the lives of others...and jogging in the cbd

since i had so much free time yesterday, i went to catch the lives of others.

but before we get to the movie which started at 1640hrs...

1615hrs: moby at the national library

moby thinks that it's a pretty walkable distance from the library to the cathay. so he starts to strut his stuff after borrowing 2 books and 2 magazines...suddenly, he realises that he's no where near where he's supposed to be...



it's not fun jogging through the cbd with jeans on. so yeah, if you saw some crazy nut wearing a quiksilver shirt jogging through traffic the other day, that was me...anyways, i was on time for the show (hehe...i'm not that unfit lah)...but i was sweating buckets. not something i'd recommend.

anyways, this german film has won numerous awards and accolades both in germany and worldwide...and i believe it deserves every one of them, if not more. i highly recommend it if you are in the mood for a conspiracy thriller with a tinge of betrayal and, yup, you guessed it, sex. enjoy!

and before i forget, congratulations to the driver of the silver honda civic for reaching his destination 5 seconds earlier than he had planned. if i hadn't braked for him in time at the pedestrian crossing, i might have ruined this record...congrats once again!

cheers. =)

jogging, dried apricots and yong tao fu

met up some friends over the past few days...

first was with the secondary school buddies...after some re-runs of the ever-present "uzap-on-my-face" joke, they insisted on tempting my resistance by ordering fattening foods like french fries, pizzas and chicken wings...of which, i'm proud to say, i only had the latter two. you bastards...just wait till you go to the states and try the variety of fast food available...i'll make sure you all buy an osim i-gallop upon your return.

anyway, one my my buddies lost 8kg recently by reading some book (and obviously applying the methods) called "burn the fat and feed the muscle" by tom venuto. basically it talks about controlling your diet and excercising...i mean, shit lah, that's pretty commonsensical right? but sometimes all you need is just a reminder...or an "inspirational" angmoh author who publishes what we all should know by now. sheesh. maybe we believe the angmohs more cuz they have more experience with fat people in their land...haha.

moving on...i went to jo's place today after work. once again, the issue of my weight came up...but surprisingly, he had also read the same damn book that my secondary school buddy read. jo went from 78kg last july, to a waifish 65kg now. 13 kg in about 6 months. damn. i got the book from him straight after that. stupid tom venuto's having so much effect on my friends...scary.

dinner was a rather torturous affair at the parkway parade food court. jo suggested either porridge, fish soup or yong tao fu...and since i hate porridge, and i just had both the latter for lunch (i got a scolding after jo learned of this monstrous meal), i was in a real dilemma. yong tao fu won cuz it had more variety. sigh. the sacrifices i have to make...actually ah, i think that jo should rename his blog from "death by flatulence" to "death by abstinence". haha.

since i was obviously not fully satisfied with my dinner, we went to cold storage in search of snacks...oh sorry, HEALTHY snacks. here's what i bought:


dried apricots


nutritional value


"huh??? zero calories from fat???"


dried apricot

jo doesn't like "zero calories from fat dried apricots":


open up and say ahhh

on the lighter side of things, i'm going to start with this regime soon too...after i finish reading all 340 pages of this book that is. haha.

in the meantime, it'll just be jogging, dried apricots and yong tao fu...wish me luck.

cheers. =)

fats away

i came home early today...for good reason...

you see, while i was having dinner yesterday with a certain someone who's blog kena called spam, i had to endure endless remarks about how fat and larger than life i was after coming back from the states.

i mean, seriously...one comment is enough lah hor (given how much fast food i was forced to consume in the land of macdonald's, burger king, taco bell, jack in the box, wendy's, arby's, kfc, a&w, etc etc)...she just kept going on and on about my overweightedness...the straw finally broke with the taunt that her once-fat-cat transferred his weight to my face. =|

which leads me back to my story about coming home early:


before (5:40pm)


7.6km jog


after (7:00pm)

but remember kids...don't try this at home...as results may vary for different individuals. haha.

i'm fucking tired now...but take that blinky!!! you're getting your fat back whether you like it or not!!! muahahaha. >=)

cheers. =)