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5QF and Saturday Meme’s Feb Edition

February 3, 2012 – 8:31 pm

Last week when we were out in Chinatown I saw this magnificent dragon display. It spanned across the whole street so it was hard to get a shot of the whole dragon. I decided to take a photo of the Dragon head instead. The dragon really looked very awesome and majestic as it was lit up.

1. What have you done recently that you are proud of?

I’ve managed to follow through on all the challenges which I am/have joined- P52 photo challenge, My personal weight lost challenge, Dustin’s 21 days weight lost challenge.

For Day 2 I’ve managed to clock in 35 min of workout and score a total of 56 points.( losing out points for having less then 6 hrs of sleep)
For breakfast I had my usual cereal with low fat milk, udon noodles with chicken and veg for lunch, peanut cookies for snacks and rice with vegetable and fish for dinner.

2. What is your favorite way to work out? Or if you don’t workout, what are you wanting to try?
It would have to be in front of the television. I can’t go to the gym with the baby in tow so the best way is via WII Active sports and Zumba.

3. If you knew you best friend was cheating on spouse would you tell?
Yes certainly!!

4. If you could afford a live-in maid or nanny, would you have one?
Certainly No. I have heard and seen first hand the problems that come with a live-in maid or nanny. It’s not worth the extra worries and problems that come with one.

5. Do you stress out about birthdays (specifically the age) or do you enjoy them?

I don’t really stress out about them.. however they are not as enjoyable as they were when I was a kid.

We’re Off on Holidays to Taiwan

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P52-Shadows and Poetic Winter Challenge- Solitude

February 3, 2012 – 7:49 am

This week I’m combing two different photography challenges P52(Shadows) and Winter Photo Challenge Solitude). I took the shot above around midday. The shadow of the lone plant even though there were two pots of plants on that corridor.

The shadows from Tiger girl’s feet and she trying to get out the lone packet of Pretz which was left in the ziplock bag. The kids love snacking on Pretz and they finish it up pretty fast.

This shot ended up a bit blurry as Tiger girl kept on moving. I wanted to capture her shadowy silhouette but it didn’t turn out as well as expected. She was the only one willing to be on camera as her brothers left to play with their new remote control car with their dad.

What’s your take on shadows in relation to solitude?

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Mom Challenge: Keeping up with the Kids

February 2, 2012 – 8:30 pm

Doggie Boy and Me taken during our trip to Chinatown.

I have been taking pictures with the kids these weeks as part of the P52- Self Potrait photo challenge. I am a mom who is not afraid to get down to the kids level to understand what they are going through. I will happily learn new skills and go all out to practice them if they will enhance my kids and family life. As you see I’m into photography and learning how to capture the kids and their various happy/sad moments for the annual photobook.

This is how I am when we have functions to attend. I’m always the last one to get ready as I have to bathe/feed the 3 kids first before attending to myself. It has been exhausting and I’m finding that my energy reserves are rapidly being depleted everyday. They are really super active energizer bunnies which can go on and on from 7am-11.30pm without naps. In order to up my energy levels I have joined this new weight loss challenge by Dustin which is based on a point system. I have to journal down what I eat and make special effort to exercise daily ( which I should be doing anyway).

On Day 1

Breakfast: Great Grains Cereal

Lunch: Noodles with Egg and a glass of water

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Rice with veg,breaded chicken.

Total points earned for the day:48 out of 105! I need to step up on the exercise thing but it has been difficult with the lack of sleep these few days as girl wakes 3 times a least and leaving me suffering from insomia.