I finished the first sketch book today!! Yay! It was a very thin one…I have to say.

Similar to the urge of being the first to walk and leave foot prints on fresh snow,
I couldn’t wait to paint on the new sketch book that is full of blank, pristine pages.

Instead of trying to paint an object and fail at it, I just played with the new brush tonight.

and practiced control….

and practiced layering washes…..

and failed miserably at it(buildings on the right)….
then got a little better at it (purple and green on the left)….
and FINALLY got it ( light blue in the middle)!!!

The layers could finally smoothly blend together….I even left space for windows without having them look too awkward.
The light, smooth and dreamy color even reminded me of, if I dare, those white and blue Mediterranean houses in Greek. :B
ANYWAY!!

I don’t like listening to people that don’t have anything original to say.
That’s why, I keep my mouth shut when my mind draws blank and wants to resort to “transcripts”.

I feel this is happening more and more now.

I used to have so much to write about and couldn’t find time to do it.

Now, that river almost died out completely.

All I can do is to write about not having anything to write about.

Or I write about movies I saw, books I read, or a TV series I followed.

I have become an observer of other people’s lives.

These movies, TV shows, books, news, talk shows, (and how can I forget) internet, are like sleep pills or anything additive.
A little dose might help us rejuvenate. But a lot of it can make us losing our minds.

I can identify these people easily because I am one of them.
These addicts, us addicts, we don’t say what minds create. We repeat what we hear.

研究肠道细菌已经34年的日本辨野博士表示，现代人普遍都有排便量不足的问题，一般的上班族妇女，一天的排便量可能只有100～200公克，排便量与每天吃进去的食物，根本不成正比，而消化完的废弃物，由于无法排出体外，就累积在肠道内，造成肠道老化。

由于现代人生活紧张忙碌，要求每天都能大量排便实在困难，辨野博士因此退而求其次，只要在周日能够彻 底清除宿便。辨野博士设计的周末排毒餐，是透过三天连续的饮食计划，在周末可以排出1 公斤的宿便，帮助体内环保与排毒。他实施一 年的时间，在没有任何节食的情况下，体重减轻10公斤，体脂肪从28 ％降低为23％，胆固醇值降为正常，痛风及花粉症问题也都完全解决，而且他每天都可以定时排便。

辨野博士的周末 1公斤宿便排毒餐的原理，是利用大量的纤维质清洗肠道。不需要节食，只是把周五与周六晚上的晚餐，用排毒餐取代，即可达到周日上午痛快排除宿便的目标。

周末一公斤宿便排毒餐：
周五 晚上：250克酸奶+500克地瓜（蒸熟连皮吃）＋苹果 2个
周六 晚上：250克酸奶 +500克地瓜（蒸熟连皮吃）
周日早上： 痛快排便，彻底清除宿便。

辨野博士建议民众，除了1公斤宿便排毒餐，最好还能配上每天快走8000步。
从饮食与运动双方面着手，不但可以排除宿便，防止肠道老化，还能 附带有减肥效果，
辨野博士希望能够帮助民众，一起对抗肠道老化，预防大肠癌.