Green Tea Anyone…Um will this make u say “NO”??

K so there was quite an impressive response to the “Green tea anyone” post and I think most readers were impressed with all the health benefits green tea provides but…yar unfortunately there is a “but”, there are some side effects that I have found on the net and thought I would share them here. Although they are apparently considered minor side effects some of them are pretty dodgy!
Here they are -

1.Excess gas(this could come in handy to piss people off in public places),
2.Upset stomach(this could get you if you are too occupied with 1.),
3.Nausea,
4.Heartburn,
5.Stomach ache,
6.Abdominal pain,
7.Dizziness,
8.Headache,
9.Muscle pain

Overconsumption may cause irritability, insomnia, nervousness, and tachycardia(abnormally rapid beating of the heart).

So thats the side effects. Personally, I’ve had like 6 mugs of the stuff today and havn’t noticed any of the above but if you have leave a comment :p

Till next time keep well everyone, Badja !

Green tea anyone??

Ok so i stumbled upon this box of tea bags the other day and it was Green Tea with Jasmine(kind of a weird thing to drink but hey) so i made myself a mug and it turned out to be alright. I continued to have a couple mugs but the jasmine flavour got to me a bit so I asked my mother to get normal green tea because I had heard of how good it is for you and figured with all the crap I eat I may as well have something dandy for my health :p

So today I come home and there sits my box of green tea, all nicely packaged with asian artistry and stuff on the box! I open it and the tea bags are all neatly arranged in their own little packaging…yupo you heard correctly – their own packaging! After lunch I unwrapped a tea bag and made myself a mug of woolies green tea…I must say its quite nice and whilst I was imagining all the impressive stuff it was doing to my body I googled “green tea benefits” to get some precise information and this is what I found -

Here are just a few known health benefits of drinking green tea:

• Boosts your immune system
• Lowers blood sugar
• Helps prevent cavities and tooth decay
• Slows the aging process
• Helps reduce the risk of cancer
• Lowers cholesterol
• Aids in weight loss by burning calories
• Reduces high blood pressure
• Prevents arthritis
• Reduces the risk of heart disease
• Reduces the risk of stroke
• Lowers the risk of blood clot

Thats quite an impressive list people so c’mon and join me in the fight to prevent all of the above and probably more! And for those that need flavours there are plenty

Happy green tea’ing and please drink responsibly ;p
Badja

I’m getting totally lost!

So i went to a friends house to do project work on Sunday night and its now Tuesday afternoon and i just got back home. I had intentions of getting plenty work done and being on top of things but as I got home I thought to myself, “I’m pretty much in the same place as I was on Sunday!!!”.  Now I’m really frustrated, I just don’t get how time goes by so fast and I barely progress with my work, like wtf am i doing wrong!!!I’ve even gone as far as changing my lifestyle this year to better suit my varsity work…and for those that do know me,they will agree that I really enjoy going out so this “lifestyle change” is a freakin huge thing for me to do!!I’ve even got fewer subjects this year and I’m coping worse so wtf is happening to me. Man oh man its driving me nuts

The only problem I can think of is my sleeping habits. Of late I’ve come to the realisation that I have a sleeping disorder which is a result of the December holidays that have just finished. See, in the holidays I went to bed really late like every night, 2am-3am on average, which kinda stuffed up my whole sleeping pattern! I would go to bed at say 12am in an attempt to get an early night because I got over the whole “wake-up late” scenario, and I would lie in bed for like 3 hours just concentrating on falling asleep! My efforts were pathetically ignored by my body and hunger would kick in then forcing me to think that the reason I wasn’t falling asleep was because of my hunger! So i would eat something then go back to bed and eventually at sometime I would fall asleep and wake up  for lunch the  following day. Now  I’m having a similar problem but I can fall asleep early just the waking up early part is not happening…I don’t know why this is happening to me but hey I will figure it out eventually! I think thats enough useless rant, maybe I do some work now and actually get somewhere by the end of today:p

Wish me luck,

Badja

Life atm…

So I’ve been hectically busy since varsity started in the beginning of February!Havn’t been going out much since my monthly allowance was cancelled so thats left me at home most of the time. I usually would be amped to get out of the house considering my lifestyle when cash was always at hand but lately ive been pretty ok at home! Things that I’ve been spending my time on are varsity work and some great tv shows, the shows I cannot afford to miss atm are -

The Amazing Race
The OC
Lost

Really good stuff and no need to mock The OC coz its awesome :p My friend tells me there is a new show in America atm that OC luvaz will enjoy just as much, being in SA though we are a tad behind so I havn’t the faintest idea what its called or about but as soon as i find out I will post some info here

Ok i better get back to work, I’m currently busy with a new project for Architecture and as soon as i get some sort of concept design together I will put some pics up coz sharing is caring

Until then, keep well peeps

Badja

Hello world!

K so this is my hello to the world and no im not really a badja or badger as u probably know it :p

I’m a 21 year old student studying Architecture in Johannesburg, South Africa. When I’m not up all night doing projects and on a sugar high, I’m out and about around Jozi with friends getting drunk and doing drunken things!

My interests are(in no particular order) : Architecture and anything to do with design, golf, the internet, ladies, and techie stuff!

I hav a younger sister and obviously a mommy and daddy whom i still live with but am planning on moving into my own place next year when i get a job and earn lotsa moneh!

Otherwise -
Birthdate : 13 October 1984

Height : 197cm

Fav Band : Coldplay

Fav Food : Pizza

Non-smoker

Single

Anyway will post something decent later,

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Badja