Friday, November 21, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
definition of bliss
u know, how in our lives, we have always strive to search for the definition of bliss and happiness. yet, we are still struggling in finding out the truth. i finally understood why it is so. that's because we are not in it yet, therefore we don't get the true meaning of it.
two of my dearest Team Runfanatics teammates are getting married in M'sia soon (which i will be driving for over 2 hours to! in a Honda Odyssey. scary..) Tricia and Billy, just to let you all know, i am really glad to see the both of you tying the knot because you two are just so made for each other.
i was very touched when i saw this on Tricia's blog. (Tricia, pls allow me to quote this here).. though it's not decorated in very flowery words, the definition capture the essence and personalise her very own feelings and thoughts on what bliss is all about. here we go.. enjoy..
"I have simple definitions of bliss.
Written by Tricia..
beautiful.. isn't it" =D
two of my dearest Team Runfanatics teammates are getting married in M'sia soon (which i will be driving for over 2 hours to! in a Honda Odyssey. scary..) Tricia and Billy, just to let you all know, i am really glad to see the both of you tying the knot because you two are just so made for each other.
i was very touched when i saw this on Tricia's blog. (Tricia, pls allow me to quote this here).. though it's not decorated in very flowery words, the definition capture the essence and personalise her very own feelings and thoughts on what bliss is all about. here we go.. enjoy..
"I have simple definitions of bliss.
When he takes pain and injures himself to fix up the study room because he feels I need more space to study.
When he’s tired yet still stays up to keep me company while I mug for exams.
When he wants to go out for a walk or train but still choose to come home to give me morale support.
When he ferries me to and fro school with no complaints.
When he gets up early on the morning of my exams and goes out to ta-pao vegetarian bee hoon for me to eat before I head out for school.
His frankness and honesty to reason with me what he feels is good and not.
When I’ve ordered hor fun and he orders mee goreng, yet I want to swap with him because I feel his mee goreng tastes better. He’ll willingly swap.
When my cooking is horrendous yet he’ll still finish them up and tell me it’s not bad. Hee!
When I want to run and he has an injury. He’ll still run with me.
When I start blaming myself for the stupid mistakes I’ve made, he tells me he’ll still love me no matter what.
Written by Tricia..
beautiful.. isn't it" =D
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Mr Nate's Birthday!
Mr Nate turns 2! (ok.. not until wed though!) but we had a fun fun celebration with him yesterday! Maye-e held a party at her house with good food and company! Almost everyone was there! it's only then i realise i have not seen them for SOOOOO long.. haha kinda missed them! Everyone was so energetic and funny esp Sandy who was especially high! you can go see my facebook about it. how she pose with the Dino's broken head! haha..
Mr Nate was so indifferent initially but he got into the spirit shortly after (that's kids!) We were all eating and chatting (about tri stuff again.. what else?) haha. then we went to the playground to play sparklers and play with the workout stations! damn fun.. hahaa.. everyone was like a child.. haha.
LET ME SHOW U MR NATE'S CAKE.. it's very nice and special!
THE WHOLE SESAME STREET IS DOWN! haaha super cool. i also want this for my birthday cake.
haha.. gotta head home early cause i have to wake up to go cycling today! but the whole party was fun and i think my abs are so painful from laughing!
you guys rock!
Ride today
Right. this morning i was suppose to wake up at 545 and start riding at 615 to meet the gang at 7am at longhouse (which is about 20km away). but i only woke up at 615 and left the house at 630. so i was kinda late! haha sorry folks!
but the ride was cool. big gang. i think there were about... 8 - 10 of us. the ride down mandai feels good! After repeated hills training, my climbing improved slightly! yeah Mt Faber was no easy shit. suffered on my way up and since my cornering ain't that fantastic, my coming down wasn't too smooth. haha. i only climbed once! wanted to go 2nd time but the faster guys went on their 2nd round already and the other group didn't wanted to go. and i don't want to climb by myseslf! haha. maybe another time!
but climbing is fun! it just takes your breath away. the lactic in your thighs just burn your soul! when i am climbing, the image of a Tour De France rider always coming to my mind (i.e Lance Armstrong). i've always admired my tenacity and strength.. so i am gonna train real hard for climbing! and of course, i need to get lighter wheels (Bumblebee need to go for TAF programme). Simple physics. The lighter your bike is, the easier it is to climb. of course, there are other factors such as your technique and power which need to be train! right now, i am still thinking between 404 and 606. still got time!
This brings me to the topic of Ash's 808 debut! you can fall asleep while riding beside him. as what i said (as i was too excited then), you can see the sound! it's so rhythmic to the ears as if they are singing to you. they just go "zong zong zong zong"... NICE!! mine will come very soon. not 808 of course.. because it's more for longer courses.
i am starting to love cycling (i used to like). or maybe because it's good for my injury and it provides me with a stronger challenge!
Mr Nate was so indifferent initially but he got into the spirit shortly after (that's kids!) We were all eating and chatting (about tri stuff again.. what else?) haha. then we went to the playground to play sparklers and play with the workout stations! damn fun.. hahaa.. everyone was like a child.. haha.
LET ME SHOW U MR NATE'S CAKE.. it's very nice and special!
THE WHOLE SESAME STREET IS DOWN! haaha super cool. i also want this for my birthday cake.
haha.. gotta head home early cause i have to wake up to go cycling today! but the whole party was fun and i think my abs are so painful from laughing!
you guys rock!
Ride today
Right. this morning i was suppose to wake up at 545 and start riding at 615 to meet the gang at 7am at longhouse (which is about 20km away). but i only woke up at 615 and left the house at 630. so i was kinda late! haha sorry folks!
but the ride was cool. big gang. i think there were about... 8 - 10 of us. the ride down mandai feels good! After repeated hills training, my climbing improved slightly! yeah Mt Faber was no easy shit. suffered on my way up and since my cornering ain't that fantastic, my coming down wasn't too smooth. haha. i only climbed once! wanted to go 2nd time but the faster guys went on their 2nd round already and the other group didn't wanted to go. and i don't want to climb by myseslf! haha. maybe another time!
but climbing is fun! it just takes your breath away. the lactic in your thighs just burn your soul! when i am climbing, the image of a Tour De France rider always coming to my mind (i.e Lance Armstrong). i've always admired my tenacity and strength.. so i am gonna train real hard for climbing! and of course, i need to get lighter wheels (Bumblebee need to go for TAF programme). Simple physics. The lighter your bike is, the easier it is to climb. of course, there are other factors such as your technique and power which need to be train! right now, i am still thinking between 404 and 606. still got time!
This brings me to the topic of Ash's 808 debut! you can fall asleep while riding beside him. as what i said (as i was too excited then), you can see the sound! it's so rhythmic to the ears as if they are singing to you. they just go "zong zong zong zong"... NICE!! mine will come very soon. not 808 of course.. because it's more for longer courses.
i am starting to love cycling (i used to like). or maybe because it's good for my injury and it provides me with a stronger challenge!
Friday, November 14, 2008
extreme update
It's been such a LONG LONG time since i've a blog entry. hahaha..
as most of you would have know, i am current now studying in SMU and the workload there is "amazingly" heavy. I've countless assignments (which takes like.. hours) to do, presentations every week (which requires rehearsals and rehearsals and more rehearsals) and projects etc..
now it's coming to the end of sem 1 already and.. my results are rather mixed.. not very clear where exactly it will go.. i'm taking 5 modules now (technically 4 because 2 modules are 0.5 of a full unit). and only 3 are examinable!! but out of these 3, i have 2 maths paper~!! 1 is Intermediate Mathematics for Economics (trust me, it's nowhere near Intermediate) and the other is Introductory Statistics. hahaa.. let's just see.. i will be happy enough if i can get an above 3.0 (/4.0) average GPA..
Well, so far my life in SMU has been very enjoyable. Post orientation, i joined a few CCAs and tried a lot of things (which also probably explain why i am so busy!). i tried paintballing, laser tagging and during the mid term break, i went to Tioman for my Advance Diving Course dive trip! on regular weeks, i'm in training with SMU Track & Field (under long distance) and SMU Aquathlon team. of course, i am training with Sham still on wed and sat. life's hectic but it's fun because i like it this way!
as u all know, i had an episode of injury. It has something to do with my left leg. the cause of it is not sure yet. i went to a few consults. first was a physio who said it was hamstring problem. then i went to CGH where Dr Ben Tan told me it's muscle knots.. then he referred me to a senior physio who said it was related to nerve and not muscular.. so now, i have been follow the senior physio's instructions with regard to the stretches she asked me to do. she will try to find out the cause as things go. (ironically, her name is Sham, same as my coach!)
however, there is no doubt that this injury comes about due to overtraining. i pushed my body to the limit previously by training 5-6 times a week at high intensity. i didn't let my body rest and listen to it. so after refusing to listen peacefully to my body, the only way it could convey its message is to get injured.
Sham (the physio) said i should not stop my training. just continue with it normally. but Sham (my coach) said that i should take it slow for the remaining of this year while he build me up to my previous fitness. my fitness really deteroriate a lot after almost 2 months away from running. i remembered how i was in agony when i initially returned back to training and felt the significant drop in my form and speed. yet. there were friends around who were there to support and encourage me. with that, i would like to send a shoutout to all those who cheered me on during that period. you know who you are! thank you!!
the period, when i MIA due to injury, allowed me to rethink about my aims and objectives. instead of focusing on marathons and long distances, i want to focus on shorter distances such as 5k,10k for run races and sprint, OD tri races. This is in conjuction with my busy school schedule as it disallow me to go and clock the high mileage needed for longer distances. Focusing on shorter distances allow me to balance training and school better. Moreover, as i am still new to running and endurance, i felt that i should get back to basic and do the shorter courses first and progressively move up the chain eventually.
i've also learned that i need to rest more. only with adequate rest, will training be useful and beneficial to our body. so for now, i am just going to go with a 4-day training programme instead of the 6-day one.
exams is in 2 weeks time. Sham "ordered" me not to go for training next week onwards so as to focus on studying. well i guess, i am going to tone down trg for studies for these 2 weeks.
i realise.. the whole entry is about studies and training. haha! no life right!! ok la..
maybe i just want to talk about my best buddy, Zihao's love life. hahaha! (ok.. why am i talking about another guy's love life and not mine?)
i am glad for him that he is going out with Yueshan (my prospective sister in law).. hahaa.. very exciting to see how things will go.. jia you bro!! don't being frivolous.. focus u a**.
it's not ok to forfeit training for chicks at time! hahahaa! discipline!! don't forget discipline is what differentiates us from others! hahaa.. joking la.. don't worry.. treat it as an reward for running a sub3 30k =D
right.. so.. here's the updates.. i will be back again.. soon......... haha
as most of you would have know, i am current now studying in SMU and the workload there is "amazingly" heavy. I've countless assignments (which takes like.. hours) to do, presentations every week (which requires rehearsals and rehearsals and more rehearsals) and projects etc..
now it's coming to the end of sem 1 already and.. my results are rather mixed.. not very clear where exactly it will go.. i'm taking 5 modules now (technically 4 because 2 modules are 0.5 of a full unit). and only 3 are examinable!! but out of these 3, i have 2 maths paper~!! 1 is Intermediate Mathematics for Economics (trust me, it's nowhere near Intermediate) and the other is Introductory Statistics. hahaa.. let's just see.. i will be happy enough if i can get an above 3.0 (/4.0) average GPA..
Well, so far my life in SMU has been very enjoyable. Post orientation, i joined a few CCAs and tried a lot of things (which also probably explain why i am so busy!). i tried paintballing, laser tagging and during the mid term break, i went to Tioman for my Advance Diving Course dive trip! on regular weeks, i'm in training with SMU Track & Field (under long distance) and SMU Aquathlon team. of course, i am training with Sham still on wed and sat. life's hectic but it's fun because i like it this way!
as u all know, i had an episode of injury. It has something to do with my left leg. the cause of it is not sure yet. i went to a few consults. first was a physio who said it was hamstring problem. then i went to CGH where Dr Ben Tan told me it's muscle knots.. then he referred me to a senior physio who said it was related to nerve and not muscular.. so now, i have been follow the senior physio's instructions with regard to the stretches she asked me to do. she will try to find out the cause as things go. (ironically, her name is Sham, same as my coach!)
however, there is no doubt that this injury comes about due to overtraining. i pushed my body to the limit previously by training 5-6 times a week at high intensity. i didn't let my body rest and listen to it. so after refusing to listen peacefully to my body, the only way it could convey its message is to get injured.
Sham (the physio) said i should not stop my training. just continue with it normally. but Sham (my coach) said that i should take it slow for the remaining of this year while he build me up to my previous fitness. my fitness really deteroriate a lot after almost 2 months away from running. i remembered how i was in agony when i initially returned back to training and felt the significant drop in my form and speed. yet. there were friends around who were there to support and encourage me. with that, i would like to send a shoutout to all those who cheered me on during that period. you know who you are! thank you!!
the period, when i MIA due to injury, allowed me to rethink about my aims and objectives. instead of focusing on marathons and long distances, i want to focus on shorter distances such as 5k,10k for run races and sprint, OD tri races. This is in conjuction with my busy school schedule as it disallow me to go and clock the high mileage needed for longer distances. Focusing on shorter distances allow me to balance training and school better. Moreover, as i am still new to running and endurance, i felt that i should get back to basic and do the shorter courses first and progressively move up the chain eventually.
i've also learned that i need to rest more. only with adequate rest, will training be useful and beneficial to our body. so for now, i am just going to go with a 4-day training programme instead of the 6-day one.
exams is in 2 weeks time. Sham "ordered" me not to go for training next week onwards so as to focus on studying. well i guess, i am going to tone down trg for studies for these 2 weeks.
i realise.. the whole entry is about studies and training. haha! no life right!! ok la..
maybe i just want to talk about my best buddy, Zihao's love life. hahaha! (ok.. why am i talking about another guy's love life and not mine?)
i am glad for him that he is going out with Yueshan (my prospective sister in law).. hahaa.. very exciting to see how things will go.. jia you bro!! don't being frivolous.. focus u a**.
it's not ok to forfeit training for chicks at time! hahahaa! discipline!! don't forget discipline is what differentiates us from others! hahaa.. joking la.. don't worry.. treat it as an reward for running a sub3 30k =D
right.. so.. here's the updates.. i will be back again.. soon......... haha
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