Saturday, February 28, 2009

Back on Track


Definitely back on track. I just enrolled to Las Vegas Athletic Club as a member. I tried to look a fitness center near at my place but could not find any. Every time I passed by to the highway of 95, I always see LVAC. I knew that I will end up going to that gym. I saw their enrollment fee for only $5! Hellz Yeah! Only five bucks, I bought my sister to enroll me to that gym though 13~15mins drive from my place.

I just started my workout today, at 11:00pm I think. $5 for enrollment fee, and $22/month, and it will depend on what your program or package they are offering, I signed up for the basic one, which is all by yourself workout, and I even got a two 1week free guest pass. I even got my LVAC card right away (just like a licence driver). Right after that, I started my workout. Did ran 2miles, Abs, dumbbell flyes, shoulders, pull ups, etc. for 2½ hours I believed.

I was kind of disappointed for only using the 10~30lbs range of weights, and as well for my low stamina at the moment. Hoping I can get back my lost strength and gain more as time goes by.
It was quite a difference having to go to the gym, and having to use Bowflex at our place.

LVAC has a lot to offer. They have these free trainings like KickBoxing, Pilates, Body Pump, Aquatic Aerobics (I wonder what that thing does) and a lot more (not aware at the moment and to lazy to put all) They have an oval/running track which you can run of course, but indoor at second floor. I haven't notice any equipments that I am looking for, I only used dumbbells for bench press replacement.

There's also a dry and wet sauna, I haven't gone there yet too. I'll definitely going there when I go back. I did my work out and head to the locker room, I need to buy a lock, iPod Classic armband at least, and need to find my gloves. After that, I went to take a shower, they only have like 8 stalls and no curtains, you'll be facing the other cubicle naked hah. Really nice having a warm shower after that workout. I need to upgrade my membership for 2 more dollars. It includes towel usage for the whole month. sweet.

I checked my weight, woot! 121.8lbs, on the manual weighing scale like the ones in the hospitals.

Your Current Weight: 121 lbs
Current BMI: 19.53
Ideal BMI Range: 18.5~25.9

almost underweight, yeah and I noticed at the full body mirror that my body doesn't look that bad. better then the ones in the gym. heh.

Now need to track my workout program.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Street Fighter 4


Damn, I just saw the new street fighter 4, fucking ownage. Now made me wanna buy PS3. but nahh.. wishlist muna.

Street Fighter 4 Wikipedia

Here's the vid.

Six to Zero


Nagsimula akong mag gym nung ako ay nasa Pilipinas pa, it was last October of 2007 I believe.
Sinimulan ko munang magpataba nun, dahil alam kong mas mabilis maging muscle or mas madaling ma tone ang katawan mo pag mataba ka. Ang timbang ko nun ay nasa 135~140lbs pa ata.

Unang araw ko sa gym, andun si Jane, siya nag aya sa akin mag gym, pero nuon pa man ay binalak ko na talaga, wala lang akong kakilala at nahihiya pa ako nun, suplado ako nun. Ako ang taong di unang gagawa ng move or small talk para makipagkilala. Buti nalang at andun nga si Jane. Nag enroll ako sa kalapit bayan namin dahil walang fitness center dun sa bayan namin, tinanong ako ng instructor kung anong mga balak ko, at ang goal ko nun eh maging tone man lang ang katawan at mawala ang tiyan. Desidido talaga ako nung una pa man, kaya naman ang pinagawa sa akin ay ang abs workout, crunches muna, dun sa ab roller ba. Makalipas ang ilang repetitions ay pinag bench press naman ako, mga dumbbell flyes, at kung ano ano pa, para sa akin, sobra sobra ata ginawa ko nung araw na yun.

Pero bago yun, mag stretching daw muna ako para di sumakit ang katawan. Pero di epektib, sumakit pa din katawan ko kinabukasan. May pasok din ako nun kinabukasan, pag gising ko, hindi ako makabangon, talaga namang tinamaan ng kalabaw. Para akong nagsaka ng isang buong palayan sa loob ng isang araw. Lahat ng parte ng katawan ko ay masakit, gustohin ko mang uminom ng pain reliever para kahit papaano ay maibsan ang aking nararamdamang sakit. Pero di pwede, kailangang tiisin, mararamdaman mo ang sakit. Hubarin mo man ang suot mong damit ay talagang hindi mo magagawa. Kahit gustohin mong sabunin ang katawan mo, masakit parin.

Kaya nung pumasok ako sa school nun. Ang sarap ng pakiramdam, alam mong nagawa mo ang unang step para sa goal mo sa iyong katawan. Tinuloy tuloy ko ang pag punta sa gym kahit masakit ang katawan, hanggang sa masanay at pabigat ng pabigat ang ginagawa. Pati sa pagkain ay sinimulan kong kontrolin ang sarili ko, masakit man nuon na i give up ang kanin dahil nakasanayan na pero para din sa sarili eh natutunan kong kahit minsan eh half rice or no rice. kaya mabilis din nakatulong sa pag babago. Pati ang klima, sa sobrang init ng panahon nakakatulong sa mabilis na pagpapawis.

Pag dating ko sa US, after 3 months kong pag gi gym eh nabakante ako, nuong una pa diet nalang muna dahil wala talagang gym, meron kaso walang nagpupunta sa mga pinsan ko nun kaya di naging madali, hanggang sa lumipas ang araw at lumobo nanaman ako, bumalik ang dati kong katawan, from size 29w naging 32w nanaman, pati timbang bumalik sa dati. Nag gym din kami mga July ata ako, nag enroll sa fitness center, ako ang taga yaya nila pag punta dun, mas maganda may kasama para mas madali ang mga goals na ma achieve. Natuto din ako mag basketball ng pakaunti, masarap ang pakiramdam, talaga lang hinihingal ako nun. Meron din kaming tennis nun every weekend, sa sobrang sarap gumagaling kami every week.

Natigil ulit iyon.

Kaya simula nung nakalipat ako sa Vegas, nag simula akong mag diet, bumili si whiteboi ng Bowflex, eh manong na manong, kaya nakapag adjust din ako sa pagkain, no rice na ulit. Every other day ay nag wowork out ako, ang hirap lang, hindi ako pinapawisan, pero kahit papaano meron nangyayari.

Buti nalang nakahanap din ako ng trabaho, sa trabaho ko, nakakalibre ako ng lakad, sa loob ng 5 oras ay naglalakad ako sa trabaho, paikot ikot lang, pati lugar ng work ko ay walking distance lang din kaya naman isa pa yun sa work out sa legs (sa tingin ko). Kalapit ang grocery store, nakakabili din ako ng mga pagkain.

Diet ulit, dito iba naman, Cereals sa umaga, Wheat bread sandwich pag nagutom, Salad sa hapunan or pati sa work. Marami ang nahihirapan, o hindi kumakain ng salad, minsan nasa dressing, kaya paiba iba ako ng dressing, minsan Buttermilk, Ranch, at Olive Vinaigrette. Meron din mga ulam, buti at nag tatrabaho si Happy sa Resto, kahit papaano ay nakaka kain din ako ng mga ulam.

Week 1Mahirap. Pero kailangan. Inabot hanggang Week 4, Pero ang sumunod na linggo, pag uwi ko ng Santa Maria, nag wowork out na din mga pinsan ko sa bahay, pero gamit ay P90x, sinubukan ko, dahil nga lazy week after ng 4th week. May weighing scale sila, dahil di ko na alam ang timbang ko simula nung mag diet/workout ako, kinuha ko ang weight ko, from 135/145 bumalik ako sa 122.2lbs, natuwa naman ako kahit papaano eh may nangyari.

Sinubukan ko ang P90x. Mano mano ang work out, walang tigil, ang masama, kumain ako ng hapunan mga around 11pm, right after, sinalpak ni daddy d ang p90x, wala akong nagawa kundi gawin ang workout. Isang oras ang workout, susundan mo ang gagawin ng trainer sa dvd. Pinag Push ups ako, Pull ups, Flyes, mga resistance. Parang Military Training, pero sa tingin ko basic palang yun.
Nagawa ko naman. Pagkatapos, sila naman, nag yoga, dahil sa sobrang sore nila, Yoga naman ang pangtanggal, kaya ako nakisali ulit after nung workout ko. 1hour and 32 mins ang yoga. Tinigilan namin after an hour.

Kinabukasan, masakit ulit. Pero nakatulong ang yoga. Apat na araw na masakit ang katawan ko, parang day 1 ng gym ko sa pinas. Pero miss mo yung feeling nun.

Kaya ngayon. Week 6 ko na back to Week 1. Underweight ako, kahit papaano eh makakakain ako kahit kanin, brown rice nga lang. Pero kahit anong kainin ko okay lang sa ngayon, kailangan lang i maintain. kaya puro binge lang.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Nars to Nurse, well, RN.




I just got home from a comedy show in Tropicana, at LV, NV, at the strip, I thought I needed a good laugh at least. I am so tired that I hate that I am doing my other coworker's job, and she gets paid well. After 5 seconds from getting off to work, they picked me up and went to the strip right away just to watch that boring comedy show, in my opinion, Pinoy Comics are still the best.

Going back, I got home, again hehe, made some chocolate milkshake and ate a '1 lang' whitecastle cheeseburger, put my laptop on the table, all set, checked my friendster, and saw Ross's and Budet's thanking bulletin post, and I knew it right away what happened. I immediately googled prc board passers and yeah, this one made me laugh but not just it, happy for my friends knowing their sacrifices and hard works on all they have been through, I feel you guys, and now made me jealous haha well a bit at least, I always thinks of the reason why I am here in US too though, so no regrets, kuya donis's advice or saying makes me happy too.

Sorry, here are the list of my friends that passed the said examination. I still need to update this, only few I know who passed.

1. Agcaoili, Hasmin (you can call her Donya -banyag ko haha- or simply ate jam kung close kayo)
2. Capalad, Maria Theresa (There - How's spa?)
3. Francisco, Marie Rose (Maru - ihanda ang lechon! at alak na rin!)
4. Gatlabayan, Bernadette (Budet - now you can sleep well! miss my ex-classmates hehe)
5. Nicolabo, Ross Ferdinand (Ross - oi! ano na punta na dito't mag shopping na hehe)
6. Nieva, Maria Cristina (Thina - nice! as expected din)
7. Perez, Mark Jason (Mark - muntik ko na makalimutan name mo haha, what's next? after passing)
8. Martinez, Francis (Chiz - lol, mtf congratz! asan na dalawang kumag?)

Kayo na maglagay ng RN. sa name nila.

I feel terribad for I forgot most of my classmates surname (alam ko lang first name at the moment)

I guess good luck now that you guys got what you wanted, for now I think hehe, sempre NCLEX next?

I am still looking forward to go home now, ngayong meron manlilibre.
Pag uwi ko libre na cases ko ha? I'm planning to go back soon, pero hirap mag ipon for now, hopefully one of you guys will work sa hospital na pag du dutihan ko hehe.

All thanks to HIM, for all the blessings that we are having! Wish you guys all the best!

-choi

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Start!



Woot. I got hooked by my cousin's into blogging. pretty gey imo. Not really into blogs and stuff. Starting now, but I must keep this on my mind to update this page every now and then. I might not be good in writing nor grammar and even spelling, so heads up, I'm terribad in such.

If some of my readers (I'm assuming more are reading) likes my post or at least. Then it'll make me want to update this more often and write more. I Must post to related issues we current have at the moment. Focus. I have a lot of things going inside my head. I just don't know where to begin.

I'll just introduce myself perhaps, I'm a Filipino, born and raised in the P.I. and currently staying here in USA, in Las Vegas Nevada. I work at a retail store, at the moment and still looking for other job that will make me earn enough to go back home and finish my study. It is really hard to find a job especially when you don't have enough experience that you have to sell yourself in order to the employer just to get hired. I kind of got used to live here in US, pretty much same when I was in P.I., I always stay in the house, playing/surfing with my computer. So yeah, gamer, surfer, anything goes under tech. I might say that my parents goes out a lot than me.

It's way different living outside the country, but I do adjust or adapt quickly with my environment. Only different or most of the difference are 1. Climate, there are four seasons here, and even got to see snow outside our condo unit. It was pretty cool, good thing it didn't last long, I don't want to clear the driveway everytime, 2. Always cold, I have to wear 2 clothes at least just to make my body in normal body heat range., 3. You get want you want, just make sure you have a job to keep it up. hehe. 4. People, they do greet you even if you don't know them, I was like ''okay", back in P.I., you don't say '" 'hey', 'wazzup', 'how's it going'" and some stuff like that. Well I think that's just for me.

I am frustrated with a lot of stuff, like having at least a good camera (even a bad one) for not owning one hehe, now that I'm here in US, I am still looking forward to go to a place where it snows, just for snowboarding or skiing, or to skydive or surf. Too many bud, might post different experiences with that hoping at least to get one. Frustrated with sports and fitness, sometimes I wished I went to school here just to know different kind of sports and feeling the hallways and locker on the hallways, I am only seeing 'em in the movies or tv series'. Fitness for I went here weighing 135lbs of muscle and some fats hehe. And now I 'was' overweight and now underweight and now maintaining my weight at least, (last time I checked I was 123lbs.) at least I can eat whatever I want now, but staying healthy in my ways. (I'll try to make another post for it)

It's 4:16am and I usually go to bed at this time. Looking for my iPod. I always sleep listening to music.

So I guess It's a start..

Need to fix still my site and if you do know how to improve mine with layouts, please, I do need help with it.