How To Burn Belly Fat

What's your New Year's Resolutions? Going to Bali or Lombok? Diving in Aceh's Sabang? Buying new gadget? Well, for me, the first and most urgent thing to do is to lose my belly fat. SERIOUSLY! I mean, OH MY GOODNESS this is a disaster! How could you just stare at the mirror and all you see is your tummy is getting bigger uncontrollably? 

Well, here's the thing. Every time I look at my tummy, I feel like I'm not ready for heart attack anytime soon. I got so distressed. And every time I got myself in this kind of situation, I tend to eat more than I used to. Like, you know, disorder. The only possible thing to happen is I keep on eating, and more and there is apparently so hard for a way out of this belly fat mess. It's a satanic spiral.

So, earlier this year, I have to lose my belly fat in any possible way. Here are things I possibly do (fyi, I do not like any kind of sports or exercise actually):

1. Drink more water

Maybe it's a very simple thing to do but in this 21st Century people get used to drink anything soda or isotonic or anything sweet and tasty. But you know what, drinking plain water helps our metabolism. I mean, how water can fasten the burning of fat in our body. Most importantly, it helps us much when we're craving at night and we know we can eat for the shake of ... okay health. Well...

2. Do squats. 

I've got the tips in an article: "Stand with your feet 8-9 inches apart, extend your arms in front of you and squat your hips backward. Do four sets of 15 to 20 squats, working several minutes at a time." Hope it works.

3. Run Run Run!

This is exhausting. I will do it any way (not really running fast like professional sprinter in Olympics). Or okay, let's make it rational: WALK WALK WALK!

4. Sauna

I don't know whether this can burn the fat in my tummy instead of just get my body sweaty. But I like sauna anyway. Maybe I can do some improvisations in sauna room to burn more calories!

5. Eat Well and Heathy

Regardless of whatever exercise you've done as long as you eat garbage, your tummy will keep being a garbage can. Seriously. So I have to figure out the kind of food I CAN eat (I believe it's more difficult than kosher-non kosher diet), the size (portion), and the timing. 

6. Anything possible

Well,besides those things above, I will do anything else possible to say bye to my belly fat. I can swim now so I will do it every week to burn calories. And, one more thing, I will do Kayaking as I just LLLLLLOVE it. It keeps me healthy afterall so I will do it.

So, anybody can share some tips how to address this belly fat distress?

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Gravity: When Life In Space Is Nearly Impossible!

I watched it two days ago and I was like losing my breath every five minutes. I mean, how could you strive to stay alive in space with a very limited oxygen and things were getting messed up at the same time?

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a NASA mission specialist is on duty with Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in space craft, 600 miles above the Earth. In the first scene of the movie we will see Ah-mazing view of the Earth from above. INDEED, IT'S BEAUTIFUL!

The tension begins when there is a report from mission controller on Earth that Russian satellites have been demolished and the ruins will affect their work and maybe threaten their safety as they'll hit everything they pass by in thousand miles per hour speed. They're like in rush to stop the mission but it's too late as the ruins drench in like hell and the capsules and everything inside got wrecked. Dr. Ryan and Kowalsky are those who survive. The capsule is over, they are tossed around in space. The only way out to stay alive and get back down to Earth is to reach International Space Station. The scenario is they have to reach the ISS and take a capsule (Soyuz) there and launch to Tiangong, Chinese space station then they get down back to Earth.

It's like when you let a bad luck in, you'll have to let all bad lucks in. I mean, on the way they approach the ISS, something happen and have Kowalsky let himself get lost in space and leave Dr. Ryan Stone the only one survivor. Alright, now she's dealing with the fact that any kind of telecommunication doesn't work, the oxygen level is so limited that she has to push the time, the ISS is technically worsened and most importantly, she alone! She gets so stressed out by the situation she's up against. She never practically operates the capsule before so she has to look at the manual.

She has to chase after the time as the fuel is coming to its lowest level and the Tiangong is highly influenced by gravity if she wants stay alive and get back down. This is crucial and tense as she's into the Earth's atmosphere. Everything is possible to happen. And in space, there is no any other way to get out.

This movie is terrifically awesome! The story line and visualization works. But, there is something tickling, like how some scientists criticize the fact regarding the orbit line and the political issue. I mean, we can see how in the movie the Chinese space station plays significant role in the last scene of the movie. Overall, this movie is inspiring to everyone to know more about the space above us and explore what's beyond. Amazing.

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Dae Jang Geum: Korean Food in Batam

It's not about Korean Drama or anything like that. It's more about Korean food restaurant in Batam where you can satisfy your gastronomical desire! Well, I went to Dae Jang Geum again last Saturday night, and chilled out with my peers there. It was fun as you know, Korean food are somehow are unfamiliar to most of us. At least, some of the menu. Alright, let's go to the table for the dish.

We had Bibimbap, Ramen noodle (Mie Ramen), Korean Sushi and 3 bowls of rice on the table, that's it! Maybe you will say "What? That's it?" as we were 7 persons gathering and craving at the same time. Just so you know that Korean food is a big family portion. I ordered Bibimbap, Korean tea and rice. My friends ordered Korean Sushi, Mie Ramen, Bibimbap and another Bibimbap and another rice along with it. After 20 minutes of waiting, the condiment was served. There were kimchi and the other 5 things I don't even know what it is. It' okay anyway. Only 3 of us apparently like kimchi like very bad. The rest said it tasted different. When they asked me why I liked kimchi so much I just said as it tasted good even though it's rotten vegetable and they're just like "....okay....".

Some moment later was time for the pancake. I think, it was the most "making sense" dish for all of us as it tasted familiarly Indonesian, even for Korean food with NATIVE Korean Chef working on it. Now let's go to Bibimbap.

After searching in Wikipedia, it's said that Bibimbap is "mixed rice". It is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chilli pepper paste). A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The ingredients are stirred together thoroughly just before eating.

Yes, that's what laid right before my eyes on the table. There were mushrooms and the other kinds of "green", carrot (?), mushrooms, nori (seaweed), and they covered the rice (cold rice, not hot rice) underneath, with the fried egg on it's peak. Not to mention the paste that was served on a separated plate. All we have to do was just to stir and mix it all like crazy before eating. You can add the paste if you like but I don't recommend it (it's weird). Maybe the proverb saying that "When the people is craving they will even eat garbage" is right. I mean, it looks so much like garbage, but this one is a delicious garbage. Next!

Korean sushi is GOOD! I mean, the sticky rice with crab inside and the nori wrapping up. It's just gone less than 10 minutes. Like Godzilla found fish! You gotta try!

The Mie Ramen is more like any other ordinary instant noodle. But it's much much much bigger portion! All is just the same. I mean, like, you eat 5 Indomie at once. That's it!

Anyway, it was fun having some quality time with friends with good dishes.

Sure I'm gonna come back again for more delicious Korean food.

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