Arrrrgh, I should have backed it as soon as Meghano even mentioned it!!! Now it’s going to be one of those books I really really want but won’t get >_<
Noooo…
Went and had a fun day at the Singapore Art Museum today with colleagues.
Had dinner with Joanna. It was nice meeting up with her and catch up. Yang Le got Thai married. Joanna tried to matchmake(?) me to some guy on her Facebook (hahah, okay, the abs are quite okay lah). Rating guys. Trying out clothes. Walking around. Of dolphins and Sheldon.
Although I’m quite sure I don’t want kids and feel little need to get hitched, I’m not very sure what I would want to do. I’m not sure I can take my cue from the examples around me. All I am sure is that things need to remain interesting and keep me from ennui of the sort that makes death more appealing. But I guess that won’t happen as long as I have my faculties about me and not become disabled in some way.
I seem to be able to grasp better the patterns to my energy level, moods and feelings pegged to the menstrual cycle. Sometimes, it’s such a pain being female. Why can’t I just feel the same way the whole time? And the irony is that the whole point of going through these changes is to be ready for being pregnant which I am NOT going to be if I could help it.
I also read how anorexic girls can make their periods stop altogether because their body fat went down to such low levels. Young girls reach menarche on the achievement of a certain percentage of body fat, the reverse would make sense. However, I like eating too much to try what the anna girls do. On the other hand, if it’s just a matter of eliminating body fat, overexercise can also achieve the same results. Well, either way, it just takes too much effort. Maybe if I had nothing better to do, I would try it.
Otherwise, a relatively easy measure is to take oral contraception which simulates the body in pregnancy. It’s still a pain to have to take everyday though. Hahah… you know what, I just want a damn magic pill and make all of it go away.
Hmm, but no one has done a study on the effects of not having periods have on mood. There’s a lot of symptoms to taking oral contraception (sometimes it’s even worse than being on a menstrual cycle — but varies from person to person) but is there one about people who consciously reduce their body fat in order to avoid menstruation? It would not be ideal to conduct the study on people who have eating disorders, because anorexia and bulimia may cloud the issues. I want to know because if I ever undertake this, I want to know that it actually achieves what I want (ie. having neutral and consistent mood).
But I wonder how possible it is? It would take insane amounts of exercising… on the level of Olympic athletes? And it needs to be maintained because the body likes to store fat for a rainly day, especially for women as our purpose in life is to be baby machines (evolutionarily-speaking). To make possible, it has to revolve an entirely different way of life which I don’t see myself getting into anytime soon.
Then again, I might be insane enough to go extreme adventuring one day. But again, it would be a difficult lifestyle to maintain beyond a few months. Unless the world descends into anarchy and we return to primordial times. Huh, all that to achieve no menses.
Another thing I’m quite sure about myself is that I lack the kind of discipline for world changing. More often than not, I am very content to be where I am and feel little need to change.
I was looking at the Billboard Top 100 and Robin Thicke apparently has another song out, “Sex Therapy”! I really like it, it sounds good. Haha.
Current music nowadays follow a certain beat. Very familiar across many many of them. For me, I do like it as it makes the song very catchy. And as with literature, it’s interesting to explore the variations until it’s entirely exhausted and a new fad takes its place.
I really feel tempted to buy a Nexus One and I check the exchange rates every night on the off chance that one day the S$ will be stronger than the US$ (ahahah, never happening).
I don’t know how to explain I am quite leery because of some trust issues I have. The last time it happened, it wasn’t the most pleasant of experiences so there needs to be some assurance it won’t happen again and threaten to ruin what was a perfectly good thing. Huh. I guess that does it. I guess it’s just a matter of making it known. Hey, maybe I’ve already made it known since some smartypants are so good at figuring stuff out!
When I fall asleep at the keyboard, it’s a signal I need to go sleep.
I’m so dumb for not backing “Coming & Crying”
Arrrrgh, I should have backed it as soon as Meghano even mentioned it!!! Now it’s going to be one of those books I really really want but won’t get >_<
Noooo…
Went and had a fun day at the Singapore Art Museum today with colleagues.
Had dinner with Joanna. It was nice meeting up with her and catch up. Yang Le got Thai married. Joanna tried to matchmake(?) me to some guy on her Facebook (hahah, okay, the abs are quite okay lah). Rating guys. Trying out clothes. Walking around. Of dolphins and Sheldon.
Although I’m quite sure I don’t want kids and feel little need to get hitched, I’m not very sure what I would want to do. I’m not sure I can take my cue from the examples around me. All I am sure is that things need to remain interesting and keep me from ennui of the sort that makes death more appealing. But I guess that won’t happen as long as I have my faculties about me and not become disabled in some way.
I seem to be able to grasp better the patterns to my energy level, moods and feelings pegged to the menstrual cycle. Sometimes, it’s such a pain being female. Why can’t I just feel the same way the whole time? And the irony is that the whole point of going through these changes is to be ready for being pregnant which I am NOT going to be if I could help it.
I also read how anorexic girls can make their periods stop altogether because their body fat went down to such low levels. Young girls reach menarche on the achievement of a certain percentage of body fat, the reverse would make sense. However, I like eating too much to try what the anna girls do. On the other hand, if it’s just a matter of eliminating body fat, overexercise can also achieve the same results. Well, either way, it just takes too much effort. Maybe if I had nothing better to do, I would try it.
Otherwise, a relatively easy measure is to take oral contraception which simulates the body in pregnancy. It’s still a pain to have to take everyday though. Hahah… you know what, I just want a damn magic pill and make all of it go away.
Hmm, but no one has done a study on the effects of not having periods have on mood. There’s a lot of symptoms to taking oral contraception (sometimes it’s even worse than being on a menstrual cycle — but varies from person to person) but is there one about people who consciously reduce their body fat in order to avoid menstruation? It would not be ideal to conduct the study on people who have eating disorders, because anorexia and bulimia may cloud the issues. I want to know because if I ever undertake this, I want to know that it actually achieves what I want (ie. having neutral and consistent mood).
But I wonder how possible it is? It would take insane amounts of exercising… on the level of Olympic athletes? And it needs to be maintained because the body likes to store fat for a rainly day, especially for women as our purpose in life is to be baby machines (evolutionarily-speaking). To make possible, it has to revolve an entirely different way of life which I don’t see myself getting into anytime soon.
Then again, I might be insane enough to go extreme adventuring one day. But again, it would be a difficult lifestyle to maintain beyond a few months. Unless the world descends into anarchy and we return to primordial times. Huh, all that to achieve no menses.
Another thing I’m quite sure about myself is that I lack the kind of discipline for world changing. More often than not, I am very content to be where I am and feel little need to change.
I was looking at the Billboard Top 100 and Robin Thicke apparently has another song out, “Sex Therapy”! I really like it, it sounds good. Haha.
Current music nowadays follow a certain beat. Very familiar across many many of them. For me, I do like it as it makes the song very catchy. And as with literature, it’s interesting to explore the variations until it’s entirely exhausted and a new fad takes its place.
I really feel tempted to buy a Nexus One and I check the exchange rates every night on the off chance that one day the S$ will be stronger than the US$ (ahahah, never happening).
I don’t know how to explain I am quite leery because of some trust issues I have. The last time it happened, it wasn’t the most pleasant of experiences so there needs to be some assurance it won’t happen again and threaten to ruin what was a perfectly good thing. Huh. I guess that does it. I guess it’s just a matter of making it known. Hey, maybe I’ve already made it known since some smartypants are so good at figuring stuff out!
When I fall asleep at the keyboard, it’s a signal I need to go sleep.
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