Sunday, February 7, 2010

30 seconds to mars-hurricane

awesome song...

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Turning on Comment moderation

These really annoying bastards keep leaving stupid commens in the blogs. I've not turned on the comment moderation. Bastards, go find something better to do.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Malaysia Badminton Open tomorrow~

Well, never thought I would get the chance to go watch this but here it is~ hopefully it would be exciting...

Sunday, January 17, 2010

A video that tzh somehow made

This made me lol until almost cry. Ok, although I have totally no face anymore, for whoever's seen this video, but it's just so dang hilarious, I kinda dun mind if it could make someone lol for a few minutes. Still, I'd grab the chance to hit tzh at the back of his head when I get the chance later.
http://en.tackfilm.se/?id=1263447708334RA81

Never thought I would buy this

but I did....

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Start with small steps...


Start my 2010 diet plan with small steps.... try out these things in small quantity first....

2010 resolutions

1. Have a healthier diet
1.1 Everyday eat at least one type of fruit
1.2 Start drinking fresh milk... although yiak... but must do it!
1.3 Learn how to eat... oatmeal
1.4 Start having whole grain cereal for breakfast... with milk? Em... slowly only add with milk
1.5 Cut down coffee (caffeine free for 10 days so far! yea~)
1.6 Start drinking pu-er tea. But to do this I need to buy the type of cup I could filter the tea leaves. Til now not yet buy...
1.7 Drink soya milk more.
1.8 Cut down fast food or no fast food at all.
1.9 Less meat, more vege.

2. Have a healthier lifesytle
2.1 Sleep before 12am. Hmm... this one kinda difficult.
2.2 Wake up before 7.30am... this one even more difficult somehow. Discipline!
2.3 Exercise at least 3 times a week.

3. Finish James Rollins's Sigma series: two more books now... Black Order, Doomsday Key

4. Cut down credit card usage. Use cash whenever I can.

These are all I can think of right now. If got more only add later.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Cholesterol cholesterol

9 Foods that Lower Cholesterol

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/9-foods-that-lower-cholesterol.html

By: Sue Gilbert

Here are some good general suggestions for lowering cholesterol:

1.Eat a fiber rich breakfast such as oatmeal, whole grain muffins, fruit. Read cereal box nutrition labels to choose one with 5 grams or more of fiber per serving. Oat bran and rice bran are the most effective.

2.Switch to whole grains. Choose whole grain breads, crackers, bagels, muffins, waffles, pancakes.

3.Eat legumes (beans) at least three times a week. Try bean soup, cold bean salad, hummus sandwiches, black bean dip, toasted soy beans as snacks. Soy protein is especially effective, so be sure to include plenty. Even soymilk, tofu and textured soy protein are good.

4.Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. One at breakfast, one veggie (e.g. carrot sticks, tomato slices) and one fruit (e.g. orange sections, apple) at lunch, and one salad and one cooked vegetable at dinner ... that makes an easy five!

5.Choose whole fruit, skin included, instead of juice. Juice is the fruit with all the fiber removed.

6.Eat garlic. Cooked or raw garlic both contain compounds that help lower your liver's production of cholesterol.

7.Other good foods include raw onion, salmon, olive oil, almonds, walnuts, avocados (the latter five are all high in fat but most of it is monounsaturated fat which helps to improve cholesterol).

8.Eat plenty of foods that contain the natural antioxidants, vitamins C and E:

sweet red and green peppers cantaloupe sunflower seeds walnuts
strawberries papaya almonds peanuts
oranges grapefruit juice wheat germ soybeans
broccoli brussel sprouts wheat germ oil soybean oil

9.Studies show that a little bit of wine or beer helps cholesterol levels. Binge drinking is not effective, but light to moderate drinking through the week is.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

... and I'm going to Sri Lanka

Monday, when they first told me they're going to Sri Lanka, I wanted to run away from the conversation, because I knew the next thing mom will say is, you're coming with us, right? My first thought was, NO! Firstly, it's another few thousand bucks again. I already didn't save any money this year mainly due to the freaking house thing. 2ndly, Sri Lanka? No offense but I have no interest at all, none, nada. This money, I can save for other trip that I really want to go. So on the spot, I told them, no I wanna save money so I don't wanna go. She said dad can pay for me. I was like what? NO WAY!
Tuesday, evening, kitchen, mom said that she's checked with xxx, the weather in Sri Lanka is going to be breezy, not hot, just nice, and it's really relaxing to go there, pause, "We don't get to travel a lot, so I really hope you will go with us." Jeez! I almsot said yes, but I stood my ground, I must know how to say no, so no mom, I am really not interested. Then she said I can use the money I gave her from the insurance refund. I said, that money is for you... then guess what she said, "so now I decide to use it for your trip." JEEZ~~ I didn't say anything, just continue to cook the dinner.
Wednesday evening, driving home, on the radio, news mentioned the last surviving ex-MU player from the 1960 plane crash has passed away. He was 78 years old. I thought, my parents are 60++ years old, how do they feel about their mortality? Are they scared? Will they look back in they 60 years of lives and feel satisfy? Then it hit me, if I were to move away in the future and live my own life, or when they're too old to walk around, there will be no more chance to go travel with them. And another thought hit me again, I once told myself I will not be a slave to money like them, but that's exactly I've become. I know then what I needed to do. If going travel with them is what makes them happy, that's the least I can do for them, since they've sacrifice all their time for $ and for this family. The insurance refund money I gave mom, gave me the satisfaction that I did a little bit for them, but that's not making her happy. Now, for her, it's not about the money anymore. I can save money slowly again this year. So, I shove my dream back to the vault, and I'm going to Sri Lanka for cny.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Must... keep myself cheerful

This backpain thing is actually really, quite depressing. Although it's finally got a lil bit better this morning, after applying new cream from doc... it still feel sore a bit and 'sour'. I don't know how to describe it. Emotionally I've not yet gone to the very dark place yet but it's nevertheless, quite bitter. I've tried my best not to think too much about it so it could get better, right, law of attraction, think bout backpain then it'll always be there. But I think I also don't wanna keep these thoughts inside me either, so mayb if I'd just write it all out now, I can feel bit better. Here I go.
I have another year to reach 30 and yet I'm already facing back problem. How am I going to survive until 35, 40 or 50 years old? I feel so old and crappy. Can't even tell my parents, coz they'd worry, and say stuff that I already know what they wanna say and don't wanna hear like, 'haiya, because you didn't drink milk last time.' (you think I want meh, I wanna puke when I smell it, how to drink?) or 'haiya, how come like that, always get hurt" Yea, those maybe words of caring and worries but when I hear them, it doesn't motivate me, so no thank you, I don't wanna hear them.

Been trying to look at the bright side. At least I can make up for it, right? eat the right food, drink the right stuff, do the right exercise... ie i really need to consider not playing badminton. Not only because of the back, but also my ankles. If I simply play, I don't get the satisfaction. If I play it 'hardworkingly', my ankles always end up having problems. Maybe all this is a sign for me to quit it. I don't know. I have good time lol in badminton session, do I really wanna quit? *sigh* There are times that I'd think, why not just do some big surgery on my back or my ankles and get it over with, so I can heal. Can you guys just stop coming back and then get better and then come back again? *sigh*
It's ok, all this writing is just to let out some steam, 发泄发泄. I have a very high bar in this house--my mom fell off the bicycle because some stupid driver didn't stop, and it made her leg all bruise and couldn't bend or lift her leg for a few days. But she didn't stop, she still ride bicycle those days, still went to work, still do her normal chores. So, if she could do it, I have to be able to pull through my pain too.
This sucks now, but I know tomorrow I'll recover more. I will pull it through.