The Initials "dof" Mean a lot to Me

Read on for those who never knew...

At 16yrs old I had broken up with my first high school boyfriend. After the breakup it triggered a perception about a world that I've always wanted to live in. I tried writing a novel about it but I had too many ideas, maybe one day someone could help me with that. The world was suppose to be called "Dreams of Fantasy." This is the reason why I call my main blog Dreams of Fantasy instead of "Kim2theKiko's Blog." Kiko was one of the characters I created for the new world.

Also I am one of the "Daughters of Florence." Pretty cool huh? My best friend J.T and I came up with the initials (her's is D.O.A, Daughter of Anne). We would use these initials when we would pass notes to each other in the hallways in high school.

Oh, by the way we passed notes because we only had 4mins between classes to chat. Two girls can't talk for only 4mins!!!

So this is what D.O.F means to me...
And I thank you for understanding.

I Am a Morning Person 002

Just as long as I've had a good night's rest.

Here's my current schedule:

4:45 am: Workout with Maya
5:30 am: Breakfast
6:00 am: Shower/Clothes/hair
7:00 am: Clean room/check emails
7:20 am: Leave for work!
4:45 pm: Finish work
5:10 pm: Train back home
6:00 pm: Supper
6:30 pm: Getting ready to go out/stay home to relax

Compare this schedule with my April one.

This Will Become My Career

I love my new job!Where I work is called eXplorance.

They are the founders of an entreprise software called Blue (software used only in business). Blue is a survey creating software. Think of it this way: Photoshop is a software program that you install onto your computer so that you can create photos, images, pictures etc. So Blue is a program that is installed in company computers (on the network though) so that they can create surveys. Companies need surveys to evaluate personnel, products and services so that they can find out their strengths and work on their weaknesses. They may use the surveys on their own employees to rate employee satisfaction on: paid vacation time, managers/supervisors, even satisfaction on the availability of parking or they use it on their clients to rate services/products.

My first week was great. I'm just learning how to run Blue. After my learning period is over, my job will be testing Blue. I guess you can call me a Blue Tester! Have you heard of those guys who get paid for playing video games? Well, what they're really suppose to be doing is testing the video game to see if there are any glitches/bugs. Then they have to write a report on these bugs to inform the video game creators to fix them. That is the jist of my job, test Blue, report bugs and inform the Blue creators what needs to be fixed.There is a lot to learn. Not only do I need to know how to run Blue, I need to know how to install it over a network, because it is a server based program and just understanding the server is a job in itself. My computer education is limited to just installation of the computer's hardware (building a regular computer from scratch) and software (installation and customization of the Operating System and various programs, for example: the BIOS, Windows, programs of Windows/etc).

I take the train to work which is better than driving. Instead of paying attention to the road, I can review my notes and read non-related literature.

I'm excited for my second week!
Well that's it for this post so this is me signing off!

Bye!

Yourself! Fitness

Was a game originally made for the Xbox, back in 2005.

It comes in Playstation 2 and PC format too!So I'm in Mississauga during the Thanksgiving weekend and I noticed the Xbox in the guest room that wasn't reserved for me! (I had to stay in the basement, but it's all good). Anyway, I don't know anything about the Xbox, so I'm just going to assume that it had a hard drive in it because there was a long list of games in the menu. And of course "Yourself! Fitness" was the last game on the list but definitely not the least game. I tried it out and I fell in love right away.

Basically it's an exergame. Where you're introduced to Maya, your personal trainer, who explains pretty thoroughly what to expect. You create a profile by testing out your fitness level. You have to do jumping jacks, pushups and others like squats. You also have to inform Maya about your age, gender, weight, height and your physical lifestyle. After she gets all that valuable information, she will suggest a workout regime based on your goals, whether it may be weight loss, cardio or working on a specific body area. And just before you workout you get to choose which kind of environment you want Maya to workout in, the music you want her to move to and then the equipment you want her to work with. The equipement choices are weights, a stability ball, step bench or a heart monitor. If you have none that's okay too!And who wouldn't love a virtual personal trainer telling you to don't forget to breath, explain the movements of the exercise and encourage you to keep it up!?! Maya is so lovely and when I wasn't exercising I would wonder what she would show me the next time I'd exercise with her. She also keeps track of your progress too with charts and stuff!

The only con that I can think of right now is, when you do the fitness evaluation, don't start a workout right away, your muscles will be too tired to continue the workout.

And I remember wanting to get this game before on my laptop, but I hestitated to get it at the time. Now I'm telling you people not to hesitate! If you live in Canada and order the PC version from the Yourself! Fitness website, it will only take 2 full weeks to arrive at your doorstep! So don't wait! It's for anyone wanting to start exercising or revamp their workouts.Just visit the site for more info. Especially check out info about the meal plans. But it's more fun watching it from a friend's place.

And if you want to hear what others have to say Google it here: Maya The Personal Trainer