Being personally obsessed with the internet, I am constantly surfing to find many things to share or blog about. However, I seldom post around in blogs. I’d rather write long and more substantive stories of my life or health tips and advices, even blabberings that you both won’t and will be seeing elsewhere. Ironic..
However, today, unusually, I’ve written and posted 3 already. This shall be my 4th. What I’m saying is that I always felt that it’s just a waste of time to post or blog around, especially about unnecessary issues or stories, which won’t do any good or beneficial to readers (like there’ll ever be a reader). Yupp, me being cynical again.
But above all my feeling about this, yet I still really want to share all those little, unnecessary things, either I found or I’ve put into a story, throughout my day with readers.
Well, today’s many writings is due to the boredom I'm facing now at work. Only if I had known of the cancelled training, I wouldn’t have come. But being perpetuate enough, work is still work. Hey, I’m getting paid to come to work, that’s why its called work. Well at least I still have my sense of responsible-ness.
Anyways, it’s the last day of work for the week. The week had gone lithely. It had been filled with miscellany endeavors and sessions of training on numerous manifestos of the job scope. But this boredom robbing the moment is being astringent as it can be. I’m saying that time is my new enemy now, for its being playful with me quite recently. When I needed it more than anything, its playing a role as scarcity. And in times like this, its lingering around invading in and evolving around me when I'm doing the best thing in the world – nothing! Ok, I am being melodramatic about everything now, aren’t I? But seriously, it’s draining and hackneying everyone out.
Ok guys, I’m being deliberately making a big fuss out of everything, just so I could fill my “plenty” of time today. Ok then, I’m gone. Time’s up. Time to go home. Later.
Cheerios~
Friday, April 4, 2008
Destiny in Life
Ever wonder what you have done in your life, so far, past and present? Have you ever have thoughts and wonders if they were and are all worth, consuming most of your time and energy? Let me tell you a story which you might have heard of before.
Long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horsemen that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land areas as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered. Sure enough, the horsemen quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding on and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.
Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, “Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself”.
The above story is similar with the journey of our life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.
One day when we look back, we will realize we don’t need that much, but then, we cannot turn back time for what we have missed. Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. Life is definitely not about work! However, work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a balance of work and play, family and personal time.
You have to decide how you want to balance your life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim of human existence. So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile, life is short. Do not take life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and most importantly, enjoy your life!
Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
So, enjoy everyday as yours??
Long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horsemen that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land areas as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered. Sure enough, the horsemen quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding on and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.
Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, “Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself”.
The above story is similar with the journey of our life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.
One day when we look back, we will realize we don’t need that much, but then, we cannot turn back time for what we have missed. Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. Life is definitely not about work! However, work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a balance of work and play, family and personal time.
You have to decide how you want to balance your life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim of human existence. So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile, life is short. Do not take life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and most importantly, enjoy your life!
Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
So, enjoy everyday as yours??
Crossing the bridge to a strange world - A Newborn!
Oh, I've never mentioned (can't I be any ruder?), I started my new job on April Fool's day. If previously I was in a banking industry, this time I'm in an IT industry, doing publishing - editorial to be precise. Nothing to do with the honours discipline I took for my degree, I am going through a major, new and strange environment, for I have not even a clue in what I get myself into. But hey, It's only the 4th day of training (keeping my fingers crossed, hoping it would not be so bad).
I am in a team called something like this : "Pioneer Align Team", for the U.S. market, Chicago to be exact. We are a team of 12 people, its structure consisting of 2 production managers, 2 trainers from Chicago, 2 team leaders, 2 senior production editors, and 4 production editors. And the "coolest" thing about this team is that our working hours starts from 10 p.m. and ends at 6 a.m. Yeap! We are the nightingales, night birdies/hawks, whatever you want to call us.
Anyways, we had a photo session last night. So here we are:
I am in a team called something like this : "Pioneer Align Team", for the U.S. market, Chicago to be exact. We are a team of 12 people, its structure consisting of 2 production managers, 2 trainers from Chicago, 2 team leaders, 2 senior production editors, and 4 production editors. And the "coolest" thing about this team is that our working hours starts from 10 p.m. and ends at 6 a.m. Yeap! We are the nightingales, night birdies/hawks, whatever you want to call us.
Anyways, we had a photo session last night. So here we are:
The New Family
Generosity of a Former Insomniac - Keeping the Pounds Off While You Are Sleeping
I am an insomniac. Well, was one. I suffered a major sleeping disorder few years ago. While I was supposed to be blooming gracefully as a teenager, I underwent this bad habit. I went through 5 days straight with only 2 hours of sleep. And the next time I snored, even if I snore – oh yes, I know I do snore, was in 144 hours. No kidding. I used to wish of having dreams, even bad ones because I didn’t get the chance to dream. And I ended up vomiting and having headaches, feeling nausea most of the time. I blacked out one sunny afternoon after 4 days and nights of none sleep. It was terrible. The only prescription from doctors was medicines and supplements which were supposed to make me drowsy, but it wasn’t helpful most of the time. Anyways, I chose to write about this health-affecting habit, or more precisely, disease, for my essay for a test I had to do last night at work. For documentum purpose they say, right. I chose to write about this issue was because it had made huge changes in my life, both with and without it.
Did you know that if you aren’t getting adequate sleep, you may find yourself hungry even after consuming a sufficient amount of food? In addition to affecting our control in appetite, sleep loss interferes with the process of breaking down carbs – that is our carb metabolism; I always hate using scientific terms. Anyways, this effect leads to an increase in our blood glucose levels, causing insulin to be released, which can lead to weight gain and increase fat storage.
However, I shall not bore you more with how my life was affected with insomnia because I would rather write about the preventions of insomnia. It will be more helpful. Truly, I got to know about a few tips by reading from numerous articles, but I shall stand out the few facts which I had newly known of.
Reserve your bed for sleeping and sex only. Paying bills, watching TV, and other “sleep-robbing” activities which we always do should be conducted elsewhere. The next precaution which I am about to write is rather difficult to follow, but whatever it is, don’t go to bed hungry. Seriously, I would never want to do this ever before, thinking that it’s unhealthy to eat before you sleep. I always thought I’ll see an increase in the waistline or a swell in the bump of my stomach the next morning. However, a light snack like a reduced-fat cheese stick or a slice of lean deli meat can be enjoyably consuming before bedtime. And for those sweat-out fanatics, whatever you exercise, you have to refrain from exercising three hours before bedtime since exercise releases the hormone called epinephrine, which can boost up your level of alertness. Log some exercise time during the day can improve your ability to sleep. Caffeine lovers, this might hurt you a little bit. But drinking a stimulant of caffeine several hours of retiring to bed can cause early awakening. Same goes with alcohols. Smokers on the other hand, if you still, you must. And if you must, quit!
Other precautions I have no doubt is stagnant somewhere by your fingertips. But it’s just a matter of whether you want to oblige to it or not. If you typically have trouble sleeping at night, avoid napping during the day. If you’ve been trying to fall asleep for more than 30 minutes, get your butt out of bed and do something relaxing; for instance, take a bath, read a magazine, record your thoughts in a journal (like people still do this) until you feel sleepy. Truly, to me, making sure my environmental is conducive enough for sleeping is enough. Comfortable light, sound, and temperature seems to be an easy pathway to getting sleepy, but as for me, dark and shut the hell of noises are what I call as my way. A good tip is to be consistent about the time we go to be and what time you wake up each day, and by all means, this also means on weekends!
If you are making plans to stay in perfect shape, a lack of sleep is the last thing you need because it may be affecting your ability to lose weight. I tried some of the “safety measures”, and truthfully, some worked but some didn’t. I strongly believe that it depends on the individual itself. If you think you fall in this “insomniac” category, start practicing the tips I have mentioned above. It might be helpful. No harm trying it. It could, in fact, give you a healthier life indeed.
Did you know that if you aren’t getting adequate sleep, you may find yourself hungry even after consuming a sufficient amount of food? In addition to affecting our control in appetite, sleep loss interferes with the process of breaking down carbs – that is our carb metabolism; I always hate using scientific terms. Anyways, this effect leads to an increase in our blood glucose levels, causing insulin to be released, which can lead to weight gain and increase fat storage.
However, I shall not bore you more with how my life was affected with insomnia because I would rather write about the preventions of insomnia. It will be more helpful. Truly, I got to know about a few tips by reading from numerous articles, but I shall stand out the few facts which I had newly known of.
Reserve your bed for sleeping and sex only. Paying bills, watching TV, and other “sleep-robbing” activities which we always do should be conducted elsewhere. The next precaution which I am about to write is rather difficult to follow, but whatever it is, don’t go to bed hungry. Seriously, I would never want to do this ever before, thinking that it’s unhealthy to eat before you sleep. I always thought I’ll see an increase in the waistline or a swell in the bump of my stomach the next morning. However, a light snack like a reduced-fat cheese stick or a slice of lean deli meat can be enjoyably consuming before bedtime. And for those sweat-out fanatics, whatever you exercise, you have to refrain from exercising three hours before bedtime since exercise releases the hormone called epinephrine, which can boost up your level of alertness. Log some exercise time during the day can improve your ability to sleep. Caffeine lovers, this might hurt you a little bit. But drinking a stimulant of caffeine several hours of retiring to bed can cause early awakening. Same goes with alcohols. Smokers on the other hand, if you still, you must. And if you must, quit!
Other precautions I have no doubt is stagnant somewhere by your fingertips. But it’s just a matter of whether you want to oblige to it or not. If you typically have trouble sleeping at night, avoid napping during the day. If you’ve been trying to fall asleep for more than 30 minutes, get your butt out of bed and do something relaxing; for instance, take a bath, read a magazine, record your thoughts in a journal (like people still do this) until you feel sleepy. Truly, to me, making sure my environmental is conducive enough for sleeping is enough. Comfortable light, sound, and temperature seems to be an easy pathway to getting sleepy, but as for me, dark and shut the hell of noises are what I call as my way. A good tip is to be consistent about the time we go to be and what time you wake up each day, and by all means, this also means on weekends!
If you are making plans to stay in perfect shape, a lack of sleep is the last thing you need because it may be affecting your ability to lose weight. I tried some of the “safety measures”, and truthfully, some worked but some didn’t. I strongly believe that it depends on the individual itself. If you think you fall in this “insomniac” category, start practicing the tips I have mentioned above. It might be helpful. No harm trying it. It could, in fact, give you a healthier life indeed.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Health Alarm #3 - Quenching Your Thirst
Making improvements to your current lifestyle involves a multipronged approach: For instance, selecting the right fats and carbs over trans fats and highly processed carbs; choosing beverages without added sugar and other unhealthy fillers; and getting enough physical activities.
Ahh..,even the water you drink to quench your thirst plays a bog role in affecting your health. Here are some tips:
Ahh..,even the water you drink to quench your thirst plays a bog role in affecting your health. Here are some tips:
- Water
- 1 percent low-fat or fat-free milk or buttermilk
- Low-fat (4 grams of fat or less) plain soy milk or sucralose-containing flavored soy milk
- Coffee and tea (limit caffeine-containing beverages to 1-2 servings per day)
- Decaffeinated coffee and tea
- Herbal tea without added sugars (Avoid any teas that promise to help you lose weight or boast any other unrealistic health claim.)
- Sugar-free flavored waters (check labels carefully, as flavored waters often contain hidden sugars), soda, iced teas, powdered drinks, etc.
- Club soda or seltzer
- Tomato or vegetable juice cocktail (eyuk!)
- Fruit juices
- Sodas with added sugar
- Whole or 2 percent reduced-fat milk
- Alcohol (On the occasions that you do drink, you may have up to two glasses of wine. If you prefer another alcoholic beverage, you can choose from vodka, gin, whiskey, scotch, bourbon, tequila, or rum instead.)
- Flavored waters with added sugar
Health Alarm #2 - Breakfast On the Go
Often, it seems easier to grab a bagel or donut on the way to the office or skip breakfast altogether. But neither of these practices will help you reach your goals of losing weight and becoming healthier. Eating refined carbs may cause cravings to return, and skipping breakfast may encourage you to overeat throughout the day, which leads to unhealthy weight gain.(Yikes, that's a no-no).
Worry not..here are some breakfast options that are perfect for eating on the go:
Worry not..here are some breakfast options that are perfect for eating on the go:
- Pre-cooked deviled or hard-boiled eggs
- Celery sticks with natural, no-added-sugar peanut butter
- Single-serve nonfat or 1-percent cottage cheese cups
- Pre-cooked turkey bacon
- Individual low-fat cheese slices or low-fat cheese sticks
- Sliced turkey or other low-fat meats
- Tomato or vegetable juice cocktail in single-serving cans
- Low-fat or nonfat plain yogurt
- Low-fat or nonfat artificially sweetened, flavored yogurt (Limit to 6 ounces daily and make sure to avoid yogurts with added sugars.)
- Whole-wheat sliced bread or whole-wheat English muffin topped with low-fat cheese or part-skim ricotta cheese.
- Fresh berries or other seasonal fruit
- Steel-cut or slow-cooking oatmeal (Season with cinnamon and artificial sweetener to perk up the taste)
Monday, January 7, 2008
Our Return
So I'm back from Birmie. Ohh, it had been so fast, but I'm glad that I'm home. The holiday was great, fabulous, anything I could've asked for a great year-end holiday.
Upon arrival in Birmingham International Airport, the temperature gave me a cold shiver. The pilot had announced it was -2 degree. Figured it wouldn't be so bad. Yah.., I took back my figurations when I was about to leave the building. Anyways, the flat rented by my friend, Haniyyah, where my sister and I was staying was just great. It was the coziest place I could say.
Anyways, I wouldn't want to be long-winded about everything, therefore I shall post pictures of my stay there, followed by the places we've visited and events we've celebrated there. Believe me, I didn't want to leave unblogged for a very long time, but the amount of pictures are just..loads!! And I can't be uploading "all" of 'em in here. It'll be massive. And readers will go, "Awhh man! Isn't this more than enough already??!!"
Upon arrival in Birmingham International Airport, the temperature gave me a cold shiver. The pilot had announced it was -2 degree. Figured it wouldn't be so bad. Yah.., I took back my figurations when I was about to leave the building. Anyways, the flat rented by my friend, Haniyyah, where my sister and I was staying was just great. It was the coziest place I could say.Anyways, I wouldn't want to be long-winded about everything, therefore I shall post pictures of my stay there, followed by the places we've visited and events we've celebrated there. Believe me, I didn't want to leave unblogged for a very long time, but the amount of pictures are just..loads!! And I can't be uploading "all" of 'em in here. It'll be massive. And readers will go, "Awhh man! Isn't this more than enough already??!!"
So the first 2 pictures are views taken in Whitby. We were climbing up the 199 stairs leading toan old church. Believe me, I was puffing and poofing and gasping for air desperately, especially after a big meal of fish n' chips. Oh I'll show you the Haddock fish I had after a long journey on the train and bus.
Aww...would you just take a look at that happy face. Was about to gobble away the fish impolitely when I was forced to wait and pose for the picture. Mind you, it took more than one shot, okay. Oh, the food, was Marvellous!Okay! Moving on to our London trip.
London Bridge
While strollin' down Thames Past East
Walking down the grass at 'Queen's Walk'
Hey, a girl's got to sit and rest too after a long walk
The Scoop
London Eye
Now I am the 'Eye'
Big Ben Babyy!
And these are several pictures of our miscellaneous activities:
~Party @ Roshini's~
Jessy's birthday dinner @ Estilo Bar
Happy New Year!
New Year's night @ Rococo's Bar
Okay- there are, of course, more pictures, but I can't be posting everything here. There might be more on my next posts, (probably) - no promises. But these are a few of 'em. I've been putting this post on hold for a very long time already, I might as well get done with it.
So til' then - cheerios~
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