because the sun rises earlier than it did a month ago, it's getting less painful to wake up in the morning and my plan to be up and going in the gym at 6+am seems to be much more feasible. somehow waking up when the sky's still dark just feels wrong. exercise releases the same hormones as chocolate does. ironically one reduces the hips while the other aims to enlarge it. for now i'm sticking to exercise because it managed to temporarily remove my pounding headache (which follows the beat of hollaback girl, trust me) and it proves to be less painful to swallow compared to chocolate when you have swollen tonsils. but seriously, i'd rather have chocolate any other time. so october's going to be mad-busy. i've decided it shall be a month of cultivating good habits. yes, i've started with the waking earlier bit and it shall be a month of better eating habits (read: less cereal-for-dinner occasions. we havent touched the kitchen proper for a couple of months now), a month of study-eep! (exams in a month, home in slightly more than a month, bridesmaid in 2. ahh!), and a month of plaaaay! looks like its going to be everything but a month of eyebag removal. aiya. [trichology sounds like some cheem branch of science but it really is just the study and treatment of hair and its disorders. girls are natural trichologists, no?]