I hesitate a little to write this post because it's been so long. I find that it takes longer to express myself in writing compared to before. But the thought of returning to blog has been festering in my mind for some time and i think it's time to write again before i lose touch with that faculty forever.
Some updates since my last post one year ago (!)
This is by far the biggest change in my life. This takes up 70% of my life.
2) Gain an unprecedented amount of weight.
Well, not really unprecedented, because i did gain alot of weight in a single month in primary and secondary school. But not since i lost all that excess weight in 2000 had i been so heavy. This update is the most troubling of all the recent year changes because now i have to exert alot of time and effort to losing weight again. Bleaahh...
3) Become a flextarian and aiming to be a lacto ovo vegetarian
Flextarian is someone who is a vegetarian usually but eats meat occasionally for cultural, nutritional reasons. Well for me the reason is because i still have the occasional hankering for meat. And i can never be a true vegetarian because i can never never not eat dairy and eggs. Imagine not being able to eat cake and ice creams. Ever! I can't imagine that.
It all started a mere 3 weeks ago, when i realised how much meat i take. Even my friends had remarked on this. I wasn't like this when i was younger, because i am sure everyone would remember me as the "salad" or the "vegetable" person. But with the stress in the recent year, (cannot think of recent time when i actually have a day for myself) i had really let myself go back to my very bad habits. I haven't visited a gym in ages.
So really, this new diet is for myself. I am glad that it helps the environment and that it complements my religious beliefs but the main reason why i want to be a lacto ovo vegetarian is because i want to be healthier again. But it does build new awareness to my life regarding sustainability, sanctity of life and Buddhism.
I don't really miss meat so much, just that limiting my diet do inconvenience my life abit. I will most definitely go for food trails and all, just that that will happen less regularly.
4) Driving
At once liberating, confining, convenient and not
Liberating/convenience: the number of things and places you can do in a single day with a car. Very good for someone like me who likes to grab a few things from somewhere and run. Can bring alot of things around in a car. Loves driving to a bookstore or library or supermarket.
Driving a car can be so surreal for me. I always thought it will be a skill impossible for me considering how clumsy and blur i am but unbelievably i passed, and the feeling of driving is so indescribable. The feeling of freedom, of how you can go where ever you want is very very intoxicating.
Confining: Running errands, expectations, parking, costs, driving fatigue, lack of exercise, and traffic sux so much in Singapore!(jams most of the time, and being caught speeding means heavy fines and points deducted)
ok, spent too much time writing, time to do stuff!
