Ow my back...

HINT: Don't sleep in front of computers. Though I'm sure the hint was something that need not be iterated, but I figured, I should spread the word again anyway.

My back. Is sore. In between the unhealthiness, the occasional lifting of stuff at work, the sitting in front of the computer and finally SLEEPING in front of the computer in an awkward position (I guess we can throw in age in this list), I now have problems that are not supposed to be with me til I'm in my 70s (least I hope it will be that long til I have this problem).

I went to a massage parlour to see if they can relax the muscles a bit. Oh my gosh, it was heavenly. $40 for half an hour having the top half of your body massaged... including arms and head! I had a temple massage, oh it was SO good. But that didn't fix the problem and was finally told to go to the doctors. Doctor prescribed me Norflax (not sure if that's how you spell it) which helps with muscle spasms and pains. He believes that it was a posture problem from staying in the same position for hours on end, and something about my nerves latched onto my spinal discs or something which is what is causing the immense pain I'm having when I twist a certain angle or apply pressure to it. He also mentions that if the pain persists by the end of this weekend and hasn't gotten any better, then I'll have to sign up for physiotherapy which I'm really not looking forward to a that's coming out of my pocket (however, I could charge ACC).

I think they main point of the main reason as to why my back is sore is because... well, let's face it. I'm am definitely at my most unhealthy point in my life. Do I exercise? No, though I do walk a lot. I would like to think I'm cardiovascularly healthy as I can beat my sister in terms of length when we go jogging, but I definitely know I'm not physically fit. So, time for a change.

Behold, my motivation pictures taken 4-5 years ago when I was at my most healthy point in life both cardio and physical:

Oh how nice it would have been to be young again. *cough cough*

NO MORE LAZY ELYSE... Goal is to go back to a size 8/10/12 BEFORE graduation (assuming I pass my papers this semester).

Gastroenteritis

Interesting choice of topic you might say. Well, if you've been following me on twitter (which not a lot of you are, I believe), then you will know I have the serious case of the 'tummy bug' also known as Gastroenteritis. How do I know it's this for sure? If you look at the Symptoms and Signs section, I HAVE ALL OF THEM. I can honestly say that this has been the worst sickness I've had so far (though the upside is I'm probably losing heaps of weight from all the throwing up).

My muscles on my neck hurts, my stomach is just not settling as how I want it to, and I've been bed ridden all day so to all of you who know me, you'll know it's hell for me. What's worst is that last night and the whole of yesterday, I've been nowhere but home and ate the same food as the rest of the other family, and I'm the only one who got sick (life isn't fair *emo*).

So ... enough of the whining. I'm going back to bed... THIS SUCKS!

Napier and FTA

I don't really update my blog as much anymore lately. That's mainly because of uni work that piles up. Well, it doesn't really pile up. It's my habit of procrastinating too much. Surprisingly enough, I don't do that at work though. Perhaps if I see university as more of work it might be different, and who am I kidding but myself.

For this weekend, I went down to Napier to visit some good friends of mine. They moved down there at the beginning of the year. The flattest place I've ever driven on, that's for sure. They have what they call a 'surf beach' with only a 1 foot swell (or less) much to my disappointment, but I did enjoy my time there. Wine tasting, cheese tasting... tasted the BEST coffee I've ever had in my entire life, which even surpasses Sierra down at Lorne Street and they make my favourite coffee. Here's where it starts to sound silly (and I hope to god it won't be). It's organic coffee. Every Sunday, they have what they call a Farmer's Market. It's quite small, just a bunch of farmers and some other food vendors having their stalls up and they sell whatever food knick knacks they have. One of them happened to be a coffee stand and of course it was in the morning, I needed my 2nd kick, you might say. Tried it, and it was heaven in a cup. Only then did I realize they won some kind of NZ Gold Coffee competition thing. If only I remembered what the name of the coffee was. All I can remember is that it was organic.

Also went wine tasting. Went to a winery called Craggy Range. Breathtaking site. The mansion was HUGE, and at the front of the mansion was a lake and blah blah blah, I'm not very good at describing things so I might as well post photos.






















Now... I've been meaning to make a long speel about this issue. I'm sure the country is divided. Some people may be for it, some people may be against it. I am in the latter and this issue involves the FTA with China. Yes, big deal, the Chinese are taking over blah blah blah what else is new (no offense to all Chinese out there, I am also part Chinese). Finally something Helen Clark and John Keys finally agreed on which made me doubt their capacity for thinking. Yes, I am no expert in economics, and yes I know there are issues I would have overlooked but from what I can see at the moment, we are a very tiny country taking on one of the richest and the largest (not just in land mass) country in the world. Yes, it's great because now things will be cheaper and other businesses here will have the opportunity to flourish into a global conglomerate yadda yadda yadda if they know how to grasp the opportunity by the balls *achem*. I'm babbling. My main point is... they're going to suck us dry. In comparison to how much China will be getting from us to how much we will be getting from China (also considering the amount of Chinese imports), they're going to suck us dry. Just look at the population ratio. Yes, I am against it. You would think that because my father has a business that relies on Chinese imported goods, we'd be for it. No. Don't get me started with the Tibetan monks. Trade and politics just... don't seem to go together in this issue.

SIDENOTE: I was having my oath taking last week (yes, I'm now officially a Kiwi citizen). It overwhelmed me the amount of Chinese taking part in the oath taking in comparison to other cultures.

However, please do not mistake this entry as a flaming hating entry against the Chinese people.

Jekar Moments of the Week

This will be part of my blog. Jekar, one of my university friends... well, to put it bluntly and not trying to insult certain people out there... SHE'S AN ASIAN BLONDE. But she studies harder than me.

She has these certain... lines... that comes out of her mouth that just elicites so much joy. It's a ritual. So I have decided to have... JEKAR MOMENTS OF THE WEEK!

So for this week... we have... the following:

JUST TODAY

After having a small chat with Sammy aka Sennheiser Man, everybody started asking why we started giving him that nickname. Reason being that, during Tamaki times in our course, we always see him with Sennheiser headphones around his neck. She also explicitly told Amy about those headphones.

JEKAR: "What are Sennheisers?"

Sammy jumps up in the air looking incredulous and amazed at the same time. We all laugh. A lot. For a long time. 2 hours later after clicking..

JEKAR: "Aww... those things!"

(sidenote: Sammy just showed her a picture of the headphones... and she coyly gave it a thumbs up)

04-Apr-08

The Vodafone Prank

Me and Amy decided to pull a prank on Jekar. I have to say, it was Amy's decision, as she was the trusted handler of the device namely her mobile phone.

We decided to pull the 'Vodafone Prank' on her, where I change the my name on her phonebook to 'Vodafone'. the SMS Messages went like this:

VODAFONE: Congratulations! You have won a Nokia E65 for our luckly monthly draw. For more info txt bak or visit www.vodafone.co.nz for our terms n conditions
JEKAR'S REPLY: INFO
VODAFONE: Congratulations! We will need the following information. Are you over 18? Txt bak YES or NO
JEKAR'S REPLY: Yes
VODAFONE: Do you have sexual relations or intend to have one with mexico?

At which point she screams outside Lab 04, then comes into Lab 04...more swearing and screaming.. at which point this girl walks out of the labs. More screaming, and pouting.

Ah yes. This being namely Jekar is something where you have to expect the unexpected. On another sidenote, another one of her famous quotes would be: "You sell food at your restaurant?!" AND "Is Vancouver in Fiji?"

Please be aware that she is also a very nice person with an obsession for shoes

The first entry... EVER

Blogging is the new 'in' thing, right? I figured I'd start my own, thought I'm not really sure why. I don't have a lot of exciting things to say in my life, but let's just start with the boring and monotonous areas in my life.

I still go to uni to though this is my last semester (assumingIdon'tfailanything). The course I take is BBIM. For more info, search it on Google New Zealand. I play the guitar. Am I a techno-geek? I hate that term. I prefer geek. Yes, I have geeky ways (at least it's broader). So... those are probably what I'd call relevant things in my life. Irrelevance are things such as my place of zen being the beach and I like body boarding though I suck at it and I love camping.

I am ... slowly... oh so slowly and non-impulsively... getting into hip hop dancing, though I can't dance properly... not sure whether I should put a 'yet' after it. Hmm... I have yet to enrol in a class though I have been seahrching around YouTube for ip hop choreographies... but I am in the middle of filling out an enrolment form for a hip hop class at Ponsonby. I appreciate all sorts of dancing actually... except crunking... krunking? Kuh-runking? Whatever. I don't see any beauty in the whole slapping the chest and stomping the ground unless they come up with ways that make it look good. Not a big fan of salsa either. That's about it.

Right. This blog will mainly contain updates on the craziness my friends get up to, links to some problems I would encounter on some softwares, articles that I find interesting, the very grief that is my life (emo emo emo). Oh. I hate skinny jeans. And I know the logic and flow of this first entry just doesn't make ANY sense but I really can't be bothered re-writing. So I hope you enjoyed the illogicality that is my mind. Adios!