Weeks ago, the day before I left for Taiwan trip, I went for my final session at Marie France.

12 sessions.

3 months.

Done.


It was such a relief.

It was such a relief because I have never felt BETTER in my life.




I've actually lost quite an amount of weight, even though that was not my initial target when I entered the salon, the sights of cellulite on my thighs have diminise tremendously.

YAY!

It's not obvious on the before and after photo so I shall tell you in my words that I have received lots of remarks everywhere that I have been looking better, and better.


Photos here are not edited, only sharpened because my hands were shaky when I took the photos.





Over the span of three months, not only I have learnt how to:

take care of myself better,
understand how my body works,
become more aware of how my body, and fats, functions;

I've actually have a better diet, and a happier looking skin.

Surprise surprise.




To entertain you with my results, I have lost:

1. 7cm each on my right and left upper thigh
2. 12cm each on my right and left lower thigh
3. 4cm each on my right and left calve.


I had wanted to lose more on my calves because I have really thick calves, thanks to my older backpacking days, and it's really hard to get rid of.

But as the sessions went on week after week, the treatments I received have seemed to shift towards my thighs and hips.

I could have asked them to spread the treatments evenly across my calves and thighs and hips but I was worried spreading the treatment time and cream/serum/solution might also reduce the effectiveness these treatments have on each section of my body.

So I decided to let them focus on my back thighs and hips in the end.

And I'm loving the results.




I'm not saying I'm perfectly pleased with how my body looked yet, but I have never seen a fitter me in a long time and I am definitely feeling supremely confident how the way I look these days.




I've been religiously rubbing lotion after my shower every day now on my thighs and calves, I'm determine to get my calves to shrink now that I am no longer attending treatments at Marie France.

But Marie France has helped me achieve my ultimate goal.

To know that I can still lose, get fit and eliminate those wrinkly skin I thought was forever.

To know that I can get rid of all these, if I work on myself more.




A girl's got to do what a girl's got to do eh?

One day, soon enough, I'm going to achieve my perfect figure.

Maybe one day, I can always return to Marie France for more advanced tech aid.

;)


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So I'm late for more than 24 hours for this post.

Blame it on the power cut yesterday that lasted for more than 5 hours in the house, and by evening time, I was out on our 2nd year anniversary dinner and movie.

Then today the internet decided to go bonkers on me all afternoon.

Sigh. It's fate that's not allowing me to blog I tell you.

But now here it is!! (Previous post on the Sago Worms, photos and words)




Our sago worm cocktail party, live! In videos!

First, let's introduce the worms.





Clare was the only person in the party who has ever tried Sago Worms and knew how to eat it. So we had her to demonstrate to us, and the rest of you readers, HOW to Eat a Live Sago Worm.





And for the MOST exciting part.

ME EATING A LIVE SAGO WORM! (click to play video below)


Ho ho.... be warned, I was quite the coward when it comes to eating live shit, so pardon my jumpi-ness.




I totally freaked out. You have to watch the video to see how freaked out I was.

God I swear it was so god damn gross when you have a torn worm with all its goo oozing out from its lifeless body and you knew you were about to put that THING in your mouth, AND SWALLOW IT!

OMG I could faint at that point.


But really, it didn't really taste anything fancy. Read previous post on my experience here.


And if you have the extra free time, here's the rest of us having a go at the sago worms.




Watch it, cause in there you can see a more terrified Derek trying to consume a worm and gagged, several times. LOL

It's so totally hiralous!!!!

Updating post....




Please check back later today.

Gruesome content being edited.

I started with lots on my mind and no words to express them out.

As my fingers wandered around the keyboard, deleting and typing and deleting the words repeatedly, I lost track of my initial thoughts.

Followed by my motivation to write.

So before I slumber off to bed, I'll leave a photo of me in Taiwan for you to wonder what I was supposed to say but didn't manage to.




*Waiting in hotel room to go clubbing on my first night in Taipei with a group of strangers (lady strangers)*

Why should we have it with Tuak?




It's a celebration! Of my ending my Mulu journey, on my first time trying out Sago Worms, and I was in Kuching for heaven's sake! Tuak is like the signature liquor in that part of the world. Or country. Or among Ibans to be exact.

Tuak - fermented rice and yeast wine with sugar. (Though I coudln't really taste the sugar)




And besides~~~~ *long drag*, if I was going to eat something that wiggly, I might as well have something strong to go with it.




So lesson of the day, and first lesson you should know when consuming a live wiggling sago worm, is how to tear off the head.

When something is alive and kicking (squirming in this case), you should know that it can bite too.

Would you want it to bite your tongue while you struggle to swallow it? Or would you rather it find its way up your throat when you're trying to push it down?

Neither? Good. Off with its head!!


*note* those are not my fingers.


Grab it firmly between your index and thumb and try to tear it apart, like how you would with a paper.

It would be a bit difficult as the skin can prove very elastic.




It will try to wiggle its life out (hey you're trying to kill it), but be persistent.










argh! (it IS quite difficult to tear)




Now brace yourself for the next photo.


Head off.




*barf*

Then place it in your mouth, you may close your eyes, pinch your nose, whatever, as long the headless bugger it's in there.




Don't ask me how it smelt, I stopped breathing at that point!



What's left of the corpse.


The skin, as stated before, can be tough to chew and swallow, so some people prefers to spit the skin out after consuming the inards.







End of lesson.


Now for the real thing.


I have gathered all my fellow kuching-nites to meet at The Junk for a last gathering before my departure from Sarawak once and for all.







It was an exceptional night, despite the fact that we were all hyped about the sago worm eating experience, yes it was a first time for all of us.

All of us except Clare, the wonder woman who once had it and showed off to me when she knew I was desperate to try sago worm. *growl*




So we had her demonstrate to us first hand on how to eat sago worm (Actually we were just slacking off because none of us wanted to start first, lol).


Curious crowd, lol


Everyone was pretty excited. We were like ohh-ing and ahh-ing all over the bar.







And eee-ing when Clare popped the worm into her mouth.



"omg look, the head!"



call me paparazzi


After the demonstration, each of us went in pairs to start the eating fiesta!

Henry and Shawn were brave enough to dive in first (or did I shove them in? erm...)




The rest of us went to the other side of the bar and started snapping photos away like paparazzi, flashes from numerous cameras were coming from all direction.

I bet you never ate a worm and felt like a star before huh?







There went the brave, in came the cowards.




Meet Derek (left) and Drekker. I always got their names confused.

Now Drekker was the cool one, but Derek, oh Derek, you got to see Derek consume a worm. It's hilarious. (Photo will tell the story)


Bong instructing Derek on preparing his worm the right way









come on.. we don't have all day~ :p






LOLOLOLOL


On the other hand...




It took Drekker 1 minute to finish his worm, it probably took Derek 15 minutes. LOL

Bong (yes, his name, tee hee) and I were next in line and we weren't as courageous as the first pair, maybe better than the second pair, but definitely more drama than either of them. ROFL.




When in Rome, do as the Romans do.




Shall we start? (You may read the captions for the storyline)


Wasn't my best hair day, what can I say, I just got back from 3 days in the rainforest.


Let's have a drink first.


*buying time* @_@


Picking.. picking...


Clare stop laughint at me.



I can't decide, which one should I go for?



*squirms away*



Bong stepped in to choose for me.



Playing with my worm.



Okay, I'm going to eat this now.



Here I go....



First... tear.



"Damn this worm is hard to tear."



Goddamnit, tear you bitch!



"Oh god, the head just came off. Ewww"



pose one with the (very dead) worm


Pop and in went the worm. Photo session!




Now for the thing that every girl hates to do - swallow.


The moment the headless worm slided down my throat, I was screeching my head off, jumping up and down hoping no atrocious taste would reach my taste bud.




So I closed my eyes... and waited for the taste to hit me..


and waited...

and waited......


And I opened my eyes,




and and...



Look at Bong


And.. and...


Nothing came.








Yea well, thanks to the shot of Tuak I had prior to my "meal", I couldn't taste anything at all. Or perhaps the worm was just tasteless.

Erm... (most of them did say it was rather tasteless, some say it's like chicken, but then again everything exotic tasted like chicken)


Bong had his worm pretty damn fast and no one has a photo of him eating it. Such a brave man. LOL.

And that marked the end of our sago worm fiesta at The Junk, Kuching.

Thank you everyone for coming.

In the end we had the bartender fried us the rest of the live sago worms as late night snacks.




So.. sago worm anyone?





PS// I have a video somewhere, I'll see if I can find it, edit it and then post it up here in the next post.

Till then, have a wonderful appetite everyone. :D :p