A test, wrong bus and taxi ride
Monday, January 22, 2007

Have you ever experienced this thing where you're super kanchiong that you tend to convince yourself otherwise about something you see(regarding what you're kan chiong about) and eventually your eyes will follow suit and decieve you?Man..i tell you...it's terrible!!!

You see, i had a test on Friday...last Friday.An entrance test for NAFA(Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore)- 9am (attendance marking)-9.15am (briefing of Paper 1).Right..so the story is, the night before, Aunty Helen(Ly's and Che-Eunice's landlady)told me how to get there on the same bus i usually take but in a shorter time.At least by half ok!Who dont want?haha.Anyway, so then, Friday morning got out of house at 8am...to make sure got enough time in case i get lost.Blegh.Took the bus to the right bus stop, got down, crossed the road, and waited for the bus to NAFA.So...i waited.........waited.....Bus 58..no, not my bus....waited....Bus 55....no..not my bus either.....(the other buses kept coming!!but no Bus 56!!That was my supposed bus lah..) after about 15 minutes of waiting..suddenly, this bus came...and i saw it was Bus 56!!It was quite far away.....so it looked like 56 lar.So happy me got on the bus and that was already 8.30+am.Was already getting kan chiong.So, i sat down comfortably...and tried to relax...

My heart started thumping fast.The bus was going back to the direction of where i lived!!and it even passed where i lived!!ok...no worries i told myself..maybe the bus driver taking another route..a different route.Ok, i know this wasn't a really wise thing to do..i just sat on my seat and waited a lil longer.When i was kinda convinved i was on the wrong bus, i went to the bus driver and asked her(yes..her!!it was an aunty driving ok?!!?hahah..i wanna drive a bus one day=P) whether its bus 55 or 56 and to my horrorness...it was bus 55!!!GAH!!!My eyes convinced me!!!Ok..now i was kanchiong!!It was already 8.49am!!!oh darn...OH DARN!!!SO..off the bus i got..crossed the road..no jay walking so had to take the jejantas.gah!I ran with all i got...hailed a cab..and told him where i wanted to go.Ok....maybe i'll be a lil late..but its ok.....(i was trying to relax myself=p).

Ok..here was the interesting part...kanchiong me getting impatient asked the uncle driving the taxi to go a lil faster coz i late for my test.Then he said.."Ah?late for test ah?!!!Next time you know you got test, you the night before dont go to all the dark dark places larh!!Don't go clubbing all!!!Prepare yourself...!!Sleep early!!" Yep.. he was...scolding me!hahahhahaha!!!!As though he knew what i did the night before.haha!!So fine..i just "mmm..hmm...ok..ok.." and he kept quiet for a while.For a while.Then suddenly....."Singapore ah..it's not a cheap place to live in.The rules here so strict.Nothing is free wan.When u buy things ah..dont buy cheap cheap wan!Cheap things useless wan!After a short time it spoil.How?!Don't..don't buy cheap things" Quiet........."Punks these days arh....those boy punks....go and steal..and do all the bad things..What for?!Then when they get caught by the cops they so scared and they lie.What for?!When you do something wrong..you just admit it..be brave..and admit it!!What can happen?They just punish you and sentence you to a few years in prison.Like that only!!" I was thinking....like that ONLY?A few years in prison...like that only?!?!hahahahha!!!Right.Ok.
Then he went on saying.."Last time ah, i was a cop..i see those boys doing bad things..i catch them and question them.They so scared!What for?!Then they all go put all the tatoo...so kau kia..!What for?Hurt your body..useless wan!!" and on and on he went..can't really remmeber coz i was trying to relax..haha.

One thing i really remember what he said was to.."FIRE the teacher arhh!!"HAHAHAH!!yep.Fire the teacher. "When you go in the test hall, don't be scared!When you scared..you cannot do and you WILL fail!No need wan!What for scared?You just go there..go in the room..you late,nevermind!!Just go in..take your paper..do it and then fire the teacher ah!!Show him you can pass ah!!Just fire him!!No need be scared scared wan!!" ok...ok...fire the teacher i shall..however that means.....!!

Oh..oh..he also asked me.. "This morning you wake up got pray to Jesus Christ or Ah Ngiao ah??Got or not?Tell you ah...you pray to Jesus Christ or Ah Ngiao very good leh!It will help you alot wan.Ah..got pray ah?aaahh..!!" I'm still wondering what or who Ah Ngiao is?hmmm............

He did say some other stuff.. like.."Now..you relax..got air-cond now..you just relax...then you can do you test properly.." and some other stories.hahha..he was an interesting uncle-man..He was nice lar..coz when i reached and getting out of the car he said "Ok..you go and do your test..dont be nervous..you can do it wan,ok?Ahh..i hope you pass aah..all the best ok?" hehehe..how nice of him=)

Anyway, that was the highlight of my Singapore trip.Now, i have to be more disciplined.I'm actually gonna take part in the 21km marathon in KL.Fuhh..Have to train like siow ah!hahah..nolar.Just need to be disciplined in training.Run non-stop.Oh boy..loose more weight?Hopefully NOT!!I aint getting any heavie nor fatter lei!!!darn..there goes my Rm30.Oh well, Ko Jit Pang said i'll put on weight with this marathon training thingy.hmmm...Hopefully lor*fingerscrossed* But it needs lots of effort and discipline on my side.*Go Jo GO!!!*

*.....pantpantpantpantpant......*



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RM10 per kg!!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

"Jo,you're disappearing",Mummy says to Jo(manymanymanymanymany times)."You need to put on weight lar.Now you no deadlines also you losing weight..can't imagine when you go and study..with all the deadlines.Haiyoh."
Jo,"harr??where got oh?"
Sisters,"WHat Jo?!where got?!!Look at you!Your pants is falling off your butt..your waist!You're loking aneroxic!!You're disappearing leh!"
Che-Eunice,"Aiyoooh..look at your waist..looks like can break any moment.."
Prisc(looking at my butt)"Eh Jo..your butt is disappearing!!!Oh my gosh!!Your BUTT!!!Look at that!!The skirt is so loose for you d!!My goodness..."
Jo,"harrr......??hmmm....ahhh!!!!!"

Yep yep yep....this conversation is pretty often these days.They say im losing weight..disappearing..hmmm..argh!!I am losing weight..i think.*SIGH!!*
It's so hard to put on weight leh!!Mummy offered me RM10 per kilogramme i put on.Now,isn't that cool or what?!But it's a really really challenging challenge for me!!*sobsob*Right now im weighing 38kg and im 157cm.hmm...underwieght?YUP!!Looooooong way to go!!!
So,to a good start,i've research a lil' bit on how to gain weight.Weight as in..muscle mass and not totally fats.Yup.It's pretty interesting you know?hehe..but need lotsa work!And discipline..!fuuuh....

Myth #2: You Can Gain Muscle
Without Eating More Calories

Because gaining weight for hardgainers is extremely difficult, the only way you will get bigger is to shock your body into growth. You do this by...

  1. Eating a lot of calories
  2. Training with free weights.

Right? (Sure, but it must done in a proper way. And it's not what you think!)

You must shock your body into growth — the right way.

The first shock is by eating more calories than your body is used to. This is the most important factor in gaining mass. When you overload your system with plenty of protein and fats, your body has no other choice but to gain weight.

The goal is to eat just enough calories to allow your body to build more muscle, but not so many calories that you gain a large amount of body fat.

The second way you must shock your body is with weight training. Weight training is the fastest way to get your body to build more muscle.

Dieting and weight training both work together. The weight training overloads the muscles and stimulates growth, while the food you eat provides the necessary building blocks to repair and build new muscle tissue.

If you don't eat correctly while weight training, you WILL lose muscle tissue.

To Gain Mass, You Must Eat,
Eat And Then Eat Some More!

(Of The Right Foods, Of Course.)

To gain weight you have to eat, period! It basically must become a job. This is very simple, but most people never grasp the concept of eating. (And eating properly.)

Not only was I not eating enough calories for my fast metabolism, but I was also eating too many carbohydrates and not enough high quality protein.

To build muscle you must eat the right foods in the right quantities.

If you are not getting at least 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, then you won't gain muscle, period. In the past, I would just skip over this part. It seemed too difficult to grasp. That was my biggest mistake.

Only protein can build muscle tissue!

To make sure I was eating enough, I had to learn to measure and calculate my daily food intake. If you don't do this, you'll never know what you're actually eating. (I used to guess, but judging by my previous failure, I was guessing incorrectly.)

In addition to eating more calories, you also have to eat more often. Eating three meals a day does not cut it! It doesn't provide your body with the constant flow of nutrients and energy it needs to grow.

So, you must increase your meal intake to 6 per day — eating every three hours.

Yes, six meals per day.

(But don't worry. There are ways around this and I show you how. I'll come back to this a little later. For now, let's look into why this is important.)

Eating six meals a day takes planning, and this is where nutritional supplements have helped me the most. Now, I know that this is a very sensitive subject with many people. Some say that they're a waste of money, that they don't work and that you don't need them. Well, they are partly correct.


There's more to this article..but i particularly found this part rather....intriguing.hehe.So,for those of you who are interested in reading or gaining weight..or rather muscle mass..u can visit the site!Yay!!=D http://www.fastmusclegain.com/


Yep..so,take care peeps!!=D



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