She Works Hard for the Money; So Hard for it, Honey!

Hello, Hello again. Another random thought, from another silly girl. As you can see from the title of this post, I depicted it from the lines from a song, 'She works hard for the money'. One person in particular that I know who works hard for the money is my mom. Although, sitting here in a chair, admiring her guts when she moves the world, I am her complete opposite. I must be strong like her. Brave like her. And I know it is time to get my bum out of this lazy chair. Here goes Something! <3

~nuTt*~

When 'Big' means 'Help!'

At my age (22 years old), I've learnt that it is okay to be big, although I have to remind myself all the time that at a vital point, being bigger may mean that help may be needed. That is when being big in NOT OK.
I am almost an adult (not yet one, as I don't earn my own living just yet, and I'm still living with my mom lol), and I am constantly concious about my weight and the way I look. Standing at 172 cm tall, I am *weight not to be displayed* kgs heavy, I am always worried if I would be the biggest in photos, or in a group of giggling girls. Why? Because my friends are smaller than me, although many of them would argue to me that my weight matches my height (well, I still think that my body is unporportionate, ok~). Oh yes, obviously I'm complaining. I'd complain to my friends about it a lot, until ther'd be too tired to even care.
But you know what? I'm kind of proud to say that my BMI is less than 25, which classifies me in the normal/medium weight category. And why is it important?
This may be a sensitive issue to some, but it is worth knowing that when one is known to be 'overweight' (Body Mass Indicator/BMI > 25), these person may be at risk to develop high-blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, abnormal blood fats, physical discomforts, gallstones and even cancer. Furthermore, being overweight may lead a person to become obese. Yep, that's not good either.
Appearance wise, being big may be an issue, but yes, a pretty face without intelligence/character is just PLAIN pretty. Where is the fun in that? The thing is, t's just not healthy. Maybe there are some people out there who are overweight and does not have any illness like what I mentioned, but think again, you might not know what would happen, right?

Remember: Prevention is better than cure <3

The Most Beautiful...

When you're sitting on a bench in a park, or when you're studying in your room facing the screen (like what I'm doing now), or wherever you are, doing whatever it is, have you ever stopped to wonder what is the most beautiful thing in life?
I could say that I'm a romantic, having to think about all these nonsense in the middle of the night when I should probably be stuck reading the textbook or doing some prep for my tests, but I can't help but wonder, I could list a million things that I have seen, smelled, tasted, touched and I just simply just own, but amongst all that, which is the most beautiful?
Only one thing that I have in mind now: Love - that revolves around all the good things in life, and never the worst things. It could be patience, strength, happiness, laughters and all the best things you'd ever wanted, but you'd have to believe in it to feel it, right?

Just a thought,

<3 nuTt*

How to Make Simple Chicken Curry.. YUMS!

ok, i never use proper measurements on the amount to be used for cooking curry, because my grandma always say it's all about tasting it. so here goes...

to make chicken curry, you'd definitely need... CHICKEN! heheh duh... and make sure the chicken is properly cut into the right proportions..lol (the best part would be the thigh!! :P)

and you should also have these as ingredients!:

~a clove of garlic, (crushed or blended)

~2 cloves of shallots (preferably blended, but sliced ones would be ok too i guess...~to really spice it up!)

~a thumb sized ginger (yep, blended)

~curry leaves

~curry powder

~spices (cardamon, crushed cinnamon, cloves)

~milk cream/yoghurt/coconut milk

~ghee

~a bit of oil

~tomato puree

~salt

~ cubed potatoes

~chilli

~tomato slices

I guess that's about it for the ingredients,..

next up is how to prepare (rather, cook it)

1. Firstly, like cooking most of asian food, we'd need to heat the oil but in this case, we'd need to add in sufficient amount of ghee. Then, we can put in the spices and let it fry for awhile. After that, we can add in the aromatics (garlic,ginger,shallots) and fry them until the color turns slightly brown. And on the other end, if I'm not mistaken la, my grandma taught me to marinade the chicken in garlic and the cream/yoghurt... you can try that if you want to but if you don't want to marinade it, then it's up to you~ :D

2. Then, add in the curry powder and curry leaves in. Let it simmer for awhile and put in the tomato puree, as much as you'd like (taste it just to make sure!). After a few minutes, probably we can add in the chicken slices, and after it is well mixed in the curry, we can add in the potatoes as well. Here is where you could add in a bit more cream/yoghurt, and pinches of salt (try and taste your seasonings, you don't want it to get too salty of tasteless!!)

3. Let the chicken and potatoes cook for awhile (this is where you have to frequently check on 'em) and add in water if it gets dry...

4. When it seems like it's well-cooked, add in the chilli and tomatoes, and let the veggies cook for a few more minutes~ and tadaaa!

...and there you have it.. you're easy to cook chicken curry! :D

you can eat your curry with rice or even... bread! bon a petit!

Home Remedies for MONTHLIES! :D

Firstly, I'd like to describe to you the menstruation problems as I probably had mentioned in the earlier posts... but probably in depth, as I've read a bit more information regarding this matter.

• PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome): the part where I mentioned about the hormonal imbalance which might lead us girls to be nervous, paranoid and easil irritated. At this stage, some of us might be having other problems like insomnia, swelling of the lower body parts and headaches and depressions. These pain will eventually slow down about 24 hours before the menstrual flow starts.
• Dysmenorrhoea: This is what people call the painful menstruation. This is mainly caused by the imbalanced hormones and it may be experienced a few days before the flow, or during the flow itself. <-- I think this must've been what Kakak's been having every month!

So cures that I've found from Home Remedies website includes the usage of herbs that you can easily find at home and the users' suggested diets that you can actually practice at home! Remedy methods include:

1. Parsley Treatment -> by making yourself juices that contains parsley!~ You may include parsley in your beet juice, carrot and cucumber juices. It is adviced that the quantity of each juices to be 75ml. Parsley treatment increases menstruation and helps regularize monthly periods :D Irregularized menstruation causes problems such as the tormenting CRAMPS!
2. Ginger Treatment -> Pound a slice of ginger and boiled in a cup of water for a few minutes. You may sweeten a bit of sugar so that it wouldn't taste so bad (I can't tolerate the ginger taste yet!) And this should be taken thrice daily for the treatment of painful menstruation and menstruation stoppage.
3. Sesame Seeds Treatment -> Take half teaspoon powder of sesame seeds and mix it with hot water to drink. This might help reduce the painful experience for young girls having menses.
4. Papaya Treatment -> Papaya should be taken to help the contractions of muscle fibres in the uterus that might have caused me the period pain.
5. All-Fruit Diet -> By doing this, we may drain-out all the toxic in our body, if we could practice a five-day, three times daily intake of fresh anc juicy fruits. But becareful if excessive weight-loss might occur. To prevent that from happening, it is advisable to include milk after the each of the fruit meals.
6. Balanced Diet -> need I say more? :P
7. Avoid white flour products, sugar, confectionery, tinned or preserved foods, strong tea/coffee
8. Warm-water enema -> During the first five days of an all-fruit diet, the bowels should be cleansed daily with a warm-water enema
9. Avoid cold baths on the time of the flow
10. Avoid smoking, as it may aggravate menstrual disorders :D

TRY LA! It might just work~

Don't Go There!

If you see bright lights... MOVE AWAY FROM IT! ~ you're probably not ready for it yet. Your wrists might be bleeding heavily... but have yout thought deeply about what you are doing?
Every day, as we go through with life, we hastened to see the other parts of it that you've not seen yet. The other possibilities. Why opt death?
SURE your parents have been arguing more than they had always been... some might even end up divorcing, boyfriends and girlfriends come and go, and you could have the chance to run from any problems that you couldn't get out from, but why suicide?
I'll be a hypocrite if I were to tell you that I never felt that way: Suicidal. Sometimes things may get unbearable. I would fee like a total loser. A failure. A big burden to people I care about (I really hate being a burden to them :( ), and yeah I sometimes do feel that I'm not worthy to live if the matter keeps on bugging me, but so far, I've not been trying to hurt myself, let alone attempting to do so. I'd probably have a silent rage inside my thoughts. Then I'd turn to prayers maybe, and after awhile, I'll start having friends to talk about it with me. Friends, please be aware of your buddies' needs at times. They might be overly emotional at times, but you can't blame them if they feel bad about some things that they might've done or whatever it is that've been bothering them badly. Just let them express to you, and advice them to chill down slowly. Patience might help. Be a sport. It might annoy you at times, but you'd probably be saving a life,... we'd never know, right?
And those always feeling this way, please try and give yourself time to think rationally about what you might ruin, after you let go of dear, precious life. Someone's going to get the blame. Parents might be blamed for not taking care of you the right way. That'd be unfair to them. Your ex might be blamed for breaking your heart, but he/she would probably have reasons not to stay, and if he/she hurts you that much, then you should know that he/she is not worthy of your time, or LIFE! Get your acts together, put on a show that you'll never forget. Do better. TRY HARDER and stop making yourself look helpless and useless... and what not. SUICIDE is not the way to do it. HARD WORK and SMART THINKING is.
A friend once asked me what if one has nothing left to live for, that one had lost one's beloved, and the rest are ruined, and troubles are scurring around to get 'one'? My advice was, run away, change one's name and start a new life with a new vision. God gave you life to live it. God presented you life to work it out. Help others,.. help yourself and contribute to the better of mankind. Embrace it with respect and love towards HIM. HE'll call you when HE needs to la!~ And always remember that there are always better things in life that you've not experienced yet.
In a rough manner, I would want to say: STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF ALREADY!

"Someone once told me that grasses are much greener... on the other side..."

NOPE... nowhere near THAT LIGHT!!

xoxo
~nuTt*~

BOOK REVIEW: Dating Game, by Danielle Steel

I seriously could not help but to do a review on this book. It is totally awesome, although I myself, am not done with it yet. LOL.

The first time I saw this book was at the little bookshop in the State Library building, in the secondhand books section. I fell in love with the cover at first sight, yet I was reminded by the proverb: Don't judge the book by its cover....ngeheheh... IT HAD SUCH A CUTE COVER and the title seemed interesting too I thought, so I immediately shoved it off the shelf, along with another book by Sidney Sheldon, and the rest was history! ~ O yea... I paid RM16 for both books actually.. what a bargain, kan?

OK, so the important thing about a book review would have to be the synopsis or the content right? I figured that the book was probably based on the author's own experience. She did mention in the first few pages of the book about her experiences dating after a painful divorce. Did she mention painful? I wouldn't want to go back and check now, lol, but the main character in the book, Paris, a forty-six year old hot lady, was in one, the last time I checked, but so far, she's getting better and better. I guess this is probably what people always describe as the evolving characters? I don't know, I'm not an expert in literature, although I love books... like heaps!

Yeah, so back to Paris' story.. she was in a very happy marriage that stood strong for 24 plus years, alongwith the love of two very supportive children, UNTIL,... after a fateful dinner party she was throwing, her 'perfect' husband suddenly decided to spill to her about his 2 years affair with a younger woman that he was somehow obsessed about, that he had to divorce her. JERK~ kan??? lol. But yeah, with the love and support from her children, friends and shrink, she managed to go through a rather gloomy breakdown and slowly 'grow up' to the real world she never knew existed. She totally got to learn about herself more and she started to do a things she's really good at, besides failed dates that she learnt a bit after that, was actually a tutorial before meeting the right guy, quoted from one of her new BFF, Bixby Mason, who is also her boss. :P But yeah, you've got to read yourself if you want to know more about Paris' adventures! :D I'm so in love with her right now~

Aww... and Darling Zayy!! HOT GUYS~ waaaaarghhh... *faints* nice post there.. especially of Tatum's and Heath's :( I love Heath. And I'm glad that you can join me on this blog.. *hugs* THANK YOU again..