Just a random thought, why do students write closed book examinations. I have over five years professional work experience and I am yet to value the benefit of those nights I deprived my “poor” body of sleep all in the name of studying for a paper. At work if I need something I go on the internet or look in a dedicated procedure, its called research! That doesn’t mean I do not memorize important details, it just means that I have a wealth of reference at my finger tips so I don’t need to cram everything into my brain.
Who invented examination? I’m sure it was just a means of making brilliant people like myself feel satisfied and dignified (Oh look at me, I’m smart I can recite the constitution word for word). Left to me, it’s more difficult to write an open book exam than a closed one without studying. A friend of mine said if all exams were open book, then everyone would pass…wrong, wrong and wrong cause in the same light, if you gave me a physics textbook and a physics paper, I’d stare at the pages for hours and still not know where the answers will come from… then again, I am just being humble of course I would pass after all I am a genius.
Well, enough of my rant, I have good news…I have lost a couple of inches at the gym…Yay, NOT! I wish the weightloss would also manifest in my dress size. After all, when I go to the shop I can’t wear a size 14 dress without seeing my “love-handles”. I just remembered,
I promised to take a real picture (no airbrushing) for you all to see what I look like now and then in 12 months put another one of what I’d look like then. I will do so if I get more than 20 requests (from different people wink, wink).
My exercise plan has been going well thank God; I’ve been going to the gym four times a week 1 day in the gym doing my own thing, two days attending aerobic classes and one day with my lovely personal trainer ‘Miss A’. Out of all the sessions, I must say that the time spent with my Miss A shows the most promise. I had a class with her yesterday and my body hurts so bad that it feels so good, she recommended that I ditch the “Tums and Bums” class and go for Body Balance or Yoga in order to build my core strength. So being a very obedient student, I will drag myself into the next body balance class and though my body aches I’ll give it my best today.
Talking about weight loss, on my way back from break this afternoon, a strange thought crossed my mind; what do I answer when someone asks me how many siblings I have? I normally say four (excluding myself) and they go on to ask ‘What do they do?’ Herein lies my dilemma, I lost my youngest brother Emmanuel in 2001 and saying I have three siblings seems I am doing a huge disservice to his life so I have to say four siblings but I don’t want to go on and say ‘one of them is late’…Is it okay if I say the youngest has gone home? Probably, surely, they’d not ask where home is.
My heart really goes out to people who have lost loved ones, strangely, you’d think with time it’d be easy to get over it but I know that until the day I go ‘HOME’ I’ll miss Emmanuel terribly. For those of you who believe in Heaven, in a strange way, it’s good he left this world at such a young age (9), before he got corrupted by sin. There are so many challenges I face in my day to day life that I shudder what would happen if rapture suddenly takes place today…Food for thought.
Okay my loyal readers, my weight loss memoir for today is full. Do have a lovely week and make sure you come back next week; I’ll be talking about the iPad and my valentine weekend trip…hmmm…interesting!
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