REOPEN-ED

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REOPENING SOON...

I love life.






I'm only feeling slightly moody now.

Last 2 weeks. Back to school. =(

GROWING - DAY 1

Guess what's growing?

Watch this space! (Hopefully...)

THOU SHALT NOT GRUMBLE

The abrupt transition from a full-time student to a full-time working “adult” has been smooth thus far. In the blinking of an eye, it's almost half a year!

Sure, there is the usual nostalgia about how good schooling days were. The free afternoons. The lack of stress (mugging stress not inclusive). The freedom. Freedom. FREEDOM. Freedom to do whatever we want, without the stereotypic expectations to measure up to – which comes along with a full-time job.



Sometimes, I still grapple over the sudden loss of free afternoons. But, really, come to think of it, it’s not THAT bad.  Provided that I chiong and finish a few days’ worth of work ahead of time, I still DO get some early afternoon off - once in a while!

It’s rejuvenating.

Not the chionging, but the afternoons. The chionging is crazy; but worth it.




Starting next year, when I enter into the second year, chances are, things would be more packed.  In fact, it might even be sooner.  Term 3 is already more packed than ever.  Come to think of it, the sporadic early afternoons which I am currently enjoying now ARE luxuries! It’s better to enjoy it while I still can.



JIAYOU!!!

POT

A thought strike me a few days ago, I wonder, why do women like stalked flowers so much?

(I'm a woman, and I do like flowers too.)



It is pretty, sure. But, hey, it's DYING!!!


Boy A spends a bomb purchasing a bouquet of dying roses. Girl A receives it and is happy. Girl A brings it home. Stalked flowers start to wilt. AND it smells bad, really.




BAH!



It makes more sense to buy a small pot of rose, isn't it? And wrap it up in transparent colour paper / wrapping paper. It's pretty, too. Most importantly, it's ALIVE.

SERVES ME RIGHT

Last night, I had a bloody dream. Can’t remember the details per se; the only thing I remember is that it’s - of all things - bloody.


Should be careful of what I read in future.


Not all things that can be read, should be read, I guess.

REVELING

I'M STILL REVELING!!!


Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!!!



I FINALLY HAD THE CHANCE TO CATCH THEM PERFORM LIVE IN THE FLESH HERE IN SINGAPORE! INSTEAD OF JUST WATCHING FROM YOUTUBE VIDEOS!!!











Pitch perfect!!! KIM JUN SU!!!!!!!!!!!


Find me another guy who can pull off "Greatest Love of All" so perfectly.

P.S. The way he ends the song is just so beautiful!

Credits: bunnyinanotherpocket.tumblr or charistrixie

DAY 1

Simply love the 'indicator'.


And now the appetite is back to "normal" again! Bye, food cravings! =)

OHHH!

It's a woman's thing.

I've always thought that I'm mercifully spared from PMS. You know, the infamous mood swing and irritability that seem to affect most homo sapiens with the XX chromosomes.

After all, I feel normal before and after periods. What irritates me, still irritates me. What don't, just don't. I'm still perfectly myself, before and after.



The only difference is that I have those weird, unexplainable food cravings - even when I'm NOT hungry - 1 or 2 weeks leading up to a period. It started 1 or 2 years ago, I think, and has grown to become so reliable that somehow - in my subconscious - I've learned to associate it as an "indicator".

During this phase, I practically get TORMENTED by food, literally. I see food, talk food, dream food, think food, smell food, and eat food. Regardless of whether I'm hungry or not.



Whenever the notion of wanting to put some food into the mouth ALL THE TIME strikes, I'll know it's about time to "equip" myself. Bring those things out. Avoid iced drinks.

And just right before Day 1 of the period, the craving just vanishes instantly and miraculously.


I LOVE it! It is such a reliable indicator. What more, unlike PMS-ers who experience moodiness, irritability, or weepiness, and snap at everybody, I get to eat instead! On normal days, I eat little - due to bad dietary habits. During this phase though, I eat like a normal person. In addition, I eat with JOY (because the crazy craving is being satisfied)! I eat, and eat, and eat, and eat. It is such bliss!






Recently, though, the curiosity is killing me. Do I get those food craving because of the impending period? Or is it just a matter of coincidence?

Thus, I did the intellectual thing that smart people do. I googled.




After much researching (read: googling), to my utmost horror and disgust, I discovered that I AM - after all - not spared from the claws of PMS.

Apparently, PMS has as many as FIVE types - Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D, and Type H. 
Type A is the most common; characterized by nervous tension, weepiness, moodiness, irritability, anxiety, mood swings etc.


And apparently, I'm experiencing Type C: Reactive Hypoglycaemia. Due to some hormone-thingy (man, don't I just sound soooo intellectual?), my blood sugar level drops to below normal concentrations; which, in turn, explains the urge to eat and the increased appetite. It is just the body's natural reaction to attempt to bring up the blood sugar level to normal again.

Anyway, one website which I came across advises to eat smaller meals frequently, and to include complex carbohydrates such as potatoes, pasta, vegetables, and quality proteins (e.g. fish, lean meat etc) to lessen the craving tendency. I have no idea how true is it, though.


So, in conclusion, I'm not as free from PMS as I'd thought myself to be.






Go away. Don't agitate me. I'm PMS-ing.

P.S. Complex carbohydrates. Should have ordered the cheese-baked spaghetti instead last night...

P.S.S. I'm sneezing away again today.