she followed suit. When it came, someone regretted cos she thought its was iced lemon tea. haha.

Yea on the food. The Rosu Katsu i had was fantastic. I can't describe the taste. You have to try it yourself. If you think japanese food is like NP canteen 1 jap store or canteen 4 jap store, i seriously think you should go down to curry favor and try. lol

The cheese stick was damn nice i thought. Its really cheese. Not like that fake ones in burger king. This one the cheese is like those cheese in the cheese pancakes sold by Mr. Bean if you all know what it is. Deep fried. Woooooo~

It was quite cheap, considering that the servings were quite big. Aiya never take any pictures of the place and the food!

oh well. Yea then after that walk walk talk talk around that area. Went to the candy empire in Millenia Walk and then somebody made me buy the Hershey's peanut butter chocolate something so that she won't feel guilty buying it.

Then we went off after that. Some uncle in marina square was trying to give us pamphlets of some bridal store and then asked SJ is she still a student or something lol.

I'm not that worried i gained weight that day. Why? While firstly, i went to gym in the morning. 2ndly, i ate soul garden once with anna and gang and look where i am now? Off days are a necessity. Especially for me. So don't nag at me for not sticking to my diet or something. You try eating and living the way i am now before you start commenting.

And lock. I tried flaxseed mix in cold water. It tasted like vomit. HOW CAN A SANE PERSON POSSIBLY DUNK IT DOWN THE THROAT? OUR BODY JUST ISN'T MEANT FOR DRINKING POISON!

Bleah. The thought of it made my throat itchy.

err

2008-11-20T21:02:00.002+08:00

Jonathan was commenting on me knowing so many girls. Not that he's drooling or something.

Lol.

Whats the use of knowing so many girls when i'm not interested in MOST of them and NONE of them is interested in me?

Yea.

So KC just told me he's gonna accept UQ and asked me to keep him in the loop. So its just jonathan. Aussie is down so better pay the school fees before it rise haha.

Hmm this week has been another sinful week for me. Not in terms of eating. But in terms of going to gym.

There are 2 things i blame.

1. I didn't have any weekday duty this week. So no 2hr off. So i'm too lazy to go to gym at night.

2. The bloody xbox and ninja gaiden. Took me the entire week to finish. Damn it was difficult. But finally finished it last night. Woohoo. yea was engrossed with it and didn't want to do anything else.

Good thing is that Tuesday had gym for RT and i just did whatever i could in the gym in camp. Pretty restricted but aiya heck it. this sunday i'm going to go back to the routine. No more xbox to entice me anyway lol

ok on other stuff that happened.

Went to the KSS SJAB 10 year anniversary thingy on saturday. Held in the school hall. Thought it would be fun to go back and catch up with the rest of the peeps. Since i'd not seen most of them for nearly 5 years.

Took some photos. I think i look slouchy in the pictures =x. Issit the shirt or issit just me?

From left: Choon Kiat, Kenneth, Me, Shi Xian, Sheryl, Liwen, MCS, Ong

From Left: Kenneth, Ong, MCS, Nurul, Rai, Me, Chin Chuan, Wei Wen

From Left: MCS, Kenneth, Chin Chuan, Me, Wei Wen, Xiang Fa, Ong

All in all. 2 words. Wu Liao. Which means boring.

I was utterly bored that day. The video slide show was freaking long. With lots of inside jokes which i thought majority of people wouldn't find funny.

The Event was a bit awkward. Considering that majority of the people i know are in the organizing committee and i'm not helping in anyway, so i was left to entertain myself.

The only other person i probably talk to more is chin chuan, but thats because i sat beside him. I had no idea who sat on the other side. Brandon didn't go. !@%$#

Yea. Bored.

Lol.

Didn't do much on sunday. Was too engrossed with my xbox lol.

I want to go K. Damn why all buay on one.

pain

2008-11-11T21:13:00.001+08:00

I was right. My Mouth is in pain. Lots of pain.

Congrats to Abhi and Lock for ORD!

Problem

2008-11-09T20:32:00.001+08:00

There seems to be a bit of a problem.

I can't lift 7.5kg for bench press. Hmm

As in i can't complete 4 proper sets with it. Maybe i should try with lesser weight first.

Or do 4 sets of 12 of 5kg first.

My squats and dead lift are doing fine.

Think i got the posture for dead lift correctly already.

Chin-up is still a problem. Sian.

Another problem. I tried to eat properly over the weekend. But saturday, i met up with anna and all for seoul garden. yes.

SEOUL GARDEN. Sinful yes. I tried to eat healthily the entire day though. I went to the gym in the morning as well. But i downed 6 scoops of ice cream at the place. Haha oh well. Its been quite a long time since i last touch an ice cream okayyyy.

Sunday was initially going to be alright. I was suppose to meet joel and the rest at bishan gym. Just before i move off, i thought i had better get my 2nd meal. Then i realised the fridge was empty. Damn. Settle with corn.

Then picked up my parents from taman jurong and had ipoh hor fun there. sinful yes. Screw it. Shall work hard this coming week. And lucky for me, tuesday i'm going for dental. Dentist gonna put in some stuff. I predict will be in so much pain i won't be eating much.

Dad going to genting again on wednesday night. So that means i can drive to camp on thursday and friday. And since i have duty on friday, i can drive home straight on saturday morning. haha.

ok to explain what i meant when i said kwan said things that abhi and lock disagree with, it's basically things like:

-Find a girl and if it last, she would be a potential wife.

That alone isn't what abhi and lock wants.

-1 girl only.

Again.

-Decent girls. Good natured, smart, pretty, everything nice.

Lock and abhi just want HOT girls. Doesn't matters if she's a bimbo. Boobs and butts baby!

Well thats basically it haha. At least what i remembered anyway.

Hmm I'm somewhat like kwan i guess. But i know things don't happen if we don't try.

No point asking friends for help. They WON'T help.

Haha.

Abhi has an interesting theory which happens to be quite true.

Pick any girl that you potentially like.

Smart.

Pretty.

Single.

Choose 2 out of the 3. haha

If she's Smart and Pretty, She's taken.

If she's Smart and Single, She's ugly.

If she's Pretty and Single, She's stupid.

Sums it all up doesn't it? haha

Oh yea i realised the bags i mentioned cost like 170 SGD. Goodness. Guess i need to re-evaluate.

Hmm

2008-11-06T20:55:00.002+08:00

I want a new bag.

A crumpler bag.

Something like this.

Fux Deluxe US$125.00

Or

Hee-goer US$130.00

My bag stinks.

Like rotten vegetables.

Spinach actually. Lol. Cos i sorta accidentally spilled abit of sauce that was witht eh spinach into the inside of the bag. And all i did was soak the bag in detergent and rinse and dry it. Probably still has traces of the "juice" in the bag. Ah.

Hmm on other notes.

Salad and Yogurt. DO NOT GO TOGETHER.

Sure it looked nice and smelled nice. Sour and sweet. Like Thousand island?

Nothing like it. Almost vomited while eating it.

Borrowed 2 games from liang today. Ninja gaiden and Jade empire.

Played Ninja gaiden. >.<

The 2nd boss took 3 or 4 tries for me. Damn why no "Whos your daddy" mode.

Ok duty wise.

Did duty with 2 new guys on tuesday. Kwan, one of the new guys, was just talking to me about girls and stuff. Saying everything that Abhi and Lock opposes lol. Stuff i used to think about. I'm glad. I'm not the only person who thinks like that. haha. Though i know that it isn't that easy. haha.

Been a failure in this so far so i can't give much of a comment or advice or whatsoever. But he's a bit naive about stuff like this? I sorta know what kind of person i become when i like somebody but its hard to control when things like this are just part of your instincts. They control everything from there on and then everything crashes down. Oh well. Good Luck Kelvin!

Clubbing

2008-11-05T19:46:00.001+08:00

I found a perfect example of how i feel towards clubbing.

Clubbing is like Smoking.

I do not need to try smoking to know that i won't like it.

ok on other matters.

Went to Yishun SAFRA's gym just now with jon. Lol was so sua ku that we didn't know where the lockers were and then we were trying to open shoe lockers with the key they gave us.

The key is suppose to be used for the lockers in the changing room but then we were fumbling over at the lockers outside haha. Trying to stick the key inside while mumbling profanities.

Then the locker i was trying to open, opened. Inside was full. Shoes, soap and lots of crap filled the entire locker. Then i thought must be left behind by the previous person so i took out everything and went on to put in my stuff.

Haha Jon went to exchange the key for the 2nd time and the receptionist was a bit suspicious why our locker key don't work. Then she realise we were using the wrong lockers after all lol.

Damn hilarious. Like 2 gundus trying to break open a vault.

But overall the gym was alright. just that i prefer the woodlands gym. There are alot of machines in the gym but the space was quite tight. Not much movement space. And the machines i was hoping to use, wasn't there. So i sorta improvised haha.

Well i'm joining lock and abhi and the rest at TCC clarke quay for coffee/supper after i fetch my parents to golden mile for their genting trip. I'm not going to club. I don't intend to.

Going to gym again on saturday and sunday. Going to try to do the sets properly.

Added 5kg to everything i lifted. Jia you!

Geni(o)us

2008-11-03T23:00:00.001+08:00

Haha i spelt genius wrongly twice in my previous entry. Spelt it with an O in the middle.

Still sounds the same but its a spelling mistake.

Ok.

First thing first. I dun think my weight is going down. LOL

Is that bad or what.

But then my body fat % dropped o.o

My current weight is 74kg.

A few days ago i measured my body fat % as 32.7%.

Now its 31.6%.

But my weight still remains the same. weirrrd.

Well, been playing Sudeki on XBOX over the weekend. And now like almost completing so my drive to play it diminished haha.

Fun game. But a bit tedious sometimes. Run here run there. Then not enough space to hold pots. Then not enough pots. Overall not a bad game. I give it 7/10.

-1 for the potting problem.

-1 for the not being able to warp around more efficiently problem.

-1 for not being to play after completing the game(assuming)

My army friends tried persuading me to go clubbing this friday.

I've never been to clubbing and i don't intend on doing so.

Why? I'm not sure.

I'm not afraid of those kind of places. I don't have any phobia related to them.

I just don't like this kind of places.

You can say that i have a narrow mind and i tend to judge things before i experience them myself. Can say that i don't have the right to comment on how bad or how sick the experience will be since i never experience it myself beforehand.

But i guess that are somethings in life that does not require any firsthand experience and you know that you won't like it?

All the bullshit about, "oh my friend/I used to hate this kind of places as well. But after i brought him/i went myself once, he/i was hooked to it and is now a clubbing addict."

I don't take any of that crap. I won't and i will never be like that. This is me.

I'm a stubborn person. And when i'm quite sure i'm right about some stuff, I'm right about some stuff. Especially with things that has got to do with the way how i think and feel.

Generally you can say i'm a boring person if you are into clubbing, drinking, smoking, gambling etc. Cos i'm not into any one of those.

Go to club listen to music? Who goes to club and concentrate on the music actually? You just get high from the intoxication from all the booze and dance while trying to find a girl to grind and make yourself shiok for the next 10mins or so.

I'm not that kind of person. I'm not gay. I just don't like. Simple as that.

Update

2008-10-29T19:16:00.001+08:00

Ok a couple of things to update.

Several things happened over the weekend.

1st. Friday night went to gym. Man it was packed. I'm not going to gym at 7pm again. Probably try 9pm this week.

2nd. Saturday morning.

My army friends came over to my house for steamboat. Since i decided to have my off day that day. I didn't really pay attention to what i ate. except that i didn't eat that much.

My god! The soup is sooo oily! Where got people put taiwanese sausage into steamboat one? And dunno which genius bought 10 packets of those "jin zhen gu"

And Best. some china dude bought vegetarian stuff. ... all the soy and starch. No wonder i was easily fulled. And some guy go and put in some many ham. No wonder the soup so oily la!

ok that aside, i was quite busy that day. Busy being a good host haha. Running here and there and thats why i wasn't in a lot of pictures.

The steamboat ended around 3pm and those genious put all the left overs into my fridge without me knowing. Lol until my mum open the fridge then i know.

After that i left house to meet up with anna and all to chill.

Suppose to meet at bugis at 6pm but i left house early. So i thought might as well go for a slow drive. Decided to go via ECP. So i happily drive up SLE and TPE.

And along the way i saw a sign. [ TO KPE(ECP) ]

Eh haha. Being a genious, i decided to drive there and test out the feeling of driving in the new tunnel. Hmm Not bad. Except for the entrance where there is a huge warning banner thingy that says 'turn on your radio' and the color was like bright orange.

I couldn't see what it was until i was a few metres away from it. Almost lost control of my car because of that.

I wanted to exit on ECP. So i drove and drove. Sticking to the 70km/h limit. Not bad.

Then i saw a sims avenue exit and so i decided to take it. Yikes wrong exit. Paid 2.50 ERP =X.

But Hey i reached Suntec City. Since i was still early, decided to go to carrefour to do some grocery shopping.

And Tada! Finally found the Quinoa (Pronounced Qwee-Wah). Its a sort of seed that is said to be extremely healthy and is a very good substitute for rice cos there is no gluten.

The stinking seeds cost me 10 bucks for just like the size of a pencil box. 10 Stinking dollars. For a pencil box. Think $10 can buy be a sack, no 2 sacks of rice. 10 dollars for 1/10th the size of a regular 10kg rice sack. Damn.

Oh when i said stinking seeds, i really mean stinking seeds. When i cooked it, the smell reminded me of those chinese herbal tea, yang sheng or ren sheng whatever it is. And I Hate that smell.

Despite the smell, decided the at least taste it. For one thing, it does actually taste like rice. texture wise anyway. The lingering something-sheng smell is extremely strong and irritating. But when i mixed it with soup, chili and other stuff the smell went away. haha.

Ok back to saturday. Met up with Anna, Huiting and Jia Qing where they were plucking their eyebrows. huiting keep psycho-ing me to pluck mine but i insisted that i like natural haha.

Went to a seafood restaurant by jack's place to have our dinner. So so only.

Then went to mind's cafe to play and wait for ron. When we reached the boat quay mind's cafe, we realised that we could have gone to the one on princep street. Which was like a 5min walk away from where we were, bugis junction. Damn. Oh well. Haha had an enjoyable time there and then i decided to go home while they wanted to meet up with hazel and chill a lil more. Drove them to some place in tanjong pagar i think. or issit tiong baru. Ah whatever. Somewhere near chinatown and then drove home.

Sunday Duty.

Monday went home and took out my xbox and played Fable: Lost Chapters and i'm hooked haha. I like using fireball and bust things up.

Tuesday took off and went to ICA to collect passport. needed to wait 107 names before my turn. Was almost tempted to eat nasi lemak lol. but no i curbed myself.

Met up with Lock at YCK station and we went for a gym session at the gym there. Damn shagged. Argh. ARGGH. Whats wrong with my dead lift? damn.

Need to practise infront of mirror more.

And Ah hA! I found a fast food i can eat!

Mos Burger!

The Natsumi burger series. Haha bought a Natsumi beef burger without the sauce which i suppose was either mayo or tartar or thousand island dressing. And that stinking burger cost me 3.50 dollars. Price to pay to be healthy. But Even the beef patty wasn't exactly healthy. a bit too oily. But heck la. After a shagged out session with lock, i couldn't think of anything else.

Well, ate the 6 meals today again. Ok 1st thing first. Flaxseed is suppose to taste erm... nutty? but it doesn't. It has. NO. Taste. DRY. and. NO. Taste.

It doesn't go with a dry salad. It makes it even dry-er. the salad was horrible today. Don't have any lemon at home to make a decent dressing. Guess need to start buying soon.

Now i'm deciding should i drink coke zero or not.

I feel like a drug addict. LOL Having withdrawal symptoms for not drinking coke. Ah! Coke zeros in my storeroom! Stop Tempting me!

Personality test

2008-10-24T21:11:00.001+08:00

Went to take the test thats on Heng's blog. haha
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

These are the results:

Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

Yes i'm intelligent. Wahahaha.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Very true. Not that looks aren't important. But i'm attracted to people who are nice to me naturally haha.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

Yea guess so.

The seriousness of your love:
You have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Sensible? I think i'm a failure in this. I'm definitely NOT straightforward lol.

Your views on education:
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

Now this is something i disagree. I think education is one of the most important things in life. I don't want to work. I want to playyyyyyyy!

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

Not sure about this... but yea guess so.

How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.

Half true. The 2nd part is definitely true. But i'm a man of reasonably high ambitions lol.

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

o.o I'm shocked. LOL. This is quite accurate.

Who is your true self:
You like privacy very much because you enjoy spending time with your own thoughts. You like to disappear when you cannot find solutions to your own problems, but you would feel better if you learned to share your thoughts with a person you trust.

Bingo! Exactly what i think.

Haha surprising how 9 unrelated questions and tell so much.

Go try it!

Current Weight: Should be 74.5kg or 74kg.

Think after the next gym session, i will increase the weight of the weights i'm using. Prolly add a bit more.

Its getting hard...

2008-10-23T21:16:00.001+08:00

Finished duty today.

Oh god. Its getting hard.

Gym sessions are fine. I'm actually enjoying it haha. As compared to jogging cos it gets boring after like 2 times. But in gyms i actually know what to do. Sort of have short term aims each time. Unlike running which is just aimlessly running.

Why issit getting hard?

Eating close to tasteless food everyday. Feeling full of gas the entire day. Recurrent burping and farting. Paranoid about every single thing that enters my mouth. Paranoid about what to do the day after. No much results after 1 and a half weeks. Damn.

I can't even drink a cup of coffee with peace now.

An endless battle within the confines of my skull rages throughout the day.

"Coffee is full of sugar! Sugar = Carbo! Carbo = Calories!"

Damn.

Wanted to give up today. Stood up suddenly and dragged Abhilash to emart.

I bought a time out bar(Chocolate) and started munching on it. Decided there and then that enough is enough. I shall not torture myself this way.

A person is born to this world to enjoy and appreciate everything around him.

Food is not to be feared. Its to be eaten in pleasure.

I don't care if i grow fat and die.

We die eventually.

Why should we subject ourselves to such pain!? We should just eat everything and anything we want! We only get to live this once!

That was pretty much in my head from 12pm. Till around 3pm.

Wanted to tell my mum that i want to give up. But then, I guess sometimes i just need a break.

Throughout the day i was quite annoyed and frustrated about everything.

Had rice for the 1st time in 1 and a half weeks. Honestly i thought i missed it. But on the contrary, lol didn't feel anything.

Now i'm motivated once again, lol to try again. Like lock said, i barely even started.

But then i guess my meals were a bit too hard-cored. I was too strict on myself. I was following a meal plan made for body builders. I'm a chunk of meat. Fatty Meat. I need to give myself some time before i adapt.

Its like smoking. It takes time to quit. Not that i'm quitting. lol. But i've decided to review my meal plans again. Maybe allowing some breathing space for myself here and there.

Decided to go with preparing 3 meals tomorrow.

1st meal: Cereal

2nd meal: Boiled Brocoli with some meat.

3rd meal: SFI. if not, then probably Another serving of brocoli.

4th meal: Sandwich. Gonna make it in camp since my loaf of wholemeal bread is there. Using the veg from the salad i'm bringing.

5th meal: Salad.

6th meal: Whatever mom's gonna cook.

After that, i'm hitting saturday. Gonna have steamboat =D and dinner with anna and gang. and then COFFEE!

Hmm on more casual note, I've got a couple of things i need to do over this weekend.

1. Wash my bag. Its smells of spinach now.

2. Buy a new case for my ipod. It smells of sweat now.

3. Buy quinoa. Sort of like a rice substitute.

4. Buy strings for my guitar. Don't like how it sounds now.

5. Make a new vinaigrette and also grind my flaxxseed. As well as finding fenugrade seeds.

Duty-ing on Sunday. And i have no idea how long i can last.

Oh. One reason why i was very frustrated was because my weight was stagnant for a while.

Then no results and i'm doing so much. Sadded.

Ah Kee said my chin looks sharper lol. I assumed he's just saying it to comfort me.

But somehow that sentence brought back my motivation lol.

Cheater!

2008-10-19T20:13:00.001+08:00

Lol I'm so sorry to myself.

I cheated today lol. Well mainly cos i slept in the most of my afternoon. Why?

I think i had a sleep debt since friday.

Friday i had duty, Saturday i went out the whole day till 3am. Then today i went to Bai Bai . So i decided to sleep at 11.30am to freshen up myself for my meet up with my army friends at 2pm.

But my friend smsed me and said that he has visitors to his house and thus not going anymore.

Haha seeing that message, my sleep mechanism kicked in lol. The next moment i knew, it was 7.30pm. I intended to just continue sleeping but i was hungry lol.

Hmm so what did i eat? I ate ampang yong tau foo haha. Minus the fried stuff haha.

Yummy. ok tomorrow's meals are settled.

Lets talk about saturday =D

I went to gym and did 4 exercises. Squats, Chest Press(?), Assisted chin up and Dead lift.

haha had some advice from Zack, a new friend i made in gym for my dead lift and now my ENTIRE body aches. Lol. Aching is good! I will be stronger.

My meals were pretty alright till my 5th and 6th.

I went to NP LSCT's alumni gathering in the evening with a couple of friends and MY GOD! The Performance was HORRIBLE. The food was TERRIBLE. In overall it was a lousy event.

Haha we left at around 8 and i decided to join another group of friends to have a cup of coffee. But ended up i wanted to eat my 6th meal and thus we went to food republic when i had a small bowl of yong tau foo and we went to indochine after that.

Sat outside and i ordered 1st a cup of orange juice and then a cup of coffee. I should have ordered 2 cups of coffee. Cos the coffee was half the price of the orange juice >.< My friends ordered beer and mocktails and champagne while i sat there drinking orange juice and coffee. Severely overpriced orange juice and coffee. The very one thing i said i would never do. oh well haha.

We started crapping and talking randomly until the topic of Master Koh(?) came up. While this master koh reads palm and stuff and always appear in nus science canteen during bazaars. My 3 friends went to see him before and were sharing their own experiences. Then hazel asked me 1 question about something and then she concluded that my personality is exactly like her mum's.

Lol then she started listing several traits of her mum and i was shocked.

These are the stuff that i thought only i would know about myself.

Lol I can't say that i was happy or not happy when i found out so much. Why? To be honest, i was quite bothered by it. I dunno why but i wasn't comfortable with so much of myself being displayed and listed out by her like a platter of sashimi spread. But i kept asking her what's her mum like. And the more i know, the more i wanted to know. lol. I couldn't stop asking whats her mum was like. It was quite fascinating. But then when i was alone afterwards, i felt disturbed. Dunno why. Just uneasy.

Oh well. Weight loss!

Giving up?

2008-10-16T20:20:00.001+08:00

No i'm not.

My mum is though lol. She think its hard on her haha. Cos i bother her with some nitty gritty stuff like wrapping sandwiches, boiling some chicken.

I told her its only been 4 days. And i made a bet with a friend about that $5. She said she will give me 2 weeks and if still no results, scrape it.

Lol i dunno how much longer i can last like this. Living such a hectic life. Everyday worry about this and that. Worry too much fat. Too little carb. Too little meat. Too big portion meal. Too many stuff to bring. Too little stuff left at home.

Argh its taking a toll on me. I'm feeling very tired daily. All this just to lose weight?

Why am i writing such depressing thoughts?

Cos SFI lunch today was: Fried Chicken Drumstick/Thigh. French Fries. Broccoli and Cauliflower in some unknown sauce. Pork Rib in some unknown sauce as well. Damn.

And what did i have? A mix salad. With yet another impromptu vinaigrette-suppose-to-be. This time it was tasteless lol. My vinaigrette was hard when i took it out of the fridge in the morning. Wanted to give it a little swirl but then when my spoon went in, It felt like i was stirring jam lol. And because of that i missed my bus and had to trouble my dad to fetch me to camp.

Threw away that batch of vinaigrette. And made a fresh one.

How i made it?

First, Cut half a lemon.

Squeeze the juice out of it into a bowl.

Add 2x the amount of olive oil to the bowl as compared to the lemon juice.

Add a bit of salt and pepper.

Start mixing like how u make a frothy looking egg mixture.

The lemon and oil will cuddle like egg yolk and egg white seriously.

Next i added a bit of vinegar and vwad-la!

Vinaigrette Al Kelvin-o!

Lol it felt fun when i was stirring the mixture. Like i was a real chef lol. Oh yea. Diced in some shallots for some flavor as well.

What is the food of the day? It's...............(drum roll).......................... Dong Fen in Soup With a lot of vegetables! Its what i ate for dinner lol. Finally some real food. I dun care if Dong Fen is like rice or what. I'm tired and thats all i care. Once in a while is alright i guess?

Been having a lot of half-fuck burps these few days. Could it be because i'm eating a lot of vegetables? I don't see any improvement in my bowels yet. But i just had one. Didn't really feel like having one but was wondering why none came. So i just sat on the toilet bowl and 'cake' a bit. And plat! it came out! lol

Ah enough about shit. Been feeling a soreness at the back of one side of my mouth today. I think the gum around the area is swollen. I wonder if its because the tooth is pushed into the back thats why its like that? Or issit because of Wisdom tooth? Hmm

But i think wisdom tooth should be more painful? not just soreness. Well, if really wisdom tooth shiok man. Lol 1 Week MC! and eat unedible stuff. Bound to lose weight =D.

Was thinking back in the day. When can i eat rice again... hmm. I miss it.

Current Weight: 74 - 75Kg.

My Scale is ancient. And my eyes are blurred. Can't see properly. Shall decieve myself and think i lost 0.5kg LOL!

Food of the day: Shredded Chicken with half a hard boiled egg-with-a-perfectly-boiled-yolk sandwich!

2008-10-15T20:50:00.001+08:00

Just came back from swimming at Woodlands Swimming Complex. After a long time not swimming, it felt difficult to actually swim properly. I initially targetted to do around 20 laps. But i lost count after a few. But i'm pretty sure it wasn't anywhere near 15. lol! Its tiring. but i could feel the different muscles in my body working. Which was something i never notice before. Thats good i suppose?

Decided to change my original plan of having 3 gym sessions a week to 2 and slot in a cardio for the omitted gym. Why? Cos i'm lazy =D

Well, finished preparing my meals for tomorrow. 2 salads and 2 sandwiches. morning will be cereal and night will be mum's cooking -rice. Been doing this for the past 3 days and its alright.

Ate 6 meals today as well.

1st thing first. Salmon Does not Go with Bread. I repeat. SALMON DOES NOT GO WITH BREAD.

It tasted WEIRD. Lol. I even try putting pepper and salt. But the flavor did not come out. Hmm. Had a couple of salads along the day. 1st was brocoli with fishball. The brocoli was hard. Really hard. I think i cooked too long lol.

Then was a mixed salad. i taste my vinaigrette for the 1st time today. It was... weird as well. Not a bad weird but rather, there wasn't much taste to it. Except for a very very light lemony zesty taste. Not sweet not sour. Didn't feel oily even when the major part of the vinaigrette was olive oil. Weird but i can continue eating it haha.

Lol meepok was commenting that the whole day he just saw me eating. Like very blissed. Lol he don't know how much hard work it was to prepare all those stuff. Lets hope i will slim down.

Oh yea. In the 1st post i said i wanted to do some measurements about the arm, thigh and stuff. Fuck it. Too cumbersome. Just gonna stick with weight.

AH! i realised the PURPLE cabbage i bought yesterday(refer to pic in last entry) wasn't the frizzy(god-knows-how to spell it) i wanted. Realised it when i was trying to pill the layers and discovered it was so thick and hard. And disgusting. Bleah. Wasted 2bucks.

My triceps are still hurting from monday's gym session. What does this mean? It means i have weak triceps. Lol. Sometimes i think i've been a walking piece of lard for the past 20 years and why i was so satisfied with being a piece of lard. I wonder. hmm. I blame it on Yeos, F&N for making such great beverages. I also blame it on McDonalds and Al-Ameen for making such delicious food. Ah Sinful pleasures.

But now things will change. I will lose weight. I will become fit. I will lose weight.

Current Weight: 75kg

Sometimes the 1st step to doing anything is : Self-Deception.

Day 2

2008-10-14T16:27:00.001+08:00

Went to the dentist at around 1 and came back home.
Dropped by the supermarket and decided to buy some grocery.

This is what i bought.

Hmm spent around $13 this time.

Was walking through the supermarket and bumped into wai kiat. haha. Shocked.

It was time for the 4th meal of the day so i decided to grill the salmon and throw in some salad.
Made an impromptu Lemon Vinaigrette-suppose-to-be and drizzled over the entire plate. And decided to put a few drops of the tobasco sauce i bought earlier.

I shall call this: Grill Salmon with Lettuce with tomoato with lemon with olive oil with pepper with salt with white vinegar and tobasco sauce. =D Original right. heh

AHHH. SOUR! I mixed up the ratio of the ingredients. Resulting in the lemon taste too strong >.<>

The salmon was great. Even plain. Sometimes i'm amazed with myself how i have such good cooking skill. Even though its my first time grilling salmon haha.>.<

Currently eating my 5th meal of the day... which is a chicken sandwich i made last night.

Hmm my mouth is currently in a lot of pain. Even when not chewing. Argh. i wonder if i should go for sashimi later lol.

(What!? You are trying to slim down! What Sashimi!? !@#$!)

One small sashimi won't kill right? Heh alright! I shall go for the sashimi and eat properly. Sakura here i come!

Oh its Sashimi Buffet... =D

Back from Gym

2008-10-13T16:52:00.001+08:00

3rd post in the day.

Hmm just came back from the Gym at Woodlands Sports Complex.

Was like a blur cock there lol.

Didn't know what to do at all. Haha so sua ku.

Never been to a gym like that before.

Anyways, i did 3 sets of 5 machines over there. mainly focusing on the upper back and upper arm areas.

But then it felt like i was just playing around with the machines

lol

Oh well. The next gym session shall be planned properly.

I think i look slim when i'm breathing infront of the mirror. LOL

LOL!

2008-10-13T13:59:00.001+08:00

LOL! Just realise how funny that pictured looked. Was shocked to see it appear so big there lol. But i shall keep it. Looks interesting. =D Anyway that was me 3 years ago in Perth. I was 86kg then.

1st Entry

2008-10-13T12:37:00.001+08:00

Well after a long and arduous wait, I've decided to go ahead with my Weight Loss Project/Experiment.

1st thing First is what i intend to do.

I've always dreamed to be thin. Dreamed if i could be smart. Dreamed if only I have the body and looks of someone else with a genious brain and with my personality. Sounds silly but hey, it doesn't kill to be envious of the skinny and brainy people.

I used to think that the army will slim me down and my looks will change etc. And infact it did.

I weighed 86kg and was 1.73m tall. I wore size 36-38 pants and shirts that are XL. Shall post a past picture of me in the next post.

After BMT, I came out with 76kg and could fit into size 34 pants. I was estatic about the fact that I could actually fit into the pants I wore during Secondary 2. Recieved compliments about, "Wow couldn't recognise you at first!";"You slimmed down so much! OMG";"You getting slimmer and slimmer!". Haha its true that Singaporeans can't be praised. I got complacent and started gourging on trash food and my belly came back. All I wanted to do was to maintain my weight and leave it at that.

After i started my Braces treatment, i actually slimmed down for a few weeks because of the limitations on the food i could eat. But, i got used to having the braces in my mouth and now i can eat almost anything. Started to eat irresponsibly and back came my belly again.

And now I want to lose weight. I figured my total body fat % is around 30%(?) and i intend to reduce it to 20% as a short term goal. I'm not doing this for any girl or what but i'm just unhappy with the way i'm going if i don't do anything about it. It wasn't easy for me to lose that 10kg from BMT and i'm not going to bounce back.

Luckily for me, I got to know this friend of mine in my unit and he's aspiring to be a Body Builder. So i got tips on exercise and how to train etc. from him. It's only until recently that he brought up the topic on dieting and how important it is in order to lose weight.

I'm not talking about eating less for each meal, or skipping mealsetc. Sure, anyone can lose some weight from that, but they will gain it back as fast. Its a fact. I'm talking about spreading my meals into 6 meals a day. Gone are the terms breakfast, lunch and dinner. These 6 meals constitutes the amount of carbhydrate, protein, fats and other essential nutrients that i require

in a day. I'm aiming for a rough estimate of 2000cal intake per day and you might ask why 6 meals a day? Won't you eat more and grow fatter? Why can't i just eat normally?

A simple google on "6 Meals" will answer most of the questions. But I will try to explain it simply.
Spreading out the food intake to 6 meals a day maximises the body's metabolism rate. When your metabolism rate is high, you will burn more calories. The aim here is to burn as much calories as possible and burning calories = burning fat.

The amount of calories burnt should be more than the amount taken in through meals. And thus the meals are all healthy meals.

Being a lazy person, i'm lazy to count the calories. LOL. I will however eat whatever that is healthy in a moderate and controlled amount. As i'm still fat at the moment, counting the amount of calories in the food isn't really that important. It would be if i'm having problem losing the extra kilos to reach my aim. Then at that point of time i would probably have to choice to start counting them.

1st step to my project is: To plan.
My inspiration is from Lock, my army friend that i mentioned earlier and my goal as for now is to reach his stage. I will make my own meals for the next few months and try as much as possible to stick to it. Staying clear of fast food, and sweet drinks and tibits are part of the plan.
No more late night suppering for me. Lesser coffee. More exercise.
For planning how to settle the meals when i have duty, i'm still in the midst of planning.

2nd step: To prepare.
I'm going to take some measurements of my body. Namely a few points.
Thigh circumference.
Waistline circumference.
Arm circumference.
And my weight using the ancient weighing scale i have at home haha. Next is to prepare what to eat.

I went to the market just now and this is what i bought.

I've still got some stuff that i need to buy but thats i guess i can take it slowly from here.

Spent $25 on all this. The Cereal is for breakfast on days which i have duty, so that i won't have to bring so many meals into camp.

3rd step: To do.
Simple. I'm gonna do some exercise =D and eat properly from now on.

Well i'm not going to give up that easily. Its said that it takes 21 days for someone to stick to habit and in this case, losing weight. Lets see if i can stay on for the full 21 days =D

Wish me luck!