Daily Blog Challenge | Day 11 | dunkin donut

march 3, 2016. thursday. pretty much a normal day.

i started my morning with a burger. a coffee. and some oatmeal. yes. almost perfect.

but again, depression about my external hard disk because it doesn't work. it won't open and i have important files in it. thankfully, i have a genius friend. i gave it to him that noon so he could check it and probably get back my files. he is my only hope after i tried all my best.

i boiled chicken for lunch. we ate. not to mention the snacks right after the meal. and i think i needed to write it down here too. so i can keep it on records.

around 1300 i felt the need of connecting to the internet. my friends and i went to dunkin donut. bad. i need to have a bite. and it's too bad when you are in some kind of a struggle, losing some weight for example. everything around you seems like a pile of food just like this one i captured. 

my samsung camera does work perfectly

gosh, i did ate some of it. i don't say no to food. specially like these ones. but luckily, i didnt binge. i ate intuitively. and inshAllah it will be for good. i'd love to write about 'intuitive eating' one day because it's so relevant.

i rush at the gym around 1500. i left my laptop with a downloading state. my friends brought it back for me. i can't be late at gym. i have schedule to catch up.

"never underestimate prayer"

peace out! xoxo

Daily Blog Challenge | Day 10 | Burger in breakfast

getting up so early is one of the benefit from sleeping early the night before. i got up before anyone else around me. self praise is going on here. haha!

the silence. the darkness outside the window. this feeling before the sun will rise from the horizon and this world where i live starts to commence busyness. it's a gift. morning is a gift for those people who are seeking blessing in this world and hereafter. dawn is the best. it's a blessed moment.

around 0600 one of my friend started to make a breakfast. and surprisingly, it's a burger. blessings doesn't it?! every second of this present life i'm having won't be forgotten later on. it will always be part of my future. we don't stay forever where we are. we constantly move from place to another. and i want to make everything count. learn from bad and keep the good ones.

morning coffee. done.

clean up my bed. done.

read my book. not done yet. got tired after 2 hours. and went to kitchen to make a smoothie. an apple smoothie. with carrots. oh it's perfect. not for my sister's taste. i don't know, and i didn't ask. i just felt it.

lunch time is approaching. my sister went to her tajweed class. and i went back to reading. i. need. to. finish. it. asap.

around 1300. we had our lunch.

preparing for gym after 1500. everyday routine. and i tried to keep my sister on track. she might break down for this intense exercise activity i am putting her on. it's what she wants. lose some of her fats. she is fat. and i am not an exemption.

writing this one now because i slept so early last night. being productive the next day one great accomplishment.

"don't settle, keep going" if you stop. life doesn't

peace out! xoxo

Daily Blog Challenge | Day 9 | Smoothie

march 1, 2016. tuesday. yesterdays hangover from all the things i did were still felt during this day. tired in short.

breakfast. our usual pancake. of course. then we had this friend of ours inspired us to come to gym at 8am.

we went.

my sisters body pain got worse after we had the aerobic. i gave her some strenght workout for the first time i thought she can handle. this leaves her sore. sorry not sorry. that's just the way it is. no pain no gain.

we didn't went anywhere during this day. we had our little snacks around 1100. and for me, i took it as a lunch. not having time to make one along the afternoon. i made two types of smoothie in one setting. i loved it. because i made it.

one of my friend asked me what did i do to make it the same taste as those smoothie selling outside. well, it's all about practice. it's a joke and if anyone knows how to make smoothie and read this. just keep it between you and me. the secret on making a smoothie. lol 

i spent the whole afternoon reading a book. a little bit of a break and goes back to reading. i'm not goin to say i am addicted. the book per se is so great that's keeping you goes on and on. and there's more to that factor why i wanted to finish it. there's another book waiting for me on the line.

so the day ends. night came and we ate macarooni for dinner. i can't finish a one serving. so i called a friend and help me finish it. it's call reinforcement. you don't want to waste a food, right?!

i slept so early. that's why i'm writing this the next day.

"no pain, no gain" is the word of the day inspired by the sore i am feeling right at this very moment.

peace out! xoxo

Daily Blog Challenge | Day 7 | Aerobic is fun

february 29, 2016. monday. nothing much to say about it. had a normal breakfast with all my roommates. and a permanent guest from another room. that means, she is almost always present every breakfast meeting. 'may' her name. a chinese.

she's weird. but that's fine.

i made my bed. arranged clutters everywhere. and swiped the floor. and that's all i remember. now this is a problem when i try to write the day after. i can't exactly remember what i did. especially when you try to force to think and nothing really happens after a quiet few minute.

aha! i read. the book from my previews blog. overwhelmed at it until i spent 2 to 3 hours. thinking i could finish it. but no. i don't read without deep understanding. well, i have to contemplate before leaving a chapter. absorbing all the possible knowledge that i could get from it's context. call me greedy but i won't let an unfamiliar word became familiar before i let it go.

merriam dictionary is the best dictionary phone app i've ever had.

moving on. we had our irregular lunch. yummy russian dish. not the exactly the same with the original recipe. but close to it.  potato is the main ingredients. too bad i didn't had it in my camera.

we went to gym that afternoon.

we joined the aerobic and for the first time. my enjoyment at exercising goes 10. i mean this had never happened from previous aerobic dance session before. my sister is a little bit of a silly when it comes to crowd. and imagine, her level of craziness went insane till the dance instructor joined her amusement. in short, we really had fun.

exhausted and starving. my sister and i went to my orthodontics for my monthly check up control. that was around 1900 in the evening. it took us 30 mins long for us to reach the clinic-house. wet and dark road is what made us drove on a normal speed because i too careful. i am.

after a few minutes. said goodbye to my doctor and hit the road again heading back to my campus. i was froze on the way back. rain is pouring. and i still manage to drive.

fetched some friends from a near mall on the way back to our dormitory. had a dinner. fried chicken and a cup of rice. and soon right after the shopping. we went back to our campus.

what a day! and i am grateful for it.

word for the day. or word for this blog "FOLLOW YOUR PASSION" read at bill gates post :)

peace! xoxo

Daily Blog Challenge | Day 6 | keep writing

february 28, 2016. sunday. at 1750. having all the fellas around sitting at my back while me writing this 3 blogs at a time. oh yeah. they're shouting and screaming on this "chef" titled movie i got from a friend. it's cool. they have famous casts like robert downey jr. and scarlett johansson and many more.

my thoughts on it. very funny and recommended for amigos to watch!

for today's blog is going to be very short. because as what i have said on the previous one, it's a chillin' day. specially sunday because it's almost all about planning.

we had our breakfast. as usual. pancake. and i don't think i'll get bored with it. like forever. it's my own recipe. i'll have a one blog for it inshaAllah.

driving under the sun around 1000. granting my roommate's request sending her to the market for her needed material in making a dress for her graduation. it would be so rude for me not to drive for her. and i love driving. this is something i can't resist. please ask me to drive and i'll be pleased to.

we had reached the dormitory around duhr time. that means, lunch and noon time prayer.

my sister cooked a rice. a red rice. less sugar. more healthy. i still eat white rice. though i tried not to consume more of it as much as i can. we paired it with some indonesian dish. it's awesome. i loved it.

dinner time and "there's a beauty in everything" let's all get that through our heads.

peace. xoxo!

Daily Blog Challege | Day 5 | chillin' day

february 27, 2016. saturday. one of my favorate days of the week after friday. it's a day where i felt like i am in control of everything i want to do. particularly,

it a "me" day. well, of course because i am commited at exercising, it so important for me to not to be heedless at my priorities. because it is important for us to be mindful of eveyrthing we do.

enough about the sermons.

just as a normal elder sister, i need to take over my sister. lookout on her as if i will be paid for the effort i will be making. she went back to sleep that morning and sorry, she need to listen to me. as her elder sister and an acting baby sitter. then, we hit gym.

after an hour. we went back to our dormitory by foot.

pancake of course. my 3 ingredients pancake. everybody loves it. i assume.

at noon, my sister is in exhaustion so she had her nap. i don't. 'cause i am on a mission. to finish a book. so i read 'til i get tired. 351 pages and i am on it's 131. cool. not really getting myself busy. but i just had an urge to finish it up. to me, it is a fantastic book.

i had my photo copy with a nice cover

i really didn't do anything this day. just chillin' and getting myself ready for this weekdays to come.

a words i got and contemplate for for this writing... "Allah praises His servant who are humble".

peace out! xoxo

Daily Blog Challenge | Day 4 | It's Friday

february 26, 2016. friday. i'm still alive. alhamdulillah. it's friday and i love it. forever. it's a day that reminds me about a beginning. it is something that gives me the feeling of being free and that of starting over again.

it is actually saturday night and here i am writing this blog. to most, it's lame and insane. but you know? it's my choice. and i know it's worth it.

0500 in the morning and my roommate and i found ourselves buying raw food at a traditional market. a walking distant from our campus.

we made a banana pancake that morning. my sister's first time trying it. and just like me. we eat everything. so long as it's edible and halal. i forgot if i capture it for posting. inshaAllah, one of these precious days.

noontime had passed.

afternoon, my sister and i hit the gym. didn't worked out, though. aerobic for a starter. ahem! i am starting again from my one month gym-break. and i'm lossing the real subject here. food. but one of the reason i like being occupied the by whole day is not giving that much attention for food. so, i kind of fetching some bites from my roommate cookings and i'm over it . then, getting back to what i am doing.

at that night, we ate a piece of a roasted chicken. yey! a good thing to stuff on our stomach after a cardio.

exhausted and nothing is more preferable to do, than to give it a rest.

in related to obtaining success in every goal target we are into here's what my word for it "progress, not perfection"

peace out! xoxo