saturday nite ugh!

Hari ini hari puasa ke 22. *kenapa gue jadi ngitungin terus yaa?*#sindrommaulebaran
Eng, hari ini mestinya gue masuk sekolah. Eits, tenang, sekolah gue sebenernya sabtu libur kok. Tapi betapa naasnya malang nasib gue, punya guru agama rese, fanatik, memaksa kehendak, amit-amiiiit enggak ketulungan.
Walhasil, minggu terakhir di sekolah sebelum lebaran extend sampe sabtu. najis!
Tapi gue keukeuh enggak masuk.
So, kerjaan gue setelah saur adalah tidur. Bangun jam 10, terus tidur lagi sampe jam 2. Yey!

Dan terpaksa gue mesti bangun dan mandi. Soalnya gue mesti dateng ke acara buka puasa bersama di sekolah tercacat itu. haha. jahat banget gue ngehina sekolah sendiri?
Mestinya dan mestinya gue sampe sekolah jam setengah lima, lalu dengerin acara menjelang berbuka, solat magrib bersama, lalu buka puasa bersama di kelas, lalu solat isya dan tarawih bersama, lalu lanjut sotr. Tapiii... gue enggak menaati semuanya!
Yup! Hanya hmmm satu yg gue taati, ya itu buka bersama di kelas., hahahahahha. malasnya!hieks.

Sampe sekolah jam 5, dan gue langsung bergabung dengan Adya, ngendok di kelas sambil memperhatikan lapangan yang sudah ramai dengan para murid yang rajin. haha.
Penampilan nasyid dan marawis yang sangaaaaat biasa. Maksudnya biasa di tampilkan, jadi bosen. huh!
Enggak lama intan gabung, lalu gevi juga gabung. Dan hasrat males solat berpepes-pepesan di lapangan sempit itu makin memuai. Bangga? hmm mungkin tidak.


Akhirnya formasi AFC (Adryan Fans Club) lengkap, dan kompak semuanya ngendok di kelas.
Sampe akhirnya adzan berkumandang, dan enggak lama suara guru agama yang super duper nyebelin amit-amit itu menggelegar. Naas.
"Tidak ada siswa yang dikelas. Smeua turun kebawah. Kelapangan sekarang juga!"
Enggak pake nanggung-nanggung, gue sama gevi ngibrit ke bawah. Dan maksa jejel jejelan di lautan orang.
Katanya ada pengumuman penting. Setelah dinanti selama beberapa menit yang terasa sangat panjang, dan Pak Darmadi maju ke depan.
Setelah berpanjang lebar, ternyata pengumumannya soal libur -__-' dan pengumuman itu seantero sekolah juga udah tau. Please deh!
KALO CUMA GITU DOANG, ENGGAK MESTI SEGITU LEBAYNYA KALI NYURUH SEMUA ORANG TURUN KELAPANGAN JEMPET-JEMPETAN, SETAN!
*gue emosi banget sama guru agama gue itu!*


Laluuu, pas selesai buka puasa bareng sekelas, dan beres-beres.
Pak Soleh, guru geografi yang iseng tapi tersayang itu masuk, dan ngajak ngobrol. Uuuh perhatian banget!
Terutama gue dan gevi. Ditanya sotr ikut ga, naik apa, makan apa. Huaaaah, udah baik banget, ganteng, meleleh langsung!
Dan status facebook cepat terupdate dengan "Pak Soleh we <3 you" (gue gevi dan septia samaan statusnya)
weeeets, jangan sirik ya! haha.


Jam 8, anak-anak yang lain sibuk siap-siap sotr, berhubung gue enggak ikut karena besok pagi mesti mulai shooting film dokumenter gue, jadi gue mutusin pulang.
Pas udah setengah jalan, gue baru inget, kalo temen-temen SMP gue juga ngadain buka puasa bersama.
So meluncurlah gue kesana.
Sampai disana melambaikan tangan dan memejeng senyum super bahagia, "hai hai hai, halooo!"
Terus dilanjutkan dengan aksi cipika cipiki, plus peluk hangat. Kangeeeeeeeeeen! mmuaah!



Ah udah ah, masih kangen, sooo mau peluk2 dan cium2 sana sini dulu yaaa. Hueeeeeks najisnya.


Oh iya, i'm so happy, karena LIBUR telah tiba! yippiey!

Mudik!! (cant wait)

Mudik?

Gak tahan lagi pengeen mudiikkkk!!! ^^

I miss my Indonesia so much! Dengan smua hal menarik yang ada di dalamnya, delicious food, friendly people, dan kebiasaan2 unik di bulan Ramadhan! Its different from here, Malaysia...

Apalagi Palopo! Kangen banget ma Palopo... :)

Kangeenn Kangeeenn!

Pengen tarawehan bareng teman2 lagi, terus sholat subuh bareng dan pulang dari mesjid kita pergi liat sunset di pelabuhan! I miss that thing you knoowww.

Belum lagi makanannya yang enak, apalagi kalo buka puasa bisa makan es buah buatannya mamaji (nama panggilan buat nenek). Enak deh. Makan malam masakan ibu! Terus abis taraweh biasanya makan Indomie lagi. Haha (rakus bgt yakk?) :p

Kalo malam takbiran, biasanya kita di depan rumah main petasan rame2 ama sepupu yang juga mudik. Pokoknya asiiik. Sambil bantu2 jagain butiknya ibu yang super duper rame kalo lagi malam takbiran (bayangin gak jam 2 malam ada ibu2 mau beliin baju kok buat semuanya! ya ampun. hhaha)

Besoknya lebaran rame2 sholat pake baju baru n foto2 ma keluarga. Aduh mau dooonkkkk... Kangggeenn...

Hal2 itu semua yang bikin aku kangen ma Palopo...

Dan beberapa hari lagi mau mudik, tapi tetap gak tahan nungguin mau mudik!!!! 

I hope so :)

Food Stamps for Pounds!

A 14-year nationwide study shows the U.S. Food Stamp Program may help contribute to obesity among its users. The average BMI of a Food Stamp participant was found to be 1.15 points higher than nonusers. Specifically, women's BMI rose with food stamp usage, while men's did not [1].

People's BMI's increased faster when they were on food stamps than when they were not, and also increased the longer they participated in the Food Stamp Program. While the Food Stamp Program is intended to increase food security and combat hunger, there may be unintended consequences, such as obesity [1].

Based on these findings alone, the Food Stamp Program may have a significant impact on America's obesity rate with nearly 1 in 11 U.S. residents receiving food stamps in 2008. Because poverty and obesity are linked, the study accounded for income and a variety of other factors, including race and education [1].

Is this trend worsening? Yes. While Food Stamp Program participant BMI's have increased in the past, the rate is increasing. The average food stamp user's BMI rose 0.4 points per year on food stamps, compared with 0.07 points the year before they were receiving food stamps and 0.2 points the year after they no longer received food stamps [1].

While 2002 was the last year included in the study, participants were then receiving a mere $81 in food stamps per month. The study co-author of the study, Jay Zagorsky states, "I think it would be very difficult for a shopper to regularily buy healthy, nutritious food on that budget...Modifying the Food Stamp Program to include economic incentives to eat healthier might be an important tool for fighting obesity." It is true that calorie-dense, high-fat, processed foods tent to be less expensive and the least healthy of the available options out there [1].

So, the Food Stamp Program needs some tweeks. Maybe they should consult with WIC which recently removed juice (yes, even 100% juice) from their program. Just like with soda, juice is now being linked to excess weight gain among American's, and specifically among children.

Any thoughts on ways to better the Food Stamp Program? Should certain foods be excluded from the program due to their nutritional content...or lack thereof? Weigh in! Tax dollars making our nation more unhealthy should be concern for us all!

[1]. Food Stamp Use Linked to Weight Gain. Today's Dietitian. Source: Ohio State University. September 4, 2009.

Late ---> Weight

Eat late, weigh more? Maybe so.

Recent animal research shows dramatic weight gain among mice who are "allowed to eat during the light phase -- their 'wrong' time of the day." The research was recently published online in the journal Obesity. Until I read this article, I never really thought the timing of intake mattered as much as the caloric intake itself. Did you?

In the study design, two nocturnal groups of mice (who thus eat at night) were given the same high-fat diet. One group of mice was given 12-hour daytime access to the food while the other group was given 12-hour nighttime access to the food. After six weeks, the mice eating during the day (their normal sleep time), gained much more weight than the mice eating at night (their typical eating time). How drastic was the weight gain? The nighttime munchers gained a whopping 20% while the daytime eaters gained an jaw-dropping 48%! And astonishingly, there was no difference in the average amount of calories consumed between the two groups of mice.
The only variable to point to was the times the mice were eating [1].

And here's the proposed logic. According to Arble, the study conductor, there is "interplay between body temperature, metabolic hormones such as leptin, and the sleep-wake cycle...Eating at night is contradicting your body's natural circadian rhythm. The leptin levels are starting to rise, and are supposed to be discouraging you from eating [1]."

Arline Salbe, PhD and a senior research fellow at Kronos Longevity Research Institute in Phoenix confirms Arble's results with her own. In her own study, she and her colleagues evaluated the food intake of 94 people over the course of three days. Of the 94 participants, 29 were "night eaters" -- consuming food between the hours of 11pm and 5am. After following the patients for nearly 3 1/2 years, the night eaters gained 13.6 pounds while the non-night eaters gained 3.7 pounds. These results were published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition [1].

The bottom-line advice: 3 meals a day with a snack around 8 or 9pm if dinner is early enough.

[1]. Doheny, Kathleen. Study Shows Eating at the 'Wrong' Time of Day Could Lead to Weight Gain. WebMD. September 3, 2009.

Friday's inspiration: Hannah Murray & Kaya Scodelario.

It's quite fun, because as Laia posted yesterday about Lula Magazine, I was looking for this lovely photoshoot of Hannah Murray from Lula's March issue.


Isn't she lovely? I mean, I love Hannah Murray since I met her Cassie character at the uk Skins serie; she was my favourite female character... and what a lovely style she had! Is very fresh and original, mixing colors, accessories ... is undoubtedly one of the things that makes Cassie a charming character: her style.

I think that why I fell in love with this character was the ease and accuracy with which the writers dealt with her problems, especially related to eating disorders. I've always been very interested in that area and was the first time I saw something as reliable.

From Skins' the second generation of girls, my favorite is Effy, I find her very human, full of layers that are gradually being discovered. Furthermore, Kaya Scodelario is a beautiful girl and I like her style very much.



Effy's style is more hard rock, but I think that the writers have created Effy's pose to hide all its shortcomings, which gradually we discover in the series.


Yesterday, Primark opened a store right next to my house. I was looking around, but there were so many people that I did not buy anything; I'll try to go quietly , because I saw some socks that I liked very much!

And tonight I houe I could go to the cinema with my friends... it's been a hard week!

By the way, this is what I was wearing on Wednesday:


I've called it "Dandy of the Suburbs", hahahaha!

T-shirt - Zara
Vest - Mango
Pants - Stradivarius
Socks - Putumayo
Boots - Mustang
Hat - claire's

Have a nice friday!