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Final Event of the year for me :D

2009-11-26T11:08:00.025+08:00

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WARNING: ALOT OF PICTURES. So please be patient, sit back and relax and take your time to read alright? :)

The final running event of the year for me! Penang Bridge International Marathon 2009 is over! Sadly, my timings did not improve but in terms of running, I think I did :D

*Note: Thanks William for some of the lovely photos.

Saturday - 21.11.2009

Rise and shine peeps!

Everything was set and ready to go. Me and my gf woke up around 6.00am to get ready for our journey. I picked up my friend, William from his place around 7.30am and headed for some breakfast before the long journey to Penang. We decided to have our breakfast at Village Park at Damansara Uptown for some nice steamy hot Nasi Lemak :D (my favourite nasi lemak place)

My favourite place for Nasi Lemak. In my humble opinion, the best one I've tasted so far.

Me and my sayang ordered with fried chicken

William's order :) with sotong!

Once done, we were on our way to Penang...probably around 8.10am. Getting there was pretty easy, just look out for the Ipoh signboard at the begining. When we were near Ipoh, the signboards began to include P.Penang and Georgetown in the list so we know we're close. By the time we crossed the bridge, it was already close to 12pm++. So it was like 4 hours drive include a couple of pit stops? Not too bad i would say but thank God for the safe and smooth journey as it was pouring lightly almost the entire journey.

Our first destination was Queensbay Mall to collect our race kit. It wasn't hard finding the place as there were signboards all over the place. I did miss a couple of junctions but hey...it was my first time to Penang okay? :P So lost our way at first but we manage to find it anyway hahaha.

Decided to park outside as we were just there to collect our race kit and goodie bag

Crowd was so-so only. Probably because it was drizzling.

Cheap cheap..get your vest and shoes!

William found the collection booth

Queuing up for our turn ..doh

My sayang continued walking around snaping pictures:) Of course, booths for Salonpas

Digi! As they were 1 of the sponsors of the event

STILL queuing because that uncle infront is collecting for a group. Normal la....

Don't play play..Dell sponsored Alienware laptops for their system. Trust me...its HUGE.

My bib number :) Nak beli toto?

Checking through our stuff to make sure we get the vouchers :P

William and I checking our championchip details at the Championchip booth.

With that done, we took this final picture and headed to Krystal Suites hotel

Me and William too busy checking out the place till I forgot to take a picture with my sayang. So she took 1 by herself. Sorry sayang *hug*

After collecting our race kit, we headed to our hotel, Krystal Suites to check in. I cancelled my room bookings because Andy already booked a suite with TWO rooms and his friend couldn't make it for the event...so ok lah I'll share with him. Since Andy wasn't around yet, we lepak at William's place first.

Reception area

Cute :D

We were waiting for a friend's friend before going out for lunch but it just took too long. So we gave him a call saying we'll go out for lunch first. With that said, we proceeded for some lunch based on a food guide that William brought along. We went for some nice Ocien(Fried eggs with oysters) and other hawker food. Check out the pics :D

Pork Noodle

The ocien which was rated 3 stars in the food guide published by The Star(max rating is 3 stars)

Macro!

My Wan Tan Mee

The shop...really old school.

When we first got there, we didnt know what to expect till the food came. OH MY GOD it was delicious. The ocien was the best one I've ever tasted. The ones I've tried in KL can NEVER match the one at that coffee shop. The wan tan mee was not too bad either. The style is slightly different because it has some fried wan tans along side with some normal boiled ones. The noodles were just nice and not soggy. William said it could be that Penang Wan Tan Mee style is like this. And the best part of all, its cheap. RM3.40 for a large plate and RM2.50 for a small one. The fried ocien was for 3 person and the cost was RM15...so I assume its RM5 per person but anyway it was satisfying.

With that done, we went back to the hotel but because I missed a turning to Bayan Lepas from Georgetown, I was going back on to the Penang Bridge...sigh..wasted...an additional RM7 for the toll and 10mins! FUCK la.

Anyway, once we were at the hotel, Andy had already checked in so we were finally able to rest and shower. After showering, I was checking out the goodie bag and preparing my running vest for the run.

*Eh actually, I forgot to take picture of the place...but my sayang did snap afew shots of the room*

Slept for about 1 hour before we headed out to Queensbay Mall for dinner. I forgot to take a picture with my sayang earlier at the race kit collection area....so luckily we had another chance :D

*muacks*

Upon entering Queensball Mall, it looks really new but William said its about 1 or 2 years old? But anyway, its still considered new to everyone haha. We had our dinner a.k.a last carbo loading at Kim Gary :)

Order order..Andy and his sayang(the leng lui la of course)

Random shot :P

All of us took set meals...so everyone's meal came with Yin Yong :)

Borsh soup :D Basically, tomato based

My pork chop + rice + some kimchi meal set

William, Andy and his gf ordered the same set, mixed seafood with rice.

My sayang's dinner set: Unagi :)

With our stomachs filled, we decided to walk around before going back to the hotel. We were seriously stuffed to the max. I manage to find that Toilet Bowl Restaurant where everyone was talking about its weird concept. Since we didn't dine there, I did not enter the place to snap afew pictures...pai seh la...so took some from just the outside :)

T Bowl!

Erm, interesting? :D

I grabbed some extra stuff from the Jusco Supermarket before going back to the hotel. While walking back to the outdoor parking area, we spotted something!

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Super Mobile Toilet!

Ada sink ! hahahhaha

For da Men

Ladies had lesser mobile toilet stationed but it was there la.

By the time we got back home, it was about 8.30pm. I couldn't sleep because I was still very full from dinner. Tossed and turned while trying to sleep but I just couldn't. In the end, I only slept like 2 hours 50minutes perhaps? I woke up around 12~12.30am to prepare myself for the run.

Sunday - 22.11.2009
Went to do my "business" and took a warm shower...I already prepared my vest and running stuff before I slept so it was blur-just-woke-up-proof hahaha...just take and pakai. Its early in the morning and with so little sleep =.= blur like cock.

And since I couldn't get the Injinji socks from Choi earlier, I got myself some surgical tape and taped my toes which I know will get blisters. I found out about when I met up with Ija to collect my fuel belt which she helped me to buy from Singapore. We did a short run and I noticed these particular 2 toes were having minor blisters after that session.

Simple yet it works :) No blisters during my run.

:D Simple solution while waiting for my Injinji Socks

I would like to thank Ija for her suggestion...its nothing new but I haven't done it before. I took a pack of Oral Rehydration Salt before I slept(mixed with water la of course). And after breakfast...I took a packet of ORS as well and drank lots of water. Like I said earlier, I woke up around 12.00am...1 of the main reason was this. To hydrate myself properly because it was said that the body takes approximately 2 hours to be hydrated properly? I heard this during the running clinic held in conjunction with Standard Chartered KL Marathon by Mark Williams.

My breakfast: 1 Milo, 1 snicker bar, and 1 raisin bun :) Nope..no coffee. It causes dehydration

Soon it was 1.30am and everyone began gathering at our place(Andy's suite). Last minute check and we were off!

We tried to be serious......BEFORE the run

We failed :P

Notice my 2XU calf guards? :D

My sayang wishing me luck :)

Race report

First up, let me show you the half marathon running route:

As you can see, the starting and ending point of the run is the same place, infront of Queensbay mall. We arrived at QBM just in time to see the FULL marathon runners flag off. Sadly, no cheer leaders but we had some er...Dragon Boat drummers? I couldn't see the front because it was just too crowded.

I didn't bring my camera with me because it couldn't fit inside my fuel belt T.T. So sorry about that. For the HALF marathon category, our start time was 3.30am. We actually had to wait about an hour before it was our time to run...cold...had to use the toilet a couple of times haha.

As there were a lot of promotion guys and girls going around asking if we wanted to try Salonpas and Breathe Right, I chose the latter. Getting close to 3.30am, the emcee began to call out to all Half Marathoners to gather at the starting area. I did a short run 10minutes to warm up before 3.30am. My left foot was hurting a little but I used my heel to land so hopefully it won't be bad. Drums were getting louder....lots of cheering and BOOM! We were off.

The starting point was REALLY a bottleneck area. Too many people and the starting point arch was quite narrow....but soon enough, me and William passed through the arch, championchip scanner was beeping like crazy and we began our run with a slow pace.

I've said this many times but yes ...once again NO PROPER TRAINING. Work was crazy over the past 2 months so all I did was short run from last week of October to the very last week before this run. Anyway, I was going to take it REAL nice and slow because its 21.1KM, why pecut laju laju? I see so many people accelerating SOOOOOOOOOOO fast but I still spot them after afew KM :) Slow and steady peeps! Its a long journey :D

Everything was just nice and steady for me. William and I were pacing each other just like KL Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009. Once we were on the bridge, we were looking forward to the U-Turn point. While running, we spotted our friend Pueh Tien who was busy capturing pictures and videos of the event. Thanks dude!

William and I at the 1 minute 30 second mark

We passed the center of the bridge and STILL no sign of the u-turn point till probably an extra 1KM or so. It was at this point where my left foot's pain started to worsen. After a couple of KM, William needed to stop and walk but I told him I can't stop to walk because the pain will be worse if I walk. Funny but its true. So he told me go ahead....I carried on running although slower pace.

Soon after the bridge, it was once again back to flat road and I tried to maintain pace again. It was a mix of walk and run...painful but still manageable. I spotted Rashid and his gf too....going at a steady pace but faster than me of course. We chatted for awhile before he zoomed off :P I didnt want to delay him.

Once near the E-Gate where they had the championchip check point, i looked at my watch and was like WAH, 2 Hours 20mins! And I sort of remembered the route and I was thinking I COULD do a sub 3 hours 21.1KM. Sadly, this joy was short lived because my left foot gave up on me when I was probably close to the remaining 4 - 5KM of the run.

At this point, I HAD to walk. I'm not trying to be dramatic but the pain was really bad. I was walking when Yenn Shin spotted me and had a short chat before he carried on running. After more walking, Pueh Tian spotted me again and said afew more KM to go! gambateh. I gave him a thumbs up and I tried running again.

Manage to run a little...but still had to walk most of the time till I nearly had cramps at the 18~19KM mark perhaps? It was near some brightly lit Condo(Villa something..can't remember the name) right before the last junction before turning into Queensbay Mall.

In the previous 2 Running event(New Balance Pacesetter 15KM and Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009), I cramped up REALLY bad RIGHT BEFORE the finishing line, how fucked up is that? This time, I wasn't gonna repeat that mistake. I decided to WALK till I can see the finishing line before I "act-like-I-ran-the-entire-way" finishing pose.

As I was near the finishing line, I started running and with my arms in the air(I think. LOL *dramatic music please) I crossed the finishing, stopped my watch and it showed 3 hours 10minutes XX seconds. Disappointed but I'm really really happy that I did not cramp up badly. Really regretted for not training properly for this event but hey, there are always other events! 2010!

Results from the website:

Name: ANDREW CHIAM WEI HAN
Position: 2065 out of 2833
Country: Malaysia Official Time: 03:12:19
Net Time: 03:10:19 <== this is the one same as my watch lor...more or less :D So I was right hehe
Bridge Turn: 01:20:14 ( 10KM mark?)
E-Gate: 02:23:58

My previous timing for Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009(Half Marathon 21.1KM) was about 3 hours 8 minutes. Although timings are worse than before, I felt that I improve in terms of running.

First of all, cramps came at a very later stage but it didn't "bite" my legs. Calves were fine but the cramps were on my right leg's quad muscle. I stopped for awhile when it first hit my leg...I just stood still because it nearly made me cramped up real bad. I walked slowly all the way back to Queensbay Mall area which is the finishing line.

Anyway, we all rested at the Crocs booth till everyone arrived. I was desperately looking for water but only to find the 100Plus booth. Fine, I took about 3 cups of 100plus....the good thing is that the 100plus drinks were nicely chilled which was nice especially after such long runs. I know I was dehydrated because I had a minor headache ever since after the run. After some scouting, I finally found a man handling the mineral water boxes and asked for afew more bottle for the rest of the gang.

Andrew : "Hi uncle, can I have 3 - 4 bottles of water?"
Uncle: "Nah nah..take take ...take more oso can....go wash face and mandi oso can"
Andrew: "Er..okay. Tenkyiu"

While balancing er...6 bottles of mineral bottle, I made my way back to the meet up area and rested for a couple more minutes before we headed back to the hotel. Once back at the hotel we.......

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Cam whored!

Me and my sayang :) and my hard earned medal :)

We decided to check out by 12.00pm so before that, we all showered and took our nap because we were totally zapped from the run.

*Extra note: My friend David was also there for the same run, we did meet up before and after the run but sadly, no pictures....ARGH so sorry David.

After telling Andy and David about the ocien we tried on Saturday, they wanted to try it as well so.....all of us went there AGAIN for our lunch :D Bwahahhahahaa

This time, I ordered the pork noodle(dry).

Lorbak...William said this uncle's lorbak is really old school and nice

Indeed, this was GODLIKE

Another view :P

The gravy that came with the lorbak

Chili for the lorbak

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OCIEN!

Old school lorbak stall. The uncle on the left with white tshirt is the seller.

Brings back memories huh?

Once again, makan banyak banyak...it was time to depart back to KL. It was really nice to have everyone's company but what I'm really happy is that my sayang was with me in this trip. Here are some final shots of the bridge on our way back to KL.

I arrived back home(gf's place) around 7.20pm....what a long trip. I was hungry so I had dinner first even before showering...haha! After settling down....I just sat back and just looked at the finishers medal.

Cool huh? The colors of the Penang flag :)

By Renaissance Pewter

Well Done! Thank you! :D

That's all peeps. Thanks for reading

In the mean time, I'm resting till my left foot recovers from this pain. Argh its already Thursday and it still hurts! Take care people!

Hello Food and me and my gf are famous!

2009-11-17T10:18:00.017+08:00

Once again, this is going to be a long update...so many things happened over the past few weeks. I hope you guys will enjoy reading it :) Read slowly la...susah nak update wei. hahahah thank you! :P

Muahahaaha Yes, I is famous. Why? Me and my sayang appeared in the TheStar newspaper :). Where? When? What? It was during the Terry Fox Run 2009 event. It was held at Lake Gardens(Taman Tasik Perdana) on the 1st of November 2009 @ 9.00am. And just a note, I folded my sleeves up because it was fucking hot! Me and my gf only ran 3KM. Fuck it, it was too hot and I was too lazy to run 5KM in the heat so call me a pussy for all I care :P

The Star Article.

The picture used in The Star

I spotted some friends after the crossing the finishing line. I spotted Yin Yin and Lionel first. Followed by Pueh Tian, Choi, Frank and soon after Chee Kong. We all took a group photo before queuing up for milo and muffin!

Photo courtesy of Pueh Tian. Thanks man! Lovely pics :) L-R: Lionel, my gf, me, Yin Yin and Pueh Tian.

Photo courtesy of Pueh Tian. L-R: Chee Kong, Frank, Lionel, Me, my gf, Pueh Tian, Choi and Yin Yin.

Erm, this was taken by my friend....was suppose to look for his wife but ended up snapping me too. spotted me?

The lovely tshirt design for 2009 - Front

The back of the tshirt

The muffin was just to have some carbs after the run....but I wasn't satisfied so I decided to go for my all time fav..........ROAST PORK NOODLE!

RM5.00 MMMMmmmmmmmm Siew Yok

FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD

This was awhile back...but me and my sayang finally tried out Garden Lifestyle and cafe @ 1Utama.

The place was REALLY white and green. Hence the theme of being in a garden with loads of artificial plants. It wasn't crowded even for a weekend....made me wonder if the food was nice. Anyway, felt relaxed...browsed through the menu and ended up ordering their set meals.

Weird french onion soup which was more like tonnes of onions with black pepper. Yuck. Ok la...may be we're just not used to the taste but a no-no for me.

Ice Lemon Tea :) Very refreshing

I feel refreshed by looking at you too *muacks*

My order - Nasi Lemak. Average nasi lemak you can find anywhere. I still LOVE the Nasi Lemak at Village Park.

My gf's order - Basically, its like War Tan Ho. This is not bad for but my gf said not nice. haha

The food was not that satisfying but the ambiance was nice. If you would like some quiet time with your love ones with a decent meal, this place could be one of them. Well, just compare this to Kim Gary...get the picture? :)

Next up! 1 of my favorite kopi tiam at Taman Megah which is VERY VERY near to my favorite Roast Pork Noodle stall is ......Restoran Gembira!

This curry / wan tan mee stall is my gf's parents usual stall for breakfast after going to the wet market for some grocery shopping. The uncle will normally give a lot of noodles for the curry mee which is awesome!

Their coffee is also very heavenly......remember, order NGA LAT(is this correct?) for the bigger cup coffee.

Next up, Old Souls Day > Travel to Malacca > Came back to KL the same day > Got REALLY sick with massive diarrhea. There, that was the summary. Here comes the long story.

***Note:***
WE = Me, my gf, my parents and my grandma

Saturday 7.11.2009
I made sure I slept early on Friday as it was gonna be a long day for Satuday( I'm the designated driver mah). We travelled down to Malacca to visit my grandpa and uncle's grave to pray as it was All Souls Day. We started out journey from Puchong to Malacca around 8.15am and arrived at my aunty's place at Malacca by 9.40am++. Surprisingly traffic was smooth even at Seremban area.

We rested forawhile before proceeding to my grandpa's grave. Once there, we spent some time cleaning the tombstone and surrounding area before we lit some candles to pray. Its quite shocking to see the number of NEW tombstone grew so much year after year. Life goes on I guess...so much for Circle of Life.

After that, we proceeded to my uncle's resting place at Ayer Salak or something. He was cremated so his ashes are stored in an urn kept at Ayer Salak Catholic Church..I think! I'm not familiar with the place anyway. We lit some candles and started praying for my uncle.

Once done, we headed back to Bukit Beruang for some yong tau fo near my grandma's place.

Finally tried that 3 Lapis Teh or some crap. Honestly, its Tea, Gula Malacca and milk. Overall taste? Gula Malacca ...

After lunch, we went to Tan Kim Hock to buy some stuff. Sorry..didnt take any pictures at that time...haha. But we did try their cendol while over there. Extremely overprice but yet, I wanted to try.

Coconut Cendol - RM3. wtf

Durian Cendol - RM5 WTF

Overall damage for our visit to Tan Kim Hock? About RM180 but anyway, its not often where we get nice dodol, rice crackers and stuff. We went back to my aunty's place to shower and rest before leaving for KL. We arrived back in KL at my sister's place around 6.50pm and decided to go to EuroDeli for dinner.

I saw some TV food programmes on Astro where they were showing EuroDeli being famous for their sausages and stuff so I was kinda looking forward to this.

The place was REALLY packed and we had to wait for nearly 10minutes with all the frequent updates given by their staff. Soon after, we were all seated and started browsing through the menu but in the end, we decided to let my brother-in-law, Kenneth to order for us. While he and my sister were going through the order, the rest of us were preoccupied with my niece, Kristen :P

My mum and my niece :) Love you all

Order order order jiak jiak jiak

I love you, always.

She saw something!

Ah Ma looks tired....or hungry?

My mum and dad :)

And the food marathon begins!

Some soft warm bun and butter...really nice and fragrant

Mixed Roast of Knuckle,Ribs and Belly (Gemischte Roast Platte)

Rolled Stuffed Pork Belly ( Gefullte Bauch Rolle)

Fuck, I forgot this one....

Mixed Sausage Platter - 3 Sausage of your choice. Pork Ring Sausage and Kassler Ham, Farmer's Bratwurst, and Grilled Sausage.

Alpler Maccaroni (Swiss Mountain Maccaroni) - With bacon, ham, cream, cheese and apple mousse. I think it was this LOL I might be wrong but this was freaking delicious.

Spaghetti Marinara - with prawns, squids, mussels and tomato coulis.

We shared every single dish because it was really alot and Thank God we did so because it was just nice - Not too much and not too little. After dinner, we headed back to my sister's condo for some dessert.

It's not what you think it is....
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Ta Dah! Surprise!

My family celebrating my birthday with me.

It wasn't planned so was an ad hoc celebration since everyone was together and we're all having a good time. Thanks Kenneth for taking pictures for us, I just realiase you weren't in any of the pictures. Sorry man!.

Happy Birthday to me! D.O.B 13th November 1983 :)

And not to be a killjoy, the next day, 8.11.2009 was horrible. I woke up in the middle of the night around 5.30am because I felt really uncomfortable. It was around the bottom of the rib cage area at the center...and I felt like puking. Ended up having some diarrhea and felt feverish.

I went to Clinic Mediveron at Petaling Jaya which was located in Giant complex itself at the highest floor. The doctor said I have no fever but my stomach had alot of gas and he only gave me medicine for the wind and diarrhea.

My lau sai wasn't watery, it was fucking WATER. I felt really uneasy and when I checked my body temperature at night, it showed 38.9 Degrees. WTF? So fine, I called the doctor up and he said to see him next day. I took 2 panadol(500mg each) and slept.

Surprisingly, I felt ALOT better the next day. The fever is gone but I still feel weak. I did not see the doctor but just stayed home to rest. I was on MC anyway so the rest was really good. My appetite was slowly progressing but I couldn't much.

The question is, what went wrong? EuroDeli? Touchwood was it the cemetery? Cendol? I really don't know because we ALL ate the same thing! Whatever the cause is, its over...luckily it was just a 2 day ordeal.

Running
Right now, I'm looking forward for my Penang Bridge Half Marathon on the 22.11.2009!

Although I have not been training well for it, I'm still going for it for the experience! I've been running but not long distances....but hopefully it will do me some good for my stamina. I also bought 2XU Compression Calf Guard from Frank...I really hope it will help with the cramps during the run.

RM150 :)

So far, I've only worn it once and it feels good. I also have a new fuel belt. Thanks Ija for buying it for me while being in Singapore :) I will try to upload a picture of it soon but its basically from Adidas with 4 bottles(125ml each was it? ).

Whatever the case, run, enjoy, gain the experience and medal.

Wish me luck!

I AM BACK! Kinda :)

2009-10-26T11:33:00.016+08:00

No updates for more than 1 month(fucking hell). I was really busy but that is the past. I am back in working out and running(short distances) since the beginning of October. Lots of things happening over the last couple of weeks. First off, remember my toy?

Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 :D (Stock)

I wanted it to be more responsive because the stock buttons were not sensitive enough. I have been hearing from forums and even my buddy Kian wei about Sanwa buttons. He has changed his HRAP3 to sanwa buttons. I got mine from here. I only changed the ball top to white and buttons to Sanwa. The joystick is already from Sanwa so I only changed the ball top to match the colors of the buttons :D

First, remove the screws at the bottom of the HRAP3 and this is the inside

Close up view of the joystick. This is SANWA joystick.

Close up view of the STOCK buttons...lousy (T.T)

Completely modified to Sanwa buttons! (except for the select and start buttons)

MMmmmmmm white

The white ball top :)

Apart from that, whenever I play Street Fighter 4 without the air con turned on, my pc would freeze up sometimes. After checking my computer's temperature, the GPU( Graphics Processing Unit...basically your graphic card laaaa) showed a whopping 72 Degrees! Fucking hot!

After investigating, here is the culprit of the heat.

Yea, I know. You must be going wtf is that? How long have I not clean my pc? To tell the truth, I haven't cleaned it ever since the day I bought it. My cooler master case have some front grill sponge mesh to stop most of the dust which was effective but of course, nothing is perfect.

I got home after work, with a small brush(which was actually meant for painting but watever) and vacuum cleaner, I got down to work :) It is now nice and clean for the most part and the GPU temperature was 55 degrees! Fucking awesome huh? I saved some $$ on a new cooler :P

Another upgrade which I've done is my gf's pc. It's not too bad, Pentium 4 er...forgot how many Ghz. Running on 40GB HDD space and only 256MB DDR 333 of RAM. Yes. 256 MB. Dua Ratus Lima Puluh Enam. Running Windows XP fucking slow but surviving. To speed things up, I've been searching high and low for the type of RAM which her motherboard uses and finally, I found them WITHOUT going all the way to Low Yat Plaza :). I bought it from HERE.

2 X 512MB DDR3 Kingston RAM

The good stuff

HUGE difference(well DOH) after installing these baby. I removed the 256MB stick and install these 2. Checked her PC with CPU-Z and it was showing 0.98GB of RAM so it was all good. Even without checking, the time of loading Windows XP + programs was good enough to verify it because it was fucking obvious. Imagine you were driving a Kancil previously....and now you're driving a Honda City. So there you have it LOL lame ass metaphor.

OK LA...I know you guys have been waiting for this ...

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FOOD!

Me and my sayang tried out DÔME Café afew weeks back. The food was just average. I ordered some chicken grilled with mash potato and salad while my gf had Mushroom Pasta or something...Can't remember the names. We also tried out their mushroom soup. Here are my thoughts on the meal.

First up, the grilled chicken, mash potato and salad.

Looks good?

It does look good but definitely below standard. First off the gravy is not exactly black pepper and its way too salty. The mash potato was cold. WTF was it suppose to be that way? I probably should have complained about it.

The mushroom pasta. This was enjoyable but they cut the small mushroom to even smaller pieces. I know its business but seriously wtf?

Mmmmmmmmm cheesey

Their mushroom soup. THIS is nice.

It came with a piece of garlic bread, really fragrant. Nice.

Blergh, enough of outside food. This was one of my breakfast recently :D I fried 2 eggs, surprisingly didnt break when I was flipping it over :D So I decided to cook it gently to maintain its perfect round shape :)

Once done, I fried the garlic and onions and later on, the beef. I placed a slice of cheese on the egg and then I poured the beef and stuff on to it. And.............

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Breakfast is served :)

Did some window shopping last week with my gf, her aunt and cousin. I treated them to a nice dinner at Delicious @ 1 Utama. Sadly, I didnt take 1 of the pasta with seafood dish. But anyway, they were all delicious :D

Green Curry with rice

Very fragrant....the amount of chicken was not too bad.

The weird "salad" which consists of Pamelo fruit and cherry tomato,..some shallots...weird taste.

Carbonara but we switched the beef bacon with chicken. This was my gf's order.

Mmmmmmm more cheese

Tomato Spaghetti for my gf's aunt. She was vegetarian for that day.

The bill came out pretty expensive but I guess the meal was satisfying. Food portion was good too..loads of spaghetti and cheese given. On the side note, remember to add salt and pepper to your liking because the carbonara came was abit tasteless...without any salt or pepper.

I'm currently staying at my gf's place till this coming Wednessday as her parents are away at Korea. Decided to cook something nice for her on Monday. Spaghetti with Alfredo sauce , some broccoli, chicken breast seasoned with olive oil, light soy sauce and pepper and also 4 hard boiled eggs. I cooked more because I thought we could have some for breakfast and some for lunch.

I took this picture after she had finished packing her breakfast and lunch. Not much left LOL

Hope to do some running today.....argh its Tuesday! Gonna end abruptly again. BYE!

Finally, an update! So enjoy it! :)

2009-09-20T13:20:00.003+08:00

First of all, yes...I've been that busy. I dont even have much time to hit the gym or do some running. I keep saying "This SHIT never ends, and it has hit the fan". Well, the shit is about to stop. The question is... when?

Now that I have 4 days of holiday thanks to Raya, I'm finally updating my blog on a Sunday afternoon. God, where do I even begin? what to blog about? There is nothing more to blog about the Nike shoe. It was already done afew post(and afew months) back. So this might not even be a lengthy update.

You guys remembered I bought this game right?

Abugit!

I've been playing this game for nearly 2 months with the keyboard until i got this baby:

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That's right, Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 for PS3/PC.

This baby works like a charm on the PC, I've been training Akuma and I'm getting quite used to it. I don't play online often because I still play DotA religiously every night with my good friends. SF4 is just 1 or 2 games before I sleep / Shower / Eat. Which explains why I still suck :)

Whatever part 1

Whatever part 2

Nicely packed

Protected!

TA DAH! The good shit.

Yes, I'm pushing the right buttons

Another good news is, the ladder rooms in garena are forcing users to use War Craft III version 1.24b which is the LATEST War Craft III patch. This stops fucking newbies from using collided DotA maps and IceFrog also released DotA version 6.63. What is a collided map? A map that has been altered and still not detected by War Craft engine.

A simple scenario; Zeus's ultimate is 180 damage at level 6. With the collided map, players can set it to do maximum damage of 9999999 = instant death. So how gay is that? But anyway, that shit is over, my friends and I are playing with 1.24b patch. So the only problem now is probably just maphackers(vision on map).

I can't wait to hit the gym consistently again. It has been horrible and I'm pretty sure I've lost some strength. It is already showing it for my back muscles. I could do 11 - 12 plates normally but I'm struggling now with just 11 plates.

I'll end this update with 1 progress picture although this was taken almost 1 month back. Fuck it, I'm too lazy to take any latest picture.

Enjoy the holiday peeps, 2 more days to go before I resume the same shit in office.

Peace v(=.=)

No Updates? WTF? Right?

2009-09-10T15:59:00.002+08:00

Yes, I've been really busy. If I'm hardworking enough, I'll update tonight :)

Busy with what? WORK... KERJA!

Simple and short update:

Am I still running?
Yes

Am I still working out?
Yes

Am I still wanking?
Yes, occasionally

Do I still prepare my own lunches, pre workout meal, dinner?
YES

Do I still Dota?
Religiously, whenever I'm at home - EVERY NIGHT

Siemens Run 2009 10KM, some Shoryuken and 1 sad news

2009-07-27T12:51:00.017+08:00

Wazzup everyone? Didja miss me? :P I was busy la...pai seh. Busy with work and workout. Haven't been running for the past 1 week after Siemens Run. As I ran McDonald run a week before Siemens Run, the route was pretty much the same except for the ending; Instead of turning into Kompleks Pertama, we had to run alittle further till we come across Wisma Cycle And Carriage to make the "U-turn" point.

I felt stronger this time. I manage to maintain pace during all the uphills and side stitch wasn't a problem this time around. I ran slightly faster as I was pacing with my friend, David earlier into the run but his pace was very much faster...so I told him to run first because If I were to follow his pace, I would pancit even faster.

My timing was 01:10:13 for the run. My previous best was 01:11:48 or something...can't recall but that was during Men's Health Run 2008. I won't say its a magical thing to do with the shoe but I guess the McDonald run did do some good as training before Siemens Run.

The Route for Siemens Ron 2009

Now for some words regarding my thoughts on the LunarGlide+ during the run. The shoe feels alot better after more running in it and I could feel the cushioning really well this time. I guess their new technology Dynamic Support System really makes a difference this time as it is said to make the shoe adapt to a runner's feet without compromising performance. Although I mentioned that the shoe could use a little head room for the toes, this doesn't seem to bother me any more during the run.

Did you guys notice the "wires" on the shoe(The silver looking lines)? That is Nike's Flywire Technology which allows Nike to remove unnecessary weight WITHOUT compromising support and stability.

Although I haven't been able to try the LunaRacer, but the Lunarlite cushioning system is fantastic.

Taken from Nike Biz:

LunarLite System
Nike first introduced LunarLite in the summer of 2008 in Beijing as the mid-sole cushioning system in the Nike LunaRacer+ and Nike LunarTrainer+ running shoes. Traditional cushioning systems only absorb energy upon impact. LunarLite has proven to provide superior cushioning and significant energy return. The LunarLite System in the Nike LunarGlide+ creates a trampoline effect as the softer foam core is contained by the firmer foam carrier upon impact.

I'm not trying to exaggerate, but indeed, I felt some sort of bounce feeling upon landing. Hence, feeling all the technology coming into place for the cushioning work. Once again, it ain't a magical shoe or high-end-sophisticated-technology which helps improve your running by tenfold.

Nevertheless, the shoe is amazing for its lightness and size(small)!

Next up, my cam whoring sessions!

Photo from http://run2chuah.multiply.com/photos. Thanks Chuah! :)

Photo from Tey @ http://pmtey2.multiply.com/photos/ . Once again, he takes such lovely clear shots! Amazing isn't it when everyone is running and your picture turns out super clear. Thanks alot Tey!

After all the sweat and hard work....no medals...but got cert and goodie bag la. :)

Some of them got Deodorant while I got whitening lotion instead. Damn...

RANDOM PICTURE

Random picture from Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009..I was tagged by my friend....
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WTF was I pointing at? No seriously..even I don't remember what I was doing/pointing.

My friend Kian Wei helped me to purchase my long awaited Street Fighter IV for PC. And after camping at his place for 2 weeks(The Game la..not me), I finally met up with him to pass him his custom tshirt(the Lift Eat Sleep...Repeat tshirt I printed) and collected my game.

Yes la, its Rm119...Original okay? :)

The back of the DVD

Lovely printings

Manual :) Yes, RTFM people..read it.

Randomness....again.

This happened on Friday....I was doing my work in office when I felt something ticklish on my left wrist.....when I looked at the cause of it........

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A baby spider?

I thought it was just a small dust ball or something being blown by the wind...but it turns out to be some transparent white spider.

Seriously WTF lor. Yes, I killed it after i snapped these pictures. RIP Spider.

More RandomNEEZZZZZZZZZ

I'm going for some gathering with some people from LowYat Forum. I'm pretty sure most of the people there are going to be huge. The venue is some private gym called Anabolic Gym...sounds gay or hardcore? You decide. I'm just going there to check out the peeps, share some infro and tips on working out.

This is the requirement. Buy an Animal tshirt and you're in.

The back of the T-Shirt. RM40 okay...shit =.=

Sad News
After 2 years of being with me, all the sweat and tears...the scorching sun and gloomy weathers....
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My LiveStrong wristband snapped on 26.07.2009

I'm still keeping it because it has so much memories with me. Crazy but heck, I'm emo.

I'm gonna end abruptly now. Sad sial

Busy Busy!

2009-07-23T11:39:00.002+08:00

Quick update:

I will be updating on Siemens 2009 run real soon. I'm currently tied up with work and other personnel commitments. Thanks for da patience peeps! *HugS*

So many updates, so little time.

2009-07-16T18:06:00.032+08:00

Whoa...a brand new week...and it is already THURSDAY! How time flies when you have a shit load of work to do. A lot of things happened since last week and I hope I don't miss anything out :). Life is pretty much the same. It is going to be an all-in-one update so kick back, relax, and enjoy! :P

First up, I went to the Levi's Wareshouse Sales at Damansara(Atria shopping complex) about 2 weeks ago. It was the third day since it started so I was not expecting much from this visit.

To my surprise...wasn't too crowded.

Nothing much left...ah well

Guess what..............I bought something! Woo hoo! A new pair of jeans!

Sadly, my waistline is still 33"

Great, now I gotta unbutton my shirt AND my jeans.

Apart from getting a new jeans, I had to fixed my TV, thanks to mother nature. I've turned off every electrical appliances(except for the cordless phone and fridge) but still it happened. It was raining very heavily one morning and thunder could be heard almost every few seconds. By the time it reached evening, I wanted to watch some TV and I found out that it was spoiled. What luck ..sigh...more $$$ gone from my wallet for repairs. Called up Philips service center and got my report number for the repair work.

After 3 weeks of TV-less days, it was repaired and brought back to my place to be fixed back to the chasis.

Pretty cool huh? How often do you open up your TV?

On to some running news.....

Remember my short run when I first got my Nike Lunarglide+? Well, I forgot to mention about this

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Hello there!

My first pair of running socks finally Rested In Peace. So happened that my socks are from Nike. Note: This is not an advertorial!

Everyone learns from mistakes. When I first started running, I used to run with normal cotton socks which was thick and HOT and would cause blisters during long runs. My friend said it was because cotton-made socks are too thick and keeps the sweat from being wicked away. Soon after, I started using these so called socks made for sports - Tactical socks. Sounds good huh?

I bought 2 new pairs :)

McDonald Olympic Run is set on the 12th of July and my colleague was kind enough to accompany me as well as to guide me on how to get to Wisma OCM(Olympic Council of Malaysia) to collect my race kit. We left TPM around 12.00pm and arrived at Wisma OCM around 12.20pm. There wasn't any long queue but what shocked me was that they have not finished printing the bibs for Mens Open 7KM. What the hell? What is wrong with organisers nowadays? There are AMPLE amount of days(heck even months) before the race kit collection day, how could they give such an answer? Same case for the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009. The person in charged told me that they will set up a booth on the race day itself for those who have not collected their bib. I ain't gonna go back there just for the bib so I told him fine, I'll collect it on race day and collected only the t-shirt.

Proceeded for lunch with a nice bowl of laksa at Taman Desa@Old Klang Road :)

Bad/Lousy carbo loading..tasted quite decent Muahaha

On Saturday(11.07.2009), me and my sayang were at 1 Utama for some shopping. After God-Knows-How-Many-Years, I finally had my chance to eat at Carl's Jr. The reason is...me and my gf seldom have burgers for lunch/tea/dinner. And this happened to be somewhat of a tea time meal :D Plus the McDonalds Run is on the next day so I used carbo-loading as an excuse.

Had to wait for our burgers to arrive

Free flow of 100plus + lemon WOO HOO!

His - Portobello Burger

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF IT

YUMMY

Hers - Teriyaki Burger

The damage. One of the reason we don't dine here often :P

RACE REPORT!

So with all the eating and shopping done. It was time to head home(my gf's place) for an early rest. Since I had no bib number, all I did was checking out the running t-shirt. Yeap, not a running vest but a t-shirt. But don't get me wrong. I like the t-shirt as it was pretty cool.

L size

Front printings

The back of the t-shirt.

I slept around 10.30pm as I was thinking, it is only a 7KM run...I should do fine. I set my alarm to wake me up around 5.00am. The alarm went off once and I snoozed my phone twice. By the time I really woke up, it was 6.00am! I took a quick bath, changed and went downstairs to have my breakfast. It was just a quick breakie. 1 small Raisin bun, 1 cup of coffee and 1 Energy Bar(Fruits and Nuts).

So I left my gf's place around 6.30am, and to my horror...my car was low on Fuel...what timing. Sigh. I drove to the nearest petrol station near SS2(BHP) to refuel my car. With that done, I drove faster than usual to Dataran Merdeka. I tried my luck at Bank Negara and around Dataran Merdeka but all the parking spots were taken. I ended up parking at Bkt Aman car park.

To my surprise, I saw some friends whom just parked their car as well; One of my running friend Ija, her husband and her brother. 2 more friends met up with us and we introduced ourselves :) As I was explaining to Ija that I didnt have a bib number yet, she said she has a spare as 1 of her brother isn't running. What luck eh? :D

We were busy pinning our bibs to our t-shirt and applying some spray on heat rub. With that done, it was time to proceed to Dataran Merdeka in...10 Minutes. We chatted while walking...and we also started to slow jog to warm up. It was a pretty decent turn out despite being a 7KM run.

Da route...7KM(Blue Arrow)

I wasn't really aiming for anything in this run. All I wanted to do was to test out the new shoe :) Not an excuse but anyway...the run started pretty punctual. I don't recall if there were any "gun off" but there were alot of cheering going on by all of us - The power of unity :D

So we started off from Dataran Merdeka, the usual place for most running events. Not soon after, I was already greeted by the hills towards Bank Negara. I changed my running style alittle to utilize more of my quads for the push off. There quite a number of runners who were walking at this point. I had to zig zag alittle bit to avoid some people, but nevertheless, the shoe's cushioning was great!

After the long uphill, there was some recovery point for most of us as the ground was flat before we hit Jalan Tunku, another hill to attack. Again, I used my heel for more push off activity and to my surprise, I spotted Ija's husband right after the first water station. He had some side stitch which really slowed him down. I was still doing pretty okay till I ran back to Jalan Mahameru. I had a little side stitch myself. I slowed down my pace and walk once in awhile to ease the pain.

The discomfort was soon gone when I was running along Jalan Parlimen. My cruise mode was activated as it was relatively flat all the way till Dataran Merdeka. The shoe was really doing me good as I feel the lightness of the shoe coming into play. Upon passing Padang Merbok, I spotted a young boy, probably 4 - 6 years old, also participating in the run...really super duper cute. He was walking for awhile before hunching forward with his hands on his knees gasping for air while his sister and mum were a little ahead of him and looking back towards him. Dang, if only I had my camera. :D

Moving along, I continued my steady pace, passed the traffic lights at the intersection and I was next to Dataran Merdeka. I knew my timing won't be good enough for a medal(only 100 freaking medals =.= Why can't they give 200 instead :p ) but I wanted to try my luck. I started increasing my pace to overtake runners in my category. I ran pretty fast for the last 150meters(probably) before crossing the finishing line(and collecting the cert at the same time). 45mins 13 seconds. Not a good timing but heck, it was fun knowing that I could still attack the hills non-stop. Whatmore, its with the new Lunarglide+ :)

Thanks to Tey and Victor for the photo.

With this being the first event for the shoe, I find the shoe to be comfortable although a lil' tight for my taste. The headroom for the toes could be improved because there were certain point where my nail would get sort of stuck when it hits the top of the shoe...oh and by the way, my toe nails were short as I always make sure I don't end up with broken or black toe nail.

Remember I said I wore the shoe to office to help loosen the shoe up? Most of my friend said the shoe was nice, beautiful and cool but honestly, I find the colour to be too striking.

Get the picture?

So there you have it folks. My first review of the LunarGlide+. Hope it's good enough to give you a quick view of what the shoe is like.

Pro:

Lightweight
Well Ventilated for the feet
Easy to spot yourself in pictures because of its unique colour combination(Nothing technical involved but still, a find it a plus HAHA)

Cons:

The shoe fits just nice but could use a little more space for the toes. It also feels abit tight at the top of the feet near where you would tie your shoe lace. I've tried loosening the shoe laces but it still felt a lil' tight. (I'm using 2E)
The shoe doesn't mention Width size?

The colour orange is kinda bright. But that is just my personal taste anyway.

*****

On a side note, my blog's THEME has nothing to do with LunarGlide+'s colours. It just so happened to be the same black and orange theme.

*****

First short review of my new ride

2009-07-08T11:47:00.004+08:00

HELLO HELLO~~!!! Sorry for the late update on the shoe. I took it for a short run on Monday. I wore the shoe to office. Probably not the right thing to do but I thought it will help loosen up abit so that it doesn't feel too stiff.

Its my first time reviewing a shoe so I hope it will help most of you peeps out there! Because like you, I'm an ordinary runner :)

06.07.2009 - Monday

So I got home from work around 6.30pm, washed my face a little to freshen up before I changed into my running clothes and socks(of course). Sadly, it was too sunny to run outside, so I decided to rest a little longer till 7.00pm+. I hit the road around 7.10pm with a slow jog to warm up my body. First few steps of running was like whoa....I could feel the cushioning of the forefeet! I'm not kidding. May be its still new but as I landed my forefeet, I felt the cushioning of layers.

Did u notice the layers? black, yellow and orange?

I immediately tested the heel by changing my landing style to heel striker. Feels good as well. I guess that is why the heel are like designed like layers of spring

Apart from all that, the shoe is pretty light! I feel comfortable running in this new pair of shoe although I haven't used it long enough to let it "burn in" yet. Probably it doesn't require a long period for that but still never...never do long distance running with a new pair of shoe. This applies to ANY brand of running shoe in my humble opinion.

That is all for now. Shall update upon longer usages of the shoe. Take care everyone!

-My back is having sores so bad till I can't lift my arms above my shoulder/head. HAHA I did my back workout yesterday...jialat

Screwed up Page Counter

2009-07-05T14:10:00.002+08:00

WTF , when I checked my page counter stats, its pointing to a wrong page. I have just corrected it. Sigh ...now all my stat histories are gone. Ah well, time for a fresh start but I'm keeping the number of HITS as it is previously.

I will update my blog tomorrow or something. Had a busy morning but a satisfying one. I treated my gf and her family dim sum for breakfast :D. After breakfast, we went to Atria to check out the Levi's warehouse sales or some shit. I bought a Levi's 501 Jeans - Straight cut. Nowadays, they don't use zippers for men's jeans. They are using button =.=. After that, we went home and I vacuumed my own car(Honda City) and my gf's car(Vios). I washed both cars...hers and mine.

I want to rest and eat for now. I got RCIA to attend later. See ya!

Nike LunarGlide+

2009-07-04T10:03:00.012+08:00

Alright folks, this was the good news I was talking about. I got a call on Wednesday (01.07.2009) regarding the Nike running campaign which was supposed to start in January. It was postponed then but it is back on NOW. I was asked for my shoe size so I told the lady, 8.5 US and 2E for width. I received another call on that day to be told the location for the shoe collection. Amazing :D I didn't expect it to be so soon.

I was lucky enough to be selected by Nike to review 1 of Nike's latest product; the new Nike Lunarglide+. I didn't pay for it :) It was courtesy of Nike Sales (M). So a BIG shout out to them. I collected my shoe after work on Thursday at Nike Sales (M) office at The Curve(But I actually parked at IKEA).

Coincidentally, the guy that I'm suppose to meet up to collect my shoe is called Andrew(Tan) as well. The office is at level 2, and if you're trying to look for it, you would have to walk into Living Quarters.

Once there, I collected my shoe, tried it on and chatted with him regarding the shoe. He did receive a few feedbacks from online or something but lets see how it goes for me. All I was told is to give my honest feedback through my blog. Simple enough, I thanked him and made my way to McDonalds outside of IKEA to meet up with my friend, Frank, to collect the registration for the McDonalds Olympic Run next week.

Traffic to the Curve was fine but the traffic condition to get back to Taman Mayang Jaya was crazy; I took nearly 45mins to get to my gf's place. Nevertheless, I was really excited to get back home quickly and start checking out the Lunarglide+.

Most of my friends know that I have been using New Balance all these while for my runs and honestly, this would be my FIRST Nike running shoe in my running history. Excited as I am, here are some pictures of the shoe.

As usual, simple and sleek packaging

This box is for me :)

What's underneath? :)

TA DAH!~~~ BEHOLD......Nike LUNARGLIDE+!!!!!

Orange and black theme

Side view :D

Ass shot

Bumper + shock absorbers

Ventilated cooling coils

Skirtings

Brand of the shock absorbers; LunarLite

Tyres

Nike+

Close up view of the tyre's threads. Macam Lego aje?

Recaro seats

Do you know what that is?

It's for the Nike+ foot pod.

I have not taken it for a ride so I can't comment it just yet. I won't wanna bore you guys by repeating its technical details so why don't you guys head over to these links?

NikeBiz

Nike Official Store

Nike Plus

That is it for now. Stay tune for more updates to come! Once again, thanks to Nike Sales(M)!

OMG!!!!!!!! SWEET LOVING JESUS! I'M ALIVE!

2009-07-02T14:08:00.005+08:00

Yes people, it has been 2 full months of NO UPDATES! THE HORROR!!! Relax...I'm here and not overseas. I have been busy with work, workout, relationship and running!

Latest news would be I've ran my SECOND Half Marathon in my running history!!!! Timing isn't that great but I ran almost the entire journey till cramps came in. Here goes nothing!

27.06.2009 - Saturday - Race Kit Collection Day

I woke around 8.30am, had a light meal before going to Dataran Merdeka(DM) to collect my running race kit. I parked at Bukit Aman car park and walked to DM...probably about 1.5KM away.

Once at DM, it was pretty buzzing with activities. There was this 100 plus mobile unit with wallclimbing stuff attached to it.

100plus mobile/promo unit?

Preparing for the wall climbing

HE IS FAST!!!!!

TOUCH DOWN! Or should I say, touch up?

Safety crew members

This guy walking around to get people's participation for wall climbing. He did ask me as I was taking his picture LOL. I said No thanks.

With that out of the way, I was trying to find my half marathon area and God, it was already quite sunny by 9,40am!!

My category :) 21.1KM baby yeah! *The uncle on the right helped me to take a picture.

Other tents for the rest of the categories

I was there :) * I asked the Uncle on the right to help me take this picture

Before the race kit collection day on Saturday, I was freaked out by the comments found on the Standard Chartered KL Marathon Facebook page on Friday afternoon. It will filled with ANGRY and NEGATIVE comments ever since the moment the race kit collection started on 26.06.2009 12.00pm.

Here is what I've found out.

Power outage
Laptops can't work because of network down
Some Bib numbers were not printed
Account NOT FOUND?
Out of BAGS!!!!
MANY had to wait in the RAIN and SCORCHING SUN!

Anyway, as I was EARLY on Saturday, I collected my race kit in about 20minutes! Here are some of the process I have witnessed.

Our Bag which were still in boxes

Amazing workforce

Aunty and blur guy going WTF?

Looking for vest sizes

When it was my turn, I just gave the lady my confirmation slip and they just gave me whatever number its currently at. WTF shouldn't it be the same as the confirmation slip? The Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 was much more organised than this.

As soon I collected my vest, I went for my hair cut at my usual saloon and what the fuck, the price had gone up from RM19 to RM20!!!!! Ridiculous! So fuck it, I went home and checked out the goodies(BEFORE OPENING THE BAG)

Not bad...not bad at all

The logo

Silky material, check out the static..its hugging the floor!!!

Can it even wick sweat away???

Back of the vest

Its been awhile since I last saw this logo

Seriously wtf are all these crap? Stupid booklets for Insurance/ banking and MSG? I mean MSIG? The only COOL thing was the TATTOO sticker of the Logo

Behold, my epic bib number "69"

Front shot

Weird, I have to write on a layer of PLASTIC?

The chip

Passed QC!

Instructions to follow

After pinning my bib to my vest, me and my gf went out to watch Transformers 2~!!! Awesome movie which lasted 2 hours 30mins! How did I get my tickets and good seats? E-Ticket my friend. I paid using Maybank2U and selected my seats! Simple process although it costs RM1 additional.

With that done, I got home around 8.45pm and started to go through my checklist:

1. Whey
2. Shaker
3. 4 Oral Rehydration Salt
4. Power Gels
5. 1.5L Mineral Water
6. 2L of Water(My Bottle la)
7. Towel
8. Spare clothes
9. Nike Pouch
10. Small bottle for ORS
11. IPod
12. Armband
13. Sandals

Bib Number
Timing Chip
Safety Pins

My FUEL!

My armor for tomorrow's battle

With that all done, it was shut eye mode!

28.06.2009 - Sunday - Race Day

I woke up around 2.30am...yes folks, my event is at 6.15am but I woke up THIS early. I woke up, had my some bread and 1 cup of coffee. Blur like fuck, I still manage to prepare and get ready to hit the road.

FRESH LOOK!

I left my place around 3.25am from Puchong....picked 2 buddies of mine from Kelana Jaya area; David and William. We arrived at the Bukit Aman carpark around 3.50am!!!! hahahahaha. We spotted afew other friends, Choi, Frank, Keat Seong and his gf. We had some extra stuff to eat before making out way to Dataran Merdeka; e.g banana, energy bar(Fruits and nuts) and 1 bottle of Oral Rehydration Salt.

It was raining!!!! omg!!! The full marathon was about to start and it was pouring. Me, Charles, David and William seeked shelter at the porch of St. Mary's church right before Dataran Merdeka. We waited till 5.45am before we made our way to the field. With much excitement, we took 1 photo before we started the run!

Yours truly

David, the banana provider for the day :D and his camera handphone rocks!! Nokia!!

William my pacing buddy!

Charles :)

The route?
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My route is the one in GREEN!!!!

To be honest, I don't really recall when the cramps happened and bla bla bla. I mean, I'm trying hard to push myself ...I don't really take note at which location and what happened next so please forgive me :( I wasn't really thinking about blogging EVERY detail of my run but I will try my best.

Me and William was pacing each other since the begining of the run! We both reached the 10KM mark in like 55minutes!!! Is that true? SUB 1 hour 10KM? Keeping our spirits up, we continued running till we hit Lebuhraya Smart and that was where the first sign of calves cramp happened!!! I continued walking as I don't what it to happen so soon. We've just passed the 13KM mark..NOT NOW PLEASE!. William being an awesome buddy, he accompanied me, walking and running whenever I can. It was his first half marathon by the way. I felt kinda quilty for holding him back. I was walking ALOT, drinking at every water station to rehydrate, took my ORS and even apllied heat rub oil provided by the medic people there but still the cramps was there.

After a mixture of walking, running and heat rubbing, I felt like I could run when I use my quads muscle to trigger the push off instead of my calves. I was able to run but at a slow pace. William noticed I could continue running and told me to leave him as he had "hit-the-wall". As soon as he gave me the green light, I just carried on with my pace and stride. All was well and I manage to run and run and run!! I do have to stop once in awhle to massage my calves...it did help in a way.

When I was near Parlimen, I came to a halt and started walking towards the water station about afew hundred meters away because my cramps were about to happen. I got a pat on the back...it was Keat Seong! He was in the Full Marathon category. After seeing him, I felt motivated and started to slow run again. However, my legs were not as motivated as my mind. I had to stop! After awhile, I spotted Choi but I didnt noticed it was him till I saw him infront of me and his Fastswitch 3 yellow shoe!

I spotted some medic person and I asked for more heat rub oil. I massaged my calves forawhile before I started running again. I struggled along the slight uphill towards the National Monument. I manage to run uphill with my quad muscles pushing off the heel REALLY tough.

After running pass Bank Negara, I knew it was going to be a U Turn ahead as most runs will go through that route at Jalan Raja Laut. I tried to conserve energy by walking. I miss calculated. I started running WAY too soon at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

My cramps came RIGHT BEFORE THE FINISHING LINE...approximately 20 meters? How fucked up is that! THIS time however, it happened only on my RIGHT leg calves AND QUADS! Holy shit, my quads was SWELLING. Thank God, there was some senior runners resting at the side that came to my aid. Apparently he knows how to handle cramps. He saw my leg's condition and started checking my calf and quads. First, he massaged my calf then once he spotted the swollen area on my quad, he PRESSED and MASSAGED IT. OMG IT WAS FUCKING PAINFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told him it was painful and to stop pressing but he said it is a must if not the cramps will be worse and won't subside. Sweet Loving Jesus.....the pain was @%^$^%#@$$@. After like 2 or 3 minutes, the senior runners helped me up on my feet and I was walking towards the finishing line. I mean it, WALKING. I was taking 1 step at a time with my left leg while DRAGGING my right leg.

Official photo 1

Official Photo 2

But you know what, I completed it! I said it before, even if I have to crawl, I would finish it and I did! Of course, I thank my good graces that I did not have to CRAWL.

I met up with David at the medal collection area. WOO HOO! His first half marathon and he finished in 2 hours 54mins!! Awesome timing bro!

David, officially a half marathoner. Congrats dude!

Me? Pathetic finishing pictures but hey! I ran most of the jouerney! I'm happy

And guess what?

I manage to take a picture with
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KENNY SIA! It not like I adore him or what not. I have been reading his blog since a few years back. It's just cool to be able to meet up and take a picture with him in person. After all, he IS one of Malaysia's most influential blogger!

After awhile, William arrived and we took a group picture!

I DID IT!!

I have said it in my facebook, I dedicate this run to my newly born niece, Kristen!

-Sorry, have not uploaded pictures of her just yet. I'm lazy -

On a side note, I have something good to share soon. STAY TUNE!! REALLY SOON

I've been fucking lazy...

2009-05-04T10:43:00.009+08:00

Yeah yeah, pipe down...I've been so lazy till I have not updated my workout journal, my blog and the other running blog. Time to get things done! so here goes. Damn, its May already ...talking about how time flies. This is going to be a LOOOOOOOONNNNNG POST. Well its because of the pictures.

24.04.2009
I was selected to be in some ECO training(Engineering a Culture in an Organisation) By this company called Learning Edge. I didnt really mind although my Saturday is taken up...why? Its at PALACE OF THE GOLDEN HORSES! w00t!

I got sligtly mislead by one of the sign board, I ended up going to the Mines Business Park area...I had to pay RM1. Fucking bullshit! Anyway, I arrive at the hotel and spotted afew other colleagues...we all chit chat alittle before starting our so-called-training session.

Before you proceed, please prepare some tissue to wipe off the drool later.

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Break Before lunch

Sausage bread, some cakes and apple pie or some shit. Cant remember

Lunch

The nasi briyani, fried stuff area...

Another section of the buffet lunch..

Cold dishes like salmon, oysters...cendol....kuih and stuff

Serving No.1: Lamb. beef, Nasi Briyani, Potato, pak choi, egg :)

Mamak Sup Kambing....Shiok! Lamb soup =P

Serving No2: Lamb, Smoked Chicken, Salmon, Nasi Briyani, Egg, Potato and some calamari.

Desserts

All that was my lunch baby..w00t. Next up, my hotel room..twin sharing of course...

Da Door...duh

The bathroom

Rub a tub tub

Shower area

Da bedz

Not bad huh?

:)

Guess what, after some activity, I had time to workout before dinner! w00t. Thank God :)

I can't remember how many weight plates for some workout....but ok la...had a good workout...back, chest, legs and abs

1 plate = 3.8KG

Back
Pulldown
1 X 10 X 8 plates
4 X 5 X 9 Plates

Leg
Leg Press
1 X 15 X 7 plates
1 X 15 X 8 plates
2 X 15 X 11 plates

Abs
1 X 10 X 6 plates I think
2 X 10 X 7 or 8 plates..can't remember...

Can't remember exact amounts of plates..but all weighted which some machine....was nice.

Chest
Smith Machine
2 X 10 X 40KG +? Bar + 11KG plates?

Dinner / Post Workout

Serving No1: Beef, Chicken, Eggs, Rice, and broccoli

Serving No2: Rice, more beef, egg and broccoli

End of day 1 :)

25.04.2009

BREAKFAST TIME!

Serving No1: BEEF BACON! Some hardboiled eggs, Samball, NASI LEMAK, Mee Hoon and...Sausages

Serving No2: Beef Bacon, 2 egg whites, some noodles.

As usual, after some training( having fun :P ), short break again.

Mini pizza, Some mini sandwiches...all mini..dammnit Ok I admit, I took like 3 more mini pizzas HAHA

LUNCH

Some rice, potato wrapped with beef bacon, some salmon, some lamb and broccoli.

26.04.2009
Breakfast

My power pack breakfast!
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Lunch?

27.04.2009
Cooked my lunch and pre running meal

My breakfast? simple...

Toast with marmalade :)

28.04.2009
Suppose to be my lunch but I ended up following some colleagues out for lunch

My pre run meal :)

My lunch haha! Beef Noodle

6.30pm
Ran 6KM with a friend at Bkt Jalil Park

8.00pm
Dinner
1 Sandwich: Wholemeal bread + tuna in olive oil + 1 egg + 1 slice of cheese
Some fried rice that my grandma cooked.

Supper? RAMLY!!!!!

Beef

Chicken

29.04.2009
Rest day :D

Had beef noodles again for lunch. Different place, different style

30.04.2009
As usual, prepare my lunch and preworkout meal :)

The goodness.

Lunch

4.30pm
Pre workout
Same as lunch as except only 2 slices of beef

7.00pm
Workout

Today:Back, legs and triceps

Back
Pulldown
warm up
1 X 10 X 36.3KG

1 X 10 X 40.9KG
2 X 1 X 45.4KG w00t! Increasing bit by bit!

Seated Cable Row
1 X 10 X 36.3
2 X 10 X 45.4KG

Legs
Leg Extension
Can't really remember the weights used...
1 X 10 X 22.7KG
2 X 10 X 27.2KG

Macam berat only Nvm..train, train

Leg Press
1 X 10 X 77.2KG
2 X 10 X 90.8KG(wholestack)

Leg Curl
PHAILED! Cramps on my calves!

Triceps
Cable Pushdown....I do 2 types...macam cacat but I felt my triceps being worked nicely. the light ones is like 90 degrees adn my forearm goes down. Heavier ones are like I'm doing push ups..pushing the bar down...nvm la..all macam the same...Pushdown. As long as its working for me.
3 X 10 X 22.7KG
2 X 10 X 27.2KG

8.10pm
Took my protein shake: 10 ounces of water + 2 scoops of whey

9.00pm?
Dinner @ Williams.
Beef Burger With Mozzarella Special!..f***ing huge! ..mahal juga. RM25

01.05.2009
Labour's daY!~~~holi holi holiday

Walked around 1 Utama....pretty packed but as usual, we manage to find a parking space within afew minutes :) Lucky indeed. There were having alot of stuff...some Animax fair, Korean fair, Osim, Ogawa.....damn....We didn't really shop for stuff...just window shopping. Lunch plan? Didn't really know what to eat...ended up dining at Just Thai.

Sour Sop Drink or something

Tom Yam Mee Hoon

My Phad Thai noodles :)

Mixed!

Once done, we walked around like the entire place...my gf was trying out some dresses. By the time we were done, it was close to 4pm, decided to grab a burger :D

Burger King: Whopper FTW!!!

Note to self: 4 burgers in a week...go count(scroll up =P )

02.05.2009
#@$#$#%#@$#@$@#%$#@$ nothing to blog.

03.05.2009
Went to Klang for Seafood! woo hoo!

Mee Hoon with lala~~~

Some sharkfin soup like but used crab meat :) REAL crab meat

Vinegar for that extra kick!

This shit is the bomb! Makes the trip to Klang worth it!

Lai Liu Harrrrr

Prawns in Coconut...basically its Tom Yum.

Okay I gotta apologize....I forgot to take a picture of the last dish..It was Salty Egg Crabs...

04.05.2009
PRESENT DAY! w00t
I woke up REAL late...7.40am. Quickly went downstairs to cook!

My breakfast? I was already late..so...
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Toast bread + 1 slice of cheese + sugar...yes...fucking sugar!

FOOD FOR THE WIN

2009-04-22T11:03:00.007+08:00

W'sup..nothing much to update.. I'll be printing some self designed tshirts soon.

FOOOD TIME! woo hoo!

Finally, my fucking New Balance Loyalty card is here last Friday.....at fucking last!

Front shot

Back of the shoe

Abzorb DTS, Abzorb FL

N-Lock

For Neutral feet type, like me

Cool padding

Stability Web

New tyres :)

Butt shot

Cool shock absorbers

20.04.2009 - Monday

Lunch! Rice, Lamb and some veggies..

Not raw of course.

My pre run meal was 2 sandwiches, eggs fried with cheese. I ran about 4.5KM perhaps?

21.04.2009 - Tuesday

I woke up like 7.40am to cook my meal....so who says there is no time? Bullshit.

Cook the spaghetti 1st then the broccoli :)

Beef for da proteinz

Left over "gravy"

Fry the garlic alittle

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Dunk the spaghetti, broccoli, italian herbs and MAGGI CHILI SAUCE FOR THE WIN!

I fucking put the egg into the pot too hard =.= ended up cracking

Save the egg whites! Save the egg whites!

Saved!

My Lunch and Pre workout meal...DONE

Macro shot of the good shit

Compressed

Packed and ready to roll out!

Oh wait, my breakfast?

ROFL! Bread + marmalade jam and a cup of coffee.

4.30pm...Took my pre workout meal..

Pre workout Meal

6.30pm
Workout
Warm up
- T Hip Rocking
- Balance Ball Back/Shoulder Stretch ( Nope..I got no balance ball....So Just do the movement only haha)
- Quadruped Circles
- Hip Rocking
- Forward Lunge and Forearms In
- Handwalk

Today: Shoulders, Triceps and Abs

Anterior Deltoid
Arnold Press
3 X 10 X 7.5KG

Shoulder Press
3 X 10 X 10KG

Front Raise ( 4 way Variation )
3 X 3 X 6.5KG

Lateral Deltoid
Upright Row
3 X 10 X 10KG

Dumbbell Raise
3 X 10 X 10KG

Posterior Deltoid
Rear Delt Raise
3 X 10 X 5KG

Rear Delt Row
3 X 10 X 9KG

Triceps
Tricep extension
3 X 10 X 10KG

Skullcrusher
3 X 10 X 5KG

One arm supinated tricep extension
Right arm 3 X 10 X 5KG
Left arm 1 X 10 X 5KG. 1 X 4 X 5KG (failed)

Tricep dip
2 X 10 X BW

Abs
-10 floor abs crunch
-10 side oblique crunch each side
-10 90-Degree abs crunch
-10 Straight Leg floor ab crunch
-Front Body Bridge for 30 seconds
-Side Bridge 15 seconds each side.

8.00pm
Took my protein shake: 10 ounces of water + 2 scoops of whey

22.04.2009 - Wednesday

Today's TEA TIME. Chicken breast, cucumbers, tomatoes, cheese and wholemeal bread.

What about lunch? I'm going out to have some vegetarian food.

Plans for today? Resting. Shoulders and Triceps are aching.

Whoa..super late update. W'sup bitch.

2009-04-17T09:47:00.014+08:00

W'sup peeps...Yes I have been busy....Holy Thursday, Good Friday.....Easter Sunday and I was on my holiday.

09.04.2009 - Thursday
Went for Holy Thursday mass at the church near my place....Our Lady Of Guadalupe. It was about 2 hours long and it was fucking hot inside even though mass started at 8pm.

10.04.2009 - Friday
My dad came back from Sitiawan on Good Friday last week. We attended mass at St. Ignatius Church at PJ. We could have gone to the church near my place, Our Lady Of Guadalupe(OLOG) but since we were attending afternoon service, going to OLOG would be like going into a huge ass dim sum steamer.

From what I heard, the before the church was completed, it was rumoured that it was suppose to be an air conditioned church but it was more like a sauna. I know they said we go to church not because its a nicer church or its air conditioned and all but fucking hell, do you know how hot and stuffy it is? Bad design la basically.

So we went to St. Ignatius Church at PJ for Good Friday in the afternoon. The mass starts at 4.30pm. We left Puchong like 3.40pm...call us being Kiasu but it was fucking packed even when we got there early!

After mass, we headed to my sister's condo to have a light meal before dinner. My brother-in-law, Kenneth had some pies which he bought from his friend who is doing some pie business.

Left - Beef, Right - Salmon.

So am I helping his business by doing this mini advert?

The beef pie....

The salmon pie...should be baked alittle longer to get it slightly more brownish.

The salmon has some spinach, hardboiled eggs and of course salmon. The beef one had er..well, BEEF with bolognese sauce.

To be honest, I don't fancy the salmon pie because....there wasn't any kick for it. Nevertheless,. the pie didn't have any fishy smell. Same goes for the beef pie. I mean....no herbs and spices were used....It was just beef and bolognese sauce...so wtf?

11.04.2009
W00T. Woke up 9.30...feeling fucking excited because today is the day I'm booking my new car!!!! My family and I went to the Honda Showroom Peringgit Sri Motor at Old Klang Road around 10.30am . YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP....its the new Honda City baby. My gf's brother's good friend(My so called contact for cars...if you want any car, he can hook you up with a GOOD deal...this I can guarantee) was also present at the showroom. So the Sales Manager checked my old Ford Laser's condition visually for a few minutes and took it for a spin to test the condition of the car - Brakes, gear..bla bla. He said it was still good except for the body work and starter issue. So he said...RM4,000 for the trade in value. I was like "hhhmmm? okay. Lets talk about it later at the office."

So we all sat down, my dad did most of the talking and.......we manage to get the old Ford Laser to be traded in for RM5,000 :) .

Filled up all the document crap and finally booked my new car. Honda City S version - Polished Metal Metalic...Basically, dark grey which matches the interior beautifully.

Ok, I couldn't find a nice PMM one but this is the car baby. S version.

After booking the car, I went to out with my gf while the rest were still at the showroom asking about Toyota Estima(ya wtf right? at the Honda Showroom HAHA) and Honda CRV :) . I was HUNGRY! So proceeded for lunch as soon as we reached 1 Utama.

Its been awhile since my last visit so I thought of giving it a try.

Can't remember wtf this drink is called, but tasted like Cappucino and 1 Orea cookie was given (=.=")

My gf ordered some Noodles with wantan soup as she just recovered from cough and flu.

I forgot to tell the waiter that we want the dessert to come AFTER our main meals. It came after my gf's meal arrived....fuck!

My cheese baked chicken rice with pumpkin sauce. I'm not going to order this shit again. Tasted okay at first but it gets fucking @#%##$%# sick after that.

12.04.2009
Easter Sunday! woot We went to the newly renovated church, St. Francis Xavier. All I can say was WOW. Its been sooooooooooooooooooooooo fucking long since I last been there and the new "look" and feel of the church was totally mind blowing.

The altar is still the same but the ceiling, the walls and the "spider web" was like beautiful

Check out the slim fan which looks like speakers!

Beautiful ceiling

Lights on!

Different angle

This was renovated much earlier but I just wanted to take this shot

My dad bought this after mass for his new company car(Vios G version). Cool huh? I got the priest to bless it too :)

After mass, we proceeded for brunch back at Puchong area. I brought my parents, sister, Kenneth and my grandma to this place where they sell a wide variety of noodles. I've been there a couple of times and it was good.

Yummy :) Nothing like a nice hot bowl of laksa. RM4.50 for large, RM4.00 for small

Once done, I headed home, showered again and picked my gf up from her place.

What happened to 12.04.2009 till 14.04.2009? I was on Holiday :) Some of my friends knew where I went...local place la....not overseas. Pictures will be up later as it is in the digital camera and I have not copied them.

15.04.2009 - Wednesday
A fucking busy day. I was still on my annual leave. Woke around 9.00am...had a nice breakfast

Home cooked mee hoon is the bomb! :)

Task 1 - 10.00am
Create my SUKUK Saving account @ Maybank. Are you asking yourself...WTF is SuKuK? No its not Suck Cock.

CLICK HERE . <===================

Task 2 - 10.30am
Order a pair of new glasses using plastic lenses because I'm currently using GLASS lenses.

Task 3 - 10.45am
Went to Pos Office to get Wang Pos for my car plate number stuff. I was just told to do so by my gf's brother's friend, Jack.

Task 4 - 11.00am (Failed)
After waiting at Public Bank for about 30mins or so, I was told I couldn't open a Saving Account as I'm not working or staying near by the bank. FUCKING HELL. WASTED TIME.

Thank God, I drove my gf's car as she was using monthly MBPJ car park sticker :) So no time limit.

Once done, we went to 1 Utama again as I wanted to watch Fast And Furious 4 :) First up, lunch of course

This opened up not too long ago, decided to give it a try

Mushroom soup :) with a slice of garlic bread. Very nice

Alfredo Fettucine

I think this was Supreme Chicken Pizza or something.

Well, the soup was good. The garlic bread was very fragrant. The pasta wasn't tasty enough...probably not enough salt. Pizza's dough was kinda thin. Customer service was excellent :) Would definitely bring my parents there for a meal if they are looking for some pasta or pizza.

16.04.2009 - Wednesday
Woot, I packed my lunch actually, 2 Sandwiches - Wholemeal bread + beef + cheese + cucumber. I was sitting near of the new project manager but apparently, I'm no longer in the project because of the low load of work, they dont need new resource(ME la). So fine, I was free and....the new project manager called me and another colleague to go out forawhile. Once we were out from office, he told me that we were going to Le Meridien. WooT FREE BUFFET LUNCH.

Well the story is, his gf is having some press conference and apparently, not many press came because there was some politic news happening at the same time. So only a few press showed up. We left the office around 11.00am and arrived at the hotel around 11.40am. We proceeded to the cafe in the hotel called "Latest Recipe" =,= what a lame name... "Secret Recipe?" Anyway, the food selection was not bad.

My first serving. A piece of roti naan, some chicken, dory fish, lamb, rice and veggies.

Terriyaki Beef and some prawns

What happeend to my lunch? It became my pre workout meal :)

4.00pm
2 sandwiches: Wholemeal bread + beef + cheese + cucumber
1 cup of coffee

6.30pm
Workout
Warm up
- T Hip Rocking
- Balance Ball Back/Shoulder Stretch ( Nope..I got no balance ball....So Just do the movement only haha)
- Quadruped Circles
- Hip Rocking
- Forward Lunge and Forearms In
- Handwalk

Biceps
Bicep curls
Warm up
1 X 10 X 7.5KG

Worksets
1 X 10 X 9KG
4 X 5 X 10KG

Alternate bicep curls
1 X 10 X 9KG

Alternate hammer curls
1 X 10 X 9KG

Hammer curls
1 X 10 X 9KG

Cross Hammer Curl
1 X 10 X 9KG

Concentration Curl
2 X 5 X 9KG

Chest
Bench press
3 X 10 X 10KG

Incline bench press
3 X 10 X 10KG

Chest Fly
3 X 10 X 9KG

Incline Chest fly
3 X 10 X 9KG

Triceps
Tricep dips
3 X 10 X BW

7.40pm
Took my protein shake: 10 ounces of water + 2 scoops of ON whey

8.00pm
Dinner

11.30pm
Took my protein shake: 10 ounces of low far milk + 2 scoops of ON whey.

17.04.2009 - Today - Friday!
Woke up around 7.30am...brushed my teeth and went downstairs to prepare my lunch today. Fucking delicious i would say

First up, the beef. As usual, seasoned overnight with olive oil, italian herbs and black pepper

Drained the spaghetti, hardboiled eggs and broccoli. I then sort of stir fry the spaghetti and broccoli with some italian herbs and maggi chili sauce.

Fucking delicious meal

Packed and ready to go bitch. STFU, EAT and train.

Today? REST. BYE!

Holiday? New Project which is 50 - 50.

2009-04-07T10:20:00.008+08:00

Sigh, I checked my office web mail last night and received news that I am assigned to a project NEAR Petronas Tower. I emailed the project manager that I will be on my annual leave from 10th of April till 15th of April 2009. I spoke to him this morning and he said he has forwarded my request to the appropriate person. He can't really do much about it but explained to me the current situation. If person 'A' that is currently in the project can be extended till I am back(16th of April), then I'll be in the project. IF NOT, they will find someone else to replace my position, meaning I will not be in the project. I just hope my annual leave is taken into consideration.

If I'm in the project, it will be in KL. I have to take public transportation to work for a month ++. Honestly, I rather take public transport (LRT - Putra, Star or Monorail) because of the bloody jam. Its more tiring to actually DRIVE to work and I don't want to experience that. But anyway, that is all for work. Please pray that I am able to proceed with my annual leaves...please God...

Me and my friends met up last Saturday to train 17KM slow run but we only ran about 6KM and walked back to Bkt Aman car park. Not really an excuse but I was tired. I got home from work on Friday at 10PM. By the time I had my shower and dinner, it was close to 10.40 ~ 10.45pm. I ate quite alot as I was hungry and I thought, more rice as I'm running the next day. I ended up sleeping at 12am. But heck I woke up around 4am....finally got my ass up around 4.10am and cooked my meal.

Seasoned the chicken breast fillet. 2 Eggs + 1 slice of cheese

My pre run meal. Shiok? 4.20am man...wtf

Another friend was feeling unwell. She was far behind at times(Not that she is slow) and walking at times when usually she will run at a steady pace. I knew something was wrong. So after she herself said she couldn't run anymore, we all decided to walk back together. Its not like it was wasted....nothing is wasted. We ran, catch up with one another and had breakfast together = FUN. We rested and ate nasi lemak at the nearby stalls. Yes, NASI LEMAK! =P

FOOD!
After the run, I went to my gf's place rested for about 2 hours before going out. As I was hungry, we decided to grab lunch at Secret Recipe! They have this weekly promotion and for last week, it was RM9.90 for Spaghetti Bolognese (chicken).

Mushroom soup

My order: Grilled black pepper Chicken rice.

Her order: Spaghetti Bolognese

Tropical Smoothy

CHEER UP EMO KID!

Got 1 for her as well :)

Dinner?

Home cooked Bak Kut Teh, yeah baby!

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SUPPER! Mee Goreng Kambing + Telur Mata Kerbau!

05.04.2009

Went to church in the morning for Sunday Service as usual...Palm Sunday. Had brunch....lovely brunch.

Fried my own chicken breast fillet, 1 egg and bought 2 roti canai

After brunch, I spent like 3 hours trying to fix my program. Yes, I was working....in the end, I manage to finish up 1 of the requirement of the program. I was so freaking happy and hungry at the same time. It was about 4.10pm by then. I decided to have something to eat, rest and then workout. So here it is...my pre-workout meal. Nope, I guess no protein in this one....just rubbish.

Rice cooked with some sambal, ham and some bee hoon....and a cup of coffee

1 more shot of the lousy meat

5.30pm
Workout

Warm up
- T Hip Rocking
- Balance Ball Back/Shoulder Stretch ( Nope..I got no balance ball....So Just do the movement only haha)
- Quadruped Circles
- Hip Rocking
- Forward Lunge and Forearms In
- Handwalk

Today: Shoulders and abit of triceps

Anterior Deltoid
Arnold Press
1 X 10 X 9KG
2 X 5 X 9KG

Shoulder Press
3 X 10 X 9KG

Front Raise ( 4 way Variation )
3 X 3 X 6.5KG <= increase from 5KG to 6.5KG.

Lateral Deltoid
Upright Row
1 X 10 X 9KG
2 X 10 X 10KG

Dumbbell Raise
3 X 10 X 10KG.

Posterior Deltoid
Rear Delt Raise
3 X 10 X 6.5KG

Traps
Shrugs
1 X 10 X 10KG
2 X 15 X 10KG

Triceps
Tricep Dip
2 X 10 X BW

6.30pm
Took my protein shake: 10 ounces of water + 2 scoops of ONs

7.15pm
Dinner

10.40
Took my protein shake: 10 ounces of low fat milk + 2 scoops of ON

06.04.2009
Rest day...didnt workout or run.

Breakfast

Wholemeal bread + cheese + ham + cucumbers

Lunch was Fried Kuey Teow at the cafeteria.

I had 2 more of that sandwiches for Tea.

I went to get some groceries after work and...seasoned the meat before I DOTA-ED!

Olive oil + Italian Herbs + Black pepper

4 pieces of chicken breast fillet, 2 pieces of beef

Today's lunch, Rice + 2 pieces of chicken breast fillet and 1 piece of beef

TEA / Pre Workout meal will be 2 Slices of Wholemeal bread + 2 pieces of chicken breast fillet
and 1 piece of beef.

Planning to work on Biceps, Chest and abs today.

Updates Updates :) Finally.

2009-04-03T12:47:00.004+08:00

w00t...finally got some time to update my blog. Today is the last day of being in this current project. Its a short period...roughly 1 month. Ah well, work is work. I guess consultants(programmers) are like this. My biceps are aching like mad today. I love that feeling...not only does it make me feel as though I worked my ass off during workout but it shows that I've manage to stimulate my muscles for growth(I hope)?...I am finally doing 10KG bicep curls. I'm still wondering if I'm doing it right.

I'm just holding my dumbbells and curling with my biceps. I DON'T grip hard but just nice enough to support the dumbbell. Is this right? Below is my workout log for yesterday's workout.

02.04.2009

9.45am
Breakfast
1 Sandwich: normal white bread + chicken breast
1 cup of coffee

12.45pm
2 Sandwiches: Normal white bread, chicken breasts and cheese.
1 cup of tea.

4.30pm
Chicken rice ..(chicken breast)
1 cup of tea.

6.05pm
Workout
Today: Chest, Biceps and abs
Warm up
- T Hip Rocking
- Balance Ball Back/Shoulder Stretch ( Nope..I got no balance ball....So Just do the movement only haha)
- Quadruped Circles
- Hip Rocking
- Forward Lunge and Forearms In
- Handwalk

Biceps
Bicep curls
Warm up
1 X 10 X 7.5KG

Worksets
1 X 10 X 9KG
2 X 5 X 10KG <========= Ya..I split them so that I can do proper form at least
1 X 10 X 9KG

Alternate bicep curls
1 X 10 X 9KG

Alternate hammer curls
1 X 10 X 9KG

Hammer curls
1 X 10 X 9KG

Seated bicep curl
1 X 10 X 7.5KG

Concentration Curl
2 X 7 X 7.5KG

Chest

Bench press
3 X 10 X 10KG

Incline bench press
3 X 10 X 10KG

Chest Fly
3 X 10 X 9KG

Incline Chest fly
3 X 10 X 9KG

Pushups
2 X 5 X BW (bars)

Abs
-10 floor abs crunch
-10 side oblique crunch each side
-10 90-Degree abs crunch
-10 Straight Leg floor ab crunch
-Front Body Bridge for 30 seconds
-Side Bridge 15 seconds each side.

7.18pm
Took my protein shake: 10ounces of water + 2 scoops of whey

7.50pm
Dinner
Rice, meat and veg.

11.00pm
Took my protein shake: 10ounces of low fat milk + 2 scoops of whey.

Today? I'm resting as I'll be doing a 17KM run tomorrow morning @ 6am. Here are my meals for today..

Eddie, I know you don't like this...but I couldn't resist T.T The force is weak in this one. I fried the egg myself...fucking expensive to buy from outside.

My lunch: Rice, Lamb, Veg with taufu

4.30pm I'll be taking my protein shake: 10ounces of low fat milk + 2 scoops of whey.

30.03.2009, Monday

Breakfast

Food packed for lunch. Spagetti + chicken breast + beef

Lunch at 2pm, Tea at 4.30pm and er...Pre-Dinner LOL . Yes. SAME food. I was in office till late.

31.03.2009, Tuesday

Breakfast, Lunch and tea was the same. Wholemeal bread + tuna in olive oil + egg + cheese.

Ok Random-Forgot-which-day-I-had-them-meals

My supper on Tuesday Night: 2 maggi + 1 egg

My sister's place....rice..chicken stew..soup

Dinner at gf's place

Supper after that dinner :). Mee Suah

Side shot

Halfboiled eggs...its been ages since I last had them. I had this before going to church last Sunday

It has been so long since I last went to St. Francis Xavier's Church(Not from X-Men la bonkers!). The church is undergoing some major renovation...will be completed soon though. Its on schedule :) Anyway, Sunday service was done at the basement of the church.

My gf also made onde onde over the weekend..pretty awesome. Do you know what is onde onde? Onde-onde is a type of traditional snack (kuih-muih) for Malays. The traditional onde-onde is green in colour with gula melaka filling. But instead of using pandan leaves, my gf used pumpkin instead.

SHIOK!

F'king busy again.

2009-03-28T09:25:00.003+08:00

I wanted to update my blog yesterday but I was too busy with work. And guess what, my work still isn't done...I'm having trouble with the damn report program. And FUCK, I have to work today....Saturday.

I received a SMS on Tuesday regarding the t-shirts I ordered. It was by the custom printer, telling me that the t-shirts has been sent to PosLaju along with the tracking number. I called my gf on Wednesday to see if the package has been delivered...and she said its here :D

FREE WOVEN BAG!

CHEER UP EMO KID

I was just trying it out...I hand washed them after that.

I've been out from home since last week, so I seriously couldn't prepare the meals that I wanted....I am at my sister's place till tomorrow perhaps. I'll start off with some screwed up meals before I proceed to some better meals :)

Nasi Goreng Pataya! Had this for lunch...Wednesday I think

Dinner on Weds night that my sister cooked - Mee Suah, egg and some pork

Side shot

Nasi Lemak for Thursday's Breakfast! woo Hoo!

Now to some nice food :) Of course, my own perception...yours doesn't count Eddie! haha..

I told my sister not to cook dinner on Thursday and so we headed to Tropicana City for our dinner. My sister said this place called Sushi Tei was pretty good...I decided to give it a try.

Nice ambiance

Hot Green Tea

Whatever its called...just plain rice

Chawanmushi...a must

Shiok

My Meal: Yakiniku Don - Beef, onions and rice. Damn nice

Golden Roll. No Eddie, no more Golden Ball from Sushi King :)

I think tiger prawns were used

Califonication...I mean California Maki

After dinner, I told my sister that I wanted to get some groceries...as I wanted to workout on Friday. I finally bought some good stuff :)

Pretty huge..I sliced them into halves

1st the beef

Then the chicken breast fillet

Seasoning time!

Peppah!

All seasoned!

27.03.2009 Friday :)

Cooking time.
PRE WORKOUT MEAL!

Egg with cheese

Cooked just alittle bit

My pre workout meal ...I know its alittle bit...but its freakin 7.30am...

Check out the seasoning...Mmmmmm

My workout?
Back

Some asshole spoilt the pulldown section

Seated cable row
Warmup
1 X 10 X 27.2KG

Er..what do you call? work sets?
2 X 10 X 31.8KG
1 X 10 X 36.3KG
1 X 6 X 40.9KG <= First time doing heavier than usual...although just 6 reps..its with proper form. Legs
Leg Press
Warm up
1 X 15 X 54.5KG

I started increasing bit by bit
1 X 15 X 58.3KG
1 X 15 X 63.6KG
1 X 15 X 68.1KG
1 X 15 X 72.6KG
1 X 15 X 77.2KG
1 X 15 X 90.8KG - whole stack 200lbs. Decided to try....manage to do nice and steady. At least I know my I can do heavier next time.

Shoulders
Shoulder Press
1 X 10 X 27.2KG
2 X 10 X 31.8KG

My POST workout meal

Another close up of the goodness :D

My sister bought lunch for me...and to my surprised..Chicken rice...chicken breast part and hardboiled egg!

I was so fucking busy in the office figuring out my program....I didnt buy food for tea..I had some miserable biscuits from the pantry and a cup of tea. To make matters worse, my dinner was damn late....by the time I got to SS2, it was around 9.20pm...Bought some take away food. I arrived back at my sister's condo around 9.30pm. And my dinner is............

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Tropicana Twister FTW! woo hoo

Bye. I'm off to wash up and start my fucking programming.

OMG...NO UPDATES?

2009-03-25T09:15:00.006+08:00

I know I know...lack of updates. I've been busy with work and busy setting up another blog. Yes...another catabolism blog for a group of runners called THE SFSF RUNNERS.

Just Run La

Sorry, running logo in progress haha I need ideas.

What is SFSF? Why SFSF? Simply because we are a mixture of Slim, Fat, Slow and Fast runners. Oh wait a minute...what happened to my previous Running club?

Sadly, my friend decided to disband the club however he is still using the Runnerz Circle site for event and race report updates. Whatever the case, we are all still running and doing the things we like. We did have some misunderstanding but apologies have been exchanged and all so its all okay. So the reason for him to disband and for me to create my own running group was just out of the blue. Nothing to do with hatred or stuff.

NEXT NEWS!

What happened? No food? OF COURSE! LOADS OF THEM. First stop, SAKAE SUSHI!

It was my first time dining at Sakae Sushi last Saturday...so abit jakun. Apparently quite canggih with their ordering method sampai kena pakai komputer.

Fuh, LCD siut.

Use a mouse la...its not a touch screen.

I don't know why but the topping for this sashimi is only on ONE of them. The other flipped upside down was just filled with RICE...without thoes crapstick toppings. WTF wei?

MMmmm Chawanmushi

Yummy

My gf's order: Curry Udon (Chicken)

My order: Bibimba! OMG DELICIOUS! I remembered Eddie telling me about this bimbimbim meal during our msn chat one day. So I thought I'd give it a try

Closer shot :) Love the yolk in the middle..MIX IT ALL UP!

The green tea is quite fragrant....green tea with roasted rice

Sunday? NASI LEMAK!!!! At my favourite cafe at Uptown...yes...the one and only Village Park. It was crowded as usual....so crowded till they even have a method to stack up the plates when cleaning up.

Cool right?

Kopi for her

Teh tarik for him

We BOTH had nasi lemak...and yes...I ordered extra rice on another plate :)

Now for my workout/running updates

My friends knows that I have been eating alot and working out hard a few weeks back till I got sick before Larian Amal 15.03.2009. I have not been working out since because...I was giving my body time to rest and I was preparing for my 15KM run with my friends on 21.03.2009, last Saturday.

I plan to workout today...hitting the back and triceps...and legs. I will get something to eat for pre workout meal.

My meals AREN'T exactly what I wanted because I have been staying at my girlfriend's place since last week! and I'm at my sister place for this week. So I didnt prepare the meals that I want and I have tried my best to eat my 4 - 5 meals a day.

Here comes all the random food picture. I will start working out again.

My gf's mum cooked this for breakfast...Kuey Teow Soup.

One of my pre workout / tea time meal. Chicken rice - CHICKEN BREAST

Lunch...Nga Pou Kai Fan...correct ah? Clay Pot Chicken rice la

Random tea time...I think it was last Sunday. My gf's mum cooked this

Pork knuckles, 1 hardboiled egg and brown rice for dinner! :) ..........

With Celery soup..

Eddie, you puking yet? HAHA NEXT!

My screwed up breakfast :) but I still love it

Another random lunch meal...Nasi Lemak with 1 piece of chicken =.= My friends and I were kinda late so....there was only 1 piece of chicken left

Dinner...some brinjals, taukee, 1 huge piece of fish...and some small piece of pork...Brown rice

These photos were from yesterday...rainy Tuesday morning....wet wet wet.

Breakfast....an egg, cucumbers with some mayo

Sorry I forgot to take a picture of my lunch (=.=") But I ate fried rice + kuey teow, some beef stew with potatoes and some veggies.

My tea time :) Nasi Goreng USA! I think they forgot to put the sausage in. Damn it I didnt check.

This is random again.....sometimes it's quite relaxing to just stare at the rain droplets hitting the ground. Nah I'm not emo but just thought of saying that HAHA.

By the way, my CHEER UP EMO BOY t-shirt should be arriving today! woo hoo!

I received a sms yesterday from the printer saying that my t-shirts has been sent to PosLaju. I hope I will receive it today!

And guess what, after all these years...I have been using some shaver called Schick.

This is about...a few years old? Of course I change the blade la!

Standard 2 blade old school :)

Strangely, I wanted to try Gillette's shaver for fun and bought one over the weekends. RM18.90!

Nice packaging

3 Blades?

The bra brand ...Triumph

Bla bla bla bla

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I'm gonna end abruptly now. Bye

Food..glorious Fooddd....

2009-03-18T16:08:00.003+08:00

First things first, the air between me and my friend(s) has been cleared. Everything is good. Let bygone be bygones. Life Goes On...true enough.

Lets just enjoy what we all like to do :)

Secondly...just random pictures. Eddie knows how much I like Seo Hyun from Girls Generation a.K.a SNSD. Furthermore, 1 of my favourite brand for running shoe.

This my friend, made my day indeed. Thanks eddie! For those who wants to google more pictures? She is Seo Hyun...go have fun now.

I was on medical leave on Tuesday, 17.03.2009. So I rested at home and ate some food which my mum cooked before she went back to Sitiawan.

My Lunch...ok lah..As advised...I added EGGGGG

Dinner? Here goes...my appetite was returning...ate MOAR

Onions...

Bolognese sauce + onions + pork

Er..Chinese meets Italian HAHAHAHA. Same here..added an egg :)

I am glad that everything is fine now. Now I'm just worried if I have to go to US for 4 months. So far no news regarding that interview with the client.... I have not even registered for BHP Orange Run which is on 12th of April. How could I forget this run....it was after this run when I got really sick with Pneumonia.

So remember folks, NO intensive running / workout 1 week before your running event. Shit happens.

Last week of your event...just sit back....easy runs...and relax....

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Pussy. Yeah, saw this pussy before lunch today hahahaha

Ouch,

2009-03-16T09:32:00.007+08:00

What a weekend!! First week of bulking...if its considered to be bulking but nevertheless, I've been eating alot more than usual. The difference I noticed is the increase in strength during workout. I worked out hard on Wednesday and Thursday, which I really shouldn't have..why? My body couldn't recover in time for Sunday's Larian Amal at Bkt Jalil area. To make matters worse, I had diarrhea on Friday night till today, yes, till TODAY. I woke up like 3 times in the middle of the night(Saturday morning to be exact). Not only that, I felt feverish too. I covered myself with my blanket and comforter to sweat it out but didn't really sweat much.

The next day, my body was feeling weak and very uncomfortable. And guess what, it was the day when some contractor was coming to my place to repair the roof, clean the water tank and change a new door of 1 of the bathroom.

So they arrived pretty punctual...around 10am. Started their job of cleaning the water tank. To my horror..something went wrong....very wrong. When they release the water from the tank, 1 section of the master bedroom was LEAKING badly! the cupboard was WET!!! Thank God the water didnt seep through the top of the cupboard and only the top right section of the cupboard and floor were wet. The other part of the house that was leaking was my sister bedroom. God, you should have seen me and my mum trying to put pails and getting the water out from the top of the cupboard by soaking them with t-shirts and lots of cloths. Take note: I WAS UNWELL AT THAT TIME.

It was about 11am or so when finally, the cleaning of water tank was completed. The parquet floor was still wet but slowly drying up with the help of the fan. I forced myself to eat a slice of bread with peanut butter and a drank a cup of coffee. I really had no appetite at that time.

After the roof was patched/repaired and the water tank cleaned, it was time to allow the clean water in. Guess what, PUMP ROSAK. POOF. GONE. So? GET A NEW ONE.

RM1600 including installation. OUCH number 1.

By the time EVERYTHING was completed, it was 4.30pm. At least everything was completed in 1 day itself. Best part of all, it was RAINING around 5pm i think. We could at least TEST the workmanship on the roof patching/fixing.

Okay, with that done, on to the next story. Ouch Number 2.

I couldn't make it for the run...boo hoo....

In between all the busyness, I was also worried that I could not make it for the run on Sunday. I saw my friend coming online, so I just politely told him "Hey man, I might not be able to make it for the run, I will decide tonight".

Do you know what he said to me in return?

"U know what, I expected it"

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Do you know how dumbfounded I was? It wasn't like I could not make it for the run on purpose. I didnt just fong fei kei or give up. I said I will decide by tonight...clearly giving myself time to assess the condition of my body. Instead of appreciating my courtesy of being informed first hand, I was given such a slap in the face.

I carried on telling him that the red color from the running vest will stain other clothes, so hand wash them separately because I just found out about it from washing the vest that very same morning. Feeling abit agitated, I asked him " Eh, what do you mean when you said you expected it?". And his reply was "Nvm, I take it back. Sorry"

To make matters worse, I got a reply on Facebook saying "Why do i ALWAYS pullout from races one!!!!" I replied. My friends also replied. And their reply was fucking awesome I would say. I know one of them through my cousin. Another friend is from Johor whom I have never met face to face except online. Nigel, Eddie! you guys rock! \m/

I'm not that petty or small gas as they would say. But do you know when someone whom you regard as a friend, say such things to you. How would you feel? How would you feel if you receive the same treatment? I don't mind if you justify straight in my face. But don't give me half ass half ball messages asking me to look for isi tersirat.

But what is said has been said. I'm over it. I will carry on running, not for sake of anyone(NEVER HAVE BEEN ANYWAY) but it is because I enjoy doing the distance. I'm not a fast runner, I never said I was. Then again, am I regarded as a runner in the first place?

Apart from Nigel and Eddie, a few other friends replied with words of encouragements. Really brightens up my day.

"Never need to care about how others view us or judge us. Just do what you want or need to. Why need to satisfy others expectation"

"We should do what we like, when we like it. Don't need to fall into others' tempo"

I'm not someone who wants to hear all the sweet stuff, but its comforting to know that they somehow care :)

Best of all, I'm meeting up with some friends to do 15KM this Sunday, 22.03.2009. Eddie, I know you don't like me running such long distances haha. Sorry bro! At least I am training for my up coming 15KM run in May and my 2nd half marathon in June. According to my friend, the route that we will be running is last year's New Balance 15KM route.

Ok, fuck it...on to the FOOD, FOODDDDDDD. I have been eating more since a few weeks back and...I can feel my increase in strength during workout. No wonder Eddie kept saying "You are eating like a pussy". Yes, I'm reiterating it again and again.. PUSSY FTW

So here goes

Wednesday, 11.03.2009: I did Bicep, chest and abs

Lunch: Chicken breast + rice + veggies

My pre workout meal was the SAME as lunch.

My dinner. Actually I ate 4 more pieces of the fish in the picture LOL.

Pre bed - Protein Shake: 10 ounces of low fat milk + 2 scoops of ON whey

Thursday, 12.03.2009: Shoulders, pure fucking shoulders - 1 Hour

Breakfast

Lunch, Black pepper chicken rice

Pre workout meal: Wholemeal bread + chicken breast + 1 slice of cheese + 1 egg + cucumbers + tomatoes

After my workout, this was my meal

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Wholemeal bread + chicken breast + 1 slice of cheese + 1 egg + cucumbers + tomatoes

After the Sandwich

Pre bed - Protein shake: 10ounces of low fat milk + 2 scoops of ON whey

Random meals on every other day

Seasoned the meat. 1 Table spoon of Olive oil, italian herbs and black pepper

Cooked

The other good stuff.

Packed

Served! Lunch and tea time usually.

Rice, lamb, 1 hardboiled egg, long beans + potatoes + carrots

For today?

Seasoned since yesterday afternoon

Sandwiches for lunch

A little for tea....not enough actually LOL

Lastly, I'm not holding a grudge on anyone. I will still chat with you. I will still keep in touch with everyone. I'm not that fucked up as a person.

F'king Busy...

2009-03-06T10:00:00.015+08:00

Yeah yeah, I've been busy. Believe it or not. I don't hate it...I actually appreciate the busyness. I have rolled off from my previous project at end of January 2009, which I was in since October 2008. After that, I was "benching" for 3 weeks....the term used if you're not in any project; hence, not doing any work. It was a good break indeed after all the 12 - 8pm work hour shift and stress with due dates. Nevertheless, the project was still a fruitful one.

So for the 3 weeks, I worked out alot, ran alot and yea, pretty laid back. There are some progress from my workout due to the fact I injured my right leg and I gave it time to rest. So it was mainly working out and cycling instead. There are some growth but I won't take any progress picture yet.

I was then assigned to another UK project at the last week of February. I'm still doing my new role of Process Integration(PI) and yes, still shitting in my pants at times as I'm not confident with my current PI skill level. So that is about it for some updates ....now to the usual...FOOD

This was taken last week i think...as usual, at 1 Utama. Eddie, I'm prepared for your wonderful comments =P Muahahah

Actually, its the same as Nyonya Colours! Even the staffs were wearing Nyonya Colours tshirt.

My gf's order

Sour plum and lime juice

Yellow Laksa!

Macro shot =P

RANDOM FOOD COMING UP.

Pumpkin muffin!

Side view :D

Dinner which my gf cooked..Pesto Pasta or something. Curry style baby..yeah.

Homemade Citrus Tangler

Peel Fresh, 7 Up and orange slices

This was for dessert; Steamed milk custard..

MORE RANDOM FOOD

My breakfast last Sunday: 2 plain roti canai and I used 2 eggs to make my scramble eggs. Its cheaper than buying outside.
Plain Roti canai = RM0.80. Prices these days...

Also this nyonya kuih I bought from church which I don't know what it is called. It was to support some coffee morning for some youth programme.

Dinner: Long bean rice with some meat and stuff

Good bacteria?

Random Supper

2 Maggi + 1 egg

Okay, now for some random crap

My face was getting pretty oily and dry....yea..doesn't mix quite well so...bought some facial mask. So my gf did some facial and applied this Seaweed ionic clay mask. The best thing is, this mask only takes afew minutes to dry up and washes of easily...well quite easily.

Some current stuff that I'm eating

Some stuff I bought from Giant

Beef(Topside block), Chicken Breast and spaghettiphot

Breakfast before work: chicken breast, cheese and wholemeal bread

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I'm going for lunch now...FRIDAY BABY FRIDAY!

Random things, so...random post it is.

2009-02-23T14:46:00.008+08:00

Had a busy weekend as me and my cousins are helping out in another cousin's wedding. Gary, my cousin has finally tied the knot with Leana, his wife on the 21st of February 2009. I'm not sure how long they have been together but we all know that both of them are madly in love. Leana is so much better and PRETTIER than his ex. So screw his ex-gf that left him because of...money? It's HER LOST - so take that bitch.

Alicia, Leana, Gary and Patricia

Me, my dad and my mum...edited using my K800 for the brightness...so sorry for the quality.

That was the morning session. Lets head on to the wedding dinner at Renaissance Hotel. Getting there was crazy with the traffic jam. To make matters worse, it was pouring elephants and rhinos...WTF. Thanks to my cousin Kevin(Gary's elder brother) for leading the way and driving slow enough for me to tail him from behind. Once at the hotel, this feeling of nostalgia came to me as it was the same place(and hall) where my graduation ceremony was held. Anyway, I snapped a few shots before more guests arrive.

My gf and me :)

My sister, my niece :) and my brother in law

Me and my sister

Most of us were walking around, enjoying a couple of cocktails and chatting. Soon it was time to dine and the emcee made an announcement for all guests to be seated as the newlywed will be entering the ballroom soon. Dinner started around 8.10pm and the service was EXCELLENT! All of the waiters and waitresses served each table. They change of plates(a norm, i know) and they take your portion for you. Well, its nice to be served and all you gotta do is EAT =).

Renaissance's Eight Treasures Cold Cut Combination Platter

Braised Shark's Fin Soup with Enoki Mushroom and Sun-Dried Scallop

Roasted Crispy Chicken with Spicy Szechuan Broth and Golden Sesame Seeds

Steam Patin Fish with slice Ginger and Cilantro

Stir-Fried Prawns with Mixed Capsicum in Szechuan sauce

Deep-Fried "Pei-Pah" Tofu with Garden Green

Braised Ee-Fu Noodles with Mushroom and Crabmeat

Chilled Honey Melon with Sago & Coconut Milk. Honestly, didnt even take a second spoon as it was diluted. Tasteless.

Last shot

Dinner ended about 11.15pm(I think?) and me and other relatives(men) were escorted to a private function room below the grand ballroom to count the ang pows as my uncle wants to pay the hotel with it. We calculated till 12.30am. What a bummer. But all in all, a fun experience with everyone helping out.

On the way home, spotted DBKL or which ever company planting flowers along Jalan Sultan Ismail. Not bad eh? Our tax money being put to good use.

Mega Random post!

Eddie, you're gonna hate this one :D

Catabolism club which I'm in. GEE GEE BABY

I came back from work one day and finally, I received a large envelope. I didnt look at it till I brought it to my room. I was like WOO HOO! ITS HERE! MY CERTIFICATE!!!!

Something that I'm proud of.

I may not be a fast runner but that doesn't mean I can't be a runner. Its sad at the same time because I think back about the good times that I had when I was back in Singapore with my friends...Frank, Chee Kong. Jeff, Lynn, Chin chin...Pueh Tian. Nevertheless, I will try my best to participate in more upcoming runs!

As I'm free in the office, I took some time to design some custom tshirts. Yes, I plan to print them REALLY soon.

Front

Back

Front

Back

Front Only

Sweet huh? :D

Guess what is new in the family?

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w00t Sexy shorts!

DA DUGONG!

Sadly, it's not mine. Its my dad's company car. Mine is....

Ford Laser 1.6 !! w00t Notice the car plate number? :)

My soon to be car :) FOR REAL this time. Waiting to check the trade in value for the Ford Laser

Yes, I am getting blue color. Honda City S version.

MEALS MORE FOOD!!!

My breakfast for today.
I ate 1 sandwich and 1 extra slide of wholemeal bread, ham, eggs, cucumbers and tomatoes.

Ham, eggs, cucumbers and tomatos

On random days

Egg, chicken breast, cheese. I usually would eat wholemeal bread. I guess I only had normal white bread at that time.

This was my supper. MMMMmmmmm Peanut Butter and Cheese never tasted this good.

BYE!

As suggested, I'll post up my screw up meals

2009-02-18T11:28:00.005+08:00

First up, some random stuff
Monday - 16.02.2009
Workout: I did shoulders and abs

Tuesday - 17.02.2009
Cycled 10KM. As I'm resting my right leg from running, I cycled instead

Wednesday - 18.02.2009
Rest la.

Random picture by Mau a.k.a care89 :D

Godlike parking skill at Mamak Murni @ SS2. Thanks Mau for the pic!

Here comes the blabbering....

I was bored and asked Eddie about what to blog about and he suggested I post up my overnight prawn meal. So tadah, here it is. I cooked it this morning for my lunch and tea. I don't plan to workout today....rest day. So Eddie, here it is...my screwed up meal.

Pan Fry the chicken breast with butter
Fried the rice with some sesame oil, butter and maggi cili sauce FTW(For The Win)
Prawns were just reheated - FROM SUNDAY! w00t.
Doh, cucumbers.
I forgot to fry the rice with some garlic...fuck =.=

I'll eat some for lunch and some for tea.

Here comes my meals on any other random days. Be it for breakfast, pre-workout meal or just plain junk when I'm outside.

One of my breakfast before work recently...Steffi Peanut Butter...ROASTED NUTS. No hydrogenated crap

Chunky one

Sometimes, this is my breakfast after going to church on Sundays....Vegetarian noodles. I usually fry my own egg from home...fucking expensive at the stall..DOH. Mee + bee Hoon + some tau pok + fried egg

I went for my food scan recently at Schein Orthopaedic at The Curve. I went there, got my foot scanned and running checked. Turns out that I'm not distributing the weight properly on my right feet. I'm using only my forefoot and not much support of the heel during landing and push off, hence the pain on my shins.

What's for lunch after the foot scan? Junk food. Gee Gee

Milk custard with red bean

Borscht Soup?

Yin Yong Coffee Tea Cold!

My Cheese Baked Rice with beef steak and red sauce. They call it red sauce and beef steak when the beef is barely even 1CM thick. Fuckers...

Mmmmmm Cheese

My gf ordered Mix Grill with Spaghetti with Pineapple Curry gravy.

Moar cheese

Dessert, forgot what it was called (=,=)

Thick huh?

Full "goodness" of honey, butter and peanut butter. MMMmmmm

Gonna end this abruptly. Bye, Ciao. Adios.

My meals are good eh? GOOD right? :D

Valentine's Day!

2009-02-16T09:55:00.004+08:00

So...............................................................................................................................

How did you guys spend your V day? Hope it was a good one as always but I still believe Valentine's Day is too commercialized and I'm sure most of you will agree.

Well, I'll admit that during the first two years of my relationship, I did buy a bouquet of roses for her but after that, I've stopped. I have treated my gf the same throughout the years as in giving her all the love, care and attention she needs. So Valentine's day is not really a day where I would do outrageous things. Why do those things ONLY on 14th February when you have the entire fucking year? It makes no sense don't you think? But that is for my case and she loves me very much. She knows I love her and care for her. Even my friends knows that! *ahem*

It's not a matter of money but seriously, I don't give any flowers often except probably her birthday. You might be saying "Girls will still like flowers" or "Other guys are giving flowers to their gf". My answer is "So?". Those guys probably give their gf flowers only on Valentine's Day. Also, are you giving flowers to your gf because others are doing so? Feeling left out?

Let's be practical here. Florist will raise their prices for a stalk of rose ranging from RM10 ~ RM God knows how much more for desperados to do last minute buying. With the current economic situation, let's be practical. Although I did not buy any flowers, we had a nice dinner together. I've even booked the place one week in advance! Seriously, I booked the place 1 week before V day.

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Nothing like OldTown yeah?

We shared a cup of Ice Lemon Tea

Nice ambience

She ordered Assam Laksa

My Hainanese Chicken Chop Rice

Just kidding la. WTF You seriously think I brought my sayang to OLDTOWN FOR V DAY? I SAID BE PRACTICAL AND NOT BEING CHEAP! Here is the place I booked for Valentine's Day. I chose this place because of its environment. Nice and calm. Best part of all, its seems more private.

Nice place to dine as it was not really crowded and noisy. Calm environment

Nice decor huh?

Me and my sayang

Citrus Tingler for her

Temptations for me

Their menu was different for that day. The usual leather menu are just for the drinks. Appetizers, soups, main courses and desserts are on another simplified A4 size menu which will help speed up serving time.

My mouth watering Slow Baked Chicken Quarter ~ Doused in pommery mustard and scotch whisky

Seared White Tuna Steak ~ Laced with caramelized garlic butter sauce, set on a bed of cress, topped with grilled mushrooms.

Last but not least, after paying the bill, we were given a stalk of rose too

~Happy Valentine's Day!~

Eat, Sleep and Lift.

2009-02-11T13:17:00.007+08:00

W'sup . Nothing much. Decided to re-check my routine and try something. Not really new but changed the way I'm working out. Instead of using heavy weights, I'm using a more manageable weight. I'm going for proper form rather than quantity of weights. It might be lighter but I feel my muscles being trained properly. The weights are just right, not too heavy and not too light. Its the 2nd week of this month and I'm trying this "new" routine for the entire month. I've been increasing my protein intake for recovery and growth(if any). Eddie, happy? LOL. I brought my whey to office today...it's a start! I'm mixing it with water today. I'll alternate between mixing with just water and low fat milk.

Here are my routines for those that wanna know.

Note: Might not do ALL of them but they are still in the list :)

Back/Triceps/Abs

Back
- DB Deadlift (Single dumbbell)
- DB Bent Over Rows (Palm facing inwards, close to side and squeeze back)
- Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns(Machine…..skip if its at home..doh)
- Seated Cable Rows(Machine…..skip if its at home..doh)

Triceps
- Skullcrushers
- One Arm Triceps Extension
- Seated Triceps Press (From back of the head, slowly move downwards)
- Lying Triceps Extension (Same as Seated except its just lying on bench)
- One Arm Pronated Dumbbell Triceps Extension (Lie on bench, across chest)
- One Arm Supinated Dumbbell Triceps Extension (Lie on bench, towards head)
- Bench Dips

Abs
-10 floor abs crunch
-10 side oblique crunch each side
-10 90-Degree abs crunch
-10 Straight Leg floor ab crunch
-Front Body Bridge for 15 seconds

Chest/Biceps/Abs

Chest : Compound Exercises (Main muscle/ Other muscle worked)
- Around The World (Chest/Shoulders)
- DB Bench Press (Chest/Triceps, Shoulders)
- DB Decline Bench Press (Chest/Triceps, Shoulders)
- DB Flyes (Chest/Triceps,Shoulders)
- Decline DB flyes (Chest/Shoulders)
- Incline DB flyes (Chest/Shoulders)
- Hammer Grip Incline DB Bench Press (Chest/Triceps, Shoulders)
- Push Ups

Biceps: Isolation
- Bicep Curls (Biceps)
- Alternate Bicep Curl (Biceps)
- Hammer Curls (Biceps, Forearms)
- Alternate Hammer Curl (Biceps, Forearms)
- Alternate Incline dumbbell Curl (Biceps)
- Concentration Curl (Biceps)
- Cross body Hammer Curl (Biceps, Forearms)

Abs
-10 floor abs crunch
-10 side oblique crunch each side
-10 90-Degree abs crunch
-10 Straight Leg floor ab crunch
-Front Body Bridge for 15 seconds

Legs/Shoulders/Abs

Legs: Compound Exercises (Main / Other muscles worked)
- DB Lunges (Hamstring/Quadriceps,Calves)
- DB Rear Lunge (Quadriceps/Calves, Glutes)
- DB Squat (Quadriceps/Hamstrings, Glutes)

Shoulders: Compound Exercises (Main / Other muscles worked)

Anterior Deltoid
- Arnold DB Press (Shoulders/Triceps)
- Shoulder Press (Shoulders/Triceps)
- Front DB Raise (Shoulders)
- Shrugs

Lateral Deltoid
-Upright Row (pull up)
-Dumbbell Raise - Pull up, elbows side (Shoulders/Biceps)

Posterior Deltoid
-Rear Delt Row (Like Bench Press)
-Rear Delt Raise (Like Chest Flyes)

Abs
-10 floor abs crunch
-10 side oblique crunch each side
-10 90-Degree abs crunch
-10 Straight Leg floor ab crunch
-Front Body Bridge for 15 seconds

What about running?

I am training to do my usual 10KM per session as well. So far, I've ran two 10KMs this year. It quite hard to push myself nowadays. Probably lack of sleep but excuses aside, time to train.

I ran 10KM on Monday(09.02.2009) and my right knee didn't hurt. Sometimes I wonder, could it be my shoe? I might get a new pair of New Balance but I'm giving the Saucony ProGrid Jazz 12 another go. I ran in the evening and boy, it was HOT. 10KM was done at my gf's place and it requires 4 loops. I actually ran back to my gf's place after my completing the 3rd loop to take a water bottle which I have prepared earlier. It was actually half a bottle of honey + water. Although I did not run the entire 10KM, I'm happy I still achieved it without giving up. I stretched and walked around the padang for another few minutes to cool down before heading back to my gf's place.

Should I run today? I feel like running today although my biceps and chest are abit aching...more on the biceps.

My metabolism is also going nuts. I get hungry very fast! Signs of my body begging to bulk? Or other health reasons? Worms? LOL. Anyway, I brought my protein powder to office....with my GNC shaker. I plan to up my protein intake this month as well to speed up recovery.

Hopefully will have some results.

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Wish me luck!

Updates Updates !!!

2009-02-04T10:55:00.020+08:00

Warning - LOTS OF PICTURES! LOADING MIGHT BE SLOW

NOTE: I am not, I repeat, NOT criticizing about my gf's aunty decision to book the place and how it was handled. These are my opinions about A'Famosa.

Sorry for the long absence as I was on a looooooooooooong holiday. I finally have some time to update my blog. How are you guys doing? My back and tricep is aching from last Monday's workout, which I like it. Makes you feel as though you've worked your ass off during your workout session. I did Back, Triceps and Legs.

29.01.2009
I was at Malacca for my Chinese New Year holiday with my gf, her family and relatives. I had the privilege to drive my gf's Vios. We started our journey around 9.00am on Thursday, 29.01.2009. Stopped once at a rest area for Pedas/Linggi and I noticed this sign board. Of course I knew it was for the disabled but I parked there anyway. But I haven't seen the word "OKU" before. Call me "jakun" but its the truth. Since when the word OKU became the abbreviation for Orang Kurang Upaya?

w00t

We arrived at Ayer Keroh and waited for everyone else to arrive at the Taman Buaya/McDonald to have some food. Surprisingly, their Prosperity Chicken burger was GOOD! Look at the size of the chicken patty.

KFC, do you see this? THIS is what you should be doing in reality and not just in advertisement

Even the ice cream was nicer than the one we get in 1 Utama.

With our stomachs filled, we walked to Taman Buaya, just to let my gf's niece look around. The place is not really maintained. The guard wasn't really "guarding". Anyone could easily walk into the entrance and straight into the crocodile viewing area.

But anyway, once we were done with the crocodile farm, we moved on to a chinese temple which I didn't know its name. We followed one of my gf's uncle's car and the place was actually Perigi Hang Li Poh and the temple was the one next to it.

Eh, take my photo pulak

:D

Together - gether of course

I know I have been in and out of Malacca VERY often last time as my grandma's place is at Bukit Beruang but its been so long since we last visited some places. The temple was pretty crowded as tourist were everywhere that day.

Entrance of the temple

Next stop, Maritime museum..but we didnt enter. Had a quick meal at some near by food court(Malay food) before we walked around the area. There were so many changes since my last visit. For example, this

Yes, its a guy fishing

After that, we visited St.John's Fort which was just around the corner from the water wheel. We visited all these places when it was like 2.30pm and it was HOT. We walked towards the hill and finally, the famous status of St. Paul.

A tourist was kind enough to help us take this picture. Tenkiu

I remember this guy. He has been busking here for a LONG time. I donated RM1 and took a quick photo. :D Cheerful chap.

Happy Valentine's Day? Soon?

Here comes the picture spamming. Too lazy to explain everything but let's just say we walked alot and the weather was freaking hot.

Nothing much to do here except if you plan to sit that er..."thing"

If only we knew that there was a new food court here, we wouldn't have ate at the food court with just Malay food earlier.

Panas Panas....some shed at least

When was this here? ROFL

After visiting all those places, it was time to head over to A'Famosa. We used the Alor Gajah and Tampin road to get there. I got lost at one point and had to call my cousin Nicholas for some directions. Took about 40minutes to reach A'Famosa but nevertheless, the place looks nice.

NOTE: I am not, I repeat, NOT criticizing about my gf's aunty decision to book the place and how it was handled. These are my opinions about A'Famosa.

LOCATION: HERE

Entrance of the resort

The lobby area

Guess what, we didnt stay at the main resort la. My gf's aunt booked 2 condominium called D'Savoy. Sadly, I didn't take pictures of the place which I should have. Too many people were around and we were tired. I know I know, how hard could snapping a few pictures be? But at that time, I wasn't quite thinking about blogging it and I was tired after all the driving and walking.

Nevertheless, the condo was CLEAN. Not too shabby. The mini fridge was not working properly. Although it can be turned on, it wasn't cold. There was a TV, probably 21". Channels available was a mixture of Astro channels and local TV stations.

What happened to Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia????? Oh wait, they wrote in Jawi instead.

Ok la...not too bad

We showered, had some bread and cereal drink before dinner. Rested till about 7.00pm before we all headed out to "Cowboy Town" where I was expecting to have some food for dinner. To my horror, none of them were going to eat. NONE. I thought we would be eating dinner but that was IT. NO FOOD. I don't mind how shitty the food may be but with my metabolism rate, trust me, I was fucking hungry. Sorry to use harsh words but yeah, a way of expressing how I felt. I am partially worried about catabolism but fuck that, I'm just hungry!

Cowboy Town

Some dance performed by a mixture of REAL lady and Ah Kua

Even the horse was bored (=.=")

Crowded =.= on a Thursday night...after all its still holiday for most of us.

Lion Dance as it was still CNY

Picture with my sayang

Did you miss this?

Pony for the kids. Smelly though.

We made our way to the carnival area where they will have some performances and stuff. Had to pass through the Shopping Village where we bought nothing.

Fucking crowded. =.=

Honestly, the carnival was bullshit or may be I'm just growing up too fast? You judge for yourself. Here comes the pictures:

Ah Kua with fake big boobs

Ah Kua in cowboy attire dancing "YEE HAA"

Chickens that I can't eat as KFC

WTF?

Ok this is fine in carnivals

Bring in the cats

Camels included

Monkey doing funny faces

"Red Indian" doing Yoga Flame (Dhalsim's descendant perhaps).

Running dog

Batman Monkey

Happy elephants

=.=

Cheap

The show ended with some 3 - 4 minutes fireworks which was nice. I recorded the video but I think it will take awhile to load at youtube but here it is anyway:

I slept as soon as I got back to the condo. I was seriously tired and lack of food > hibernation mode :D

30.01.2009

Woke up around 7.30am, showered and got ready to follow my gf and some of her relatives to Tampin to buy some food. Yes, FOOD AT LAST. My mind was filled with joy that I forgot to take pictures again. Hungry > blog MUAHAHA.We bought lots of pau, siu mai, lou mai kai and soya bean drinks. Pau never tasted this good ROFL.

After breakfast, we went for the animal park this time. Yes, Animal shows...what did you expect? First stop, Elephant show but we were late....only manage to watch the last few acts.

Female Elephant whacking the guy's balls

Mashing his dick :p

The rest are just random pictures of whatever we saw at the Animal park.

:D It hopped over to my camera hehe

ZZZZZZzzzzzzz

Wazzup

Chilling

With the bad economy, smaller cat and smaller ring of fire was used.

The bear got to drink Diet Coke wei...

I was too late to capture the front view $@T#$%%$^#$%#

On some boat ride to Monkey Island

Manage to capture 1 nice shot of the peacock at "Monkey Island"

Ok here comes the monkeys. The whole place smelled really bad...with all the shit....doh

As soon as we got back to the main place from Monkey Island, we went for some Safari thingy. Pretty long queue as everyone was waiting for their turn to board the truck. Me and 1 of my gf's cousin had to stand because that particular truck didn't have enough seats.

Holding on tight...bumpy ride

Happy Chinese Niu Year

Crocodiles..again

Sadly, they didnt mate at that time =P

What a cool pose

Trying to bite of each other's ear...they must have watched Mike Tyson's video

WHOA

Once again, I'm going to end this abruptly :D

Hope you guys enjoy hahahahahaha.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

2009-01-26T12:48:00.017+08:00

Wazzup wazzup...nothing like enjoying a cup of Oldtown Coffee and updating my blog on a Monday afternoon. I slept around 3.00am last night and woke up around 8.45am. Had to be in church at 9.00am and I woke up at 8.45am? So wtf right? Yes, I WAS LATE. My sister actually called me at 7.30am to ask me which church I was going to. So I said ok lah, I'll go to St. Francis Xavier(SFX). So I quickly showered and all and off we(me, my grandma and the maid) went to SFX.

Traffic was smooth, as everyone was away at their hometown. I arrived at SFX around 9.20am and dropped off my grandma and the maid first while I looked for a parking space. Church was full....DOH but I manage to find one near the school area. After I got to church, I spotted my brother in law, Kenneth and my sister. So I sat down with my grandma while the priest was already giving the homily. Abit bad on my end for coming to church late but better than never. Sorry God :(

After mass, the SFX tradition was to give ang pow and blessed mandarin oranges to EVERYONE. So as usual, the hospitality ministers of the church made an announcement regarding how the ang pows and mandarin oranges will be given out. It started out smoothly but soon after, everyone was coming in for all sides. Since I wasn't in a hurry, we queued up patiently.

That is Father O.C Lim.

Boxes of mandarin oranges

Whops, the guy's hand was blocking this picture, that is my grandma :D

The guy in the red chinese suit is Father Simon

Soon to be my turn v(^.^)

After collecting our ang pows and blessed mandarin oranges, we went home for brunch. I was very hungry as I only had a few sips of coffee before leaving for church. Heated up yesterday's food - Chicken Curry, some veggies and lor bak! That was about 40minutes ago? I'm enjoying my cup of Oldtown Coffee now as I'm updating my blog. That was for today.

What about Reunion Dinner? No pictures? Well sorry, I forgot to take pictures of the FOOD. My parents couldn't come back from Sitiawan because of work but they should be coming TODAY yes...TODAY. 26.01.2009. So the relatives that were here for the reunion dinner last night was my uncle Meng whom I stayed with during my college days, my cousins - Kevin and Gary, Gary's soon to be wife, Leanna(God, I hope I spelt it correctly), uncle Sonny and aunty Theresa.

Here are some random post :D

23.01.2009

This was on Friday where I went out for lunch. It has been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG time since I last went out for lunch. If you know me, I have been bringing my lunches from home. But anyway, being Friday and I was going to office from my gf's house, I didn't pack any food so I decided to join my colleagues to go out for lunch. I was out for lunch with Chew and Sim, great friends and colleagues from the same batch when I first joined the company.

Anyway, we went to this vegetarian restaurant which was CHEAP!

At Sri Petaling

Out of the 2 Chinese character, I only know the word "ONE"

LOOK AT THE RECEIPT!~ BUSINESS IS GOOD. Actually, she just didn't tear them after each transaction HAHA

The place was clean....nice

And I just had to try a VEGETARIAN NASI LEMAK!! Honestly, its not bad. RM2.00 only! Since it was vegetarian, there are no eggs.

24.01.2009

Saturday! WEEKENDS ARE HERE. What did I do? I walked out to get the morning papers because my grandma wants to see if there are any promotions at Giant or even Tesco. After that, I started off the morning with washing my car! Its been a really really really really long time since I last washed my car and I must say, the paint of the car is now SHIT. Being a 14 years old car(I think?), the coat of paint is seriously tarnished. I've resprayed the whole car before but it has been so long. To make matters worse, it's a WHITE car. Do you have any freaking idea how hard it is to maintain a white color car? Anyway, I am planning to respray my car soon. Sort of a "reviving my car" project.

What else do you need to wash you car? That is just the car shampoo in a Tesco mineral bottle.

Ah...nice and clean.

Still looks good eh?

Why didn't I censor my plate number? Why should I? Do I need to? Are you going to look for me? Drop me a note at the wiper? Simple answer - I'm lazy. ROFLWTFBBQSAUCEFLYINGSPAGHETTIMEATBALLS.

With that done, next up to do list, LAUNDRY. Not much but still, everyone gotta do it at some point.

With the hot weather these days during Chinese New Year, you only need to dry them for afew hours.

After that, it was time for breakfast. Nothing like a cup of Oldtown Coffee and toast!

You know what is amazing, simple breakfast like this would be so expensive at shops like er..Oldtown or those with the similar ambiance. Sure the bread they used are different and softer ones but to eat those at those places? Doesn't really make sense to me. With the current state of the economy, we gotta watch our spending. Eggs are still fucking expensive and SMALL in size. A can of tuna in olive oil is RM4.45 when previously it was RM3.59~ RM3.99. I just don't get it. Petrol price is now RM1.80 per liter, why aren't costs for products coming down? Fucking doesn't make sense.

When the price of petrol was increased, EVERYONE was bitching and rioting. Now that it is relatively cheap, FOOD IS STILL FUCKING EXPENSIVE. I'm not talking about Chinese New Year season but majority of the products out there are still expensive. Do you get it?

Expensive petrol price = people coming together, rioting, complaining, suffering etc etc etc

Cheap petrol but prices for food/products are STILL sky high = .................*birds flying by*

Hello? which is more important? FOOD or your fucking petrol? No sound? What are all the ministers doing? Fucking government are not monitoring prices of food and products. Eggs are so small these days that it would just slip through the plastic egg trays in fridges. Pffftt.

What can we do as suffering consumers? Spend wisely! I don't mean we should be cheap but we gotta spend carefully. I could buy a new guitar now with just a snap of a finger. No problem but would I be really fully utilizing it? Don't get me wrong, I love music and I still play my guitar often but I have more important commitments to deal with. So you see the practicality here? I already have a guitar so I should use my money on something else...which is why I bought my new computer in 2007 muahahahahahaha..

Ok, enough of emo post. Next up, FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

25.01.2009

Went out with my sayang to 1 Utama. Traffic was relatively smooth to 1 Utama as everyone was away BUT it was still pretty packed at 1 Utama.

Hhhm, I look tired in this picture huh?

My gf had some stuff to buy and I bought something for my Grandma as well. I bought for my grandma a new pair of sandal as her current one was a little torn. Where did I buy it? From BATA. Yes....BATA - Buy And Throw Away

With that done, we went to grab some food as it was already close to 3.00pm (I think). We proceeded to myNEWS Cafe. We have been there a couple of times and the prices are more reasonable compared to Secret Recipe.

I bet you've passed by there before.

A small bowl of tom yam soup - RM3.50

Some prawns, crap sticks and fishballs...okay la, CRAB sticks

Green Tea with Honey frappe!

Taste? Yummy...refreshing as well.

My gf and I ordered the same dish. myNEWS fried rice.

Smile sayang *muacks*

After lunch, we continued walking around and...IP MAN MOVIE WAS BEING SHOWN IN SPEEDY VIDEO SHOP!!! THE DVD IS OUT!!!!!! Yes, I bought the DVD as I was waiting for it. Good shows like this is a must to get the DVD.

The box

The DVD case

The DVD, nicely printed.

IP MAN! No, not fucking Internet Protocol Man you idiot. In cantonese, it's pronounced as "EEP MUN" or something like that lar =.= My cantonese SUCKS.

Back to MONDAY~!!! 26.01.2009

Now that Chinese New Year is here, its all about luck and auspicious days. Year of the Ox right? What is in for us PIGS? I was the reading the papers today and they had this section in The Star about zodiacs and all.

I'm actually quite scared after reading it.

Some of it was quite relevant HAHA. For example, TAKE NOTE: GET ENOUGH SLEEP, which I have not been getting enough because of late nights of gaming but hey, its the holiday season and after the past few weeks of stress in the office...I want to relax. But overall, I find it pretty okay for PIGS :D I still believe we make our own fate and all. God is still above all!(Right Eddie? :D muahaha. EAT SLEEP LIFT! AND RUN!)

Next up? DOTA!!! OI EDDIE FASTER. GARENA!

What a bummer...

2009-01-23T11:32:00.011+08:00

Imagine this....you wake up and hope that you could finish your work. You expect to receive some new emails with the information you need to get you up to speed with your work. Not exactly in my case. I came into office, boot up my laptop and checked my email. 1 NEW EMAIL. Not the exact information I was expecting but there was some use for it. It gave me some confirmation about the programming that I have been doing which is correct. I had a project meeting yesterday evening around 6.10pm. The bad news is everyone's Chinese New Year Leaves are cancelled. *WTF faces*. Ah well, it was expected because they want most of our work to be completed by END JANUARY....meaning the week of CNY la. Good news is? No good news? I don't know. It was just project updates on what is going to happen in February although not detailed....was an informal meeting, no presentation slides. But anyway...here I am, wanting to finish my program and test it BUT there is JUST NO INFORMATION. Worse of all, 1 part of the program which I require to write/update records is still NOT FINALIZED.

Ain't it?

When I first started off my work in the team, I was shitting in my pants nearly everyday. I know what my requirements for my tasks are but don't have a freaking idea on how to go about it. I'm stressed out almost everyday(Edmund knows it through my emo post like THIS hahaha). I told myself that it's not end of the world, everyone is also having a shitty time so who am I to complain and whine right? Furthermore, I'm a senior consultant so I gotta act like one. I keep telling myself positive thoughts to be calm and collected.

Searched through forums and ask some colleagues and things were starting to get better. Infact, I'm pretty okay with doing what I do now. Although its just the tip of the iceberg, its still knowledge which I find it very useful.

Right now, I've prepared the framework of my program so that when I have the information I need, I could just amend the codes and TEST. But till date, zero. Critical information required are still being prepared and FINALIZED in the specification. So for now, I'm like checking my program through and through because its Object Oriented so I might screw up somewhere. Honestly, its like

NO CNY HOLIDAY aaaaaaaaAAAAGGGRRRHHHHH

I believe hard work pays off at the end of the day. Sure it is a dog eat dog world but you create your own world. If you think your work sucks, think about other people who are looking for a job? I'm happy with where I am...I don't mean that I'm content but I'm appreciate what I have now. Sometimes we forget all the minor things in life and all we do is complain.

"I wished I had a better car"

"I wished I had a better guitar"

"I wished I had a LCD screen"

"I wished I had a bigger house"

"I wished I had a better computer"

And the list goes on.

Instead of all these wishful thinking, have you thank God that you actually HAVE them right now? Imagine those that don't have the privilege of owning them. How would they feel?

Eh eh, emo post again. Ahahahaha ok lah its Friday, its not that bad :D

See, a smile helps

One important lesson in life is still never to give up.