Yoga Pooh

With all the HOTS abt healthy lifestyle these days, Ah Poop/MD Bear decided to teach us a few moves ^^

Introducing >>> MD BEAR!!!


Its important to be prepared for ur yoga lessons. Wear something comfortable and preferably cotton (to absorb sweat). Use a headband if necessary. Have a bottle of water ready too, in case u need to replenish some water into ur body system.

There is no way for MD Bear to teach u all the moves, so lets start with 3 poses tat all of us can learn.

POSE 1:



POSE 2:




POSE 3:



So, lets all get off ur ASS and workout!

nuffnang

Read this recent post in Xiaxue/Wendy's blog abt nuffnang. It abt this blog advertising agency set up to earn us bloggers some $$. Do read...seems really interesting...

nuffnag write-up by Xiaxue/Wendy

Maybe its the fact tat I am abt to be jobless tat the idea of a source of income sounds pretty attractive. But I really wonder if I fulfill their minimum requirement of having a minimum of 20 hits daily @_@ ....gosh! I dun even know if anyone checks my blog daily or if I have more than 2 persons reading my blog per day T_T

Anyway, I took out the counter link coz it doesnt seems to be working and really isnt accurate in calculating no. of hits. I think I need a link to calculate the no. of hits based on IP addresses. Can anyone help???

And, I wana ask all of u to check my blog often...if I manage to get the required no. of hits, I might just register at nuffnang. So, how does tat benefit u??? Hmm...let me think...ok, 1) I will probably blog more often then to keep readers and frens interested to check my blog daily, 2) U will get to see adverts in my blog which might just happen to be great offers & 3) U might have a popular blogger fren (me) just like Xiaxue...haha...ok lah, not even close...zzzz

Well, support me k!

Re Qing Zhong Xia (aka Summer X Summer)

I have been slow at watching drama recently...my DVDs are calling me at home, but I have been ignoring them. Juggling between work, job hunting and mapling...I dun really have much time left for dramas....guess they will have to wait. Am halfway thru "Loveholic" on DVD and "Jiayou Jin Shun" on tudou.

Anyway, I recently completed another Taiwan Idol drama - 熱情仲夏 / Re Qing Zhong Xia (aka Summer X Summer). Sadly youtube doesnt have all the episodes of this drama, but I was lucky to be introduced to www.tudou.com ...this chinese website is similar to youtube and host a variety of video clips and shows, a lot of taiwan dramas too. Do try it out.



[Synopsis extracted from Wikipedia]: Because of one dollar, Xia Ya (Cai Yi Zhen) befallen many unfortunate events. When she feels like all hope has lost, an angel comes and gives her one dollar which saves her life. She falls in love with that angel, who is a model dressed in an angel outfit. But he is no angel - he is the devil in disguise, Ouyang Lei (Joe Cheng), the younger brother of her best friend, Ouyang Yu Yan.

Being the youngest of the family as well as a famous model, Lei is very spoiled and everyone let him have his way, until Xia Ya came along. Xia Ya did what nobody else would do, and Lei starts to develop an interest in her, but he seems very devilish in his ways. What will become of them?

Felt that the drama is a bit slow in the front but picked up a little from the middle. A generally sweet show and reminded me a little of "It started with a kiss" also by Joe Cheng.

RATING FOR SHOW: *** (out of 5 stars)

Feeling Insecure

Today is an unsettling day for me. Feelings of insecurity filled me and my self-confidence went to an all time low.

As some might know, I am job hunting once again since my current contract job ends in July. I hate job hunting and interviews. Never believed that such interviews are genuine or reflect how the interviewees really are. On the job performance is the ultimate guarantee on whether a company has hired a good worker. But of coz, how else can a company meet the candidates for the job unless they carry out interviews. So, I guess such sessions are still necessary.

A fact I realise abt working in S'pore is tat a lot of companies still place a lot of emphasis on the certificates (our qualifications). Another thing which I think is totally inaccurate to access a candidate's worth. Happen to know a few persons who have the certs but totally no corporate survival skills. Here are a few examples: 1) An overseas degree grad who could not even calculate her subordinate's OT hours and do simple tabulation of figures; 2) A scholar who is so timid that he could not make a firm decision and sometimes look to his subordinates for advice and answers; 3) A director who is all talk and promises but could not even answer her own email and reply correspondence; 4) A "Yes" man manager who said yes to everything but did not fulfill them (sad that he worked in the service/complaint dept); etc...etc...

Anyway, having those thoughts abt job hunting makes my current hunt pretty forced. But for the fact tat I need a job and pay...no choice.

Now I am trying my hand to get a legal related work next, preferably to enter a law firm. But as I guessed, my "non-pure" law degree did not help - BSc Management with Law IS NOT "pure" law degree...sadly T_T ....of coz, I also did not have any experience in this area of work. My past experience are mostly administrative in nature. One of my interviewer had even warned me that working in a law firm is highly stressful and different from the work I am used to. They need a meticulous, hardworking and motivated individual. The work is pressed for deadlines and will be under close scrutiny by lawyers who can be pretty picky. I felt rather insecure after the interview...having worked in this contract job for 2 years...I think I have been slacking a lot. My working speed is probably 1/4 of wat it used to be when I was working in ZARA before I completed my degree course. Now, I have to think abt picking up my speed again. Worried if I have the energy to learn new things quickly in a new job. I think tat the problem with working in a "garmen" job - pple get kinda "nua" (lazy & unmotivated) after some time.

SIGH...pray tat I can get used to my new workplace (wherever it is) quickly...I hate the adjusting period needed in a new job...I like when I know wat I am doing and wat is happening...zzzzz

Beauty and the Geek

"Beauty and the Geek" is another one of those reality TV show since the initial "The Bachelor" where a group of girls compete to win the heart of a bachelor. But the Beauty and the Geek has a different purpose in getting 8 beauties and 8 geeks to pair off and learn some life lessons from their partners to gain confidence in their ability to interact with others outside the clubs and stuff (for the beauties) and to learn social interaction skills with pple outside the school environment (for the geeks).

Sounds like a pretty nice show huh...its rather cute to watch but I wouldnt like to be in their situation...too brainy but no looks OR too pretty but no brains. Think I prefer the average me...oh come on! Nobody's perfect.

So, I went in search of the Beauty and the Geek show on youtube but was sadly unable to get clips on the full season 1 and 2 shows...even the season 3 show (which is currently showing on Chn 5 at 11.30pm on Mondays) was not uploaded in full on youtube...sadzzzz...anyway, but I did find a funny parody of the show below...enjoy it, its really funny! ^^

Civic Mindedness

I remember learning this word "Civic Mindedness" from primary school. Its roughly about how we shld be mindful of others and be considerate to them. If everyone cares abt others, the world will become a better place...yah...tat kind of crap...oops! ok lah, not really crap but its just too impossible to implement this kind of theory in modern world.

So, with tat in mind, I tot of 2 incidents I encountered recently.

Incident 1
Just now when I went to pack food for lunch, I saw 3 of my colleagues (shall not name them) chatting on a small flight of stairs just outside my office building. They were blocking the route down and though there is an alternate route to walk out of the office building...they sort of made themselves a nuisance to others. Initially I wanted to approach and remind them tat they are blocking the walkway, but my typical "bo chap" self took over and I just ignored them and walked the other route out.

Lesson 1: When u are fat and the staircase is small, dun block the way.
Lesson 2: When u wana chat with ur fren, go some corner where u are not blocking others.
Lesson 3: When u walk away just like I did, u are not civic minded either. So, u are probably not any better than those pple who are a nuisance.

Incident 2
This happened 2 weeks back when I was taking bus home. I forgot to bring my discman tat day and had to endure the journey w/o my music (which I am normally ok if taking an MRT...but bus...well, I need my music). Just as the journey started, I heard some noise emitting from someone's handphone on the bus. Apparently the person decided tat everyone on the bus share his interest in watever "music" tat he likes...I find it more of a noise pollution. Then, as if in protest, I heard sounds of some old swordsman drama playing. An "uncle" was watching his swordsman drama on his portable DVD player. Omg my god...imagine modern music clashing with sounds of dialogue and sword fighting scenes. Well, to top it off, the guy sitting next to me decided to read his newspapers by stretching his hands apart and cramping me to my little corner. Gosh...3 idiots in the same bus...try to win tat...Zzzzz

Lesson 1: Bring ur discman, MP3, MP4, or hp with radio function next time when u take public transport. Also bring a pair of earphones so tat u do not disturb others.
Lesson 2: When u wana show off ur new hp function, go show it to pple who care.
Lesson 3: When u are an uncle, comb ur hair like a curry puff (hehe!), and wears a big o-biang gold ring, dun try to show off ur pathetic IT gadgets like the portable DVD player. Kids these days go for MP4.
Lesson 4: If u are super busy and need to read newspapers on public transport to save time, fold ur newspapers in half or quarter to read! Tats why those papers are light and easily foldable...


Now, go think abt how we can all be civic minded to make this world a better place...

Ouch!! Whole Body Aching...T_T

Here's another whiny post...I kena stiff neck syndrome again since yesterday. Yesterday was Mother's Day and our family had another nice gathering at home...I even ordered a 2kg cake from Prima Deli and food from Pizza Hut. My stupid neck totally spoiled the experience for me.

I woke up yesterday with the intention to do yoga on my own but before I could get round to it...eekkk! Felt a strain on neck left shoulder to the neck...could not move my head properly....T_T....pain........had to sit really upright the whole day and had problem lying down to sleep and getting up when I am awake. This morning, the stiff neck is still there and now my whole body ache!!! GOsh....luckily I got used to muscle aches from my normal yoga classes...so the body ache is still bearable...but the strain in the neck is bad....sometimes certain movement I make will pull my veins in a certain way tat will create a sharp pain at my neck and shoulder blade. T_T PAIN!!!!

Got 2days MC from the lousy doc near my home...why I go to him when I say he is lousy??? Well, u cant expect me to travel far with my head lidat....some more my favourite doc at central is normally a long wait...waiting time of average 1hr and traveling time of 1hr...no thanks...go to the lousy doc better....just got some rubbish muscle relaxant and cream. The doc asked me if I ever had such syndrome and I said yes....my record with him also showed tat I had. Then he asked if the medicine he gave last time was useful? Haha....how am I suppose to answer tat? "No, all the medicine u ever gave are crap and totally useless on me!"....*shrug*....tats not a nice reply to an elderly man....and wat if I said tat and he decides not to give me MC!!! No...no....tat will not do....so I answered a simple "well....need to rest lor"

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

So, why am I not resting now? Coz my body aches even when I am lying down on the bed!!! T_T and if I do go to sleep, I will have trouble trying to get out of bed.....had to literally use my right hand to carry my head up so tat I can sit upright...T_T sad lah....sound like some old woman with serious mobility problem.

Wat sux even more is tat....I had plans to go out with frens tonight....but all plans went down drain le.....no yoga tomorrow also...not sure if I can go yoga on thursday either....T_T

THIS SUX!!! I HATE GETTING STIFF NECK!!!

Sauna at Bird Park

I went to Jurong Bird Park with family on Sunday. Cant believe tat it was my first visit there...fancy growing up and living in Spore for 28 years and only went there now...keke...*paiseh*



Outing with Charmaine and Ray is always fun except for times when they whine and throw tantrums. Luckily, they were both pretty well behaved on Sunday but Ray still had a bit of running nose. Hmm...recently flu and cold virus are going ard...I also had cold last Fri and Sat...cost me yoga lessons on Sat T_T I had really wanted to go.

Anyway, weather's been a bit crazy lately...rain and sunshine having no schedule and coming out when they feel like it. Sunday was blazing hot and a bit unbearable. In fact, we covered very few areas in the bird park coz of the heat - Penguin area, Flamingo area and Swan Lake. We did however watch a bird show. Quite a cute show for kids lah...but nothing "wow". Wat I do remember there is the expensive ice cream they sell in bird park. I bought the Magnolia (I think its this brand...maybe I remember wrong) cone ice cream for $2.50 each! Gosh...daylight robbery!!! Hmm...I tot they used to sell this type of cone ice cream for $1??? Besides that, there are Ben & Jerry's ice cream almost everywhere inside (they also have a Ben & Jerry ice cream parlour there near the souvenir shop).

Huh? Why so much abt the ice cream? Well, coz it was damn hot tat day...yeah ~~~ LAME ~~~

Though I have not been to bird park before, both my 2nd bro and sis-in-law said that the place seems to have changed. But then they were really young when they were last there...so I guess improvements would definitely have been made.

We had lunch at a nearby Hilltop restaurant which serves Japanese, Teppanyaki and Indonesian food. Place and environment were pretty ok but it was bloody hot up there...imagine the scorching sun! If not for the aircon in the restaurant...think the place would have closed shop long ago. Plus the food was a bit below average...not a place I would return to unless I had no other choice.

Was pretty amazed that we returned home at abt 3pm plus tat day...tats pretty early since we only set off at 9am plus...an outing which has been shortened by the hot weather.

PS: Its a wonder we din see roasted pigeon there...keke...

Smiling Pasta (aka Wei Xiao Pasta)

How can pasta smile? As I have mentioned previously, this is a Taiwan drama with a rather ridiculous storyline and plot. But nonetheless, its still enjoyable and addictive.



Cyndi Wang acted as Xiao Shi who is a girl who had gone through 17 short relationships which lasted no more than 3 months. She believed that she was under a curse that none of her relationships will ever last more than 3 months. After being dumped by her 17th boyfriend, Xiao Shi was afraid to disappoint her family and did not dare to go home. At that time, a famous idol singer - He Qun (acted by Zhang Dong Liang) bumped into Xiao Shi, and they fell on the floor and end up kissing on the street. Paparazzi took photo of the accident and to avoid a bad reputation, He Qun’s manager declared Xiao Shi as He Qun’s one year girlfriend and fiancée. This story is about how the couple learns to like each other after having disagreements in the beginning, as well as fighting the injustices the media throw at them.

One thing I really like about this show is tat Zhang Dong Liang really looks like my korean idol, Kim Jae Won!!! Gosh, the resemblance from certain angle is uncanny. Hehe...wat a feast for my eyes...keke...

RATING FOR SHOW: ** (out of 5 stars)

200 Pounds Beauty

Quite a bit of posting to be done today...so bear with me k. Su beat me to giving this movie a review :( I am slow huh...well, to read her review, click on her blog site "Suhana's Blog" >>> and find her entry on 30 Apr 2007.



This is a pretty good movie full of fun, laughs and tears. Definitely worth watching. Here is a synopsis I lifted from Wikipedia (much thanks to the contributors):

Han-na is a phone sex employee as well as lip sync vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer. Instead of being famous for her amazing vocal talent, Hanna hides behind in her little room. Ammy humiliates her in front of Sang-jun with whom Han-na is in love with. Desperately, Han-na decides that it's time to get a head-to-toe plastic surgery makeover. When she comes back from hospital, no one recognizes her. She soon earns her own record label with Sang-jun and becomes famous. Soon, Sang-jun finds out about her plastic surgery (she tried to hide it from him and when he asked if she went under the knife, she said no). Jenny (Han-na's alter Ego) soon loses who she really was. The time came for her concert came and Jenny broke down. Not knowing who she really was, she broke down in front of millions. On that very stage, she told everyone who she really was. The fat and ugly Han-na. People cheered for her saying that it was alright. She soon realized that she was the same Han-na. Han-na released a new album under the name Han-na, not Jenny. All ended well after that.

RATING FOR SHOW: *** (out of 5 stars)


They have really good soundtrack for a short movie. Some nice MVs from this movie for ur enjoyment:

Beautiful Girl



Star (this is my favourite song in the movie)



Maria - Korean Version (there is a English version of this song by Blondie but I like this better ^^ )



You Don't Know I Love U



Miss U Much



Dance With My Daddy