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Shifting

September 26th, 2008 (02:11 pm)

I'm shifting to blogger.

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Hatta Yoga Lesson 2 (Stretching)

September 21st, 2008 (01:29 pm)

Lesson 2 was more on stretching!
I can tell you guys now that my waist aches badly.

Lesson 2

The Triangle Pose (Trikona-asana)

The Sanskrit word tri means three and kona means corner or angle. Thus "three corner or three angle posture" is often called the triangle posture. This posture is also known as the utthita trikona-asana. Utthita means stretched or extended thus this is the Extended Triangle Pose.

1. Separate the feet slightly further than shoulder distance apart.

2. Inhale and raise both arms straight out from the shoulders parallel to the floor with the palms facing down.

3. Exhale slowly while turning the torso to the left, bend at the waist and bring the right hand down to the left ankle. The palm of the right hand is placed along the outside of the left ankle. The left arm should be extended upward. Both legs and arms are kept straight without bending the knees and elbows.

4.Turn the head upward to the left and gaze up at the fingertips of the left hand. Inhale and return to a standing position with the arms outstretched.

5. Hold this position for the duration of the exhaled breath. Exhale and repeat steps 4 - 6 on the opposite side.

It's not easy for me initially. Might be that my bones are stiff.

Benefits of Triangle Pose
The forward bending and lifting stimulates blood flow and helps to stretch and relax the back, shoulders, legs and arms as well as increases the flow of blood to the head. The muscles of the thighs and calves as well as the hamstrings are stretched. The slight twist of the spine creates suppleness in the spinal discs and relieves lower back discomforts.

Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)

1. Start on all fours, knees together, hands under each shoulder. Keep arms straight and chin up.

2. INHALE then EXHALE thrusting your chest forward and lowering buttocks to the floor.

3. Thighs should move towards the floor. Hips tilted up. Hold. Take several breaths. Look up slightly.

4. Feel the shoulder and neck muscles which gives a stretch.

5. Take a deep breath and return to your original position on all fours. Do two sets.

Benefits of Upward Facing Dog
Stretches the muscles in the middle of shoulders and nape of neck. Also opens the chest and strengthens the whole body. Aligns spine and invigorates the kidneys and nervous system. Stimulates circulation which helps stress relieve.

The Reclining Side Twist (Ardha Jathara Parivartanasana)

1. Lie on the floor facing up, knees bent and your heels next to your buttocks. Bring arms up to shoulder level (making a T sign) palms facing down.

2. Face head forward with chin down slightly. Keep knees together. INHALE then EXHALE; allowing legs to gently drop to one side twisting the spine at waist.

3. Simultaneously turn head in opposite direction, keeping both shoulders firmly planted on the floor. Hold for several breaths.

4. INHALE and lift the legs up to the original position and return face forward. Repeat on the other side for one set.

Benefits of Reclining Side Twist
Stretches the neck and shoulder muscles and gives an excellent twist to the whole spine. Great for menstrual cramps as well!

The Corpse Pose (Shavasana)

My lesson always ends with the corps pose.

This pose is done to restore strength and energy.

Stay tuned for Lesson 3!

Loreal White Perfect Double Eye Zone Brightener Review

September 19th, 2008 (08:42 pm)

Likes: My eye bag seems to be less visible.

Dislikes: Does not really works for my dark circles. Might due to my inconsistent sleeping time!

Overall: For the white pump which is for brightening purpose, they're tiny shimmers in the content. I would give it 2.5/5.

I'll continue using though.

Am going to try the new eye mask!

Lite Tea, Auntie anne's pretzels

September 19th, 2008 (12:57 pm)

Yesterday my mom told me to get the all time favourite washing powder. So baby went with me to get the stuffs. When we're there, got the washing powder and floor wash. I got the slimming mask and eye mask.

Its quite expensive though. Just 3 in a pack. Hope it works!

When we're about to pay for the products, we saw a lady coming in and getting 2 box of the Lite Tea.

Baby and me was actually deciding whether to get the Lite Tea just when we saw this lady just grabbing the tea and make straight payment. So we just got one box to try it out! Its caffeine free! So why not? Baby and I seems to have constipation, so all the more we decided to get the tea.

After the first night I had the tea, the next morning I had quite a strong bowel movement right in the morning when I woke up. Maybe I had a strong brew for the first time. For baby, he had a mild stomach ache. This shows that baby's body not healthy!

"Oriyen Lite Tea is completely natural with no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives. It does not contain Ephedra (Ephedrine/Ma Huang) or caffeine."

1 packet can brew up to 5 times! So worth it! My mum and aunt also drink.

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Auntie anne's pretzels

Went to suntec for "Dian Xiao Er" then to carefour for my yoga pants.

Baby and I were craving for this!

Right after dinner..!

Had Chocolate Eclair and Berry Rosewell.
And the Berry Rosewell is lickin' good!

24th monthsary

September 17th, 2008 (10:29 pm)

Baby.. I love you not because of what you have but because of what I feels..
I care for you, not because you need care but because I want to..
I'm always here for you, not because I want you to be with me but because i want to be with you..

Hatta Yoga Lesson 1

September 14th, 2008 (01:14 pm)

Tags: yoga

current mood: calm

Had my first Hatta Yoga lesson earlier. I even saw my primary school friend.

Here's the content of Hatta Yoga

Learn the basics of Hatha yoga, the ancient Indian art of healing, toning and rejuvenating the body and bringing about a sense of calm and peace through special postures (asanas), breathing exercises and concentration. The programme, for people of all ages and different walks of life, teaches basic yoga postures and breathing techniques to help nourish not only the body but also the mind. It will show how, by practicing yoga, inner peace and harmony can be achieved. Why yoga has proven itself to be an effective way of blending exercise with relaxation techniques is highlighted.

Of all time, the girl's thing actually came last night. When I woke up in the morning, I had a slight headache and lil' stomach cramp. Guess I had been drinking too much cold water the week before. I thought that it would affect my lessons for yoga.
However, after the lesson not only my headache was gone, my stomach cramp left me too!

What have I learnt today?

The instructor gave a briefing about what Hatta yoga is for.
I did diaphragmatic breathing in sitting/standing/lying posture.

Sitting posture:

Sit cross-legged with back straighten on our yoga mat. After that we sit in a kneeling posture with back straighten. We were told to notice our inhalation and exhalation. Put my fist behind pulling my shoulder back to inhale then slowly bend forward towards the ground and exhale. We have to make sure that there are no jerks in our breathing. This helps for backache.

Standing posture:

Hand to the side with feet firmly on the ground. Firstly, rest weight on toes but having heels intact on ground. Then, to the heels with toes intact on ground. Do this for a few times even when you're at home watching television. Helps those ladies who are wearing heels. It actually strengthen our ankles.

Lying posture:

Did the beginner's crocodile posture; as in lying face down. Hands face down in a push up posture. Then, as we inhale, raise the posture up and back. And that exhalation lowers it down and forward. During inhalation, our cervical lordosis (the forward arch in the neck) decreases, thus raising the head. This posture helps strength our lower back.

What I have learn most for the first lesson is breathing! I actually have been breathing the wrong way for the past few years. We should breath through our nose, not mouth!
As I'm not used to breathing through my nose, it create noise for me. So, I have to work with cleansing, diet and breathing exercise to solve the problem. Noisy breathing will distract the mind.

Will update lesson 2 next week!

Fermented beancurd..!! (Pinches nose)

September 12th, 2008 (11:59 am)

FERMENTED BEANCURD!!
Its my very first time for the SMELLY beancurd ( OMG, i feel as though the stench still lingers..).
Baby said that he loved it when he first tried it at Taiwan.

Seriously, when we reached the place; the area was really foul-smelling.

Kinda lost my appetite even before we placed our orders.

So here's the Fermented beancurd!

When the beancurd arrived, its like WOW! the stench was over-whelming luhs!

Been wanting to try this for a long time.

So much raves on this.

Here goes..

I didn't breath when the beancurd goes into my mouth. Oh yar, dipped the beancurd into the chilly and sweet sauce before popping into my mouth.
Amusingly, the taste was not what the stench was. Was crispy on the outside and soft inside. In fact, it was delicious..!
However, don't only eat the beancurd. Order something else to eat to cover up the stench. haha!

We had chicken porridge, fried wantons, sour & spicy dan dan noodles.
Chicken porridge just like any other porridge. Pretty alright.

The wanton was huge. Filled with meat and one whole prawn.
Sour & spicy dan dan noodles wasn't appetizing. Was really oily! But the noodle was savory.

Oh yar, here's the place.

The menu totally in chinese..! Luckily I have baby with me. Omg, my chinese really sucks big time.

Goodnight world.

Work, Botak Jones

September 10th, 2008 (10:02 pm)

current mood: bouncy

Work : Day 1

Our first day location was at Ping Yi Secondary. Only teachers bought the Adobe products.

None of the students got it. What a waste.

However, only teachers and student are able to get the Adobe pack. So if you guy have siblings in Primary, Secondary or Junior Collage can use their Ez-link card to get the product. Its definitely a steal!

Done by Wee

Working with Mingpei and Wee was fun luhs. Time passes quite fast!
Sales was pretty alright as most of the teachers are enthusiastic about the Adobe product.
Food there so cheap cheap cheap...!

Had a packet of fried rice with egg and fish fillet. Only $1.60!! O_O

Not only its inexpensive its delectable!

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Work : Day 2

The very next day we had 2 shift.

First shift was CHIJ ST Nicholas Girls School

I actually came to know that their Primary and Secondary school holds together as one school.

Which means they have one jumbo canteen.

Almost every part of the school has a piano.

And it seems that each and every girls knows how to play the piano!
Guess they have piano lesson as part of their subject.

So unfair, neighborhood school doesn't seems to have this kinda privilege from my year.
Not only piano lessons, there's gynactis lessons.

Seeing all these young teenagers reminds me of the past. So young and having lots of fun!

Subsequently, the next shift was back to Ping Yi Secondary.
Oh yar, forgot to mention that baby came along with us.

Free labor!

Nice to have baby around, cos he can help us pack and carry stuffs.

Not to forget a great company to me!

Back at Ping Yi Secondary, we settled our lunch. This time round, we ate the omelet fried rice.

Gotta let you guys know that the egg so thick! Usually, the omelet is quite thin. Guess the uncle has too many eggs to spare. But I must say that its 2 thumbs plus 2 toes UPs.
Mingpei and Wee had the omelet fried rice too! Should have snap a picture of it.

Not to forget that its damn cheap and fulling.

After that we slack for awhile before starting work. Sales was way better than the previous day.
Around 3.15 we started to pack up and leave the school.

So after we return the goods, claim taxi fares. We went separate ways.

Initially, wanted to go to baby house cos' he gotta take his uniform for the next day and he said he wanted to take a nap.

Me: " Huh.. If you take a nap, then I gotta starve for dinner cos' you wouldn't be able to wake up!" ( Why most of the guys love sleeping!!!?)
Baby: " Hmmm.. okok then lets go for Botak Jones"

We had lunch around 12 plus and gonna have dinner around 5.

Baby told me he had Botak Jones at Toa Payoh and its lip-smacking good.

So he brought me to the nearer one which is located at Bedok. So near his house!

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Botak Jones

Qn: How can you increase the heart rate of your 60 year old husband?

Baby had beef steak with sides dish of spicy fries and coleslaw which he actually had at Toa Payoh.

Toa Payoh Botak Jones (Beef Steak)
3.5 Jones outta 5 Jones
Bedok Botak Jones (Beef Steak)
2 Jones outta 5 Jones

The sauce at Bedok was kinda watery and the steak doesn't really taste as good as Toa Payoh.
At Toa Payoh, there's 7 side dish to choose from but at Bedok its seems that there's only 4 sides; Coleslaw, spicy fries, mexican rice, carrots.

Now for mine..

Beef burger with side dish of spicy fries and coleslaw.
The beef was nice! Can fight with Billy bombers beef burgers.
I rate it 4 Jones outta 5 Jones!

For the spicy fries, eat it without chilly/tomato sauce is good enuff'.

After the bursting dinner, I started to do silly stuffs with the mustard and

baby was nagging like an old man to stop playing.

Ans: Tell him you're pregnant.

Their menu filled with jokes. Didn't read all though.

I can't seems to use the lj-cut. >,<
I so so wanna change back to blogger!!
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Town

September 3rd, 2008 (10:55 pm)

Went to town around 4 plus with khym for threading.

Initially, I turned her down cos' im going for a briefing bout' the adobe product job.

Soon after, I came to know that the briefing was at Wheellock place. So convenient!

The briefing took bout' one hour though we waited like 30 mins. After the briefing, we're supposed to go down to the office to take a look at the product. But how can I leave khym at town? haa.. So my brother and I gave some excuse that we're meeting our mom. Mingpei and the rest had to go down to the office. =x
Had dinner at Wisma Food Republic.

( Expensive dinner..! )

Khym got herself eyeshadow and liquid foundation.

We learnt some makeup tips fromt he makeup artist. Makeup does magic!

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Kinda hard to match with this bronze type of shorts.

Well.. ciaoz!

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Carbonara Pizza

August 29th, 2008 (09:14 pm)

Pasta carbonara..

There's ~~pasta~~ pizza carbonara!

( Pizza for you? )

Beef bolognese wasn't that nice though it looks tempting. Carbonara pizza was pretty tasty with first few mouth. Soon after kinda sick, due to the cheezy cheese. However was kinda worth it. Forgot the name though. Its at Hola Kopitiam.

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Baby finally had a hair cut!

From this length

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Initially, I cut for him. The next day he went to school. Alots of his classmate commented that it sucks big time.

So baby went one of the salon near his home to trim it.

Really stress to cut his hair luhs....!

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FINALLY, MY EXAMS ARE OVER!

Which means that I'll be freaking free rotting at home.

Maybe just get a couple to one time assignment job.

One job from Mingpei! (thanks girlfriend!)

Selling adobe products at primary/seconday schools with my brother.

Good pay but short hours.

I so so so SO wanna get a new hairstyle...

Feel like having my hair dyed to one color.

Unlike now, like rubbish hair.

From these pictures, looks pretty alright. However under flash or higer pixel is totally bad.
Wait till I earned more $$ first. When?

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Review on Biore Cleansing Oil

I concentrate my makeup on my eyes area. I don't use foundation on my face. For cheeks, only blusher.

Likes: Dissolve my makeup real quick! Personally, I tried rubbing it hard and fast and it stinged my eyes. However, a slight rub would do the trick.

Dislikes: Its very oily. VERY. Compared to the previous cleansing oil that I've used, Biore is so much more oiler.

Fragrance: It has a grapefruit smell. Its sweet smelling!

Overall: Its much afforable and works really well for waterproof makeups. I loved it as it dissolved my makeup real fast. However, I didn't really like how oily it is. After emulsifying the cleansing oil, my hands are super oily. So I have to use facial wash to cleanse my face throughly. Might consider getting the second bottle if I finished my current.

However, I heard raves about the Biore wipes as it more convenient for lazy people. Its perfect for trips! Just wipe and throw!

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