Oh Boy...

I've just lost a friend after she gave birth to her long awaited baby boy.. She's only 34. Those of us that are closed to her cant accept the fact that she has gone.

The duty of giving birth to baby boy has always been a so call "very important" thingy in the Chinese community. Eventhough we are living in the modern world, this is something many Chinese still cares about. So do Melanie. Despite of her health problem, she risk her life conceiving this baby boy.

Is that really matter if a woman dont deliver a boy?????!!!!! Either a boy or a girl, they still your flesh & blood...dont they?? I'm sad & angry of the lost. Because of the responsibility of having a boy, we lost our friend...the 3yrs old daughter & a new born son lost their mother. What more?? It was supposed to be good celebration welcoming the baby, it turned to a funeral to send her away...5ft under.

My dear friend, I know how much u love your childrens. Your duty in life has fulfilled, may you rest in peace.

Reading Time!

One of the three books I'm currently reading. "Memoirs are made of this" from A little black dress book series...simple & nice with quite a bit of vocab running along the pages. Basically about a girl from Portland trying to be a New Yoker.

This Little black dress book series was introduced to me by Vi Vian some time back & she was kind enough to lent me some of hers...I enjoyed it, thought they maybe my next collection after Harry Potter, Narnia, John Grishan & few other series. ;)

10,000 steps a day?!

A friend of mine kept a step counter in his pocket lately to check on the number of steps he walks daily. Apparently its a way for him to get rid of extra fats in his body.

He told me that in average a malaysian walks only around 5-6000 steps a day, some even lesser. Far lesser from those people in HK, S'pore & other countries. Thus caused obesity among malaysian. This is partly due to our daily lifestyle whereby we spent most time in car, seated in the office one whole day & lack of exercise.

Oh well, I was thinking..if we really walks that less, how to double up the number of steps to 10,000?? I came out with an idea few days later to check on my own account. ;p I started measuring out the number of steps in the house, office & places where i used to go for meals (excluding those time when i go for running & gym)...haha, u be surprised i even counted the number of steps from Lake Garden entrance to Tapak A (KL) requires 800 steps for a person of my height. ;p From these info, i dont have to carry a counter with me all the time.

Eventually, it wasnt tough at all to get that quota. All i need to do is just to break the huge number of 10,000 steps into sessions. You see... imagine i take a step in a second, all i need in a day is only 2hrs 46mins 12secs. It takes less than 1/8 of a day!!! Cant do it?? only lazy people says that!!

Come back to the point where I started, you sure wonder if my friend & I lost weight with this crazy steps counting? haha...well, yes. both of us did, a kilo for each in two wks. Hassle free, healthy & gives me an alternative to exercise when times my knees are not fit to do running. I tend to pick up the habits to walk even more now. Thanks to his crazy idea & my curiousity to count...hahaha.