Go vege week!

Haiya friends, do you know that I had been eating around the clock last week?? It reached such a serious degree that whenever my mind thought of food, I started to feel hungry,thus I'll grab some snacks or biscuits or chocolates and ate...this "hungry states" never ceases and no matter how full I am in the last meal, I'll ensure myself eating something half an hour later. It is so uncontrollable! Not a good experience at all to be at a hungry ghost state! >.<

Then, it astonished me, during the bio-pharmaceutics lesson, that our intestine has 3 types of movements:

- phase 1: a short period of no contractions

- phase 2: a long period of unsynchronized contrations that appear similar to the feeding state ( feeding state is the period where yr food in still in digestion and it take around 5 hrs for the last portion of food reaching intestine)

-phase 3: A burst of strong regular contractions that move down in a peristaltic pattern

Phase 3 was particularly important: These "housekeeper waves" start in the stomache and will help to sweep all the undigested food particles from small intestine into large intestine. This is the detoxification process I presume! Which means- if I am going to eat at a minimum interval of 4 hours between meals, my intestine is not going into phase 3, unless I am sleeping. Oh my! I can't accept this. So my body has not been detoxifying for 1 or 2 weeks? I don't wanna die due to bioaccummulation or food poisoning. Definitely not.

Hence, with strong determination, I have decided that this week will be my " go-vege-week"!

The food that I bought for this week, which is totally vege and environmental friendly: Broccoli, Celery ( best for detoxification), carrot, cabbage ( from last 2 weeks).

Fruits: Banana, apples, plum, strawberries

Muller yogurts X 3 and sainsbury yogurts X 4

Hey, so how?Does it sound interesting to you? Feel like want to support my campaign as well? Let's go vege this week! The rules are easy to follow ( should be):

First - When you wake up, before brushing your teeth, try to drink a glass of 250 ml of warm water. To avoid adding too much of a pressure to your kidney, you must drink the water slowly, as if u're tasting the coffee with all your passion. ( recommended by Dr Low )

Second - 3 Meals. Only 3 meals per day. No supper pls! The body will consider any input as supper after 8 pm.

Third - Eat your fruits or yoghurt half an hour before your main meal, not after~ ( that's the typical Chinese tradition to eat fruits after the meal to help digestion which is wrong~~) It is because after the meal, the food will stay in your stomach and intestine or up to 4 to 5 hours. If the fruits are taken after the meal, its nutrients will not be immediately absorbed by our intestine, not until the food have passed through the intestine. Meanwhile, the fruit components may react with the components in your food and the whole thing is going to spoil...

Fourth - Do not drink cold water or eat cold food after the meal. or else, the oil in your food will be solidified. This is worse, because once this solid globule reacts with acid, it will be absorbed by the intestine faster than anything else. Thus it is better to drink warm water or soup after meals.

Fifth - Sleep early! Sleeping early enables all parts of your body to undergo detoxification naturally, starting from the detoxification of liver at 11pm. I'm not a role model on this I know, I'm still improving on this. The earliest I can get to my bed is....after twelve?? hehe....

That's the basics five rules of thumb in my go-vege-week! If you want to be healthier, you can try on short meditation for 10 mins in the morning. That helps u to concentrate! Anymore suggestion in improving the wellness of life?? hehe..tell me then!

珍贵的母难日

朋友们，感谢你们的用心，感谢你们的祝福，感恩一切的惊喜，成就了我在英国第一个美好的生日。我们的回忆怎能忘。还记得在前天的我们站在巴士站，我深深地呼吸，感受最后那十九岁的时刻。世上有多少人能渡过十九年的岁月。

在此至此刻，请让我用生日剩下的十分钟，滴答滴答的钟声，听着这首歌，静静地写下我的思念。

那似乎是偶然的一天 你从温暖的室内终于接触到室外的冷

你呱呱的啼声表示内心深处 存在着对恩的感激
这不该是偶然的一天 你年年都会记住 终于又度过一个生日

你欢喜的庆祝 是否内心深处 已忘了对恩的感激
可曾知道当两个生命 挣扎着生存 是痛苦与欢乐的交响 是含泪的满足

或许会有那样的一天 你终于体会到 世间最珍贵的母难日 是无可取代的

这是内心深处 充满着对恩的感激

可曾记得当母亲痛苦 挣扎的时候 是生存与死亡的一线

是施恩与受惠的一刻 是含泪的感恩

*

*

*

*

*

佛陀说，生日，就是母亲受难的日子。在珍贵的母难日，听这首歌，内心的感触更深。用手机，把我们的心联系了起来。爸爸，妈妈，小舅，婆婆，听着您们的声音，接受您们给我生日的祝福，是我今日最大的满足。

FAMILY means Father and Mother I Love U.

Gong Gong Po Po I Love You.

夜深的您睡了，还没听得到您的祝福，唯有看着这张照片，想象公公您用您的招牌笑容，祝我生日快乐，然后说：“去喝茶，我请你！”

我的母难日过去了，今天又会是谁的母难日。今后的我会有“天鹅型 "的岁数，展开人生新的一页。但愿亲爱的您们安好，快乐。我会过得好好的。想您。

Meteor Shower

17.11.2009 - The exciting day had come. Spreading from one country to anoother, from Edinburgh to Bath, it was said that there is going to be a meteor shower on that night. Wow, meteor shower - these 2 simple words can just make people link the whole thing up: Meteor => making wish = > wish come true => Taiwan drama Meteor Garden Eh???

Hence, there I was, wearing layers of clothes plus my hoodie, prepared to step into the darkness of 9.45pm and fight against the freezing cold wind. It's my first time attempting to watch meteor shower, hence it was kind of an exciting experience I guess. Not much of the hope of making a wish, I was just curious how it happens. From the rugby field, you can see different people doing funny stunts just for the sake for making a granted wish. Some wearing monolayer of clothes, were still unwillingly to leave because they didn't see one; Some drank alcohol to keep their body warm ; some complaining how they have missed the meteor; a lot busying taking photos with friends to remember this historical moment; while Some (including me) even lay on the ground, with their heads 90' degree facing the sky, and do not dare to blink just in case they miss the shooting star in a split second. People may somehow forgot to appreciate the magnificent view of the sky with thousands of blinking stars, just to search for one which is going to ''drop'' and disappear. Human beings are weird, aren't we? While waiting for the shooting stars to come, I have enjoyed myself so much in watching the sky. And that reminds me of the story of The Lion King~

And the cruel fact is, in this scientific era, meteor isn't that fantastic anymore when you found out that what you see is just the visible path of a meteoid as it enters the atmosphere to become a meteor. ( heartbroken~)

However, the fact that making a wish when the meteor comes and the wish is granted might be true. According to Buddhism, when we desire a thing so much and we are so concentrated in making a wish, we actually make a strong will in our mind and the will will finally leads us to the realisation of the goal.

Thus,why bother to look for outer shooting star which is unpredictable and impermenant? Concentrate and make a sincere wish to the meteor in our heart - that's the open secret in the bestselling book "Secret"!

Watch out it's firework!!!

Life has never been so "busy". Hah, you might wonder why do I want to add inverted comma to this word? It seems that my lectures aren't that packed - I somehow have only 2 lectures today, 1 hour per lecture. This is far more less than the hours the kids and teens spend in their schools. I suppose have plenty of time to do my revision and homework right? However, these times were spent in doing my household chores, cooking, washing, checking email, etc. etc. Now it is 11.10pm in UK and I'm here with 80% of my to-do-list undone. Why why why~~~ poor time management I had!

A few days ago my campus had organised a firework event to celebrate the Guy Fawkes' day. It is the first time for me this kampung moi to watch the live firework display, somemore in UK! Seriously! I had never been to many countdown events back in Malaysia because my parents never brought me and didn't allow me to those crowded places. They thought I might get hurt by the dropping firework residue ( said by my mom, long time ago! ) or by the squeezing crowd. The firework shown by the tv is so nice and clear, but somehow I realise the feeling is totally different when you watch it with your eyes - even it is not the best firework you have seen!!!

Watching firework has been a tradition when it comes to a new year. It is so wonderful and it gives me the feeling that, it is the start of a something new after the display~~

I believe most of us must be at least once stunned by how beautiful the firework is~~ But don't forget, the beauty of the firework is partly contributed by the dark night that falls. Reflecting on our lives, life may be tough but it is also one of the way to show how strong we can be and how well we can make out of the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds of worth of distance run! quote from Rudyard Kipling~

Firework never comes by 1 alone. Everyone is unique, just as the firework with different colours~ If everyone can always be considerate and helpful to others instead of putting themselves in the highest priority, all of us can actually makes our best at the same time and this produces a wonderful world of joy and happiness! ^_^

After the firework display, we went to the funfair stalls at the other side of the school compound. UK funfair is not that different from Malaysia's, except that there are some new games and it takes usually 2POUNDS per game. RM2..becomes 2 pounds huh?? Due to tight budget, the machine below has become our final resort:

It is just 20 pence per game and hence we thought we might give it a try! and who knows......

*
*
*
*
*

Tada!!!! I won a cute teddy bear by trying on 4 attempts! Oh my it is soooooooo *adorable* that I can't help but hugging it to get into my sweet dreams every night.

Life has been "busy" but I am so glad that I have my time spent on some memorable events like this. Oh my it is twelve the morning now. That's all for today. Bonne nuit~~~~

Bonne nuit is french means good night! hehe~

Yes Man

I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,

You could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in,

And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand.

I would understand.

The angry boy, a bit too insane,

Icing over a secret pain.

You know you don't belong.

You're the first to fight, You're way too loud,

You're The flash of light, on a burial shroud.

I know something's wrong.

Well everyone I know has got a reason, to say,

put the past away.

I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend,

You could cut ties with all the lies, That you've been living in,

And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand,

I would understand~

Yes! I have just watched Yes Man and it is quite an inspiring movie about positive thinkings, with dozens of hilarious scenes and funny stunts by Jim Carrey! What a coincidence since recently I have been thinking this - how positive thinkings can bring about changes in life! Jim Carrey acts as man whose life were so miserable that he rejected almost every invitations from his friends and opportunities to brighten up his dull life. While his life has never been more depressed, some incidents happened, which makes him commited to say yes to everything that he came across! What should he do then?? Does he succeed in conforming the commitment he has made which will bring horrible consequenses once he break his promise??

Somehow the story plot sounds illogical and the main actor has been incredibly lucky in everything he does, but the story does give me some good lessons and questions to ponder. When we tend to think positively about a thing, there're more than half the possibility that the thing will turn out to be a good one, sometimes even better than what we have expected. Sometimes we are too comfortable living in our comfort zone, our own world, until we are lack of the courage to try on the things we're unfamiliar with. Then we promptly jump to the conclusion that this or that thing does not suit me. Life cannot be lived twice, why don't we just give it a try instead of keep worrying about the unknown consequences behind that thing?

However, saying yes does require some wisdom! First, to come out of our own world, we practice to to say YES! Then, we utilise our wisdom to nod our heads on the things that we choose to. And most of the times they should be good and beneficial things, not those bad ones! haha~ and most importantly, say "yes" because your heart truly want to but not "yes" because of anything else.

A good movie I would recommend~ ^_^

Quote

A random post.

" Real peace comes from within, seek not from outside."

from my teacher, the Buddha~~

Pic. of the day:

There're so many lessons we can learn from the environment.^_^

Turn passive into Active

Turning passive into Active

Well, I'm not going to talk about active and passive sentence structure as my English proficiency is that poor T.T Below is just a little thought that recently flashed through my mind and I found it imposing subtle changes to my life every day.

Have you guys heard of Cest la vie? It means "This is life" in French. To me, this phrase seems to indicate that life is not that perfect as you wanted it to be but you have to accept it, simply because, This is life! Everybody's going to face the same problem some days or some time and so as you.. But since I've learned Buddhism, I have a different opinion about this. It ain't going to be the same all the time. Life maybe imperfect, but the main point is how are we going to look at it. It is not about mere acceptance, it's about choices you're going to choose, in your heart.

That's what I usually think subconsciously when facing the situations below:

Morning: omg i miss my bed that much..why should they put our lecture in such an early time..

During lecture: lecture again..what..exam..oh my so many homework and things to do..aih..

Learning French: Gosh there're so many hard words! yer..hard lel..

and etc. etc.

I realised that, incredibly, I have always come to these kinds of thoughts spontaneously when I face the similar situations. It may not appear as sentence or words, maybe you can just feel it by your heart. The negative power that pulling your heart down. Addition of that, I may not be aware of them at all most of the time!

Thus, I make some changes to my thought these days:

Learning French: Wow, there're so many new words to learn! It's so exciting!

Learning Dance: It's really fun!!! Great to learn new stuffs!

During lecture: I'm going to learn something relevant to my ambition now! I want to learn that so that I can be a successful pharmacist and that's why I'm here in the lecture! ^_^ (not because I'm being forced to attend)

We should be active in our lives. We are the driver of our life, not the passenger! Let all the events coming into your life because you want them and willingly take up the responsibilities that come with it. We can tell ourselves, we can CHOOSE NOT TO ATTEND the lectures and the exams ( sounds pride), but we are there because WE WANT TO learn!

You know what, in some poor countries in Africa, the learning opportunities are so scarce that when the mobile library comes to the area, all the children are so excited that they can't wait to feel the taste and smell of a book, and then read them enthusiastically for the whole day! Appreciate the bliss that are around us every day! This can create a positive inner strength from our heart and so we can work positively and happily towards our goal! ^_^

*

*

*

*

*

*

Picture of the day:

Strawberry dipped in yoghurt~~ nice~