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Monday, December 18, 2006
Before leaving for vacation I am off tomorrow for vacation in Australia. There will be no blogging for three weeks or so because I will be too busy swimming at the beach, practicing my golf and reading trashy historical romance novels. I will not be updating the 'currently reading' blurb during the vacation. I have finished "Cloud Atlas" and since finished "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coehlo. I will be reading "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Marakumi(spelling?) on the plane. Migrant Workers' Rights in South Korea December 18 is International Migrants Day. For this event, I (and other people from my work) have been very busy preparing this little piece about migrant workers in Korea. I have not been long in the job so it was quite time-consuming to work through all the new bureaucracy to have this ready in time. On that site (not that page) you can also find the new primer on migrant workers as well as Amnesty's report on migrant workers' rights in South Korea, published in August 2006. The Diet It is still early days but there is no weight gain as yet. I found £5 on the pavement this morning so I splurged at lunch and bought the large portion instead of my regular small portion of rice and black bean casserole (Ghananian style - yum!). I couldn't finish it but I believe I gave it a good try. I bought Doritos last weekend to increase snacking and this has been mildly successful. Breakfast was a few pieces of pineapple but mostly because there was no milk for cereal. There is, of course, no need for concern. I know that there is alot of great tasting food out there and I like to think I can cook a nice meal (and great muffins). The tastebuds are willing but the stomach is overruling all food decisions at present. Maybe my stomach is allergic to food.
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Thursday, December 07, 2006
Diet Day Two I am completely sick of food. I could barely manage a few pieces of pineapple for supper last night. The doctor mentioned sandwich for supper but the thought of that much food was too much. As yesterday the lunch portion will have to be reduced due to still feeling full after breakfast. Am hoping that this will get easier soon. A friend recommended more exercise to build up an appetite - may attempt this during my vaction in Australia for Xmas where the weather is good and sunny and not icy like here. Military Sexual Slavery in Japan Sat down yesterday and read through a newsletter from Association working for the Comfort Women. I don't have it with me so I can't check the proper name or weblink. But it was quite interesting to read all the stuff going on. News to me was plans to build a War and Womens' Human Rights Museum (or similar name) in Seodaemun's Independence Park. Apparently its all approved but funding is wanting. Wednesday, December 06, 2006
The New Diet I have started a new diet - a weight gaining diet. I have been dropping kilos slowly but steadily for nearly three years and a few months ago I dropped into the 'underweight' zone of the BMI. This prompted me to visit the doctor (bloodtests to be taken later this week) who has assigned me a simple schedule to increase the number and frequency of my meals. To do this I am now having to wake up earlier in order to get an extra feed in before work (otherwise known as breakfast). I am also now going to be having nightly 'supper' after dinner and before bed. It should be noted that the weight loss was not by choice - it is more to do with having absolutely NO appetite (possibly prompted by stress - at least that is my theory). Even after eating supper last night and breakfast this morning I feel completely full and am grateful that lunch is several hours away. I got a feeling this diet isn't going to be easy.
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