Shake away the 赘肉

All my friends know that I am not a person in favor of sports and strenuous activities (mountain climbing, jogging etc.), and i tried to avoid any form of sport activities no matter how my friends sugarcoat it to tempt me to join them. The day when my ex-housemates (KY and JV) had given up in asking me to join them for badminton games every Monday, I know that I have totally mastered the Sun Tzu art of avoiding.

Well, not until i met the master of persuasion, my dear Peter. He will try to persuade me with all his might to join him for jogging on Saturday 8am in the morning, 'walk and less driving' movement, after dinner slow walk and etc., anything and everything he can think of so that both of us still can enjoy good food (we are pretty defenseless when it comes to food) without getting pot bellies.

To an extent i have to give credit to his persistence and patience cuz i dont think anyone can put up with my lame excuses and rejection for so long. He even manage to persuade me to join in 2 marathon/walkathon last year, and you know what i got a consolation medal for the 7km Insurance and Takaful walk! well, maybe i got hidden talent in this, who knows.

Terry Fox Charity Walk

My medal, no bluffing

Anyway, when i first decided to subscribe to the aerobic classes, no one is more happy than he was. When i break the news to him, seriously, he was in cloud 9. i can still remember that he held me close while looking into my eyes and said:

"i am so proud of you",
yeah, that's my dear.

Aerobic is definitely not an easy exercise. Every time after the 1 hour session, i'll be lying on the chair and felt like i have spent my last ounce of energy.

This is me before and after class, its not so visible from the photo, but i can tell you I am flushed and sweat like a pig in the 'after class' photo.

To be truth, aerobic is as strenuous as running 5 km non stop or climbing up and down 20 floors of staircases. Especially when it comes to those stretching exercises like legs split and push up, i can literally felt my muscle trembles while all the actin and myosin cells in my body are contracting. And the funny thing is, the instructor will try her best to motivate all the students during this moment of time by saying words like:

“加油！不要赘肉哦！把肚子的赘肉甩掉哦！”
(translation: throw away all the saggy fats around your waist!"

-________- thanks you, thats motivating, duhhhh....

Anyway, went for begger chicken dinner last week, have a look at the post by peter!

PHO noodles in 3 minutes!

I love instant noodles and yes i know its not good for health, but there are certain things in life which we just can't resist anyway. Some people cant overcome the urge to shop (shopaholic), to stores thing (hoarders), to eat or drink (binge eaters and drinkers) etc., For me, i cant resist instant noodle, ice cream, pork, moist chocolate cakes/fudge and the list go on, blame it on my sweet tooth. Well, as long the urge doesnt consume or cripple your life, i dont think its a big issue anyway.

Come back to instant noodle, there are so many flavors and variety of instant noodles nowadays, its easy to prepare, yummy and filling, who can resist a 3 minutes satisfying meal? Mind you, Instant noodle may not necessarally spell for cheap, I still remember there was one time when i ordered this soup noodle called 出前一丁 in a Hong Kong restaurant which cost like RM10++, and only realized later that the noodle was the instant mee noodle. At first i couldnt understand why is it named in such an alien way which confuse people, but if you think logically, 出前一丁means you just 'ding' before you left. I assume that the 'ding' refer to the usual microwave 'ding' sound, which implies fast and simple.

In my recent trip to Vietnam, one of the 'souveniers' i bought for myself are PHO INSTANT NOODLES!! It cost 3000 dong (which is around RM0.75) per pack, and i am amazed with the fact that there are so many different brands and varieties available in the mini mart.

Pho Bo typically means Beef noodles, and Pho Ga means chicken noodles. The dried rice noodles are thinner than the regular PHO rice noodle and i think thats why you can cook/microwave/boil the noodles in 3 minutes. Then they have this usual oil and MSG Pack which contains the granules and dehydrated vegetables, meats and FAT bits (no joking it was stated at the packing). The soup was thick and tasty (a bity oily though), and its taste like cheap vietnamese pho. of course real PHO with freshly prepared broth and nice thin beef slices is the best, but for RM0.75, Not bad at all.


These are two other types, namely stewed pork with mushroom flavor (yuhuuu, Pork instant noodle!) and Pepper beef flavor. Anyway, i have been restraining myself with max 1 pack of instant noodle per week, since i havent taken any this week so i will spoil myself with yummy instant pork noodle this saturday. Muahahahaha (*evil laugh)

一种心照不宣的感悟

刚刚到老友的部落格看了看她近期所写的这一篇"终于见到你了"
差点掉了眼泪呢
看来上了年纪的女人特别容易有所感触
这一阵子因为许多的离合，心情的波动很大
与一直以来同步同行的朋友分道扬镳，
同时间却与两位许久不曾联络的朋友重续旧缘
感觉真的很微妙
也许友情就真的如她在文章里写的这一句话：
“真实的友谊无须大费奏章刻意去做些什么，
只要心里一直挂念着，感觉就不会退色”

该如何为‘好’朋友定义呢？
经常联络？或兴趣相同？或滔滔不绝吗？
若是真的如此，我的好朋友真的少之又少了

也许朋友并没有‘好’与‘普通’之分
即使是泛泛之交，也会有某种层面上的联系
也许只是曾经说过一句话，见过一次面
然而，在那一刻，那一刹那，
我们俩的生命轨道交叉了

比起常年的相对却话不投机
我更喜欢许久不见后的一天
一封email，一句问候
或者是一个懒洋洋地的下午，两杯咖啡，
刹那间心情的交流，举手投足，一颦一笑
或(更抽象的)心有灵犀一点通
遥相晖映，可真不亦乐乎

朋友啊，是一种心照不宣的感悟！