On Self-Portraits

Photo taken from this blog.

Hindi ko pa nga kaya mabuhay mag-isa.

(YM conversation with my younger bro)

rach licarte: gusto mo ng hot choco?
paul Licarte: anong hot choco
paul Licarte: pagkain gusto ko e
paul Licarte: haha
rach licarte: haha
rach licarte: ok
rach licarte: luto ka
paul Licarte: tingin ka sa ref
paul Licarte: kung ano meron pede lutuin
rach licarte: marunong ka ba mag init tubig
paul Licarte: malamang
rach licarte: painit
rach licarte: haha
paul Licarte: thermos lang yun e
paul Licarte: asa
paul Licarte: nagaaral ako e
paul Licarte: iinit pa kita

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(conversation with youngest bro)

me: Jerick, gawa mo ko cookies at pancake
jerick: ako nalang lagi nagluluto nun sayo
me: kaya nga ko bumili ng oven para gawa mo ko cookies eh
jerick: sige na nga..

Semi-insomnia

Ayaw ko nang makinig ng music pag gabi.
Ayaw ko nang mag-muni-muni.
Ayaw ko na ng ganito.

Sana magka-amnesia ko parang si Gu Junpyo.
Sana wala akong pake.
Sana wala akong sipon pag gising sa umaga.

Asa.

On Colors and Brushes

It's Sunday, and I finally got around to making a few designs for the pendants I'm planning to sell this Friday. We're having a small bazaar at work come end of week in time for our scheduled bonuses, and my hands naturally itched for the job.

Here are a few that I've come up with:




Hopefully I won't be lazy enough to not post the pendant pictures once I actually put these images on them.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Daddy!

Tara inom.

Project Eskapo

Objective: to have intensive muni-muni time.

Things to bring:
1. iPod
2. Extra clothes
3. Passport
4. Money
5. No one.

Escape to: Maya Bay, though it really isn't as deserted as in The Beach.



And I will go there soon. I have to. Everyone needs a happy place.

Current tune: Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

1200 calories/day -- Day 1

Breakfast:
-3 pcs Marie Biscuit (approx. 35 calories)

Lunch:
-1/4 cup rice
-Chicken adobo with potatoes (drumstick)
-1 Banana
-Pancit (tikim tikim)

Snack Part 1:
-1 serving Lychee jellies (120 calories)

Snack Part 2:
-biko and kakanin

Snack Part 3:
-variety of chips and choco biscuits c/o Glenn

Dinner:
-Large White Hat frozen yogurt (plain)

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Above is an example of how NOT to achieve your goals.

Mid-year Evaluation

Though mid-year was a month and a half ago, it's sad to realize that I haven't ticked that much items in my 2010 checklist. Early in the year, an officemate (Micah) shared to me this list of things to accomplish in 2010. It came from her Belle de Jour Power Planner and I just photocopied the checklist pages because I was and am poooorrr to get myself a copy.

To date, I've highlighted 17 out of 110 items.

Done:
23. Fall in love.
24. Buy one gadget I really covet. [A new laptop - Samsung N150 in pink]
34. Do something new with my hair. [Had it curled after New Year and had subtle red highlights about a month ago]
43. Vote.
46. Get drunk.
47. Let yourself go crazy for a night.
49. Sing your heart out with some friends.
50. Buy yourself new shoes.
55. Live in the moment. [Still is.]
63. Cook a meal for a special someone.
65. Talk to your stuffed animal. [I hope my duck speakers count.]
66. Cry your heart out.
71. Update your resume.
82. Swim in the beach. [Tampisaw in the beach, more like.]
86. Get a sexy new dress. [..which I've yet to wear.]
92. Know your weaknesses.
97. Go home early from work.

And I have 4.5 months left for the others. Here are some that I would like to prioritize:

17. Be more serious about my savings and finances.
37. Work out every other day for one month. [And then I can start wearing item (86) above]
39. Get lost and explore a new place.
44. Isolate yourself from the rest of the world for one day. [Any suggestions where?]

/study time now../

August na...

At wala palang naidulot na mabuti sa aking pisikal na katayuan ang blog na ito..

All In

Indeed, the new backpack did wonders. I went jogging/walking with Enz yesterday @ AAV, then stayed for hours at Cuenca Park and pigged out on junk goodies. Not enough to make me feel guilty. Not even 1/3 of Cheese Steak sandwich from Brothers Burger ruined my "reward" day. ^_^

2 pounds. I've forgotten the joy of dropping two, glorious pounds! (This is after last night's junk food session)

No time to waste, then. I learned a new gym routine (for free) today from a trainer and signed up for personal training for 10 sessions (not free). Let's see what a P6,270-investment will do..

2 days' worth

Healthy food = boring. Apparently not, if you're a creative health-conscious wannabe.

Yesterday's good eats: Enzo's Italian-style pasta, frozen yogurt, and lumpiang ubod. Now dieting is getting interesting..

I was supposed to jog around Merville with Enz last night, but that didn't happen sooo, I bought a pampaganang backback from R.O.X. before he picked me up. Perhaps spending more than a thousand bucks on a fitness gear would rid me of more excuses.

And alas, I went to the gym after work today! What. Up.

Gym session includes:
- 15 minutes on the Step Master
- 30 minutes on the elliptical
- some floor excercise

That's it for now. Will --hopefully-- go to the gym again tomorrow morning.

Making up for yesterday's brownies

Because it's the nasty time of the month and the pain made me slouch for hours after lunch, I was only able to jog 3 rounds (High Street) tonight. I need to go back to the gym ASAP. I'm not sure if jogging alone will work for me, having gained more than 10 lbs during my work-out-less, sitting-down-full, and food-abundant year in Watson Wyatt.

Ang sumpa ng office job. Must disprove that theory.

Today's meals were semi-healthy. I followed idol Kevin's advice on not eating rice:

Breakfast:
- fish (Bangus tail from my baon)
- coffee
- 3 Marie biscuits

Lunch:
- Smoked Bangus (sans tail)
- 4 pcs siomai (loaded with extenders, according to enzo. I did say "semi-healthy")

Snack:
- 1 banana (with an exceptionally large "girth." hehe)

Dinner:
- Crabstick n' Mangos sandwich from The Sandwich Guy. No Mayo, with lots of cucumber and green leaves. Bongga!

Thank God It's Thursday. Ngek.

Breakfast
- about 1/3 cup of rice
- a small serving of pork adobo
- hard-boiled egg

Lunch
- chopseuy, beybeh!
- half cup of rice
- pomelo
- 4 pcs siomai

Merienda
- 1 banana

Dinner
- Fillet-o-Fish

Ahuh, it's sorta okay... But I jogged around High Street for 4 rounds with Grace, James, Jam, Tiff, and Trisha. I brought my iPod this time and Jam was right, music increases stamina. You somewhat forget you're tired and if you find a certain song that is perfect for your jogging/breathing pace, man, you gotta put it on repeat! Young Jeezy's Put On (feat Kanye West), for some reason, kept me putting one foot after another, beat after beat.

So far that's all I have for the week. The last three days have no place in this blog. BLAH.

Trial Muna

Friday: Jamaican Pie and a few bites from Enzo's Subway wrap for dinner. Plus sour cream popcorn while watching Avatar in 3D. Not bad.

Saturday: Ate She's wedding. Jeg's advanced birthday dinner. Indeed, no diet on a saturday. (with a few choco almonds on the side. whew.) Good thing I used my stationary bike for about 15 mins and did a couple of sets of triceps exercise in the morning.

Sunday: Tamang kain, tamang tulog. And thank God for Shawn T! Hip Hop Abs (Disc 3's Hips, Buns, and Thighs) left me sweating as I type. Good job, weysyel.

Statistics: Apparently still in the 120+ range, but I wasn't expected something better after all my "cheating." It was a fairly okay first week, at least. Patikim palang 'to ng healthy lifestyle. (See title)

High Streeting

To make up for yesterday's inexcusable food-tripping, I squeezed an hour (roughly) of jogging with Grace, Jam, and James after work.

We jogged along the outer perimeter of Bonifacio High Street and I managed to go for 3 rounds which BTW, if you're not in the inner lane seeing all the burgis shops, can be particularly exhausting. By "jogging," I meant 1 full round of jogging, 1.5 round brisk walking, and jogged/sprinted the final half.


Top view of track (in red)

Bonus: I had pinakbet for lunch! McSpaghetti for dinner...The Fort does not offer you that many cheap choices at night...

No Chocolates

But lots of other mini fatty snacks:

1. Tiny hotdogs that fool you into thinking you're not eating enough before you realize that all the oil lurking beneath the stupid red meaty foreskin has already traveled down your throat (ay parang ambastos)
2. Bread pan (and I mean lots of it) + cheesy dip = excessive saturated fat
3. Ho-Mi pancit noodles sans Ho-Mi sauce and was mixed with rich, cheesy, Pesto dip instead
4. Fried Over-cooked Roti Prata with curry sauce.

I did promise baby steps. :p

And THIS is IT!!!

Indeed, an OT-less workday has its perks:
- an hour jogging around Merville with enzo (yeah-uh!)
- a little over an hour answering Jeopardy questions from archives wherein every single answer I got right seemed like a big deal (a consequence of playing with my ultra-advanced homo sapien of a boyfriend)
- extra hours trying to resist desserts, and almost succeeding at it.

Aahh.. jogging. I'll just wait for the glorious pain in my thighs. As for food, well, free Brooklyn pizza (from the brand new Towers Watson company) won today. Baby steps, baby steps.. Day 1 went rather well. :)

Tama na ang "bukas na"

Kaya last na to. Bukas, I shall make the first--out of many attempted firsts--step to keeping myself fit. I have no drastic plans in mind, at least for this week.

This blog's role is, hopefully, to track my progress. I was supposed to keep it really private, probably just share the entries with vinci. But as he had suggested, if others get to read it, mahihiya ako pag walang entry (i.e. no slimming progress). So if you're reading this, wish me luck!

Statistics. Roughly, the effin' scales now read 122 lbs. No worries, it shall go down dramatically. Ambisyosa, FTW!!! *crosses fingers*

What to expect:
- food log
- attempted successful gym trips
- tips I've discovered
- statistics (yes, walang hiya na kung walang hiya!)
- other topics i fancy

Whew. I'm feeling positive about this. *Marking off January 4, 2009*

It's time to try
Defying Gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
...
And you wont bring me down!