2015.04.16 | 日行萬步

[Volume 10 Issue 4, #2013]

Stay Healthy - Walk 10,000 Steps A Day

曾經在某處讀過話步行係一種良好運動.. 我哋人人每日都一定會行路啦, 不過要行幾多先稱得上係「有運動過」呢?? 佢話係每日行一萬步..呢個數字睇落有啲大, 而且邊鬼個會咁得閒去計腳步?? 我從來懶理, 直至發現部手機入面有個叫做「Health」嘅apps, 紀錄每日行過幾步路.. 我唔清楚呢個「步行計」點樣操作, 不過既然「生果牌」洗咗幾百萬同幾年時間研發, 到依家公開俾用戶使用, 我應該信賴佢嘅準確性嘅, 哈哈!! 於是, 我最近對於自己行過幾步路都頗為著緊, 會時時刻刻開個apps睇下, 盡量做到每日一萬步.. 我當然知道, 如果我可以好似她或者他或者她咁樣跑法, 我都唔駛擔心啦.. 個問題係在於自己身體太笨重(想像下遮里喺度跑緊, dun下dun下咁係何其辛苦!!), 而且腳踝會發痛喎!! 所以我只好選擇走路, 可喜的是, 其實要行佢幾千步都並非難事, 只係我哋未為意啫.. 而我好開心可以保持平均每日過萬步, 要俾個like自己!! 所以各位朋友呀, 大家開始要每日行多幾步路喇.. 架車泊離門口遠啲, 行路出去打包而唔揸車, 應該唔死得下化?? :p

i once read somewhere that walking is a good form of exercise.. we all walk everyday no doubt, but how much of walking do you think could classify us as "having exercised"?? it says walk 10,000 steps a day.. this sounds like a big number and who the hell of us counts how many steps we walked in a day?? i never bothered, until i found this apps called "Health" shipped with my phone that logs the number of steps i walked.. i do not know how this "pedometer" works but if that "fruit brand" invested millions and years in the R&D of this thing and finally released it to the users, i better believe its credibility, haha!! so i have been rather excited about the number of steps i walked lately, i check that apps every now and then and try my best to hit the 10,000 mark everyday.. i know,if i run like the archetypical her on the trails or him and her on the treadmill, i won't have to worry a thing.. but the thing is, i am TOO HEAVY to run (imagine a jello running all wobbly, susah lah kan??), and my ankles hurt if i do!! so i resort to walking, thank god, believe it or not?? it's actually not difficult to log thousands of steps a day, we just do not realise that.. and i am happy that i can maintain a daily average of 10,000 steps, bravo to myself!! so everyone, let's all start to walk a little more everyday, park your car a tad further from the entrance or walk out to tapao instead of driving won't die lah.. :p

2015.03.31 | 週六那日

[Volume 10 Issue 3, #2008]

That Day on Last Saturday

我睇返以前寫過嘅貼, 發現有幾多我報導自己一日內做過啲嘢嘅貼, 仲要詳細到有時間流程.. 我醒起自己當時點解要咁做, 因為當時每日寫貼, 呢個報導活動嘅題材相對易寫, 簡單完成任務(易在唔駛絞盡腦汁諗嘢寫, 但不表示我唔駛花時間寫), 哈哈.. 好啦, 咁我今日又想再做一次, 不過當然有互動元素提升啦, 呵呵!! 對上一次寫呢種報導活動題材已是數年前, 所以我冇成日借機折磨大家囉.. (或者我應該多啲寫咁嘅貼??) :D >> 睇下我上個禮拜六做過乜... 時間 活動 相片 09:45 其實8:15am就起咗身嘅, 不過見係禮拜六所以再瞓返, 到再次起身時已係9:45am.. 嗯, 一個唔駛返工嘅週末!! :) 10:30 刷洗完換好衫之後, 早餐例牌在同一間茶室解決.. 我知已係brunch時間, 不過始終係第一餐, 而我又唔會skip咗個lunch, 所以我仍然係叫佢做早餐!! :D 12:30 到咗Want-You商場, 竟然喺5分鐘內搵到泊車位, 呢啲咪叫做幸運囉!! 享受一個庸懶週末之前, 先去Celepretty Fatness出番一身汗先.. 14:30 之後喺麥當當食咗個快晏, 好明顯地, 如果要喺商場內以少於RM10搞掂有嘢食有嘢飲嘅一餐, 只有快餐做得到.. 我其實唔多喜歡要俾十幾蚊食出面茶室賣一半價錢嘅嘢囉.. 14:50 去咗JSC睇咗部真人真事改篇嘅電影《五個小孩的校長》.. 電影講述辭去名校高薪校長一職嘅呂校長, 去到元朗某偏遠幼稚園擔任校長一职, 只是該幼稚園剩下五名窮人家學生, 而且因缺經費而面臨關閉.. 呂校長與學生及家長相處後, 漸愛上該幼稚園, 并作最後努力挽救關閉噩運.. 一部簡單但不失開心兼感動嘅電影.. 17:30 休息半個小時之後, 繼續是日第二部電影.. 相信《Insurgent》呢部電影都唔駛多作介紹啩?? 大家仲記唔記得Erudite, Amity, Abnegation, Dauntless, Candor五個社群, 當然仲有個Divergent?? 係延續篇, 不過我係覺得上一部好睇啲.. 19:45 晚餐食AFC!! 哈哈, 我知你實問做乜又係快餐??!! 好簡單, 咪就係同上面個原因一樣囉.. 你可以話呢一日係我嘅「電影快餐日」, 呵呵!! 如果你想知, 我睇戲時係冇食任何嘢哦~~ :p 20:15 食飽飽之後, 反正在商場就行下啦.. 四月一號GST(goods and services tax)之前, 大家都要有個GST(great shopping time)嘛.. 買咗兩條長褲(一口氣買兩條係因為買一送一), 我返工唔須要好formal, 所以呢款smart casual就啱晒.. 22:30 返到屋企, 沖個靚涼之後, 就開始寫呢篇貼喇.. 係呀, 我每次都係早幾日寫咗先, 再set個時間到時候飲出街㗎.. 寫完之後?? 覺覺豬啦梗係.. ZZZZZZ

i looked at some of my old posts and i noticed that i do have a handful of posts that i just reported what i had done for the day, i even had the activities detailed in chronological order!! now i remember why i did that, i was blogging daily and this is one easy way to get done with a post, simply simple (simple as in i do not have to scratch my head for ideas, doesn't mean i don't need to spend time writing), haha.. okay, i also want to do this again today, but enhanced with interactive scripts, hehe!! anyway, i guess the last time i did this was years ago, so i am not doing this to torture you that often lah.. (or maybe i should do this more often??) :D >> Read what i did last Saturday... Time Activity Photo 09:45 i actually woke up at 8:15am but since it was a weekend, i continued to sleep in, and by the time i woke up again, it was already 9:45am.. ah, non-working weekend!! :) 10:30 breakfast at my usual place after washing up and dressed up for the day.. i know it's brunch time, but that's my first meal of the day and i'm not going to skip lunch later, so i call it breakfast!! :D 12:30 arrived at Want-You shopping mall, found a parking in less than 5 minutes entering the mall, you call that lucky!! went straight to Celepretty Fatness for a workout before enjoying the rest of the day.. 14:30 quick lunch at MacRonald, obviously fast food chains are the only place you can settle a meal that comes with a drink under RM10 in a shopping mall.. i hate having to pay RM10+ for something i can have at half the price at kopitiams outside.. 14:50 head to JSC and watched a Cantonese movie titled "Little Big Master" (五個小孩的校長) based on a true story.. a headmistress resigned from a reputable international kindergarten, went to a kindergarten in a remote village with only 5 poor students, which was facing closure due to lack of students and funding.. the movie goes about how she get along with the kids and their parents and eventually saved the kindergarten from closure.. a simple but happy and also touching movie.. 17:30 after a 30-minute break, continued with the second movie of the day, "Insurgent" which i guess i do not need to introduce any further?? remember the factions Erudite, Amity, Abnegation, Dauntless, Candor and of course, the Divergent?? this is the sequel of which i find the previous instalment nicer to watch.. 19:45 dinner at AFC!! haha, i know i know, fast food again you probably asked?? yes, for the same reason above again.. call this day my movie and fast food day, haha!! anyway if you'd like to know, i didn't snack at all during the movie dei :p 20:15 did some shopping and i guess many people also had some GST (great shopping time) before GST (goods and services tax) implements on 1st April.. bought myself two pairs of pants (two because of buy one get one free) for work, no need formal but we go smart casual.. 22:30 reached home, took a shower and then drafted this post (yes, i always write my posts in advance and then schedule them to be published at a later time) before i called it a day.. ZZZZZZ

2014.06.19 | 星洲某處

[Volume 9 Issue 6, #1907] 向博客致敬系列(7) ■ Tribute to Bloggers Series (7) [註] 向博客致敬系列因依據不同博客寫作風格, 故只有該博客慣用語言, 敬請中文讀者見諒..

Heritage Lane @ Empire Damansara Saw people blogged about this Heritage Lane @ Empire Damansara. So was there last weekend with friends to look see look see. Umbrella decoration Inside Heritage Lane This place is still new and many shops are still empty. Saw Texas Chicken there so went in to try. 2-piece chicken combo meal (RM11.20)

this post is a tribute dedicated to Somewhere in Singapore @ Somewhere in Singapore Blog (the post title 星洲某處 is Somewhere in Singapore translated into Chinese).. probably a low-profile blogger who found my blog last year but since then she has never missed commenting in all my posts.. have not met her in person, but from her getai photos and meet up with other bloggers, we can feel she must be a nice and friendly person.. dear Sharon, thank you so much for your support and do you like with this mimic of your blogging style?? hehehe.. :p

2014.06.11 | 後院生活

[Volume 9 Issue 6, #1903] 向博客致敬系列(3) ■ Tribute to Bloggers Series (3) [註] 向博客致敬系列因模仿不同博客寫作風格, 故只有該博客慣用語言, 敬請中文讀者見諒..

Chilling Out at Sungai Chiling Was what I did the past weekend. Rarely do I go for outdoor activities. So must write about this hiking trip at Kuala Kubu Bharu. It's a big thing, you know. HAHAHA We bunked in at a skimpy rumah tumpangan in KKB town the night before and after breakfast at one of the mamak restaurant, we drove over to Sungai Chiling Fish Sanctuary. Arrived there rather late, at 9:30am. Groups of hikers came in cars, and their cars seen parked on both sides of the main road. Some were even preparing to depart. But we were, of course, not considered the late ones. They were early. ^^ My first time there. And just gotta follow another friend who has been there. We were to get to the waterfall at the other end, through a forest reserve. And more kindling, crossing a river along the hike. 6 times to be precise. I was all equipped with my brand new hiking sandals (bought for this event) and a handful of salt. Leeches that I am bothered with. Call me newbie. Overly zealous newbie who thought these are the gist of hiking. ^^ It commenced with a little walk cutting through trees and bushes. Supposed to be a forest reserve, so shall we call it. Not until later when the walking trail turned a real hiking trail, or almost not a trail at all, that was where the real fun began. Saw some interesting plants I have seen only on pictures. None could I even tell the name. I know they are definitely not condoms, grapes, monkey tail and rambutans as their shapes suggested nevertheless. Touche. Venturous more felt when we began to cross the river. First. Second. Calf-height. Third. Fourth. Above my knees. Fifth and just below my butt. That was when we decided to strip down to our swimming trunks and dip into the water. Awesome. Cold water running over our bodies and splashed onto us as we laid on small rapids. So close to the nature I felt. Sixth and repeat. Six river crossings and two dips, we finally reached the waterfall. Scent of fresh water, laughter of kids playing and sounds of falling water hitting rocks. How often do you see no building and car, but just trees and water around you? When was the last time? It was fairly crowded at the waterfall that we spent just 20 minutes. No nasi lemak for us. And screams from kids can be quite exasperating. Heading back to the entrance down the same trail, repeating the crossings six, five, four, three, two, one. And a small hike through the forest. Two hours. Or probably a tad little more. It was sheer fun. :P And do uols find this familiar? Gotcha. Back in KL and Plan B's big breakfast as a reward to the newbie for making it through. Hihihi! Gratified. Burp. And zilch is when you burnt some calories earlier but fed in more afterwards. Hukhukhuk! ^^

this post is a tribute dedicated to lina @ Life, In My Own Backyard (the post title 後院生活 is Life In Backyard translated into Chinese).. her always inspiring posts about running and improving, and witty thoughts about parenting and stuffs, are surely something that i learn a lot from.. and oh, not forgetting her deep English and SMS-style vocab!! haha.. in real a famous runner, Lina is a contemporary woman of the new era with her own way of thinking.. dearest Mak Glam, thank you for being there and how do you feel flattered with this post mimicking your style of blogging (of course mine is lousy vocab)?? kekeke.. :p

10.09.2013 | 貪小便宜

[Volume 8 Issue 9, #1785]

係, 你眼前的確係一系列不同顏色嘅同款水樽, 不過唔好意思事先聲明, 唔係你諗嘅大贈送噃!! 所以若果你將個視窗閂咗唔再睇埋落去, 我完全明白而且仲唔會怪大家嘅, 哈哈!! 其實今日係想講我竟然為咗呢四個水樽淪落到.. 淪落到咩地步呢?? 故事由上個星期城中個傢具展開始.. 話說每日首1000名入場登記嘅人士, 每人都會免費獲得以上限量精美水樽乙個.. 本來我對咁樣嘅市場促銷方式都冇乜興趣, 不過第一日咁啱經過又有時間, why not?? 結果拎到個紅色嘅, 一睇之後非常喜歡喎.. 結果接住落去嘅三日, 我就天天報到, 我-竟-然-天-天-報-到!! 每日唔同嘅顏色, 結果我連續四日都晨早去排隊輪水樽.. 其實我係諗住既然有咗一個, 就索性收集一套啦.. 講得好聽嘅, 係我有恆心, 有一股鍥而不捨, 為求完美嘅精神!! 講得難聽嘅, 咪就係我師奶仔性格作祟, 貪小便宜囉!! 真係難以相信我竟然如此, 都唔係平時嘅我嚟㗎嘛~~ :D

yes, you see one set of water bottles in different colors, but sorry to say that this is not a giveaway post if you thought so!! hence if you stop reading and close the window, i totally understand and will not frown upon that, haha!! actually i wanted to talk about how uncle i was for these four water bottles.. how uncle was i?? it all started with that home and living exhibition in town last week.. so, everyday the first 1000 visitors who registered at the entrance will each get a limited edition water bottle as seen above for free.. initially i wasn't keen at all on this kind of marketing promotion, but on the very first day i coincidentally passed by, furthermore since i've also got time so why not?? and so it ended up i got the red one, and i liked it very much!! since then for the next three days, i went there everyday, I UNEXPECTEDLY WENT THERE EVERYDAY!! it's a different color on each day, hence i went there early in the morning for a total of four consecutive days just to queue up for the bottles.. i actually thought since i've already have one, might as well collect one whole set right?? to put it in a nice way, it's because i am a determined person who seek for perfection.. to put it as it is, i guess the auntie-ness in me kind of made me go all the way for the freebies as if they were gold!! so unbelievable i did that, because that was not the usual me either~~ :D

01.08.2013 | 循環郵票

[Volume 8 Issue 8, #1764]

乜嘢係住喺一個角落, 但係又可以經常環遊世界呢?? 估中都當然冇獎啦, 上面幅圖咁明顯~~ 大家貼郵票嘅時候, 係唔係都會貪方便, 直接申條脷出嚟, 用口水濕咗張郵票, 跟住「啪」一聲將郵票貼咗喺信封上呢?? 我就要睇情況, 如果就手有水或膠水嘅話, 當然唔會咁做啦, 說到底都唔係衛生嘛.. 記得以前電郵尚未普遍, 尤其讀大學嘅時候, 書信來往係唯一同親友聯繫最經濟嘅途徑.. 當年書信一來一往其實郵費都相當剌利, 於是我哋就「發明」咗一個郵票循環再用嘅方法.. 非常簡單, 只要喺張郵票面上涂上一層透明膠水, 之後將呢張做過手腳嘅郵票寄浸入水內.. 於是層透明膠水就會溶解, 連帶郵政印章都跟住洗甩啦, 晒乾張郵票之後, 又係一張可再用嘅郵票喇.. 哈哈!! 不過唔好以為永久可用呀, 一張大概用上三四次度啦, 都算慳返一筆嘅.. 當然, 我只係當年仲係學生嘅時候先會咁做啫, 依家都真係得鬼閑費鬼事咩?? :D

what stays at one corner but can always travel around the globe?? no prize for guessing it right, since the answer is so obvious in the photo above~~ when you are affixing a stamp, do you usually out of convenience just dampen it with a little saliva on your tongue (i.e. lick it), and then spat it right on the envelope?? for me it depends, if there's water or glue conveniently available of course i wouldn't, afterall it's really not hygienic at all doing so.. and i still remember when email wasn't that common yet, especially during my uni days, letter correspondence was the only more economical way to keep in touch with family and friends.. those days having letters sent might be quite a burden, hence we "created" a postage stamps recycle method.. very simple, just coat a layer of transparent glue on the stamp, when you soak it in water, the glue will dissolve and naturally the date stamp would be ripped off the stamp itself, dry it and the stamp is usable again.. haha!! however don't expect one stamp could be used forever, with this method i'd say it can last for 3-4 trips, at least saved us some money right?? of course i only did that when i was a student back then, now i don't even bother to waste time to think about doing that, haha!! :D