I'm currently studying about calcium in my course now. Did you know that astronauts lose about 200mg of calcium a day in space?
The point, actually, is that without gravity our bones loses calcium, and when we don't walk or exercise, or even when we're lying down at night to sleep, our bones lose calcium.
Now this is interesting and scary to me at the same time.
Interesting because I wonder if we only have as much calcium as we have because of gravity. Our bones lose calcium in anti-gravity, which I said already, and rebuilds the bones with calcium again when the body is under the laws of gravity.
Does that mean that if we lived in space, we wouldn't need half the calcium we currently need now? Or does that mean that we need to supplement our diets with twice the calcium we need now to build up our bone mass?
98% of calcium is in our bones, and only 2% is needed for other important functions of the body, like muscle contractions. So 98% of the calcium in our bodies could be unnecessary if we were living in space...
Ok, maybe not the whole 98%, but still...a huge percentage wouldn't be needed. Maybe. Well, what do I know? They're still conducting experiments on it.
The scary part is that we lose calcium if we're inactive for long periods of time, and even while we're sleeping.
Hey, I like to sleep. And I tend to be inactive for long periods of time when I sit and read, or study, or when I'm at the computer...
How much calcium have I lost already? And am I taking enough calcium in my diet everyday to replace what I lose?
I don't want my bones to be weak or brittle and prone to fractures when I get older... =(
That does it! I going to drink goat's milk (cow's milk actually depletes more calcium from your body) everyday now, and exercise at least 15 minutes a day, everyday!
Sighz... I'm so glad I have a badminton game tonight...
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I HATE MOSQUITOS!!!!!!
Can't a girl get a decent night's sleep without pesky mosquitos sucking all the blood out of her?!
I itched and scratched and itched and scratched so much that even my dreams were full of itching and scratching. =(
It was terrible...
And now I'm wide awake... and going to have a tough time staying awake later today.
How am I gonna get my work done?
*yawn*
If God died and made me God, I'd kill all mosquitos. =P
I played badminton today for the first time since....um, I dunno... since a long time.
I sucked so much I don't even wanna talk about it.
We went to Hard Rock this last Saturday for dinner and the band. I did mentioned before that we loved live bands, didn't I? =)
Anyway, it was a really great night. We had a delicious dinner, and then we hung out and talked until the band started playing at 11pm and stayed all the way until they finished.
The band was really great! Loads of energy, and they were really friendly too. They danced with us during their breaks, we talked about music and stuff, and they invited me and Lone to jam with them too.
We ended up inviting two of them to watch Transformers with us the next day, because we happened to have two extra tickets. The movie was great, but I still love the animated movie better. I'm pretty sure they'll come out with a whole series of Transformer movies now...
Ok, anyway... Pictures! =)
Lone and I shared a B-B-Q'd Rib. It was huge! And delicious!
Margaret had a combo of B-B-Q'd ribs and chicken. Also delish!
John had steak, really tender.
Eng Kok had lamb, it had a dash of wine in it and it was juicy!
Charmin had fish. Healthy and delish!
The band, Redemption. This female vocalist is Paula, with a beautiful voice. In the background, the guitarist, Teody. You should see his fingers fly. He was one of the guys who went for the movie with us. He's the nicest, sweetest guy, he taught me and Lone some software to record our original songs.
The male vocalist, Bian.
The cutest bassist, and talented too, I love his energy. Alex. He's the one who introduced the rest of the band to us.
The drummer, Chris. If you watched him play, you'd be amazed at his talent and originality. He's one of the other two who went for the movie with us. 
Redemption will be playing at Hard Rock beside Concorde until the end of July. Go check them out! They are really good!
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