Paleo Day 3- Kucar Kacir

Hari ni rasa tak best sikit. Malam tadi lepas dinner perut bloating. Aku dah dekat seminggu kot takde proper bowel movement (BM). So, aku amik 45ml lactulose. Kesannya, stomach cramp. BM takde jugak.

Pagi ni makan probiotics. Sampai ofis lambat hasil tidur yang tak berapa nak lena kerana sakit perut. Kol 7.30 baru bangun. Kol 8.15 baru sampai ofis. Nasib baik bos tak sampai lagi. Pegi toilet, diarrhea as usual. Tak banyak pun. Bloating stil tak turun eventhough malam tadi bangun pergi toilet 2-3 kali.

Bila bos masuk, setelkan preparation meeting dia dgn CEO dulu. Lepas update blog, baca plak e-mail yg menyakitkan mental. Research sikit sebelum reply, tak jumpa2 maklumat yg dicari. Fikiran still terganggu sebab perut aku ni dah mula buat gurgling noise. Keep on sipping warm water. Going to the toilet every hour. Small quantity of discharge.

Apetite aku unaffected. Lunch hari ni nasi ayam. Sedap. I load on greens, salad timun. Nasi sikit je.

After lunch Stress fikir coz now dok pk meeting kol 2.30. Pastu, witness statement utk kes kat Industrial Court pun tak setel lagi. Adoi...

In short, hari yang tak berapa best. I hope the condition will improve. If not, esok nak pegi klinik mintak surat referral ke specialist.

Update later

Paleo Diet Day 2 - Omega 3 rich dinner

Semalam balik kerja agak lewat. Melayan bos yang stress sebab CEO dari China nak datang melawat esok. Dekat setengah jam dengar dia mengeluh je. Sesak nafas aku dibuatnya. Siap semua keje semalam aku cabut. Kol 7.15pm gerak dari ofis. Sebab lapar sgt dalam jem, aku sempat la makan sebiji pisang dalam kereta.

Sampai umah, terus buka peti ais. Fikir nak makan apa, nak masak apa. Ayam, daging semua lupa nak keluarkan pagi tadi. Kalau nak tunggu thawed baru nak masak, alamatnya kol 10 la baru aku dapat makan. So, aku kuarkan ground beef dari freezer untuk dia thaw sekejap, then aku pegi mandi and buat apa-apa yang patut.

Ingat nak buat meatballs, bila memikirkan macam banyak je nak kena cincang and aku pun tak berapa rajin, aku buat omelet je la. Bahan-bahan dia simple je, 2 biji telur, sikit hirisan bawang besar, sikit ground beef and cherry tomatoes. Nak masak dia lagi simple. Aku pakai olive oil utk caramelized bawang, kemudian aku stirfrykan sekali ground beef. Sementara stirfry tu kita seasonkan beef tu dgn salt and paprika just nak kasi flavour. Kemudian aku masukkan cherry tomato, bagi dia layu sikit. Once semua dah masak, aku masukkan beaten eggs yang aku season sikit dgn salt. Then walah! bSiap untuk dingap.

Sebab rupa dia agak buruk, aku tak snap pun gambar omelet tu. Lepas makan omelet tu aku amik sebiji fish oil as supplement. Berganda-ganda omega 3 dalam badan aku semalam.

That's all folks. More updates to come

Top 3 Myths

Since I'm a Fairy, I am full of myths * I'm not high on drugs or anything k

What i mean by myth is the normal, usual first impression (sometimes 3rd, 4th, 5th and they have that same impression for years) of me by my friends. Yes by my friends, those who are suppose to know me well..

1. High on top of the list is "Farina tu sombong". I get this every time, every where and I am so used to it. From high school friends to university friends to fellow lawyers, they all will come to this same conclusion. The real fact is that, I'm actually very shy. Its difficult for me to really talk to a person and look them in the eyes if I don't really know them.
2. Second is "Farina budak pandai". The fact is that I am not born clever. I have a very garang mother as my teacher. With scoldings from her everyday for the rest of the life, I bet anyone can be as clever as me *laugh
   
3. "Farina tu selalu serius je" I think I'm born with this serious look plastered on my face. Can't help it. The fact that I rarely smile made it worst I think. The truth is I'm only serious in court, while doing work which involves chasing datelines and when I'm listening to problems. What I'm trying to say is that, I am not serious all the time. Most of the time I'm hilarious and I love to laughs. I laughs at the silliest jokes and when I laugh, I L.O.L and sometimes I ROTFL... hahahhaah....

Tioman [repost]

Kalau nak tau, ni sebenarnya my 2nd attempt utk menulis entri dalam bahasa melayu. 1st attempt fail dengan hebatnya apabila formatting kucar kacir n takleh nak publish post. Jadi terpaksalah saya menulis semula entri ni.

Cuma nak update readers on my trip to Tioman. A few months ago, sy cuma boleh visualize je Tioman tu. Akhirnya, pada bulan Julai, sy berjaya juga sampai ke situ setelah menempuhi pelbagai jenis halangan ;p

Patutnya, kami pergi b'4. Disebabkan hal-hal yg ak dpt dielakkan di mana kwn sy "Engineer-terlampau" telah jatuh sakit, makanya hanya sy dan Daphne je yg meneruskan perjalanan ke Tioman.

Kami telah ambil pakej percutian dari myholiday2u.com. RM 275 per person. Harga tu termasuklah penginapan 3 hari 2 malam di Damai Resort Tioman, 1 welcome drink 1 lunch, 2 breakfast, 1 dinner dan 1 BBQ dinner dan yg plg best skali, 1 snorkeling trip menaiki speedbot.

Atas bantuan seorang kawan baru, kami berjaya sampai ke Tg. Gemok pada jam lebih kurang 10.30 pagi. Selepas menguruskan dokumentasi perjalanan, kami bersarapan dulu di gerai berhampiran.

Kami menaiki feri pada jam 11.30 pagi dan sampai di Kg. Genting Pulau Tioman pada jam lebih kurang 1.15petang. Sesampai je di Jeti Kg. Genting, kami telah disambut oleh host dan dibawa ke resort untuk menikmati welcome drink dan diberikan briefing ringkas oleh host Damai Resort yg chubby, bubbly and friendly, Abg Bakhtiar. Lepas briefing tu, kami masuk bilik yg terletak btol2 di depan common area/dining area kami. Bilik tu mmg selesa banget. Ada air-cond, 2 double bed, hot shower, fnctional toilet & tv yg channel dia sgt blur.

Lepas tukar pakaian to something yang lebih selesa, kami terus menjelajah pulau. Time tu panas sikit la tp sebab teruja sgt tgk air laut yg biru, kami pki sunscreen and terus keluar. Dekat ujung Kg. Genting, ada satu kawasan pantai yg sgt cantik airnya. Tak silap tempat tu dipanggil Blue Ocean. Mmg air dekat situ warna biru. Menarik sgt. Hari pertama tu mmg kami jalan-jalan je. Penat jalan, g mkn burger plak. Merata-rata ceruk Kg. org jual burger. Sy terpk, Patut tukar nama la Tioman ni jadi Burger Island :p

Pas penat jalan, mkn burger, main air, tangkap gambar, kami balik bila

dan tidur. Ptg tu ditakdirkan hujan pulak. Lg sedap la kami tidur.

Kami bangun untuk mkn mlm. Simple dishes tp sedap banget. Mkn malam tu ala-ala buffet dan kami diserve seekor ikan sikap (kot) masak sweetsour utk setiap couple. Mlm tu sy perasan ada around 6-8 couple. Semuanya berpasangan lelaki dan perempuan. Mungkin newly wed yg sedang honeymoon. Yg bawak anak kecik pun ada.

Mkn mlm tu mmg best cuma after mkn sy rasa cam badan panas sket. So, kakak sy si Daphne to insist kami pergi cari panadol. Kedai runcit pun kat depan chalet kami gak. So setelah membeli belah, kami jalan-jalan sikit hirup udara malam dan tgk aktiviti yg ada kat citu. Kat resort kami ada karoke machine yg free untuk digunakan oleh guests. So, aktiviti melalak yg sgt hebat berlaku mlm itu. Near d jetty, ada 1 bar. Mat salleh n Chinese ramai hangout kat situ minum2 beer. Sbb cuaca yg sejuk n suhu badan yg panas, kami balik ke bilik untuk berehat. Agak susah gak nak lelapkan mata malam tu sbb lalakkan yang berterusan sehingga pagi. Nevertheless, sy berjaya jugak tidur.

2nd day starts with a very nice breakfast. Hari ni adalah snorkeling day. Excited banget coz tak penah cuba snorkeling ni. Pas mkn breakfast yg sgt variety (ada nasi lemak, mee goreng, toasts with jem, peanut butter, mentega & cereal mcm cococrunch and honeystars pun ada k) kami diberikan taklimat dulu oleh abg Bakhtiar mengenai aktiviti, kemudian kami pun bergerak ke jeti di mana speedbot kami telahpun menunggu.

Ceriter snorkeling and mabuk sambil berenang will be updated soon ;p

My Ramadhan Story

I am so happy and grateful that I was given the chance by God Almighty to fast in this holy month of Ramadhan. Wishing all Muslims friends a very happy Ramadhan :)

This is my second year fasting at home with my parents most of the time. I love fasting at home coz its so comfortable. On 2008, I had to fast in KL. At that time I was chambering in a firm near Jalan Masjid India and was staying in an apartment in Sentul Timur. In my experience, Ramadhan 2008 was the worst Ramadhan in my life. It didn't feel like it was a fasting month at all.

We (KC & I) break fast in office most of the time by eating whatever we could grab downstairs. There were so many people in Jalan Masjid India and there were not so many choices. There was this one day, we break fast with instant noodle in the office because we were way to busy to go downstairs and buy proper food. I don't recommend anyone to eat out during break fast period in KL because every food outlets will be packed with people. So, most of the days we end up drinking coffee in the office then grab something to eat before we go home around 9pm everyday.

However, we were so grateful to be living in Sentul Timur at that time coz Sentul Timur has the longest Bazaar Ramadhan. We visited the Bazaar every chance we got and mostly its on the weekends coz we were not working. I had the pleasure of sharing the Ramadhan with a friend for United States, Adelaide and she had a blast trying all the different food and drinks available.

I am never fussy when it comes to food during Ramadhan. Dates is a must for me and I eat whatever available. Maybe because I've experienced Ramadhan in college, away from family and eating whatever was serve in the dining hall. I loss so much weight fasting in college, it was 2006 if I'm not mistaken. I had a great Ramadhan on 2007. I was renting a house in Shah Alam with a bunch of friends. Breaking fast with them is an awesome activity. There were so many bazaar Ramadhan in Shah Alam and there were so many place that we can hangout and break fast. The best is on an open field near the lake. Sweet memories...

Wishing everyone the very best of Ramadhan! God Bless.

Red Velvet Cake

The 2nd day of Raya I tried baking Red Velvet Cake. I mention about wanting to do it in one post last month. Finally I manage to do it. Got the recipe from Joy of Baking. Change a few things but it turns out great. The cake is so moist and the frosting is nice and sweet. Its chocolaty and not too sweet. Will definitely bake again soon.

My friend, Bullah enjoying the red velvet cake during his visit to my house. Brought some for Baiti who was in the hospital. She likes it too.. I am so glad :)

Sharing is Caring

I just want to share something with you guys. An e-mail I received from a dear friend.

POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
3. Don't over do; keep your limits
4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
6. Dream more while you are awake
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.
Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more
14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree

Community:15. Call your family often
16. Each day give something good to others
17. Forgive everyone for everything
18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
19. Try to make at least three people smile each day
20. What other people think of you is none of your business
21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.
23. GOD heals everything
24. Do the right things
25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
27. The best is yet to come
28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy.

While you practice all of the above, share this knowledge with the people you love, people you school with,
people you play with, people you work with and people you live with.
Not only will it enrich YOUR life, but also that of those around you.
by Randy Pausch

Being Normal

I rarely complaints out loud in my blog. I'm seeking permission to do just that today. Pardon me, forgive me but I need to be a normal human being just for awhile.

I've been feeling so tired for the past few days. I sleep at night with thoughts about work almost every night. Its so difficult to do any positive visualization when I have all sorts of problems congesting my mind.

Being the office manager is such a headache. I desire having reliable staffs. No nonsense staffs. Dear God, dear life, give me the strength to go through each passing day.

I just want to sleep. Rest. Think about nothing but happiness in the future. Think about love. So many things in my mind right now!!! If only I could just dump a portion of my memory somewhere.

Work is giving me too much headache. M losing my sleep and appetite thinking of work. Is it too challenging??

Last but not least, let me count my blessings.

Thank you for giving me faithful sisters. They are the most reliable person in my life!! and I love them to death. Thank you for allowing me to work in a very supportive firm. They forever encourage me, advise me, supports me, love me, teach me and care for me. Thank you for giving me the wisdom and courage to tackle each duty that I've been entrusted with. Thank you for the never ending guidance from Allah. Thank you for protecting me and always keeping me safe from harm. Thank you for giving me the strength to wake up every morning. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to breath and live yet another day. Thank you for giving me kind hearted friends who always care for my well being. Bless them with happiness and health also wealth. Thank you for giving me such wonderful nephew. He gave me great joy and happiness. Bless him with a wonderful life, health and happiness. Thank you for the feeling of love that I feel each and every moment in my life from everyone and everything that surrounds me.

God Bless You!

Writing Down Your Worries Can Boost Performance??

I read about this topic here.

I have yet to test the theory but i think the theory might not work for me. The basic rule in the Secret teaching is "Thought Become Things". So, if you write down your worries, you are thinking of your worries and according to the Secret's teaching, your worries is going to materialise coz your are thinking about it.

by Mr. Google

So, what do I do when I worry about something?

I distract my self by doing something that makes me happy. Like reading in a bookshop or listening to music or drive around or workout in the gym, or eating ice cream. For the time being, the best remedy I found is, talking to someone. Sometimes, we really think that we had a rough day at work or our work is so hard or our boss is such a badass or whatever when in reality, there are others who has even worse job then ours. I find it soothing listening to other people's problem when I my self is jammed with problems. When I listen to their problem which most of the time is worse then mine and when I could find solutions for their problems make me realise that my problems are solveable so, I have nothing to worry about.

Oh well, lain orang lain cara rite? Just be happy coz we live only once, why waste it by worrying?

by Mr. Google again

Paleo Diet Day 2

Update sekejap on my diet before sambung keje. Takut malam kang sampai umah je dah malas nak online.

So, hari ini dimulakan dengan air sejuk dan 2 biji probiotik from Biolife. Mudah-mudahan dia akan improve my gut punya condition.

Sampai ofis biasanya aku akan buat coffee. But since aku suspect my intestinal is inflamed, aku akan cut off all forms of caffein termasuklah tea. Kalau ikut paleo diet, coffee and tea without sugar is fine. Since aku ni inflaming, kita puasa la kafein kejap. So, sampai ofis aku minum air suam and makan 1 ripe banana. That's my breakfast. 

At 12pm, aku keluar lunch. My plate include small portion of white rice, stir fried beef with black pepper, fried cat fish, cooked pineapple and soft boiled okra with sambal belacan. 1 portion of water melon pastu air, limau ais kosong (withhout sugar). Paleo rasanya menu ni. On the way balik ofis, singgah jap kat kedai runcit untuk beli banana. I am going to have them for snacks later today. 

Malam ni plan nak masak sup. Tapi tak sure lagi rajin ke tak. Kalau tak rajin (most of the time penat bukan malas), kita makan buah-buahan je. Seedless grapes ada lagi satu bekas, cherry tomatoes beli semalam, tak sentuh lagi and banyak pisang. So, tonight my dinner is set even if too tired to cook.

More updates to come

Peanuts Is Not Nuts?

Disebabkan 2014 aku nak jadi health conscious, nak ikut paleo diet etc so that I can successfully heal my body, aku read a lot. One of the things yang paleo dieters tak bleh makan is peanuts tetapi at the same time diorang suruh makan nuts.

So aku jadi confius kejap. Peanuts is not nuts? Biar betul? At this moment, aku ada 1 can of Koh-Kae Peanuts perisa BBQ. Sedap tau kacang ni.

Aku pun buat la quick search. Nak pastikan aku boleh  makan ke tak peanut ni if aku nak follow paleo diet strictly.

Secara ringkasnya. Peanuts is legumes and nuts is actually tree nuts. Kacang yang tak boleh dimakan oleh paleo dieters adalah kacang tanah, kacang soya, kacang kuda etc. Tree nut is basically a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, where the hard-shelled fruit does not open to release the seed. Contoh macam almond, walnut & hazel nut. Susah sebenarnya nak differentiate. Jalan mudah, avoid them altogether. heheh...

So, kenapa peanuts or legumes is one of the not to eat food in paleo diet? Boleh baca kat sini kalau rajin. Kalau  malas, aku explain briefly kat bawah:-

1. Legumes ni kurang zat nutrisi. Unless korang eat them mentah2, bila kita masak kacang2 ni semua, zat dia dah takde.
2. Dalam legumes ada phytates. Benda ni menghalang badan kita dari menyerap mineral.
3. Legumes mengandungi Lectins. Lectin adalah sejenis bahan yang dikeluarkan oleh tumbuh-tumbuhan untuk mengelakkan diri mereka dari dimakan. Kalau makan, akan mendatangkan masalah dekat usus. 
4. High in protease inhabitor - Protease adalah enzim yg tolong hadamkan protein. Protease inhabitor prevent protease from doing its job. So, kalau makan kacang, protein dalam badan tak dapat digest properly and again mendatangkan masalah penghadaman.
5. Legumes have carbs. So bagi mereka yang nak kurangkan berat badan, tak elok makan legumes ni banyak2
6. Legumes juga mungkin mengandungi phytoestrogen - Plant-estrogen, sejenis hormon. So, if makan banyak legumes yg ada phytoestrogen ni, estrogen dalam badan kita boleh meningkat.
7. Legumes contains saponins- try la google kalau nak tau saponins ni apa. In short, banyak saponin dalam badan, akan rosakkan usus. 

So now I knoe kenapa aku ni bermasalah kat bahagian usus lately. Aku banyak makan kacang and aku suka minum soya bean. so, one step at a time, aku akan bagi kacang koh-kae atas meja aku ni pada bos aku. Dia memang suka junk food. Pastu, I will not drink or eat legumes based product. At least not until I am fully recovered.

Updates on Day 1

It was a quiet and restful new year yesterday. No celebration for me as I was too tired. I didn't even wait till its midnight. I think by 10pm, I have already fallen asleep. I was woken up by the sound of fireworks and I was like, "what's going on?? Owh, its new year" Back to sleep.

I woke up at 4.30am. Checked my phone. 3 new SMS. The first was from Mr. VW (very wrong). He wished me happy birthday and happy  new year. I have no idea where he was. 2nd SMS was from KC, my dearest fren and the 3rd was from my awesome boss. After replying to all their text, I watch some tv and get back to sleep.

I did woke up a bit late. Made my self an omelet with 2 eggs and head out. I get to do a bit of grocery shopping, went to the pharmacy to get some supplement & I also had a nice lunch. Was thinking of going to the mall but the traffic leading to any mall was a nightmare. I decided to shop at a nearby grocers instead.

For dinner, I had a bowl of seedless grapes and cold water. I am really going into this whole paleo diet thing. I just want to heal my inside so that I look more radiant on the outside. My 2014 mission statement is , Let's Be Happy By Making Better Choices.

Day 1

Happy new year everyone. Happy birthday to  me!

Yes today is my birthday. No celebration just many warm wishes from those who loves me the most or those who are closest to me.

2014. A new year. A fresh start. I start of my day with a promise. To heal my self and to keep my self healthy. My aim is not to loose weight, I just want to be healthy by making better choices. So, I am going to start a short term goal. Starting today till 10th January I am going to do the following:-

1.  stay off simple sugar i.e sweets, chocolate, ice cream & carbonated drinks
2.  eat fresh fruits instead
3. drink water
4. stay off processed food
5. eat more greens and home cook meals
6. no fast food, no junk food

So today, as the 1st day I started with an omelet and water. I went to the pharmacy and bought probiotics. I has bento and shashimi at Sushi King for lunch. Then I went grocery shopping. I bought the following:-

1. potatoes
2. baby carrots and cherry tomatoes for snacks
3. ground meat
4. chicken
5. grapes
6. lemons
7. eggs  

I am going to make meatballs and refrigerate them. I also intend to make potatoes salad as I can keep it refrigerated too. That way I can safe some cooking time. Sometime, after coming back from work, I can get so tired and end up eating instant noodle which is bad!

I will update this blog as regularly as I can.