weighty issues... not

ok, so i'm back home in sg. =) yes yes, everyone is commenting on my chubbier cheeks and general weight gain. but hey, only a couple of kilos mah... and i like to think that after my miles and miles of nz tramping, some of that weight must be due to muscles and not all just fats right? (remember muscles are heavier than fats.)

Quotable quotes from various pple:

my hairstylist: "so u know why i can't cut your fringe to be too short...??" complete with an evil wink. (cuz a longer fringe can frame and therefore slim my face down...)

my colleague: "well, i don't know if your feet are swollen or fat lah, but it's bigger lah." [clarification - swollen lah. really. see previous entries for reason.]

my sister: "do u feel more cramped in a foodcourt now??"

so, am I just trying to laugh things off? Well, i think i'm more assured of myself than to do that. i won't deny that sometimes i get paranoid about the whole thing. but when i take a step back and look at things in perspective, hey, i am not even anywhere near an unhealthy weight. my bmi is right smack in the healthy range. i exercise 2-3 times a week and eat tonnes of fruits n vege. and best of all, for once in my life, i'm not anaemic anymore. Yes!! previously i had to eat meat and liver the night or meal before I even try to donate blood and even then, half the time my haemoglobin level would fall short of the minimum level (12.0) and I'd be refused as a donor. but guess what? when i went to donate on wed, even after i only ate popiah for lunch and bread for breakfast... my haemoglobin level was 14.4! 14.4 leh! wah. that's super high lor. my blood pressure which is usually on the low side is finally in the normal range too. i'm pleased as pudding regarding my haemoglobin level above all, because being slightly anaemic all the time is not fun. always feel like fainting when i'm standing too long, or feel dizzy when i get up from sitting/squatting down.

psalm 139:14 says that i am fearfully and wonderfully made by God. King david praises God - "Your works are wonderful, I know that full well." i am immensely thankful that i know for sure that as a wonderful creation of God, i don't need to find my assurance and confidence in being as skinnythin and of a certain body shape as what society and media would have me believe. this body is not my own, but is a temple of my living God. my job is to keep my body healthy.

well, admittedly i haven't kept my skin and feet in the best of health the past months (feet, overused. skin, overly sun-tanned at times) and i'm humbly trying to make amends for that now... heehee. but other than that, hey, i thank God for my [improved] health man!! =)

p/s. Enjoy the new song i put up. i found it so apt after seeing God's awesome creation in nz! praise God.