akira's valley

new blog

2011-05-24T20:49:00.001+08:00

since i failed updating my physical journal, i decided i prefer typing than writing so i've started a new blog, do ask me personally if ur interested ;)

Viva La Vida!!

2009-10-19T21:05:00.003+08:00

i'm having a moment of weakness, i spell it D.E.P.R.E.S.S.E.D. just a moment, nothin serious, lotsa peeps have emo status in FB and i do not wish to contribute to the statistics, there are enough sad ppl in the world so i try to put up cheerful and positive updates =P i wanna be like Bree despite goin thru so much tough times especially being a single parent having to bring up Kainoa (her little cute son) and all the challenges she faces, continues to impact lives by being so encouraging and positive!
anyways here's my current 2 favourite bands and songs at the moment, Viva La Vida by Coldplay and Use somebody by Kings of leon!!! they both is RAWKS!!!!! lovin them both!!!

Viva la vida!!!

Kings of Leon!!

by the way Coldplay also performed at the Brit Awards 2009, to my lovely friends who are in UK and Europe, i suggest u try to go for the 2010 Brit Awards! it looks awesomenessss!!

Every grey gloud has a silver lining

2009-09-16T01:07:00.006+08:00

It's midway thru September! So much has happened! A string of unfortunate events, or rather stringS of unfortunate events but GOd's grace is abundant, He never left me alone, in fact He sent someone to help me sail through the storm, i'd like to call it a miracle, coz i couldn't really believe it happened, as the saying goes, "Every grey cloud has a silver lining". God sent me a new friend, her name's Bree Wee! THats the miracle i'm talking about! The timing couldn't be anymore perfect, well.. but of course God's timing's always perfect. I love triathlons, IM races, swim cycle run kinda stuff, i've seen Bree on trimags and she's appeared on other magz too! (see pic above). A quick google search and you'll find tonnes of info about Bree, she's also Hawaii's hometown hero! Professional triathlete and Ironman.
At the 2007 Ironman World Championship, Bree carried her son James Kainoa together to cross the finish line, its super tough finishing it alone, what more carrying her son across the line! super amazing! PLUS Bree was 1st in her age group and 13th overall, she set the 25-29 age group record in 9:47 and broke Kate Major’s overall amateur record set in 2002!
She like superstar to me, like your favourite Hollywood celebrity to you for those not into triathlons or your favourite sports hero that you're a fan of!
I can't keep silent, God is awesome, God is wonderful, God is so good! He's helped me go through some really dark moments through Bree Wee, I could hardly believe it when she said we're friends hahaha i'm totally flabbergasted! THanks so much Bree! You're so inspiring and caring and... really funny :P
Besides Bree, i have some really amazing friends to thank also, ya'll know who you are, thanks so much! ya'll are like my guardian angels!

Told u she was funny!

wake me up when 2009 ends

2009-07-04T10:29:00.003+08:00

there's a song by Greenday called wake me up when september ends.
"....seven years has gone so fast, wake me up when september ends..., here comes the rain again, falling from the stars, drenched in my pain again, becoming who we are. As my memory rests, but never forgets what i lost, wake me up when september ends..."
someone i know used to like this song alot and said its a very sad song and told me not to listen to it, ironic i know. but now i'm being tested again. now tell me... on this earth... if good things ever lasts. God please ... wake me up when 2009 ends.

MJ - You are not alone

2009-06-26T13:59:00.002+08:00

MJ passed away today, not really a big fan of him, but no doubt he has impacted the world and the music scene in a big way, here's one of my fav songs by him, wah emo after listening again, God have mercy on his soul.

Angels on the moon

2009-06-03T23:25:00.003+08:00

I dedicate this song to a good friend who passed away of cancer last year, rest in peace my friend, there's no more pain and suffering for you now, i'll meet you on the other side one day

Journals

2009-06-02T11:21:00.008+08:00

I've finally started writing journals. Been going thru gloomy days (see pic above) and they don't seem to go away. As much as I keep encouraging frens who are down that the sun always comes up and brighten the day after the gloomy night, the night doesn't last forever. My "night" has been a very long one. one thing after another. now another thing has come up. God i need a break. at this rate i could be exporting mushrooms to japan. its okay if you dun understand that.

And so regarding journals, having conversations with a few ppl have finally CONVINCED me of writing journals. notice word emphasized "convinced". some friends i know are religious in writing journals but i never bought the idea till now. I enjoy reading Vicky Campbell's blog, top triathlete and poster pin-up girl for some ads, Nike, H2O, etc, if ur in Singapore u might just be able to see pics of her in posters in MRTs etc. Below is a pic of her in an interview in Elle Mag March 07 issue. now ain't she GORGEOUS!! :P

After she told me her blog's jus her rambling on bout life's misfortunes, i thought maybe i should start writing journals bout my life, be it misfortunes or blessings. Yes as u can tell i'm a big fan! :D but she is such a nice and wonderful person and friend to have! even tho to me she's a celebrity!

Then few days later I had dinner with a friend and jus poured out my life's misfortunes. My friend encouraged me to write journals and i could end each day's post with a prayer. So i finally started yesterday. I know some of you make your own journals/diary but i was wondering how your journal/s look like, i'm considering buying a nice one in the future, i just bought a simple one from jusco yesterday in case i give up or got lazy keeping up with the journals :P if ur thinking of a present to give me you can always get me a nice journal!! :D

need help

2009-05-05T00:00:00.003+08:00

hey all you awesome and lovely ppl out there, pls pls pray for me, i need God's wisdom, i need wisdom in making decisions, i need to be discerning, strong hearted and i need confidence, i have some major major decisions to make and i'm simply lost. please please keep me in prayers,
love ya all

Race Calendar 2009

2009-04-16T09:32:00.003+08:00

[edit: I got inside info that the distance tis year was actually about 18km]
Started my first race of 2009 with the KRI10mile (16km) race on 12 April 2009.
My timing - 1hr 50min _secs (i forgot how many seconds). Slower than last year i think but it felt like the distance was longer than last year. Not much training, just couple of 9km n 10km runs here n there, few days a week for the past month. Last year's 10mile i had NO sleep at all, at least this year i had ..... about 1hr30mins sleep hahahah coz of UCL Heineken Party the nite before which got my legs pretty worn out already! it's all good!

Upcoming Races for 2009
07 June XTERRA Malaysia 2009
1.5km swim 30km mountain biking 10km trail running (i'm doing the swim, the powergirls will do the bike n run)

28 June SCKL Marathon 42km run

11 July Port Dickson International Triathlon

17 July KRI Century Ride (160km roadbike race)

02 Aug. Hat Yai Nature Run

August (date TBC) OSIM International Triathlon Singapore

08 Nov. Powerman Malaysia 2009 - Run 11km.Bike 64km.Run 10km

29 Nov. KRI Annual 12.8km Road Race

06 Dec. SC Marathon Singapore

Angels

2009-03-27T11:32:00.009+08:00

[edited @ 3.20pm]
I was tired... more like exhausted last night, went to bed at 10pm, but couldnt sleep, got up and went back to bed few times, still unable to sleep, but i was exhausted. Doesn't quite make sense, i had no energy to even walk to the front door of my house yet i couldn't sleep, and i had a good 6hour sleep the night before, i didn't do any sports or exercises or workouts that evening even. in the end i think i fell asleep at bout 3.30am.

I have some really amazing friends, they're like angels to me. when i had that insane back injury pain, Cat who is so far away kept giving me words of comfort and encouragements, always assured me with the words "it's going to be over soon", "it's gonna end, just tahan awhile more", "it's gonna end soon". those words don't sound too magical, but in my moments of intense and severe back pain those words rang loud in my head and i can only cling on to it like a lifeline. at that point I couldnt see how it could end, but those words rang loud in my head. thanks Cat! thanks to all who prayed for me also and supported me too, Dr. Julian, Jan&Pang(very dear friends), James, Cord, Grace, Page, Jen, Dr. Basel, Dr. Kim, amazing ppl, the list goes on and on, sorry if ur name not here ah, doesnt mean ur the least, not at all! Also that Guardian Angel who looks after me =)

Some don't even know me well yet cared for me, one friend bought me medicated oil for back rub, another who found out wanted to treat me to a back massage! (i didn't go tho, paiseh lah), all the prayers, sms, some friends gave me chocs, another gave me sushi! when i was craving for it! the Amazing thing is this friend is my student's Mom, take note that her son and her are NOT in FB, but that morning when i posted that i was craving for sushi in FB, that very afternoon when she came by to pick up her son after drum lessons she gave me a box of sushi... walau... unbelievable! Grace, thanks for your cards! so inspirational and encouraging! Sze made cupcakes (i lurveeee em so much!) and then wanted to come to my house deliver the cupcakes to me (but i wasn't home). Just out of the blues bake cupcakes and deliver to me some more! then after that go back to Sg. like... i cannot understand lor such kindness and goodness, what I can understand is God is good!

So many challenges and setbacks and a string of unfortunate events, frustrations and all that would have turned me into one of these..

but then God sends His angels to touch me and show me His love, so amazing, unconditional, I cannot understand. who can fathom, the depths of His love. So many things in my mind. If i murdered or did something horrible to someone today, even if intentionally, i wonder if i'd still have these wonderful angels by my side. I for one, will never be able to be such an angel, as much as humans have great capacity for good works, there's also capacity for evil. As good as one can be, there's still a judgmental nature in our minds whether we're conscious of it or not. most often, not. it comes so naturally to judge someone who did wrong, a criminal, an offender, i'm so often guilty of that, yet I wish for someone that will listen and that will not be judgemental. I never fail to be amazed and touched by the story of the Prodigal Son. His Father's love so amazing, NOT judgmental, not condemning even after all the wrong the son has done. I'm amazed by those who are in prison ministry, who can still love the criminal and find redemptive value in each of those criminals and show love to them. such are Angels sent by God.

Yesterday I didnt feel like eating lunch, so didn't get myself anything for lunch. The same morning i read some devotional that says that I'm under God's favor, and "His favor rains down on you like dew on the grass every morning!". After lunch hour ended i came back to office and saw a McD Set meal on my Desk!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD... HOW AWESOME YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!@!!!@!!! my colleagues told me somebody gave it to me!!! .....

A quick and brief search for the word Angel from the web got me these results, here's an excerpt:
Angels - (a) In the widest sense they are agents of God's providence (Ex. 12:23; Ps. 104:4; Heb. 11:28; 1 Cor. 10:10; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:16; 2 Kings 19:35; Acts 12:23). (b) They are specially God's agents in carrying on his great work of redemption.

THere's a "higher level" of "angels" I'd like to address and thank, those who supported and encouraged me by being anonymous. words really cannot describe lah. You're really like Angels in heavenly beings that are God's agents of providence but are never seen or heard, no names, nothing. just Blessing and portraying God's love thru tangible and intangible things.

The giver and the taker

2009-03-22T11:55:00.004+08:00

...to give or not to give

In this context, there are 2 kinds of person in this world. The giver and the taker.
There are those who gives and gives and gives, its their nature, some give unconditionally, some with conditions

There are those who are takers, its all about taking and taking, its never enough, or most of the time it's not enough (self-centered). most of the time its about me, me, and me, you? who cares bout you as long as i get what i want...

I've had alot of experience of giving and giving and giving, i always believe in unconditional giving as portrayed by my Father God in heaven, well He is God, I am not. It's draining, exhausting to be always giving and I'm NOT talking about monetary or financial issues. But of the other aspects of life, emotionally, mentally, physically, giving of your time and giving encouragements, care (emotions) etc. you can add to the list. Where do u draw the line if one were to give unconditionally, or do u even draw a line when u give unconditionally?

It sucks, it hurts, especially when you've given, and then u get stung or bitten in return. I've tolerated alot but i've been stretched quite far this time. i think i have a phobia now.

Food for thought and quote of the day (applies to me too)
"Actions lie louder than words"

Theresa

2009-03-14T17:26:00.005+08:00

I'd like to share a true story...

Theresa Briones is a tender, loving mother. She also has a stout left hook that she used to punch a lady in a coin laundry. WHy'd she do it?

Some kids were making fun of Theresa's daughter, Alicia. Alicia is bald. Her knees are arthritic. Her nose is pinched. Her hips are creaky. Her hearing is bad. She has the stamina of a seventy-year-old. And she is only ten.

"Mom," the kids taunted, "come and look at the monster!"
Alicia weighs only twenty-two pounds and is shorter than most preschoolers. She suffers from progeria - a genetic aging disease that strikes one child in eight million. The life expectancy of progeria victims is twenty years. THere are only fifteen known cases of this disease in the world.

"She is not an alien. She is not a monster," Theresa defended. "She is just like you and me."
Mentally, Alicia is a bubbly, fun-loving third grader. She has a long list of friends. She watches television in a toddler-sized rocking chair. She plays with Barbie dolls and teases her younger brother.

Theresa has grown accustomed to the glances and questions. She is patient with the constant curiosity. Genuine inquiries she accepts. Insensitive slanders she does not.

The mother of the finger-pointing children came to investigate. "I see 'it'," she told the kids.

"My child is not an 'it'." Theresa stated. Then she punched the woman.

Who could blame her? Such is the nature of parental love. Mothers and fathers have a God-given ability to love their children regardless of imperfections. Not because the parents are blind. Just the opposite. They see vividly.

Theresa sees Alicia's inability as clearly as anyone. But she also sees Alicia's value.

So does God.
God sees us with the eyes of a Father. HE sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But he also sees our value. Our GOd is a loving God, that's why I call Him Father in heaven.

Now there are friends who have told me they look forward to reading my blog posts, some find it humorous and hilarious, some told me its amazing how i can be transparent and be myself, despite my short comings. ANother close buddy Dr. J.T. smsd me to confirm with me that indeed.. VOLTRON ROCKS!! i agree bro! totally agree! hey buddy careful tho, sum might think ur a small kid, summore the doctor told me "Go black lion!" :P and he also affirmed me with the correct name of the painkiller is VOLTAREN :P I'm in no way an angel, if anything i be the devil (hey u there stop laughing i know u are :P) but if my posts sounds like sum small kid, well if it has affected some of my frens in good ways then i've made a difference.

unlike ppl who hide behind the securities of a fake identity or name and throw unconstructive criticisms, how c....... i'm sure most of u can guess that word that starts with "C", and so yea.. how c-onvenient is the word i'll use, no need to mention the obvious. and i wonder what your intentions are. That question you asked sounds very familiar, i've heard it before. now i'm asking,where is your sense of humor? you must be too matured to read my posts eh. well if it is, then i wonder why do u still read it? its funny, no one is forcing u or forced you to read my blog i hope!? :P

chillax! and have a break.. have a kitkat!

And now presenting you...

2009-03-11T12:00:00.002+08:00

Tenji Buffet promotion!!

Gimme a break LoRD!!

2009-02-26T10:47:00.004+08:00

UPDATES!! FINALLY!! the internet connection in ipoh can drive u nuts! unless ur already nutty and crazy like me then dun worry just be happy! :P

This year didn't start off too well for me, so I been crYing out to GOd pls gimme a break!!!

then the answer came..

um okay, thanks God, but next time can pls gimme dark chocolates??? =D

stay tuned for my next post! God is awesome! its about angels on earth! oOooOooOooo

Updates

2009-02-07T13:46:00.002+08:00

"HELP!! the aliens have captured me!! i thought they were physiotherapist!!"

"shucks.. think they're putting spots one me now (think giraffe)"

"i need CHOCOLATES!! somebody give me chocolates!!"

"back to the giraffe maker"

Note: All pics were taken by me on my hp

Voltron Defender of the Universe

2009-02-05T21:09:00.003+08:00

This pain is killing me! its insane! its like paul's thorn in the flesh, just that what i'm feeling is more like a 2 edged sword in my nerve system ouch ouch ouch ouch

so the doc gave me painkillers called voltron. okay i think it should be volTEron(according to grace) . but no power one?? after eating still feel the crazy pain! and i can't take more tablets coz it'll cause gastric problems so i have to follow the doc's dosage sigh at least if doc gave me voltron (the defender of the universe) also i be much happier can distract me from the pain

the worse part was when doc said those most dreadliest n dreadest words that i dread most dreadly ... um u get my point

doc: "keon u must rest and stay away from any kind of sports and exercise"
keon: "....." (thinking, this must really be the end times, the end of the world has come. i'm an exercise addict, a sports freak, a fanatic!! arghh)

i mean cmon, haven't u heard of that commandment "Thou shall not tell Keon not to exercise" ?? no? me neither but anyways leme assure u these are challenging times we're going thru ...

i might as well be a

Slippery Disc?

2009-02-04T18:24:00.003+08:00

I been having this insane pain like a knife cutting or stabbing in my back till it numbs the most parts of my left arm, its been going on for a couple of days and i thought it would go away but it didn't! Finally went to see a doc, well 2 docs in fact to get a 2nd opinion, and the 2nd doc being a specialist said that i have a slight slipped disc! =S
so i have to go for some heat and physio treatment for a week (at least!) sigh

This machine is the Giraffe Maker, it will pull and stretch your neck and release and pull and stretch again in repetitions for bout hmmmm not sure, bout 15mins? i guess

any similarities yet? =P

a7x

2009-01-21T01:07:00.004+08:00

Father forgive me for i have hatred in my heart. so much anger, so much hurt n bitterness. damn u liar
sigh.

and also to my dear readers, i'm sorry. i'm going thru a really painful period at the moment. i hope to be able to post pics of good food again sometime in the future.

Tell me...

2009-01-09T14:19:00.002+08:00

Forgiveness & nutella

2009-01-06T22:37:00.003+08:00

Mahatma Gandhi was a very wise and noble man, one of his quotes that has plenty truth and wisdom is "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong"

That shows how weak i am. Some of you there wondering what the heck has forgiveness gotta do with nutella? Well you see, to be strong you need food, whether its spiritual or physical food, whatever food is still needed, so when u need to eat, i recommend nutella! nutella is one of the BEST things ever created! i haven't had much apetite to eat for the past few... weeks... months? dunno.. that explains my weight drop from 79kg till now 72kg. some nights i just have some almond nuts and tomato juice for dinner, no supper, and zzzzzzzzzzzz. other nites i have a slice of wholemeal bread with nutella, okay i usually end up eating 2 slices coz nutella is SO SO GOOD! maybe nutella will be one of the keys or ingredients to forgiveness! u gotta love nutella!~

I vaguely remember another quote about Character. "Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action."

End of 2009

2008-12-31T14:04:00.002+08:00

It's the last day of 2008 already and i'm not even looking forward to 2009. Shit happens, and alotta shit has happened in 2008. Suffering thru hard and painful times. There were just not enough happy moments to balance out the unhappy times. I just hope 2009 will be better. Pls God let it be a good year! pLSssS!!

Till the day I die

2008-12-17T14:22:00.001+08:00

another one of my fav songs

Salmobelly

2008-12-17T12:01:00.002+08:00

I love japanese food! If ur a fan of salmon belly go try this @ Sushi King, its very tasty, i tried NOT to finish the rice but it was so yummy i walloped everything

reasonably big portion too

FooD glorious FooD

2008-12-17T09:45:00.007+08:00

Ah how do you cure the pain and hurt inside? no one will understand, after our CG badminton session last nite WC asked why my eyes look so swollen, like this? @_@
Food is a temporary solution (i'm open to other suggestions n solutions, email me) mmmmmmmmmmm thank GOd for good food =)
Simply yummilicious vietnamese noodles made by Mary with delicious brownies n cakes!

delicious brownies made by YS, after 3 bowls of noodles i could still have room for the yummy brownies!!

The brownies were quickly vanishing compared to the cakes! soon there be none left! notice there are chocolates on the plate too!

look at the size of the grapes!! HUGE!!

finally we end the dinner with tea and muruku which we finished as u can see, no leftovers in the tupperware

My Hands

2008-12-17T01:02:00.001+08:00

boy can he sing or what? yes he's only a boy and yes his voice is amazing, love this song

JEW

2008-12-16T02:23:00.001+08:00

Stress

2008-12-05T16:36:00.005+08:00

It's been such stressful times lately, thankfully God created such awesome wonders that when one have a taste or just sink ones teeth in these magnificent things, you can be teleported/transported into a different dimension, you will have a glimpse of paradise and never wanna leave, awhhhhhhhhh how lovely it is to dwell...

Chocolates from Australia!! Haighs Chocolate will blow ur mind away! And Kokoblack Chocolate should be in every human's 'must eat b4 die' list!! interestingly it has a simple designed box..but its simply one of the BESTEST chocolates in the universe!!! its really out of this world!!

Stunner

2008-11-23T15:27:00.007+08:00

I was watching the rugby league world Finals yesterday when the Roos were leading the Kiwis 8-0. Then a kiwi made a pretty bad blunder on his side of the field, he couldnt catch an 'easy' ball which anyone could have caught it, what's worse is to make such blunder in the FINALS, then i noticed it... his team mates came towards him and patted on his back and encouraged him and kept assuring him that it's okay and dun worry bout the flop, they were really so encouraging! right there and then, the first thing that came to my mind was, the Kiwis are gonna win the Finals with team mates like that. also he didnt make anymore of those mistakes for the rest of the game. True enough, they went on to win it and stunned the Roos 34-20! i was thinking.. man that's HUGE!!

i have always adapted that method or approach in helping people as i've also learned from world renowned leadership experts such as Peter Drucker, Max Depree and John Maxwell just to name a few, but some disagree or worse still when you've encouraged em, the same ppl turn against u and say ur 'method' is not appropriate and don't appreciate ur encouragements, yea and i got a stunner too. in fact i've been on the receiving end of lots of stunners!u suddenly get hit and wonder what on earth did u do to deserve such treatments. not cool. Anyways I thought the Roos had better play and attacking strategy throughout the game and it was a real stunner that they lost! sorry for ya'll at Aussie land, i'm know ya'll disappointed but i'm sure the Roos be back to whoop ass next match! =)

Lucky

2008-11-20T23:27:00.002+08:00

JMraz totally floats me boats!! but u gotta listen to this! Colbie's voice is dope!!! duet!! ur gonna love this!! yes you right there! don't miss this!! i'm so addicted to this song! (and also I'm yours) =)

I'm Yours

2008-11-19T13:41:00.008+08:00

i'm so hooked to this song i can't get it off my head!
holiday-ing, skateboarding, travelling, surfing, waterfalls, mmmmmmm thats my kinda life! love it!!

du dudu du du du...... won't you come uh scootch a little closer dear... and i will nibble your ear...

haha did i mention that i love it? =)

My CG outing to Lata Kinjang Waterfalls, Tapah

Mmmmmyummyyummy

2008-11-17T10:50:00.002+08:00

There are some things u just can't live without!
these are from Australia, its OH SO GOOD!!!

THis one from Ipoh, yummilicious beef lasagna made by Jane!!

Cause for a Creator

2008-11-14T10:26:00.003+08:00

I came across this interesting article on the Beauty of Mathematics and how amazing it is but the fact is that just points to a beautiful and even more amazing Creator of the Universe

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?
And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Now, take a look at this...
101%
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

What equals 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

If:
H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%

But:
A-T-T- I-T-U- D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:
While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Final Race for 2008?

2008-11-12T15:04:00.006+08:00

Powerman 2008

I think this should be my last race for 2008, my body is feeling the stress already, races i've done this year includes KRI 16km run, Melaka A Famosa International Triathlon,160km Century Ride, Port Dickson International Triathlon, Aviva Singapore Ironman 70.3 (1.9km swim 90.1km bike 21.1km run) and Powerman 2008 (11km run 64km bike 10km run)

To have a successful race one important ingredient is SUFFICIENT SLEEP! As for me i had NO sleep at all the whole nite before Powerman, my roomate uncle PK (a damn fast marathon runner mind you) can testify to that coz both of us were tossing and turning the whole nite!hence our results show similarity

NO SLEEP = RECIPE FOR DISASTER!!
I just thank God for strength to finish the race! i had tummy cramp right frm the first 11km run, cramps in my calves during the bike and my knee n ankles were hurting so badly during the last 10km run i had to walk most of the way

Here are some pics:
Morning before the race

Finished! checkout the look of pain in my face!

Mr Chong results,thnk GOd i can still ride, my bike split was just one minute behind his bike split despite zero sleep

My results

My roomate, uncle PK's results

VOGUE

2008-10-15T15:45:00.003+08:00

i have the perfect picture for the spam message in my cbox! :P

okay dun blame me if this is obscene, its not my fault okay :P

Aviva Ironman 70.3

2008-09-12T10:26:00.004+08:00

Swim 1.9km > Bike 90.1km > Run 21.1km

WALAUUUU!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-03T14:08:00.003+08:00

mad fellas all..

Cravings

2008-08-26T11:27:00.003+08:00

I seem to have a craving for diffren kinds of food each week! wonder if this is normal =P 3 weeks ago i had a craving for raw salmon! 2 weeks ago i was craving for laksa, i could eat laksa 5 days that week! last week i was craving for chocolates! i HAD to eat sum chocolate at least once a day EVERYDAY last week! gosh! especially after lunch! i must have chocolates! that was last week lah this week I'm craving for beef!!! doesnt help when i come to my own blog and see those mouthwatering ikea beefballs!! the song in my head.. "there is a longing only you can fill" , anyways the moment i woke up yesterday i thought of the quickest place to get to for beef! Hollywood in Canning Garden, the uncle's beef tripe stall is of goodness! so i satisfied my cravings there and it was ohh so good! excellente!!! and now i'm already craving for the beef noodles and liu in town (the corner shop behind what used to be Pak Kok Lau sumthin like that) lots of liu there! yummy!!! btw here's a picture of a very good beef noodle sold at our very own CGMC Garden Terrace on some Sunday Mornings after the service, RM4 per bowl, it is damn goooddddddddddd!! *drools*

Raw salmonnnnnnnnn ahhhhhhhhhhh

End of Beijing Olympics already?

2008-08-26T11:13:00.003+08:00

During the magnificent opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic games we had a small Olympics Opening Party @ Page's House, MasterChef Page prepared ingredients for us to 'make' our own pizzas and the MasterChef herself then made all kinds of sushi for us!! superyummilicious!! i totally heart sushi!!

The homemade pizzas!

This is my pizza concoction! they said it was good and yummy! =P

Sushi making..

The MasterChef Page and her helper at work

ingredients and the 'tools' hehe

sushi making process..

All kinds of sushi, salmon sushi, bacon sushi, minced beef sushi, crabmeat sushi, and lots of other kinds i can't even remember all

Post PD Triathlon

2008-08-10T09:11:00.002+08:00

Pang told me the best way to recover is to eat beef and told me the best place for it would be Ikea! i love em beefballs!!! perfect with free flow of coffee/cappucino!

Downstairs you can get yummy hotdog and its totally worth it! only RM2 and you can add the amount of toppings to your liking, there's onions, pickles etc, i usually come here for the RM1 Icecream which is better than McD's , and the RM3 coffee/cappucino with free refills almost every trip to KL this is a must have for me!

Then Pang n Jan introduced this to me, its superyummylicious!! once in awhile i still crave for this!!! but unfortunately I can't find it in Ipoh, if any of ya knows pls tell me!!

What I ate the nite before PD Tri

2008-08-10T08:46:00.004+08:00

Started off with a pasta meal at Pizza Uno@CentrePoint, the pizza for me so-so only lah, the spag not bad but not fantastic, but the mushroom soup was excellente!!! overall it's pretty expensive too

After that off we went to Desserts Bar! wowow yummyyyyy!!!

This is called 'panatini' filled with lots and lots of strawberries

panatini..

this dish is called 'Berrydelicious', one of their specialty, very nice!!!

this is the bestest!!! choclate fondue!!!

Imported melted chocolate!! OMG!! that IS THE secret of going faster in a triathlon i kid you not!!!

PD Triathlon (pics)

2008-07-25T13:48:00.002+08:00

Port Dickson International Triathlon Completed!!!

2008-07-23T13:50:00.007+08:00

many thanks to tey and pang for the pics!

Century Ride 2008 Pics

2008-07-16T15:15:00.005+08:00

When i reached there on the morning of the ride the min i got out frm my car i heard Mr. Chong announce, the race will start in 8mins! as u can see in the first pic everyone (almost) was already gathering at the start line while i was happily enjoying my McD breakfast meal at the 24hr McD n still half asleep. i was still gulping down my must-have-b4-everyrace-drink nescafe mocha when i parked my car n got down and when i heard the announcement, i didnt have time to finish it! arghh! if i downed my mocha i would have finished the race half an hour ealier =P yea right hahah then i heard him announcing those who haven't checked in bikes yet pls go to the 100plus tent to check-in, so i went there and..

race volunteer: where's your race number?
me: what race number? (starting to get worried)
rv: your race number when u collected ur goodie bag?
me: goodie bag?? umm can i collect it now? hehe
(announcer on loud speaker: race will start in 5mins!)
me: (shite)
another race volunteer nearby: no race number, no sticker! you can't give him sticker!
me: any ideas where i can collect my goodie bag?
rv: i dunno wor everyone collect yesterday di
other rv: u can try go to the tents there
i sprinted to the tents at MK 'base' n got my goodie bag with my number inside the office! whew! yep i started right at the back of everyone when the race started off!

many thanks to tey (pmtey.multiply.com) for all the hardwork and time and money spent for taking pics for the ride!

160 km cycling completed!!

2008-07-14T19:57:00.009+08:00

Century Ride 2008
This was my first ever Century Ride, completed in a time of 6hrs 21mins 07s
I think the organisers did a fantastic job organising this!! it was an awesome ride! was a tough ride (wish i could show u pics of the slopes! its really scary). next year i be back! goal - sub 6hrs! hehehee ok la no harm dreaming right =P you can click on the pics to see it fullsized

finisher's tshirt

Final water checkpoint

there's this few riders who are grp of friends i believe, i call them team csc coz they all have full csc attire and bikes hehee. everyone who registers for the Century RIde also gets a very nice and free cycling jersey, you can see the guy right in front of me in the green jersey

team csc in front (not the 2 guys directly in front of me). this is somewhere at 106km mark

at the end of the race, one of the main sponsors- Herbalife provided free drinks and some of them were doin sum 'test' to promote their products, i had to answer a few questions and they needed to take my weight reading, the lady said i was overweight (wat went on in my head=!!?!!?...!!?!!?) i wouldnt show u my weight since i'm overweight but then the reading was too good not to post it! hahaha number 7 is a perfect number,the lady saw and said wah so nice one the number hahah i should have told her i'm not overweight but i have perfect weight!!

Sarawak

2008-07-12T13:54:00.003+08:00

sorry for the delay, there was sum technical problems =P
i was in Sarawak few weeks ago for Julian's wedding, and here's sum sarawak food, sorry Julian i know you'll see this but... the food really wasnt that great hehehehhe but the food in your house were 10x much yummier!!!

heng hua mee which was not bad maybe cause we were starving at that moment =P

kolo mee

the sarawak laksa that sarawakians love, weird ppl =P

the only thing that taste good was this! the famous 3 layered drink!

The WWW fosters poor conversational skills

2008-07-03T14:47:00.003+08:00

Agree? some interesting comic i stumbled upon..

coming up next... sarawak food!

Porridge + tailok min

2008-06-25T09:10:00.004+08:00

Going out with James can only mean one thing, eat, eat and eat!! the day after he brought and introduced Hotpot to me(btw he knows the boss of Hotpot), we went to eat delicious porridge(so smooth n yummy) and fried tailok noodles!! you can choose if you want fish porridge or chicken or pork porridge or even mixed porridge, this is along Jalan Pasir Putih, some of you might already know, forgot the name of the shop, very old looking shop, food is good and cheap!

checkout the huge portion of tailok noodles, the amount of porridge plus noodles we ate was enough for 5 ppl.

and as usual the 2 of us wollap em all!

Hotpot

2008-06-21T10:33:00.006+08:00

There's a newly opened steamboat shop at Iph Gdn East opposite Sushi East there, a fren brought me there, it was very yummy! Ask for japanese soup! the waiter tried to "sell" the laksa soup but my friend insisted just the jap soup

You order your dishes by choosing the small square little plate thingy u see in the pic, diffren color lil plates cost diffrently - RM1, RM3, RM5 somthin like that, kinda like sushi king style. We ordered like 10 lil plates of dishes? beef, mushroom, udong, veggies, fishballs,prawnballs, beefballs etc

udong

for the finale, cook the udong in the "seasoned" soup (try not to add soup, when all the dishes have been boiled in there the whole time, it'll taste super yummy at the end! if u keep adding soup it'll take away the taste)

what's left at the end! all went down our tummy! the total came up to bout RM50 including a nice hotpot of chinese tea

Nasi Lemak

2008-06-21T10:30:00.002+08:00

Very yummy nasi lemak at CU Village (Greentown), the kapitan chicken and asam fish fillet dishes are very yummy too! but stay away from the tomyam!

160km of cycling

2008-06-18T11:10:00.004+08:00

Last sunday 15th June, I went for the Trial Ride for the Century ride which will be on July 13, cycled over 160km for almost 7 hours!! under the hot blazing sun!! insane!!

bout 60 of us went, started at bout 7.15am? around there finished 2sumthing in the scorching heat!

there's paul behind me (next to me)

good thing there were few stops to wait for other riders behind, if not sure die!!

Mr Chong asked me to sign up for the Century Ride, i told him its crazy i can't cycle 160km! he said can one just ride at slow pace of 16-20kmh can complete one, last sunday's ride this was the avg speed clocked by my bike computer - 27kmh!!! crazy fellas!!

My max speed was 60.6kmh woohoooo!!!! i think i was born with a need for speed! =P

The day after a Triathlon..

2008-05-24T10:49:00.011+08:00

what do you do? you eat like there's no tomoro!!

first round - all kinds of sashimi, 2 different dishes of unagi, brocolli, sea snail in abalone sauce

unagi omelette in the center and unagi at the side

complementary dishes the waiter served, i told him i didnt want em he said its complementary from shogun so okay i'll try em.

round 2! softshellcrab, salmon sashimi, codfish sashimi and strawberries yummy!

round 3! as u can see i love salmon sashimi! more salmon and codfish sashimi with straberries, brocolli and abalone sashimi!

round 4! kimchi with sum fruits and some sushi thingy with the fish egg thingy and tomyam soup, oh yeah i love tom yam! i had like 3 bowls of tomyam soup! and 2 bowls of miso codfish soup which was nice too

round 5! oranges, a cheesecake and 1st round of icecream! 5 scoops of diff flavors of icecream

round 6! second round of icecream!

few cups of icelemontea throughout the feast

Finale!! whitecoffee!

Melaka A Famosa Triathlon Completed!!

2008-05-13T11:35:00.006+08:00

I'm a finisher!

I did it! i finished it! don't ask me bout timing, it was the worst! horrible timing but i'm glad i finished it, considering i havent been training at all since my crash, and no running or swimming for bout 2 months already. i learned alot bout my weaknesses frm this experience, i learnd that sufficient training and sleep is of utmost importance! few ppl i know made sure they have sufficient sleep before race day, thats so so important! even i remember a newspaper interview of pro triathlete Courtney Atkinson (multiple champion for Singapore Osim International Triathlon and various other Triathlon Races)one of the keys to his success and victory is a good long sleep of at least 8hours the nite before race. for me i had bout 3hours of sleep. and on race day my legs were sleeping, it was a bad day for me on the bike, i struggled, alot, few times felt like throwing in the towel, my legs were just not there with me on race day, and by the way the bike course for A Famosa Triathlon makes Singapore Osim Triathlon bike course a piece of cake! this was extremly tough for me looking at the conditions i had to go thru but by God's grace i finished it, thanks to all who prayed for me and encouraged me! ya'll rawks!

In triathlon every finisher is a winner! and the finisher medal taste sweeet!

At the swim start, can spot me?

done with the swim! gotta run up a long slope which was kinda tiring itself

i'm off to the bike course now!

Early morning arrival at race site

16km completed!

2008-05-06T12:12:00.008+08:00

All thanks to God my healer and all who prayed for me, muchos gracias! i was able to recover enough to run (i think) but i ran anyway for the KRI 16km (10mile) race on Sunday 4th May which was held in Batu Gajah, Clearwater Sanctuary

here's the finisher tshirt

here's how my wounds look like as of today, the doctor who treated me when i got injured was there too for the race and he looked shocked to see me there haha when he treated me he said i wont be able to recover in time for the run, if run like that then he'll overtake me... well i was able to proof him wrong for the first part which was that i ran the race, but second part.. he overtook me! its okay i be back next year =P

At bout 13km mark i felt my feet getting sore, i couldn't take the risk of getting any blisters coz of the comin triathlon so i had to slow down, it was very hard for me to slow down coz i managed to catch up with the doc! arghhh!! but this was my first run/exercise/workout since my crash and even before the crash i havent been running at all

i'm walking like a 90year old man now coz every muscle n tissue in my legs are aching like mad! hehe

Crash!!

2008-04-25T16:40:00.003+08:00

Went Cycling on monday 21 April with Mr Chong, total ride 67km, crashed at 31km mark, not a good time to crash seeing as of today there's 14 days left to Melaka Tri and KRI 16km run is next week! argghh i almost died when i showered and i think i saw a glimpse of heaven when doc applied iodin on the wounds,saw my life passing by... if ur the praying type do throw in a prayer or 2 for me yeah? thanks!

Amazing Art

2008-03-22T10:22:00.005+08:00

These are really amazing!! click to enlarge and see these pics made of various pics!

Faith in Tri

2008-03-13T13:29:00.005+08:00

I'm very motivated(always) and inspired by Christian Athletes, what more Christian Triathletes, one of my favourite blog that i often read is Steven's Triathlon Station. I like his daily wisdom and i get motivated to TRY to train like the way he does hehe, also he's a reader! Makes me wanna read the books he reads or rather those he recommends! Good stuff i tell ya!

In the August 2007 issue of Inside Triathlon,there's a writeup of 3 pro triathletes, their faith, their feat, pretty impresive i must say, very inspiring! Hunter Kemper,Susan Williams,Barb Lindquist

In another Triathlete mag, the May 2007 issue there's a pic of a pro triathlete with the "Fish" and Bible verse Philippians 3:14 stamped/tattoed on her arm. Philppians 3:14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Laughter the best medicine

2008-03-09T10:45:00.006+08:00

Some crazy n funny vids from france

Also check this out!
Beijing Olympics 2008

On a more serious note, this is my latest acquisition, yeEEAHHHH!!!!!!
i <3 SABIAN!!!

Also have u tried one of these?? warning: it can be addictive!!

Be-au-ti-fullllllll- simply beautiful!

2008-02-24T11:30:00.009+08:00

I meant the food below that's beautiful, not that thing above
CNY lunch courtesy of Aunty Margaret Foong n her hubby at her sis's restaurant (next to Scotch Pub) - super yummilicious i tells u!

see how beautifull it is!!

Pizza time for our CG, u simply don't need a season or reason for pizza, i can eat pizza any day, any time!!

so much for inspiration for training! down the drain it goes! um actually down into the tummy

Inspiration

2008-02-12T12:23:00.002+08:00

Malaysia Boleh!! After the eating marathon throughout whole of last week, I need some inspiration to start training again.

Anuar creates history as Asia dominates
11/2/2008

BANTING (11 Feb, 2008) – Malaysia’s Anuar Manan created sporting history for the hosts when he sensationally finished second in Stage 3 today to claim the nation’s first-ever green jersey on a day when South Korean Lee Won Jae won his first stage in Le Tour de Langkawi.

Anuar won all three intermediate sprints and was aiming for a storming finish in Banting when he was caught by Won Jae one kilometer from the end. The duo paved the way for a remarkable day for the Asian riders who took up the top five spots today.

Crowie at Kona, Hawaii Ironman World Championship 2007. He finished 2nd

Torbjorne Sindballe aka Tbear, the guy with the best bike split at Kona, Hawaii Ironman. Finished 3rd

Chrissie Wellington (born Feb 1977) the 2007 Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Champion!!! (Women's Category)

Michellie Jones (born Sept 1969) was the 2006 Ironman Triathlon World Champion

And eat and eat and eat!!

2008-02-12T12:01:00.000+08:00

Feasting at the famous Kong Heng in Old Town, look at the amount i ate!!
1 bowl laksa, 1 bowl kaisihorfun, poppiah, lobak, spinach squid dish thingy, yummy!!!

EAT! EAT! EAT!!

2008-02-10T09:00:00.000+08:00

Seemed like the Agenda for this CNY holidays went like this: 1. Eat 2. Eat 3. Eat 4. Eat 5. Eat (repeat 10x). Was in KL with cousins and relatives and this is their dawg Phileo the daschund, he can't seem to get enough of me, he loves me so much but the dang dog always wanna humps me leg each time i visit them in the past! are my legs that sexy and look like a female dog??? but anyways he's very old now and his libido has dropped alot, so he just sticks around me all the time

After a heavy dinner, few hours later my cousin prepared this pudding that her dad bought from M&S all the way from UK, it was awesomeeeee!! it has rum and brandy and port(fortified red wine) in it!! so so YUMMYLICIOUS!!!

After eating a few bites my plate looked like this..

And yet after a dozen more spoonfuls, my plate looks like this! how come it keeps increasing huh???

After that watched some tv and phileo came and snuggle up to me again

Yong n Liu

2008-02-01T09:47:00.000+08:00

Yummylicious yongtaufu!!! If you crave for these yummy dishes at night, can try this corner shop at Ipoh Garden South, behind dance center n Philippe Sum hair thing, forgot the name of the shop, a friend recommended and we went there and it's good stuff! and cheap too! well cheaper than woolleys or most places in Ipoh Garden, Canning Garden area. Now I know where to go whenever i crave (no i'm not pregnant)for yongtaufu and liu at night! oh yeah they've got nice 'thong sui' also like my fav 'hak lomai' or black pulut rice soup thingy? and sometimes red bean soup or others.

Training Log

2008-01-31T00:21:00.000+08:00

Stats for today's (Wednesday) run: 7km in 40:20
Managed to squeeze in some mileage b4 it rained cats and dogs. Wonder how am I ever gonna do 10km in 40mins! any tips?

Later at nite pampered my tummy with lotsa pizzas and cakes(well 1 piece o cake) at CG Bday Celebration. argh! training all ruined? nah, well at least I COULD pamper myself coz i put in the mileage adi =P

For those of you who are the praying type, do toss in a prayer or two for a friend, Mr Pon, he was my doubles partner in tennis last thursday during a tennis session and he tripped and fell backwards, had a concussion, his scalp cracked from the back to the front and there was internal bleeding in the brain, still unconscious till today and brain is still very swollen, its very sad, I'm very sad. Please pray for a miracle. thanks.

Freaky Monday

2008-01-28T15:51:00.000+08:00

Walking back home from Jusco this afternoon there was this guy on the motorbike "wondering around" then he stopped at the T junction, i looked at him and he asked me for directions to Ipoh Garden East, so i told him how to get there, then the shocker came... some of you already read before few of my posts thats similar, my encounters with the strange kind, here's another to add to the list..

Motorist : Dari mana?
Me : Sini
Motorist : Kerja mana?
Me : Kerja sini
Motorist : ohhhh....

Motorist : banyak hensem ah you (saying with a girlish move dunno how to describe)

Me thinking ( Get the hell outta here before i beat the crap out of you you freak!!!)
I made a disgusted expression and sound and ignored him and walked off. Prolly scared him coz he didnt dare follow me to my destination.

Besides that, I had a good bicycle ride with HS yesterday (Sunday 4pm). THe dates and time in this blog is screwed up! i dunno how to fix it...
It was insanely hot though!! still we rode bout 50km on the road to Batu Gajah, my timing was 1:42:45 (1hour 42mins 45secs) Rode quite closely to HS as much as i could, but dropped off in the last 6km, i just couldnt keep up with his pace. was a good ride!! He says i've improved alot! and already faster than many guys! Man don't you love encouragements!! i wanted to go do a 10k run after that but my left knee was hurting a little.

Hope

2008-01-22T11:48:00.000+08:00

man what a lousy start to the week, its been dark n bitter times for me. its a good thing i don't play football anymore or i wld seriously break somebody's leg in the field or court. but thank God He steps in just in time, EVERY TIME! today's devotional was bout Hope - What Hope does for Mankind:-

Hope shines brightest when the hour is darkest
Hope motivates when discouragement comes
Hope energizes when the body is tired
Hope sweetens while bitterness bites
Hope sings when all melodies are gone
Hope believes when evidence is eliminated
Hope listens for answers when no one is talking
Hope climbs over obstacles when no one is helping
Hope endures hardship when no one is caring
Hope smiles confidently when no one is asking
Hope presses toward victory when no one is encouraging
Hope dares to give when no one is sharing
Hope brings victory when no one is winning
(John Maxwell from Think on These things)

just when i thought i'm at the lowest, i saw the pic above. it's inspiring. God must be telling me sumthin. inspires me to live on. it gives a peaceful and calm feeling in the midst of turmoil .. somehow.. thank God there is always hope. good n pleasant thoughts come to my imaginations when i see the pic above. one of em wld be "imagine how good and encouraging a person will feel if i wrote this note to that person" the same way if i received it.

Dream Theater

2008-01-15T14:14:00.000+08:00

while i'm at music how can i not post clips from my favouretest bands of all time (and maybe bestest band of all time IMO)?!

i need to get sabian cymbals for my drumset!!

Fav Music

2008-01-15T11:41:00.000+08:00

Was hunting for my Avenged Sevenfold cds but cldnt find it! Just had a sudden "crave" to listen to A7X and was hunting high and low but cldnt find it! argh! fortunately found a good alternative, one of my fav bands - Thrice. Found the Album - 'The Artist in the ambulance' and started listening to it again. Thrice totally rawks!!! quick search on youtube and i'm happy i found these!

one of my fav songs "Stare at the sun" embed frm youtube is not allowed, dunno why, but here's a clip and since i was watching naruto the other day, it comes with the song Stare at the sun!

2008 Speed Weapon

2008-01-11T13:54:00.000+08:00

This will be my weapon of choice for races this year! chekitout my hawt sexy bike!!!

Looks similar to Julian Dean's soloist? muahahahaha except that his wheels costs like about SGD2400 and that's not even including tires

Tako Pachi anyone?

2008-01-06T12:20:00.000+08:00

tried some new food in Sg. not bad. it's an acquired taste i think

korean sausage

Christmas in Singapore

2008-01-06T12:09:00.000+08:00

Christmas Service in City Harvest Church in the overflow room, look at the screen, all those candle lights, there were some 20,000 ppl in there?

Xmas Service CHC, couldn't get into the main hall

Xmas eve on Orchard Road

Of course no Singapore trip is complete without visiting bike shops! hehe checkout the price on that bike, oh yeah its in Sing dollars

Babysit David Seow's pets

2008-01-06T12:01:00.001+08:00

2 lizards aka agamin or sumthin like that

a preying mantis which is a devourer!! devours insects as big as itself! and thats like after i fed it 3 mozzies

beautiful colors

i bought a new home for it

had to feed it with crickets. now for a group pic, say cheez!

Raymond and Cheryl's Wedding

2008-01-06T11:39:00.000+08:00

Just a few pics

Don't ask, she insisted i bite it

CDs & DVDs

2007-12-14T12:15:00.000+08:00

Recently purchased 3 CDs (Hillsong Savior King, Lakewood live 'Cover the earth', planetshaker-Savior of the world CD+DVD 2in1) and 1 DVD - Hillsong Savior King

I highly recommend these 2 below!!! Savior King totally rawks!!! lovin it!! Tim you'll love this album! the songs init are simply beeyeuteeful!! just like our Savior =)

Cover the earth is damn good too! Lakewood Church in Texas, Integrity Music.
A friend recommended me this album and i totally love it! It happens to be Joel Osteen's church!!!

3 weddings and a funeral

2007-12-14T11:59:00.000+08:00

Year 2007, i was asked to sing/lead songs for 3 weddings and present a song at a funeral (scary coz attendance was bout double our services!)
Strange thing bout the weddings were i didn't know the coupleS at all hahah

Rev. Dr. Chew from SIB KL spoke

Sure

2007-12-14T11:51:00.000+08:00

Sure go ahead and dump ur unwanted umbrellas behind my car, its the season of giving anyways!

Sure i like Marie Digby's umbrella, but not yours! whoever that belonged to =P

After dropping of some stuff at eva i returned to my car thats what i saw and i just had to take a pic of it

Don't say you love me unless forever

2007-12-04T15:20:00.000+08:00

Look at the size of that currypuff!!!! with that egg inside!!! INSANE!!!! we're totally meant for each other!!

Death

2007-11-23T13:40:00.000+08:00

Do you know when you will die? Find out here
Sounds morbid, but it's a reality we mortals must face, and of course no one knows exactly when, cld be earlier, or later, it's all in God's timing.

It's been a sad week. Tears flowed from my eyes when Pastor made the shocking announcement.
I can still feel his strong hands squeeze my arms, i can still feel his warm hug and smile that wld just make your day. I can still hear the laughter and jokes when i was in his house some weeks ago when we were singing songs and joking and eating jelly, i just talked to him last week and now he's gone. But in a better place than all of us mortals are. He's now clothed with immortality. Only through Jesus you can have that gift. gift of eternal life.

It is written in the Bible- 1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true:"Death has been swallowed up in victory."

It is written in the Bible- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Powerman Malaysia 2007 Pics Set 1

2007-11-17T14:02:00.000+08:00

Results are out!! total time of 5hrs 35mins! It's totally by God's grace that I finished the race! and to get the finisher's medal and polo tshirt too!! God is great and so wonderful!! I was so disappointed when i was about to mount on my bike and found out i had a flat tire!! argghh!!! Thanks so much to Pete, Angie n Joo Lee who helped me talk to the organisers and with their permission, Pete drove to town to search for a bicycle shop, all shops were closed on Sundays!! again by God's grace, he found this shop with the shutter half opened! and he had the last remaining tube there for me!!! they said it had my name written all over it!! God reserved it for me!! Thanks a million my wonderful Lord n Savior Jesus Christ!! love Ya!!

Spent more than an hour at the bike transition waiting for any good news frm Pete n when i saw him running towards the transition with my wheel i praised God!! and said still got hope!! but it would be a mad rush as i was more than an hour left behind already!

Race briefing

The Race Morning itself, at the Bike Transition area, all these sweeet n gorgeous bikes!!

There's the punctured tube

Hole in the tube

more details and pics coming soon!

Powerman Malaysia 2007

2007-11-12T17:35:00.000+08:00

YEAH!!! i've done it!!! i finished Powerman 2007!!
Run 11km Bike 64km Run 10km

i've channelled all the year's frustrations, bitterness, disappointments, anger and all to it! take that!!
I'm a POWERMAN!!

i'll post more pics later!

what i've done

2007-10-28T11:07:00.000+08:00

lovin this song, got alternative version also but i prefer the original version

Used to

2007-10-24T23:53:00.000+08:00

crap! hamilton lost! unbelievable, its like only if a miracle wld happen that will cause kimi to win and that really happened. i say someone sabo'd hamilton!

sigh

anyways here's the song of the moment

F1 Champion?

2007-10-21T19:43:00.000+08:00

Today's Brazilian F1 will decide who's the 2007 F1 Champion! My instincts tell me that Lewis Hamilton will win! lets see how accurate my prediction and instincts are! Go Hamilton!

sexy in black

2007-10-12T10:14:00.000+08:00

hmmm

2007-10-12T10:13:00.000+08:00

Anyway

2007-10-05T15:43:00.000+08:00

A very meaningful song to me by Martina McBride

"Anyway"

You can spend your whole life buildin'
Somethin' from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

[chorus:]
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

This world's gone crazy and it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
love 'em anyway

[chorus]

You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they’ll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah, sing it anyway
I sing, I dream, I love
Anyway
yeah

i miss her.

Choppy waves?

2007-10-05T13:47:00.000+08:00

somebody complain bout choppy waves at the triathlon? compare with this!!

Furious

2007-10-03T11:17:00.000+08:00

current mood:

next time i don't care

No Signboard Seafood Restaurant

2007-09-28T12:23:00.000+08:00

Dinner at 'No Signboard Seafood' Restaurant the night before my Triathlon

goshh i love seafood!!!! with super yummilicous taufu and veggie some more!!! *drool* okay i'm hungry now, gotta go hunt for food

OSIM International Triathlon, Singapore

2007-09-13T11:38:00.000+08:00

As promised earlier, I'd post some pics of my singapore triathlon, here's a few, lazy to post more lah

Trying on the Zoot Ultra at Running Lab(Funan), the day before the triathlon

Debbie's Honda Civic Part 2

2007-09-13T10:38:00.001+08:00

Here's Part 1

My cousin driving to KLIA

enjoying the comfy civic but wonder if i can get to drive one =(

YES!!!! finally!!! get to drive one!! muahahaaha

POWER!!! My cousin changes car once in every few years, i told her to sell this to me when she changes car next time =P

Zombified and need some coffee =)

2007-09-07T09:54:00.000+08:00

Baby on board

2007-08-25T11:34:00.000+08:00

Finally, an effective baby on board sign

photo

2007-08-25T11:16:00.000+08:00

When you told me that you loved me
were those just words
You can't tell me you don't need me
and I know that hurts
'Cause I'm looking at your picture
'Cause it's all I've got
Maybe one day
You and me will have one more shot

nostalgia

2007-08-21T19:16:00.000+08:00

there was a time where everything was sweet
there was a time when time froze
there was a time where day and night were no different at all
i'm nostalgic

K Factor

2007-08-17T12:06:00.000+08:00

K for Kuota
K for Keon =P

Eye candy

2007-08-17T11:37:00.000+08:00

The week i was in singapore for the OSIM Triathlon
Went to some bike shops, checkout these yummy bikes!! and also yummy cakes at starbucks hehe

The prices for these cervelos start from SGD7k onwards

I'll post pics of the triathlon later

Some good places for food in Ipoh

2007-07-11T10:41:00.000+08:00

Good food in Ipoh!
long time no post, here's 2 good places to eat, Friend's Cafe and Sushi East

Cheese baked oysters in Friend's Cafe

Mashed potatoes - Friend's Cafe

Steak - Friend's Cafe

Sushi East

Hillsong United All of the above

2007-04-19T11:39:00.000+08:00

Okay here's something not about food hehe
One of my favs from the new Hillsong United album, Hosanna

Chinese Dinner, Singapore

2007-04-01T11:51:00.000+08:00

Ahhhh!!! There's no food like a super yummilicious chinese meal with spinach, taufu, brocolli *drooolll* hmmm i'm getting hungry looking at these pics

Borders Cafe

2007-04-01T11:44:00.000+08:00