Fun in the way-to-hot sun!
Sep. 25th, 2012 05:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forever_wanderingSince I'm trying to lose weight, I make a habit of eating home-cooked meals as opposed to eating out. During my mini-vacation with Mugen though, we ate out quite a bit and I can feel that I've put on weight, even though it doesn't show.
And it doesn't help that Mugen gave me an awesome box of chocolates made with all sorts of unusual ingredients.
Ginger, Wasabi, Black Sesame.
Hickory Uncured Bacon, Alderwood Smoked Salt.
Mexican Ancho & Chipotle Chillies and Ceylon Cinnamon.
Oaxacan Guajillo y Pasilla Chillies.
So far, I've only tried one of the Ginger, Wasabi and Black Sesame chocolates. I thought it would taste disgusting, but it actually wasn't bad at all!
Anyway, we decided to go hang out at a water park since the weather was nice and the tickets were cheap. Even though I wore SPF +50 sunblock, I still got sunburnt! Since we arrived early, we had time to get on all the rides. My favorite one was a slide where as you near the end, the tubes become transparent and you can see real dolphins swimming around you as you go down. After we got on everything, we relaxed near the pool.
読んでくれて、ありがとうございました！
♥♡Zia♡♥
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Date: 2012-09-25 01:16 pm (UTC)...and great photos, too. Weirdly, my photos tweaker of choice has removed their vignette effect. What do you use?
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Date: 2012-09-25 01:20 pm (UTC)I've never seen chocolates of this kind until he gave them to me either. I'm going to take my time enjoying them to make sure I really absorb each flavor =)
I actually just play around with the contrast and color when I look at pictures =) I usually drop the brightness by 20, then increase the brightness by 10.
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Date: 2012-09-25 02:01 pm (UTC)They're also really good quality photos. I'm always slightly surprised at what compacts are capable of these days- I'd assumed they were taken on an SLR.
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Date: 2012-09-25 02:12 pm (UTC)I used to use Instagram, but I got sick of it extremely fast.
An SLR is something I want to invest in. The camera I'm using now is almost 3 years old.
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Date: 2012-09-25 01:18 pm (UTC)Wonderful photos, love the colours.. where was this waterpark?
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Date: 2012-09-25 01:22 pm (UTC)Orlando! =D
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Date: 2012-09-25 01:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-25 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-25 03:11 pm (UTC)the water park looks sooooooooooo beautiful!! and omg on a slide with dolphins?? TELL ME WHERE IS THIS MAGICAL PLACE!!!!!!! *Q*
btw, Mugen is cute ;D
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:41 pm (UTC)You think he's cute? Haha. He's average for me, but thanks!
Yes! You go down the tube and when it becomes clear, they swim around you!!!
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Date: 2012-09-25 07:32 pm (UTC)girl don't worry.. be strong woman and don't eat them in one day.. slowly one choco by day or once in a few.. won't kill your diet, make it treat for yourslef ^^
btw... if you really gain a bit of weigh again I'm sure you'll came back on track really quickly, because body remember your last dieting/work out time.. it'll be easier right now to come back ^^
I use the same sunblock and my face always got burn.. I don't have a clue what to use to stop it form happeneing.. totally understand your problem >.>
wow this place looks like 100% fun! never been in water parks...
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:43 pm (UTC)Hmmm.....I wonder if we have to use special sun-block for our skin? Or maybe stronger sunblock? My friends can use the same type I use and they never burn, but I always burn, and badly!
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:53 pm (UTC)probably sth wrong with our skin, more sensitive or sth O.O
Today we have sunny day and I covered my arms with +45 and not much but a little they burned with red color o.o at it wasn't even summer day.. just normal autumish day..
that's why I don't really like sun and end to be albinos vampire xD
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Date: 2012-09-27 05:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-25 09:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-26 06:38 pm (UTC)They came in a purple box without any name, so I'm not even sure how to look them up online, but it would be interesting to see what other flavors exist.
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Date: 2012-09-26 02:53 am (UTC)oh my god. i want that chocolate so bad i can taste it.
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:37 pm (UTC)What have you been doing up until now?
Haha. You can taste it? So is the bacon one any good?
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Date: 2012-09-26 10:42 pm (UTC)im not a big fan of bacon actually, which i guess is a good start.
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Date: 2012-09-27 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-26 03:43 am (UTC)The flavors seem... interesting lol. I'd have to try them out, but I'm iffy on the uncured bacon flavored one. Let me know how it tastes when you've tried them! Do you know if these are chocolates are sold internationally?
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:37 pm (UTC)And when I say I don't really like, I mean I hate the stuff.
But I'm going to give it a shot at some point =)
My friend gave me the chocolates and I didn't ask about where they came from, so I can't say whether or not they are sold internationally, but I'm sure they can be found elsewhere and that there are even more insane flavors out there!
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Date: 2012-09-26 05:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-26 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-27 11:41 am (UTC)Ah, waterparks. I envy you. Michael burns ridiculously easily so it's impossible to go to a waterpark with him and I don't really have time otherwise.
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Date: 2012-09-27 05:00 pm (UTC)Yeah, it's not so fun when you burn easily...
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Date: 2012-10-03 10:58 pm (UTC)He has a nice body. I'm currently lifting weights, and I'll be lucky if after years of lifting I'll look as good as that.
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Date: 2012-10-05 03:57 pm (UTC)He lifts weights religiously. Almost every day for a good hour.
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Date: 2012-10-05 05:19 pm (UTC)The Hodge Twins (two giant black twin bodybuilders on youtube)
say that they wait 6 days before hitting the same muscle group.
I recently started lifting dumbbells. I only work my biceps so I work out once a week or so. Sometimes I wait 8 or 9 days.
I'm a genetically weak person, so I'm not kidding when I say after a year I'll be lucky to have arms like your guy in the glasses.
I have noticed I'm making some gains though.
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Date: 2012-10-05 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-05 10:40 pm (UTC)I know when you're training for muscle hypertrophy like I am, less is more. It's 10% lifting weights and 90% eating and resting. If I did my routine everyday my biceps wouldn't have time to rebuild themselves and they'd actually become smaller from being continually broken down.
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Date: 2012-10-06 08:13 pm (UTC)I usually don't ask questions because his obsession with working out freaks me out. I just let him be.
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Date: 2012-10-06 12:28 pm (UTC)The water park looks like one I've been to that is part of Sea World, Orlando - is that the same one you were at?
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Date: 2012-10-06 08:15 pm (UTC)I think it's part of sea world? It was called Aquatica. We kind of just drove by it and chose to head in lol.