earlier now...

Yeheyyy, I am so glad coz been sleeping earlier this week, around 12:30 am or just before 1am. Yes, that's already early to me since I'm used to sleep at 2 to 3am.:( Been using the eye mask too and I really love the cool, soothing feeling that it's providing me. I'm already a bit sleepy now, but I still have some things to do for tonight. So, I'll hold on a little while and continue working and remember to visit the business insurance link that I saw before finally dozing off.

55 kilos???

I was window shopping yesterday with a friend. We had fun talking and teasing each other. We've been to several pharmacies looking for a facial scrub for her and she finally bought one at the last pharmacy that went to. But before we went inside, I weighed myself since there was a weighing machine outside the door. I inserted 20 cents and after few seconds, the receipt was printed and I was shocked when I looked at it coz it says: 55 kilos! Arggggggggg, I was 54 kilos and it urged me to diet to reduce and I felt that I am already losing weight and the friends observed the weight loss too. so, how come I weighed 55 kilos? Grrrrrr. Maybe it's because of the clothing that I was wearing. I was wearing boots and a wool trenchcoat. The friend told me not to weigh myself coz it will be unreliable since I was wearing thick clothing, but I insisted. So, that was the price of being hard-headed, heheh. I'll weigh myself again in that machine, but next time I'll wear light clothing and I hope it wouldn't be 55 kilos again.

Anyways, I got text message from my Mother telling me that a smart cable agent came to our house and offered her acable subscription that can be payed thru installment basis and it will be free for 3 months. She already said no, but the agents were very insistent and just wouldn't leave the house coz they'll wait for Mama to say yes. So, she ended up saying yes for the subscription. Hayyy, I'm not so happy with it coz it means that the kids will be watching a lot of tv since there will be a lot of channels available already. And besides, I already told her to make the internet connection a priority coz it's more important. But what can I do? It's her money so she can spend it the way she wants it. But I think, it's way better if she availed of a car insurance for her new multicab instead of a cable subscription.

cancelled appointment...

I canceled my dentist's appointment yesterday after hearing stories that public dentists here in BCN are not reliable. My landlady said that her son was writhing in pain during the extraction of a tooth coz there was no anesthesia injected and then one of the ates told me too that she met a filipina in the train who shared to her her bad experience at the public dentist. And the stories were just enough to convince me to cancel the appointment. Yes, I am a coward and I don't want to take the risk. I better pay for a private dentist than suffer such fate. :)

I went to the private dentist that they referred me. An Indian dentist who studied dentistry in Baguio and knows how to speak Filipino. But unfortunately, the dentist is in Manila for vacation and will be back on the 2nd or 3rd day of March. So, I have to wait for 2 or 3 weeks more. And I am here in my room, having a toothache once again. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

1:30am

Arrggg, I know I wrote last ngiht that I'll be dozing off in a little while after my post at around 12 mn or something, but too bad and I end up sleeping at 1:30am. :( The culprit? I was carried away in looking at the many pictures that I have in my computer, hehehe. I have tons of them divided into several folders and I opened the folder one by one. grrrrrrrr! I just missed my family and friends, so I was reminiscing a bit,heheh. I'll not do it again tonight. I really have to sleep early this time or else, I won't only be dealing with dark circles under my eyes, but also of choosing which wrinkle crème to use on my skin. Wahh, I don't want to use any wrinkle cream as much as possible!

eye mask....

I'm loving my blue eye mask now and I started using it lastnight. I had it since I was still in Norway, but I seldom use it there coz I don't like it pressing into my eyes. But last weekend, I remembered it and looked for it among my things coz I want to use it again in the hope of minimizing the dark circles under my eyes. I had it here since Monday, but I only remembered it lastnight, hehehe. I'll definitely use it every night now coz I like the cool and soothing sensation it's giving to my eyes. I really hope that it can help remove the dark circles under my eyes.

Toothache....

Arrgggg, I have a toothache right now and it's so bad! I had it just after eating dinner. :( I already have a pain reliever ready, just in case I can't handle the pain anymore. I had it prepared ever since, but until now, I haven't taken it coz I don't want to take medicine as much as possible coz I don't want my system to get use to it. Because if I take pain reliever everytime I have pain, my system might get use to it and time might come when it wouldn't take effect anymore during the time that I need it most. So, I'll only take one when the pain is unbearable already. Anyways, I am still thankful coz it's not my joints that are aching coz I don't have an idea where to get joint pain supplements. Atleast in PI, when my joints ache, I have my Mom to massage me until I doze off and forget about the pain. :)

stop the bad sleeping habit....

I sleep around 1:30 to 2am most of the time and I know that it's not good for my health. I need to sleep early to replenish the energy used during the day. But too bad and until now, I am still a failure in trying to sleep earlier than 1:30am. :( But I think, it's really time to be serious about it since I already observe deark circles under eyes and I know it's already a clear sign that I need a longer sleep every night.

Green tea vs. Black tea

I already mentioned before that I've been drinking tea frequently since I came here in Spain. And as part of my weight loss regimen, I am drinking tea, 3-4 cups everyday. I am using green tea in the boarding house, but black tea most of the time here in my employer's place. My employer is the one buying my tea and she buys me black tea most of the time. I heard that green tea is better than black tea, so, to get some answers, I googled it a while ago.

I found a good explanation at professorshouse.com, one of the health sites in the blogosphere. According to the article, both teas come from the same plant, Camellia Sinensis, but just underwent different processes. Both teas are of huge health benefits, though different. Green tea is loaded with a powerful anti-oxidant known as EGCg. While black tea is rich in flavonoids, which can lead to the reduction of stroke and heart disease risk because the flavonoids help to reduce LDL (the bad cholesterol) that is associated with helping to cause these two diseases.

dental appointment

It will be my day off this Monday again and I have a dental check up at 3:45pm. One of the reasons why I was so eager to meet my doctor here is to get a dental appointment too. I have a bad tooth and I want it removed coz the hole is already big. I don't want it to stay and ruin the other teeth as well. I might end up seeking for a bad breath treatment if I'll let it stay longer. So, I'm so glad that it will be taken out this Monday. Yehey, bye bye tooth decay!

A month of dieting!

I just checked my journal for the official start of my dieting. It was on January 11, so it's more than a month now. It's been hard slowly saying goodbye to my voracious way, but I'm glad I did it and still doing it. :) I am already very determined to continue losing abdominal fat for my own good. And now that I am already noticing some effects, as well as my friends, there's no way that I'm stopping with my goal. I just hope that eating less will be soon a lifestyle, so I won't be going back to hoarding and pigging out over food. :)

Prenatal vitamins

I just stumbled into www.prenatalvitamins.net a while ago, and it reminded me once again of my "vitaminless" childhood. Yes, we (me and bro) didn't have the luxury of taking vitamins due to poverty. Mama was not even taking prenatal vitamins during her pregnancy since they were really broke that time. Both Papa and Mama were still studying that they can't hardly afford anything, let alone prenatal vitamins for Mama and me. But I'm not bitter at all coz I still turned out to be a healthy and smart (according to my family,hehehe) kid even without vitamins. Thanks God!

I didn't pig out!

Our CFC-FFL community here in Barcelona had our Heart's day party last Sunday (February 14) at WOK Restaurant in Urgell. We all had fun during the party and the food was so yummy! And we had an ala Oscars red carpet entrance. It was so cool, we all liked it! I had my hair curled for the occassion and we all loved it. They said I look great with curly hairs and I agreed with them, hehehe. Anyways, I am so happy coz I didn't pig out at the party! I was able to control myself and I didn't give in to the hoarding temptation. Yeheyyy! And the friends commented that I am slimmer compared before. Hmmm, so the dieting is already showing some effects. :)

food conscious!

I find it so funny that I suddenly turned from a voracious girl into a food conscious girl! Food conscious in a sense that I automatically look into the food labels to see the nutrient contents (calories, carbohydrates, fats, etc.) before deciding the quantity of food to consume. I must be so determined of losing weight for acquiring such a new habit, :). The idea came to mind after surfing for diet tips. And then, I stumbled into a site suggesting to cut-off carbohydrate, calorie and fat intake, thus, looking at the food labels to determine the nutrient contents. And aside from decreasing the food intake, the site implies too that exercising atleast 30 minutes a day is also essential in losing weight. And it's in this suggestion that I got a problem coz I don't have much time, especially that I am a stay-in here in my employers' place. I just wish I have an elliptical machine here in my room, so I can still exercise without leaving the house. But for sure the machine is expensive and I can't afford it, so I better think of another way to exercise without spending a dime. Think, think, think!

batiriday.com

Finally, my personal blog, batiriday.com, is up and running now. Well, it has been up for more than a month now, but I only announced it here now coz I haven't posted there much before, hehehe. I made the blog, so I can post all my personal thoughts there. :) And this blog will be devoted to health and other topics related to it. Some personal issues will still be dealt here as long as it somehow related to health. So, see you in my personal blog too!:)

Weekend!

Yeheyyy, it's weekend once again and I'm excited to go home to my boarding house tomorrow, hehehe. I'm supposed to attend a bday party of one of the ates tomorrow evening, but she sms me telling that the party is postponed coz she's sick and she can't prepare the food. Anyways, the winter sale is still going on in Barcelona and I'll try to window shop tomorrow if I can go home earlier. Yes, only window shop coz I already did my real shopping last Monday and I spent a lot, so it's strictly no shopping for me anymore. Maybe, I'll accompany Ate R. tomorrow to the computer shops to look for laptop computers that will fit her taste and budget coz she's planning to buy one so soon. It will be a busy weekend as usual, but for sure, it's also fun.

Happy weekend everyone!

no tea lastnight...

Wahh, I felt so uncomfortable lastnight coz I was not able to drink my usual cup of tea. I was still praying at around 10:30pm when the alarm of the house already made a sound. It means that my employers were already upstairs, ready to sleep. They usually go to bed at 11:30pm or 12 mn. I was really disappointed hearing the alarm. So, I went to bed feeling incomplete coz of the missed cup of tea.:)

Otitis...

The 4-year old girl is staying home with me today due to otitis and she's not going to school tomorrow too. We went to the doctor this afternoon and the findings said that the otitis this time is worse than before. :( I just hope the girl will get well so soon, so she can go to school already. She likes going to school and get bored easily staying at home. I'll be sleeping soon, but I'll check first the video card link at buy.com coz I'm just curious what is it. Is it a video card for games or what?

Monday off!

Wahh, I enjoyed my first Monday day off. I was able to do a lot of things that I can't do during weekends since most offices are close during the time. 1st, I got a doctor's appointment for next Monday. Then, I got a library card that's necessary for the Arraigo. And 3rd, I've got to shop for the things that I need and those that I want,heheheh. And the bad side? I spent 100 euro in just one day. Enough reason for me to say NO to a Monday day off anymore.heheheh