Random Rabblings
Hanging on to something which is so very precious, that the
first notion you once made seemed silly. But alas time can never be turned
back, else there’ll be an altogether different ending.
A surprise invitation to ex-group Christmas party, with a
stayover at one of them place. It’s quite fun with them usual fun quirky ways. Somehow,
I’ve not really comprehend a way to adapt to any people in my course yet
(despite me being a short 2 months to graduation) and I must admit it, I’ve not
even been able to adapt to poly education. For you see, the people are too
optimistic, there’s not enough backstabbers and people are smiling and
laughing. Even the tutors and lecturers are kind. It’s either that or I’m
oblivious to the other side of them.
And this brings me back to wonder why I’m in 8 different
project groups through 3 years of polytechnic. I guess my tagline should be 45
people, 8 projects groups, 6 semesters, 3 years. This kind of sums up. I think
it is my disability to work with certain people. I must admit I am one of the
hardest person to get along with, since I value my opinion too much to even
notice other people are actually talking. But compared to some other group
mates from hell, I guess I am not too bad myself.
Cookies For Sid
A cookie shop up and running along Citilink Mall (near to Esplanade MRT Station exit), from the same company as Twelve Cupcakes (Not exactly the best cupcakes I've ever eaten, but still among the most highly rated in Singapore).
The cookies were delicious and have a soft texture. Imagine Subway cookies, but smaller, cheaper and much nicer, chewier. Crumbs don't fall out that easy.
Ate the Mocha Espresso flavour cookie and it certainly hit the spot. Even after 2 weeks, I still remember the taste of it. With a flavourful aftertaste of Espresso which perfectly compliment the Mocha flavour. Not overbearing nor overwhelming.
The cookies were delicious and have a soft texture. Imagine Subway cookies, but smaller, cheaper and much nicer, chewier. Crumbs don't fall out that easy.
Ate the Mocha Espresso flavour cookie and it certainly hit the spot. Even after 2 weeks, I still remember the taste of it. With a flavourful aftertaste of Espresso which perfectly compliment the Mocha flavour. Not overbearing nor overwhelming.
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| Nice individual wrapped cookies with nice design! |
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| Macadamia Nut |
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| Everyone Deserves A Great Cookie- Great tagline! Your cookies are great...no it's AWESOME |
£1 Fish
One of the reasons why I dislike marketing is because of gimmicks and cheesy approaches to various situations. Forget X Factor, welcome to One Hit Wonder.
A very good example is £1 Fish. A fish seller (Fishmonger) was caught singing a catchy and annoying tune (imagine Bollywood cheesy songs) about his fish being £1 each and he continued 6 for £5 (thus breaking his initial promises of £1 fish).
Soon, some nosy people (being so British) uploaded him singing this £1 Fish song on Youtube and holla, he became a minor celebrity overnight with staggering views.
Forget funny horse dance, forget Sexy Lady, forget the parachutes. Welcome to London, where the unexpected are expected.
A music record company jumped into it and offered him a contract. By the way, his family are still in another country (Pakistan if I'm correct) and are quite proud of him. You can't exactly blame £1 Fish Man since he needed the money badly. So here we see on Youtube, this ex fishmonger singing his catchy £1 Fish tune, dancing with skimpy clad women, Bollywood Style. And best of all, his song gets to no. 47 in the 'Official UK Singles Top 100', surpassing Have Yourself A Merry Christmas by Rob Steward!!
But nonetheless, we should not have our hopes up too high, for we know, we will not remember £1 Fish 2 months later (and neither do we refer to him by name now).
And here's the video of £1 Fish
A very good example is £1 Fish. A fish seller (Fishmonger) was caught singing a catchy and annoying tune (imagine Bollywood cheesy songs) about his fish being £1 each and he continued 6 for £5 (thus breaking his initial promises of £1 fish).
Soon, some nosy people (being so British) uploaded him singing this £1 Fish song on Youtube and holla, he became a minor celebrity overnight with staggering views.
Forget funny horse dance, forget Sexy Lady, forget the parachutes. Welcome to London, where the unexpected are expected.
A music record company jumped into it and offered him a contract. By the way, his family are still in another country (Pakistan if I'm correct) and are quite proud of him. You can't exactly blame £1 Fish Man since he needed the money badly. So here we see on Youtube, this ex fishmonger singing his catchy £1 Fish tune, dancing with skimpy clad women, Bollywood Style. And best of all, his song gets to no. 47 in the 'Official UK Singles Top 100', surpassing Have Yourself A Merry Christmas by Rob Steward!!
But nonetheless, we should not have our hopes up too high, for we know, we will not remember £1 Fish 2 months later (and neither do we refer to him by name now).
And here's the video of £1 Fish
Losing the digits on the scale
Dieting and exercising are the buzz words in most of people’s eyes when it comes to shedding the pounds. But are those really effective and useful and convenient?
Let’s start with the most effective ways.
Define a purpose.
Why do you want to shed those weights? Aesthetic reasons, or to prevent an underlying health condition due to the huge number on your BMI (Body Mass Index)? Start off with a reason and write it down. For those who are more technological incline, you might consider to type it down as a memo on your smartphones/tablets.
Now strike of the reason(s) for losing those pounds if it’s more of wanting to drop to a size 6 when you’re size 6.5! It is disconcerting of you. If it’s about wanting to reduce your chances of having any weight-related health conditions, please refer yourself immediately to your GP, where there are experts and nutritionist to plan your diet and exercise routine. No doubt it is good to kickstart it off yourself, but you’ll need the proper help with professional advice.
What’s your job?
If you’re dealing with numbers every single day in the office (or at school for students) and are happy doing so, a good recommendation is for you to count the calories. Number crunching professions like accountant, QS, Financial controller, etc are ace with numbers. An average recommended calories intake (as a guide) for the average males is 2000 calories, while it’s 1,800 for females. Note the vast difference between calories (Kcal) and kilo-joules (Kj) found in the nutrition labels of most FMCGs. 1Kcal=2.4Kj
If your job requires you to not deal with numbers and you have an instant dislike for numbers, fear not. Because, losing weight is not all about counting the calories. One note of advice for those reading- calories are not allowed to be save for the next day (unlike saving money where you can have addition interest and earn more money). The only way to increase (or earn) is to increase your metabolism rate (by exercising). So I’m not surprise that most bankers are fat (a bad sterotype), because they starve themselves in 2008 and now are bloody rich with $1.2 million bonus recently and so are starving themselves now with foie gras and escargots. For the unlucky bankers who are still penniless, they are still ‘fat’ because of them having bloated stomach from starving since 2008!
Jokes and bad, unmeaningful stereotypes aside, if you know you have irregular meals on a daily basis, please know that it is a bad habit. It can cause some serious eating disorder if prolonged for a long time. No, I’m not talking about having cous cous for dinner and ice cream for breakfast. I’m referring to those not having their meals at the same time, like irregular timing.
Have regular meals
Now, regular meals allows your body to better boost the metabolism rate. Like any other mammals, humans have a fixated feeding times. So why do you think at the zoo, there are fixed feeding times? According to some zoologist, they spend a great deal of time to condition those animals to become accustomed with those fixed eating time. Ever wonder why, as a kid, recess is always during those times and are not really flexible? And you’ll feel slight hunger pangs (even though you had a hearty lunch/breakfast)?
Like animals in a zoo that are conditioned, humans are also conditioned by our external environment. We are conditioned by our office environment, and that of the concrete jungle out there.
So what happens if I have irregular meal times?
Like the pet dog my friend reared, at 1pm sharp daily, it will come out for lunch, on the dog. Research had shown that this behaviour is not entirely because of the dog having a biological clock which knows what is the time. But instead, it is due to the functioning of the stomach. With fixed eating habits, the dog’s digestive system is already accustomed to the fixed feeding time, and so the dog will feel hungry (after 3 hrs of food digesting). Like clockwork. You get the gist.
Metabolism rate works best when you have fixed meal timing. This means your actual biological clock knows when it should work and start to accelerate to the optimal power/speed. Imagine a bus driver who is a newbie. He/she have no idea when he/she should stop in the busy motorway since it’s the 1st time driving on the journey. Compared this to another driver who is a seasoned one, and his brakes are smooth. Same theory applies to your dietary habits.
Having irregular meals times might instead cause you to gain weight or having more problems. Because the body is unable to gauge exactly when will you eat, and sometimes when food in stomach is digested completely and you’ve yet to eat, you’ll feel hungry and so snack on some food first. For those who don’t snack and ignores the hunger, your body will condition that you had already eaten and not feel hungry anymore. So sometimes you’ll feel full despite not eating anything. This means the acidic enzymes in your stomach will digest itself and cause gastric.
It’s not about changing habits (unless the case of irregular time for meals)
It is alright to eat your favourite food, but in moderation. Like everything, too much of anything is bad. Imagine if you’re on a all fruits diet, and if you feels hungry, you eat a bunch of banana. Bananas are high in fibre and potassium. Many people do not understand bananas are also high in simple sugar, meaning it will store as fats if people do not exercise more. No doubt it is good for boosting metabolism rates, however, if you eat a bunch everyday for 1 month, I guarantee you, you will develop type 2 diabetics.
Try as much to boost your metabolism rates. Clenching your fist and relax in a continuous cycle helps. Like on your daily commute, do it! Control your breathing may sounds extreme, but try to breath as fast and deep as you can for 30 minutes everyday.
Can't understand
I could not understand how other people have the continuous discipline to blog on a regular basis. When I have some thoughts I want to pen it down, I still will not blog, simply because it's not what I want to do. I prefer to watch my television shows, sleep, read my play and every other thing but not blog. Sounds weird huh?
Shows to catch next month
1.
Doctor Who
Any self-respecting Whovian should be kept busy counting
down to the number of days to the new series. With BBC airing a miniseries
called Pond Life as a prequel to the new series (Series 7 now to be exact) on
Youtube every day. Pond’s Life, with 5 parts (each about a minute long),
describe what the Doctor had been up to. The Doctor had been fighting the
Sontarians and had a hell lot of adventure as he narrates to the Ponds. One of
his adventure includes singing with a baseball cap. Next episode sees the
Doctor landing his Tardis in their house, in the middle of the night. Waking
them up to follow them in an adventure when he realises he is in the wrong time
stream. I believe this segment might lead to Amy following the Doctor to the
Weeping Angels and will be killed by them. The next morning, Amy and Rory found
an Ood in their toilet.
The new series returns where it left hopefully with the question, the first ever question, hidden in plain sight. It shall never be answered. The question? Doctor Who?
Part One- Baseball caps are cool
Part Two- Doctor in the wrong timeline?
Part 3- Ood on a Loo
The new series returns where it left hopefully with the question, the first ever question, hidden in plain sight. It shall never be answered. The question? Doctor Who?
It isn’t exactly a pun but seriously Steven Moffat? The
question that shall not be answered is Doctor Who? Sounds kind of lame to me
but I will still continue to watch the series. According to the trailer, the
first episode shows the Doctor with his companions fighting heads on with
Daleks again in ‘Asylum of the Daleks’. Perhaps the Doctor is there to seek
revenge or political asylum in the Dalek spaceship? The new series brings us to
Daleks, Dinosaurs and a western American country.
2.
The X Factor
X Factor is back for the 9th series, where past
success includes One Direction, Little Mix and Olly Murs. This time, with the
auditions getting on ahead before Simon managed to find a 4th permanent
judge, guest judges includes Mel B, Leona Lewis and Rita Ora. There had been back
leash before the show that Rita Ora is not fit to be a judge but she sure
proves her critics wrong.
Together the 4 judges namely, Nicole Scherzinger (who says
Newcastle is a TFZ- Talent Free Zone), Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Tulisa
Contostavlos, I’m sure X Factor will be back with a bang. With recent reports
of viewers complaining on Twitter about the new format being more like hit reality series TOWIE (The
Only Way Is Essex), with less singing and more on interviews and gossips. It is
a new format but, we want more singing and judging. Thus far, 2 episodes
screened, my favourite should be Lucy Spraggan of her own song titled ‘Beer
Fear’ which swept the judges away with 4 yes (or all 4 say IT’S A YES
together).
3.
Red or Black
Nah, I’m just joking. This show is not nice at all. Miss it
at all cost.
4.
Casualty
Now into the 2nd episode of the new series, it
means Hanna is promoted to head of ED after Nick Jordan left in a helicopter
with sweetheart Yvonne after she was injured in #HolbyRiot. We saw the
departure of Scarlett, Loyld’s Sweetheart who had confessed to be part of the
riot.
Hopefully with the departure of PC Yvonne, there’ll be less
of policing around in the storyline of Casualty and more on the love life of
Hanna and Dylan. We see a new bitch working as receptionist in Holby who is a
bitch. Hate her, period.
5.
Holby City
Holby City is now quite unimaginable with the new Business
Manager, and the non-referral policy. Later in the series it shows Selina does
have a soft side. But the storyline revolving about the non-referral policy is
too much. Seriously, can at least focus more on Nurse Lane or the Jac Naylor
conflict with Tara?
6.
Bad Education
A must watch…watch it to believe it. Starring stars from
other hit sitcom and comedy like Gavin and Stacey (which repeats on BBC) and
Him and Her it had been commissioned for a second series when the first series
have yet to even get to the middle! This shows how nice and terrific the show
is, from the funky head master to the students. With Jack Whitehall as the
English teacher in Abbey Grove, you will not want to miss a single lesson in
school.
Don't miss them all (:
In the mirage endless pursuit of Happiness and Sadness
Humans have defining hormones which ‘tells’ and affects each
individual of their emotions. One such hormone is called endorphins. Almost
everyone knows what it is and the function. For the clueless soul, it is the
hormones being produced to make you happy, and is responsible for the Goosebumps
you get when hearing to music (the nicer ones). It is produced when you
exercise, is eating chocolates and drugs.
In anthropological sense, more endorphins will make you
happy. But is happiness just some endorphins away?
“We must be satisfied with the soup that is set before us,
and not desire to see the bones of the ox out of which it has been boiled.”
Argh…I don’t know what to continue so I’m just bombing in
the next few lines.
In the pursuit of happiness, we are endlessly in search for endorphins,
eating chocolates and exercising or even changing your twitter account (like the
wo geng ni jiang hor). So does that really brings out the endorphins in them?
Perhaps, with an overdose of endorphin, they’ve all gone cranky.
P.S This is a cranky post by someone who lacks endorphins and is thus unable to function properly.
Mixed Feelings
Mixed feelings, mixed feelings
The feelers
The trainers
And your story
Have more holes than
A old gym sock
The feelers
The trainers
And your story
Have more holes than
A old gym sock
Olympics
It's almost 2 weeks since I last blog. It's because I'm forever brain dead, not knowing what to blog about. Since it now is the Olympic season, below are some verse on Olympics.
=============The Olympic We Dreamt Of==============
In peace and freewill
We trust and establish
Away from corporate sponsors
And undeserving torch bearers
Together we unite
For a glorious moment
Celebrating sport's finest
In a celebration or sorts
Team China
Will you win more golds
Team USA
Will you be back
Team GB
You're so miss
And you know you'll be
Team Russia
Now a forgone era,
As yet again
The fireworks up high
In the xxxx of London
Somewhere East
Somewhere near Thames
Land upon
Bond
With the Queen
Ever so spectulcar
Ever British
Ever grumptly
A non-complacent
Non-contended lot
Plagued by security
Plagued by budgeting
Plagued by chips
Plagued by sponsors
Plagued by ticketing
Plagued by mascot
Plagued by strikes
Plagued by transport
This is the games
We are all waiting for
Yet disappointed
For where's the blue police box
When we hear her sound
Is this the last time you host
Or there's another time
Only time will tell
And the legacy you'll be leaving behind
Go Team GB
Go Olympics
You'll be missed dearly
Come the closing ceremony
And don't leave the Spice Girls out
=============The Olympic We Dreamt Of==============
In peace and freewill
We trust and establish
Away from corporate sponsors
And undeserving torch bearers
Together we unite
For a glorious moment
Celebrating sport's finest
In a celebration or sorts
Team China
Will you win more golds
Team USA
Will you be back
Team GB
You're so miss
And you know you'll be
Team Russia
Now a forgone era,
As yet again
The fireworks up high
In the xxxx of London
Somewhere East
Somewhere near Thames
Land upon
Bond
With the Queen
Ever so spectulcar
Ever British
Ever grumptly
A non-complacent
Non-contended lot
Plagued by security
Plagued by budgeting
Plagued by chips
Plagued by sponsors
Plagued by ticketing
Plagued by mascot
Plagued by strikes
Plagued by transport
This is the games
We are all waiting for
Yet disappointed
For where's the blue police box
When we hear her sound
Is this the last time you host
Or there's another time
Only time will tell
And the legacy you'll be leaving behind
Go Team GB
Go Olympics
You'll be missed dearly
Come the closing ceremony
And don't leave the Spice Girls out
Sick and presents
You are now sick and tired literally. You are suffering from
the cold. It’s not even the flu season right now, and you are down with it. It’s
been going on for 2 days since and has yet to consult a GP. Workload is piling up on you, and is unable to
fully concentrate because of the sodding cold. Every 10 minutes, you sneeze, as
though someone was missing you. You head to Starbucks, order a White Chocolate
Mocha frap- your all-time favourite (with the exception of the Christmas special-
Dark Chocolate Peppermint latte).
And someone decided to start bitching about you. About inviting
you to 2 different birthday celebrations and only giving 1 present. About how
stingy you are. To top it off, you’re one of his oldest friends. The original
first gift had been bought way in advance.
So, despite you being sick and all, you still need to head
out to town just to buy another present to pacify your friend. Now you really
regret why you don’t share a present with the others or even choose to attend
both celebrations.
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