Monday, March 29, 2010

Day 132: Progress in health, beauty and social lives

Today was quite a significant day for three reasons:

a) I finally found one thing that I enjoy having and is yet healthy - Green Tea! Seriously, this day is like a milestone in my life because I don't think I like any kind of healthy food. I am not a fan of fruits. I am not a fan of vegetables, unless they are deliciously cooked in Indian style which usually makes them pretty unhealthy anyway. I am not a fan of fish and not of any kind of grilled meat etc. etc. etc. But today I gave up my half a cup of morning-mocha and decided to try green tea, the much recommended healthy beverage. The verdict: I love it! And I forsee myself having it all the time. So am quite happy to have taken a step towards eating (or drinking) healthy and making the diet-gods pleased.

b) I bought a tube of hair conditioner (oh-my-freaking-God)! This is yet another momentous occassion because I haven't bought a conditioner since 2004 when I was interning at P&G. That time someone sold the merits of the P&G brand Pantene to me and I used it for a while. I found it good but soon discovered that I am not cut out to be a hair-conditioner-user. It's just way too much hassle. However today, I happened to shop for conditioners for my mother in law. She had requested me to get her one when I go back to India later this week. But I was utterly confused about what to buy. The rows and rows of conditioners in all shapes and sizes stared at me from Watsons' shelves. Sure, being the die-hard P&G lover that I am, I didn't even glance at Elseve or Dove or Sunsilk but still I had a lot to choose from. Then my eyes fell on the Herbal Essences range and I caught myself smiling at all their pinks and purples and oranges and blues. Such happy colours! Soon I got a Herbal Essence conditioner AND also a Pantene conditioner (so I make at least 2 P&G brands happy) for my mom-in-law. (On a side note, I work for Head & Shoulders but there was no H&S conditioner available). Anyway, coming back to the point... after I bought mom-in-law a nice purple bottle of conditioner, I felt that a conditioner is THE product that is crucial to my beauty needs and I picked up a blue bottle for myself. So there, tomorrow onwards, am gonna have awesome hair.

c) After making huge progress in both my health and beauty lives, I tackled my social life. I caught up with a friend from Malaysia whom I had not met for the last 9 months! She used to work with me on SK-II and was in town today. It was absolutely lovely to catch up with her!

So all in all, a very productive day.

868 more to go.

3 comments:

  1. Starting my 1000 today! anything positive in getting older?

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  2. Ping me at work and ill tell you
    1) How to make the green tea most effective
    2) How to make your hair shiny and awesome and frizz free


    :D

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  3. Anonymous - Congratulations! :D Well, so many positive things seem to have happened to me over the last 132 days of getting older. I guess as long as you live, you would get older, so might as well focus on having a kickass time throughout! :)


    Unpredictable - am just coming to meet you to get my tips :D

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