Apple's rumours...

I don't know about you but I am a huge apple fan. Ever since I got iphone, I fell in love with all of its features - from the touch screen to all of the multimedia functions it offers...
I also got their macbook pro to add to my collection. Not only do I love its sleek and sophisticated design, I also love the multi use functions such as the awesome touch pad.
What's up next in my collection?

For months now, there have been rumours that Apple is coming out with its very first tablet called iSlate:

Yep, it looks exactly like an iPhone but bigger but it functions like a macbook. You can hook it up to a wireless mouse or keyboard or use the keyboard like how you would use it on the iPhone (but it actually vibrates) etc etc...
These are just rumours but honest to god, if they come out with something that lighter than my current lap top and partners with my iphone, I'll buy it!

Eeekkk I'm sooo excited for apple to unveil it's new product! Suppsedly, they're officially announcing its new product tmr!!!!

Training.. on a personal level!

Yesterday night, I went to my very first personal training session through Goodlife. It was approximately an hour..
So I get there... the personal traniner's name was Roy. I really hoped that this trainer would be hot... but he wasn't :( although he was really nice! He was enthusiastic and encouraging..! He asked me some assessment questions like what my goals would be... how much I want to lose and build on... and also about my habits etc... (I realized that I only get 3-6 hours of sleep each night which not good) He tested for my blood pressure which he says, is borderline high. Wow. I really didn't know that I might have high blood pressure! It's probably the lack of sleep I get and my smoking :( Gotta work on that.
After the assessment, we head out to work out. I went on the bike for about 15 mins to warm up. It was really nice to have someone there to talk to because the 15 mins went by really fast! lol Usually I would look at the time and dread being on these cardio machines.
We then head over to do some lunges. Normal lunges first... I guess it was a mistake that I told him that it felt too easy (thanks to my bodypump class!) so he took this huge plate of metal and told me to do lunges with it by holding the plate up in the air. That wasn't so bad. I liked it a lot actually! This way, I'm working on my balance, shoulders, back, abs and of course, legs. It was a good work out to keep up.
After that, I had to do one-legged squats like this:

Shit, was it ever friggin' hard!!!! I had to go all the way down, trying to balance and trying to support my body weight at the same time.
Afterwards, we then went to work my shoulders. I did a suspended push up... Sorry, I don't really know how to explain this suspended push up.
All of a sudden, I felt really nautious and dizzy. I felt like I was going to throw up. Oddly enough, I've never had this type of feeling before! He told me that I didn't eat enough during the day. So yes, I gotta work on eating more than twice a day. He also said that I did push myself which was great!
We ended the session with that. My next appt is tmr. And yes, I will eat! lol

The trainer was a great though! Having someone there to properly correct your technique and focus on just you is really encouraging!! I really want a personal trainer now! lol Only if I can afford it.. :(

So yeah... I'm hoping that maybe I can cut some costs if I hire him as a personal trainer. Skip the time of warming up with him.. I can do this bymyself.. and perhaps have a friend with me so the hour is cheaper between both us.. We'll see!!

BEAST MODE IS ON!!!!!

It's been awhile...

since I've updated my blog. To tell you truth, I haven't been that busy lately. Homework is steady but not too crowded and my social life has officially ended since school started sooooo... what should I blog about?

That's the problem... Sometimes, I find that I want to blog but what about?!?!? should I just go on this random rant about what's bothering in my life...? Or should I just do it like dali salvador and go on this literary mindless trip?

I'm still deciding.

I want to blog about things that are profound in my life... about things that are important to me... and about things that are dear to my heart (omg, that sounds so friggin' cliche) but what about? what about?

I guess I'll start with this whole drama at school.
Third semester has been quite slow lately. There's not much to do... so far, our marks for most of our classes will be from our major projects:

design history II - biographic cube about an artist/designer
graphic design II - magazine design
design production - campaign of a ticketed event (which includes a poster, the ticket and a 3rd component aka brochure or cd cover etc)
web software - design a site from scratch to add to the ticketed event campaign
software training - TBA
Business Writing - TBA (btw, kay, if you still need help on this topic, I can lend you my text when I'm done this course... let me know! :) )

With all of these assignments due at the end of the semester, I know that I will probably be tied up hopelessly as the sun shines outside. It's depressing I know.

But this is secondary to what's happening now. Last week, there was a rumour going around class indicating that there will be no fourth semester in the summer. It is quite important for me to continue my program until I graduate or else it really screws the travel plans to asia with re.
Not to worry, I'm not the only one who disagrees with the whole not-having-a-fourth-semester-in-the-summer business. Everyone whom I spoke to have agreed to have the fourth semester in the summer. With everyone's participation, we have agreed to sign a petition-like document to have the program coordinator consider to continue our program in the summer. Hopefully this will go through.
Also, I've spoken to my classmates who was supposed to be in 4th semester now and they said that this is the hardest semester. Yep, so taking this semester in the summer is brutal! I can't even imagine staying inside for the whole semester while my friends are having fun partying and going out. ugh. But I gotta finish!

On a better note, last week one of my personal trainers that are apart of Goodlife called me to tell me that I won a free personal training session!!! Yaaayyyy! I won because I entered this contest at their front desk!
Lol I specifically remember signing up for tons of contests back in Dec because I had this philosophy that if I enter as much contests as I could possibly can, I would win something! and I did! yaaayyy!

Anyhow, I think that is all for today. I'll let yoy guys know how the session went! ttyl! =)

In Memory of...

I feel as if the world is on my shoulders, as if everything and everybody surrounding me is enduring the most upmost pain in their life and I can't do anything about it.

Yesterday night, one of my friends called me to tell me that her cousin's mom, her aunt - her cousin whom I met before - has passed away. It was frightening to hear this. To make long story short, the happening of her passing away was within two weeks. A short time to say good bye.

Another - my friend has informed me this morning that her mother passed away. She was struggling with cancer and was in the hospital for the 6 months, not to mention her relapses in the earlier months.

And not to mention all of the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Everyone must know what's going on now with this situation. I just hope that Haiti gets all the care and attention they need to rebuild their capital city.

This sort of thing deepens in my skin. Even though I am not directly affected my all of these events, I feel as I though I should suffer the same way as my friends do because it's just unfair to them. It's unfair that they lost someone and I still have all my friends and family here. I haven't been to a funeral - and, please buddha forbid, hopefully that my 1st funeral won't be until 20 years from now - and it's unfair. I haven't experienced the pain they are experiencing. and no, I do not wish anyone surrounding me will pass on.

I don't even know if I make sense now.

Words cannot express how deeply sorry and hurtful I feel for you. Love will always heal.

Gawsh, this is why I cried my eyes out in "UP."

I'm sorry, I had to post this. I stole this off of my sister's fb page.. and I absolutely wanted to take it, post it on my fb and tag all of my friends!! haha - but no. I can't. I'm not an adolescent anymore! lol

Back to school tmr. Yep, I don't think I'm quite anxious to go back to school as the last break. I do miss all of my school friends... pure jokes in class... but I'm not looking forward to the work. && I'm not looking foward to 9:30am classes Wed through Friday. Boos to that. Not to mention, work at 9am Mon & Tuesday - no sleeping in until the weekend??!?! That's FIVE days without sleeping in!!! double boo to that.

On another topic

On Friday, I had the most amazing double date with the dorkkly and her mista mista. It's been quite a while since we actually chilled. The last time was during the spring/summer for a last min date at the taste of danforth. & the most wonderful thing about our date was that it didn't cost very much - which was good for everyone!
I swear, I think us ando ur twin couple can be on the dirtiest, most cheapest date and still have fun! I loves it!
Who ever thought that Chinese food court food plus some Chinese desserts and poker/big 2 would be so chillin' as a date? WE DOOO!! lol
I hope we do it again :)

Saturday was a good night. Random but good! lol It felt like forever since I saw Mr. Rob-O Cop and the re re. We had dinner at Moxies then made a last min decision to go to a club... in PICKERING!!! lol I didn't even know that Pickering had a club! lol
We went to this place called Jukebox .. and it wasn't bad. It was a nice scene change. Think of Nava. Yep, just like that.
I was smoking outside by myself at one point and this guy came up to me and offered me a light. The first thing I thought was, "Oh gosh, another 'light' situation" (Dorkkly would know what I'm talking about and if you don't, Kay, then think of autorama!!! LOL). And yes, it was one of those "hey, you wanna light so I have a reason to talk to you" type of thing. This guys was probably in his 30s and knew very well that I was in my early 20s. It was stupid because he just carried on a conversation that was going no where. I mean, if a girl gives you one word answers and tells you that she's TAKEN and that she's serious about it, then you would get the hint, right? Nope! What a dumbass! He kept talking to me about stupid shit and when I finally finished my cig, he followed me inside. Thankfully, I found ms re re and the rob-o cop. Even still, when he saw me with them, he grabbed my hand and tried to pull me away. I think it wasn't until he saw the oh-so muscular rob-o cop that he left. lol
Anyhow, the club isn't bad. I mean, the music stopped for a lil' while (technicial difficulties) and there was actually a mix of people there - and when I say mix, I mean white and black - me and re were the only asian/brown people there lol

Sunday was a nice relaxing day. Cher came over to finish some last min homework while I was making some yummy lasagna. I missed her so much! I can't wait to see everyone.
Surprisingly, the joo joo has been starting to be eating healthy. He actually bought some fruits to make some fruit shakes and actually bought whole wheat lasagna pasta! lol I think he realizes that he's getting flubby lol

So I hope I satisfied your blog addiction! I might blog later in the day if it gets really slow at work. See ya! =)

& it's happening again..

It's been over a year ago that I endured a strike. and guess what?!?! It might happen again. aaaggghh why does this happen to me?
In case you didn't know, on Nov 6 2008, York University's contract professors and graduate students' union went on strike - mostly for higher pay and for the security of their jobs. Fall 2008 was my last semester at work. I was anticipating to graduate from York by December 2008 and by January 2009, I would start a new program at Seneca. It didn't happen. Since the strike went on for more than 3 months, the fall term had to be extended to early February, making me miss my 1st semester at Seneca, thus delaying me a semester. I am supposed to be starting my 4th semester at York but nope, I was stuck entering Seneca during the summer and now I am 1 semester late.
And so it's happening again. College professors might go on strike - they say as early as Jan 18 (only the second week of the winter semester) but might delay it to February. If this happens, I'm friggin' screwed because:
1. it might delay a semester which might delay my graduation.. in which Rhea, Joo, and the fam were planning to go travel Asia upon my graduation. If it delays my semester, Rhea might not be able to go... and I won't be able to go with family because I'll be in school during the summer.
2. I might miss a whole lot of work. I remember at York, they had to condense the fall semester. We missed about 2 month's worth of work and only did 1. In graphic design, since it's a vigorous program, I'm basically stripped of my education because my learning process will not be so effective.
I emailed one of my profs to inquire about the strike and see what the chances are of having it. Unfortunately, the email website is down. arrrggghhh whyyyyy?!?!?!?!?

In the bright side, since I started school in the summer, I met such wonderful and inspiring people in my program in which if I started in January, it probably wouldn't be the same.

Even though I don't want this strike, I'm hoping - just a tiny bit - that they would go on strike for week - just because I want more of a vacations lol - and then go back to work. *cross fingers!

I'll keep you guys updated :S

BEAST MODE

BEAST MODE is when you are eating healthy, working out, not drinking every night and working hard! - Rob Kardashian

Ever since I've been on holiday, I've been so busy with friends and the holiday season that I didn't have time to go to the gym. It was like a rotation for me - I would meet up with a different person almost every night after work to either shop, eat or lay around and do nothing. It was so hectic! And it was quite ironic because I promised myself that I would go to the gym everyday after work to work out no matter what, not thinking that i also had to squeeze in one-on-one time with my friends whom I disapeared from since I started school again. Damn.
However - and there is a "however" - I have dedicated this week to work out. and I absolutely need it. Especially after Russell's family's annual feast (his family makes a ton of food for xmas AND new years every year. There are tons of food! lots of selection! and you just eat because you just wanna try everything type of deal! && what's worst is that they feed like 20 ppl 3times a day for like 2 days and there would still be food leftover! lol so you can imagine how much food there is on 2 occasions!)
I know that a lot of people out there have "work out" (or some sort) on their new year's resolution's list and I have to admit, it's hard sometimes. But with this, I think it's key to keep in mind that you have a goal to achieve, not just for a year but for the rest of your life. Sometimes, people say that they would have to lose an x amount of weight. Once they achieve it, it's like they stop and gain it back again.. and the cycle just goes on for another year. Well this is what I say to all y'all (lol yes, I used y'all! lol) out there who has this goal in mind:

IT'S USELESS!

yes it is! It's pointless to think about the amount of weight you want to burn off because if you're weight training - in which I highly recommend - you will probably gain some weight due to toning and gaining muscle. And no ladies, I don't mean gain muscle weight like being the friggin' hulk or something... I mean toning your muscles to boost your metabolism... and at the same time, you lose the same amount of calories compared to cardio. Even though people say that cardio is the number 1 thing you do to lose weight, (unless you are 100+ over your average weight/height), cardio doesn't make your body look athletically toned - you're just gonna be bone skinny like anorexic skinny. disgusting!
I started weight training (hardcore) in August (I think). I kept looking at the scale to see if I lost weight. And even now, I haven't seen a pound lost since August but I know my body is slimmer and I fit into my jeans a lot better. Not to mention, a lot of people have complimented that I lost weight, contrary to the scale.
Sometimes people make unrealistic goals that's just ridiculous! working out takes patience and a lot of time! Trust me! Just because you don't see results in like a week, don't be discouraged! Just as long as you keep up with your scheduled work out YOU CAN DO IT!!!
I realized that I'm rambling one. To make it easy on your eyes, I'll give you a tip list to make your "new year's resolution" easier:

1. Eat Healthy. This is key! You can be working out hard at the gym but if you're still eating junk food, there's not point! And no, don't go on one of those crash diets to try to "eat healthy." Those diets don't work especially if you do lose weight and try to go back to eating normally, you'll probably gain the weight back again. Try to start with baby steps, like not going out to eat often, snacking on fruits or veggies if you have the munchies, or even switching to more wholesome choices like choosing whole grain breads rather than white breads.
2. Make the time. to go work out. Don't put it on your to do list unless you know you're gonna actually do it! Make it a priority, put it in your "busy" schedule, make a routine. Make it so that it fits in your schedule. And hey, if you can't go to the gym that day, work out at home. (I'll blog about exercising at home some other time)
3. Keep a food diary. It helps. I know this sounds friggin' crazy... and quite anal but sometimes you need to write things down to see how much calories you've obtained during the day in order to calculate how much you gotta burn off. There are tons of online calculators that can help you achieve this. If you have an iphone, there are tons of apps out there where you can input what you ate and what kinds of work out you did for that day to calculate where you on.
4. Find your motivator. Motivate yourself to work out if you have a buddy to go with. Set a time and place for you guys to meet up. For me, my motivation is the hot guy in my weight training class ;)
5. Find something you like to do. The gym isn't for everyone. For example, my friend Rico hates the gym - he can't stand weight training or cardio - but he still finds the time to stay fit by being on a basketball league. Just because you don't have a gym membership, doesn't mean that you can't work out.
6. Switch it up. After a while, your body gets used to your work out routine so find little things to switch it up. Perhaps it's time to increase your weights or instead of going on the elyptical, go biking. This way, you won't get bored of what you're doing.
7. Weight Train. I say this all the time. Weight training is as important as cardio. To me, it's better!
8. Small steps. Instead of taking the elevator, maybe try the stairs. Do little things that you help you keep a low activity that can definately fit into your everyday routine.
9. Mind over Matter! Sometimes, I feel sluggish during a work out... If you're working out alone, keep a short term goal like... do 3 sets of 10 crunches - keep in mind (but don't over work yourself!) that once you achieve it, you'll feel like a friggin' champion. If your in a class, keep with what your instructor does! Don't stop to rest - not only will it slow down your work out, it'll be harder the next time as well! Your body can endure a lot if you push it!

Remember, keep focused! It's the new year, new decade - new life. Be positive and you will achieve what you want!!!!!