Superstitious

How should I begin this chapter? How should I even described these people whom are superstitious about almost everything? I have seen many types of superstitious kind in my life, (well, thats the added advantage of being in a multiracial country) mostly related to religions.

Almost every child in this country were virtually told of the stories where wolf appears in front of them after 7pm and take them for dinner, we can't sweep floor at certain period for good luck flows away, can't this cant that...if not bad luck comes...

Okay, I know, some of them are put up for good purpose. They just want the kids to listen by freaking their hearts out, but hey...if you overdo it, that's the main problem.

Extremism

Living in a multiracial country, we have been thought to be moderate and considerate to others just to prevail in harmony. But throughout the years of growing up, we have seen many extremists, typically the muslims in the west who blew up buildings, suicide bombers, making the freakiest decapitation scenes, killing & mentally torturing thousands of humans...all in the name of GOD. Everything they did was pushed deliberately pushed to God's Will, God's Command, God's Power. Since when did God wants us humans to kill one another?

No doubt, many muslims since then have also dissociate themselves from these extremist groups.

Well, I'm not here to complain about the past stories of these muslims extremist, I'm here today to voice my dissatisfaction/anger after I read a blog (lets just put it as "Blog Y"). The writer of Blog Y claims to be a Christian, whom grew up being a Catholic. Apparently, he became delusioned after some time and starts to visualize catholicism as satanic. Well, it was mentioned in that blog, all religions are satanic, but since I'm a Catholic, I will rebut just on my religion part. If praising God and spreading his gospel is all about what you do, please do it right. How can we catholics or other denominations as well being satanic when we praise and acknowledged Jesus deep from our hearts as well? Wouldn't you be characterized the same since you practice similar act? Well, of course, to the extremist minds, they are always the ONLY holy ones that God will see high upon them. God loves all men & women as His children. By discriminating, more to insulting others, especially your BROTHERS/SISTERS in Christ is sinful. A major Sin..

Even God has asked us to respect and love thy neighbours. I really do not see any issue with a Buddhist proclaiming that God loves everything in the world equally. It's their belief and unless if their belief are harming the other humankind in any other matter, then yes...go ahead and condemn.

Not being a devout Catholic, I admit that I never dare to spread the Gospels due to my very own imperfect sinful lifestyle, but at the very least I do practice what is morally /ethically right. We catholics never go around condemning other religions, unlike these bunch of extremist christians whom bring down the glory of God's Holy Name.

Last but not least, I agree with ya that God loves All Men, but to proclaim that God loves Gays as well is a No-No. Not trying to discriminate the gays for their hormone behaviour, its just their sexual activities that are not right. God created Adam and Eve for a reason dude, don't ya know? To have more childrens that can gracefully praise Him and color the Earth that Thy build. Not these........pictures...Its just the same with God loving his other "Normal" Childrens, but not their absurd way of life.

Sigh, this post is so NOT me..if given a choice, I wouldn't write about religions, but that Blog Y is really pissing me off!!!

Holiday Raya

Its only one day away..from the holiday break. Yet, didn't feel that excited about it. Probably was just too tired. Been days..hell no!, it's been weeks I'm stuck with my conference paper. Revised again after revision being done. Let's hope this is worth it=)
Just to describe what I'm gonna do the moment I reach home later. This picture shows it all.

Yay...Report is Done..

Finally the progress report is done, with acceptable results!!! OMG, wonder how many times have I repeat those testings just to get this. Thankfully, I have Hachi to take part of pressure and stress away. How? It stares at me like this picture every time my head cracks and spin.
Really loves Hachi, he can really entertain someone at all time (Well, except when he is dead asleep..)

Anyway, I thought that now I could get more sleep, but I was wrong. More works, works...
And less exercise. Sigh. I could barely jog the full round of campus anymore. Thats the problem with my stamina, I need to train a long time to get that fit. When I stopped jogging for only 2 weeks, it's back to square 1.

Can't wait to be back home during Raya, to eat all the Rendaaangggggggssss that I have missed for the past 5 yrs. Yum.....

Hope/Losses

Its been some time since I wrote, and my mind is blank again thinking what and how should I begin to acknowledge my past 2 months story. Talking about the past few posts, its all about losing weight, getting fit and six-pack agenda. No, I still haven't get those dungeon golds, but I did managed to find some bronze in that treasure hunt. I managed to lose 5-6kgs, gaining some good LBM and losing fat!!! Yay, thats something for me to scream in joy.. I mean its a good start right?I'm also heading for my bodyweight lifting/training. Its simple, no machine needed..and if I can lift 70kgs, wouldn't that be better than lifting 20-30kgs barbells? I used to be able to do only chin up, but I can now do a few times of pull ups.

July was pretty much a busy month- with more pressure from the upper ladder. Everyday is all about work work...and then exercise. The mind keeps telling myself to skip those exercise and rest more. It was really horrible at first to fight your own thoughts..Thinking again, using your own mind to fight your mind..make sense? No?

That month was also a pretty joy giver month. Minnie (my hampster) finally gave birth to 4 little mini hampsters...Taking care of them isnt any easy job..but minnie did an excellent job to her kids. I dont know how it happened. From hating her to the blue horizon due to her aggresive character to loving her again. Who can just hate her after seeing the selfless behaviour when taking care of her kids..She loves to run..She loves to climb..moves..but when faced with her own kids, she just slowly breast feed them. When they children gets slightly bigger and able to eat, she brings them food. We feed her, and she feeds them. Even better, she opened up the kuaci for them!!! Unbelievable behaviour...we really salute her for all her selfless act.. She used to snatch all the food for herself..and the newborns was the changing point.

Anyways, last sat, one of her kids died. Unknown cause. Probably lack of vitamins/food?

Minnie was so worried for him, keep feeding him and so on..but when still no reaction, she bring him some place dark..and then get a good bite. We quickly separate them, but the injury woke the kid up from the deep deep sleep. Until now we have no idea if what we have done is correct.

Today, it was Minnie's turn. After her kid's death, she was diagnosed with having a tumor at the throat. Second day, it gets bigger. She could hardly breathe and walk anymore. My heart really feel so so pain. I do not understand this. How can a tumor affect a hampster so fast? 3 days and here comes the death angels? How can such a good mother be separated from her kids so fast? Gosh, I can really feel the pain in real human mothers/kids..

We buried her nearby and I guess everytime we walked past there, the feeling will never be the same ever again..

Losing Fat

Alright, this is a long battle. It has been and will always be. The battle to get a lean body, and by that I actually meant visible solid 6 packs abs on ME. This fight is real this time. Determination is higher than before. But, how? Where should I start?

Okay, for a start, I researched a lot throughout the internet, and found all sorts of formulae/nutrition/diets/workouts/talks by all reputable people. Well, somehow I find them rather contradicting among one another. It was that very moment I found out about Joel Marion, one of the top 50 trainer in the US. It's not his body that ripped me away (since there isn't even a few shots which show his muscles), but his programs. Maybe just the way he described it...the entire program just sounds so good to me. Extreme Fat Loss. Being an avid eater and an ex-gluton person, it's plainly just difficult to STOP eating!! When I saw the phrase "you could even eat pizza every few days" I was just taken aback, but was also quite happy about it. Since it has a money back guarantee, I gave it a try. It wasn't cheap, considering the exchange rate and being in a developing country. I told my self, success comes with a sacrifice. And here, money is the sacrificial lamb. Of course no doubt I have to sacrifice more time, and effort too for this to work, but heck, ain't this my main aim?

I even got a new protein powder. I couldnt find anywhere in this small town, so have to settle for this less effective product for now. Reason? It has quite a lot of carbs and less proteins compared to the Gold Standard ones sold in shopping malls. It says lean mass gain!! I was wondering, is this another weight gain product? I want to lose weight, not the other way round!! Then I read, re-read and re-re-read again the labels. Luckily it has very low amount of calories, fat and sugar (which is good for starters like me). I'm such a noob in choosing these protein powders. Previously I only prefer to buy fresh eggs and eat the egg whites as good consumable proteins, but apparently this isn't sufficient.

Here is a picture of the protein product I got.

Next, I bought a bathroom weighing scale, and the very next day, the program starts!!!

It's a short term program actually, being less than a month. Let me check if it really works and I might blog about it in near future.

LEXMA mouse appears

As it is..a red mouse appear in my room, with the word "LEXMA" en-printed on the surface...

There goes my Sensonic G-20 mouse I bought almost a year ago. It failed me once, somewhere end of last year. It somehow helps me to double click even though i only clicked an icon once.

And after obtaining a brand new one as replacement, it became faulty again after only about 4 months. Scrolling problem, and not sensitive anymore. After all, this is a G-laser mouse, but I have trouble using them in many places, eg. matress, polished tiles/marbles. Weird and bad quality I supposed, though I love the huge size that fits well in my hand.

And this is my new mouse, well maybe temporarily till I found a better one. It wasn't my first choice, looking at the size. It was 2 inch shorter than the Sensonic one, making my finger tip sticking out. Nevertheless, it still works well, and I hope this retractable thingy don't fail me so soon.