Blardy Pleasure for me!! Arrgghhh!

Make no mistake: high blood pressure is a definite health hazard. It damages arteries in the heart, kidneys, and throughout the body, leading to heart attack, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and other serious health problems. That’s why many doctors recommend aggressive steps for lowering high blood pressure. I was just recently diagnosed with chronic hypertension :-(


As i was reading more on blood pressure targets:
Normal blood pressure is a systolic pressure of less than 120 and a diastolic pressure of less than 80. Systolic pressure (the upper number in a blood pressure reading) refers to pressure in the arteries when the heart beats. Diastolic pressure (the lower number) measures pressure in the arteries between heart beats. Blood pressure between 120/80 and 140/90 is borderline high (prehypertension), while blood pressure above 140/90 defines high blood pressure. These are the numbers that guide when to start and change drugs to lower blood pressure.

Well the above are just good knowledge. Preventive is definitely better than cure..

Principle of Least Interest

A friend of mine is in trouble…

She is terribly in love with her boyfriend but he is less in love with her.

And this sets up a terrible dynamic in their relationship.

Because he doesn’t care as much as she does, he has tremendous power over her. He dictates most of what happens in her life… She willingly submits to this because she wants his love more than he wants hers in return.

And the more she tries to please him, the more of herself she loses to the relationship, and the less happy she becomes because she gets so little in return, so she tries harder to please him.

Of course, from his perspective, things are great. The less he gives, the more she tries to make him happy. What a deal.

The principle of least interest at work: The person who cares the least about a relationship has considerable power over the person who cares the most.

Ironic and sad. I was there.

My exact sentiment now..

Food for Thought

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”

More Twisted GPS ANAL-ORGY

Handphones are coming out with a new new feature which will raise some problems for people in close relationships.

These handphones have GPS tracking technology. With this technology, friends and family members can track each other’s movements on their cell phones.

From a Wall Street Journal article on these spy cells:

The most significant is that cellphone users who sign up can make their whereabouts available only to a network of friend who also buy the service. They can view each others’ location any time, with the provision that users always can temporarily turn off location-tracking.

With this technology, there is no reason to ask a spouse “Are you still at work?” Just check your phone, it will show you where he or she is (or at least where his or her phone is).

I imagine that many spouses will not want to have their every movement tracked for a variety of reasons, including having an affair.

It should be interesting to see how these conversations play out among couples:
I let you track my movements, so why can’t I track yours?
If you don’t have anything to hide, why don’t you turn on your tracking-location feature?

Clearly, for some couples this issue will be a significant source of conflict and game-playing (getting two phones, one for location-tracking, which always forwards calls to your real location).

Twist Turn Stupid GPS!

I am still a bit perplexed, confused and puzzled over something that happened 12 hours ago.. Not sure if I should be believing the updated technology that I downloaded in my iPhone or the human words.. I was waiting for my food delivery and was given the opportunity to track the movement of the delivery up to my doorstep every 1 minute I refresh. Delivery man said he was in Bishan at 0828 as the prayers for anadhah mosque only commence at 0800 ( i doubt the prayer ended that early for him to make his way quickly to CTE) but my tracker stated he was rounding orchard road that good 10-15 mins.. I captured his location in Penang Road at 0831 when he reported his location to be at CTE .. Hmmmmm who or what do I believe!

It could look like it was a small matter to anyone that read this. My delivery was not late but his routing from Bishan to Tampines crossing over Orchard Road and Penang Road was questionable.. At one track at 0815-0820 it even captured Emerald Hill .. WTF!

I am insanely trying to forget what I encountered this morning but I can't as this involves the TRUST management between people that stays in your life for good. When I send him his Penang Road location image, he did not reply or response .. It's still a puzzle to me.

Everything I Drool, I Do it for YOU ...

I am into my 15 weeks of pregnancy and I must say that I am doing pretty well in the appetite and cravings department. I guess in general MAN still do not understand the repercussion of not fulfilling the cravings and wants of a preggy mum. The impact is a double blow as it is not feeding the hunger pang of the little one in the belly thus making it stay hungry and secondly, because of this non fulfillment, it somehow created an environment of anger and sore between the "requester of food and the provider".

Some women will like some interesting concoctions of food such as rice with brown sugar, barbecue sauce with some butter, durian with rice...urrghhh not for me.. that is to each its own. That is enough to make most people want to be sick. However in any pregnancy period, you have different folk with different stroke...I was having McDonalds fish fillet for everyday of last two weeks and now craving for seafood and mango sago dessert.....SADLY I have to get all these food myself or imagine savoring them as my other half has no interest in entertaining my cravings. Wish I could just drive on my own (which of course I could) to satisfy my hunger and not trouble anyone..coz when I do that, reluctantly and being obligated, he has to follow me..which I really think if a forced action :-(

Like today, I wanted to have the Newton kangkong belachan, or the Lagoon Barbeque fish and gong gong but all that will be tasted in my dreams tonight.. I got to admit too that extra sensitive hormones are definitely being produced during these tiring long gestation period...

Sometimes I wish MAN is given a once a lifetime learning and eye and heart opening experience to be pregnant and feel what I go through...the passion of many nights turning to a distraught 9 months period for that mum if she is not handle with extra tender loving care .....and attention and action..