Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 29th Edition
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hmmz i thought rhonda was married or is my memory failing me again?Originally posted by Rhonda:
Well, I can't imagine the Singaporean guys saying something like that.
Or for that matter, any Asian guys saying that!
I've come to realise that men here judge women based on personality and size really isn't the make-or-break issue with most of them. They aren't so shallow, neither do they pay lip-service only to professing that size doesn't matter but when you really get to know them, you realise it DOES matter afterall.
Today, I was oogling at one of the male patients. He had the size and physique that, in my books, is considered 'perfect'!
*sighz... stars in eyes... Shoulders just broad enough to lean on, an armspan wide enough to totally encase you in a hug, torso and girth big enough to be manly but not too grossly big, a good height of at least 1.8m, strong-looking legs... AAaaaaaahhhhhh... don't wake me up, PLEASE, don't wake me up!!!
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When I see smokers, I cannot help seeing in my mind's eye, those yucky diseased lungs we saw in our Anatomy Practical classes.
The lungs removed from cadavars of smokers really looked darn horrible compared to the 'healthy' non-smokers' lungs! -
I suppose it depends on the reason why people want to lose weight. It can be for appearance reason or health reason. If people want to lose weight for health reason, smoking is not going to make them healthier. They may either die of heart disease (being too fat) or lung cancer (smoke too much). However, it looks like people usually want to lose weight to improve their physical appearance and not for health reason.Originally posted by hisoka:interestingly weight was also the excuse tare gave for not giving up smoking
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Well, as I said before, you'll never catch me lighting a ciggie....
I've got allergic rhinitis. Normal household dust is enough to trigger a sneezing fit. -
smoking prevents pneumonia
pneumonia is liquid getting into the lungs...
smoking is putting tar in your lungs.. tar waterproofs things... therefore smoking waterproofs the lungs, preventing pneumonia
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nay i'm sayign that cos thats what she saidOriginally posted by the Bear:you're just saying that because you WANT to be beaten up by her for some weirdo reason -
strangely, the cigarette smoke may actually numb all the nerves which cause rhinitis, causing you to become numb to the dustOriginally posted by fudgester:Well, as I said before, you'll never catch me lighting a ciggie....
I've got allergic rhinitis. Normal household dust is enough to trigger a sneezing fit. -
so lets get the treatment for fudgy startedOriginally posted by the Bear:strangely, the cigarette smoke may actually numb all the nerves which cause rhinitis, causing you to become numb to the dust -
Actually, not all slim people look healthy. I think size really doesn't equate with one's health status.Originally posted by honeymouse:I suppose it depends on the reason why people want to lose weight. It can be for appearance reason or health reason. If people want to lose weight for health reason, smoking is not going to make them healthier. They may either die of heart disease (being too fat) or lung cancer (smoke too much). However, it looks like people usually want to lose weight to improve their physical appearance and not for health reason.
One of my ex-bf's was a school swimmer from ACS, but he was pudgy. But oh man, put that guy in a pair of Speedos and release him in the pool and oh, man, what a merman, with his aquatic speed! -
Ha ha.... you shouldn't have to feel that way. I am more than happy to show you more places whenever there's an opportunity to do so.Originally posted by Rhonda:I was so stressed out the past two outings, cause I was embarrassed you guys had to wait for me! I thought, "Die! Next time she won't bring me out liao!"
Uphill some more! Uphill!! NExt time choose somewhere flat, can or not? On flat ground I can walk, but not uphill!! 
Unfortunately there are many places in Victoria are uphills. Just remember to get yourself a good pair of runners.
I love walking. My hubby and I used to do a lot of bushwalking... quite fun. I have been catching the train in this week and I have been using the stairwell instead of escalator when coming out of the train. Good exercise for me. I need it. -
i don't think i'm helping
in other news, my right shoulder is killing me
i think i was swinging my arm around trying to stretch out when something gave way.. i think i pulled a muscle or something
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I know a girl who is all skin and bones she looks like a skeleton and she tells me that she is on this new diet coz she is fat......
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Smoke and chemical fumes have the effect of triggering a sneezing fit as well.Originally posted by the Bear:strangely, the cigarette smoke may actually numb all the nerves which cause rhinitis, causing you to become numb to the dust
I spent four years at Gan Eng Seng School, which was right next to the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.
Needless to say I had a pretty unpleasant time there due to the diesel fumes and smoke. -
honeymouse, I just feel really paiseh having you guys wait for me, that's all. If I can get myself a nice, patient, easy-going Aussie bloke with a car who drives me out for bushwalks and can wait for slow-paced me, I'll be happy.
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start calling her Karen (Carpenter) and keep offering her a sandwich..Originally posted by elindra:I know a girl who is all skin and bones she looks like a skeleton and she tells me that she is on this new diet coz she is fat......
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*comes back with fresh, minty colgate breathe ....
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i don't think you actually grasped the concept of "bushwalk"Originally posted by Rhonda:honeymouse, I just feel really paiseh having you guys wait for me, that's all. If I can get myself a nice, patient, easy-going Aussie bloke with a car who drives me out for bushwalks and can wait for slow-paced me, I'll be happy.
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Seen too many of such cases myself.Originally posted by elindra:I know a girl who is all skin and bones she looks like a skeleton and she tells me that she is on this new diet coz she is fat......
Let's face it; the media is propagating an unhealthy stereotype of what the ideal figure should be like. -
That's a sympton for eating disorder.... not good!Originally posted by elindra:I know a girl who is all skin and bones she looks like a skeleton and she tells me that she is on this new diet coz she is fat...... -
its not walking on the bushes so you can trample and kill them?Originally posted by the Bear:i don't think you actually grasped the concept of "bushwalk" -
btw, some headcase model died not long ago.. she was surviving on a few lettuce leaves and diet coke for months..
i think she died of malnutrition which brought about a heart attack...
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Read about thisOriginally posted by the Bear:btw, some headcase model died not long ago.. she was surviving on a few lettuce leaves and diet coke for months..
i think she died of malnutrition which brought about a heart attack...
maybe it is darwinism at work..
Her sister died a few months before her too due to the same causes -
Hmm... a few days ago in the tearoom, a few of us nurses were discussing about the recent spate of deaths from anorexia in the modelling world. It just ain't worth it!Originally posted by elindra:I know a girl who is all skin and bones she looks like a skeleton and she tells me that she is on this new diet coz she is fat...... Starving yourself to death when it isn't famine!
I think it was on the TV or in the newspapers or science mags where I read that when the anorexics start starving themselves, the body's store of fat gets depleted, and then the muscles get broken down to provide the needed energy and the brain tissues also gradually gets targetted to provide energy. The brain therefore undergoes some form of 'damage' which leaves anorexic sufferers unable to understand and grasp the concept that they are too skinny. Sometimes, it's not that they won't reverse the cycle... it's that they've gone way too far to reverse it. Cognitively, they just cannot differentiate anymore. And this downward spiral only stops when the anorexic breathes her last... -
Her sister died a few weeks later, also of anorexia.Originally posted by the Bear:btw, some headcase model died not long ago.. she was surviving on a few lettuce leaves and diet coke for months..
i think she died of malnutrition which brought about a heart attack...
maybe it is darwinism at work.. -
On the bright side of things, they are starting to bar stick-thin models from fashion shows.Originally posted by the Bear:btw, some headcase model died not long ago.. she was surviving on a few lettuce leaves and diet coke for months..
i think she died of malnutrition which brought about a heart attack...
maybe it is darwinism at work..
The modelling industry seriously needs a wake-up call. I know a female friend of mine who was a part-time model. She was under constant pressure to lose weight even though she was in the normal range.
She ended up being an exercise freak who would spend hours at end at a California Fitness gym and became bulimic - she would binge on large amounts of food at a go and throw up the whole thing.
She finally had the good sense to leave the modelling industry and seek help for her eating problems. She now eats regular, moderate meals.