It's December...... don't wear RED!

My fave topic ~ Weight control! Mine can fluctuate all over the place LOL if i were to have a chart or even a graph to monitor it annually, mine would have the same pattern year in and year out!!! It takes just a mere month to make it shoot sky high and then at least half a year to slowly creep downwards. I even know the months that reach the peak. Festive seasons are always the culprit. In my country they all clump together from the end of the year till the first 2 months of the new one. 4 months of continuous weight gain, followed by stagnant over weight syndrome of 3 months and by then only do i realize that i am fat. My jeans no longer fit me, so i go in search of bigger ones at the mall!! So the next 6 months are filled with moans and groans of dieting, which aren't exactly productive!!! Sigh. I can shed a few lbs but each year i notice i am contented with my "normal weight" plus 1kg! So as i gain a year in wisdom , my weight follows accordingly in kg!

Today i walked into the gym and i saw the ladies having their BMI tested. I made a U-turn and hid in the lounge. Heck its December, the holiday season. I don't need any BMI machine to tell me that i can don a red costume coupled with a red cap, and i have a new name!!! And No, its not Santarina!!! Sob Sob!!! 

Eat now , worry later!!!

My big step into faith

My big step will come this Sunday when i will be "upgraded" from an inquirer to a candidate, and after the ceremony i will then be a Catechumen! Diane says that the word brings images of a caterpillar LOL but for me, i visualize an infant alien LOLOL 
OK OK jokes aside, i started this journey of faith in the middle of this year. Diane and I have been attending RCIA classes since then. That was the first step and now we are moving on to the 2nd one. We have chosen our god parents and they will be with us this Sunday, to guide us thru several rites. 
To further understand these rites and ceremonies, here are some details : 

Period of Evangelization and Precatechumenate

This is also known as the Period of Inquiry. During this period, teaching is given to people who are interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. The sessions cover basic information about the Faith and fundamentally should^{[citation needed]} communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The church is offering here an invitation to initial conversion. There is no obligation involved in attending these meetings—they are intended to help a person decide whether they want to continue learning about the Faith. Attendees at this stage are known as Inquirers.

Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens

The Inquirers who wish to continue now move onto the next stage, which is known as the Period of the Catechumenate. The Inquirers who are not already baptized are welcomed to this next stage via the Rite of Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens. As they enter this Rite they are known as Candidates. As they leave this Rite they are now referred to as Catechumens.
Such rites may take place throughout the year, but most often take place during Advent and the month before it (October through December). By this time, Catechumens must have in mind someone who would be willing to “sponsor” them. The sponsors are usually practicing strict Catholics that the Catechumens know. The duties of a sponsor are to go with them through the various rites, and provide individual instruction about matters of faith.
This is a very significant step, so much so that for Catechumens (unbaptized): ”One who dies during the Catechumenate receives a Christian burial.”[47]
From the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
This is the first rite that takes place at the beginning of the general Sunday Mass in front of the parish community.

More from this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_Christian_Initiation_of_Adults#First_Step:_Acceptance_into_the_Order_of_Catechumens_.5BParagraphs_41_-_47.5D

E-ver ready :)

Awwwwwwww!!!!! Feeling good :)

Taking a break from "work" i took the day off from the PC and spent half the day watching my fave drama series. I am not talking about the ones that most Asians are crazy about ! half of Asia seems to go ga-ga over the Korean dramas! Not me, i am proud to be Asian but i am not totally yellow! Give me a good old orang putih show any time!!


So since my internet screwed up big time today, i caught up with all the shows i love. 'work" got me a bit stressed out cuz i had assignments that were too technical to handle! I laid in bed, propped up with pillows and watched Hellcats ~ good ole cheerleading with great moves and nice dialogues! (Ashley Tisdale is cute),

Parenthood ~ i love the way the family members open up, bond, fight  and then give good moral support! ( it's always a feel-good show),

Vampire Diaires ~ it got slow for a bit , but this one episode got me all hot again! ( gawd, i love Damon now!) ,
GLEE ~ nothing like great songs to brighten up one's day! ( i particularly love this cuz they incorporate oldies with the new), Gossip girl ~ love the fashion, tho the drama is bit too outrageous in the teen world! ( the shoes and bags i lurve!!!)
and 90210 ~ Don't really like the celebrities in there , i just watch it cuz its there! ( OK OK only !) ... OMG, i just realized i am watching a LOT of shows!!! let's see , there are more like Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice ( i come from a family of Dr's with more coming on the way LOL so this is part of my life!) and now Diane has added one more to the list ~ The Walking Dead!!!

once again i have side-tracked! This wasn't meant to be a post on shows i watch on a weekly basis! but i wont spoil the suspense for the next post....  so log in next time LOLOL
Summary: All the shows i watched today .... made me go ..... AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

E ~ news!!

Eyeliner Dilemma

Its suppose to to be the new look. Don't ask me since when cuz i am not all that updated where fashion is concerned! I have seen the look on the faces of celebrities, men included! And i have seen them on the young faces walking in malls. I have never thought of really trying it out until a certain sales gave me the option of buying 2 for the price of one!

So with 2 eyeliner pens in hand , i tried out my artwork. I have always used normal regular eye line pencils. I loved those and never left home without first scrawling a fine line over my eyes. Its not all that dramatic but does make a difference to a plain face.
With the pen, woahhhhh, i failed terribly! The line came out shaky and broken. It ended up looking like i was drawing dots and dashes on my eye lids! So i had to go over the broken "railway track" another time, and this was slightly better but still not presentable enough. i did it a 3rd time and by then i was left with a very thick line, that was not exactly day time make up!!! I dabbed a teeny bit of eye shadow over it to camouflage the flaws and faced the world ~ not so bravely!!! I opted for glasses instead of contact lens that day :)

When my met my friend for lunch she said that i look nice but the eyeshadow may be a bit too over the top for day wear. Once i explained that it was a remedy for my shaky handwork LOL she understood the need for overpowering make up LOL Diane however said that my eyes are huge enough and i don't need any liners LOL

Since i have 2 pens in my possession now , and kind of like its effect, i will keep on trying to master the skill of drawing a fine and straight line over my lids! Wish me luck , people! And Adam Lambert, how do u do it?!!!! Please loan me your make up artist!






E-ye yoooooooooooo!

Lunch at Brotzeit!

A new German bar and restaurant is in town. It opened last week in Mid Valley Mega Mall , and on Tuesday this week, i had the opportunity to devour the wonderful pork filled dishes! We had pork knuckle , seafood salad, ham pizza and an assortment of sausages! The bill was a whopping 333RM , and the service tax came up to almost 45RM !!! But the servings are huge and the 5 of us could not finish the meal , so we had to pack 2 of those and take them home. The decor was nice and the ambiance was good. The lunch crowd was huge. I guess it was cuz its a new place and everyone wanted to try it out.
I enjoyed the pork knuckle, which came with a thick yummy gravy.
The meat was tender and succulent, the skin was crunchy and tasty! The seafood salad was ok , and the serving was so huge! The thorn among the roses did not really touch the salad. He mainly asked for the skin of the pork knuckle LOL His wife who ordered for the seafood salad , saw that the fish and prawns were raw and she was Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww, and that was it. She picked out the mandarins to eat LOL I enjoyed the ham filled pizza but i felt that the base was a bit thick for a thin crust pizza. The taste was good tho , and i enjoyed it. Once again it was way too big and we only ate half of the pizza! The sausages were everyone's fave , and it was snatched up and gobbled down in an instant. We ordered pork, chicken and lamb sausages. My fave was the pork , especially the one filled with cheese. The lamb had a very strong aroma which was not to my liking! But on the whole it was a nice meal :)

E-ating God!

Hazardous shopping carts in Tesco!!!

Last week i had a weird experience at the Tesco hypermarket in Bukit Tinggi! I don't usually go grocery shopping alone but i was really running low on supplies and did not have a choice. Moreover, i had some other errands to run as well. So i ventured out on my own and I have no idea why on that particular day i chose to wear my high heeled shoes! They are comfy wedges so they are OK to walk in and very comfy.
Tesco trolleys or shopping carts aren't always the most user-friendly things. They have wheels that wobble and never move in a straight line. Sometimes i think they are made to make your grocery shopping days plain hell!! The trolleys never travel in the desired direction and u have to practically use all your muscles in your body to maneuver them around.
Of late , i have noticed that there has been some improvement in that department . Yes, they have finally invested in some new trolleys , bright, clean and shiny and easy to push around. My shopping trip finally turned out to be a breeze :) I went around filling up the shopping cart with all my necessities and then paid for them at the counter.
i headed down the same escalator i always use, all set to go home and rest. The moment my trolley hit the top of the downward escalator, it should rightfully grip its wheels on the tiny brackets or grooves on it. But it did not!!!! So my shopping cart made its way down the 45 degree angled slope at quite a speed , coupled with some thunderous noise of the wheels rolling down the smooth escalator!!! I had to run to keep up with the trolley with both hands trying my best to stop the runaway cart LOL and in my heels!!!! I finally used my left hand to grab the side rail , and the other hand to twist the cart slightly sideways, and both my feet firmly anchored to the escalator! It was some feat , alright!!! My stance was awkward and i was praying that i could maintain that strength till i reached the bottom. But midway down the slope, i lost control again and the cart started to roll down again, and i ran a couple of steps down and jerked the trolley again so that it would halt.
No sooner had i done that , i heard the familiar thundering noise again , and i turned my head backwards and saw that another poor lady had the same predicament as me !!!! She screamed and tried to hold back her trolley. She succeeded .... or i would not be sitting here and telling u all this !!! Phew, i doubt if i want to go grocery shopping alone in Tesco again! I need a body guard!

E-xhausted shopper

echoes ...

This excerpt is taken from ‘Echoes of Silence’.

I looked at the little white plastic bag which held my pills.
“Excuse me,” I said to the girl at the clinic where I had gone to see the doctor about a slight cold. “Excuse me, it says here I’m to take these pills 2 to 3 times a day. What does that mean? Do I take them twice or three times a day?”
“Oh,” she said, looking at me with surprised, “means you take three times. Better two times.”
“So I should take them twice a day?”
“No, no, three times. But better two times.” Her voice had risen slightly, laced with impatience.
“That’s right. So it means I take them twice a day.”
“No, three times. But better two times.” Her voice rose higher, surging with irritation.
“I’m sorry. I still don’t get you. Why should I take them three times when it‘s better to take them twice?” My own voice was rising.
“No, no,” she said loudly and slowly, for her voice by now was laden with contempt, “you see (pause) it says here (pause) two (pause) to three times. (long pause) That means (pause) you take three times (pause) but better (pause) you take two times!”……

……It was not until I was home and had made myself a cup of tea that I realized what the girl had meant: I should take one pill three times a day. But if and when I felt better (significant pause) I could reduce the frequency to twice a day…….

Don't know why I was so tickled when i read that ... Must be that I have been caught in a similar situation before; more than once, I should add.

Reminded me of the time when E started this blog... She MSN-ed (in a tone to suggest it was 'top secret') that the password was "what we do every Friday.."Obviously I took her word for it and keyed in "what we do every Friday" to sign in ... It didn't work so I ask her if it was joined and she said yes .. What ensued was embarrassing but it happened ...I keyed in "whatwedoeveryfriday" which didn't work either ....and there I was scratching my head and besides wondering why it didn't work, I wondered too why would she pick such a long password ....

Well, we all know the ending so I'll leave it at that ...


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