Blessed

It's a payday weekend yay! I'm happy I got my remaining sick leave credits converted into cash all I can say is that it pays to be healthy these days to make the most of employee benefits like this. 

My sister had a open surgery to have her gall stones removed last week I helped my parents pay up the hospital bills. I'm thinking God must've repay me for being there for my family that's why I am so blessed lately. 

I worked out again earlier and every sparring session is getting tougher. My work out lasted for a good three hours so I was really exhausted after but all of it all disappeared when this goodlooking guy came. If I'm not mistaken, I think he's an actor but no longer active in showbusiness I just can't remember his name I thought our eyes met when I get out of the ladies room, I was like "omg!" I don't think I'll see him again though.

Get Well Soon

I was busy all day yesterday at the hospital because I have to attend to my sister who's recovering from surgery. I'm so tired when I home but that didn't stop me from boxing earlier. I worked out for 2 and half hours I sweat a river which is good for me, I feel a lot lighter again after shaking off some of my fats but I need to lose some more. 

I stayed home today after my work out and make the most of my schedule swap. I'm still on leave tomorrow to take care of my sister but mom texted me earlier that she'll be discharged today she said my elder sister doesn't wanna stay there any longer and thinks that she'll be more comfortable recovering from her gall bladder operation at home. My sister's gall bladder wasn't spared because the only way to have the gall stone removed is by removing the gall bladder. I pity her when she was brought inside the room after 3 hours in recovery. I've never seen her cry in pain before that was heartbreaking. I hope she gets well soon and nobody in the family will be hospitalized soon because I'm getting used to the smell of hospitals and it's a pretty boring place to be honest. 

Prevention as always, is better than cure but it's a little too late for my sister to save her gall bladder and we can't turn back time I told her she has to watch her diet from now on if she wants to live longer and to stay away from fastfood, that won't do her any good. 

I took pictures of my sister's room and the view outside as souvenir.

Sissy Bonding

My sister and I had our third boxing session together at Elorde earlier. We head home to change clothes then dropped by at Heel Sew Quik in SM Megamall to have my jogging pants worked up, it's too long I'm not comfortable working out wearing it. We shopped for boxing handwraps later at Robinsons Galleria because it's out of stock in all sporting good stores in Megamall we need it badly. We don't want to keep borrowing handwraps at the gym for sanitary reasons. 

We stumbled upon this newly opened Japanese store "Saizen" in Galleria where everything costs Php85. We got excited with pretty much everything inside that store. They have a wide variety of real cool items to choose from compared to Japan home, I think. We just want to check out what's there initially but we end up buying since they're quite cheap and and you can't find them from other stores.


We found a pair of hadwraps in Toby's but they have one left my sister needs another one for herself so we tried our luck in another store fronting Toby's thank God they have it although it's more expensive than what I got but she bought it anyway so mission accomplished. 

We had lunch at Kenny Rogers and ordered their "low calorie meal" made of garlic rice, grilled fish, steamed veggies (young corn, brocolli and carrots) and ligth iced tea. Sissy sister tried their "classic healthy plate" made of it 1/4 roast chicken, vegetable salad, fresh fruit salad, corn muffin and light iced tea as well. We had a good one, we're stuffed but not bloated. 

We head back to SM Megamall and paid for our goodies with my Sodexho. Gift cert is love.

Getting Back in Shape

It's a new year, no more excuses.

I started my grueling boxing workout in my quest to lose weight at the newly opened Elorde Boxing Gym here in Shaw. The original plan is for my twin sissy to keep me company but was able to convince her to work out eventually since she needed to lose weight as well. 

Our first few minutes started with warm up exercises to condition our muscles then sparring sessions followed. I thought I threw strong punches because my trainer whose name I can't remember anymore wants me to try harder. We took it inside the boxing ring to experience how it feels being like a real boxer. My trainer had to leave after a few minutes so my sister's trainer assisted the two of us instead. I nearly passed out while in the middle our sparring session I guess because I'm not used to working out yet. My biggest mistake is forgetting to bring water to keep me hydrated so I had to rest for a few minutes. For the last part of the routine we lay down on matresses to do some crunches. 

I had a great workout. I never pushed my body's limit this far before and I'm coming back tomorrow. I bought myself a pair of boxing gloves earlier but didn't find a handwrap yet it's out of stock everywere. 

This is just the beginning of my commitment to get back in shape again and nothing's gonna stop me now. 

New Year's Reso

Home-cooked Christmas food 

Happy New Year! 

My 2010 starts today thank God it's my rest day. My twin sister and I welcomed the new year by ourselves it's kinda sad that we've been celebrating New Year's Eve for two years now away from our family. We ordered KFC's holiday bucket feast and white sauce pasta for our Media Noche. My sister and I enjoyed the fireworks display from our terrace.

I spent Christmas last year in the boonies so I was able to relax and eat real food even just for a couple of days. Mom prepares home-cooked meals every time we spend our vacation with them so I had to forget about my diet during the holidays. I wasn't present during our vacation home's blessing because it's held in the afternoon, unfortunately, I have shift that day. 

My only consolation this year is that Christmas and New Year's Eve falls on my rest day. My sister has shift yesterday but she has a fixed morning schedule so she's home before Noche Buena and Media Noche. Lucky enough for her that she has to come to work on Christmas and New Year's Day only but the days after, she's on leave. Their account is generous enough to grant them lots of leave passes. 

NYE feast

I went to the mall earlier I'm glad it's not crowded at all I was able to sit comfortably and download applications from Ovi Store to my Nokia phone over wifi. Ovi Store is where you could download mobile games, applications, etc. I didn't really pay attention to Ovi before but I got curious so I signed up and sent some cool links from their website to my phone. Now I can maximize my phone's potential because of Ovi. 

New year, new life. For my New Year's resolution, I'd like to lose weight this year I promise to work out religiously. No more slacking and food indulgence I've had enough of all that it's about time to get fit so watch out for a whole new me.