Say Good Bye to Cigarettes

>> Jul 15, 2014

Are you a smoker who will become a mother? Well, it means that your less healthy lifestyle over the years including smoking should be abandoned. These following tips can help you throwing away the habit of smoking.

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1.Asking people not to smoke around you.

No need to hesitate to ask the closest people not smoking front of you. By minimizing or eliminating triggers in front of your eyes, you will make it easier to suppress the desire to smoke. To get support, you can join those who successfully stop smoking. You can follow and apply their experiences and tips.

2.Hide all smoking accessories.

Keep away objects that remind you on smoking. For example, a collection of lighters, ashtrays, cigarette case and of course cigarettes. Do it also at your daily activities, such as office desk and car.

3.Change smoking habit.

Look for other routine activities that minimize your chances of smoking as a friend. When you have to queue up in front of the cashier, bring gadget to distract your mind and reduce boredom, and you may also chew cigarette substitutes.

4.Hypnotherapy.
The basis of hypnotherapy is to remove the negative programs in the mind. With hypnotherapy, the desire to smoke program will be removed and replaced with another program. You will be trained to use the power of your own mind to resist the urge to smoke.

5.Use nicotine patch.

You can also use a nicotine patch shaped like a sticker. Simply attached to the surface of the skin for 24 hours straight. This therapy on average takes about 2-3 weeks. Nicotine patches contain nicotine which is released into the body through the skin and blood vessels to meet the body's needs. But gradually reduced, until finally your body no longer wants nicotine.

6.Acupuncture or finger pressure therapy.

There are certain nerve points on the head and chest that sends stimuli to the brain function so that the body wants nicotine continuously. By pressing these points, the body's craving for nicotine is lost. In acupuncture, the points are pressed with a needle and in finger-pressure therapy with fingers. Acupuncture therapy is typically done 2 times a week, as much as 5-6 times.

7.Laser therapy.

Laser therapy uses infrared rays that are directed at a single point in the ear. The goal is to put off the nerve that sends the largest stimulation to trigger the body's wish to get nicotine. Therapy is usually done 3-5 times, irradiation time for about 30 minutes.

So, say good bye to cigarettes since the fetal health in your womb is a top priority.

Blue Classroom

>> Jul 14, 2014

We had rainy weekend here. We went nowhere and just watched the last two matches of football world cup at home. My husband and I were happy since our favorite national team became the first winner.

Last Wednesday, July 9^th, the presidential election was held here to choose the next president and vice president of Indonesia. I thought before I would know who will be the new president in the afternoon. It turned out that the quick count results of several institutions don’t convey the same statement. Some stated the number one candidate won the election while other results showed the second candidate who elected to be the new president. So, we must wait for the final result of real count at July 22^nd. Hope everything’s going well.

Blue classroom

Captured when legislative election held. I didn't take shots during presidential election last Wednesday. Vote letters of presidential election put into only one vote box.

For Blue Monday this week, I share random blue shots. During both general election (legislative and presidential), we voted at a classroom of nearby primary school and luckily, the class is blue. The other is the blue bar which located in Gangster Town studio of the Transportation Museum (Museum Angkut).

The Blue Bar which guarded by men with guns :D

Do You Need Fitness Test before Exercise?

>> Jul 13, 2014

You want to work out for getting healthy and slim body, but instead you’ve got crushed body. Long-intensity exercise makes body more pain sometimes. If you already know in advance your body's ability through a fitness test, of course this could have been avoided.

Indeed, there aren’t many who know about fitness test. Ideally, the test performed in order to avoid any injury. Many people desire good health instantly, but that what makes body injured. Fitness test supports people to know the limits and capacity of the body during physical activity or exercise. In fact, it can relieve pain that often complained after doing exercise.

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Used indicators of fitness test are test of the heart-lung, tests of strength, speed test, test muscle strength (weight lifting) and explosive muscle power tests (punching). A common and easy test for common people is the heart-lung test. Before the exercise, the heart-lung tests done to measure VO2 max (maximum oxygen volume). This test is to determine the body's ability to use oxygen during physical activity.

Oxygen is essentially needed as fuel for all physical activities such as walking, running, moving, and working. When the body is forced too often, you will be difficult to breath. It is called as a natural sign of the body which indicates a decrease in the ability of a person.

If it lets to continue without knowing how to handle, it can result in difficulty breathing or heart failure for those with a heart disease history. Simple fitness tests such as the talk test method can help you know your body's ability.

For persons who perform running exercise with light intensity, the ability limit can be seen if they can speak and sing after a run. For moderate intensity, they can still talk, but it's hard to sing after a run. Well, for the hard intensity, let alone sing after a run, even talking is too difficult to do. That's the time when the workout should be stopped. Don’t force yourself if you can’t talk and sing anymore. Increasingly forced, it may result in over training and accident-prone. Thus, identify and measure your body's maximum capacity is necessary.

Coban Rondo Monkeys

>> Jul 12, 2014

Many monkeys live inside Coban Rondo ecotourism (Pujon Malang, East Java Indonesia). I’ve shared monkey moms and babies before. I still have other Coban Rondo monkey shots to share. They are cute and active critters.