of 3 main health upkeeping...

Ok, I read health articles, not to the extreme, ie. follow strictly, but I do read,

I read those from the west, and I read those from the east…

At the end of the day,

Same as parenting,

I kinda think that, we're still chinese,

We can't really follow the western parenting 100% though we'd like to, but it's just not in our blood,

Though, we don't agree with the parenting style from our ancesters either…

Dilemma, right??

However, follow your base…

If you want to follow the west, be it, and be ready for the outcome, you get what I mean???

Same as parenting,

It goes with health,

Do you think…

You and me, east and west are just the same?

Nope, we're of different built…

The west, everything eaten raw is good, they're kinda extreme,

The east? It's not like everything MUST be cooked, but to the east, the way of being healthy, is WARMTH,

That's why, now I understand, why during confinement and whatsoever, our parents are just soooooooooooooo extremely "careful" in telling us to keep warm,

But then, I've my own set of theory, which I'll put it aside…

Straight to the point now,

3 things I notice,

Blending whatever crap I've read,

It may not work for you, but sure for me, I only need one-liner kind of reminder,

First, yes, we've gotta keep our body warm, ie. exercise, qi-gong, to me, I'll add, drink some alcohol, ^_^,

The optimum body temperature, in fact is slightly above 37C but then, at present days, cos we move less, our body temperature is generally below 37,

So my point is, the goal is to keep warm,

How? Up to you…

Second,

Which I've read lately, and I think it's kinda true…

Eat less… I really love to eat, and I really can wallop a lot, look at my size, you'll know… everything's BIG! ^_^

Anyway, you would tell me all sort of reasons, and bla bla bla bla bla, why need to eat less, and bla bla bla bla bla…

The one liner which works for me is,

The more you eat, the faster you die!

That's it!

Third,

Similar to the above,

In japanese drama, LAST HOPE, (I've not watched, but I saw somebody sharing it in weibo, I'll watch later, ok? It seems to be a good series for this season, fast and flaky, unconventional, therefore, I like it!)

The senior explained to the junior,

Ie. every individual's heartbeat is 15mil time in a lifetime,

The faster you beat, the faster you die, for eg. When you gamble…

And therefore, qi-gong, zen and etc type of lifestyle is what I'm after, and what I'm recommending…

Exercise? Yes, best is qigong, to me, taichi, or yoga…

THAT, you exercise, and you learn the zen way of moving and living…

3 points,

Simplify further?

WARMTH, and ZEN!

Period!

Fruity for lunch???

I like reading articles related to health, and I've been following those healthy website, or health blog, and so on…

Then, one day, we decided to eat more fruit, yes, who doesn't know, fruit's important…,

I wanted to have more fruit, ever since baby's born, but somehow, the papaya sits in the fridge till it rots, or the guava eventually gotta be put into the bin, and so on…

Ie. couldn't find the right time to eat the fruit, or,

Couldn't find the right "excuse" to cut the fruit and eat the fruit,

Sad huh?? Yep, damn sad!!!!!!!!!!!

But this time, we're serious,

Cos a friend sent us an article,

Ok, that saying… I've come across a couple of time before, just never really take it seriously,

Ie. take fruit while empty stomach, you'll be benefited much much more, than taking it after the meal…

For whatever reason, some pros and some cons,

Some said it's true, some said it's just a myth…

However, we think, why not?

So, that weekeend, we got a lot of different type of fruits for ourselves…

And ever since, our lunch, for baby and I, have been fruits, then, topping up with some bread!!!

I'm going to tell you what baby's been eating for lunch, during weekdays, you'll probably faint!!

Anyway, yep…

Normally I'll keep some food (just the simpler version) during dinner, for eg. Rice with some vege, and soup, put them in the fridge, next day,

Steamed, and eat…,

Cos, I don't want baby, nor myself, to have to wait for the food to be cooked, for just a quick and simple lunch…

Most of the time, baby doesn't finish the food, ok, I know, even I myself think that, the food, after being "simplified", it really tasted a little bit bland!

Therefore, normally I'll endup worrying if she'll have enough food, then, I'll top up with some cheese and etc.,

Ever since our diet plan changed,

I'm not sure if it's all psychological reason… I in fact feel good about it…

First, we've fresh food, and fresh fruit,

Second, baby eats more, when it's fruits, of course, it's sweet, and easier to eat…

Then if the fruit's not enough, bread, she likes it too…

Well… he's worried about the topping that'll normally goes with the bread, ie. butter, jam, "kaya", etc.

So, so far… I've not used any of these, for health reason…

I've made french toast, lightly pan-fried, with egg… yes, we don't avoid eggs…

And that's all…

One "trick" we learnt from melbourne about eating french toast is,

We actually had it with ketchup and in fact, it does taste nice with ketchup… hehe…

Maybe, next time you should try it…

With maple syrup, again, it's some sugary product, I try to minimize it…

Oh! Also, it's wholemeal bread…

Good huh? ^_^

Let's get moving… Move it! Move it! Move my butt!!

See… I like to plant my butt on the couch, in front of the TV,

If I'm allowed to…

And I like to plant my butt on the work chair, in front of my PC,

If I'm allowed to…

But then, I'm not allowed to do all that, anymore…

Not anymore…

I guess, it's God who sent baby to give me the whip,

So that, I won't be a potato couch, so that, I'll be "always on the move", to keep a healthy lifestyle…

Yes, God wants me to stay healthy, that's what He's trying to tell me…

When I was using my PC, during the day, if she sees,

She'll whine, and she'll come near me, to disturb, and make sure that, I won't have a peaceful surfing time…

It's ok…

So, I thought, I'll turn myself to the TV…

Start watching some japanese dorama, which is piling up in my digital storage, backdated 2-3 years ago… ^_^ amazing, right??

Then, one day, I realised some changes…

Which, I've been living with it, for nearly 1 month, if not 3 weeks…

Yes, a slight change, that I nearly missed…

Whenever I started to plant my butt down,

Baby started to demand for milk, and you know that I'm still nursing her, 100%...

That means, I need to ahem… bear my precious assets, almost all the time…

During the day,

And during the night…

So, I thought, there must be something wrong…

In fact, it striked me when I thought about, "it seems like I've been nursing baby at a shockingly frequent basis, during the day, and during the night…", hm…

Normally,

Normally… during the day, I only feed baby while she's going into her nap (yes, she still needs me!!) and after she gets up from her nap,

Then, if dinner will be late, another feed,

No more than that… the rest of the time, it's food, food, food…

But now?? Like what?

I feed her nearly round the clock,

Cos, I'm sitting there, doing nothing, (yes, watching TV, baby!!!)

And I guess, she gathers that, as long as I'm sitting down, I'll have to feed her,

That's how she connects…

I didn't realize all these, till that phrase striked me, as said…

Therefore?

No PC,

No TV!!

That's what I've decided…

I just can't sit down!!

As long as I'm on the move,

As long as I'm seemed as busy, busy doing something,

She's ok, in fact, as long as I'm BUSY!!!

She's more than happy to play the toys, to explore stuff by herself…

There's no way, I can expect her, to play with her toys, or, do some activities, on her own,

WHEN I'M WATCHING TV,

OR SURFING THE NET!!

Sob sob…

Yes, sob for a while,

When I realized, it actually kinda do me good,

I'm fine with it, and I really really gather, it's God's message to me,

Ie. move, move, move!

Always on the move!

Sharing: Healthy Living… fruits and cold drinks...

Friend forwarded the below email to me… which I thought, it's vital to share… ^_^

Key notes: 1. eat fruits before food, 2. eat fruits as fruits, instead of juice, 3. no cold drink during/after meal…

Since I've graying-hair problem, I guess, I shall be the first to really revamp my fruit-eating style…

To start: breakfast… ^_^V

Eating Fruit - this opened my eyes.

Dr Stephen Mak is a friend of mine at the BSF course. He told me he treats terminal ill cancer patients by "un-orthodox" way and many patients recovered. He explains to me before he is using solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients.  He believes on natural healing in the body against illnesses. See the article below.

Thanks for the email on fruits and juices. It is one of the strategies to heal cancer. As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%. Cancer patients shouldn't die. The cure for cancer is already found. It is whether you believe it or not? I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.. Very few can live for 5 years under the convenctional treatments and most live for only about 2 to 3 years. The conventional treatments do not make any difference because most cancer patients also live for about 2 to 3 years without undergoing any treatment. It is difficult to cure those cancer patients  who have undergone chemo and radiotherapy as their cells are toxic and weak. When there is a relapse, the cancer will spread very fast as the resistance is poor. 

Thanks and God bless. 

Dr Stephen Mak  

It's long but very informative 

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how andwhen to eat. 

What is the correct way of eating fruits? 

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON ANEMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities. 

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so. 

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.... 

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining — every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc — actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrifying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat! 

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOThappen if you take fruits on an empty stomach. 

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight. 

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only freshfruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins. 

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look! 

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange. 

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke. 

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals. 

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer. 

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene — the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C &  Potassium. 

GUAVA & PAPAYA:Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. 

A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. 

Read this....It could save your life!!

House Chores Ranking...

Since I'm a SAHM (stay-at-home-mother) and since we do not have any maid, I do most of the chores… and he does most of the major chores… (those heavy ones)

And since it's chores, I'm not sure if there's anybody out there, who actually loves it, or even likes it… ^_^

But there's one, that I particularly like… ^_^, I like to do launderettes, ie. putting the piles of dirty launderettes into the washing machines, wash, spin, and then, dry…

I like to flip through the piles of clean launderettes aftermath…

Though… sometimes I tend to just pile them up for later folding/storing them…

I used to hate mopping the floor…

Well, I still do, in a way, but since baby's arrival, I try to remind myself to be 'clean' more often…

And, with the new karcher 1020, cleaning the floor has been kinda a breeze to me now…

Which is bad… why? The cleaner our floor is, the more our feet will be fussy about floor cleanliness, and the more sensitive the bottom of our feet will be… arrgh… and every few days, I'll have to clean our floor, with karcher, of course…

I guess that's why my mother used to mop the floor every other day, (yep, she's very hardworking in that sense, despite the fact that, she's a working mother, she actually swept the floor everyday, and mopped the floor every other day, changed our beddings every single week, without fail… I'm not even 50% of her)

I used to hate ironing…

But somehow… thinking of the fact that, I'm ironing something that's so near and dear and close to the skin of my loves ones,

I don't mind ironing nowadays.. And that, it's become my norm task, I'll never let him do the ironing part, he's already so tired after work…

And talking about ironing… I've been 'commented' twice, by my friends, that I spoilt the market… yep, female friends,

Once, was zillion years ago, before we're married, yep, there and then, ironing was already under my territory…

And again, mother used to iron every single day, especially when we're schooling, she did the family launderette every single day too… but she can rest in peace now… as God permitted…

Oh, when I got the comment that I spoilt the market…

Well… 2 things came into my mind…

First, "oh… nowadays, gals/wives don't iron clothes anymore huh?? O.o"

Second, I kinda smile to myself… and kinda feel sweet about it… for some reason… ya, for some reason…

I used to enjoy cooking,

But with the m'sian weather, and of course, kitchen's the last place you'll install and air-conditioner…

Therefore, cooking somehow equates to sweating session…

And ever since I quit my job, I've been a practising cooking wife…

And whenever I cook, I'll on this small little KDK fan (which I put it on the kitchen floor) to blow towards me,

However, lately, I've to share it with baby… hahahahaha!!!

Cos, baby somehow inherits big mama's problem, ie. can't really withstand high temperature on a day to day basis,

I could see sweat dripping down her lovely cheek…

And therefore, one, is to entertain her, let her look at the fan turning left and right, while she's looking at me preparing dinner… one is to cool her… a little bit…

It's not to say that, I do not like cooking already… (because of the hot weather) but I kinda enjoy the task for other reason… ie. the health of our family…

Yep… he's very pleased that, the healthy cooking has kinda ahem… improved his image, his overall look, and his body… ^_^

Replace "he" with "I", ya… I'm happy too…

Last week, I invited a friend over for dinner… and she's startled at the fact that our diet has changed…

But frankly, it's not changed… it's only been altered a little bit, but not changed…

Since 2004, when I travelled with him for his work, and when I start to prepare dinner for both of us, that's what I've been cooking…

I've not bothered to learn more harmful/tastier/spicier recipe, I just don't bother…

My motto: you want those food, you can go eat outside, so, I don't really bother to learn how to make chicken kapitan, or spicy nyonya squid, etc.

Ya… kinda lame excuse for me not to learn, but why bother, and why cracking my head to compete with those professional cook out there…

And my second motto, to those who like/love to say this whenever they're dining out, "this dish, I also know how to make", my reply will be, "then don't come out and eat, and just stay at home and you cook these dishes!!"…

Oh no… that's my side-track thoughts…

Back to cooking…

Ya, I enjoy cooking, based on the result, not on the process… ^_^

Oh, and back to the alteration,

We used to have 1 soup, 1 vege, 1 meat+vege,

Now… I just alter it to 1 soup, 2 vege,

And of course, all the time, brown rice…

As the soup has already have meat, why need another 'meat' dish??

Sometimes, we go out to dine over the weekend, we've already been eating sinfully…

So, I don't really bother to put too much meat, anyway, vege's healthy, and good, and overall cheap…

In addition to that, both of us have our own 'cleaning' territory…

For eg. Kitchen's mine, and balcony's his…

Whatever that's not listed above,

Most of the time, shall be his, ^_^

Kekekeke… and plus point of that, is, they're not one of those chores that you've to do, on a daily basis...

"Oh Waly Nice!" ~ by my side

The title? Again, I'm trying to be funny, if you can't get it, can't get it lo!!
If you remember Chow Yun Fatt's show (大丈夫日記) - the one he's 2 wives, 1 is Joey Wong, the other one… ahem… I can't recall.. Anyway, in it, he sang this song, "oh very nice! 大丈夫是我"…


Haha, anyway, in fact, this is about another mediacorp show…
Gosh, I've been watching too much mediacorp shows (what to do? I don't subscribe to any of the chinese package from astro, ie. I only get to watch AEC)
Lately - starting last night, 7pm, they've started another new series "by my side" (不凡的愛)
Just like what I've posted before, "A Life of Hope" (活下去) - which is about dialysis patients, this time, they're showing life and family and friends(or no friend) for those AIDS patients…
Why do I get such title for this blog entry? Cos, when I saw it (the first episode) I was thinking, "oh, very nice!"
Haha! Sorry lo… that's how my mind works, and how it wanders most of the time…


Sypnosis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_My_Side_(TV_series)
If you read the sypsnosis (I'm surprised that, they don't archive it in their mediacorp website) you'll know that, it's talking about people with AIDS, and also, the main characters, before this guy discovered that he's AIDS (due to this ONS with a prostitute, in a way, I say "serve him right", or serve all this type of men right!!) the story was slowly brewing the problem in their husband-wife relationship… ie. the wife's not been doing her 'part' after she nearly died when she was giving birth to their daughter…


In fact… (I hate to say)
I do appreciate a lot, of mediacorp making this type of meaningful shows… just like "a life of hope" (funny thing is, they use the same guy, he did mention in his interview, that, maybe he looks like a sick person - and with that show, I understand in more detail, of how a dialysis patient's life is… SAD!!)
That reminds me of many years ago, before taiwan's "invaded" by those semi-china-semi-japan 偶像劇, they used to make good shows like this too…
I remembered one of the series (ya, a lot of people complained, as taiwanese shows are always very 'teary', however, I thought at least, they carried more meaning in their stories, and they're all original, unlike the 偶像劇nowadays… anyway) is about breast cancer…
The lady found out that she's breast cancer, while she's pregnant with her child, and also, altogether, to make it even more dramatic (2 types of sickness in a show), the husband's became infertile (I'm not sure if that's the right word though) due to his sit-all-day office job (yes, you'll get it, that's why I'm not interested in bankers, hahahahahahahaha!!)…
And because of all these… she decided to give birth to her only baby, without getting any treatment (well, I believe with the recent medical advancement, it can be solved, right?? Though.. I've to say, in fact, I've a similar worried when I was pregnant with baby)…
So, the story goes on as such…
She's slowly distancing herself from the husband…
She actually started to look for a 'replacement' wife for the husband, but yet, she gets jealous…
Gosh!!! You can imagine how the story goes right???
Anyway, I forgot the ending… (how else can it end?)
But yes, in fact, I like this type of medical issue shows.. Maybe that's why I've been following "HOUSE M.D." - though, they don't establish much on the patient's family, and as if House cares!!


Nah… just another sharing session regarding health, regarding my TV shows… ^_^, cos, I care… I care about health… and just like our filmnegara's been advertising lately,


Taking care of our own health is our own responsibility… and don't forget the old chinese saying, 健康就是財富。