Tomorrow, we’re driving up Cameron Highlands for a short road trip for his birthday. Can’t wait!!

Last few days, my bestie helped me to get a box of pH strips from her pharmacy friend. I’ve started testing everything I laid my eyes on – the water, my pee and everything else. Here are my observations. Tap water is slightly acidic but more towards neutral. My pee? You don’t want to know that. Few months back, my dad bought an alkaline water machine called Hexagon from Cosway. They claimed that it’s alkaline water but I did a test today and yeah..it sure is alkaline but only pH 8 (almost close to pH 7) …not good enough. According to the expert Dr Robert Young, the water should be around pH 9 to 11. Hmm… He recommended either Chanson or Jupiter brands but they’re both so expensive. I don’t even think I can find Chanson in Malaysia. What can I do to afford this? Hmm… I definitely want to buy a good water filter alkaline ionizer machine for my new home later.

Hubby has committed to be a vegetarian. We’ve stopped eating meat for a few weeks now and no cravings whatsoever. Earlier, we were on this because of alkaline diet. Occasionally, we were still cheating by having meat, butter, milk produced products and eggs. But this youtube video was a leverage that did it for us and we’re on to strict vegetarianism. It’s compassion and health reasons now.

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People asked me, what about my restaurant? Well, even though we’ve decided to be vegetarians, we still need to respect other people’s wish to be non-vegetarian. I still need to do QC on my shop’s food so I am not a full vegetarian. I do avoid dairy, meat, eggs and anything produced by animals when outside my restaurant.

Today, I cooked something new. Curry chickpeas! I’ve never cooked it before but I’ve cooked tonnes of curry chicken in the past. This time, I added a lot more spices than before. Surprisingly, it was delicious. Just the sight of hubby scooping up every last drop of the curry makes me feel very happy and satisfied. Cheap thrill. Tsk tsk. We’ve been eating in a lot and cooking. It’s just easier to maintain healthier lifestyle this way although it’s a bit time consuming. I forgot how nice it is to cook and it can be very therapeutic.

7+km cable car ride to Kuranda.

At one of the hill top

A rainbow next to big Barron Falls (view from cable car)

There’s just something about rainbows. It makes you feel happy and grateful for mother nature’s work of art.

Two days ago, I met an online friend all the way from Penang. He’s a team leader in some network marketing company and doing very well. As we were talking, it’s obvious to know that I’m a person who is lost and he’s one person who has figured everything out. He looks very happy and contented with his life. It was fun to finally meet him and I must say that I admire his confidence. The next morning, he sent me a poem by Kent M. Keith.

Anyway

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

Hmmmm…….I must say I don’t quite enjoy the slightly pessimistic tone of the poem but I guess maybe I’m not to that level to understand yet.

This morning I woke up feeling…Wooohhh! Last night, I closed my shop and only got to go to bed at 2am. I had to wake up at 6am again to cover morning shift. In the past, I would feel very tired and sleep. Today, I feel great! I can’t wait to leave work, catch up with my girlies and do my laundry later.

This morning, we woke up very early and went to the Reef Fleet Terminal. We boarded the Quicksilver SilverSwift boat and headed out to Flynn Reef of Great Barrier Reef. We spent the day snorkeling at 3 different reef sites. It was amazing! There were many types of fishes. Some glowy, some colorful, some as big as 2/3 of me. There were clams, turtle, beautiful corals, sea cucumbers, jelly fishes and many more! What a lovely day. One of the big fishes touched me on my face. That felt great!

After the last snorkel site, the boat crew served refreshments. I stared at the chocolate cake for a long time before deciding to eat it. Oh man! It’s only day 7! Alkaline again with lemon water.

This morning, we woke up early and headed out for Kuranda. We took the Skyrail (7km+ cable car ride) up to Kuranda. It was beautiful. Wow! Although I felt a little fearful about sitting in a cable car, I must admit it was a pretty good ride. There was a 250m waterfall called Barron Fall halfway. In the morning, there was a rainbow near that huge waterfall. Amazing! When we reach Kuranda, we went shopping, eating and also enjoying the cool weather. Then, we went for a jungle walk. At 2pm, we took the Kuranda scenic train down back to Cairns. It was a pretty awesome ride too. The scenery is just great!

I think I have to do a strict alkaline diet. Am going to buy PH strips when I get back to Malaysia.

Today, we rented a car and drove up the Captain Cook Highway along the coast line up to Port Douglas. The view was superbly wonderful. Our road is on a mountain. When you look down, it’s all water, nothing but ocean water stretching from far right to left. The waves moves towards the shore and hits the rocks. Lovely! Midway, we stopped at Hartley’s Crocodile Farm and spent half day in the park. I never knew crocodiles can be such fun! There were shows where the park rangers actually stood very close to the crocodile and the crocodile went “Snap”! The sound they made were as though someone took two big wooden boards and banged them together. Very loud! We also went on a boat ride and a ranger fed the crocodile right in front of us (about two feet away). I touched a young 1 year old crocodile!!! Their skin felt like rubber and if you didn’t tell me it’s a crocodile, I would have thought it as a rubber toy. We saw some koalas too but they are such boring animals. All they ever do is just eat and sleep….very much like panda bears.

Today, we cheated a little. Couldn’t resist the chocolate and bought a bar of Lindt dark chocolate 85%. Alkalizing now with a big cup of lemon water. =.= I guess it’s easier to do the diet when you’re not on vacation. Haha.

We’ve booked a few tours today. Yay! Will be going to Kuranda, Hartley and a diving/snorkeling trip by Quiksilver’s SilverSwift. Excited!

We are in Cairns now. The weather is quite like Malaysia only colder because it was drizzling. Our sharehouse was a pretty interesting concept. Very comfortable and homely. Fast internet speed. We didn’t do much today except for the visit to the shopping centre. Tomorrow, we’ll visit more places.

Good night!

After showering, doing vital breathing exercises and drinking lemon water, I felt a big hunger in my tummy. Think I really need to get the Omega 3 & 6 Essential Oil. Couldn’t managed to find it in Sydney yesterday but will try harder today.

No cravings for coffee and sugar at the moment. Feeling a lot more energetic today.

Yay!!! Celebrate! We’re going to Sydney’s fish market for brunch.

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Tiring tiring day. Finally, we packed up everything and left my cousin’s house to the airport. Next stop, Cairns. Our flight is at 6am but we thought of going at 11pm since we’re not familiar and we can wait in the airport. There’s just one problem…. THE AIRPORT CLOSES AFTER 12AM. WTF?!?!?!

Luckily, we have some kind souls telling us that we could go to the McCafe down the road. I was struggling to walk because my luggage is damn big and heavy. Suddenly a car pulled over and I thought it was a taxi. You see, in Sydney, the taxis and police cars look quite the same. When I look closer, it’s the police! They asked if we want a lift. Happy! This is the first time I sat in a police car. Hahaha. But I’m so happy. So many people helping me. So grateful!

McCafe has a lot of sweet cakes, brownies, muffins, marshmallows….anything sweet that you can name, you have it. Argh! Not very favorable to my current diet, especially I’ve been craving for it. Hubby and I have been quite good so far. We ate a vegetarian pizza (with no cheese) and a whole lot of salad, fruits and nuts.

So today is my first day alkalizing. Needless to wonder, I must have a very acidic blood inside due to my poor diet before this. One of the hardest things are to cut coffee and sugar. since I’ve been relying on coffee and also indulging in a lot of sweet stuff, my day wasn’t a very good one. Headaches and low energy. In addition, it is that time of the month for me so my hormones made me even weaker. After naps and naps, hubby and I finally forced ourselves to hangout in Bondi Beach.

In Bondi Beach, I jogged and did the recommended vital breathing. Instantly, I felt better. There’s something about the ocean. It always calms me. On our way home, we dropped by a store and bought some herbal and fruit teas to replace coffee.

I quite like the weather in Sydney. We purposely went the longer way and took the ferry back to my cousin’s house. The wind was awesome. The view of Sydney and its harbour is just breathtaking.

The guy who will change hubby and my life.