The One with "The White Shirt and Jeans Project"

Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present to you "The White Shirt and Jeans Project" (aka The WS&J Project). I know I should have posted this days ago, but hey, here it is at looooooooooong last!haha I hope that by saying "mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa" will make up for the delay.hehe

So my friends back at work seem to be into the Biggest Loser craze over the past months. In fact, we just finished ended the 3rd Season. Out of my frustration that I just just got the 2nd spot, it kept me thinking, "Why do we have to do it season after season anyway?". Then a light bulb moment comes, "Why don't we just make it a lifestyle?"

Luckily, I didn't had a hard time looking for people to join the cult. Rae and Ralph agreed to join the wagon and decided to take it to a higher notch by making it public for the whole world to see and do something different this time, at least for us three, by entering into a cross-blog venture.

Since I didn't have a blog yet, it was more a challenge for me. Yes, I admit, I am a blog virgin!hahaha So please bear with me because as I mentioned in my first post, I am a work in progress!:)

Anyway, after days, no, actually months, of looking for my blog name, I finally came up with "White Shirt and Jeans" - simple and classy at the same time. Sold as I was with my chosen blog name, I  proposed to my co-venturers to name our project after it. How brilliant is that?hahaha I did so not for bragging rights (which kinda is the real hidden agenda... kidding!hahaha), but more on the fact that we share a common goal of wanting to wear a white shirt and a good pair jeans and look damn good in them. However, more than just looking good, our ultimate goal is to live with healthier bodies brought about by a healthy lifestyle.

So what's up with the name right? Does this mean that I am narcissistic? Not really. Am I metrosexual? Others say I am but I respectfully, sincerely and totally disagree. If I was, I wouldn't have allowed myself to reach this stage - overweight (chubby my friends say) and a candidate for a "Before" model of Stresstabs. Enough with the self incrimination!:) I love myself and let's just say that I want to believe (just a belief though... and personal belief, my friends, can never be wrong!haha) that I have a good taste when it comes to choosing the things that I wear and use.

I believe in the power of contrast. So basically when I buy stuff especially those that I wear, it seems like a reflex to ask myself, "If you have two options, which would you choose, to look good or not?" So that explains why I respectfully, sincerely and totally disagree with people telling me that I am metrosexual.!(defensive mode: on)hahaha

Okay, enough about me and back to the project, after 6 months,  we must have accomplished:

1. The Group Goal: To be able to fit in a white shirt and a pair of jeans of one's desired size (more importantly, to actually pull it off!)

2. The Personal Goal: To accomplish any SMAART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Action-oriented, Results-oriented, Time-bound) goal!

For Goal No. 1, I'm targeting to fit into a size-30 pair of Levi's pants from a size 35 and fit into a small white shirt without having to worry that my man-boobs would show!haha Now, cheers to my honesty!haha (Slow clap everyone!hahaha) I will monitor my stats on a weekly basis and will be posting my progress through pictures every Sunday.

For Goal No. 2, I should have at least one more professional certification on top of my CPA title. I'm already envisioning my name with a CPA and CISA appended to it. Again, cheers to positive thinking!hahaha

I hope that this will serve as a wake up call and at the same time, an invitation to anyone who's been wanting to be more fit but never actually did anything about... seriously!:)

So there you have it! Here's a living proof that this blog is about dreaming dreams and making them happen. Knowing that I'm not doing this alone makes it easier, achievable and truly satisfying.

The One with the "Big Bang"

They say that everything in our universe started with the "Big Bang" and so I can't be more explicit in choosing  it as the title of my first post.  For those who haven't noticed yet, allow me to break it to you this early on that being a "FRIENDS" fanatic that I am, I just had to borrow something from that wonderful show and it would have to be the idea of naming each episode with "The One..." 

Bringing up the Big Bang and all, I have to admit that I am no scientist. However, if there's one thing these scientists and I have in common, it's our passion for experimenting to discover new things. 

"White Shirt and Jeans" (aka WS&J) is in itself is my personal experiment to find ways on how to improve myself and to really just enjoy life to fullest. This definitely won't be an end but a means to find way on how to enjoy the gifts that we have in this common thing we share - LIFE. I am a "half-full glass" kind of person and indeed, our world is a world of abundance, not of scarcity. 

As vague and general as my vision  for this experiment is, this experiment will forever be a work in progress. This may very well be the reason for me having posted this article just now instead of launching it last June 1. I have tried writing and rewriting this first ever post of mine hoping that it would be perfect. But then after days of procrastinating, which is natural to a self-confessed crammer, I figured this doesn't have to be perfect and it will never be. 

So it's starts here, being bluntly honest with myself and accept who I am, an imperfect person who has a lot to change in himself. Going back to the nature of this blog, I'll keep this simple and stick to the basics but nonetheless, still interesting and more importantly, significant. I never dreamed of becoming great in the simplest sense of the word, never did I dream to be famous nor infamous for any matter. In this lifetime, I just want to be significant to the people that matter to me. May they be family, friends, colleagues, alright even bosses or people that I have yet to met but will eventually be a part of my life. 

I have always had this passion to write about stuff but back in my younger days, I never really pushed that hard to make them public. So this is my first attempt to do something I never did before. Now, I can write about anything, without anyone breathing behind my neck and telling me what and what not to write about. Don't we all just love freedom?

This blog will be a roadmap of my life's adventures, misadventures and milestones. You can expect a lot of dreaming and wishing and at the same time, I will expect myself to fulfill those dreams no matter what. I remember my mother telling me that when I was still a toddler, she brought me to a toy store and ask which toy I wanted. She was shocked by the "little me's" jaw-dropping answer, "I want everything!". It turns out that years after, I still have that in me. Even my closest friends still can't hide their weird facial expressions and seemingly mocking comments every time I give them a rundown of what I want to do and have in my life. 

Then again, that's me. I am a dreamer and I am proud to be one. After all, what good is life without dreaming dreams? Now that I'm in the right age, I have the freedom to choose whether or not these dreams could happen. In my mind, they are all achieved already. I tell myself, "It's just a matter of when". So folks, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!!!