I've taken these Diet Enzyme tablets from Ishokudogen(iSDG) for 30 days!

Firstly, I must apologise as I'm not very discipline in taking these pills. I should be taking them diligently for 30 days but in actual fact, I missed quite a couple of days in between.

Also, I must say that this is personal experience and will not be a fair or accurate gauge because of many other factors and lifestyles changes. 

But anyway, I'll still share my experience for you to reference on.

TimeLine

I kept a record of the days I took the pills, the days I did pass motions in the table below. It's a little small, so you have to click to enlarge to see the details.

However, if you're lazy, I'll do a quick summary:

Out of the 37 days (from 15 Oct - 20 Nov), I took the Day Pills (D) for only 16 days and Night Pills (N) for 24 days. Passed motions (P) for a total of 8 times. 

I did stopped for a few days between 24-26 Oct on purpose because I was having constant mild headaches and thought it could be a side effect from taking the pills. I only continued after it went away. After which, I no longer experience any headaches so I concluded that it wasn't the pills.

Mom had stop taking the Night Pills by then because whenever she took them with an empty stomach, she get terrible gastric. She had to take something with or after taking the pills which she didn't want to (since Night Pills are supposed to be taken 30 minutes before bed). She continued with taking the Day Pills but "gave up" soon too because she just simply forget to take them. 

Effects of the Pills

To be really honest, I don't think they really work. But it could be because I'm not determined or disciplined enough. Anyway, I'll be breaking down the effects into 3 parts - Improving sleep, Improving digestion and Weight lost.

Improving Sleep - 3/10.

I must admit that they did kinda work initially. For the first week, I do feel some strong tiredness coming in after taking the pills and I did went to bed earlier and woke up earlier. It feels good to be honest and I don't feel so tired during the noon, which I usually do if I wake up early.

But somehow, the effects just faded off. I think it started when I started binge watching a CDrama and ignored the tiredness, which usually just last for an hour. From that day onwards, the pills no longer makes me tired enough to go to bed and it gradually didn't even make me tired at all. 

Improving Digestion - 3.5/10.

Hmm... this is a tough one. Well, from the statistics, it'll look like it didn't really work well at all (8 times in 37 days) but I think it did work a little initially too.

I mean, I feel more comfortable for a week or 2, and I did see a small reduction in the gaps between the days I passed motions. But then everything were back to "normal" soon after. 

I actually do see a link between my sleeping habits and my digestion. I feel more negative effects from my indigestion (bloating and pain) when I sleep later than normal, say after 4 am(please don't kill me). So could this be the reason? Since the Night Pills' sleep effects no longer works on me so the whole system "broke down"? 

Weight Lost - 6/10

Good news for those who are taking these pills for weight lost. I think they work quite well, at least that is the case for me. But of course, you've to take into considerations that my lifestyle was like shit too so that could also play a small part. 

My weight dropped from 45.1 to 43.8kg (Note there will be a discrepancy of 0.1-0.3kg) and my waist from 76 to 73cm. 

However, like I've mentioned earlier, I haven't been on the best lifestyle routine. I'm sleeping late, skipping or having irregular meals and I guess one of the reason is also that I've been getting orders that are further away. So, I do "exercise" a little more due to having to walk or cycle more to deliver orders.

But I guess it's undeniable that the Pills played a part in the weight loss.

Conclusion

I obviously overestimated my determination. I thought I could maintain my previous lifestyle (sleeping before/around 2am, waking up early enough for breakfast and the Day Pills...etc) for 30 days but I didn't. -_-"

 

Anyway, I cannot say the pills doesn't work at all, but it just doesn't work well, if you're not determine enough or change your lifestyle to a healthier one. They could help you initially (making you tired so you sleep earlier, making your digestion slightly better and taking away the discomfort) but eventually, it's up to you to make it last.

Anyway, I'll still continue to take them till the last one.

GrabFood Rant: Something interesting happened ...

What happened was, some time ago, during 3+ am, I received an order from a nearby restaurant to a few blocks away from my house.

It's a short distance to walk but I was quoted a $5. Oh well, that happens as Grab will usually sometimes pay more for Wee hours deliveries. And it's almost 3:30 am when the order came in.

Somehow, the merchant cancelled the order. Minutes later, the order came again. Same order, same location and even the same food items. (I've checked the number of items in case it's a large order)

And this time round, the order pays only $4.10.

I find it really weird. So I decided to head down to the store and collect the order. I asked the merchant who admitted he cancelled the order due to some items being sold out.

Anyway, since the order came back, he decided to accept it but asked me to call the customer to see if they accept replacement for the food items that are sold out. Unfortunately, customer wasn't responsive and all GrabFood CS (chat and hotline) are closed already. So I left a message and told customer about the replacement of food and that I'll continue with deliver if they don't respond.

Food was already prepared by the time customer responded 5 minutes later and luckily he agreed to the replacements.

What really puzzled me was, why was the first time order $5 but then quickly it reduces to $4.10? Everything was the same. Why the reduction? Does GrabFood walker's pay depreciate $0.90 in a few minutes?

How is TPG coverage for NSL and NEL MRT lines?

 

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I travelled with my mother to Sentosa during the weekend and while I was taking the MRT, I thought I can try out TPG's coverage in the underground.

Currently, TPG promised coverage in North-East line (NEL) and Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). They promised to expand their coverage and gave a timeline for it, as seen below.

Underground Location (Expressways and MRT)

Provision of Network Coverage*

North-East Line (NEL) - Q3 2020

Changi Airport Line (Along EWL) - Q4 2020

Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) - Q2 2021

North-South and East-West Lines (NSL/EWL) - Q2 2021

Circle Line (CCL) - Q2 2021

Downtown Line (DTL) - Q2 2021

Well, we started out from North-South Line (NSL) Yio Chu Kang Station and took all the way to Dhoby Ghaut Station. I know NSL is not being covered yet, but still let's see how bad can it get.

From Yio Chu Kang all the way down to Ang Mo Kio (Note: All stations are not underground), I still enjoy 4 bars of reception.  Once we hit the underground of Bishan station, reception was gone immediately and there is "No Service". For the rest of the journey till Dhoby Ghaut, there are zero reception as they were all underground. 

Mother was on Starhub 3G and she had reception throughout and was watching YouTube videos... and I could only sit there and do nothing -_-". Sianz

However, once we walked over to the NEL side of Dhoby Ghaut, reception was full bar again, so was the rest of the journey till Harbour Front Station. 

We took the Sentosa Broadwalk to the Resort World Sentosa. While there, coverage is good, but at certain areas in the Sentosa, reception was only 2 bars and it's the same for mom's phone. We accidentally ventured into the lobby of a certain hotel, there, reception was 2 bars for TPG and Starhub has only 1 bar. I could still send out Whatsapp messages (with slight delay) but my mom's reception was too weak to do anything.

Everything was fine when we got out of the lobby. 

Well, this conclude my finding for the coverage of TPG Data SIM connection in 2 of the MRT lines and some parts of Resort World Sentosa. TPG is doing good in North-East Line (NEL), but have zero reception in North-South line. 

But of course, I most probably won't be sticking around till they expand to the other MRT lines. I've encountered enough "No Service" during my GrabFood deliveries for me to double-double confirm that I want to terminate the line.