cant wait!

cant wait  for sex and the city 2 to hit the cinemas! i absolutely love it!

fashion, love and friendship all rolled into one. what more can i ask for? just what i need after a long day at work. 

the ultimate sexy body?

i remember being really skinny when i was growing up. i never really had any curves and not very tall. i consider myself petite. 

then puberty happened and i developed my curves. my waist is very small and my thighs are quite large, making it a challenge when it comes to buying pants or jeans. it seems to me that all the pants and jeans makers in the world have conspired against women like me to make it so difficult to find a good, reliable pair. usually, if it fits me around the hips and booty, it will be too loose at the waist cos my waist too small. and a pair that fits my waist wouldnt even go up my hips! such is the bane of my body shape. 

this has made me wonder what the world considers to be the ideal body today. looking back, there was a time when Marilyn Monroe's curvaceous body was considered sexy. she had the boobs, hips and the butt that i suspect would not fit into many of today's fashionwear. 

how did we get from this to the skinny models who grace the catwalk these days. granted, the fashion industry  is slowly changing in its demand for overly skinny models but even so, the majority still favour tall, lanky women. 

i think that this, along with other factors, have caused girls and women these days develop an unhealthy relationship with their own bodies. slimming centers, pills, creams, diets, even plastic surgery are doing a booming business because of this.

there is nothing wrong with wanting to be slim but we as women should realise just when it starts becoming unhealthy. 

i have now come to accept my body for its imperfections and to love the good bits! i have never really been very comfortable in my own skin as a teenager and i realize that i am growing to be more comfortable with my body. in a way, i am glad for my curves and i will learn to embrace it. my motto now is to be fit and healthy, rather than to be skinny and lose weight. i'd rather focus on losing body fat and building muscles than to be skinny. instead of looking at paris hilton or kate moss, i'd rather have Jennifer Lopez's body anyday.

redang kalong resort - may 2010

every time i see a picture of clear blue water and white sands, i think of pulau redang. this is my second trip to this beautiful island.

my first was two years ago and my friends and i stayed in redang beach resort over in pantai pasir panjang or long beach.

this time, my friend and i stayed in redang kalong resort which is located telok kalong. upon arrival, it hit me how quiet the beach seemed.  worried that we would be bored out of our skulls, i was  immediately glad i had my super thick marian keys novel. since two of the three resorts on this beach closed down, redang kalong has a private beach.

upon check-in, i found the rooms surprisingly clean and my one criteria for a clean toilet was fulfilled. the pillows are so fluffy-i think they are new! i hate pillows that are flatter than my stomach.

the food was okay, nothing spectacular but good enough for me, a picky eater. service was good and most of the staff are pretty friendly and our problems with the safe in our room was quickly attended to.

the snorkeling trips did not disappoint. although i was a bit apprehensive at first, since i cant swim, but i found it hard not to enjoy myself since i was surrounded by a million colourful fishes and corals.

if you are expecting the staff or beach boy to take you around the sea and not have to swim on your own, you will be disappointed as there was only one beach boy in the water with the group at all times. so, we were pretty much left on our own the whole time though he did show us the giant garoupa at the marine park and he did show me a baby shark and a rather large angelfish which seemed to have a love affair with the rope hanging from our boat.

if you are expecting a night life, you will be sorely disappointed as there is none. if you want that, then please stay on Pasir Panjang. if you are there to just chill and relax, then this is the place to be. i indeed found many quiet moments to mull over my own thoughts. it is so quiet that the owner, A.B Lee, told us that a turtle nested on their beach last year.

in the afternoons, baby sharks would swim right up to the beach in front of the resort waiting for their snacks as the staff fed them with fresh fish. i shall put up the video later, so stay tuned to this blog.

needless to say, i am in love with redang kalong resort and its beach. now that i have stayed here, i do not think i will ever return to stay on pasir panjang.