For a couple of weeks now I’ve been *wishful* thinking I am pregnant. Almost every month, I get this feeling a lot, almost wanting some prenatal vitamins. Just kidding. But yes, I do get that illusion a lot. Then reality kicks in and I get frustrated.

Anyway, the good news is I was able to shed off 4 more pounds even if I didn’t change my diet much. I hope to shed some more without having to work out. Yeah right. Wishful thinking again. :p

Late this afternoon, I started craving for fishballs, but our “fishball buddies” are still out. My daughter and I were so sleepy so we doze off supposedly for a while, but ended up sleeping for 2 hours. When we woke up, it was too late for fishballs. Our “fishball buddies” asked us where else we want to go. We decided we want to hang out at Technohub for Time Zone and dinner.

The little girl wanted a bucket of fries from KFC so the whole gang decided to just have 2 bucket meals! After dinner, I was just too full I kept obsessing about the idea of best fat burning supplements. And even while eating, we were thinking of having a beer and pizza 3 hours later that night. Hahaha. We so love to eat!

Not really sure if it’s just my imagination or what I am seeing are really age spots. Sure, I’ll have those spots but not as early as now. So I asked my husband who said he doesn’t see anything. Good thing I have a man in the house who instinctively know the safe answer.

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I badly need a haircut. My long dull hair gives the impression that I’m too old or busy to care for how I look. Wait, skin and hair making me look old? Fine, let’s just say the age is starting to show. Oops! Too blessed to be bothered.

My sister suddenly chatted with me. I thought she’s going to ask me about life insurance leads again. She was asking me about photobooks. She admired her wedding photobook so much she wanted to do photobooks of all their trips out of the country. Their trips meaning her trips to China, Hong Kong or US, and her husband’s trips to Canada and the US. Yes, they haven’t travelled together out of the country yet. They, however, were able to travel together to the best beaches in the country. So I suggested this quick page I saw online, downloadable for free.

Click on this image to download from Gina’s blog.

After so many years (no kidding, years!), I suddenly thought I could use some stretching. I kept gaining weight from eating too much, working too much and physical activities too less. After just 15 minutes or so, I was perspiring profusely. I couldn’t breath normally that I thought I’d be needing a respironics oxygen concentrator.

But it felt good. It reminded me of my younger years when I used to dance all afternoon, burning up kilo calories. It reminded me of how satisfied I was with my arm and leg shape.

Anyway, I didn’t attempt to do more stretching again as I woke up feeling so beat up. Oh, age!

Once again, we are faced with the same dilemma. Not all people here in Macau could speak English. We encountered this problem when we were in Hong Kong last year. While the husband tells me one time they were trying to order pizza in Poland with his team mates but gave up eventually as they could not understand each other. You see, I wanted to buy Meclizine that I could take for our ferry ride tomorrow but I was a bit worried that they won’t understand me and give me a medicine for something else, say like, eczema.

Earlier, husband was trying to order food, to go, but they could not understand him waving their hands signifying for him to come in. I asked him why he did not just do the “going out” sign (using your thumbs like you are to hitch hike). He chuckled and challenged me to do it once myself.

No, thanks.

Every two weeks, we pay my parents a visit. It’s always good to be “back” home. What surprised me was my mother’s remark when she saw me. She said I look so fat! This shocked me as I have been on a no-rice diet since December. Well, it’s really not a strict weight loss program, it’s just something that I thought of that would have some restrictions on my current diet.

I weighed in, which I don’t do often so I’d notice the difference. And truly, not only that I look fat, I AM fat. Sigh.

So yes, the no-rice diet has been lifted.

I realized we rode mostly attractions for kids when we were in Disneyland. I guess it’s because we were trying to make sure BG enjoyed the trip. But at least, my in-laws were able to ride the Space Mountain. I rode that one back in September and do not intend to ride again ever, so I was a bit worried for the health of my parents-in-law. But then again, I bet the park is equipped with medical kits such as AED so no worries. Haha.

Anyway, I actually got a couple of photos that I’d like to scrap. I’m a huge fan of multiple photo layouts and I know these would make a nice scrap page.

Our little girl was so fond of her tutu. She kept calling herself “Princess Ballet” (instead of a Ballet Princess).

For those of you (who like me) had been on a scrapping hiatus for such a long time, here’s some good news!

ArtsCow is giving away hard bound 7×5 40 paged photo books! The coupon code is FREE7X5BOOK40P. Promo is till October 10th so hurry!

But if you’re swamped with other million things, you can choose to download those beautiful multi photo templates that Manda girl is giving away for free.

No more excuse huh?

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Update on the diet. I still haven’t bought any top weight loss pills. But I was able to moderate my food intake today. (Insert a mini applause here)

I only ate two pieces of small bread (pan de sal), 4 pieces of siomai and a small can of tuna. That’s for the entire day. I was able to restrain from drinking cola. Of course, I had my daily cup of coffee, but I didn’t intend to cut that off anyway.

Gee, I have psyched myself into this diet! I just wish I could manage to continue to do so until my arms gets back to its pre-baby shape.

When I was already 9 months pregnant and right after giving birth and was just too weak to stand in the shower for too long, I sit while taking my bath. I did that too when I was recovering from my gall bladder removal. I borrowed one of my mom’s shower chairs.

The chairs are very comfortable and perfect for shower. They have holes on its seat. This is a hygienic and healthier option compared to regular seats as they let the dirty water drip simultaneously as you shower. There are now so many options like foldable, removable back and with wheels. Check them out and find the one for your needs.

This is bad.

I have been overeating. Most of the time, I wasn’t even hungry. Tsk, tsk. Read below and I’m sure you’ll agree that I should be taking diet pills starting right now.

Last Saturday, I started craving for Congee when I woke up. So I suggested to hubby we eat before we visit my brother in the hospital. We were able to eat Congee at 10am. And at noon, my mom ordered for Kenny Rogers chicken. I had chicken, rice, macaroni and cheese, and corn and carrots. Yeah, I know, carbo overload for the first half of the day!

When we arrived at Greenhills, our friends haven’t eaten lunch yet. Hubby and I decided we’d roam around while they eat. I didn’t find anything that I planned on buying so we went to FlapJacks to join our friends. I don’t know about hubby but he ordered hashbrown burger. Hashbrown is one of my favorites so he decided he give me some. (Bad decision. ) BG had kiddie pancakes but she only ate the chocolates and sprinkles and just some of the pancake. In the end, I ate a pancake too.

I just hope the calories were burned while we shopped for my daughter’s clothes and shoes. I was able to buy a nice sandals too.

While watching a movie, we had popcorn, fries and nachos complete with creamy cheese! Waaah! Good thing that it was our last meal for the day.

And yesterday, I thought I’ve started the day right by eating brunch instead. But golly, we decided to eat yang chow fried rice at 3pm! Complete with sweet and sour fish fillet, shrimp with salt and pepper, brocolli flower, pork siomai and nido soup with quail eggs. Yummy but I was so full I felt like I’d vomit anytime.

Then, brother-in-law’s birthday celebration at 8pm. I ate (a little of each only, ahem) carbonara, beef with mushroom, baked mussels and again, shrimp (in lobster sauce?)!

O.M.G! My tummy feels like exploding!

Do you notice how many fabulous yet affordable clothes out there only they are only available in free sizes? I used to enjoy this simple privilege. I can dress up even in a tight budget. But now that I gained a lot of weight, I had to save up or wait for end of season sales in order to update my wardrobe.

I am currently browsing for fat burners that I can order online. And I read these Betastax reviews. I’m still thinking which the best is for me. Hmmm.

I guess I try to lessen the in-between snacks. If it doesn’t help in losing weight, I guess I have to accept I’m now one size bigger. Tsk, tsk.