BardicGarlic

17 hours ago, fleaball said:

SPIDER EGG SACS. EVERYWHERE.

 

Bug bomb. (I'm crying inside, but...) Bug bomb everything.

OR... hear me out... OR

 

Raise an army of spiders. Become Mother Arachnida. Conquer the God-abandoned earth with your fearsome powers. 

I did learn about some makeup when my mother went to a workshop when I was a kid. To me it was like paint, so it was fun. 

 

Now men beauty product rises very quickly. And I won't be surprised if one day men have to wear makeup to work too. (I just hope to retire before that.)

On 2/16/2019 at 7:49 PM, WhiteGhost said:

The last night I hardly got any sleep at all because I was being assaulted by mosquitoes. Every time I got close to falling asleep the darn things would come buzzing around my ears.  I finally got to sleep around 4. Then this morning I was woken up because my arms & feet were so itchy.  I have about 30 bites all over, which is a situation I would describe as "less than ideal".  Hopefully tonight will be better.

 

Lemongrass oil helps if you can find one on the market! 

Sunday! A week's reflection!

 

Food

6:00 Black coffee

8:00 Blanched young sprouts salad, rice. (I bought it from a restaurant, and there are so many types of veggies! I noticed young shoots of senna, Turkey berries, string beans, sweet potato shoots, etc, topped with garlic)

10:00 Cape gooseberries

12:00 Fish with Northern Thai chili paste over instant ramen

15:00 Carrot cake

17:00 Yunan rice noodles with pork and Chinese kraut. 

 

Exercise: 6 km running. 

Weekly tracking

 

Five color veggies: good

Highest bench press:80 kg 5x3

Highest squats: 95 kg 5x3

Running: 9 km total

Pull ups/ chin ups: 90 total

Sympathy and reconnection: Not so much. I should be kinder.

Lab manual: Maybe.... 5 hours? I did go to chapter 4. 

Creative writing: 2 hours

Chant of mercy: Every night!

Sunscreen: 6 out of 7 days. 

 

Loki is not super pleased with me, and his anger is vile. 

6 hours ago, Casbin said:

 

I am excited, about what's to come but also slightly worried for myself and about some of the people I'll be leaving behind.

But this needs to happen and it will.

 

One more day ahead, then the adventure starts.

I hope you are well and your challenge goes strongly!

Casbin

 

I wish you the best with the adventure ahead!

1 hour ago, fleaball said:

I just got shit for being afraid of spiders. If anyone needs me I'll be huddled under a blanket in the corner, still hoping I'm adopted.

 

Fear of spiders are the most common fear among humans. I'm sorry that you 'got shit' for expressing that fear. Humans, especially parents, are difficult to understand sometimes.

 

I hope that spider is gone-- and the feelings that make you huddle in the corner have subsided. 

 

I am actually number 1 agent at the spider killing unit in my family (although I secretly love them because I am a sworn enemy with fruit flies, mosquitoes, and baby roaches), but I have this silly fear of height that I got called 'unmanly' and 'childish' for. I know sometimes people hurt you with the best of intentions. But the hurt you feel is still real.  

22 hours ago, NicTheRugger said:

I wish I could give all of your posts a heart-eyes emoji reaction, because that's how I feel when I see all of those yummy food pics.

 

Great workout!!

Thanks Nic! Maybe it's too yummy and that's' why I am... a little too happy. 

 

19 hours ago, scalyfreak said:

 

Earlier this week I was posting in someone else's thread about how difficult it can be for us to remember that it actually is okay to slow down and take it easy with we are sick or injured. It's only a bad habit if it stays with us after the injury/illness has healed.

 

Anything related to the jaw or teeth is horrendous and makes life utterly miserable. Give yourself a break.

Thanks! Yes, a slow pace now and then is good for me, I think. 

On 2/14/2019 at 12:07 AM, scalyfreak said:

and ended up setting a new chest press PR, which made me happy

 

Awesome and congrats. New records always give me the hype!

Saturday (yay)!

 

Food

8:00 Congee with pork, mushrooms, and duck egg

12:00 Grilled pork, young chili paste, and blanched veggies

12:30 Sago jelly with taro and corn in coconut milk

17:00 Iced green tea (no milk, no sugar)

My ancestral Chinese blood probably boil in rage for the idea of an iced matcha, but my indigenous Siamese blood and American cheese in my veins said A-Okay. 

20:00 Tempura salad with Japanese dressing. The fried stuffs are aubergine (I like this new word,) pumpkin, and carrots. (One fry from a kid's plate)

 

Sympathy

I was eating dinner with a friend's family. A professor dad who's struggling with a giant allergy-induced headache. A PhD student mom who is now in charge of everything. And a five year old who is too intelligent (and energetic) for his own parents' good.

I really want a family like theirs one day but at the same time appreciate that I don't have to deal with this yet. 

 

Exercise

5x3 pull ups

5x3 chin ups

5x3 squats at 95 kg

5x3 bench press at 70 kg

40mx3 farmer's walks at 40 kg each

8x3 deltoid raises at 25 lb each

8x3 inclined presses at 35 lb each

8x3 shoulder press at 35 lb each. 

 

And that's the weekend for me!

 

My girlfriend got me a video game for valentines. This makes me less productive today, but I'm a happy camper!

 

 

4 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Stupid brain wasn't smart enough to figure out that I wasn't going to try them THAT NIGHT, but it still worked itself up into a frenzy. 

 

Funny how brains work sometimes!

That's crazy good work out with intense warm up!

 

Mindfulness is a little tough for me too, but you can do it!!

20 hours ago, JessFit said:

The darkness and cold are really getting to me and I feel down and unmotivated.

 

It's bright here and I feel down and unmotivated. Haha. 

We're in this together!

8 minutes ago, Bean Sidhe said:

Seeing this I am doing okay. I seem to stumble the most on exercise, stretches and exercise. I should also get better at the cleaning,but the fuel goal is going well and the life and family I am doing okay.

 

Yes. You are doing great!

On ‎2‎/‎14‎/‎2019 at 7:24 PM, Bean Sidhe said:

Now you see why I asked what color tomatoes. We also tend to do some yellow and orange and pink. We are not allowed Green Tomatoes when ripe since Hubby will never know which tomatoes are ready.

Yes I do! This looks absolutely beautiful!

 

14 hours ago, Butternut said:

 

Beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed!

 

Wednesday

 

Food

6:00 Dark chocolate

8:30 Rice noodle with pork and egg

9:00 Tapioca dumpling in coconut milk

11:00 Vendor pastry

12:00 Rice, garlic pork, brussels sprouts with pork

18:00 Fried chicken, fries

 

Exercise

None

 

I woke up with a horrible ache in my left jaw in the middle of the night. I had to skip work for half a day to go to the doctor. Apparently, I have been chewing ice and grinding my teeth as I work, so my jaw is inflamed.

 

It threw off my schedule and made me feel grumpy all day (hence the sweets and comfort food). I went to bed at around 8 pm and I didn't work out. A bad habit here.

 

 

Thursday

 

Food

6:00 Black coffee

8:00 little fish, boiled egg with fish sauce, vegetable soup

12:00 Pork belly with rice, pickled veggies, boiled veggies

19:30 Pork curry over rice, jicama

20:00 Sticky rice and coconut cake. 

 

Exercise: 

30 chin ups

30 push ups

30 squats

 

I was so ready to work out after working late tonight, but the gym was closed early! So I worked out at home for a bit.

 

I had been feeling tired and disappointed in myself as of late. I feel that I want some rest. Maybe the sickness yesterday helped me relax a little and regain my balance! I should get back on the work out though.  

 

23 minutes ago, Casbin said:

o.O my day just went from great to perfect!

 

So let me sing and dance until the cough stops me and I'll tell you all the good stuff in the evening!

 

This is awesome! I don't know what it is, but I'm glad you're happy. 

Appreciate working on yourself and taking care of the family at the same time. No wonder if you are tired once in a while. 

 

Giving you much mental support!

Quite an intense work out!

Sounds like a good strategies!

Happy belated birthday! I'm sorry to hear about the PTO though. 

15 hours ago, scalyfreak said:

The tomato looks weird in that list.

Haha, yeah, may be that's why it's foreign?

 

13 hours ago, Butternut said:

Your goals are, excuse my french, bad ass! 

 

Love your pictures...  food just makes me happy. 

Thank you. Mine too!... Maybe a little too much. Haha. 

 

12 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

We call those Guangdong (Canton) sausages here.

 

Your mango looks really pale compared to what I am used to

I guess it's off-season mango. That's why, to an on-season one, it's PALE IN COMPARISON!! HA!!

Nah it's actually because it's a variety. There are many varieties of mangoes in Thailand. 

 

Also, good to learn the name of the sausage! We call them 'kunchiang' because... reasons...  

 

6 hours ago, juliebarkley said:

You may only have hit orange and green the first, but the dishes look varied and tasty. Your second day food looks awesome as well.

 

Also, this is objectively a correct and true fact of life.

 

Thank you! And yes... there are many types of sweet dumplings here and I love them all!

 

2 hours ago, Bean Sidhe said:

 

Not going to lie, my first thought is what color tomato is it? Youngest Agent loves growing food of random colors and tomatoes are her favorite. I wonder if black tomatoes would be purple, yellow,  or red...  You could probably make a rainbow out of just those.

True that! I haven't seen a purple tomato, but I can imagine one.

 

44 minutes ago, NicTheRugger said:

Mmm the food looks amazing, as always! 

Thanks, Nic!!

 

Wednesday

 

6:00 Coffee

7:30 Grilled pork and tricolor sauce, rice

12:00 Green noodles, crispy pork, bok choy

12:30 Thai tea plum smoothies

15:00 fruits (not depicted)

19:00 Pork hot pot and veggies, beer

21:00 grapes

 

Workout: none

 

Today we had a small catch up with coworkers. I also email an old friend to catch up (score!)

 

See you later!

7 hours ago, scalyfreak said:

 

Does aubergine/eggplant count as purple?

 

Purple eggplant, yes. This is the first time I have heard of the word aubergine. 
In Thai there is:

 

Plate eggplant (aubergine)

Long eggplant/purple eggpant (Chinese aubergine)
Bunch eggplant (Turkey berry)
Brittle eggplant (Thai egg plant)
Foreign eggplant (Tomato)

The last one is out of the left field, but hey, they are all in Solanaceae, so it's not really a big miss. 

6 minutes ago, Bean Sidhe said:

I love your colors in the challenge theme. Have you thought about what you will be doing for Purple?

 

Thanks! So there is taro, purple sweet potato, black berries (frozen,) grapes, rose apples, red cabbages, and red onions.

 

One of those!

Tuesday

 

Food

6:00 Black coffee

8:30 Sweet Chinese sausage, Hot water spinach curry, fried eggs salad, rice

12:30 Local greens with eggs, banana flowers salad, boiled vegetable with salsa, assorted fermented pork. 

18:00 Miso soup, deep fried pork, cabbage salad, rice, kimchi.

19:00 Mango. 

Colors: Red, green, yellow, white. (all I need is purple and this week is good!)

 

Exercise:

3 km run

 

A friend of mine came over from the US to say hello. We had an awesome time!

 

Liking for Donald Glover.

 

I--I meant-- your challenge. I'm here to support your challenge!

3 hours ago, Bean Sidhe said:

I am hoping if I keep working hard enough, I can do this. I need to do this. Giving up isn't really an option on school. But I so want to be done. I am a bit over the "Weekends are for sitting at my desk studying 14 + hours

You can do this! 

 

(Spoken by a man who spent 25 years in school... and now is still technically in one-- as a professor). 

 

You really can do this!!