Recovered from Backache....NEW LAYOUT

W'sup....I've been away from blogging for awhile. Reason? A freaking backache. Happened like 2 weeks back but the pain got severe 07.09.2008. I had to work from home last week(Monday Till Friday). God I love this company. Flexible and understanding :D well at least in my situation.

I didnt see the doctor till Thursday night after being nagged by my mum. At that point, my lower back was already 80% recovered. But the doctor gave me some medicine to speed up the recovery process. The pain was almost as good as gone on Friday morning. Thanking my good graces, I started running on Saturday although abit slow after 1 week off.

Time is starting to run out. 19th of October is about 30 days from the time of posting. And I haven't really completed another 10KM run on my own. So what the fuck? I am serious about trying to obtain a medal this time. But so many things holding me back. Apart from my lower back issue, its raining #$%#@$#@$!! every fucking evening. It's not that I don't appreciate the God given rain but seriously....everyday? at 5.30pm~6.00pm.

ANYWAY.....It was the moon cake festival over the weekend and I sort of celebrated it after so many years. I accompanied my gf and her parents to their relative's place at KL 2 weeks back(06.09.2008). Sort of like a family gathering and also to celebrate the moon cake festival. Too early? No idea, aku ikut aje. It was a potluck dinner so everyone brought a little of something to eat. My gf's mum did her famous bacon pizza. Homebaked baby homebaked.

Sorry I somehow forgot to take pictures of the food. How could I? OMG. So sorry! =P

Arrived at my gf's cousin's place in the evening. And...I kinda missed their dog. A really buffed up dog. If you see this dog from the front, it looks like a muscleman pose.

This dog has been taking protein shakes!

Everyone was chatting and all, playing mah jong. And for someone that doesn't know how to play mah jong except for the "PONG!" in mah jong, I did this:

Yes, I am bored =P

We finished dinner and started lighting up the lanterns.

My sayang, hanging 1 of the lanterns.


Damn, I should have taken this picture with her. (=.=")


It started drizzling, so we moved up to the balcony.


Simple and yet the tradition lives on :)


Did this bring back some childhood memories?

As usual, I would spend time with my sayang over the weekends. This week.. MOVIE TIME!. Was at our favourite shopping mall, 1 Utama...parked at the basement of the new wing and when we got up we were amazed with the decors done by the 1 Utama management(Or the company hired by them haha); it was beautiful.

White is always nice :)

:)

We headed straight to GSC to get the movie tickets. Unfortunately, the seats for Money No Enough 2 were too near the screen so we ended up watching The Love Guru. It was hilarious although it felt kinda fast paced. The movie, however, was enjoyable. You'll definitely have a good laugh :)

Later on that night, we lit some lanterns again. :) This time, it was at her place.

Even the flower pots :D




Guess what'z in this pot?


Here it is with flash for a clearer picture :D


Finally, just the two of us :D My K800i was placed on her Vios and a taken by timer, of course.


Dia pulak kecoh....lol






Last shot for the night! Too bad the flash made the lanterns look like crap.

I stayed over my gf's place as I wanted to accompany my gf and her parents to HUKM. Her parents are the ones going for their check up under some Malaysia Cohort project. More details about it can be found HERE

In the pic, my gf's dad waiting for his turn for one of the last checkup.

One of the person in charge gave us the wrong information. He said we could have our breakfast after test 3. So me, my gf's dad and mum went to the pantry for some mee hoon and stuff. When it was my gf's dad's turn for the final check up, he couldn't proceed because he has eaten when he shouldn't have. %&%$#$%#%$#%#$ That bugger gave us the wrong information thinking it was okay to eat. No worries. My gf's mum and dad went over the next day to complete the check up.

But the whole process of this Cohort is really tiring. Not because of the queue but because of the procedure. After completing the entire check up routine, we are required to go for an interview session for nearly 1 hour. We got there around 8.30am and left about 3.00pm. My gf was tired as well, however, I walked around, taking more pictures LOL.

Finger print scanner


The procedures


The booklet which has tons of questions for you to answer in different languages. Malay, English, Tamil and Mandarin. Not bad.


My 2nd cup of coffee Doh. Nescafe 3 in 1


The cooling box which is used to store blood samples before being transported for processing.


Pretty cool huh?




She was hungry as well, so I took 2 packets of biscuits for her :D

We litted lanterns again for that night, just for fun and to finish up the candles.

I kinda like this angle :D


Once again, the tortoise wasn't spared.


She was lazy that night


I love you :) as always

FOOD POST NEXT!!!!!!!

So who said guys don't cook? :D My grandma wasn't around and my mum had prepared some pork meatballs for me. What did I do to the left over rice and meat? WALAH:

Fried Rice with garlic and meatballs. Topped with lettuce and fried shallots!

As you probably know, I run quite alot ALTHOUGH not long distance apart from joining 10KM events. I wanted to try if it makes a difference to drink Isotonic drink after my runs, so I wanted to try it out this week or so. I was at Giant yesterday(17.09.2008) and I couldn't really tell which is better? 100plus or 7 Up Revive?

In the end I chose 7 up Revive. Reason? Well, 7Up Revive said there was some Vitamin Bs in it...so why not? Secondly, the price for 6 cans of 7 Up Revive pack(RM6.XX) was cheaper than 100plus(RM7.XX).

Ok now comes my health section. I've measured my blood pressure at my gf's place using her Omron device. The last time I measured, my blood pressure was 135/85 but it should be around that range. And as I mentioned earlier, I was having a bad backache so I decided to ask the doctor to check my blood pressure as well. It came out to be 130 / 95

So early this week being 15th of September, I have started eating OATS!. Yes, be it instant or cooking type but I bought instant anyway.

Quick check:
15.09.2008 - 4 scoops of Oats + 1 teaspoon of sugar(I ran out of condensed milk)
16.09.2008 - 5 scoops of Oats + 1 teaspoon of sugar
17.09.2008 - 5 scoops of Oats + 1 teaspoon of sugar

I bought Honey and Raisins from Giant yesterday

I saw some places selling 375G for RM14.99. WTF and I bought this 500G for RM11.99 Yes I'm GOOD =) Things you benefit from shopping with your grandma or mum. LEARN IT KIDS!


I can't remember how much this costs...RM5.XX? RM6.XX? RM7.XX?

These next few pictures are kinda random. Just something I cooked in the morning for my lunch. As the date shows, this is on 18.09.2008, Thursday. The ingredients? 2 Ramly Chicken Burger Patties, Loads of garlic, some sesame oil, kicap pekat and of course, Cintan Broadnoodles.

By the way, I STEAM the patties before pan frying them. This removes LOADS of oil. Dont la say steam all the way through, can you imagine? STEAMED burger patties? LOL.


All packed and ready to go.