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Dar and I went for a half body massage (chinese massage + cupping therapy) this evening ($25 for 30 mins) at Ginza Plaza.
Cupping is a modality that uses a partial vacuum in a specifically designed glass cup. When applied to the surface of the skin the underlying soft tissue is drawn into the cup. The cups may be moved to provide a form of massage. Cupping is unique in its ability to provide a negative pressure to the soft tissue.
The massage was good. My shoulder and back don’t feel that tight now. My back looks red (and scary) due to the cupping. I feel that I’m gonna have a goooood sleep tonight hehe
I wanted to eat some boiled peas this morning (used to eat that back in Mauritius). So I put some to boil, then went to my bedroom and totally forgot about the boiling peas. Results? Instead of getting soft boiled peas, I got hard burnt peas … Ack. Had to throw them away …
Worst … the cable dropped and touched the casserole. Result?
That cable scared me the most! The insulator has melted and we can see the colourful wires! *dangerous*
I bumped into this article regarding the hakkas (ethnic group of Han Chinese) in Mauritius.
“Chinese make up only 3 per cent of the 1.2 million people of Mauritius. Of the 30,000 or so Chinese, 90 per cent are Hakkas. Hakkas from China began settling in Mauritius in 1868. The Hakka community is thriving and becoming more and more prosperous with Chinese businesses and professionals dominating many areas of the economy.
Most of the Hakka come from Moyen (Mexian) with a significant number coming after the Taiping revolution from different Hakka communities in China. Many Hakka used the port of Hong Kong to go to South Africa which also had a Hakka community, but decided to stop at Mauritius. Interestingly, the Hakka community is a tight-knit group who mostly do NOT speak Hakka as a first language but ‘Creole’ – the language of ‘real’ business in Mauritius. Efforts were made to preserve the language and culture by sending children back to China during the civil war years in order to be educated or to the local Chinese (Hakka) schools …. unfortunately this severely handicapped them. The ones who went to China or Chinese schools in Mauritius (often first born sons) were at a great disadvantage compared to the ones who began education in English schools. In addition, the choice of Chinese school was often political as there were Communist and Nationalist schools. Today, Chinese children are usually sent to Western universities, mainly in England or Canada to be educated before going back ‘home’ to Mauritius.
I was back from KL since Monday but I was to lazy to update earlier! Well 3 days flew by really fast. I had a great time over there. Frozan, thank you sooo much for your hospitality, for bringing me around and all!! The days were fun lol. Here are a few pictures to describe my overall trip.
Friday 20|05|05 : Met dar at Golden Mile for breakfast and then he sent me off.
Friday 20|05|05 : I didn’t bring so many things. Just a few clothes, a pair of slippers & running shoes and a gift.
Friday 20|05|05 : Upon reaching Kuala Lumpur after 6 hrs by coach. Frozan came to fetch me. It was not so easy to find me as the place (Pudu Raya) where the bus dropped us is a always very crowded and busy. Plus it’s not a very ‘clean’ place.
Friday 20|05|05 : After about 40 mins of drive, we reached her place. This is me & Frozan.
Hey! Yep I’m updating from KL hehehe. Today is my 2nd day here in KL and so far I’m having a great time! Time is flying by really fast! Day 1 was fun. It is so nice to see my dear friend, frozan after 3 long years. And this time we have much more time to talk about lots of things. This morning we went to KLCC which reminds me of Singapore. Then we drove around etc. etc. In the afternoon I went for a jog at this park which I can see from her window. We had Thai tom yum soup for dinner – totally love the soup. So right now I’m in the living room, the tv is on, frozan is on the phone while her sis is lying on the couch. We are only 3 gals in this big house lol. Frozan tells me just now that we can go to Genting tomorrow haa. I will write more later!
I’m taking the coach tomorrow at 10 am and I should reach Kuala Lumpur (KL) at around 3 pm. Frozan will be there to fetch me. Okay I gotta pack my things now! Will update when I come back next Monday! Till then … Happy long holiday!
The number of fat cells you possess will certainly influence how difficult it will be for you to lose body fat. It’s one of the reasons why some people have a more difficult time losing weight than others and why some people seem to gain weight more easily than others if they’re not very careful and diligent with their diet and exercise programs.
Quantity versus Size of fat cells
Fat cell numbers are different between two people yet its possible for both to have a similar fat percentage. For example if someone had 500 million fat cells and a second person only had 300 million fat cells, these two people could both have a similar fat percentage if the second person has a sedentary lifestyle causing more fat to be stored in his/her cells. That is, the fat cells have become fuller and contain a greater volume within each cell. In this case it would result in a fat percentage higher than normal for this person but around the same as the first person with a higher number of fat cells.
A person with a higher number of fat cells may have less potential for a very low fat percentage because all fat cells must contain some fat for storage.
Fat cell distribution
It is also possible that one person can possess more fat cells around certain parts of the body. This can affect the look between different people. For example, if one managed to reduce her fat percentage to 10% but had a high number of fat cells around the stomach then she may look fatter compared to a friend with 15% body fat who has a more even distribution of fat cells over the body. The result is she would have to work harder and reduce fat percentage even lower if she wanted to look leaner than her friend around the stomach area.
No matter how many fat cells we have we all have the physical potential to reduce our body fat however, fat percentage cannot be rapidly reduced within a few weeks. The fact is it must involve some type of physical activity and require some type of sensible and healthy changes in eating habits. If long-term weight control is the goal these changes should last a lifetime. For some people especially those with large numbers of fat cells it may just take more time and require a stricter but sensible exercise and diet regimen.
Although our genes control the number of fat cells we have, this is not the only factor in weight management. Our lifestyle and eating habits play a huge part. These are factors that can be changed but only through conscious choice.
1- WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
- Near Bukit Timah Hill
2- LATEST ADDICTION?
- Coated Peanuts
3- SONG THAT YOUR LISTENING RIGHT NOW?
- Nothing at the moment
4- WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?
- Typing this before going for lunch
5- WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU WENT OUT TO EAT WITH?
- My darling
6- IF U WERE A TOY, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?
- Hmmm hard to guess
7- WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO GO ON YOUR HONEYMOON?
- Anywhere Romantic – Anywhere Nice
8- WHATS YOUR RING TONE?
- The song ‘This I promise you’
Dar borrowed this book – the complete book for women’s running – for me from the library cause he knows that I’m interested in these types of books.
Are you a chocoholic? Don’t forget to try this one! It comes from Japan: e-royce.com. There’s one outlet at Suntec City near to Carrefoure. By the way, I’m not a chocoholic. I’m more ‘biscuit-holic’ (lol). I have a funny way of eating creamed biscuits – I have to remove all cream. Yes everything. That’s why I prefer those very dry type of crackers over creamed ones. Recently I discovered a dry cracker which taste like one of my favourite mauritian-made biscuit (biscuit cabine Le Hochet). I have a funny and weird way of eating many other things too. I either eat the inside or the outside of food that has stuffings inside. When I eat a pao, I only eat the white part! Sometimes when I eat potato curry puffs, I only eat the inside esp. the potatoes. That is considered a bad eating habit huh … So yeah, don’t ask me why I remove this or that when you see me doing it 
I’m just weird lol.
