Since 1950, the World Health Organization (WHO) has celebrated April 7th as National Health Day. The celebration aims to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern. World Health Day 2011 is focusing on the growing threat antimicrobial resistance. According to WHO, health is a state of complete physical, mental …
Apologies for the lack of posts over the past few days. I was visiting my bestie Sonali and her family in Singapore which called for little/no computer time. As cliché as it sounds, this holiday has done me a world of good. It creeped up at the perfect time and I feel so reinvigorated. To …
Running: one of the cheapest drugs on the market. Besides a few wardrobe essentials, it’s practically the only way to get high for free! Running, for me, is such a cathartic and euphoric experience. Whether I’m pounding away on the treadmill or outdoors I feel strong, confident, and satisfied. I finished my run this morning …
If you could have dinner with any one person, dead or alive, who would it be and why? I would have to go with Dr. Atkins. As for my reasoning, you’ll soon understand why. The other day, I was on BBM with a friend and we were sharing our love for carbs. Chances are we’re not …
Birthdays are one of the few days of the year where calories don’t count! You can argue all you want about that being a delirious notion but that would make you a party pooper so just roll with it. And when you serve my slice, be sure to make it a generous slice. Slivers just …
Today’s quite a ‘special’ day for me: my blog is celebrating its first birthday! That’s right peeps, this baby has lasted 365 days! I can’t believe a whole year has passed since I wrote my first post. Considering I had never been into the whole concept of sharing my thoughts etc to the world (when …
Shocking news: I wasn’t always the coolest kid on the block. In fact I used to be a total dork: I LOVED the library. My cousin will never let me live down this one time when I begged her to take me to the library because “I love studying”. Ah well you know what they …
Is it me or are you also noticing that more and more random holidays/days keep popping up?! Here’s one that takes the cake: March is considered ‘National Caffeine Month’. That’s right- your cup of coffee is getting some limelight 😕 Are you a java junkie? Chocolate addict? Pro Plus popper? Advocate of green tea? …
If you haven’t caught on by now, I like eating and cooking with real, wholesome ingredients. I do try and avoid processed foods as much as possible, with the exception of pasta, bread, and cereal. Convenient they may be, but processed foods are also filled with additives and stripped of nutrients. I’m the first to …
