Eat Yourself Gorgeous

Can you really eat yourself gorgeous? Yes, you can! Everything you put in your body makes a difference -- and not just to your weight. By eating the right foods, you can have glossy hair, clear [up your] skin, reduce cellulite and get healthy nails. Here's our guide to eating beautiful.

Cellulite Shopping List

* Mangoes
* Kiwis
* Cantaloupe melons
* Grapes
* Pineapple
* Lemons
* Brazil nuts
* Almonds
* Sunflower seeds
* Bottled water

Cellulite is one of the hardest things to banish. That familiar orange-peel effect is caused by a buildup of toxins under the skin, which is why taking things out of your diet is as important as adding new things. Caffeine and alcohol are the worst culprits. Kick-start your body, cleansing [your system] with a cup of hot water and a slice of lemon first thing in the morning. Foods rich in antioxidants will help clean from the inside out, as will those high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids. And drink lots of water!

Shiny Hair: Shopping List

* Liver
* Kidney
* Eggs
* Lean red meat
* Bananas
* Dark green fruits
* Dark green vegetables
* Nuts
* Salmon
* Mackerel

Hair needs two essential fatty acids to keep it strong and healthy. These are omega-3 and omega-6. You can find omega-3 in tuna, salmon, mackerel and dark green vegetables like cabbage. Hair thrives on protein and needs a balanced source of iron -- found in liver, kidneys, egg yolks and red meat. A lack of magnesium has also been linked to long-term hair problems. Stock up on bananas, dark green fruits and veggies and nuts for your magnesium fix.

Healthy Skin Shopping List

* Salmon
* Walnuts
* Low-fat dairy products: yogurt, milk, cheese
* Turkey
* Tuna
* Brazil nuts
* Green tea
* Water (hard tap water is best)
* Blackberries
* Blueberries
* Strawberries
* Plums

Because essential fatty acids keep skin cells healthy, it is important to make sure that they are fed these key foods. Cells are responsible for holding in moisture, so the better shape they're in, the plumper your skin will look. Vitamin A is also important, so eat low-fat dairy products, in particular yogurt. Selenium -- found in turkey, tuna and Brazil nuts -- is also great for skin cells. Get some antioxidants -- berries and plums have high levels. These protect skin from damaging free radicals.

Metabolism Booster Shopping List

* Oranges
* Grapefruit
* Apples
* Berries: strawberries, blueberries, blackberries
* Peanuts
* Liver
* Cauliflower

Citrus fruits, soy beans, apples and berries are a good way to get your system moving. The vitamin C found in the citrus fruits has fat-burning qualities and it makes it easier for the body to flush out fats. Pectin, found in apples and berries, limits the amount of fat which cells absorb and soy beans contain lecithin -- a chemical that helps prevent fat being stored in your cells and breaks down fatty deposits. You can also find lecithin in peanuts, liver and cauliflower.

Strong Nails Shopping List

* Chicken
* Fish
* Cheese
* Oranges
* Olive oil
* Eggs
* Crab
* Lean beef

Nails are made from keratin, a form of protein, which means keeping a good level of protein in your diet is important. Find it in chicken, fish and cheese. If nails are brittle, this could be a sign of an iron deficiency -- find it in a wide variety of foods: meat, liver, kidney, fruit, cereals and vegetables. Team foods high in iron with foods containing vitamin C, as it helps the body absorb the iron quicker. Zinc is important, not only for nails, but for bones, too: Eat lean beef, crab and chicken. Strengthen nails with essential fatty acids, and in particular, olive oil.

Healthy Bones Shopping List

* Milk
* Cheese
* Yogurt
* Nuts
* Sunflower seeds
* Pumpkin seeds
* Dark green cabbage

A diet rich in calcium will keep bones strong and healthy. Up your intake of milk, cheese, nuts, seeds, leafy green vegetables and essential fatty acids. Women take note: You are more prone to the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis than men, as you have less bone mass. Combine calcium-rich foods with vitamin D found in cereals, as this helps speed up absorption.

Just wanna be fit , healthy and wise :)
Clarity

Window Shopping

City Mall

My eyes kinda hurt and my heart was hurting too when everywhere i go i seemed to spot something that looks pretty enough to have but actually i dont need it...hmn..its something like going groceries shopping with an empty stomach and you ended up putting too much stuffs on the cart when you don't actually need them but your hunger kinda directed you to all the nescessary things coz its telling you it's hungry so what ever you set your eyes to look at you tend to put it in the cart and somehow everything looks delicious. But when you get home you ended up cooking the most simplest of food coz its easier and fast and coz your stomach is growling and therefore need food FAST! Then after your hunger has been appeased, when you look at the stuffs you bought gosh! what a hurricane! hahaha....usually we wont be able to think rationnally until its too late and this is the case. BUT thank god, its not yet pay day time so the purse is kinda empty and credit cards was left at home for safe keeping :) So no major disaster just a lot of "kegeramness" + "sakit hati & jiwa" + eyes refused to focus + no mood" all this feelings but for a good cause..i managed to not buy anything yeahh!! (clap! clap! clap!) well not that i have the money at the moment to indulge in buying stuffs..but after a while when i left the place felt much better coz i managed to control! yeah! But i did buy food ..here are some pics to tell the story :)

The Tourist

Tourist girl from dunno where in action..thank god for my camera at least i got busy taking pics instead of really looking at stuffs that i know i couldnt buy..hahahaha


The Players...


L-R : Clarity, ms. danne. lilblackdots and morientez (President)


ms prettykismet

ms danne

ms chicky egg

and finally

ms lilblackdots

These are the peeps that go gaga with window shopping but another cool thing is ..i get to finally meet with lilblackdots "Sean the Pirate" and he is sososososos cute :)
Emmuahhh on his cheeks lots ! :-)


"Sean the Pirate"

ok the two things that i actually bought




ice creams & KFC

and my favourite pic of all...



such a profound "bewilderment" look..Confusion resulting from failure to understand why we are shopping and killing our eyes and heart when we dont have money kah that ms danne?? Well no worries nanti we will play counterstrike when we gaji we go and appeased the unappeased ok :-)


Beautiful girls..they only wanna go shopping, (ha ha ha)
Clarity

Temptation is GREAT!!

The road to damnation......

it doesn't take much to fall under it's spell...after trying out a few flavours finally we succumb to our own weakness...huhuhu

Ms. Danne & Clarity
should now be known as Ms Rum Raisin and Ms Coffee
coz we are only humans...
so we have cravings and desires and needs...

And...Like Morientez always likes to say "Temptation is Great"
and this surely gonna tip my scaling down efforts to a better me...but i guess it wont hurt much..but the thought counts...huhuhu

anyways here you will see the culprit and also the victims and one tiny "rotten egg" there that made us the victims of our indulgence and succumb to our weakness !!
Jahat punya Cheeky Egg! hu hu hu ~Cry~




look at our not so guilty face then..coz we were loving it..but now....its bad enough i betrayed my one favorite Ice cream Joint which is Veda Blu and look at that face...loving every minute of it...hu hu hu

well who doesn't love Haagen Dazs ice creamm yummmyyy!

Ms coffee Flavoured Ice Cream,
Clarity

Birthday Gathering for June & Christin @ City Mall's Pizza Hut

Was a wonderful gathering had loads of fun eating and chatting and just being Jambus :) Anyhow...here are the pictures that'll do all the talking for me ...enjoy peeps! ;)

The people

The food



The Kodak Moments


And Finally...

One for the album



"The Jambus"



There all done..hope you guys had a splendid day coz i sure did have a wonderful time spent with you guys. Well you know me...tourist kan! hahaha
And not forgetting to our two dear August Gals.
June and Christin,
"Happy Birthday to you both!


Jambu Merah,
Clarity

What Men Notice When They First Meet You

Now girls...let just fasten our eyes on this...and see if we can learn something ...or not..hehehe


From highlights to heels, guys reveal what works--and what doesn't

by Steve Santagati

Let's face it: We all want to look sexy sometimes. And whether you're into a vintage style, or the full-on va-va-voom, we have to wonder, what do guys notice? If you ever wanted to know about men's preferences—like whether your Manolos even register on his Richter scale—here's your definitive guide. In this excerpt from The Manual, you'll find out for sure what men find sexy.

Attention to vanity will seem shallow at times, but in the game of love, it's very important. Most people I see are lazy in this department. And, not surprisingly, these are the same people who complain, saying things such as “People are so superficial,” “I want him to love me for what's inside,” or “I hate the gym.” Well, no one is telling you that you can't dress as you choose. But when you put those constraints on yourself, you're limiting the number of men who will find you attractive. In the end, meeting the right person is a numbers game, and part of getting those numbers rolling is how you dress.

A Woman's Closet, Designed by Men

Lingerie
Lingerie can be inexpensive, but it can't be the kind that comes in a package of three (white, pink, and blue). Nor can it be the “granny” kind with a waist that reaches up to you rib cage and that hangs like a diaper. Lingerie is one garment that you should find as sexy as he does. And it benefits you, too. Women have told me that when they wear nice underwear, even though no one may see it, they will actually walk and talk differently, just knowing they have a little sexy secret. If lingerie can do that to a woman—and we already know how it affects men—then don't you think you should go out and get yourself some? You have tons of choices, and when it comes to lingerie, men like just about anything.

Shoes
Again, we don't care. We know you like them. We don't understand why you like them. All we know is that many of you have closets full of them, and we've figured out that since you spend so much time and money on them, we can compliment them to flatter you. That's about it.

Most likely, if a guy tells you what nice shoes you have, he's either gay or “working on you.” My friend Mari recently told me that a guy came up to her in the airport and complimented her on new shoes. She's so sweet that she thought he meant it. I'm not saying that they're not nice shoes. But have you ever heard a man say, “Well, the thing that caught my eye was Shirley's shoes. I love those pumps, and when I saw them I knew she was the woman for me”? I don't know a single male who would say, “Dude, this chick had the hottest shoes on last night. Damn, I should've gotten her number.” It doesn't happen. Shoe flattery is for one purpose one: flattery. Have I made my point?

There is one style of shoes that men notice, and that's high heels. But heels are more about what a girl looks like in them than about the shoes themselves. Heels make feet and legs look sexy. The classic example is a girl wearing high heels in a bikini. Cheesy, and not particularly functional in the sands of Miami and L.A., but men notice for sure.

Hair
Hair, on the other hand, is, sigh, one of the sexiest things about a woman. Hair grabs us and doesn't let us go. Think octopus tentacles. Your style, color and texture are no matter. Your hair only needs to have a clean, tousled, just-out-of-bed look. My opinion is that most women look sexier with longer hair than shorter. Men like long, sexy hair largely because we don't have it. Plus, very few women can get away with that short boyish look. Next time you're out in public, watch how men look at women with long hair versus short.

On a related note, hair salons suck. I can't believe what they've done to some of your mops. They're not just ruining your hair; they're wrecking your love life. With the Internet and a gazillion fashion magazines at your fingertips, you've got plenty of references. Please think sexy and spend the time and money to get the right do. When in doubt, turn to whichever celebrity women are getting the most attention for being sexy, and copy them. Messy sexy is what you should be after: think Sheryl Crow, Jessica Alba, Jane Seymour and Reese Witherspoon.

A few more tips: Don't color your hair based on the swatches you picked up at the paint store. Other styles to avoid include bad bangs, mullets and that “business in the front/party in the back” look. And stop cutting your hair short as you age—there's no need to.

Dresses
Every woman wears a dress differently. The only hard-and-fast rule is to pick a dress that accentuates your best body parts. Whether you have a gorgeous back, incredible thighs, or lovely collarbones, stock up on designs that not only fit but also highlight those attributes.

Your shape and height determine much of what you'll look good in, but here are some general rules of thumb:

Shorter Girls
Wear heels. Heels create the illusion of longer legs. And as I've said, they're sexy!
Buy a dress that vaguely clings, while still allowing your bum to move freely. Check out the red carpet “best dressed” lists for examples.
Loose cotton dresses are best if you have some pounds to shed. They give us a hint of your bum and legs without a solid picture. We have vivid imaginations and we fantasize you better-looking, not worse. (We're on your side here. Just give us something to work with!)

Taller Girls
Stand up straight, shoulders back, chest high.
Wear longer dresses that hug your legs a bit. You want a fitted design.
Pick either heels of flats, depending on how tall you want to appear.
Make sure that at least 60 percent of your skin is covered by the dress. You have a lot of skin, and a little goes a long way.
As with shorter girls, loose-fitting, sheer cotton dresses that cling a little are great for those of you carrying a bit of extra weight.

Tops and Bottoms
This is fairly straightforward: You need to have tops and bottoms in your closet that you have no doubt are “man killers.” Call it your “good luck resisting me” section. This is the part of the closet that houses the cleavage cuts, the tighty tops, and the bootylicious jeans. Feel free to mix and match from the more “domestic” side of your closet, but never forget: it's a jungle out there, and sometimes it pays to get a little wild if you want to survive.

Glasses
Glasses are hot! Hands down. Just make sure you pick a great style that flatters your face and keep the lenses free of eyelashes and finger prints. I love chicks in glasses.


Reprinted from the book The MANual by Steve Santagati. Copyright © 2007 by Steve Santagati. Published by Crown, a division of Random House, Inc.

Sexy Love,
Clarity

Shout! - Road to trapidation (1st Week ends)

Shout

Shout
Shout
Let it aloud
These are the things I can do without
Come on
Im talking to you
Come on

well its a let it all out kinda walking we had today was a good mouth exercise and for sure its good for the soul. Never bottled up things in our mind or heart so just shout!


In violent times
You shouldnt have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really really ought to know
Those one track minds
That took you for a working girl
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldnt have to jump for joy
You shouldnt have to jump for joy

well just wanna let it out ..and letting out is one of the most exhilarating thing to do coz it helps you to be focus on positive things and to look forward to a better tomorrow.
and this also marks the end of our first week of training....and many more pain and tahan hati moments to come...heheheh

Song by : Tears for Fears

Looking ahead,
Clarity

Lunch with the hood....

Lunch with the girls was nice me and morientez had a speedy one just now and here are the the pics taken by morientez and her camera phone which i envy very much so..

what was the food i had just now...ermm
Nasi campur = ikan bilis with kacang + kari daging + some long beans vege
1 Teh tarik Suam
1 bowl of plain soup

here are the pics :)




Photos by : Morientez


Lunch with me,
Clarity

Our sweetest escape....

Another day gone by and what an eventful day it was with a few meetings at work and work to be done...chatting with friends near and far. Its a typical mundane day at work indeed. Lunch was ok too..although i didn't get to eat my current fav food which is the Mee Hoon Vege Soup..yummy..but today i had something ordinary like mee maggie goreng wt sayur and no meat...but just as always...they never seemed to get out order correct so when my i got my oder which was supposed to be "No Meat" but there's meat in it. i was terribly hungry so what to do just chuck it in and forget about arguing about it. so that was lunch.

next was the moment i have been waiting for and thats the date wt ms. Danne at the Sports complex.
Check out these pics and description according to pic #

1. The scenery

2. The pose before the "killing me softly" workout..hehehe

3. Ok ....we are walking and Ms. Danne looking very serious...ermnn walking.. ;))

4. By the time we decided to do some floor exercise thats how gelap it was.

5. My ever so tired running feeties...huhuhu

6. "WE" kinda wondering...why are we doing this to ourselves?

7. sweaty me...trying to show that we did run :)

8. sunsetting and taking in the frsh air konon and just relax.

9. Ok..back to desc. #6 i have the answer to that..suffer now and gain in the end...I HOPE!!


Sweaty Me,
Clarity

Mwahhhhhh!

I got another mangsa today to pose with me and take pictures from my web cam and the sweet mangsa is the one and only mummy dearest@ Flavia :)
so here is the end product of our poses ;))

Mwahhhh!!!

kelas gitu!
Clarity

The Blue Uniform Gals!

Yesterday me and morientez were having the same coloured shirt on and just cant let it past just like that so we took a picture of use lovely smiling gals with out similar outfit. Well here goes the Uniform gals!

we are true blue pals aren't we morientez..hik hik hik ;)

Bluey day,
Clarity