February 2012
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Once in four...
It’s leap year day! You know what that means?
An extra day on this fourth year to put to better use…But it’s just like any other day, isn’t it..? I woke up to the radio where a woman had called in to strike up the opportunity of the old [British..?] folk tradition where a woman may propose to her man on leap year day. The radio station had both her and her boyfriend of 7...
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Week #9: Fix everything that I've whined about....
in this post.
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Welcome back sunlight
And we’re back to the end of the week again. How these weeks suddenly fly by so quickly, I will never grasp. Whether you’re having fun or if you’re bored out of your mind, everything still goes by without a consideration to how you feel about it. It’s like the evil bus drivers that see you but don’t care if you’re right at the doors, 5 metres away or a hundred....
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"My butt just hit a whole new level of OWWW..."
I promised a while back to make my blog less about reading and training.
Apparently I lied, because here comes an update on my training! [Feel free to close your eyes and scroll on…]
So far, this week has been a nasty catch-up from last week’s measly schedule.
Tuesday: 30 mins core, 30 mins cardio, 45 mins Sh’Bam Wednesday: 60 mins ViPR Thursday: 60 mins NTC get Strong!
Every...
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February blues...
I can breathe out again, the overly-long Stockholm post has finally been written up and posted. It took me much longer than I thought it would…
LOOK OUT, rant ahead.
I’ve been so caught up with everything since I came back, I still have my luggage to unpack and books everywhere. My room is in chaos right now, and I don’t have the energy to deal with it.
I suspect I have a case...
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Stockholm weekend
I’ve been so tired and busy since I came back from Stockholm so I haven’t had the energy or time to recap my latest weekend shenanigans, but I’ll type until I eventually fall asleep here at my keyboard. [Great compromise, no?]
So I left for Stockholm on Friday evening, in the day I actually had a quick lunch [Caesar salad seen below]] with FRIDA who is a busy busy bee studying...
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Week #8: Kill procrastination.
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Get strong...
I tried out a new class at the gym today, known as NTC Get Strong. The choreography was developed by Nike, and is part of Nike Training Club.
Saying that my butt has been really sore ever since I left the gym, would be a huge understatement. I’m not sure I’ll be able to walk like a normal person tomorrow, but that’s fine since I won’t be heading into Lund either way as we...
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Socially-acceptable-to-eat-chocolate-and-cry-day!
I’m all for positivity and love and spreading joy and all that pink fluffy crap.
But there’s just something of a thorn with Valentine’s Day. Apart from it being an eyesore when running around town…Hence why I’ve been avoiding any and all city centres…I had no choice but to follow Sofia to town yesterday, and it was almost more than I could handle.
I’m...
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Our flaws and imperfections
“My legs are too short, my arms are too long, my breasts are too small, my butt is too big, my nose is too high, my lips are too thin, my hair is just awful…”
Why do we have to keep beating ourselves up over these things?
Who do we allow to set the standards these days?
A friend of mine asked me the other day what I found attractive in the opposite sex and seemed to be...
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Week #7: Not getting mad at the bus drivers...
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A night of Piggie
Good morning,
Good morning indeed.
I’ve just woken up and my body is aching all over from yesterday’s 10 AM bodypump. I don’t know why my body still aches from bodypump, it’s not like I’ve increased my weights in the past week… Maybe I’m actually lifting the weights properly nowadays….Or not. Either way, achy achy.
On Friday, I was out with...
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Back in time...
Before going to bed, I went back in time to see what went on two years ago today, to a much younger Ashley.
[Blog post from Feb 8th 2010]
I can’t stop laughing, for so many reasons.
How times change.
How things never turned out the way you planned..
How blunt I sound and how I can read my own panic in the last paragraph.
Oh maturity, when will you ever catch up to me?
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A trip to faraway Stockholm-land...?
Today has been a tipsy-turvy day.
I woke up, got to Lund for a lunch meeting with D-Chip, got on the bus to get back to Malmo. Initially planning on going to the library to study until it was time for training but missed my bus stop in town and decided to go home anyway.
Once I got home, I opened my programming books and fell asleep on the couch.
When I woke up again, I felt horrible- and...
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Taking walks in the cold...
I write this, wrapped in my warm fuzzy blanket I got the other week. It’s such a life-saver these cold days.
School wasn’t too intense today, and I left at 2:30 PM. I spontaneously met up with Piggie at her building [the Health Science Centre] after her lecture ended at 3 PM. It takes about 20 minutes for one of us to walk to the other’s building, but in this cold it felt like...
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Week #6: Before getting angry or agitated: Close...
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In with the new, out with the old!
I’m so tired.
After being with Piggie for most of the day, Friday- I went straight to the gym for the usual bodybalance and bodypump classes. After that, I spent a few hours playing Team Fortress 2, and when it was time to sleep I went out like a lightbulb.
I got up at 8 AM Saturday morning, running errands and training at 10:30 AM.
After a quick lunch and change, I reached Lund at 3 PM...
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Reality vs The Sims vs ...?
I’m feeling a little light-headed at the moment.
That may be blamed on the icy winds that try to pierce through our clothes and skin, chilling us down to the bone every since second we spend outdoors these days…. Or it could be due to the fact that I just played two hours of Team Fortress 2 with a friend from school and laughed til my sides hurt…… Or it could be due to the...
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Ouchie
Yesterday, I dragged Sofia with me to the gym. I brought her in as a guest and she got to tag along on sh’bam and bodypump. I pushed myself beyond any limits and came home with aching muscles, wobbly knees, and of course a smug smile of pride.
We didn’t have lectures today so Sofia got to stay over and we took our time going to school this morning. All we had was a lunch meeting and...