getting fit!

tuesday was an amazingly sunny day. was gonna take a walk in the park with significant other at about 6.30pm. unfortunately, it rained at about 5 something and the rain carried on until dusk. so there goes my walk!

but i've decided this year to do everything that i said i would. so we decided to go to the gym at the condo. was great. i did the skimaster ... okay for about 5 minutes!! then the bicycle and i dunno what you call it, but the machine that makes you do the hula hoop without the hoop!! oh and also the rowing machine, which i really like!

then, significant other (whom from now on i shall call Muddy Waters or MW, for short) ... taught me to do proper stretching exercises.

was great! i loved it and i think i'm gonna do it again tonight!

it's also nice to be doing something new with MW.

so far in our relationship, our activities have been eating out, movies, window-shopping, bookshop ... and the occasional gardening.

boring, boring, boring! no wonder we seem to be getting into arguments over little, petty things!

what we really needed was to spice up our love life!!

did i learn this too late? :-(

losing weight

for women, having a partner (boyfriend/husband) is really bad for your waistline. i think i have put on about 10kg since i started seriously dating my significant other in 2005. it's all those eating out - teh tarik, roti canai at 2am, nasi kandar, nasi lemak, fast food ... we hardly cook coz i don't have a kitchen and he doesn't have the time. he works nights mostly - being a musician, and i work days. so, eating out is more convenient than going shopping for groceries and cooking and cleaning ... just for a meal. we have NO time!

but enough is enough. i can't carry this extra weight. it's bad for my health and self-esteem.

so, this evening, am going for a walk in the park and has roped in significant other.

let's see how it goes!!

men are bizarre

my boyfriend says he needs space but why does he want to see me and call me almost everyday?

men are really bizarre. do they even know what they want?

Easter Hill Village: Some Social Implications of Design

am looking for this book. help ... anybody?

space to think, space to be

my significant other needs space ... to find himself. and much as it breaks my heart, i'm gonna give it to him.

he says he loves me but he feels inadequate; ie he's not good enough, for this relationship. he says he needs space to sort himself out.

and i do admit that we have been living in each other's pockets and sometimes we do rub each other the wrong way.

so, yes ... i shall give him that space he needs. if he wants to see me, he'll call me.

of course, when he said that he needed space although he loves me, i could only think of two things:

1. he's trying to break up with me gently - the 'it's not you, it's me', excuse.

2. he really does love me but he needs to sort himself out.

whichever way the pendulum swings, i do have faith in him. i do. very much. and i hope he knows this.