Monthly Archives: September 2010

September 21st, 2010
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Stay Fit And Burn Fat Without Hitting The Gym!

Yesterday I could not hit the gym or jog round the neighborhood as my hubs had to leave the house very early for work. And I don’t trust my helper with my 2 younger kids at home without an adult at home. So I worked out at home! First I arched my back and did sit ups on my fitball and then ran round the house for 20 minutes. I could have worked out longer but my youngest kid was up. It was really boring running round the house and then I suddenly had a light-bulb moment! I remembered reading about the Turbo Fire Workout Reviews from the internet some time ago. All of a sudden, I was determined to get a set of Turbo Fire Workout DVDs to bring some excitement to my daily workout regimen.

Turbo Fire is a set of workout DVDs for a 12-week super intense program designed to help you lose weight, stay fit and healthy with lots of tips for you to keep burning fat even when you are not working out.

Did you know that if you workout at 110% intensity for 35 seconds and then take a 40 second break and continue doing this for 5-10 minutes, you will get an ‘afterburn’ effect? That’s when your body continues to burn fat for up to 24 hours after workout. That is more than 9 times of fat-burning in a traditional workout session! I am amazed. I am SO going to try this trick tomorrow.

The Turbo Fire Workout package consists of 11 great workouts and even nutrition guide to help you choose the right food with easy-to-prep recipes and tips. Gee, I am really very tempted to get a set of Turbo Fire DVDs now!! With these DVDs, I can work out in the comfort of my own home anytime I want to!



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Health and Fitness
September 18th, 2010
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Homemade Fish Cake

I found by chance a way to prepare fish cake (yue paeng) without shallow frying or deep frying the fish paste. The other day, I decided to dump the whole big chunk of homemade fish paste into my pot of beet root-carrot-pork ribs soup that was still cooking in the stove. I wanted to cut down the time of rolling the fish paste into balls, one by one. I had planned to make fish balls. After 5 minutes, I fished out the chunk of cooked fish paste. I then sliced it into rectangular pieces.  Not only does it taste like fish cake, the color from the beet root gave the fish paste a natural brownish color, as it they were fried.   No one could tell that the fish cakes were only broiled.  And I managed to fool my 3 girls into believing that I bought the fish cakes from the ‘cee cheong fun’ stall LOL!!!

Healthy, wholesome and easy to prepare lunch for Baby : homemade fish cakes with green tea noodles, sesame seed oil, Braggs Amino Acid and toasted sesame seed.

And a must have soup of the day : beet root-carrot-big onion-pork ribs soup.


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Homecooked Food
September 18th, 2010
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Hooked On Online Shopping

Recently I bought some shoes from an online store. I bought a pair first as I was apprehensive of the quality and sizing. I was very pleased with what I received and I ordered more pairs. Online stores are such a blessing to busy people who don’t have the time to do shopping in shopping malls. If you are just like me who don’t even have the time to sleep, let alone go to the shopping mall, shop for your shoes and clothes online. Just type in shoes womens in the google search bar and you will see thousands of such online stores. I am already getting hooked on online shopping 😀

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September 18th, 2010
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Do You Still Send Cards Through Snail Mail?

Ever since I joined Facebook, I hardly ever send cards to my friends and loved ones anymore. I still have a stack of birthday cards, Christmas cards, save the date cards and Chinese New Year cards but I guess these will be kept and turned into antique cards. With the advent of the internet and social websites like Facebook, people hardly send greeting cards through snail mail anymore when they can conveniently send a personal message in just a few clicks. Do you still send greeting cards to friends and loved ones via snail mail?

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September 17th, 2010
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Air Walker, My New Found Love!

I have found a new love in the gym – the Air Walker! All these while, I prefer to run in the open, breathing in fresh air. Ever since the gym brought in 2 units of new and cool Air Walker, I now break up my exercise regime. I run for 15-20 minutes outside, then spend another 15 minutes on the Air Walker. I find that the Air Walker burns calories faster than the threadmill. I normally burn 200 calories by running 30 minutes on the threadmill but I can burn 200 calories in just 20 minutes on the Air Walker! And there’s less stress on my knees. Moreover, the Air Walker helps me tone my arms and legs. I love to watch the calories ‘melt away’ on the equipment panel as I step on the Air Walker, whilst pushing and pulling the handles with my arms. Here’s hoping that I will have firmer and slimmer upper arms and legs very soon!

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Health and Fitness
September 15th, 2010
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Healthy Dessert From A Fruit, A Thorny Leave And An Egg

Check out this unique dessert from the Sweet Hut:

It’s the first time I see such a uniquely created healthy dessert.  The base  like a boat is half a papaya.  The white creamy stuff is steamed egg white and the jelly like cubes are aloe vera.  This dessert is served warm.  How do I like it?  Not too bad.  This is the kind of desserts for health freaks.

Sweet Hut Dessert is located at
19-G, Kuchai Dynasty Central,
Jalan Kuchai Lama,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.


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Food Review
September 15th, 2010
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Good Multivitamins For Optimum Health

I strongly believe that we should all take supplements and eat healthily to stay healthy. That’s because most of us don’t eat the recommended number of veggie and fruits servings that we should everyday. So we need supplements to give us the vitamins and minerals our body needs. If you can afford it, do get the best best multivitamins. But ensure that they are manufactured by a renowned pharmaceutical company. Last but not least, don’t forget to exercise to stay in top form!

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Healthy Living Products
September 15th, 2010
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Not Really Weaned Just Yet!

It was only a fluke and lasted only for a day that Baby didn’t want my boops. The next day, she was back to herself again, searching for my boops and getting addicted to them again, sigh… I notice that whenever my parents are here or whenever there are other people in the house, she would feel ashamed of showing her addiction to my boops. She would go near me, look at her comfort tools and say “shame shame” to me quietly. After my parents left, she was back to usual self again, climbing up my lap and conveniently latch on to her comfort tools. I’ve been telling her that she’s a big girl now and cannot drink mummy’s milk anymore. I’ve told her many times that mummy has no more milk for her but that is not deterring her a wee bit. She just wants to feel close to me. I wonder when she will ever be weaned off.


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Breastfeeding, Cough
September 15th, 2010
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What Is Rosacea?

I had a colleague who had Rosacea on her face. Initially everyone thought she had bad acne on her face as her face was always red and had swells. Finally she saw a skin specialist who diagnosed her as suffering from Rosacea and he gave her a long dose of rosacea treatment. Rosacea is often confused with acne and sunburn. Though she is now cured from Rosacea, her face is still ‘bumpy’ and have scars from acne too.

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Skin care products
September 15th, 2010
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Hopefully No Weight Gain

Now that I have almost weaned Baby off my boops, I will have no one to suck away all my fats! And I don’t have the privilege to eat all that I want without fear of gaining weight. These days, I don’t have the time to run every morning without fail like I used to due to time constraint. I really hope I won’t gain weight as I am the type who can gain weight very easily if I eat like a glutton haha! I just don’t like the idea of popping diet pills though they may be the best weight loss supplements around.

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Diet and losing weight
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