champouf posted Start Out Healthy on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 I remembered doing a post quite a long time ago about dieting pills and wanting to blog about their effects etc ... Before I even begin this post, I've to correct myself first: the pill I've been taking so religiously is not a diet pill, it's a health supplement, something like guys taking fish oil to boost their metabolism etc. Mine is a health supplement that is targeted for ladies and helps to somewhat suppress appetite and increase metabolism while working out. So in the end, whatever dieting methods you are thinking of engaging, in the end exercising still plays a huge role. This pill is also not like steroids or any form of enhancing drug, it's made from pure natural ingredients found in New Zealand.
I've been taking it for close to one month and I've noticed my waist and thighs reducing quite a bit. My stomach feels flatter and I normally eat 2 meals a day as I don't have much of an appetite. I managed to lose about 1kg: it may not seem much but because I'm already at my ideal weight, it is super tedious to drop the extra pounds down to my goal weight.
Plus I've noticed that my muscles did not decrease either. A disadvantage of taking other diet pills is because they would reduce muscle mass as well as fat mass, but this health supplement of mine does not(: I definitely would not want months of training and toning to go down the drain. People ask me why don't I take other famous health supplements from big corporations such as GNC, for me, I've to say that it will be quite costly if I'm looking towards a long-term usage. But for this particular healthy supplement, it is affordable and trust-worthy.
I'm not going to mention the name of this health supplement because many people take advantages of such pills, thinking that once they take them, they have no need for exercising. Like I've said before, this health supplement assists best when there is a regular exercising regime involved. If not, it will be like dumping money down the sewage.
All in all, there have not been any side effects such as stomach aches, pains in any areas, weird bowel movements, vomiting etc. And I'm feeling as energetic as ever!(:
Toodles! champouf posted My Date. on Saturday, July 21, 2012
It has been quite a while since I last had a one-on-one date with my darling Hubby: due to my really busy schedule as a tutor. So one day Hubby graciously asked me out for a date after he got off early from work.
We headed to Liang Court where they had organized some Japanese festival, plus Liang Court hardly had any people. So we did not have to worry about queues and whatnot. We met one of Hubby's friends there too, and it seemed that she had just returned from China not too long ago. We chatted up for quite a while before she left with her group.
I shall not speak much about the food because I had blogged about this place before.
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So after dinner, we headed to Clarke Quay to walk around to digest our dinner. But of course, I was craving for something sweet and it just happens that Central had an amazing ice-cream shop!(:
Well Marble Slab Creamery was really delicious, but I felt that Cold Stone Creamery was much better! The taste was almost the same, but if you were to be like me; a person who have eaten so much from Cold Stone, you can taste the slight difference. The concept and all were the same - the fact that you can choose whether you wanted waffles with it or whatever toppings you want on top of it. Service otherwise is also amazing, but in the end it all boils down to the taste and Cold Stone (in my opinion) is the best!
But anyways, I still enjoyed the ice-cream a lot, especially the Red Velvet flavour: omg, this is simply delightful! You all should try the next time you see it(:
Hubby and I chose three flavours: green tea (he chose this one because he is just an idiot for green tea), peanut butter and red velvet cake. There was a hint of cheese in the red velvet which took us by surprise and within a few seconds, we finished the ball of red velvet. It was just that good.
I love this new amazing iPhone application which allows you to add all those beautiful crystals-like designs(: The new app is called Bokehful and you can find it on iPhone's top 25 applications and it is FREE! Wheeees~ Hahaha. So anyways you can choose the different combinations of colours from its palette, and you can design it yourself by tapping where you want to apply the effects(:
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Here are one picture I took with my iPhone, so do pardon the low resolution :S
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Hubby and I walked around Clarke Quay once we were done satisfying our sweet tooth (mostly it was me actually LOL), and it felt like we had not done this for a super long time. Dating each other for 2 years meant that we had mostly done everything with each other and there were no longer any more surprises between us both. Even so, just spending alone-time with him made me realized that I loved him even more(:
Toodles! champouf posted Say Hello To Class on Friday, July 20, 2012
Sorry for not updating this space in eons, and I do assure you that I'm totally tied down with work.
Anyways, my hubby has been really amazing and he has been working like crazy: and guess what? He bought me a Mont Blanc pen for the celebration of the start of his business and the commencement of my University life!(: I was really awed by the white color Meisterstuck model, and hubby promised he would buy it for me, and he did! I feel so pampered(:
He was also thinking of bringing the pen down to the shop to have the phrase "For my Sweetheart" craved on the body. So sweet~ (;
Looks amazing doesn't it? I am a bit reluctant to use it cause I'm damn scared I will accidentally scratched it or something :S I've been quite a fan of Mont Blanc ever since the last time Hubby let me used his during my Alevels and it has been a charm for me, because I never thought I will get through the examination. Of course through God's grace and the confidence I got from people all around me, I managed to pull through. So let's hope that this pen will help me mark a good spot in University(:
Toodles!
champouf posted Ice Age 4 with POMSPOMS. on Friday, July 13, 2012
Today was the very first official outing of my group of young blossoming POMSPOMS! All the other outings did not have the whole group participating so those were not counted :P Sadly, Gio could not make it today due to certain unforeseen circumstances :(
Anyways, our outing today was watching the movie ICE AGE 4: Continental Drift! *Cues picture*
Edwin, Weeliang, Jo-Jo, Shenn, Hubby and I met up at Carl's Junior for dinner before movie: well actually Shenn already had her dinner, but she came to meet with us first. We met up with the rest later and then because we went in quite late, we realized our seats were already taken up. So Hubby went down to the counter to rectify the problem: Hubby actually ordered the tickets one day before the show and on that day, they had some technical difficulties which resulted in them double-booking. So other people took up our seats :( We were pissed off because it was our first official outing and the stupid people at Tampines Golden Village had to go and ruin it.
The best part was that Hubby was not those who would let things rest easy if something does not go according to his plan, so he told the person at the counter; if they did not resolve the problem, he will assure them that he will create a larger mess of the situation since it was his fault to begin with. The person got scared and called out the manager. In the end, the manager offered all 10 of us free tickets to watch any movie we wanted!
At the end of the movie, we shared the good news with the rest and they were literally applauding, because at first we had some 1-for-1 promotion, but it ended. So when we received free tickets, we were all damn excited, and started planning for our next movie outing! Hahaha :P
Anyways, the movie was AMAZING! For those who had been keeping up with the Ice Age series, you will not be disappointed!!! Their jokes and sarcasm never fails to make me laugh till I tear, so I definitely recommend this to people of all ages!(:
We managed to snap a group picture at the end but I looked damn cui as usual D: Please don't mind me! And this group picture was taken by Hubby so he was not in the picutre :( Fret not Hubby! I promise to help you snap nice pictures for our next outing!
It was quite sad that Gio did not manage to join us, but we are already planning for our next outing which is mostly about food, thanks to Edwin who keeps wanting to eat some frog porridge with Hubby at Geylang. Other people are craving for the buffet at Seoul Garden which is a no-no for me, because I want to eat durian at Geylang instead!(: (Now I know why Edwin calls the group fatty POMSPOMS ... We all get super excited when it comes to food LOL.)
Btw, Edwin looks like some fashionable uncle due to his latest contribution to the Hair for Hope. It is nice to see so many people supporting it like Jo-Jo, Edwin and Weeliang(: Jiayous guys! I really do admire their courage.
Toodles!
champouf posted Outing(: on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
These past few days have been so hectic for me: I've been rushing down to Pioneer/Boon Lay practically every single day and my EZ-link card is really cashing me out! D: Why have I been going down to the West side of Singapore? It was because of Aces and Kosmos: 5 days out of a single week just passed by just like that. Yes, I've just started out training with Aces and it has been quite a blast(: I went back to revise most of my basics and I also did learn some new things: my double twist is looking much better now, and I somehow know how to execute it nicely. Of course I still end up with 1.5 rounds but it is still better than nothing :P
Anyways, this post is about my most recent outing with Shenesse, Jo-Jo and my Hubby. One faithful Saturday after gyming and swimming for 4hours, we had a HUGE craving for IKEA meatballs, or maybe it's just me :S So we decided to head down to Queenstown IKEA. By the time we reached there, the place was just bursting with people! The line to the food counter was really unbelievable! It stretched for up to 100 people! Sure we were slightly suffering from delusions due to hunger (yes we were HIGH like never before), but we were not that mad to actually wait in line. I will probably just faint half way through.
With that said, we went to the next place we could think of: Xin Wang Cafe(: It was just a five minutes walk away from IKEA and we actually ran all the way there. We were so glad there was not a freaking queue in sight and the moment we stepped in, we quickly grabbed the menus and started deciding what we wanted to eat.
Pardon this super unglam picture of Jo-Jo, but he was just too exhausted from the gym to even stretch out a nice smile. Hahahaha(:
A picture of Shenesse and I before entering the restaurant(: Sorry about my cui-ness in this picture because I was literally too famished to pose nicely for it. But Shen did a great job! LOL.
I complied all the pictures of the food into two tiny collages so that I would not have to post up so many images :P Yes I am lazy. Sue me :S Here is a breakdown of our meals: I ordered the iced-milo and chicken chop cheese baked rice, and the tomato sauce inside was just the zest I needed after a long day of workout(: Shen on the other hand was on a rather strict diet and she ordered the sliced fish noodles with one small egg. She let me tried the fish and it had quite a different taste to it; I guess the meat was more tender. Jo-Jo was really bummed out by not being able to decide what to eat, so we chose the Western chicken chop for him. Shen and I were stealing his fries whenever he was not looking. WAHAHAHA(:
Hubby ordered a lot of side dishes such as the most awesome SIEW MAI I had ever tasted! The paigu meat was on the top of his list actually, and he was seen digging into that dish along with Jo-Jo. The gyoza dumplings and fried tofu were Jo-Jo's ideas and he really made a good choice!(: The funny thing about Hubby's main dish (which was the basket of fried chicken) was that it took a REALLY LONG time to reach the table. We had already finished our food and was waiting for our desserts, then did the waiter finally brought out Hubby's chicken. We were joking that the cook had to catch the chicken, pluck its feathers and drain it etc etc which resulted in the long wait. Of course we were just being lame, so don't mind us :( The best part of dinner was desserts! Hubby had a good eye and a sweet tooth to pick up amazing desserts and the mango shaved ice he chose was really amazing(: Even though I was already so full from my food, I still had to pile on for dessert!
We had a little walk at Queensway Shopping Centre for a while, looking at sports equipment. But it closed at 9:30pm which was quite early actually. So we decided to head back home. The trip home was really short as we were having a lot of fun laughing at Hubby's jokes once more. Well he does have a good sense of humor, even though sometimes it may pass off as something really sarcastic. But I guess this is just one of his charms(:
I guess that was one of the days that I could really relax and not find myself rushing here and there. I really do look forward to Saturdays(:
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