“Narco-Saints” + Peach Garden buffet dinner with Ian & Cherlyn + Element with Lydia + Alina’s housewarming + 《四马路》+ 《드림》+ Fishmart Sakuraya with family + Legendary Hong Kong with WZ & Pat
31/7/23 Mon: Went to Bukit Batok Polyclinic for my full blood count and iron saturation blood test this morning and everything was done in 10 minutes… probably the fastest visit I’ve had to the Polyclinic so far.
Finished
watching the six episodes of “Narco-Saints” on Netflix.
I
am usually not a fan of such type of thriller and crime shows but because Chang
Chen and Ha Jung-woo was in the drama and it’s based on a true event that
happened in Suriname (a country in South America that I learned about only
after this drama), I was curious.
I
thought the drama in itself was already quite “exaggerating”, but after reading
news report about the “K” in real life of how he worked with NIS for three
years but yet not “recognised” in any way except for this drama… I almost
cannot believe it.
Anyway
compact and on-point drama. Good.
Rating: 4/5
1/8/23
Tues: Did an easy flow in aerial yoga class tonight but the thighs were painful
when strapped in the air.
2/8/23
Weds: Spoke to Clyde this morning for his homecoming story and I spend a great
deal of time writing that… my eye muscles were quite strained by the end of the
day.
Tried
wheel-assisted head stand in Wheel Yoga class and because I posed in that for a
short while until Yip came to take photo… the moment I came down I could
literally feel the gush of blood to my head omg… 确实很精神like Yip said and I indeed found it harder to
fall asleep that night.
Did
Piloxing in the evening but as usual, it was a non-stop exercise session with
instructor Irene and she would either forget to do the left or the right side
for every set of exercise.
Potato also turned off the MCB switch for the water heater and successfully replaced the
faulty water heater button in the living room because the inner circuit was
burnt~ great job! Daniel mentioned his electrician said that it was common for
the switch to be burnt, especially heater switches but just replacement alone
would cost $200 omg. *Good point to note: brown colour is the live wire,
green and yellow is the Earth wire and blue is the neutral wire.*
We
were brought around to different areas where enactments of history incidents
took place and I was absorbed with their acting and the story at times, which
was great. *Now I know 观音meant
the god sees and hears many sufferings in the world.* Yet, in the end, both Francine and I didn’t
know what we should feel about the whole play. 有点不知所以然… as in what “takeaways” were there?
Rating: 3/5
7/8/23
Mon: My iron and ferritin test result came back with improved levels in both my
iron and haemoglobin panels after about a month of taking the iron supplements.
Doctor wanted me to continue eating for three months before another blood test
and if the iron level in my body reaches a healthy level, then I can cut down
on the dosage.
8/8/23 Tues: The flow tonight involved thigh straps and it was quite painful at the last stage because the straps literally wrap around the fattest part of the thigh la!
9/8/23
Weds: PotaTOHs spent the National Day holiday together at home watching 《드림》in the afternoon.
Rating: 3/5
He
cooked Unagi wafu spaghetti using Masa’s recipe and used up the remaining
Japanese cucumber and lettuce for dinner at night! We thought the dish was nice
but the unagi taste stood out too much on its own though.
10/8/23
Thurs: Did resistance cardio exercise this morning and coach Gerald mentioned
that while people only burn calories during aerobic exercises like K-pop, Zumba
etc, our bodies continue burning calories two hours, six hours or even up to
the next day if we did strength training instead because muscles are being
broken down during our resistance trainings, so the body takes time to repair
them and in doing so, they burn calories off. He said it’s good to have a
banana or some protein or fats right after the workout to replenish the glucose
straightaway. *The reason why I love my Pilates too is because it builds and
tones the body yet I don’t feel overly out of breath while practising haha.*
Attended
Jane’s mat Pilates class for the first time and we did Tabata to warm up the
body before going into the Pilates moves… tiring but shiok.
13/8/23
Sun: Potato tried a new recipe for dinner tonight: hamburg steak with red wine
sauce and roast veggies~ I loved the hamburg he made using minced pork meat (in
olive oil, salt and pepper), carrot, onion, tomato, soymilk, egg and panko with
red wine sauce, cherry tomato and mushroom! He also air-fried the zucchini,
carrot and potato and they went well with the iceberg lettuce.
Bought
milk tea from Teabrary ($2) but there’s this taste in the tea that I disliked
and I can’t pinpoint. Started to feel some numbness in my arms and palms as I laid
down on the sofa in the evening and this carried on till night when I sat there
watching “Love After Divorce”. It got to a point where I felt uneasy, but I
observed and it only came about when I sit or lie down from afternoon onwards. *Had
a hard time falling asleep at night too… I wonder if it’s got to do with the caffeine
in the milk tea I drank early afternoon and then one mouthful at 4pm? Hmm if that’s
the case, then that was way too strong for me then… like how I avoided Lipton
red tea after I realised I get headaches after drinking it long ago.* Upon checking
with Teabrary staff, they used Assam black tea leaves for their milk tea and
like Lipton red tea, they’re essentially black tea that are highly oxidised and
Assam black tea has the highest caffeine content out of all black teas.
Potato
cycled over to Fran’s to take her chestnut rolled cake for us~ thanks dear!
<3
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