Special Diet

Many people been observing my loss of weight recently. In a cool 3 mths, I lost a total of 12KG.

No special remedy, just pure dieting and exercising.

Everyone were asking about the "special" diet.. but again.. no special diet but just healthy diet.

Skip the Carbs

My 1st thing is always about skipping Carbs.. Carbs = carbohydrate
No rice, No noodles, No flours, No starch, meaning no cakes, no breads, no potato, no yam.
Strictly no. Don't give excuses that Carbo makes u feel filling, without the carbs, u can still feed urself with plenty of proteins, e.g. meats, egg whites, tofu.
Don't tell me, without Carbo intake is bad for health, every single food contain carbo, even meats, just that the carbo content is lower than the main carbo dishes.

Leave those Fats

When you were choosing your meats, go for grill, steam, boil. Extremely no Deep-fried. Pull out those tasty killer fats, such as chicken skin, etc. Go for more fish, follow by white meats and finally the red ones.
Go for low fat, no fat, sugar free, less salt.

Healthy Snacks

Trust me, I love snacking, every moment especially at work. Choose healthy snacks like Nuts, Nuts from trees, e.g. Almonds, pine nut, walnuts, cashew nuts, macadamia. Strictly no groundnuts, peanuts.
Try having seeds too, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, melon seeds. Add raisin to curb the hunger.
Craving for ice cream? Go for fat free, or try sorbet, frozen yogurt (fruity flavor ones), even frozen fruits, go froze some seedless grapes, it taste as good as Popsicle.
Lastly, fruits, the best snack ever, take a variety of fruit, forget about durian and mango, not too much of banana too.

My diet are just that simple... no pills taking, except for supplements like multi-vits. Most importantly is stick to your diet no matter what, still go for variety of food, just leave those unhealthy parts. Lastly, you may meet people who will nag at you, comment on your healthy conscience diet, but ignore what others might say, just do what is best for you and what you really want!

6 Reasons You Should Sleep Naked

A recent study showed that less than 10 percent of Americans sleep in the buff. Whaa? Not only is it dead sexy, experts swear naked sleep is actually good for you. We asked them to spill on the top reasons you should ditch those pajamas for good.

By Natasha Burton

1. You'll Air Out Your Hoo-Ha
Jennifer Landa, MD, author of The Sex Drive Solution for Women, says that sleeping naked can be healthier for your private parts. While it's totally normal to have yeast and bacteria down there, the warm environment can sometimes cause an overgrowth. One way to prevent infections is to "air it out" and go commando.

2. You'll Sleep Better
While you might like being cozy and warm at night, it's actually important to have a cooler environment when you sleep, says Lisa Shives, MD, who sits on the National Sleep Foundation's board of directors. "Your body temp progressively declines as you sleep, which is a natural tendency of the body, so being too warm with heavy PJs and blankets can disrupt that." Sleeping naked, she says, can help your body stay cool.

3. You'll Look Hotter
According to naturopath Natasha Turner, best-selling author of The Hormone Diet, being too warm at night disrupts the release of melatonin and growth hormone-your main anti-aging hormones-into your body. "As your body temperature drops, growth hormone is released and works its regenerative magic," she says. And that keeps your skin and hair looking awesome.

4. You'll Lose Belly Fat
Sleeping naked helps you sleep more soundly, which will allow your levels of the stress hormone cortisol to decrease as you rest, keeping your energy and hunger levels in check, Turner says. When your sleep is disrupted, your cortisol will be too high when your alarm goes off, making you more likely to wake up hungry for comfort foods-and more likely to overeat them.

5. You'll Feel More Confident
Sleeping naked feels great, Landa says. "We can tune in to sensations like the feeling of the sheets and the coolness of the air, which can be very sexy" she says. "And feeling sexy increases confidence."

6. You'll Have Better Sex
Landa says that sleeping naked is great for your relationship because laying skin to skin will increase feel-good chemicals like the cuddle hormone oxytocin. "Sleeping naked encourages sexier relationships," she says. You'll feel more relaxed and be more in the mood for intimacy.

Capture from here!

The things men do when broken heart

Nice write-up from Di Nozze

Women always think that men have no feelings, they are not sensitive and don’t understand women’s feelings. Not even one-week broke up from his previous girlfriend, he has approached another woman. When you’re drowning into sadness because of broken heart, he’s just cool and playing games with his friends.
But is it true that men do not feel anything when the relationship doesn’t work?
Behind his coolness, men also feel sad when they are broken-hearted, sometimes even sadder than what women feel. However men have their own way to deal with heartbreak:


1. Hiding his feeling
The image of man who is always considered as a tough creature makes man prefers to hide his feeling when he is sad. He will try hard not to cry and keep his hurt feeling even though it feels painful.
Man can do his daily activities with his colleges without showing that he is upset because of broken heart. When facing a problem, man prefers to solve it by himself or with closest person in his life.

2. Choosing to silence
If a woman prefers to confide her feelings when she is broken heart, man will likely to do the opposite. Man prefers to remain silent so people will not realize if he is having a problem.

3. Lonely
Man is more closed in expressing his feelings, he might be laughing with his friends at club, but it’s not easy for man to share feelings with friends. Man can only share with the closest people in his life, one of them is his girlfriend, so when his girlfriend walks away from his life, he will lose someone to share, and he will feel very lonely, even lonelier than a woman.

4. Difficult to forget
Indeed man is easily to find another woman for dating, but actually it’s very difficult for man to forget the woman he loves, especially if you are a woman who can make him feel comfortable when he wants to share his feeling.

5. Crying silently
Don’t think man can’t cry, when man cries it means he is really hurt. But the difference is man doesn’t want others know if he is crying. It’s contrast to woman who can be freely weeping in front of her best friends when she is sad. Man doesn’t want to be perceived as a weak person, as hard as possible he will hold his tears, even though he wants to cry, he would prefer to cry alone in the room.

6. Divert attention
Actually woman is a lucky creature, when she is broken-hearted people around her will give lots of support to her. People will understand if she is crying, and even people will understand if she behaves annoying because of broken-hearted.
Man has to face different condition, would seem odd if he is sobbing in front of his friends just because of a woman, and if he’s being annoying, he has to deal with people who will pick a fight.
Therefore man prefers to silence and distract people’s attentions. He will tell the world that he is okay and not hurt at all.

7. Hang out with friends
The brotherhood between men is really strong. Don’t make him choose between you and his friends, because hang out with friends is the most powerful way to forget all problems, including problem of love.
When gather with friends, men like to talk about jobs, hobbies, and their future projects, and they only occasionally talk about women or their couples. Women like to do the opposite, they prefer to talk about men than jobs.

8. Doing a hobby
Besides hanging out with friends, doing a hobby is one of ways to divert his sadness. If he is a fan of games, he will play the game for hours and forget his problems. If he likes automotive, he will spend a lot of time to modify his favorite car.
Man actually realizes if the hobby can’t 100% eliminate his sadness, but at least he doesn’t feel lonely when he is doing his hobby.

9. Remove all memories
Because man has difficulty to forget the woman he loves, he will soon get rid of goods that can remind him to the past relationship. Another thing he will do is, doing things that were often prohibited by his former girlfriend, such as smoking, drinking and clubbing.

10. Dating another woman
Indeed man is easier to make a date with another woman even though he has recently broken up with his girlfriend. This is the way of man to show the world that he will not run out of women. He also wants to show you that he’s okay although you have left him.
However behind what he has done, actually it’s difficult for man to play with heart. Man is really able to make different between love and sex. Although he has been dating with many women, it’s not easy for man to find a woman he really loves and can make him feel comfortable. He will stop if only there’s a woman who can steal his heart.

Arts of Slimming

Something that I love to share... On the art of Slimming...

Well, this time round my slimming diary is more about a combination of exercise as well as diet.
Compare to before, I try my best to build on my metabolism rate. As we age, our metabolism drop. In the past, I can just easily slim down by watching my diet but of cos it won't last. Thus, exercise have to come into place.

Dieting
Dieting plays a big part in the whole slimming process. Watching what you eat and eat in moderation.
There are just food that you know you should avoid without even asking. For me, instead of choosing what to go into my mouth, I do it the simple way, meal replacement.
I'll say my 1st choice is this product by inLife, name S-Factor Plus, was introduce thru' a MLM company. But stop being skeptical about MLM, they do have good products. You may take this S-Factor to replace all 3 meals and no snacking, except for 2 fruits a day. Drink plenty of water. This works as a detox, not taking any junk food and it will flush out all the junks that you been taking. You will see an instant weight loss at the initial period, it work extremely well for those who have never tried dieting.

But you can't expect to continue seeing result even you keep taking it every single day. Our body system is like a stubborn kids, when you give it the same thing every day, it will start to get immune to it and not responding anymore. Changes is necessary. You can take the replacement meal for like 1 to 2 weeks, and eat normal but lesser. I did it just before CNY hit.. and the day after the reunion steamboat dinner, I lost a KG. But again, thru'out the long weekends, I still control my eating habit, no carb diet, minimal amount of junk food. Cut down on the sweet drinks, especially the gassy ones. I manage to maintain it still..
However, S-factor is quite pricy, it cost more than SGD$100 which last you like around 2 weeks only (if let say you took it like 3 meals a day).

Alternatives, I went for Herbalife, replacing 2 meals of the day and eat normal for 1 meal, same thing, eat in moderation and no carb!

Exercise
I begin to love exercising. Yes, when there's a will, there's a way. I hate jogging, super hate it, it cause my knees to ache.. I do swimming.. and yes, I don't mind about the tan, in fact, I love tanning. Swimming is an overall exercise, I felt muscle ache on my bicep, tummy, thighs. Whenever I feel the ache, am extremely contented.
But again, in this tropical climate, rain can stop the activities. So I need other source of exercise to JUST SWEAT IT OUT! I do zumba with wii at home. Its a good workout, I feel my muscle been stretch and sweat. Am too shy to go for the studio Zumba. I gonna try out the Hot yoga soon.
Or even the simple one, just walk the stairs everyday.
Toning wise, I did like sit-up before I sleep. Recently I got myself a Gym Ball, it super great! I did my crunches with it, simply just bounce on it and rotate my waist while sitting on one. Its handy, it can add as a chair and what else, toning while you are sitting down.
Click here for the gym ball exercise guide!

And yes, I just shot a recent photo which is able to showcase my result:

 

So yup! keep it up and dun give up! I can do it, so everyone can too..

3 Max Slimming: Attack the unsightly CELLULITES!

I guess most local women face the same issue as me.. FAT BOTTOM! trust me! I got a little small tummy, a beautiful pair of hands and wrist, but a FAT ARM and FAT BOTTOM! yes!! Not forgetting I got NO BUTT!

I wonder if its fortunate to be a Asian women, well, by nature, most Asian women look younger as compare to the whites, and we tend to have a smaller build in terms of the bone structure and height.. However, it brought along with the negatives too.. We tend to have more unsightly Cellulite.. and yes, as a women, we gain so much cellulite due to our hormones, the ability to pregnant and give birth... Whats worse, when Cellulite are the hardest to SHED! Even if you do much exercise and applying all the nonsense cream..

Thank to Groupon, I experience the 3 Max Slimming @ Beyond Beauty.
Basically they use this equipment to soften and breakdown the the cellulite, follow by absorbing the fats and lastly tighten and shape up. The whole process took only 35min.
Well, to be frank, the process is painful. But all depends on the amount of stubborn fats you are having.
Which means to say, if u have more fats, its much painful.

I did it twice so far, on the back of my thighs, which the pain is well.. bearable.. and my front thighs.. my front thighs got so much visible, yes, i mean VISIBLE cellulite and gosh... so painful that I could CRY!!! but again, the price to be a vain pot. Lucky the process is pretty short, am like screaming and almost punch the beautician! haha.. However, areas like tummy and arms should feel less painful.

 

(Pls bear with the FAT thighs) This was taken at night when I reach home after my treatment. the bruises show all the stubborn fats area. I swear that the back of my thighs are not as severe. During my 1st treatment, I lost like 2cm off my thighs immediately. Seriously worth going thru' the pain.

I went to Orchard Central outlet and serve by this lovely lady, Stephanie, very nice and chatty. Do look for her to know more about the treatment! And also check out the webby link here! 1st trial is only $88!

And lastly, don't forget to maintain the result by doing exercise and diet control! Taa...

Fall in Love with Myself Once Again

Surviving thru' a Break Up.. Some of them choose to stuff themselves with food and wait for an angel to save them..

For me, I choose to divert my attention.. divert back to myself.. being in a 3 years relationship and walking out of it make me realize the mistakes that many many human beings had commit.. not about taking a relationship too seriously but allowing yourself to love someone more than loving yourself...
Me too, I did this mistake, I allow myself to turn ugly, to feel ugly, even dont dare to step on a weighing scale, even spend lesser time looking into a mirror..

Changes took over me, I gain weight, to like almost 15kg more. I felt old, I dump my face mask at a side for it rot. I did less make up, can even be too lazy for any make up.. I stop shopping cos either I cant find my size or nice clothes just turn out to be sux on me!

I was depress for like a month.. I even thot at my age of 27, am too old to step into another relationship when all good guys had already found their special someone.. Gradually I choose to pick myself up from there.. Thanks to the supports from my loving mum who told me there is nothing to be afraid of even if a women stay single forever.. Thanks to my very very nice boyfriends, my really true buddies who will stand by me, wipe my tears, listen to me, without a single bad intention, only pure concerns.. They stood by me, whenever I need a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, they are there. Even thou' I once forsake them a guy who I thot I'll marry him. Life is all about changes. Changes occurs when u least expected it, I totally never expect myself to be single again, to not getting marry in year 2013, to have all these friends with me, to love myself again.

Just as times passed, I realized that no one knows how to love me more than I do.. I begin to think how do I get back to when I begin.. Age is something I can't stop, but physically, mentally, I am able to.. Since now am a free soul, I have a lot of time for myself, my focus is again back to myself and not any other people or things. Since the break up brought along depression, sleepless nights and loss of appetite which make me shed a little bit of weight, I must work on dieting.

Trust me, am born a fatty bom bom even since my school daze... Looking back at my own pic, I felt hilarious yet happy that I had changed so much.

 

This was like taken when am 16. When everyone is sharing about youth, all I have a FATS! My face look as thou I'm been beaten up till it swell like nobody biz. Scary indeed. Nothing change me much, I continue my life to my poly times...

 

Yes, that's my poly years, trust me.. I look like this for like 3 years of polytechnic times.. Speechless.. totally.. and I was always been mistaken as a butch.. (well.. am not..) something hit me when poly over, I just felt I love being in the lime light, I wanna look good.. and yeah.. dieting start.. As a lazy being, I don't quite enjoy sports.. My dieting is strictly only curbing my hungry, in a very unhealthy way.. but at the age of 20, metabolism rate is still at the high side, slimming seem much easier..

I begin to look much better.. at least I dress more lady like.. I begin My journey to be a tanned bitch.. I head the clubs, head the beach every week, continue dieting.. Took the slimming supplement, off the shelves ones, like extrium X, xando... even went for doctor's prescriptions, reductil...

And this is what I am in my 22 year old... My best state... Totally love who I was that moment.. young and gorgeous... but again... Thats when my youth truly begin and I got my nick, DeSoLo.. but again... DeSoLo is a rubber band... I went fat again, probably with the pamper of love...

 In a relationship, I tend to gain weight.. and i even stop doing tanning as I gain weight, i lost my confident.. and gradually, I learn about this MLM company which is into acupuncture slimming, so I went for it.. 

and Tadah....

 

Am back to a gorgeous baby... but DeSoLo love food... and I have a habit of not wanting to waste food... I always over-ordered and end up over-eat... 

 

This was taken during my Thailand trip last year, May 2012.. yes.. from my best state, I gain 15KG! BLOODY 15KG!!! OMG! I reduce all my camwhoring habit and allow myself to turn into a auntie!!!

Since December 2012 when my relationship became rocky, all drama started.. and yes.. I lost weight again... In Jan 2013, I start doing my exercising, dieting, detoxing... I start watching my food intake, stop when am full.. and exercise as much as I can, at least once a week minimum... I hit the pool again.. I became tanned.. I even went for slimming massage to kill the cellulite issue on my big fat thighs... I took my meal replacements and strictly follow thru...

 

This is what I am today.. photo taken this morning.. definitely I look more matured... I lost so far a 10KG, I still got another 5KG to go... but I promise that I won't let the weight come back ever again... Jia you! Finally I found myself back.. and yes.. exercise... I have so many things in mind... I wanna start hot yoga, I wanna go for IPL, I wanna have my hair perm and dyed... Continue my love for myself.. 

If I can do it, I believe everyone can... 

Learn to love myself all over again

After much thots... putting aside all personal feelings... Yes, it had changed.. You and me had changed.. You are no longer the person u are before, and I had slowly lost myself as times past...

I actually allow myself to forget to love myself, I allow myself to turn ugly. And now, I realized what went wrong... Am been blinded.. blinded by love..
I did a clean up to my photo album, I don't feel a thing as I start deleting the most recent photos..
As i gradually delete to the earlier period, like a year back, I begin to have this sadness in me..
As i continue to delete to the photos that are taken in our 1st year, I have a kinda "not bare to" feeling..
Then I realized... Its like u just found out that the someone who u used to love so much had actually died like probably a year ago without u noticing... And maybe the little sadness that am still having is something like "the person u love had died and he will never be back again". A soul-mate had become a total stranger.

Its not about the dogs... its not about half a year back... its actually about more than a year back.. when I allow myself to lose myself.. Allow myself to let go all my family and friends just becos of a changed person...

Now den I realized.. One have to love oneself and love the closet people around them, those that are blood related ones.. If u dun love them, everything in ur life is upside down. I think am crazy to have blindly stood by u all these years, ignoring what others may say, ignoring all the advices from those who truly love me and even turn against them becos of u.. its true craziness. I should not have done these and should not even allow all these..

I kept things from everyone becos I dun wan to hear any negative thing about u, Its me who is avoiding the reality, lying to myself, being an ostrich.

Perhaps, things happen for a reason... The reason is for me to understand all these and not be naive anymore.. Well... Life lesson is never ending, only until ur life come to an end.. but the thing is u must learn from whatever that have happen, rather than avoiding.. It all help to make u a better person...

Loving oneself is not abt revenge, but about appreciate who u are and people around u..
Arts of living, maybe.

Sorry to say.. No matter what, we will have to end it.. whether is there still love, habit, commit or wat not... but for the best of u and me.. Cos at this very point of time, I dun see any future being wit u anymore..

梁静茹 - 可惜不是你

这一刻 突然觉得好熟悉
像昨天 今天同时在放映
我这句语气 原来好像你
不就是我们爱过的证据
差一点 骗了自己骗了你
爱与被爱不一定成正比
我知道被疼是一种运气
但我无法完全交出自己
努力为你改变
却变不了 预留的浮现
以为在你身边 那也算永远
仿佛还是昨天
可是昨天 已非常遥远
但闭上双眼 我还看得见
可惜不是你 陪我到最后
曾一起走却走失那路口
感谢那是你 牵过我的手
还能感受那温柔
那一段 我们曾心贴着心
我想我更有权力关心你
可能你 已走进别人风景
多希望 也有 星光的投影
努力为你改变
却变不了 预留的浮现
以为在你身边 那也算永远
仿佛还是昨天
可是昨天 已非常遥远
但闭上双眼 我还看得见
可惜不是你 陪我到最后
曾一起走却走失那路口
感谢那是你 牵过我的手
还能感受那温柔
可惜不是你 陪我到最后
曾一起走却走失那路口
感谢那是你 牵过我的手
还能感受那温柔
感谢那是你 牵过我的手
还能温暖我胸口

Reflection

Reflection is the mirror effect I saw of myself and what surround me.

I saw a human who lost trust in mankinds and believe its a threat to one-self if one allow it true self to pour up in front of another human.
Keeping things to myself is always the safest option of all.
The 2nd time I experience this, probably the 1st had not made me fell as hard as I thot.

Thanks to frens who ask upon, but thats the way I protect myself since day 1.
Sharing sadness to beings who speak like u do is always the worse option ever.

I laugh at those who sell mirror and dun even know how to use it themselves.

Pathetic.

Toro Jubilo Medinaceli, Soria, Spain

At this hour, tears sweep my face like a storm... The screaming of the bull is so traumatising.... I can't accept that tradition involve hurting of animals... its ridiculous.. Imagine the pain this helpless soul is going thru'.. This activity is totally meaningless... not for surviving but purely for entertainment... I can't seem to understand the excitment experience when seeing animal been hurt, been torture... Do these people even have heart, have feelings? This is Rubbish... May Karma hit these people hard and make them pay back for their doing...

Watch the Video:
This is a tradition in Spain during the month of November.. the people will torture the bull by putting fire on the horns of a live bull... The bull will be in so much pain that it will eventually end their life by banging onto the wall to end this misery...

Listen to the cries, I don't understand how can one be so heartless and be blind to all these... So... Tell me now.. is animal predator scary  or human beings..? This is totally sick in the brain...

Please do a part to help by signing the petition:
*PETITION 1 = http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/firebull---stop-the-burning-of-live-bulls/
*PETITION 2 = http://forcechange.com/12162/even-more-horrific-bull-torture-continues-in-catalan-despite-ban/
 *PETITION 3 = http://action.peta.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=5&ea.campaign.id=4590&c=pukfpaa#.UBbVh-2rjX0.facebook

*PETITION 4 = http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/campaign.faces?siteId=3&campaign=TorodelaVega

What's your choice if u're a Dog?

I Wonder:

If u're a dog, would u choose to be killed alive and serve as human food?
or to be kept in a cage in a poor condition, breed and give birth for life?

If u're against dog meat trade, please also support in anti-puppy-mill, as puppy mill dogs are nothing better than dog meat victim...

Don't buy. Adopt.

A PET’S TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Any separation from you is likely to be painful.
2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.
3. Place your trust in me. It is crucial for my well-being.
4. Don’t be angry with me for long and don’t lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.
5. Talk to me. Even if I don’t understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.
6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget it.
7. Before you hit me, before you strike me, remember that I could hurt you, and yet, I choose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I’m not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.
9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.
10. On the ultimate difficult journey, go with me please. Never say you can’t bear to watch. Don’t make me face this alone. Everything is easier for me if you are there, because I love you so.

DeSoLoGY: A World whereby Monkeys See Monkeys Do

What is this earth made up of? water and land? and tons and tons and million tons of human... Human are always the roots to every problem... even contiguous illness... People show off their belongings, show off their fame... the worse that they can do is when they involve living things... I felt guilty... so guilty that I start questioning myself, am I promoting to be a responsible pet owner, encouraging pet adoption or am I triggering the greed of human..? making them have urgh to owe these little dogs and cats, so they can show off their cute things...

After I got myself involving in dog rehoming, posting and reposting on facebook, spreading news of pets who is looking for home... ignorant people start seeing me as a "dog supplier", they start asking me question as below:

"Do u have puppies for adoption?"
"My Boyfriend want to adopt a dog, do you have a maltese or shih tzu?"
"What breed is this dog?"

Hello!!! Am not the bloody pet shop owner who sell pets! I dun supply puppies! tat's very frustrating!!!! Isn't it obvious that its a shared post!!! Didn't u saw who to contact for adoption?! I believe it goes the same to all rehomers! If u really wan to find a young puppy and dun wanna buy from pet shop, den do ur own search!!! We can doing everything for the sake of the dog and not u, human beings! Human greeds are nv ending... People seeing all the photos of my boys and ger, they thot its been easy... nah... its nv a ez task.. imagine how I spend all my weekends... I dun usually go out with frens, went for movies or went for shopping.. I spend my weekend bathing the furkids, cook a feast for them... wiping their ears and eyes...

A typical weekend morning

I'll pack my bag with Ash's water bottle, belly wrap and napkin... and off we travel from Bendemeer to Jurong with the rough boy standing on my laps, stepping all over my laps during the half an hour ride.. there are endless scratches on my laps every week until my partner start complaining that why I allow them to step on me and get myself scratched! but yes... tats my love for my boy.. This boy of mine, he hate the hot weather, he will always force his way to the front seats even if we initially put him at the back.. and he got so excited that he will reach forward to the aircon diffuser and stood there. Whenever the car stop, he start jumping in excitment and more scratches are formed... when we reach Jurong, i'll put the boy down, i dun allow him to jump off from height as I afraid he might hurt himself. we leash him and as a boy, he start to pee and poo when he's outside, clearing his poo is a usual business for me... sometimes he dirty his arse when he try to force his tools out... and to my boyfriend's house, I'll wash ash's paws and butt. he start wagging his tails at the play pen while Yuki as always cool, standing at a corner looking at me instead of getting socialize with the others. And its time for Bell to be out to play. But before that I needa put on belly wrap for my boy before he pee the whole place. And u see the 2 kids playing with each other, ash is always losing out to Bell as he is not as fast. Sometimes there will be some biting going on, always bell biting ash... Its the day of the week, i will fetch Bell for her weekly bath and ash always trying to dash into the toilet (he treat bell like his girlfriend). Bell, a young smooth coat chihuahua, other than her fast speed, she's pretty ez to manage, and bath really fast as compared. Follow by a bath, we have to air dry the ger... and she have her freedom back... by the time, my boy will be all so mess up... after yuki done his bath, we make our way out... last sat we went to west coast park dog run, as it rains in the morning... my boy mess himself up in the mud! OMG! totally in a mess! after all the running, I have to wash his muds off! and yes, back to the car this boy and bell ger will always wan to be at the front seats, which means more scratches! We make our way home and its another rd of washing... all the paws, all the eyes and wiping the body... Am more like a slave than a master! Ending the day, we put bell to her bed and fetch ash back home... Ash got totally shag and lay flat on the tiled floor, fell aslp... I grab this opportunity to trim his paw furs and nails, thou he is very tired, he still struggle as I trim... so finally after an hour later, its done and sweet dream.. the hard work still continue the every next day, as I bath the boy, my ash have a dense fur, he need really thorough wash and i usually get myself wet too during the bath...

So u think having pets are ez?

nope... especially breeds like Shih Tzu, Maltese, poodle, they need a lot of grooming... Currently ash's fur are still short, I can save the brushing, but once it grow longer, a daily brushing is essential... We usually groom him like every 3-4mths, $50 per session, and we will just give him a clean shave! which I doubt many ppl will do it.. usually after grooming, u will see him scratch his eyes until it wound and bleed... that's my another headache! The e-collar, the tee shirt, the applying of oilment on the open wounds, checking on him regularly... its never ez, never... but how many of them really see everything and does wat I does...

I seen countless of people, how they handle dogs, it remind me that I should nv do this to my furkids... Animals are not human... By having them means its a lifetime commitment! not ur lifetime but at least its their Lifetime... These furkids will not one day grow up and say to u "mummy, I had grow up, thanks for all ur efforts and am gng to earn lots and lots of money, let u have a good life." You can't expect to gain anything from them except for the love which can settle ur emotion needs and not physical needs...

Reasons (to me are all excuses) for giving up a pet:
"no time for it"
"am moving overseas"
"am pregnant"
"I got kids at home"
"my maid contract ended and we r not re-contracting a new one"
"I can't handle the dog"

No good excuse will made up a valid reason...

If u wan something, u will give hundred and one excuse why u need that thing, if u dun wan something, u will also find hundred and one excuses for dumping that thing. Its just as simple... If you think that it is valid to give these excuse den i doubt u are the one...

You might think that am not giving anyone a chance but think about it... there r so many things to learn and prepare before getting a dog... how to train? how to leash a dog? how to feed a dog? eveything is to be put into deep thot before deciding to take one in... I have seen people who r very very sincere who did research just to house their 1st ever dog... Show me what it got to take and soon... U found urself in the warmth of these furkids...

Yes Yes, my Ashih boy can slp on his back, he love flipping his ear with his paw, He wont struggle when u carry him like a little baby... but do mind that not all dogs did that... every dog is unique in their own way... and Ash is definitely one of the very few which is irreplacable, at least to me... he got a pair of beautiful eyes and his jaws are not protruding like most Shih Tzu does... however, behind his beauty, there is history... He have a de-joint problem with his hind legs since we got him, supplements are giving to ensure his limbs are doing fine... He use to have a lump on his chest, its a outter-skin lump, had been removed when he is 1... As he age, his eyes got irritation pretty often and bad tearing... I have to clean his eyes almost everyday... His shiny fur coat take me around an hour once every week to bath him... His skin is prone to rashes, he need medicated shampoo... and as his fur got long, daily brushing is required, bathing him with conditioner to prevent tangles... I even got myself tea tea oil and dead sea mud so that I could do a home spa for him. To be frank, I dun noe why this boy is just so good temper when he is with other dogs, he had nv try to bite any dog or bark at any (only when he is seeking for attention), nv show agressiveness ever.. The only time when he got angry is when we disturb him... and he totally hate it when i try to trim his paw fur or cut his nails, he wont bite but he will struggle like we are trying to murder him...

Yuki (my boyfriend's boy), a shih-tzu crossed (probably 9 yo or older), this boy have a sad story behind.. He was kept in the toilet when the ex owner is not at home, and when he finally move out of the house, he landed in devil's hands, he was always beaten up badly until he finally came to my boyfriend's place...
Only until I begin to take yuki as my baby, I truly understand the effort to be put in when u have a dog with health issue... this boy here got a very bad skin, its flaky, red, fur loss, rashes, stink... yes... I begin to pick it up as a challenge to myself, i starting searching for suitable shampoo, food for him... every week I'll cook for this boy, brown rice, carrot, tomato, pork, fish, pumpkin, etc, unknowingly, this become a weekly routine as I realize cooking for your furkid is something that is fulfilling to me... seeing him eating all that I cook and enjoying his meal is priceless... the boy's skin got better, his body odour is reducing quite a fair bit, thou the flake is still there, but he seems much happier... this boy got a pair of eyes that is often filled with yellowish discharge and a bad ear infection, its really a messy task to clean him up..

The puppy might be cute and irresistable but one day he will grow up, he will age and his health will deteriorate... Will you be able to commit to love and take care of it no matter what happens?

Another issue which even I myself dun wish to face it... its their death... my boys are all aging, they are 9 and above... am not prepared for their final stage of life and dun wan to prepare for it, becos I know that I will not be able to take it... but well... Now that all I can do is to love them and take good care of them, make sure that they r healthy, happy and stay with me for a long long time...

To my boys and ger, I'll love you and take care of you no matter what happen... be healthy and be with me always... Love..

Left to Right: Yuki, Ash and Bell

Gaining reputation by insulting another reputable person?

After reading this article title: The Science of Cesar Millan's Dog Training: Good Timing and Hard Kicks in the Stomach by this lady: Anna Jane Grossman, I totally felt sick!

Am sorry, probably am being bias or too brain wash by Cesar Millan, but I dun quite agree with the nonsense that this lady says...

1st of all, i dun see a "HARD KICKS IN THE STOMACH"! Please... as u self-proclaim as a dog trainer, i believe u should noe dogs are animals which will yell when its in pain! they ain't fish or shrimp which u hear no sound at all when u chop off the fish head alive! so if its a HARD KICK, u probably hear a loud yelp from the doggy! But I had so far never seen any in his show and no dog is reported dead after been receiving training from Cesar! and his own dog, daddy live to old age which i believe is around 14 human years, if his way is so torturing and so traumatizing, I doubt the dog can live up to that age!

and ur word of "Cesar Millan terrorizes dogs until they've been given emotional lobotomies and, zombielike, will do whatever he wants"... the zombielike, i believe it suppose to be like in total shock and dumbfound! but please, so far, I had never seen any that like in total shock or shiver in total fear, and how u claim it terrorize the dog? did any of the dog lost appetite and die of shock after cesar millan visited their house? so far in records, there isn't of reports of such!

Science of punishment, maybe to the westener its alien! but to us Asians, it part of growing up. In the olden days, or at least my generation, mothers will bring a cane to school and passed it to the teacher, asking the teacher to cane their kids if they are mischevious or not taking instructions! Thou am too disagree with the physical punishment but no doubt, it taught me to be a better person. The right amount of discipline is definitely essential for a upbring of a human as well as dogs.
By carrying out punishment is a way to reinforce good behaviour! Most importantly, punishment is to be given at the right time. I myself have a dog, he is an obedient boy, he too receive the right amount of discipline from my mum. When we visit the vet, the vet commented that this boy is a very happy boy and whenever we are outside, he never be aggressive or growl at anyone, not at all! and he is not shivering or in fear, so what makes u think that science of punishment is something to be critisize on?!

The statement [He says things such as "Be assertive" or "Do not bring the past into the future." It's like commanding someone, "Stop being depressed!"]. well, do u expect someone to tell u: DWELL... DWELL in what u have done before and don't ever move on! Be depressed, be very depressed, filled yourself with guilt and just go and die! HELLO~! This statement is totally ridiculous! Putting words nicely to ask someone not to be depressed or dwell in the past is something bad?! I don't feel so... Probably u had missed out some of his details, he had ask people to be calm and assertive and not to get frustrated or angry! isn't that great for a person's well-being?

Well Said - [I'm a Positive Reinforcement dog trainer. Positive Reinforcement practitioners are good at encouraging the behaviors we want and ignoring behaviors we don't.] ok... go watch Season 2 episode 1 of dog whisperer on the chihuahua, name Bandit! tell me... encouraging behaviors we want and ignoring behaviors we don't... ok for the lady owner, her dog bit her son, and she didn't stop the dog, no discipline as the owner feel that the dog is so small, and if he bite a human, the human can just move away. and ya.. so when the dog bite the son, the owner should just ignore the dog?! I don't know should I be laughing or should I be crying... if so than u are not a dog owner but the dog is the human owner! he own the human! so... when ur mom give birth to u, u discipline ur mom instead of the other way round?! That's a total joke! your thinking is senseless...! I do agree with Cesar in disciplining and understand by changing urself in order to make the dog recognise you as a leader is not as easy task, but it all down to how much u want ur dog to change! To me, my boy is a shih Tzu breed, he don't recognise me as his 100% leader but at least he's isn't growling or barking at me as and when he like, and am fine with his current behavior, I choose to remain as who I am instead of changing myself totally. But of cos, if you are having a powerful breed like pit bull, rott, I believe the change is a must, if not, don't get this kinda breed! Please can this Anna go read up Cesar's book, he mentioned : To get a dog that his energy can match yours! I think this is very important! its like if you are a size large, you can never squeeze into a size S! how can you squeeze yourself into a Size S and expect the clothing not to be torn! Get what I mean?

Lastly, on the timing! at least u agreed to one thing, which is the timing but too, Cesar is a human being, he is not a magician nor a wizard, he too did punishment at the wrong timing, please refer to season 1, additional episode which shows that cesar ever did it wrong before.

Cesar is not a saint! He is just someone who spend time and effort to observe, to understand and to create his own way to handle dogs. Be it u agree or disagree with him, no one is obligate to follow him blindly! You have a choice to do it your way but Please! Don't critisize when someone did all these not just for fame, but he did set up foundation to help the abused dogs, he did help alot of people to deal with their dogs, he did saved alot of dogs from been given up due to the owner disability in handling it, he did of course have some logic in his way of training! As a dog trainer, please respect others and their way of training. Its not ideal to gain reputation by insulting other reputable people! If its not for this article that is wrote to critisize cesar millan, I would not have ever know who the hell is Anna Jane GROSSman! Only you yourself know what's up your selves! Please respect other as other will respect you the way you did!

Thank you.

p.s. And yes, I have too help to push you up to another exposure, more people who read this get to know who is Anna Jane Grossman! Probably that is your motive behind all these!

Say NO to Dog Mill. Adopt. Don't Buy.

Just as you are happily buying the puppy from the pet shop, there are dogs suffering in the dark..

Watch the clip to understand...

Say NO to Dog Mill. Adopt. Don't Buy.





I tear as I watch... How about you?

A simple economic terms - When there is demand, there will always be supply.
Say No to Dog Mill. Adopt. Don't Buy.



Don't buy puppy online. Don't buy puppy in pet store.
Look out at the shelter, adopt one.

If you can't find your dream dog there, then please buy puppy only from responsible breeders. (Request to view the puppy's parents before any purchase)

Say NO to Dog Mill!

Dogs VS Cats

"If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer." - Alfred North Whitehead

Daze of getting active with Dogs' Shelters

As I getting more and more involve in dogs' shelters' related... Tears seems to be hunting me day by day... Leaving of a dog makes me pain...
Dear Buddies... Please be safe while journey back to your final home... May happiness and love be with you, may your next life be filled with joy and laughter, no more pain and sadness...
R.I.P.

A Love that comes too Late - A Tribute to my late Granny

Regretion always come only after loss... Often people begin to regret about what they have not done when that "someone" is still alive... Same goes for me... I expect my this entry to be full of tears... It about A Love that is too Late...

The Childhood times...
When I was little, I was brought up by my godma who is my nanny... thou' I came back home every weekend, am not as close to my granny.. Unlike my elder sis who is brought up by Granny and share a very close relationship with her... probably am influence by my mum who not in a good terms with granny, I always throw tantrums at Granny, argue with her.
I can still recall that Granny was always the one who bought lunch and dinner for me and sis when we were in the primary and secondary school, when mum works on the weekends.
Granny use to stay with us in this 3 room HDB flat whereby me and sis share the room with her, gradually, the family come out with the idea of getting her to take turns stay at each child's place for every 2 weeks, thus, my granny become like a ball been push around. I would like to clarify that my dad is not those unfilial son, just that my mum dominant over him. He has always been a easy-going guy who won't fight for anything. Just for the sake of fairness, the family thought its was only fair if she take turns to stay at every son's house for 2 weeks each (she got 4 sons by the way). Soon my granny got tired of it, she volunteer to go to the old folk home. At my age (13-14 years old), I don't even knows whats all this about and never even bother to think or analyze the situation. Things just went on...
Granny shifted to the old folk home, during her 1st year at the home, she still came back for New year, but just for the very 1st year, after that she refuse to come back. And after some accident at the home, she left us. I didn't went to the hospital to visit her and I would say I had handle her death pretty well. I didn't shed a tear when I receive the news. Only start tearing at the very last moment when she is cremated.

The wake up Call...
As times passed... I didn't really think much about it until one of our daily night chat (last time I use to share a room with sis), sis share with me how much she missed Granny. She told me alot of stories about granny, about how bonded are they, about the sufferings that my granny went thru'... She share the reason why Granny don't wanna come back home after the 1st New year she spent at home... Granny fell in the restroom and told sis that she felt this house is no longer her home when all the furnituring are changed (we refurnished the whole house after Granny shifted), she was upset, so sad that she don't even wanna come home. I recalled that my godma (who was then my granny recognised as her god-daughter, they share a very close friendship) ever told me that granny did shared with her that she felt very very sad when she 1st reach the old folks home.. all these start to trigger my emotions and made me realized that how much I had missed...

The moments that are lost...
I began to feel the pain that she was feeling at that very moment when she decided to go to the old folk home... A lot of things that haven't been done and can no longer be done... When my granny left us, I was only 15, at that schooling age, am not able to bring my granny out for a meal. Mobile phone with camera are not invented yet, not even the colour screen handphone. Digital camera is a rare item to own. I don't even have a decent photo taken with Granny. many said that I look alot like my granny, which now am proud and happy about it. I realized that I have never given her anything, not even a hug...
Same goes for my sis, everytime we watch a show or a movie, if there is a scene of the old lady been sent to the home, We will start tearing... For example, [Money not enough] by Jack Neo, which the old grandmother share exactly the same fortune as my granny, been push around and end up send to home, the difference is that my granny is mentally sound when she volunteer to shift to the home. The recent movie I watch [A simple Life] trigger my tears too. I won't say the movie is very good or really very touching kind, but I cried a bucket of tears in the cinema, main reason is it remind me of my late Granny. It have been more than 10 years, yet every year when I visit the urn, my eyes still went watery.
So much so much regret... If only I know about appreciation much earlier, I could have given her a hug...
Many people had left, but she is the only one who I could never stop missing and fill me with regretion...

A tribute to my Late Granny
Recently I saw a Post on Facebook by Rose Charities Singapore, they are paying a visit to Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home on 15th April, and they are looking for contribution of adult diapers, rashes cream, shower foams, necessities items.
Immediately I thought of my Granny and decided to make a contribution. As for the visit, I hesitate for a while as I afraid that my low EQ might make me burst on that day of visit, but with support from Love, I decided to go for it.

For people who want to contribute:

Rose Charities Singapore had contacted Summit Co.,distributor for Pureen products, who had kindly agreed to support the cause by offering items at a much lower price.

Special prices had been offered for the following items:

Pureen Inco Adult Diaper (Free size)
Product code: PR-PIDFS10-0
Unit price: $5.80 / 10 pcs per pkt (usual price:$7.30)
12pkt in 1 carton


Pureen Baby Shampoo with Vit E
Product code: PR-PSV75-0
Unit price: $4.22 / 750ML (usual price:$6.95))
12units in 1 carton

Pureen Baby Lotion
Product code: PR-PNL30-0
Unit price: $1.94 / 225ml (usual price:$3.20)
24 units in 1 carton

Pureen Nappy Rash Cream
Product code: PR-NAP01-0
Unit price: $2.37 / 50g (usual price:$3.90)
24 units in 1 carton

Pls contact Shendy - Summit Company @ mobile: 97637288 for orders and payment. Mode of payment can be Cash, Cheque or Bank transfer.

**To enjoy the special prices offered to donors of Rose Charities Singapore, kindly let Shendy know that you are donating in the name of Rose Charities.

A short introduction about Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home:
Lee Ah Mooi Old age Home is a living, breathing testament to an amazing story of Madam Lee and her family's dedication to a cause and the place of rest and solace for those treading the final lap of their lives.
There are over 150 old folk currently staying at the home.
Many of these old folks, often senile, are abandoned by families at the hospitals or at door step. Many are from low income families who cannot pay much or staying for free due to working family unable to take care of them. All these old folks are living off Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home who depends heavily on charity.

Shouting out to all readers:
I hereby sincerely wish that whoever who read this, who share a good heart, who had a granny or grandpa, whether they are with you or had left, with love, do a contribution. No matter how much you contribute, even for just 1 packet of diapers, I thanks you whole-heartedly. Its not alot of money, as little as $10 can help the olds. $10 is just a cost of 1 meal. I myself contributed a carton of diapers which cost SGD$75, which is just the cost of a meal for 2 pax at a medium grade restaurant, its really not alot. Its not as much as the cost of a Branded bag nor a ipad 4G (if you can afford any of such, I believe this contribution is nothing to u). Without eating a meal won't kill, but without your help, these 150 old folks will suffer.
The world can only be warm if there Love are spread around...
The world had been contaminate with alot of jealousy, hatred, curelty, all negetive force, can we start to breed love and happiness...?

** Do join us for a visit to the home, please visit Rose Charities Singapore Facebook page to know more about the event.

Gracious Singapore Back to the Basic - Gracious Commuters

Ever had foreigner friends visiting Singapore, the first comment when they landed in our island, they said "Singapore is a very clean and beautiful country". But to me, this beautiful country immediately turn ugly when you take the MRT trains service especially in the morning or evening peak hours.

What you usually expect to see?
Many commuters will crowd around each cabin door as if they are having a camp fire at the doorway. Once the door open, you will always see a handful of people try to rush into the train without even allowing the commuter inside the train to exit first. The worse nightmare is that you thought these people who rushed in will go into the center of the train, well... NO! they will rush and slow down once one of their foot enter the train and often a few will just stand at the side of the door and not moving inwards. This is crazy! First of all, the commuters who are exiting the train face difficulties in making their way out. Secondly, the people who slow down and stood at the doorway prevent more commuter to enter the train smoothly.
My personal experience: Because of people who don't move to the center yet slow down at the entrance of the cabin, I got hit by the door (as it close) while i tried to enter the train.
The whole scene just look like a Bull Fight where people inside the train dash out (afraid that they won't be able to alight) and people entering the train dashing in (afraid that they might miss the train).




The DRAMA inside the Train...
Most common one are the giving up of seats to the elderly, the pregnants, those with special needs... As my sis is expecting her first child, she feels the most for this. Often I seen her showing her frustration by updating her facebook status on the countless times whereby people ignore her existence.
Maybe Singapore lifestyle is alway been very busy, so many people will make use of this excuse to "act busy", pressing their mobile vigorously, sleeping - taking a quick nap, or even kissing and hugging away. That's not all, frequently you will see people leaning against the pole! that's the most frustrating one! HELLO!!! The poles are for commuters to hold on, to keep a balance and its not for leaning!!! When you thought everything would be better if its non-peak hours, you too see free shows.. Kids running inside the cabin and doing "pole dancing"!!! Needless to mention about the noise level when children screaming, adults chating (whether its on the mobile or to one another)...




If only everyone do a Part...
I always thought that asian chinese are the culprit to all these issues, however during my trip to Taipei last April, I got a shock! Their systematic queue and "escalator rules" make me drop my Jaws...




This is how systematic that Taiwanese are. They will queue up according to the markings on the floor no matter if it peak or non-peak hours. On the escalator, they will all keep to the Right (whereas in Singapore, we should be keeping to the Left) and allow those who are rushing for time to go by the Left.
Imagine if we too follows the simple rules and be systematic, it will not only reduce the chances of accidents and unhappiness but also been time-efficient! For those who need to rush for time, they can still do so by taking the 'express way' and for those who is enjoying their ride, they can also enjoy the 'sceneries' while not obstructing other's way.




We should also keep our volume low, educate the young ones - not to make too much noise so as not to become a nuisane to commuters and of course it will also prevent them from any possible injuries.




Nonetheless, moving to the center of the cabin and giving up seats to the people with special needs, which I believe its been taught in all local primary schools, is a MUST!
If everyone were to put all this into practise, there won't be conjestion in the MRT and of course no one will be afraid of moving into the center of the cabin as you will definitely be able to alight when everyone been considerate and giving ways.
Finally, Singapore will really be Gracious and Beautiful from the 'inside' to the 'outside'...




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The Moonbear - STOP Bile Bear Farming 《月亮熊》--黑熊取胆

The video make me tears... Watch to understand...
STOP Bile Bear!

“The Moonbear", an undercover film showing shocking footage of bears on bile farms throughout China has been released by independent Chinese journalists, and has received incredible support from the Chinese public with over half a million views so far.

Stop Bear farming!
its so cruel... imagine these were to happen to your family! and please...
I never believe how Bile can aids in human health. People still fell sick and die.
Sickness and health is about upkeeping of individuals, healthy diet, regular exercise! Its not about all there myths about animal product!
If really human health is that important, then goverment should ban Tobacco and alcohol as they are the source of bad health!
Why should animal suffer because of human's deeds! Its totally nonsense!

To my surprise, Korea, such a develop country is doing all this uncivillized acts as well!
Please sign the petition and rescue the MoonBears!
Show your support! Against these uncivillized acts! Sign the petition to save the MoonBears!
Ban BEAR FARMS IN KOREA - Save Bears! Petition | GoPetition