Healthy JAN!

I sometimes love how the year started with a holiday, a long one like this, which I used to hate a lot.

I used to think that it is a waste of time, especially at the beginning of the year, and you're not doing anything, very unproductive.

But slowly I came to realize that only in this kind of holidays, you'll be doing what you want and what you like, and it's actually much more productive than just blindly rushing classes and assignments.

For me, I spent the last two weeks doing what I really want, focusing on my hobbies. Music, reading, cooking, exercise etc. (owhh also drama and anime XD)

The first accomplishment this year is I started to exercise daily and also eat clean. It actually started last year end, after I came back from all my vacations. Although I am quite sure that it won't be able to last the whole year, but at least right now I am doing it.

I'm visiting the gym at a daily basis right now, and everyday spending at least two hours there, focusing both on cardio and weight. I'm not aiming to slim down but just to stay healthy.

It usually start with about 15-20mins cardio, followed by 60-90mins of weight training, then ending it with 30-40mins cardio. I usually choose the treadmill for cardio, walking fast or sometimes jog. For weight I have my personal trainer which I used to visit about four years ago. Stomach will be focused everytime, while back+elbow and leg will take turns.

It's actually very hard to maintain, going to the gym at a daily basis, especially you have sore legs sore arms even getting down the bed is a pain, some more to the gym @.@ 

Also when you're training, all thoughts come into mind. "Why am I doing this?", "What am I doing here?" and that can't be more normal at first, especially lifting those weights doing that routine and time seems to pass SO SLOW!

But trust me, day by day, exercising will become a daily part of your life, and missing one day make you feel so empty and guilty. Until that day you do it like you eat and sleep, hang in there!

Okay now to the eating part!

More protein, vege, fruits, fibre. Less carbs and oil. Simple but so hard.

Breakfast can be soy with bread, eggs and fruits.

this is yummehhhh

Lunch can be normal, more grass aka vege. Homecook will be better.

Dinner try to keep it as simple. Fruits and maybe some biscuits (low sodium high fibre kind)

DO NOT SKIP A SINGLE MEAL. We are human beings that need food, no skipping.

Exercising daily might be hard, eating clean would be even harder. Try to avoid outside food and big meals, which is very hard. 

So far I haven't have a single cheat day yet. YAY. Which I think will be today since it's Bii's birthday HAHA.

Anyway, no matter doing anything, enjoying is the most important.

It started off with a black out

2017! It's a new year!!!

People have plans and goals to reach, it's a new start!!!

Me? Owhhh I blacked out on the first day of 2017. Yepp.

I didn't expect this as my health was quite okay for the past few years, I collapsed in front of the crowds in public after feeling a bit dizzy. I was considered quite lucky as there was someone who grabbed me and I didn't knocked on anything. 

This was my third time (?) fainting for the same reason, it's always unexpected, but no big deal.

Goshhh, you won't know how paiseh it is when you wake up after that, with eyes locked on you and everyone giving you that weirdo glare (perasan onot i dunno)  

I have to say my health condition was like a roller coaster drop when it enters 2017. VERY SCARY.

First day I fainted and followed by a few days ear block (?) until today. 

It felt like having high pressure on the ear drum and sometimes it's so worse that it hurts. I can barely hear any, not even myself talking, which makes me in a VERY wobbly emotion. #emotionallyVERYunstable

Until today I'm still taking pills applying this an that (which I don't even know will it work), things haven't get better and finger crossed in won't get worse.

I can't go anywhere else, imagining losing my ear sight somewhere else I don't know (okay I know I'm scaring myself) but right now I'm just being very careful. VERY CAREFUL.

My daily routine will be like: Going out with grandma in the morning, help out at Dad's shop, go home with Mum after she finished school, enjoy some self time, exercise, help Bii on her study, sleep.

I am very careful with everything I eat, because I was thinking this ear problem might be because of the seafood allergy (oops!) and there was this scenario that we all went out to a fancy restaurant and what I had was tea (and some grass aka vege ._.)

So far it's already one week into 2017, finished a few novels, some anime (natsume!), some korean dramas. Loving life right now, just hoping things will get better.

Hello 2017!

Blinks... blinks... and blinks...

Tbh I'm so not ready for 2017, I felt so unprepared, stepping into another new year.
Or in another way to say, I have no feelings for this new year.
I'm turning 20 soon this year, and this thought didn't even fear me, not even a little. I forgot since when, I embraced the thought that age is just a number and nothing else, I learnt to appreciate every single chapter of my life, and not to just rush through it. Hope that I can always keep this in mind.

I spent the last night of 2016, watching NHK then Johnny's countdown, as usual, missing those days sitting in front of the computer in the dark with Zoe watching countdown a few years ago. Now we're miles away, but still doing the same thing. Physically not together but heart, always.

Looking back my 2016 resolutions, I've achieved more than I expected. I felt so touched to the people I met and the chances I was granted, will definitely work even harder to pay it off!!!

A small conclusion of my 2016 achievements *chehhhh*

~ Dyed my hair (19 is quite late an age though)
~ Gave a talk in front of about 200 SPM students
~ Got into dean list
~ Held my own event as a Organizing Chairperson in uni
~ Secured a scholarship (for only a year though)
~ Improved my Korean
~ Visited the cancer children a few times
~ Went to Japan and traveled as a local (dream since young)
~ Passed two semester in this year with 4.0
~ Challenged rock climbing
~ Upgraded my Taekwondo belt
~ Went to Tsukiji tuna auction before the harbor move to another place
~ Tried e-commerce with my friend (although it kinda failed)
~ Went to the gym more (lasted for a sem only though)
~ Brought my mom traveled around Taiwan
~ Went for Mr.andMs.Curtin 2016

~ Went to a concert (illion Japan tour)

~ Was on an advertisement of Curtin! 

2016 is definitely a wonderful year!!!
Set up my 2017 resolutions, will work harder to achieve it and make 2017 a more meaningful one!!!