Back from a hiatus from blogging and cooking...

I am taking a hiatus from both blogging and cooking for quite some time already. Been very busy last two months- quit my job and went back working for my previous employer. Nothing particular interesting happened except the petrol price increase which will significantly impacted the life style of many Malaysian- which I already started to feel the pinch~ ouch!

Now that I have settled down with my new "old" company, I hope I have time to resume my favorite activites-cooking! haha...

Knowing your root: Deformity in my toenail.

I am a Chinese, a Malaysian Chinese.

If you are born in America, you are known as an ABC - American Born Chinese, but do you really know which ethnic group you belong to?

92% of the population of China is Han, which roughly translated to more than 1 billion Han. Han Chinese has ruled over China for thousand of years, but the last dynasty that ruled china was not Han, but a minority group, the Manchu.

The Manchu rule was over. Now, we have communist.

There are 53 other minority ethnic groups in China. I belong to the Han ethnic group. Which ethnic groups you belong to?

Someone once told me that you can tell if you are a Han Chinese by looking at the fifth toenail at your either left or right foot. It was said that only Han Chinese toenail has an extra toenail growth (that additional nail that grow out). It is some genetic flaw of the Han Chinese or something.

Don't believe me? If you are a Chinese, look at your fifth toenail now. Surprise?

Doesn't everybody have it?

Ask around; ask your Indian friends, your Caucasian friends, your African friends. If you are not Chinese, but you have that extra toenail, you should check your family tree, you might have Han blood.

Usually I will post a photo, but I acknowledge that i haven't got the prettiest foot around, I post my Ms-Paint drawing instead. But if you have a nice foot that you wanted to be on my blog, send it to me via email and I will post it :)

Staying Young

When we were small, we always pretend to be adult. We put on our father’s jacket when he’s not around. We mimic the way he talks. We went “hehem..hehem..” as if your throat is always blocked and we have to constantly clear it.

Now that I have become an adult, I realized that staying young has nothing to do with your actual age. It is how you live it. Here are my rules of staying young:

• Be fit, exercise – make it a habit to go to gym at least once a week. I was 78kg when I was in my fattest stage in my life. My blood pressure was in the borderline of being unhealthy. I felt like 10 years older than my actual age and I actually look older. Now that I have exercise regularly, my health is in superb condition and (sometime) I look younger than my age :) haha

Are you overweight? Calculate your BMI.
BMI = WEIGHT (kg) /HEiGHT2 (m2)
BMI Categories: Underweight = <18.5 weight =" 18.5-24.9" overweight =" 25-29.9" obesity =" BMI">

• Eat sensibly - As you aged, your body metabolism rate goes down, your body no longer burn fat as fast as it used to be. Do you realize how easy it is for you to put on weight now than when you were 18? As we grow older, everything has become slower. Adults move less, adults don’t jump around.

Less Movement = Less Fat Burned = More food turn into FAT = so eat sensibly

Fat Brad, anyone?

• Stay hip – look around, see what’s the most popular guy is wearing. Turn on E! Channel, see how the beautiful people dress.




Be healthy and fit, not freaky!

• Drink water – Drink a lot of water! 7 glass a day.
  
• Go Green – I mean, eat your veggie and fruits.