Liquidrey quits smoking : A girl's guide to Stop Smoking

New sweet and cute Kitty-chan wallpapers!

Finding a character you love will bring a smile to your face each time you feel down.  Hello Kitty has been an inspirational character to me and its cuteness makes me forget about thoughts of smoking. KAWAII!!!

Look for a character you like to cheer you up and keep you away from the filthy sticks!

Xoxo

Travelling can be pleasurable, exciting but also tempts you to smoke as the excitement accumulates and builds up the urge to have a puff.   I've been waiting to travel to Malaysia for the past few months and the time is finally here.  Yay!!!! I'm so happy and excited.  Last night we landed in S'pore Changi Airport and had a 4 hour walk around in the airport terminals, going from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 looking for Genki Sushi but to my disappointment, its closed. 

It has been a tiring 10 hour flight from Christchurch to Singapore but its worth it.  I managed to watch 4 movies on the plane, my favourite was a Korean Comedy, Married to the Mafia 2.  It's simply hillarious and the actress is gorgeous.  Time on the plane just flies with inflight entertainment.

Well...finally, we arrive in Singapore and the humidity of the city welcomed us gracefully...hahaha....I miss the humidity.  We finally managed to check into the Transit hotel in the airport and caught up with sleep....well, my husband did but not me as I'm already writing this post and its 4am in the empty and so so so quiet airport terminal.  It seems unbelievably quiet but there are people still working here throughout the night.  Its such a huge place and so silent.

I am meeting my sis in the city tomorrow, so I'm quiet excited to see her and my little niece for the first time.  Can't wait till we check out from the hotel and head to the city. 

Saty tuned and Happy Boxing Day!

Last day of work felt like eternity as everyone in the office are just waiting for the clock to strike at 4:30pm. We had a mini party at work to celebrate the last day of work and its a struggle to get through the day and prepare for 2011. It is times like this when I'll be smoking if I have not quit the habit but its important for me to stop forever. Here is an X'mas gift I received from my colleague, a HEllo Kitty mouse pad! Love it.

For this holiday, I am making a trip to Malaysia.....I'm all set and ready to go  but there's always some last minute shopping to do....

I celebrated my birthday 2 days ago and its a birthday worth celebrating as I have also quit smoking! I love being smoke-free and I have forgotten how it feels to be a smoker. Life is worth celebrating when you've stopped smoking!

To celebrate, I've changed my hair colour!!

My birthday wish to be successful & healthy

My cookies & cream cake Yummmyyy

Reward yourself for not smoking!! Have a breakaway holiday in sunny Malaysia.

It's finally here!!! Low fares and a chance to get away for weekend shopping in Kuala Lumpur!! The Malaysian mega sales are usually held in Dec- Jan, July to Sept and Mar-Apr each year.

I just went to check out the site http://www.airasia.com/my/en/home.html

I can fly to Malaysia when I wish now....I used to spend more than NZD $2000 for a return ticket to Malaysia in December. What a difference, compared to the NZD $99 fares they are offering for a one way ticket!! That's 10% of what I've paid. And the best thing is, my family can fly to visit me too!

One of my favourite pass times is selling on online auctions.  I am a believer of Feng shui and try to have a clutter-free environment.  If old things do not go, I will not attract good and new things into my life.  Same with smoking.  It was a chapter of my life which I want to close and start with a new chapter.  Selling the things I don't need on online auctions helps keep me busy and I can spend hours surfing the site, looking at things other sell and monitoring the items I am selling.  Its a great past time and the income is not too bad either.  Check out my listings on TradeMe under "Liquidrey".

Check out the site: www.trademe.co.nz 


LiQuiDrey's Sale items http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=1510243

More on how to sell on online auctions soon...

Non-smokers put on less weight, study suggests

ScienceDaily (2010-04-23) -- A new study links nicotine poisoning with weight gain, and concludes that active smokers, not only those who stop, put on more weight than non-smokers. After four years of analysis, those who put on least weight were those who had never smoked.  Read more [ Click here ]

If you are craving that cigarette, you still need to convince yourself that you have made the right choice when you decided to quit.  No matter how hard it is, don't give up.  Think of all the benefits in future and how much money you save.  You need to be strong and determined to reach your goal.  One day, we will live in a smoke-free world and you want to get there before its too late.

To help you stop that craving, you need to change your habits.  Smoking is a habit and similar to all habits, you become comfortable and get into a routine of doing the same activity each day.  If you can break the habit, you can overcome and achieve a lot. 

Try this:

Instead of having breakfast, reading the papers and have a smoke each morning,  I have changed my routine.  I take my shower as soon as I wake up and brush my teeth.  By making small changes, I manage to change the way my body and mind programmes itself.

Try taking a different route to work, this could help to alter your habits.

Try taking a walk during lunch times and have a snack or light lunch during your breaks, instead of having a "lunch time".  By eating lighter foods and healthier foods like fruits, etc, you feel more energetic and less full.  You now have no excuse to smoke because you are "so full" from lunch.

Switch from drinking coffee to tea...this will help calm your mind.

There are many habits which you can change to keep you away from cigarettes...try it, you've got everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Good luck!!

Taking up a hobby and doing something you love helps you to quit smoking. One of the things I enjoy is creating background patterns or skins for websites and blogger templates. I find that colours affect my mood and the right colours can aid my goal of kicking the smoking habit. Using colours to create website background skins or patterns is fun and enjoyable!! Instead of smoking, you are investing your time in something that you love. Here is a sample.

Pink gumballs by Liquidrey  Heartz by Liquidrey

Retro-istic by Liquidrey Cauli3 by Liquidrey

Japanz by Liquidrey

Color by COLOURlovers


Color by COLOURlovers


Color by COLOURlovers


Color by COLOURlovers



Color by COLOURlovers

Select committee wants NZ smokefree by 2025

"A Parliamentary inquiry into the tobacco industry is calling for New Zealand to be smokefree by 2025."

This is significant and its not too far away. More reasons for you to try to quit now so you will be smoke free before this kicks in ( if it does...). This is one of the reasons why I wanted to stop smoking. Sometime in future, cigarettes will be banned and I don't want to be in a situation where I will struggle to cope. If only scientists will come up with a hypnosis plan that allows you to miraculously quit immediately, you have to overcome this yourself and you need the will to do it. If you don't try it today, you will find it harder tomorrow.

Its really simple. If you get enough sleep, you get more rest and your mind is more relaxed. Sleeping earlier and getting more sleep is highly recommended to combat stress and nicotine craving. I always find that I have more energy if I sleep between 7 to 8 hours and I can get through the day focusing on achieving what I need to do rather than seeking an energy booster from nicotine or caffeine.

Share this with your friends....cigarrettes are not so cool after all.

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