Toned Abs

People have often complimented me on my abs. Or people have wondered what it takes, to get abs like mine. My abs have dissipated a little bit since the picture. But they’re still alright. I do have to admit, they don’t look like the picture, on an every day basis. Meaning, if you saw me walking down on the beach, you most likely wouldn’t see how toned they were. Flexing helps, let me tell you. But I have been told I have a nice stomach. And of course, I’m not saying this in a conceited sort of way.

I thought I would post, as to my own tips and techniques for getting toned abs. Now, I’m no Billy Blanks, but I do try my best. I think a contributing factor into having toned abs, as well as a toned body, is having the genes. There are just some “type” of people that seem to be able to tone their bodies and make themselves look very healthy, without much avail. These people, I secretly envy. I envy them because there are people like myself, who have to work a little harder than we’d like. But then, there are people who have to work harder than ME, so I guess I shouldn’t be complaining. But I think being Asian, the genetics were on my side.

I have a high metalbolism, and that surely helps. Eating good food is what helps keep one’s body healthy and fit. We all know this. Just look around in the media, and we can see how many different types of diet programs there are out there. All claiming to “BE THE ONE.” Claiming to the be diet that will help you lose pounds. Each person is different, and what may work for someone, may not work for others. But the bottom line is, eating healthy will help one have a healthy body.

Another tip, would be exercise. Dieticians (sp) always say that a healthy diet, as well as rigerous exercise will help increase a toned and healthy body. A healthy lifestyle, an active lifestyle, it not only helps tone the body, but tone the mind. In high school, I did a lot of exercise. Along with exercise and weight lifting, I grew up on a farm. And doing all that farm work, it silently helped increase my muscle tone. People often asked me if I was in gymnastics, or did swimming because of my physique. I haven’t, at least not as a sport. I did gymnastics when I was about 7, but that quickly ended because my mum realized I was there to socialize, and she didn’t need to pay money for me to socialize. ::laughing:: I often wonder what would of happened, had I stuck with gymnastics. But anyhoooo, cardiovascular workouts as well as weight lifting, that combination has helped sculpt the body that I have. I used to work out pretty frequently, I had a lot more time. But since moving here to Australia, I just haven’t had the motivation to do so. I still ride my bike, but I don’t do anymore weight lifting. Maybe I’ll get back into it, join a gym or something. Might invite the partner to join along, she’s looking to better her health.

Truthfully, I don’t have any famous recipe for why my abs are the way they are. I think it’s a combination of good genes, healthy eating, and regular exercise. As to why they’re still somewhat toned..and I haven’t done much exercising, well I can’t tell you why. Maybe someone is watching over me. I’m always eager to hear advice from others, and get tips from other people about maintaining a beautiful body. I’m not a health addict, but I do like to keep myself fit. Many thanks to those who have complimented me on my abs, it makes my day knowing people find a part of me attractive. ::smirks:: Well, that IS the only part you all can see..lol.

So here’s to staying healthy and staying fit!! ::raising bottle of ice cold water in the air

-current mood-HUNGRY, all of this talk about healthy eating, I need to go eat!

26 unusual questions quiz

Another quiz, to hopefully give you more of a glimpse of who I am. I know, they can be a bit boring, but they take up time and space.

1) When you look at yourself in the mirror, what's the first thing you look at?
My nose, to see if there are any boogers hanging..LOL

2) How much cash do you have on you?
110.00 in bills, who knows how much in change.

3) What's a word that rhymes with "TEST"?
Best??

4) Favorite planet?
Venus, what's not to love with a name like Venus??

5) Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
Uhh, I usually catch all my calls.

6) What is your main ring tone on your phone?
I have Winter Wonderland by Faith Hill as my ringtone.

7) What shirt are you wearing?
White tank top (it's hot outside)

8) Do you "label" yourself?
I try not to, but it's inevitable some sort of label will come to surface..lol

9) Name the brand of your shoes you're currently wearing?
No shoes at the moment, like I said, it's hot out...

10) Bright or Dark Room?
I like bright colored rooms.

11) What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?
Don't know, because I didn't look to see who took it before me.

12) Ever "spilled the beans"?
Aww, plenty of times. But that makes me seem like I can’t keep a secret. But I can, I promise.

13) What were you doing at midnight last night?
I was up trying to work out my yahoo messenger thingy. Couldn’t get my display picture to change, bloody thing.

14) What did your last text message you received on your cell phone say?
My partner asked me if her sister had come around to help me...I was trying to figure out how to put the LPG in the car. I usually use petrol, but am borrowing a car that uses LPG

15) Do you ever click on "Pop Ups" or Banners?
Only to remove them if the pop up blocker hasn't caught it.

16) What's a saying that you say a lot?
Don't really have one, but I like to do the “dohhhh” that “Grace” does on Will and Grace.

17) Who told you they loved you last?
My partner, this afternoon.

18) Last furry thing you touched?
My pussy (get your mind out of the gutter..my KITTY)

19) How Many Drugs Have You Done In The Past Three Days?
None, both OTC and illegal. Not into anything illegal.

20) How many rolls of film do you need to get developed?
0, usually use the digital camera.

21) Favorite age?
Don't have one.

22) Your worst enemy?
Myself, for sure!

23) What is your current desktop picture?
We have a picture of Earth, from space...it’s amazing to think, that that is what the Earth looks like.

24) What was the last thing you said to someone?
"I love you" to my partner.

25) If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to change a major regret, which would you choose?
Million bucks, no point in living in the past...maybe the million bucks will drown out the major regret LOL

26) Do you love/like someone?
Yep, A LOT.

-current mood-HAPPY, to have the day off. Have a busy weekend.

Shifty kitty

Why is it, that every time I want my kitty to come inside, she seems to sense it, and scurries away from me?? Charlie is predominately an indoor cat. I’ll let her out before I go to work, and my partner will bring her back in before she heads off to work. Then usually when I get home, I let her out for a little while as well. It seems like every time I try to get her in, she just senses it and makes it impossible for me to catch her. I try to give her food, I try to coax her with my nice soothing voice I even try to use the fun laser light she loves to play with. I spent about 45 minutes trying to get her back into the house. If we had a kitty door, I wouldn’t have to worry about it. It’s so nice outside, that I’d love to be able to let Charlie stay out longer. But I know that she’d want to eventually come back in sometime. I ended up having to leave her be, and then come back a few times to get her back into the house. She was lying outside, and I got on my stomach and slowly crept towards her. She came over to me, so she could rub her face next to mine, and that’s when I grabbed her. I almost lost her, but my sudden movement, caused her to rush into the house.

Geez, quite the workout, trying to get that kitty back into the house. She’s quite content now. She’s sitting next to me..all sprawled out on the desk..looking at me with tired eyes. You know she’s had a full days worth of excitement, when you look and see how tired she is. The fresh air, and just being outside, does a world of good for her I reckon. She will surely sleep well tonight…just as I WILL.

-current mood-HAPPY, it's my Friday.

Car salespeople

This weekend, my mum in law’s boyfriend came with me to look at cars. We have a budget, for how much we can afford, for a vehicle for me. It’s not much, but it’s just something that will “tie” me over, until I have established some credit history, to where I can get a car loan. I’m sure I’d be able to get one from the car dealership, but I know they charge an arm and a leg in interest. We’d more than likely borrow from a bank. Anyway, we went to probably about 10 different car places to look at cars. My partner and I didn’t want to go ourselves because we hate the feeling that we get when we go to places like that. Guys see two women walking into a carshop and automatically assume “they don’t know anything…” and then will proceed to try and scam us. We’re not that stupid, we know some things about cars, but yet, as an “intimidation” tactic, I brought a guy along. The boyfriend is good, he knows when to say “no” and when to say “we’re just looking.”

We went to this one dealership and this guy was utterly annoying to me. I didn’t like it straight away. You know, how sometimes you just see someone and they give you a bad vibe? This guy did, without a doubt. He wasn’t a sleeze, but he just made me feel uncomfortable. We started looking at this pretty cheap car. And he kept saying “this is great deal…only such and such price.” And every time we’d look at something he’d say “look, looks like new, no?” He had an accent, not an Aussie one, and the broken English just irritated me. I guess that’s my own issue to deal with, people who speak in broken English . But he kept telling us how great of a price the car was, and what a great deal we were getting. But in truth, I thought it was a hunk of junk. The boyfriend and I talked later, and we figured it wasn’t really in the best interest, to buy a car for 2 grand…even though it may have been cheap, it wasn’t worth it, in the long run. I pretty much told the boyfriend that I didn’t like the car, and I didn’t like the salesperson. He just rubbed me the wrong way. He kept pushing, and pushing, and I absolutely hate it when people do that, when I’m trying to just “look.” I could never be in telemarketing or sales of that sort, I don’t have the personality for it. This guy did, but at the same time, her utterly annoyed me. I just let him jabber on with the boyfriend, and did my own thing.

-current mood-SORE, my calves are killing me!

Shoplifting

Today was my first day of work, for the 2 week job I’m working at. I was in the back room, where all of the home entertainment items are. My job, is pretty much pricing dvds and games, and making sure that the dvds that are going to be up for ad soon, are all set and ready to go. The place is an absolute MESS. I’m not a big fan of messes, so this place (which is usually the training room) is filled with dvds. You walk into the room and you see nothing but dvds, stacked ¾ of the way up to the ceiling.

I was busy working, and about 20 minutes into my shift, I was interrupted by a woman who asked me if I could just watch these two people in the office. I said “sure, no problem.” I had to do this about 3 times. I don’t know the whole story, and I’m not one to eavesdrop…but evidently, the woman in the office had been caught shoplifting. She had tried to take a baby toy (worth about 45 dollars I think) out of the store. She was with a couple of other people, but they managed to get away. But the woman, I’d say she was not even as old as me. But she was crying, and talking about how important her kid was to her. And she proceeded to tell the guy in charge (I think he was a secret shopper that caught her) that she had no idea who the guy was. She only knew him by first name, and she actually didn’t know him very well.

They were in the office for a good hour, before two police officers finally came. The people ended up not pressing charges, and I had to ask myself “had this woman not looked the way she had, would the outcome have been different? This woman was early 20’s, dressed well, wore lots of make up, and was white. I wonder if this woman had been male, and was of a different racial background than white, would they have pressed charges? Even though the item wasn’t that expensive, she still tried to take it without purchasing the item. She kept trying to defend herself and put the blame on this other ‘unknown” guy. But she DID take the item without paying for it, and she got caught. I think she was pretty darn lucky to not have been arrested. From what I was hearing, the police said that she had to pay for the item, and then this “incident” was going to be in affect for 12 months. I don’t know if she was banned from the store or not, but she did have something that was going to last for 12 months.

All too often I see the affects of people shoplifting. Just this past weekend, we went to a store, and in the shoe department, we saw an old pair of Vans among all the shoes. My partner looked at them and was like “these aren’t new.” I said “no, a kid probably traded his own shoes for a new pair and walked out with them.” My partner couldn’t believe that this had happened. I’ve seen it happen many times. I guess with working in retail for as long as I have (on an off) I see a lot of the end results of shoplifters. I don’t understand why people do it. Well, I DO understand, but I wish that there was a way we’d be able to catch people who did these things.

I can remember a time when I worked at Target, and I worked in the dressing rooms. If people wanted to try on garments that had the security button attached to a two piece outfit, they had to give it to me in order to try it on. I remember a woman coming to me, to try on a 2 piece bathing suit. She came out, with only one piece. I tried to ask her about it, but she just mumbled to herself, and ran off quickly. She evidently had the piece she wanted, ON, underneath her clothes. I couldn’t do anything about it, but I was pretty upset.

Shoplifting is so not cool in my books..and anyone who does it, along with robbery in general, I don’t have time for those sort of people. Sure people have their reasons, but I highly doubt any of their reasons are legitimate ones. We’ll save that argument for another day .

-current mood-KNACKERED!!!!

Survivor Finale

Tonight is the Survivor Guatemala finale. Rafe, Lydia, Danni, and Stephanie are the 4 contestants left. In the beginning, I had chosen Rafe as a favorite. Not necessarily favorite to win, but someone I wanted to win. In the beginning, I was also excited to have Stephanie back in the game. But as each episode was aired, the more I began to realize I don’t like her. Everyone I’ve talked to, has said how hot she is, and how they want her to win. But in truth, I don’t want her to win. She’s totally played the game though. She’s a fierce competitor, and I’m sort of wondering if the reason why she’s still in the game, is because she’s intimidating. Gary, before he was booted from the tribe, he brought up a very good point. I think most people (the tribe members) are start struck with Stephanie, and they know she’s a leader. Because she’s already had experience, she knows how to pay the game. So in the beginning, did she have an advantage? As time progesses, have people been too intimidated to vote her off? She’s only had one vote against her, and that was Bobby John, the night he went. There has never been talk about booting her off. She’s always been considered to be in the alliance to make it to the final four. Well, now she has..will the tables turn on her?

The way I see it tonight..I’m hoping that Stephanie doesn’t win the first immunity. I think if she doesn’t, she may get voted out. If she does (which she has a great chance of doing) she’ll very well be a favorite to win. But I’d love to see her booted. Just because I think Stephanie has gotten a bit too cocky with her attitude and her chances of winning. She may say that she’s so shocked to have made it thus far, but deep down, I think she knows how much power she has over the other members of the team. I’d love to see Rafe and Lydia in the final 2, but I’ve gotten to like Danni. I didn’t like her in the beginning, but the past few episodes, she’s been able to play the game.

I think about the past few tribal councils, since Jamie, and Stephanie has turned against what she’s said, to get others voted out. She had said Jamie would be in the final 6, but that didn’t happen. Gary, that wasn’t a real shock. Judd, she totally betrayed him, and I hope Judd knows it. Cindy as well, who was voted out last week. Her and Stephanie talked about voting out Danni, and then eventually Rafe. But Cindy was sideswiped a bit, and I wonder if Cindy knows that Stephanie voted for her. But I don’t think any of the jury knows all of this…and it makes it for an interesting vote, when the final 2 are revealed. The jury could say “Stephanie really played the game, she deserves to win the million dollars.” But the jury could also say “what makes her deserve to win the million more than the other person? I don’t think she deserves to win it, b/c she already had a shot at it.” But then I think, that maybe the jury may be intimidated to vote for Stephanie. I really hope that they jury isn’t intimidated to vote for Stephanie.

Sometimes it isn’t the strongest player that deserves to win..but the one who kept their cool, and kept under the radar. Look at Tina, from Survivor Australia. She’d never won an immunity, but she never really caused any fire between tribe members. And she ended up winning that installment of Survivor. If Lydia makes it to the final 2, she very well could be another Tina. But I really really think she’ll go and be the next person to be voted out. I keep seeing previews for tonight’s episode, and it shows Jeff saying “15th person to be voted out of Survivor Guatemala is….” and he shows who it is, but you can’t see a reaction out of any of the tribes people. It then finishes the commercial. My partner said she saw a reaction from Rafe, so maybe Stephanie wins individual immunity..and the 3 girls get together to vote out Rafe because he’s a male. And to have 3 females in the final 3, that might be what they wanted. But then would that have meant that Danni betrayed Rafe?? I haven’t seen all of the Survivor shows…but have there ever been an all female final??? I’d be interested to find out.

I can’t wait to see the “live” verdict. I enjoy seeing how people have faired up since being booted off the show, in terms of physical appearance. That’s why I like seeing when the newest jury member comes out. It’s amazing to see how much someone has changed from the time they were part of the tribe. I will have to switch between Survivor and Queer as Folk, because QAF is on at 10, and Survivor finishes at 11:30. I could “cheat” and go online to find out. But I don’t want to do that…but knowing my luck, after I’ve finished this journal entry, I’ll see it announced somewhere online. I’ll try not to peek. I am usually a sucker though and always find out before the airing of the show.

-current mood-JUST CALM, for the moment.

Want to keep a conversation going? Follow these rules (applies to online life)

I sort of got this idea from a friend’s 360 blog. Even though hers was much more hillarious, I thought I’d put my own rules…rules that if people are able to abide by them, they’ll more than likely be able to gain a true friend out of me. If not, well, I can’t say I didn’t warn you.

*Don’t ask for my ASL (age/sex/location); All my profiles give at least this much information about me, if not more.

*Don’t keep pestering me; i.e sending me annoying messages, re-sending invites, buzzing me. This will only annoy me even more. Move on, I’ve ignored you for a reason .

*Don’t ask for my picture. And certainly don’t make it the only point of conversation. As a general rule, just don’t ask for it. Not going to happen, unless I feel totally comfortable with you. But don’t get offended if you never find out what I look like..it’s not THAT important.

*If my profile/information says “no men” please respect that I don’t wish to converse with you. No, I don’t hate men, I just have enough of them in my real life, that I don’t see a need to have any online male friends.

*Don’t assume that because I’m gay, I want to see your boobs, your fanny, or your dick. I have a bit more dignity than that, thank you.

*Don’t ask me to be a part of your sexual experiment; I do enough of that with my partner.

*Don’t tell me you’re bi and married…I don’t care to converse with women who sleep with men, all the while, think it’s okay to sleep with women while still “attached”. And don’t give me a hard time about it, I’m not going to care.

*If you’re in a relationship and looking for more than a friendship, keep on walking…this booty ain’t interested!

*Have at least female listed somewhere on your contact information, otherwise you won’t get a response out of me.

*If you add me, or email me, don’t feel bad if you don’t hear from me for awhile. I like to marinade in what people say, and then give a response.

*If you read my blog, try to leave a comment. I do read what others write. It helps me understand you, and understand a view I may not have thought about.

*If you haven’t said hello to me in awhile, drop me a line, don’t be a stranger. I understand how real life can get in the way. But it’s always nice to catch up on other people’s lives.

*Don’t send me chain letters, letters saying that such program is going to close (ie. spam) or that so and so is a bad person and that I shouldn’t open anything from them. I don’t read chain letters, nor do I send them. I honestly don’t believe in the emails/messages filtering around cyberspace saying such program will be shutting down. So what if people will have to pay later…I’ll find out then. And finally, I’m not stupid enough to open emails/attachments from strangers.

*Respect my views and opinions. Abuse isn’t going to get you anywhere, for I will never stoop to that level…by abusing you in return. Well, maybe I will, but not likely .

*Don’t add me to your lists/IM programs unless you have a true intention of staying in touch. I often go through my lists and delete people I haven’t heard from in quite some time.

*Don’t be afraid or intimidated by all of these rules. I REALLY am an easy going gal. I’m just here to have fun and have a good time.

*If you’re reading this, you’re a loyal reader/online friend, and I thank you. Loyal readers and friends read blogs and leave comments. Even if it’s far few and between (I know I’m guilty of it sometimes). There are just times where you don’t know what to say.

-current mood-HUNGRY, having a roast tonight.