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I was reading one of Sophie Kinsella's books in Borders last Friday. If you eat books to survive, I'm sure you know this one.

So, my topic of the day : Can You Keep A Secret?


This is how's the story like :






Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets:

Secrets from her mother:
1. I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur.
2. Sammy the goldfish in my parents’ kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt.

Secrets from her boyfriend:
1. I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks.
2. I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.

From her colleagues:
1. When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pretty much every day.)
2. It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, all the times.

Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world:
1. My G-string is hurting me.
2. I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is.




Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger (Jack Harper) on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.But come Monday morning, Emma’s office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the stranger from the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn’t possibly get worse—Until they do





No big deal.
In the book, Emma has this handsome stranger who would be her future husband knowing all of her secrets.



In Penang, EVERYONE knows your dirty lil' secrets.




Here how secrets circulate based on my observation.

A good friend told you this secret. You know this secret. Then, you tell this secret to another good friend of yours about it, warning her not to tell it to anyone. You think it's harmless because she's your good friend. She promised not to tell it to anyone. Then, she went to tell another good friend of hers and made her to do the same thing. This good friend of hers swear to God that the secret will be unspoken. AND THEN, this good friend of your good friend exposing the secret to her good friend and repeat the same whole process : making her promised not to tell anyone. So, this good friend of good friend of good friend of yours told the same ol' secret to her good friend....




If the secret is based in Penang, I think it might be able to reach JB if
your good friend tells her good friend and her good friend tells to her good friend and her good friend tells to her good friend and her good friend tells to her good friend and her good friend tells to her good friend and her good friend tells to her good friend and her good friend tells to her good friend...

This is confusing me.
But what I'm trying to say is,
it never ends.
And a secret turns into a gossip.







So, can YOU keep a secret?

Or your daughter even.

*Note : To all those who's names are "Beng", please do not be offended. This is just a mere post for casual humour.

I've been surfing at the Women's Health website recently. Finding positive ways to stay healthier.

That's what every woman says.

But deep down in us, we want the fastest solutions to shed those pounds off.

So my topic of the day : How To Lose Weight.

It's pretty ironic for me to post this up because I just had McD's Chocolate Sundae (Merdeka's promotion) and 2 piece of chicken and fried noodles (Mom brought back from a kid's party). I chowed down all these food right after my work out which is around 10 - 11 p.m.

And I'm suppose to lose weight with such eating habits. Sigh.

Anyway, back to the main point, after I've got a few tips from http://www.womenshealthmag.com/, these are my conclusions in order to slim down:

1.YOU HAVE TO EAT!

I'm not joking.

I was like all of you fools who think starvation is the wisest solution. And I did lose weight. Only for a short period of time. I went on a strict diet. Water whole day, eat only when you're hungry and counting the calories I've consumed. My weight dropped. Problem is, I got heavier before I went on diet after breaking my fasting period.

You might be shrieking happily when you read this. Eating actually helps you to increase your metabolism. I ignored my good friend's advice, telling me my rate of metabolism will decrease if I don't eat. I didn't believe. Well, ladies and gentleman, that fact is no lie. So eat.

You just have to eat good food like eggs, wholemeal bread, berries and etc. Change your larger meals into smaller snacks and eat every 2 to 3 hours. You will best be able to lose fat and add. It will keep you full and satisfied.



The problems I faced for this method :
i. I live in Penang a.k.a. The Food Paradise. How can you deliberately ignore the hawker food, mamak and nasi lemak?
ii. I was brought up with inconsistent meals at the wrong timing. Blame my parents.
iii. Good food is not cheap.

NEVERTHELESS, I will start to change my eating habits, thanks to Em. We will start tomorrow.

I hope.


2. GET YOUR BUTT OFF FROM THE COUCH, STOP CLICKING ON THE REMOTE CONTROL AND EXERCISE!

Now, I like this because I love to work out. 4 months before I joined Fitness studio, my aim was to work my ass of within the 3 months to get myself in shape and leave the gym life behind me.

Until today, I'm still a devotee of Fitness Studio. I just renewed my membership last month.

Now, I go to the gym to release stress. True, no fingers crossed.

Okay, I'm out of the topic. So yes people. You have to do something. Climb the stairs maybe instead of using the elevator? You don't have to be a member of any particular gym. Have a walk. Go for a swim. You can get bottles of water instead of dumbbells to save up and do some easy routines. You can even do that in front of the TV. I suggest that you should buy some aerobic DVD and play it while working out.

Now, this is the trick part.

At the beginning, you maybe sweating doing all the usual workouts. But after you get so used to it, you sort of get stuck in the comfort zone and repeating the same workout over and over again.

Change them.

The changes don't have to be drastic. Maybe like during running, dont run the whole journey. Jog in between. Same goes to the treadmill. Start with an easy pace and increase the speed as you run. For weights, do repetitive routines. For example, a heavier weight for 8-12 times and then a lighter weight for 10-15 times. You can check out for more by clicking this http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/burn-fat.



The problem I faced for this method :
i. I'm sticking to the same routines, unchanged. BUT, I am trying to alter my workouts and going for other classes like Yoga and BodyBalance instead of my usual - RPM and BodyPump.


Well, I hope you can actually follow these 2 steps. Which I know only 1/12 of the people I know would be able to do so. Anyway, all the best to you :).




*Note - To my Fitness Studio mates :
Sitting at a desk all day really can make your ass as wide as your swivel chair. Copy & paste from Women's Health. Oh my god, Pei Shan is RIGHT! We should really start standing.

No, wait.

I want a bigger ass. I shall sit for most of the time if it's possible :D

Woof. I mean, Oink.

Christ Tan. And I'm not Jesus Christ.

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