Vilia Ciputra

I am updating this post with some new knowledges that I have now. My highest total cholesterol was 254/200 with LDL 187/100 on August 2022. I was prescribed a cholestrol med at a medium dosage and start my healthy diet, along with managing my uric acid level. It went down to total cholesterol 184/200 and LDL 118/100 on December 2022, and the result on the pic goes down again to 153/200 at the beginning of Januari 2023.  Then I was a bit curious, I thought; hey my cholesterol is low now, I wanna try to eat fried food and see how it goes.  Do note that I do self blood test weekly, do regular medical checkup monthly, journal everything I eat everyday, and I mostly eat the same food at the same amount almost at the same time. So, any slightly difference in my numbers, I will instantly know what food intake that caused the changes.  I took 2pcs fried risoles and 1pcs of peyek teri while I was eating pecel the next day, and my cholesterol went up to 239/200 when I took the test...

I am at that age, where having regular blood test is normal, especially on uric acid and cholesterol (Yes, I'm old lol). On this post, I will write about Gout and Uric Acid only, and will talk about Cholesterol on next post. After 5 months since my first Gout attack, reading lots and lots of medical journals and health books, doing so many trials and errors, I can safely say, I now have figure out how to maintain it below 5.5 while still consuming enough protein to support my strength training. I've taken note of my daily food for months and measure my uric acid level in weekly basis to check the reaction I get from each food that I eat (everyone has different reaction towards food), and maintained my uric acid below 5.5 since then. Most labs and doctors actually take 6 as the normal uric acid level for female and 7 for male, but according to some health book that I read, below 5.5 is the best either for male and female. (*1) PLEASE NOTE Here, I will share what I have found an...

The (Chinese New) year of rabbit is coming in a week. There are some preparation to welcome the new year that have become tradition for years in my family; 1. To clean and tidying up the house a week before new year. This include a deep cleaning, sorting unwanted things, changing all the bed sheets and washing curtains, etc. The purpose is to welcome the new year in a clean spirit, to leave all the bad things and dirt behind, and only bring what's good for us to the new year. 2. To cut the hair. Similar to the point above, it is meant as a gesture to leave the past and bad memories behind. Welcoming the new year with fresh look and fresh mind. 3. To prepare a pair of new clothes and accessories. My mom used to say, it was like a reminder for us to start the new year with gratitude gesture, that we are still able to have new stuff for ourselves for the new year. However, I think it is also linked to the habit of the elders; to save money and only buy new clothes and accessories on n...

Plain truth. Not only on money, I even experience it on my reading and planning skills. Some things that I never really aware before. My reading speed on average was 50pgs/3hrs by March 2022, and now on average is 75pgs/3hrs by Jan 2023 (I limit my reading time 3hrs/day). It's because I have a circle that consist of avid readers, they made me feel the need to read faster and grasp more. They even affecting the topic of my book choices lately. Surrounded by friends who are good on planning also made me more fluent on reading, choosing, and collecting the data that I need, to create a better future projection. So, yes. Our circle matters. What we consume (food and information) matters. Especially when we are trying to make a breakthrough, a change, or are trying to evolve. It reminds me of what my curator always said back then; "Curate, curate, and always curate. What we accept will become our belief system. Our belief system will determine our reality. Curate your reality....

There are two kinds of people in the world: those with reasons and those with results. Excuses are dream killers, but I found that it was indecisiveness that pulls the trigger. We often forget that not making any choice is a choice, too. The things that we don't do, is a new habit in the making, too. Buying time actually doesn't exist, and there is no stagnancy. It's only us, fooling our own mind, playing the game of 'what I don't see, doesn't happen', unless it does happen. It's Monday again tomorrow. Reasons or results, which one will you choose?   --------- - Aim for a better tomorrow through healthy lifestyle, diverse insights, creative arts, and minimalist living. -  ViliaCiputra.com Thank you for supporting  my intention  through owning  my artworks , reading  my writings , and following  my Instagram . You could also support my page with buy me a coffee at the link below. 

"To self-actualize is to raise your human vibration, reach for your greatest potential, and express it outwardly as you move through life at the highest level possible, whatever that may be. Where you choose to express it -in your hobbies, in your work, in your relationships- is just the vehicle through which you shine your light. My father encourage a lifelong process of self-actualization. To actualize means 'to make a reality of,' and so then to self-actualize is to make a reality of oneself." • Be Purposeful Be Water, My Friend. - Shannon Lee. ---- I am the captain of my life, I create my own reality. --------- - Aim for a better tomorrow through healthy lifestyle, diverse insights, creative arts, and minimalist living. -  ViliaCiputra.com Thank you for supporting  my intention  through owning  my artworks , reading  my writings , and following  my Instagram . You could also support my page with buy me a coffee at the link below. 

"Don't sacrifice who you could be for who you are." Promised myself to not play safe this year. I'll take more risks, master new skills, go beyond my comfort zone, hold nothing back, and bet on the things I believe in. I'll deep-dive, be so consumed, and completely immersed on my goals. I'll give 100% focus on the process and progress that I'm aiming at. Promised myself to play harder this year. To let my imagination runs wild, far beyond the impossibility and further more. To evoke my creativity and challenge myself again, and again. To trust the future (in) me, always. --- No retrieve, no regret. 🐱 • Mowl --------- - Aim for a better tomorrow through healthy lifestyle, diverse insights, creative arts, and minimalist living. -  ViliaCiputra.com Thank you for supporting  my intention  through owning  my artworks , reading  my writings , and following  my Instagram . You could also support my page with buy me a coffee at the link below. 

"To always be able to talk about everything openly and honestly, to always treat each other with kindness and happiness in mind, and to always stay through life no matter where we are at that point or what circumstance we are dealing with. I think, love is a good word for that." ---- Mr.Owl AI generated illustration. --------- - Aim for a better tomorrow through healthy lifestyle, diverse insights, creative arts, and minimalist living. -  ViliaCiputra.com Thank you for supporting  my intention  through owning  my artworks , reading  my writings , and following  my Instagram . You could also support my page with buy me a coffee at the link below. 

We were discussing about some AI that we both are currently using, what we found, how we use them, and what made us excited, when my friend then said the things that I put on the quote. And I just love the way he described it perfectly, as that's how I too, see life in general; as a form of exploration. Not many people could understand how amazing it is to explore the mind and its' capability to create action and reaction, let alone to explore the 'mind' of AI lol. But I think, to have a curious explorer mind is an advantage is this life. ---- "Well humans have always invented technologies to make work easier for us, ever since somebody invented the wheel lol. But up until now it has mostly been technology that replaces physical work or makes it easier and more efficient. Having technology that can do "mental" or "creative" work is really new. It will probably take society a pretty long while to really adapt to that." --------- - Aim for a ...

"God punish you by giving you everything you want. See if you can handle it." - Mike Tyson A very relatable and resonate perspective to begin 2023 with. Want less, prioritize, aim the focus and beam the energy to those less things. 🖤 --------- - Aim for a better tomorrow through healthy lifestyle, diverse insights, creative arts, and minimalist living. -  ViliaCiputra.com Thank you for supporting  my intention  through owning  my artworks , reading  my writings , and following  my Instagram . You could also support my page with buy me a coffee at the link below.