Amazing Thailand, Amazing Krabi, Amazing Company Part One

Helloo fluffies,

Its been.. more than a week. I just got home this afternoon after spending a wonderful week in Krabi. Wasn't exactly off the grid but pretty much most of the time and I really appreciate the moments when I could see the world without instant access to the web.

I decided to do this post instead of heading straight to bed because I'm feeling too awake right now from stressing about some personal development issues at the moment. Hopefully after doing this post, I'll feel a little bit better.

Day One:

Onward to Krabi!

 I've never been on a budget airline before so it was a really amusing experience for me because I have never seen adverts in a plane before. Kinda reminds me of how buses are too.

The mandatory pic of my plane among the clouds :)

After we landed, we had to buy tickets to get on a bus which will bring us to the place which we would be staying for the next 6 nights, Ao Nang Beach.

After reaching, we simply put down our stuffs and took a stroll along the street, looking for dinner because we were really hungry. Unfortunately, due to lack of pre-empting the dinner crowd, we ended up waiting nearly an hour for our pad thai and fried rice at E-san Seafood restaurant. We didn't even manage to eat our mango salad because it was too long a wait. The auntie doing the cooking was really nice tho and the food was good, albeit a tad too oily to be on the healthy side but hey, anything with enough oil and sugar tastes good.

Day 2: 

White water rafting & elephant trekking

We officially kicked start our adventure by leaving the hotel by 8am to go for white water rafting and elephant trekking. It was a full day thing so a buffet lunch was served. Rafting was really fun and I enjoyed it alot.

  I can't say the same for the elephant trekking. It is heart breaking to see the elephant tamers using sharp hammers to control the elephants. I would not recomment elephant trekking to anyone. Especially not from 'Island Safari' tours. Like seriously, just stay the hell away from this tour planner when it comes to elephant trekking. Our 30minute ride ended up as a sad and short little stroll within a zoo-like compound. Monkeys were made to do tricks continuously and some of the baby elephants look like they've gone mad whenever loud electronic music is played. I'm pretty sure that there are more ethical elephant trekking tours out there as I've seen the elephants roam the forests.

Beware of the crazy green chilli in the Som Tum. I nearly died because it was SO SPICY.

The very awesome thai pancake. but not so awesome combination choice on our part. This is pineapple pancake and it tastes kinda weird. 

Day 3:
Kayaking in Ao Thalane

Breakfast at an Italian restaurant. Bad decision. Overpriced for a measly portion of food.

The prettier part of the beach is filled with make shift massage parlors. Not the sleazy kind though.. Or maybe they were but it looked very open.

On our way back to the hotel, we decided to try the Pad thai from one of the road side stalls. It was really tasty!

We did an afternoon of kayaking in Ao Thalane, amongst mangroves. It was a really eye opening experience. Though t wasn't fun sitting in murky looking waters with suspicious looking bubbles, I had lots of fun trying to kayak my way through narrow spaces. over underwater roots, ducking under the branches etc.

For dinner, we just kept walking along the streets and eating random food along the way.

We had a mango pancake topped with chocolate syrup. This one is definitely a better choice of combination.

Day 4:
Exploring markets after renting a bike. We love markets. I feel it is a very good way of looking at how the locals live and I love watching them and see what they buy. And because it was really just an adventure, we don't even know the names of the markets that we've stopped at :/

Paid a visit to the roadside foodstall auntie again. My boyfriend had this fried pork with rice while I had an omelette.

I believe alot of their desserts looks and tastes quite familiar to us because Krabi has a very large muslim community and they look just like malays. 

These bunnies were sooo cute but too bad I can't buy them home :(

We pretty much settled out lunch there and stopped by Tesco to check out their local supermarket. But the greatest thing that we discovered was Southern Coffee. As you can see, my man's looking pretty gleeful.

On our way back to the hotel, we discovered another market!

CARDIO thursday

Hi Fluffies,

Here is my very weak attempt at trying to do food styling. Obviously it is a disaster. My snow white and little dwarf couldn't save the day :(


However, I would like to talk about this jar of goodness here. It is Pu-er Tea with lemon slices and okay, theres a chunk right there.  The Pu-er tea is a type of dark tea that is produced in Yunan province, China.


"The soothing properties, aid digestion and are perfect after heavy or greasy meals. More recent studies indicate powerful cholesterol lowering effects, blood cleansing properties and aid significantly in weight loss efforts. Many published studies have been done showing the enormous health benefits of this wonderful tea."

Although dark Pu'erh tastes much like black tea, it is not black or oolong tea, but falls into a category of its own. Pu'erh is processed much like black tea with the exception of a couple steps. The tea is picked, processed and partially fired allowing the leaves to retain moisture. The slightly moist tea is then piled. The natural bacterium on the leaves creates a reaction similar to that of a compost pile. The tea is then aged, in special underground rooms or caves, adding to its unique character. One of the most significant distinctions of this tea is that it gets better over time. These aged teas are prized and can be found in vintages, like wine, some dating back 40 to 50 to 100 years.

I've been drinking Pu-erh tea for a long time and I find that it always helps to cleanse my stomach after a meal and I just love how it tastes with lemon. It tastes a little bit like SOD tea although I like this better. 

If you are looking to lose weight, drink tea to give a little extra boost to your weight loss plan :) And even if you are not, it wouldn't hurt to give your body a little cleanse every now and then :)

So today on Cassey's July calendar, it is CARDIO day. I didn't really like what was listed today so I decided to plan my own list of workouts instead for higher intensity. 

Today's workout will consist of cardio workouts from XHIT Daily and a butt workout from Be.Fit. Not a great variety of youtube channels here but its a change XD

So here's today's workouts in sequence!

1. Fat Burning Full body workout

2. Best Exercises For Burning Calories

3. Best Cardio Workout: Kickboxing

This was tough. Really tough. If you are like me, someone with a bad sense of balance, you would find it very difficult to hold ur core in place to prevent yourself from shifting while throwing those punches.
Due to space constraints, I replaced the skipping rope by holding on to 2 dumb bells 4 pounds each, and just swing it the way I would with a skipping rope. It was KILLAH

4. 8-Minute Boot Camp Workout

5. Navy Seal Workout

One of my all time favourites because it gets me sweating in no time.

6. Tracey Mallett | Firm Butt Workout: Phase 1- Lose The Belly Flab

And of course, the finally workout, the toning workout, done with resistance tubes. If you noticed, I like doing butt work. I'm on a quest to build a butt XD 

That's it for today's workout!

Once a fluffy, always a fluffy.

Hello lovelies,

Nope, my name is not fluffy. My name is Chloe Chua and I come from a too-hot-and-sunny island called Singapore. 
Do you watch Gabriel Iglesias? If you do, you would know that his comical name is Fluffy. Gabriel Iglesias is a comedian who happens to be overweight, which he confidently refers to as being fluffy. I wish I knew about this reference earlier on when I was fluffy. I would have felt a hell lot better about myself. 

Throughout the end of my teenage years, I suffered a great deal from emotional eating. It didn't help that I had to go through a messy break-up at that time. I got so fluffy that even my closest guy friend could not recognise me when I sat right in front of him on the bus. 

I took a long time, a gazillion tries and a ton of willpower to finally be healthy and lose most of my fluff. Although deep down inside, I still feel fluffy on most days. 
I'm not new to blogging but I've never diligently posted substantial stuffs through my blogs. But I'm going start a blog. To help me keep track of my daily health and fitness routines as I juggle school and work. 
However, I really hope that maybe this could help other fluffies out there, dealing with their health and weight. I know it sucks being referred to as fat, obese and a hell lot of other nasty things. But I want to show all fluffies that it is totally controllable and nothing to be embarrassed about. 
And you know what? Once a fluffy, always a fluffy. Just that it would be a different kind of fluffy. 

A fluffy full of hopes, dreams and love :) 

Okay, fluffy?