Signs of a 'cleaner' stomach.

Many of you who know us ( N and I, N and me, me and N, I and N ohhh I never quite know which one is right) are quite particular eaters.

Or rather, this 'pickiness' has been in place for the past say....4 years. N started on his oatmeal and manic exercise regime and lost about 10 kg, while I was still content eating bags of chips late at night, feet propped on the coffee table and watching the telly, and coping with the guilt the next morning :)

N amazingly disregarded his love for beef noodles, duck rice and practically all of the artery-clogging, heart-attack / diabetic inducing caloric rich foods and survived on his diet of yong tao foo / fish soup while we were out, while I started to feel EXTREMELY guilty about gobbling up a lard filled plate of char kuey teow / oyster omelette etc.

I didnt realise the pronounced effect of N's influence (or rather unintentional PRESSURE) on me till just recently, I had sweet sour fish rice for dinner. Bought from a typical coffeeshop, I would have savoured every ounce of the dish, and would usually proceed to finish up every bit of rice.

My first reaction to the takeaway was "Eaurghhh..."
"Oh well, I'll have to give it a go." (Since my mum bought it)

It was brimming with rice, and thick gooey MSG rich orangey tomato sauce spilled across most of it. I immediately scrapped off 2/3s off the huge mound of rice and proceeded to attack the fish fillets, of course having first scrapped away the sauce. eeyuk! And I couldn't even bear to eat much of the sauce-soaked rice.

I finished the meal, left with the huge mound of rice plus loads of the remnant sauce. I couldnt bear to sip anymore of the horridly salty mushroom soup prepared either. *brrr* Sometimes the huge load of fried food just makes me sick sometimes. Fried wedges, fried calamari. Too much of a "good" thing gets too much. :S

Even a recent meal of fish and chips left me feeling quite queasy in the tummy afterwards. Hmmm I used to LOVE deep fried food and would love to have an entire meal of fried stuff.. seeing the change in my appetite and diet... is a good sign I guess!

Although SG is supposedly a food haven, I can't possibly think past the few standard dishes in food courts that are healthy enough, and I get super bored when I can't decide what to eat. Ho hum...

fish soup. yong tau foo. fish soup. soup. wanton mee / minced pork noodles (ok not so healthy!), unagi bento, yong tau foo. fish. soup. soup. porridge. soup!!! o___o you get the drift.

So what else is there? Any recommendations? :D
I'm getting sick of my readings. Ahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how many sheep?

Lovely clouds seen this late morning :) So bright white and tumbly and puffy. Heheh. Can u spot the teechy tiny airplane in the last picture? The weather has been lovelier these few days. No more dreadful heat and humidity at 3pm!! :D

Meanwhile, N has started work this week, so I can't bug him as much as want to now. Ho hum.. And even if I send messages to him, he can't read it till he knocks off. Bleh. Anyhow, I hope his body adjusts to the 'bad air quality' in his workplace soon. I have a sneaking suspicion that the ventilation over there needs some maintenance!

Been skipping everyday for the past few days, apart from the slaps (from the skipping rope) resulting in a few angry red marks, my calf muscles have been pretty strained, but I'm still quite alright. Think I might have to resort to stair climbing or jogging to work those flabby thighs! I've also been doing some light weights and crunches too. Tone tone tone!!

Hope it all works out. :D Till later!

teeheehee.. when stress gets to me.. i play.. BUNNY BOUNTY!! hurhur..
just in case u can't quite see what's the tiny picture about, i was no. 6 in the GLOBAL ranking for that day!! :D

no biggie, but at least something to be happy about. tralalala

Finally, I have the mood to start writing again. These few days have been trying for me because I don't know why I was suddenly flooded by a lot of negative emotions and thoughts. Perhaps it is the anxiety of going back to work plus a whole lot of things happening around me. But glad that I finally manage to sort it out already. So now I can look forward to a nice day out later with C. C has been busy and working hard on her thesis which is actually a philosophical mind-twisting exercise in the guise of being "architectural". I pray that God will give her the wisdom to be able to get through this difficult period of time and emerge as pure "gold" after going through the refiner's fire.

I think C has displayed over the years the determination and fortitude to withstand the rigours of the education system. Even though she is faced with immense pressure she could still get through it somehow. So I urge you dear to continue to persevere and press on towards your goal then when it is all done you will realise that God has developed a strong and resilient character in you. I am really sorry that many a times I don't know how to encourage and motivate you becaue I really cannot put myself 100 percent in your position. Hopefully you will forgive me. Jia you dear.

And now for a lighter side to the post.....

If we are able to get to katong mall today to do office chair shopping, perhaps I could bring dearie to this perankan restaurant. There is the claypot mussels which I am sure she would like. There is also this sambal fish which my mum tried to replicate but could not do so. hehe but if C does not want to have this we could always still go to nearby parkway parade to have a simple lunch and look at cute rabbits at our favourite pet store.


If not we could also go to this old school kopitiam which has cream puffs, cookies and Kaya Buns (not toasts) that are pretty impressive. Although the package comes with the angsty lady boss that serves coffee which tastes like plain water. Perhaps that day we caught her on the wrong day lah.








If not we could just settle for a nice dessert at katong mall itself which has this nice chocolate ice cream. I know C loves chocolate ice cream. But I never tried this before, even though I heard rave reviews of it.

fun~

with nerdy specs on me, and silly charlie chaplin-ish ones on him. hahahahahha XD

been sooper busy for the past few days, been working on the big D.

updates soon. on some ant adventure thingamajig. watch out for it! :D