Thursday, November 13, 2008

Fab3 Re-United!

You know how I used to fondly babble about my favourite group of friends in the whole wide world, the Fab5?

There were Ferocious Dilla, Frivolous Ainie, Fun-tastic Jen, Follow-je Chairman & Formidable me in that group.

Last Saturday, Fab 5 minus 2 met up after (???) years of not seeing all of us together. We made schemes & plans & promises with a bit of ugutan to Jen if she dared to bring her hubby-to-be to our all-girls outing. After rounds of emails, jests, sms-es and calls, we finally settled to meet at Italiannies at The Garden.

OH MY GOD, I LOVE YOU GIRLS & I WISHED WE COULD TALK & TALK UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, IT WAS SO GOOD TO FINALLY HANG OUT TOGETHER AGAIN LIKE WE USED TO DO!


Will blog more about our memorable outing later this week!

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Saturday, November 08, 2008

Anniversary Coming Up Next Month... How Now?

This month, I spent so much on health food, supplements & gym membership. So semangat want to lose weight lead healthy lifestyle. Haven't seen any results yet. *garu kepala* Except my love for physical exertions is now awakened - especially after a very frustrating, tiring day at work. It's a great feeling to sweat it out and steam off the bad feelings while doing the stairs and like-want-to-dieeee abs blitz class (seriously, I feel faint after only 1 class).

Also, this month a big chunk of my salary's gone to renew our car road tax. So enough said - I certainly could not save up for the one big important event next month - our 2ND ANNIVERSARY!

Haiyooh! How now?

Anyone can recommend where we can go for a romantic anniversary celebration / what we should do???

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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Graphic Design Part 6

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Saturday, November 01, 2008

Shelf, by Ikea

If someone read the title again, it sounds like a perfume. A brand new perfume - fresh, intoxicating, alluring. Sniff it, and the only smell you can smell is the pages off new books.

And they are my new books which I bought from MPH Warehouse Sale last week (Omigod! I MUST visit the sale next year, because even well-known titles are incredibly cheap!):

From fiction, to lifestyle, to brain food - pick your choice.

Can't believe meh?

I'm a die-hard of Tintin and I collect almost if not all of Tintin series. At normal price, the comic sells at RM40-ish. During MPH Warehouse Sale, I got it at RM16. Plus, none of the books above are priced more than RM30. Altogether, I only spent RM120+ for those 5 books (they are also tax-deductible!)

Now that I have grown my books collection, the bookshelves at home are practically overflowed with books. There are books stacked on the computer table, strewn by the bedside (my side of the bed, to be precise), and on the side table beside the sofa in the living room.

It became too much that my hubby decided that we definitely have to add a bookself pulak. One day, he just woke up and told me, 'I'm thinking of going to IKEA.' And I had to straddle him and demand identification to know whether he's an impostor. It's just not his nature to initiate the plan to raid IKEA (usually, I'll be the one dragging him to that part of Damansara!).

He had a budget of RM100 to buy a decent-looking shelf but then we returned home with a shelf that saves us RM45. That's why I love IKEA! For letting me have a bookshelf which is both gorgeous and cheap:

The bookshelf, RM55. From Ikea.

At first glance, I'd mistaken this shelf as a ladder, used to retrieve books from one of those 10-ft build-in bookshelves. It is made of light metal, but very much sturdy and stable. Its narrow frame allows us to be parked in a small space. It certainly adds character to my living room now as it doesn't resemble a traditional bookshelf too much. If we decided to get a bigger bookshelf later, we can put this shelf in the kitchen to stack all those ketchup bottles, containers, etc.

Another plus note: It complements our TV rack most wonderfully, they are practically old chums by now. Tonight after we go to bed, they might even plan to go to mamak stall and watch football together.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

The Truth, Truthfully, & Nothing But The Truth.

Tonight is a hot night.

Phew! Not only because we did something hot, but because it is really hot, literally. That is why I have to get up and guzzle more water, another process I have to endure under my food change regime. While I'm struggling to down 2 litres of water at one sitting, I might as well update my blog.

Remember my posting about how I am diagnosed with PCOS?

The good news is, now I can stop blaming myself for weight gain over the past years! *pumps fist in the air!

It is all because of this PCOS, bad PCOS! It sorts of messed up with my hormones and somehow, my body can't seem to handle stress as well as other normal persons which then led to lower metabolic rate, resistance to insulin, increase in appetite, yada2x...

The not so good news is, PCOS sufferers also have more male hormones in their body! Like, hmm.... (garu chin as if I had beard) excess hair growth, acne problems, etc.? (Although I assure you, that I have yet the need to shave my legs)

Why can't I have more of the good male hormones, like their metabolism and stamina?

Is that why I am so ambitious, so competitive and aggressive when it comes to delivering my objectives, like a sportsman on steroid?

Anyway, PCOS alone is my number 1 reason to combat weight problem. Although, the whole thing is actually chicken-and-egg issue... which comes first? The weight, or the symptoms? Somehow, the blame game has to stop and mind has to take control over body.

Gambate!

Read more on PCOS here.

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