Addition

I'm addicted to online shopping - esp. on ASOS

Made another order againnnn!!

Here's what i bought...keke

  

Here is what i'd like this winter !! - :D

  

The list is never ending....lol

Dusty

Time really flies!!! Who stole them from me?!! It's been a month since the last entry and Sandy finds my blog very dusty now...

Nothing really special these days - just really busy with work and trying to stuff as much workout sessions during the week as possible.

Sep/Oct/Nov is racing season again! 

Signed up for a lot of 10K runs and I've registered for my VERY first 21K UNICEF!! 

Now here is my training plan for 10K - goal is to run faster and not stopping as often as I would during *leisure* running during the week...lol

Here is the 21K training schedule, apparently i don't have 10 weeks before Unicef but what the hack...there's always 1st time for everything. Just need to be careful with the knees!

Fung from HR said if I want to do a reasonable time, i'll probably need to add one more day of running during the week until the race day to get the miles up.It means either I'll have to cut bootcamp sessions or I'll have to suck it up and work hardeeeerrrr!

I may be saying this because I'm stressed but 

I REALLY HATE MY BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That ungrateful disrespectful son of a bit*h!!! 

Strong is the new skinny?

Skinny is just skinny, really dunno how this slogan came about. 
Strong IS strong and there's no shame about it, and certainly don't need to be disguise in some other "fancy" words.

T5 loves this! (I guess Bryan likes it too, but probably not for the same reason as us girls do lol) 


There's just something aesthetically pleasing about this image. I think that this image it's very empowering, such simple composition could have such impact! (well not simple at all, there's all the make up and the hair...I don't think i've ever looked that good before a work out lol)


Every time I look at it, it makes me want to work extra hard at my next workout. "Unstoppable" is the word that I'm looking for.


Wakaka i'm officially brainwashed! but hell ya i like it. If i were a guy, I'd absolutely be dazzled by girls like that! (whether boys like it or not!)

Bulging!

Someone has got BULGING biceps!! 

It really looks like there's an egg inside, a bit creepy.. LOL

To be or not to be?

Erin shared a post on her FB titled "Fat or Fit" from the bbc website few weeks ago. I was going to blog it on the same day but it took me a while to figure out how to write this piece!

The article talks about how top female athletics are concern about their physical appearances as a result of the hard work which they've put into their career. 


That further proves that image issues is seriously affecting the female population. Frankly speaking, it is so damn difficult to be a woman if you don't have a right mindset. We are "educate" to have to do so many things to live up to the standard of "being a women". It is no longer a biological concern. There is very little tolerance of what is enough and what's not. What's the correct doze of femininity that make a woman feminine? What's the exact size of muscle a woman is allow to have in order not to be criticize as "butch"? The tone of voice, the way we dress, the way we act, the things we do, the things we talked about...every single day we are judged (by ourselves) of how should we should fit in to our "role" (I say ourselves for the reason why most things originate inside that mysterious brain of ours, WE felt, WE see, WE act, WE taste - it all comes from within, it's all our perception of things)


Another friend send me this website from bbc  - Where are you on the global fat scale. You input your height, age, gender, weight and home country and they'll automatically calculate your BMI and compare you with the rest of the data in their database and generate a result of where you stand on a "global" scale.


My BMI is 20, I am 76% lighter than the rest on a national scale and 75% lighter than the rest on the "global" scale (I air-quoted it while you never know how "global" their database is). So accordingly to bbc experts, i'm below average - Here comes the question - Why am i still feeling fat on a daily basis? (I have a nasty habit of squeezing my tummy every now and then, after meal, before meal as a constant reminder than  I have fat-content on my body which should not be there)


I feel fat when i can't fit into my 27 low waist skinny jeans i bought in Prague 5 years ago.
I feel fat when i have to wear shorts because it's too damn hot to wear anything else.
I feel fat when I've eaten "unhealthy" junks  like instant noodles/crisps/icecream/lemon tea etc etc


But in fact, the rational side of my head tells me that I am not "fat" at all. "Fat" has became an ill-used term. We ill-used the term "fat" because often or not, its actual & cultural meaning was use interchangeably. And consequently, "fat" became the 21st century scariest word (for a lot of woman i know especially). 


Expert says "fat" is when your BMI is over a certain figure. Exercise Guru says that BMI is definitely not the best way to determine whether you're fat or overweightor not while there are a lot of elements that have not been factored in. So, this is a typical "he says, she says" situation. Who should we listen to?


In fact, no other people is more powerful that yourself. I've come to realised that most of the time, no matter what experts say or doctor says or colleagues say or friends say - i choose to listen what my mind thinks subconsciously or unconsciously (I am not expert of the human mind but that's my guess) . Remember times where your friend complements you which you don't think you deserve? you'd instantly say "no way, you're just being flattering".
 Remember times where you think you're fat and when someone else mentioned it, you instantly agreed and from that point on, you categorized yourself as a lazy big fat pig. 


Well, i've moaned enough. To be honest, I am one of those pathetic women i've just described. My mind is not powerful enough to decipher the key to liberation and i dont intend to. In fact, this has become my everyday life, I cannot imagine living without it, what am i gonna do with all my time? LOL

Women vs. Competitiveness

I read this on the online fitness magazine today. I just love the way people come up with random topics and decide to do a statistic for it, you can always find some things surprising - 

Women are most competitive about:

Their IQ: 53%

Their athletic ability: 42%

Their job: 34%

Walah...what do you know - 53% of the female population are actually competitive about their IQ. Alright, I've got to be smarter - mm wait how do i compete in this cat? do more sudoku?

I find this quite amusing although they never tell you how many women made up the 100% and what background those women came from (probably 98% Caucasian and 2% other races) thus not comprehensive at all. I doubt women living in rural african (not racist just an example) villages would be competitive about their IQ at all, they're probably competitive about how many piercing their have on their body or how many husbands they have! LOL


Anyway - being competitive does a lot of good for urself and sometimes the others too as long as you keep it clean. 

Adidas TWAC Chairman Memorial Cup 10K Run

You know the feeling that when you get really nervous, you felt like you wanna do a big "sh**", that is exactly how i felt before the Adidas TWAC Chairman Memorial run last Sunday!!!! -lucky it didn't really show in the photo ( i meant the poopy)

(before race)

(during race)

(FINALLY - after race pic w/ Steve)

*Smirk* He may be a bit jealous that i looked a bit more toned than he is even though he can run 10 times faster than i do LOL

Another thing that i enjoy about this excruciating run is that -

TADA - there is Sumi, Iris (whom i cannot find her photo) and SUPER BUBBLE!!

For the fact that i only finished the race with an "average joe" time, I'm still pleased because there's a big group of Harbour Runners whom i ran with. I've only been to HR twice so far, but for those who recognized me gave me motivation as they fly passed! (yes they complete the race with "uber human' time)

I don't know half of these people but I sure know that they're nice enough to include me and speedy Steve in the picture!!

Inspiration of the day

Some motivational stuff to share - 

Reminds me of a classic song - VENUS

She's got it, Baby she's got it!!

An average female spent 1/3 of her life battling with weight and image issues - I find this very discouraging, while there are so many other wonderful things in life that you missed out just because the number on the scale is not ideal or you don't feel like going out because there is a few spots on your face. 

I'd be the biggest liar on the planet if I said I don't give a shit about my looks and my weigh - I absolutely do. But I keep myself in line because it makes me feel good about myself. I don't hate having to live with sore muscles every other day or sweating like a pedo - I love it! I hate having zits, but I still can't find time to do a deep cleansing/hydrating mask while I have time to blog (LOL) - and you know what - so what?! It's not like i'm unhygienic.

Trying to conform to social norms is absolutely normal, but please do it because you want to do not because you're told to do so.  

Forrest Gump II

This is how far I ran on Wed, now I understand why Bubble is so excited, it's not just the run, it's the group + run + the feeling of accomplishment. 

I'm with you Bubble Chen! I wanna run til i can run no more!!