After being told I'm all cleared for the recent health assessment, doctor has suggested to me to start taking folic acid supplements.
just so that i don't overdose myself in the future, here's to pen down what i've found out so far:
Facts about Folic Acid
Folic acid, a B-vitamin, is necessary for proper cell growth and development of the embryo. Folic acid in a vitamin supplement, when taken one month before conception and throughout the first trimester, has been proven to reduce the risk for a Neural Tube Defect (NTD)-affected pregnancy by 50 to 70 percent.
When to eat it
Women need to get enough folic acid every day throughout their reproductive years. To prevent NTDs, a woman must take folic acid daily at least one month before she conceives and continue taking it through the first trimester.
How much is enough
Under normal circumstances, at least 400 micrograms (0.4 miligram) daily.
Larger amount i.e. 4000 micrograms (4 miligram) may be required for women who have had NTD-affected pregnancy.
Over-consumption?
Even in very high amounts, folic acid is nontoxic. Nevertheless, with the exception of women who have had a prior Neural Tube Defect (NTD)-affected pregnancy, it is recommended that women consume no more than 1,000 micrograms (1mg) of synthetic folic acid a day.
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Beliefs
31 July 2012
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." ~ Stuart Chase
"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it." ~ Gautama Siddharta
欲言又止
24 July 2012
Labels:
thoughts
常常在FACEBOOK上看到其他人在抱怨。
是也怨, 不是也怨...
不過想想看，能杷憋在心裡的話發洩出來也好。
我偶爾會抱怨一下不過不太會放在FACEBOOK上。
頂多跟比較要好的朋友或我家的何桑嘮叨一下也就算了。
不過越是令自己難過的事, 其實我越說不出口.
坦白說，是連提都不想提。
逃避吧？不提就不會去想。
不想雖然不會因此讓問題解決不過.... 我就是不想面對就是了。
看到好友在線上，腦袋里浮出憋在心裡的話卻又欲言又止。
如果能嚎啕大哭的話還可以安撫一下心情。
但我也只能發呆。腦袋里一片空白。
即使眼淚流不停，卻連哭泣的聲音也發不出來。
好想去旅遊。既然想逃避那我想逃到國外去~
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A hole opened up yesterday and swallowed me alive.
I found myself digging at the walls of the hole wanting to get out.
Echoes of voices flooded in and I was not able to keep them out.
They whispered into my ears against my will, of truths I do not wish to find out.
The ugly faces of selfishness revealed themselves to me and I wished I could not see.
Give me wings now so that I can take flight.
是也怨, 不是也怨...
不過想想看，能杷憋在心裡的話發洩出來也好。
我偶爾會抱怨一下不過不太會放在FACEBOOK上。
頂多跟比較要好的朋友或我家的何桑嘮叨一下也就算了。
不過越是令自己難過的事, 其實我越說不出口.
坦白說，是連提都不想提。
逃避吧？不提就不會去想。
不想雖然不會因此讓問題解決不過.... 我就是不想面對就是了。
看到好友在線上，腦袋里浮出憋在心裡的話卻又欲言又止。
如果能嚎啕大哭的話還可以安撫一下心情。
但我也只能發呆。腦袋里一片空白。
即使眼淚流不停，卻連哭泣的聲音也發不出來。
好想去旅遊。既然想逃避那我想逃到國外去~
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A hole opened up yesterday and swallowed me alive.
I found myself digging at the walls of the hole wanting to get out.
Echoes of voices flooded in and I was not able to keep them out.
They whispered into my ears against my will, of truths I do not wish to find out.
The ugly faces of selfishness revealed themselves to me and I wished I could not see.
Give me wings now so that I can take flight.
ONE OK ROCK CONCERT
05 July 2012
Labels:
friends,
one ok rock,
special occasions,
thoughts
Sanoへ：
今まで、私はONE OK ROCKのライブを見るのは想像以外と思っています。でも君のおかげで、私はONE OK ROCKのコンサートを知ってた、そして見に行きました。あの夜は最高でした。人生で大切な思い出のひとつになりました。自分がとても好きなバンドのパフォーマンスを見られる、心から感謝します。仲間と一緒にこの体験を共にできるのは...良かったね～
マリアより。
今まで、私はONE OK ROCKのライブを見るのは想像以外と思っています。でも君のおかげで、私はONE OK ROCKのコンサートを知ってた、そして見に行きました。あの夜は最高でした。人生で大切な思い出のひとつになりました。自分がとても好きなバンドのパフォーマンスを見られる、心から感謝します。仲間と一緒にこの体験を共にできるのは...良かったね～
マリアより。
Unprepared
26 June 2012
Labels:
thoughts
At first, I blame it on my own sensitivity. I think too much and read too deeply into things and was picking up the wrong signals too easily. As a result, it led me into a state of self-doubt and unhappiness. It made the ugly side of me come to surface where negative emotions are becoming a constant state of mind. This state of mind gets triggered by everything possible, no matter how little. It's as though invisible landmines are all around me or to get stuck in some old well that's full of snakes. All my effort seems futile and all action seems to become personal (personal attack?) and it affected my mood.
I have spent months trying to resolve this unhappiness. I thought hard, I dwelled upon it, I got frustrated over it, I tried to rationalise to make sense of it all. It worked for a while but it's inching back a little every once in awhile.
I launched a series of self-blame... (or at least that's what my husband observed)... on myself wondering what I've done wrong or could've done better. In a way, I found new methods and improved but the root to the problem has yet to be solved.
Yes it's true that one could not possible solve everything and when that happens, we learn to let go.
However, I get chest pains lately. Mild ones. The fact that it happens only when specific incidents agitate me makes it worrying. My negative energy has evolved from emotional discomfort into physical ones and this is a bad sign.
It's like a scene from some bad korean drama where mother-in-laws pound their chest furiously after their kids pissed them off.
Today, I conclude I am allergic to selfishness. Not just any kind of selfishness since I am not a saint and have such bad habits as well. I'm refering to the kind where another would unconsciously/consciously unload their negative emotions on you when it's no fault of yours and the receiving end gets confused. Worse off, to find out only in the end that the issue does not lie with us. Sensitive soul like me, our heart breaks easily even if we have a strong front. Especially from people whom I've allowed into my circle of friendship. I can be very patient and have the tendency to think for others. This attribute would sometimes put me in a very disadvantageous position. However, if undesirable traits of others are overt, I guess the damage is less since it's 'expected of'' and I would've developed a mentality to counter this. I am prepared for it. However, undesirable traits masked under the preface of good ones that reveals its tails only occasionally and if one pays enough attention is like consuming poison that that kills slowly.
I have spent months trying to resolve this unhappiness. I thought hard, I dwelled upon it, I got frustrated over it, I tried to rationalise to make sense of it all. It worked for a while but it's inching back a little every once in awhile.
I launched a series of self-blame... (or at least that's what my husband observed)... on myself wondering what I've done wrong or could've done better. In a way, I found new methods and improved but the root to the problem has yet to be solved.
Yes it's true that one could not possible solve everything and when that happens, we learn to let go.
However, I get chest pains lately. Mild ones. The fact that it happens only when specific incidents agitate me makes it worrying. My negative energy has evolved from emotional discomfort into physical ones and this is a bad sign.
It's like a scene from some bad korean drama where mother-in-laws pound their chest furiously after their kids pissed them off.
Today, I conclude I am allergic to selfishness. Not just any kind of selfishness since I am not a saint and have such bad habits as well. I'm refering to the kind where another would unconsciously/consciously unload their negative emotions on you when it's no fault of yours and the receiving end gets confused. Worse off, to find out only in the end that the issue does not lie with us. Sensitive soul like me, our heart breaks easily even if we have a strong front. Especially from people whom I've allowed into my circle of friendship. I can be very patient and have the tendency to think for others. This attribute would sometimes put me in a very disadvantageous position. However, if undesirable traits of others are overt, I guess the damage is less since it's 'expected of'' and I would've developed a mentality to counter this. I am prepared for it. However, undesirable traits masked under the preface of good ones that reveals its tails only occasionally and if one pays enough attention is like consuming poison that that kills slowly.
看漫画
31 March 2012
Labels:
comic,
manga/anime,
thoughts
以前看漫画，同样一本漫画起码可以看三次吧？
第一次阅读，吸取的是漫画里节奏和各个角色的情感。
第二次翻查，慢慢阅读每一个文字，让自己把看漏了的通通吸取。
第三次翻阅，让我从温认识到的故事。
不知道什么时候开始不这么做了。最近漫画只读一次。记得的话就多看一次。也不是因为对看漫画的喜爱减少了。所以是为什么呢？以前书包里一定会有一两本漫画，坐也看，走也看。现在有空记得了才看。
什么时候开始我不知不觉地忘了放下平时的包袱，让自己陶醉在嗜好里？
me & my perfectionist streak
23 February 2012
Labels:
handmade items,
thoughts
Started work on a new crochet project on Sunday after I purchased the yarn from the store I frequent in Chinatown.
It's a Japanese pattern for a sweet baby cardigan which I'm working on for Minhung's newborn daughter.
Worked on it relentlessly for the subsequent days and I must admit, it's fun but quite tiring. In fact, I think it's more tiring than knitting the sweater a few years ago for Min Hung's eldest daughter. However, as I crochet along, there is this growing frustration inside me. The thought of "something is not right" and "I'm doing something wrong" was nagging at me constantly. I call it my creative gut feel. Lo and behold! My gut feel was right. I was making mistakes that surfaced as I worked on the last few rows of the first pattern. A lot of "Argh! I should've done it this way!" surfaced and a lot of "It could've have been better" was swimming around in my head.
I've worked ahead quite far in this pattern but I know it is heading towards doom and I know I could finish the cardigan anyhow but... it will not be perfect. It would not have bugged me if I know I tried and perhaps failed. It would definitely kill me if I knew what's wrong and did not go back and correct it when I had the chance and end up with a B grade work. So on the fourth day of my project.... I ribbed it.
I pulled the yarn and pattern apart to undo every thing to restart from scratch.
The result was instantly gratifying. I felt relieved and happy to re-do the pattern. I must be insane.
On the night I re-worked the pattern, the result was clear. It was a good decision and I could see the pattern better now with better workmanship. Now, I must refrain from working on the pattern with a distracted mind or to "steal time" to work on it as it will lead to careless mistakes.
Cross my fingers and all my toes that this baby sweater will turn out right because it's just so darn pretty!
I will chart my progress with photos below.
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It's a Japanese pattern for a sweet baby cardigan which I'm working on for Minhung's newborn daughter.
Worked on it relentlessly for the subsequent days and I must admit, it's fun but quite tiring. In fact, I think it's more tiring than knitting the sweater a few years ago for Min Hung's eldest daughter. However, as I crochet along, there is this growing frustration inside me. The thought of "something is not right" and "I'm doing something wrong" was nagging at me constantly. I call it my creative gut feel. Lo and behold! My gut feel was right. I was making mistakes that surfaced as I worked on the last few rows of the first pattern. A lot of "Argh! I should've done it this way!" surfaced and a lot of "It could've have been better" was swimming around in my head.
I've worked ahead quite far in this pattern but I know it is heading towards doom and I know I could finish the cardigan anyhow but... it will not be perfect. It would not have bugged me if I know I tried and perhaps failed. It would definitely kill me if I knew what's wrong and did not go back and correct it when I had the chance and end up with a B grade work. So on the fourth day of my project.... I ribbed it.
I pulled the yarn and pattern apart to undo every thing to restart from scratch.
The result was instantly gratifying. I felt relieved and happy to re-do the pattern. I must be insane.
On the night I re-worked the pattern, the result was clear. It was a good decision and I could see the pattern better now with better workmanship. Now, I must refrain from working on the pattern with a distracted mind or to "steal time" to work on it as it will lead to careless mistakes.
Cross my fingers and all my toes that this baby sweater will turn out right because it's just so darn pretty!
I will chart my progress with photos below.
Update 25 Feb 2012
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Update 18 Mar 2012
Update 4 Apr 2012
Final
《宫锁心玉》中四阿哥写给晴川的情书《见或不见》
10 January 2012
Found this from the internet and decided to pen it down before it gets lost. This is a nicely written 'love letter' except it's really just a message from the heart delivered but cannot be returned so all it could do is walk down the lonely hallway of the sender's empty heart.
你见 或者不见我
我就在那里
不悲不喜
你念 或者不念我
情就在那里
不来不去
你爱 或者不爱我
爱就在那里
不增不减
你跟 或者不跟我
我的手就在你手里
不舍不弃
来我的怀里
或者
让我住进你的心里
默然 相爱
寂静 欢喜
你见 或者不见我
我就在那里
不悲不喜
你念 或者不念我
情就在那里
不来不去
你爱 或者不爱我
爱就在那里
不增不减
你跟 或者不跟我
我的手就在你手里
不舍不弃
来我的怀里
或者
让我住进你的心里
默然 相爱
寂静 欢喜
