INSIGHT CRIZ

I HAVE BEEN EATING TOO MUCH!

Written by crizlai on Oct 25th, 2008 | Filed under: diet, exercise, food, health, life, lifestyle, rant, stress, tips

Wow! I have been feasting on all the wonderful food around that I had totally ignored my weight gain. How could anyone suppress the temptation of great food served on the table? The worst case was that I had been sitting and eating all day long without even pushing myself to the gym to burn some fat off my ever expanding body size.

Suddenly, I remembered what my cardiologist friend told me earlier, “If one day you stood up straight and look down for your toe lines and could not find them, it’s time for you to lose some weight as there would be a silent killer hidden inside you that would strike you anytime when you least expect it.”

Gosh! Does that mean that I would be struck with a heart attack if I did not watch my diet carefully and shred those wobbling belly of mine? Argh! This is hell to me as the Good CART (Cocaine Amphetamine Regulatory Transcript) and Evil NPY (Neuropetide-Y) are fighting in my brains now trying to conquer my food intake. I love eating and diet means refusing my ever yearning appetite for good food but then I also should not ignore the advice of my doctor friend. Somebody please get me a bottle of appetite suppressant now before I finished off that large bucket of yummy butter caramel coated popcorn of mine!

Note: Cocaine Amphetamine Regulatory Transcript (CART) is the brain signals for you stop eating and increase metabolism while Neuropetide-Y (NPY) is a stress hormone that decreases metabolism and increase appetites, as stress tends to do

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WHY DO COUPLES QUARREL?

Written by crizlai on Oct 22nd, 2008 | Filed under: emotion, family, living, marriage

There are just hundreds of reasons why we were in the quarrelling mode at times and would not look deeply into the main core of the reasons and seek solutions. Let us discuss on two of the more prominent reasons that would destruct a married life.

MONEY

“Money is the root of evil”. That’s what we have known ever since we were born into this world. But is it true when it involves in relationship? Let’s see some of the scenarios. Do you combine your total earnings into one general account for the household expenditure or do you have separate accounts? Some might even consider both. What would yours be?

It may work fine at the initial stage of a marriage to have joint account to push the “family as one” off the ground. After years of marriage, things might not be as pleasant anymore. There would be disputes about how much the other would spent on their personal usage and how much the other truly contributed towards the family expenditure.

There ought to be some agreements at the initial stage of each marriage. Ideally, it would be better to have two accounts for each individual. One would be the joint account and the other would be the personal account. Both must agree to set certain amount or percentage of their income into their joint account while leaving some for their personal usage. This might just work well if only both agree to do so without being calculative on how much the other person is earning.

There are cases where A is earning X amount while B is earning just 40% of X amount. Quarrels would spark when B is in need of funds while A is still holding on to the “extras” for his or her own usage. As I have mentioned earlier, there SHOULD BE AN AGREEMENT at the initial stage. IF A has the “extras”, he or she should put that into the “buffer” account in case there are any unforeseen emergencies in the case of B. After all, they are always sacrifices for the better of any relationship

EMOTIONS AND NEEDS

“It takes two hands to make a clap”. Well, it does in a relationship. Humans are social animals as they would always need love, company, attention, fulfillment of their needs and so on. If two were to lie down together, they keep both warm, but if one decide to stay at one side of the bed, how could both have warmth? This scenario happened in many broken down marriages.

Marriage life is a two way communication process in order to maintain a harmonious relationship. There is no such thing as a one-way love although it may happen in a certain stage of a relationship. Sooner or later, the party would be burnt out. Romantic spirit should always be there. Everyone would like to love and be loved. Even a little flirtation between spouses would make the relationship more interesting. No one would like a monotonous marriage where both are doing their personal things without any communication all the time. Would you?

In some cases, marriage life ended up as companionship rather than as husband and wife. One party would be so busy with the business that coming home would be just for the sake of having a company in bed. One might just want to have some surprise fun but the other would just give excuses for being exhausted. As time pass by, the lack of tenderness, fulfillment of needs and participation of a fairy-tale marriage would just seep away slowly but surely.

Would you want to fill your dreams by being selfish in your own wants and starve the needs of the other in a relationship? Just ask yourself truthfully what have you been doing in your married life? Are you still a lover or have you merely turned yourself into a breaker?

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THE DUMB BLONDES AND THEIR TESTIMONIES

Written by crizlai on Oct 20th, 2008 | Filed under: humor, jokes, rant

It has been such a long time ever since I cracked a joke in here. Maybe I should just share a joke I have heard from a friend few years back. It was a joke on how the 3 blondes gave their testimonies on a murder suspect. Upon arriving at the police station to give their testimonies, they were shown a mug shot of the suspect for 20 seconds. They were then asked to describe how the murderer looked like at the crime scene.

“Well, he has only one ear,” said the first blonde. “Is this the first time you see a profile shot lady?” asked the policeman. “Yes and he looks kind of cute with one earring too,” answered the first blonde with a smile. “Never mind, I will come back to you shortly,” replied the policeman. He then asked the second blonde the same question. “He has only one squinted eye,” she replied. The policeman immediately stood up and shouted at them, “What’s wrong with all of you? Don’t you know that you are seeing only a side profile photo?” He then looked at the third blonde and said, “You better think carefully before giving me another stupid answer!”

The third blonde thought for a moment and told the policeman, “He was wearing contact lenses for sure.” The policeman was stunned and stared at the photo for a long time. He could not be sure and went to check into the database. Sure enough the suspect was wearing contact lenses when he took the photo. He curiously asked the third blonde, “How did you figure out he was wearing contact lenses when none of the experts here could figure that out?” This time, the blonde stood up and yelled at the policeman, “I thought you guys are smart enough to solve crime cases. Isn’t it obvious that with one ear and one eye, it would not be possible for him to wear glasses?”

Everyone in the precinct almost fainted with that reply. Won’t you?

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HAVING YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Written by crizlai on Oct 20th, 2008 | Filed under: business, opportunty, rant

As my friend was saying, working for someone could sometimes be very frustrating. All the time he has to listen to commands and has no mind of his own. He was thinking of quitting his job but then how would he survive without a stable income? Although his job designation was rather easy but it had become so routine that he is beginning to feel real bored. He wanted more life in his job than to follow that so-called one way communication the company was running its business.

He thought of setting up his own home business but was quite indecisive on what type of businesses he could venture into. There were just too many options. Should he venture into the information technology sector which he has some paper qualifications in? It might just go back to the same boring routine again.

He loves to eat and try out many different types of food. What would his choice be, having to choose from amongst Asian, Western, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Bulgarian, German, and Swiss cuisines? There are again so many varieties around the market place. He is getting really confused on what would be his ideal choice now.

Jumping into any business would be easy. It is just the fear of not getting any responses that is scaring him off. He will need an experience person to guide him. Who should that be then?

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PAMPERING YOUR CHILDREN WITH GREAT BEDROOMS

Written by crizlai on Oct 20th, 2008 | Filed under: bedroom, children, home, living, rant

The days of painting the bedrooms colorful with basic interior decorations no longer would amuse the children of today. With all the easy access channels such as the Disney Channel, Nickelodean and Cartoon Network, the children of today rather link their bedrooms to their favorite characters. What would you do as the parents of the modern generations? Would you spend thousands of dollars to renovate their bedrooms for the sake of love or would you just make do with your available resources to spruce up their bedrooms?

As for me, I would choose the latter as it would save up a large amount during this present economy downturn. All you need to do is to spruce up the place with a new coat of paint or wallpaper, preferably as how your child’s cartoon character colors would look like. With a little bit more of creativity, you would be able to turn their bedrooms into another Disneyland.

For instance, if your child is into Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, you might want to blend in yellow wallpaper with some orange furniture and some easy to make frames on the wall. It would not cost much too by getting all those items. So, put on your thinking cap now and start creating something that your child would like to have.

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