Welcome to Loserville

Just when I thought I had seen enough banal reality tv shows (eg Beauty and the Geek, America's Next Top Model just to name a few) except for American Idol mushrooming on our tv palate, along comes The Biggest Loser. First aired on US tv in 2004, it has reached our shore sometime this year if I'm not mistaken. The episodes we're currently watching on tv (Hallmark Channel) were back to back episodes of previous seasons.

TBL centers around a bunch of overweight people (some were on the brink of severe obesity) attempting to lose desired weight to vie for a cash prize of USD250,000. There are initially two groups - Red and Blue team and more recently in the current episode, the Black team also known as The Rejects was introduced. Each three teams are headed by their own personal trainers namely Bob Harper, Kim Lyons and Jillian Michaels.

Every week they have to follow strict and sometimes rigid exercise routines (note Jillian's military exercise regime) and dieting in order to shed those extra pounds. It is kind of amusing to see how the contestants were tested with temptations, distractions and challenges day after day and by the end of the week, comes the weigh-in session that every contestants dread the most. Team that is losing (meaning not enough pounds shed combined) will have to vote one member off their team. Contestant (from the losing team) who has the highest score of weight loss will not be eliminated. I have to say that I was sorry to see Jerry, the oldest contestant (he's 62 year old) and also leader of the Blue team go because he was the more focused and driven among the others. Come one, that dude lost like 31 pounds in first week? Shut up!

All in all, this show is highly recommended for all weigh-watchers and also for those who needs inspiration to lose weight. If Malaysia has its own version of such programme, I'd sign up straight away if only Bob Harper agrees to become the trainer. *eyes blinking rapidly*. Fat chance!

Here's some of the before and after pictures of previous contestants.

Amazing transformation!

Envy

OK, I am currently infected with the virus Hasadus Dengkipus. To which level, I don't know, maybe dah tahap gaban kot. Aren't the Malays famously known for this genetic anomaly? *LOL*

Well the story is, a neighbour of mine has changed his car (in this current economic slowdown?). He changes his car like a woman changes her clothes (macam pernah ku dengar wordings ni somewhere...). Maka aku dengan tersangat jelesnya tak nak la kalah. So aku pun bercadang nak tukar kereta la macam ni boleh?

my dream car...amacam? orait tak? Fulamak, besar giler beb! boleh ubahsuai letak katil queen saiz kat dalam complete with kitchen (senang nak masak la gini). kalau balik kampung jumpa sedara mara tak yah lah susah-susah nak camping rumah orang kan kan kan. kalau coti-coti mehsia pun tak yah lah buang duit sewa bilik hotel bagai hanya bayar duit parking jer....mesti jeles jiran-jiran tetangga ku nanti...wakakaka!

Hmm, kat mana lah nanti nak ku parking bas besor panjang ni weh...

Vamping on Twilight

How would you feel if your teenage daughter tells you that she has serious crush with a boy at school? Seems pretty normal for teenagers to have puppy love moments during adolescence years. But wait, there's more to it. Your daughter seems to hold information about the boy she had crush on. He's not exactly human. To be precise, he's a blood-sucking vampire!

Such is the premise of Twilight, a typical boy meets girl love story. Bella Swan isn't just any regular teen. She's attractive, intense, and articulate. Her seemingly reserved exterior only serve to camouflage her inner desperation of wanting to be swept off her feet by love. Its understandable why she is so drawn to Edward Cullen's mysteriousness charm (note his immaculately sculpted eyebrows and bouffant hair). She becomes increasingly curious of Edward after he saved her from being crushed by a van at their school parking lot.

What's another way of winning a girl's heart besides being dashingly handsome? Give her a piggyback ride at breakneck speed (I wish I could do that for my son...sigh!), introduce her to his vampire clan family ala Meet The Parents, play baseball during thunderstorm and appears out of nowhere just in time to rescue her from bad people. Wow!

OK, in real life, if my daughter ever comes back from school one day and tells me that she's in love with a vampire, I'd definitely say, "Walk over my dead body first!".

Some memorable corny lines from the movie;

#1

Edward: So the lion fell in love with the lamb...

Bella: What a stupid lamb...

Edward: What a sick masochistic lion...

#2

Bella: How old are you?

Edward: Seventeen

Bella: How long have you been seventeen?

Edward: A while...

#3

Bella: Graduation caps?

Edward: Its a private joke. We matriculate a lot..

#4

Edward: I can read every mind in this room apart from yours .There's money. sex. money. cat. and then you nothing. its very frustrating..

Bella: Is there something wrong with me?

Edward: See, I tell you I can read minds and you tell me there's something wrong with you...

Someone please knock some senses into Bella's head. By the way, I can't wait for the second sequel of Twilight Saga: New Moon coming this November.

Watch this space.

Maid from Hell

This video was too painful to watch. I hugged my son who was sitting next to me so tightly. He couldn't understand the sudden gesture I made but he sensed that I was upset about something and immediately put a smile to his angelic face. It melt my heart to see him so happy.

Everytime I watch video of something like this, I am reminded again and again how lucky I am to be a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom).

WatchTheFullVideoHere

*with thanks to sudotnet for posting this*

Small steps

Adik B has been attending speech and occupational therapy weekly for the past 2 months. He had been diagnosed as having ADD, a syndrome that characterized short attention span and hyperactivity which is so apparent in Adik B's behaviour. However it is too early to tell if he has ADHD as well since he doesn't exhibit extreme symptoms associated with ADHD.

Alhamdulillah for this diagnosis. Now that we know it for sure, we just need to do the therapies recommended to ensure that he will be able to talk normally like any other kids his age do. That was our primary concern. In my humble opinion, healthy kids are supposed to be active mentally and physically. Its just that Adik B has extra dosage of activeness in his body and extra fitness is all I need to keep up with him. I don't need to go to a gym to have work-outs. He is the work-out! *LOL*

Adik B has very little eye-contact which is why he has developed a delay in speech. According to his speech therapist, babies and toddlers learn to speak through imitating the movements of our lips when we communicate with them. Since attending the therapies, we discovered that Adik B uses both hands to do simple tasks like drawing or stacking objects whereby at his age, he should have one hand dominant either right or left. He is able to understand and follow instructions though need to be told repeatedly with a stern voice.

We have limit the toys at home to just two or three sets as too many toys can distract him from focusing. Even his favorite cartoons like Tom & Jerry had to be restricted as we found out that non-responsive cartoons (cartoons with very little or no dialogue at all) attracts Adik B like a bee to a honey. No wonder he was so engrossed when watching cartoons like Tom & Jerry, Mr Bean, Pink Panther, Shaun the Sheep and the likes. I have been guilty of feeding him too much of them. Its the only way to distract him when I need a breather. My bad.

Since undergoing therapies, there is some improvement in the way Little B behaves or responds. He has taken in with drawing spiral O's and straight lines experimenting with different hues of colors and he did it with finesse. He really enjoyed it very much. But 10 minutes is all he can take it and after that he's back to his usual bag of antics and trashing the house. *LOL*

We are planning to enrol him in a kindy next year. It doesn't matter so much if he couldn't grasp ABC or count 123 perfectly. We'll just take one step at a time. Right now, what matters most is for him to learn to socialize with kids his age and have fun. His toilet-training is excellent which is another factor we think he's ready for kindy. The only thing is, will there be any kind teacher out there who's brave enough to keep up with him? *LOL*

99 balloons

I was moved to tears while watching an episode of yesterday's repeat of OW (Oprah Winfrey). 

In one of the segment was a moving story of a baby named Eliot. 

His father made this poignant video of Eliot during his 99 days of life with his loving parents hence the title 99 balloons. 

Instead of feeling sad for the undeniable future of their son, they chose to cherish and celebrate every single day of his life. 

Truly an inspiring story for us all.

You just have to watch the video to understand why. 

YouCanWatchTheVideoHere. 

Just get ready with a box of tissue nearby.

I thot I thaw a puttytatt...

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I thought of writing something today but my hand aches so bad. 

All because I went bowling (and bawled at the same time) yesterday. Just so you know, I scored 2 strikes. 

Not bad for someone who doesn't play that ball game for the last 13 years. Woo hoo.

So, excuse me again for not updating this blog like I should. 

Thank you for understanding.