Girls' Day; Alcohol & its Effect

Did you know, that 1g of alcohol gives you 7Kcal? Well, I have also learnt that when alcohol is consumed, it gets metabolised over the other nutrients in the liver. Of course, excessive consumption of alcohol will cause alot of trouble to the liver. Excessive alcoholism can cause fatty liver, hepatitis, and the worst being liver cirrhosis. Ok, enough about all this facts.


I guess, I canNOT hold my alcohol (or rather, liqour). While, yesterday(Sat, 3/9) was Girls' Day and the university hall organised events for the girls. Since it was a day for indulgence, champagne was served for morning tea just after our kick-boxing exercise. Not good for a thirst quencher huh? But I drank a glass of orange juice and had a piece of muffin before I drank the glass of champagne. After that glass of champagne mixed with orange juice, I started to feel light-headed and my face felt hot and red. The effects of alcohol started to kick in. After pampering ourselves with some of the products from body shop, I headed for a warm shower so that I would be smelling good for the rest of the day. Lunch was provided and we headed up to the nillage community centre for the meal. After lunch, we had girls talk where 2 counsellors from the Health and Counselling Centre up at the main campus came down to talk to us about sex, relationship etc.


After that girly talk, we played passing the parcel. The game was good as it ended on a good note where verybody who was playing it received a prezzie. Wine tasting was up next. I learnt many new terms to describe a wine be it red or white, how to recognize where its from and stuff. After 6 1/2 cups of the wine samples, I begin to feel the effects of the alcohol again. Yes, as we waited for dinnertime, I fell asleep on the sofa while phoebe, rosni and sasi played pictionary. At the end of this,you all would be exclaiming, "WHAT A LOUSY DRINKER I AM!!!" Well, I simply cannot hold my liqour since I am not used to taking alcohol. I guess, I do NOT want to reach that stage where I become addicted to it. Lucky for me, I don't really like the taste of alcohol. Pretty bitter!!


Anyhow, Girls' Day ended with a movie and a pizza dinner up in the village community centre and a supper at Hungry Jacks (the symbol is pretty much the same as Burger King) with Hao Xiang, Mark & Phoebe. As I prepared for bed, I began to reflect on the amount of calories that I had consumed, snacking on chips, chocloates, brownies (they make "mean" brownies), gummies and pizza. I bet you, I had put on the couple of weight that I lost. Guess, I'll be exercising more frequently this week. Take care pple!!!