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Beautiful Singapore Morning
14 April 2022 at 6.44am. Haven’t risen to see the sky this beautiful since, but I hope to. I pushed myself too much perhaps and now I’m down and needing to take a forced rest. Hope to get back to … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Singapore Living
Tagged aging, exercise, health, Life, photography, Singapore
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I Hope I Can Keep this Up
Finally woke up early again and was able to do my morning walk. Been feeling panicky lately, as I feel that with the psoriasis, it indicates that my immune system is not doing well. The steroids are not working and … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Cancer, Health & Wellness, psoriasis
Tagged cancer, exercise, health, intermittent fasting, psoriosis, walking, weight
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Psoriosis Update: December 2022
Blood under my nails from half consciously peeling at my psoriosis plagued skin all night. Mostly my scalp and to my horror I feel a bald spot now. I’m doing this to myself and against my will. My only goal … Continue reading
My Partner’s Thoughts on Aging
Decided to ask B as well, after sharing my mum’s refreshing optimistic viewpoint in the last post. He’s usually a logical pessimist, while I’m a more emotional anxious person and we don’t always agree, so I was surprised to find … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Anxiety, Midlife Musings
Tagged aging, diabetes, health, Natural, plastic surgery, thoughts, vanity
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Can I Go Back to the Nineties Please?
I must be missing out I think, as I watch people get ecstatic on social media, posting jubilant memes in response to Singapore lifting some covid restrictions. Alcohol consumption will soon be allowed after 10.30 pm and live music. You … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Culture & Society, Midlife Musings, Singapore Living, When Work Sucks
Tagged culture, happiness, health, Life, Living, memories, Nostalgia, personal, Singapore, thoughts, work
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Delayed Gratification
I’m a sucker for immediate gratification. I guess it’s the reason why I pick a greasy burger over a salad even though the salad will make me feel light and energetic an hour after, while the burger would make me … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Midlife Musings, Singapore Living
Tagged choices, diet, exercise, health, Instant gratification, Life, wellness
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#11. Wraps
I have abandoned my list of healthy food I like and decided to take it up again. Trying to inspire myself and the folks around me. I like the idea of eating so that I feel better physically. Cleaner foods … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Food I Like
Tagged diet, expensive, hawker, health, healthy, Novena, Salad Stop, salads, Singapore, wellness, wraps
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One Bad Ritual I Broke
Am trying to get healthier so that I will have less to worry about as I age. Seeing people around me suffer due to heart attacks and strokes really scares me, and I want them to be healthy as well. … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged bad habit, bad ritual, health, healthy, junk, movies, popcorn, wellness
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The Quiet of Sembawang Beach
Headed towards the quiet of Sembawang beach and it felt good to walk around (although there is still renovation going on and lots of barricades up). Trying to get with the usual New Year promise that everyone makes – to … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Nature
Tagged exercise, health, healthy, nature, sea, Sembawang Beach, trees, walk
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Singapore Food & Calories (Briyani, Claypot Rice & Wan Tan Mee)
The Health Promotion Board has a very useful tool where you can calculate the nutritional content of various hawker foods found in Singapore. I was surprised by some of my findings. Food that I thought was healthy, turned out to … Continue reading
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Tagged briyani, calories, claypot rice, content, Food, hawker, health, Health Promotion Board, healthy, meals, noodles, nutrition, rice, Singapore, wan tan mee
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Sweet Indian Snacks: Jalebi & Kesari
Jalebi: North Indian dessert, with Persian origins. Deep fried flour with ghee, sugar, rose water and saffron. I searched the web and the calorie count for this dessert is listed as just 250. That’s about the calorie count for a … Continue reading
Posted in Food in Singapore
Tagged calories, candy, cookie, culture, dessert, Food, health, Jalebi, Kaseri, Life, Living, North Indian, personal, photography, photos, pretty, Singapore, snack, South Indian, subway, sweet, travel
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Brazilian Blowouts & Why Can’t People just Appreciate the Beauty of Curly Hair
I don’t know at what point only straight hair and skinny bodies became acceptable and it seems that women will do anything to get what’s in fashion right now. Most often they are told that their hair looks messy when … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged afro, black, brazilian-blowout, brazilian-blowout-safety, chemicals-in-hair-products, culture, Curly, environmental-hazards, formaldehyde-in-hair-straighteners, hair, hair-straighteners-safety, hair-straightening-recipes, health, health-and-beauty, healthy-living, image, Kinky, natural-beauty-recipes, people, perception, society
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#8. Watermelons & Watermarks
Check out Sister Earth Organics for Wellness Tips. I have to also thank her for helping me produce my very first photo with a watermark using Picnik. She not only gives health tips, she gives tech tips too. Basically you … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy Food I Like
Tagged community, design, health, healthy, picnik, tips, watermark, watermelon, wellness, women
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According to the Life Expectancy Calculator I have till Age 72
I was expecting it to be loads worse. I know that my lifestyle habits are crap, apart from the fact that I have never smoked or eaten beef (my red meat consumption would be pork sometimes). Wanna try it out? … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness
Tagged aging, calculator, health, interesting, Life, life expectancy, live, Living, wellness
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The Anxieties of a Control Freak: Visit to the Dentist
This year I am determined to sort of face my fears – within reason of course. One of them is visiting the dentist. It’s not the pain I am afraid of, but the lack of control. I am becoming such … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged anxiety, anxiety attacks, brain, Claustrophobia, clautrophobia, control, control freak, dentist, facial, flossing, hair dresser, health, Life, Living, mental, pain, Panic Attacks, personal, writing
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