Tiësto - BLUE

 

 Hey! I'm back listening to Tiësto! After all these years, he never let's you down with the awesome tunes. Initially, I would say that I couldn't care less about the lyrics but to be honest, you can't deny the fact that you will sing along to it because it's THAT CATCHY!!! Been listening to "Blue by Tiësto" on repeat and I'm really enjoying it ...at least for now! 

 Tiësto - BLUE ( feat. Stevie Appleton)  LYRICS 

 Feeling blue without you 

Give me one more chance,

 give me one more dance

 I'm feeling blue without you

 Tell me who am I to hold you down 

 Just feeling blue without you 

Give me one more chance,

 give me one more dance 

I'm feeling blue without you 

Tell me who am I to hold you down

 I dream that you won't forget me 

That's all I really ask of ya

 I'd love to talk if you'd let me 

I'll take you back to the start with me 

 I keep on dreaming, I don't know why

 I can't seem to let it go 

But I keep on tripping on what we had 

It's hard not to let you know

We built our love on foundations

We built a house on the hill, yeah
Our little rock of salvation
Oh, my love's there still
Cause I keep on dreaming, I don't know why
I can't seem to let it go
But I keep on tripping on what we had
It's hard not to let you know

I'm feeling blue without you
Give me one more chance, give me one more dance
I'm feeling blue without you
Tell me who am I to hold you down

I'm feeling blue, yeah
Oh, give me one more chance, give me one more dance
I'm blue without you
Tell me who am I to hold you down
Just feeling blue without you

Finally, I'm talking about the PANDEMIC.

Finally, talking about the pandemic. Theses words : COVID-19, pandemic, quarantine, self-isolation, etc ; I just don't like to hear them. The only thing relatable to those words are anxiety, deaths, losts, sadness and lots of negativity and I'm not going to lie, I HATED it.

 I was keeping up with the news since December and as soon as the country imposes quarantine - MCO (movement control order), everybody was reacting like a  bunch of doomsday preppers with a do this or die kind of mode. Things changed quickly overnight that the first two weeks of MCO was pretty hard on everyone. 

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There were also lots of rumors going around on close people that we know who are positive with the virus and the fact that there is no specific medication for it, we feared for the worst for these people. It wasn't helping that most of us, ended up bombarding our brains with constant death toll rates of the virus and it was depressing to be that way. By the end of the second week of MCO, most of us agree that maybe we should just limit the amount of time we spend reading the news because it does no good to your overall being but create more chaos and anxiety.

Fast forward today, almost three months since the quarantine, things are getting more relaxed. Infection rate is decreasing in the country and so it the death rate. Things seemed to be getting better and we are hopeful that the virus will die out on its own way before any vaccine will be produced. 2020 has been a very challenging year for all of us and I still feel sorry for people that I know that I am not able to extend much help to them in their time of needs and I can just hope that we can somehow make it through things and for sure things will get better with time. 

This pretty much summarize my thoughts for this year up until now! Hurray! 

Day 1 of My 10 - Day Sugar Detox Challenge

Today is Day 1 of my 10 - Day Sugar Detox Challenge. The whole challenge is going to last until next Sunday. For this Sugar Detox days, I need to lay off sugar in all forms - white sugar, brown sugar, syrup, bread - yes, there's sugar in bread and if I read it correctly, sugar is translated as carbohydrate at the nutrition section , flour - it's categorized under processed food, cookies, ice creams, biscuits, juices, junks - instant noodles, nuggets, burgers, ketchup, mayo and to further push on things, I'm including dairy free diet too. 

All in all, I'm left with either black/green tea minus the milk and sugar for breakfast. I may need to sip down on my favorite Vietnam drip coffee one of these days sans sugar and milk of course. I can also have eggs for breakfast and lots of veggies along with fresh fruits. No fruit juices in the box allowed and not even my probiotic drink Yakult. Yakult is laden with sugar in order to provide food for the bacteria so yeah, no Yakult at least for the next 9 days. 

So far as of Day 1, I am doing fine without the sugar. The only sugar I'm getting is probably from my rice - carbs turning into glucose; I believe that's how the process goes and I'm also getting some sugar from fruits. I had some salmon for breakfast earlier today and I thought it tasted somewhat sweet. Hmm...Other than that, to avoid sugar cravings, I guess the green tea is helping a lot. And did you know that black or green tea sans sugar and milk, can help to reduce cavity. It's best to drink it after meals so that the bad bacteria won't be having a ball eating away on the sugars lingering around the teeth. And of course, sugar is the number one cause for cavity and bad teeth. 

You may be wondering, why am I doing a sugar detox? The reason is simple. Sugar has been wrecking havoc on my system. Hence, the most I can do to care for my own body that God has given me is to slowly start eliminating junk from coming inside the body. Also, I've been reading a lot of articles and watching videos from Dr. Mark Hyman who is the one who introduced the 10 - Day Sugar Detox Diet. I have learned that having sugar cravings is an addiction and being a sugar addict is far worse than a cocaine addict. Sugar has also been described by Dr. Hyman as a 'recreational drug' while others claimed sugar as white poison and henceforth. 

With the rise of obesity, diabetic, cancer, cardiovascular diseases pretty much worldwide, I guess it is time we become more responsible in taking the time to find out on what exactly we are eating on our plate. We have the choice to make a change for ourselves and at the end of the day, you are what you eat. So let's start eating the right way peeps.