You know what? I forgot I had a blog. I've completely and utterly shelved the whole blog thing for the longest of time. It wasn't until I was looking through some of my friends' profiles on Facebook that I realised the blog icon and was reminded of my blog rotting away at this site. Poor blog... (*Pet Pet Stroke Stroke).
Monday, September 21, 2009
Firewalk... of coals and brimstones!
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
ART
Recently, I picked up drawing. Why? It all started with a thought. If I couldn't and wasn't a natural in holding a note, doing sports or playing an intsrument when I was kid, how is it that I was able to learn and do it now? If I could learn up all these things, why is it that I can't do the same for art?
Flashback Primary 1: I'm in art period. Teacher walks in and asked us to draw an aeroplane. I drew a mutant plane with no wings or rather with wings that don't look like wings of an aeroplane.
The girl next to me seems to know how. I tried to take a peek. What happened next changed everything forever. The teacher reprimanded me for copying. I had to be silent and finish up my drawing... drawing something I didn't know how to draw. I hated the feeling because the end product became a laughing stock among my friends. What's worst? They stuck the painting up at the back of the class for a whole 2 weeks to my horror of horrors. I had to look at that painting and be reminded of what a hopeless artist I was. I decided that I'm no good at art.
Many of you probably went through what I went through. I realised that I didn't have somebody I could model after and learn from. It's a matter of learning HOW to do it. So I decided to give drawing another go. This time I copied. I copied books, I watched and learned from Aimei.
Guess what? I am heading somewhere with my art. I'm improving. What I'm about to post is a quantum leap for me (a person who can't even draw a stick man properly... hahaha)!
I know that the eyes look a little weird but this is me trying to draw Aimei.
And this is me trying to draw different smiley faces!
So here goes my journey in trying to do something new! I am excited. Learn something new. Life's a journey, live life and enjoy life!
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
Japanese Freestyle Football @ Cineleisure
I was at Cineleisure the other day, enjoying my Very Vanilla Chiller without Espresso when suddenly, out of the blue, three Jap guys with funky hairdo came on the scene and started doing football tricks with some tv coverage! The culprit: PUMA! They brought down some street soccer guys with their own samba drummer to perform as a promo for their range of products. Their tricks were awesome. My brother and I were very impressed by the level of skill they possessed.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Fitness Edition: Women's Fitness
Today's fitness edition is not going to be concerning me or the latest training regime I'm on. Due to popular demand, this fitness edition is going to be dedicated to women!
I am so tempted to go on a verbal diarrhea and pour everything out in one post but I doubt that it's going to be of any help so I have decided to give a general guideline and as the questions pour in, I'll try to answer you and give a more specific guideline.
I am no expert but this will help you get started. Whatever you do, always go for a medical checkup and test with a doctor or certified trainer first and he will highlight to you any medical issues that may hinder your training.
Let's get started:
#1: Weight training
Start with these combinations:
- Chest/Back: Chest press, Lats pulldown and seated row
- Legs: Leg extensions, leg press, lunges
- Shoulders/biceps/triceps: Shoulder press, bicep curls, tricep extension
You don't need to hit the gym for this one. Just run for around 30-40 mins around the neighborhood 2-3 times a week and you'll be fine. If running is not your thing, try swimming or cycling. Put on some music on your ipod and you'll enjoy this 40 mins.
- No supper (yup... this is the first one I want to highlight... hahaha). If you're really starving, eat something whole grain.
- Eat a full, healthy breakfast - wholemeal bread sandwiches, whey protein with oatmeal, egg sandwiches
- Eat 4-6 times a day and break it down to smaller portions
- Get rid of junk food - Maggi mee is junk food. Allow only one day in a week to pamper yourself (moderately ok?). Also, one day doesn't mean 24 hrs, it means like for one or two meals, that's it.
- Eat fruits and vegetables. I struggle with vegetables so I consume up to 10 apples a week. Not the best option but still acceptable.
- Drink lots of water
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Space
Recently, I have been reading up some articles on space exploration and the commercialization of such efforts for civilians, such as us, to enjoy at a "reasonable" price. This means that you can now go to space for a holiday, get a spectacular view of the earth off the atmosphere and go weightless for like 5 minutes before the spacecraft re-enters the atmosphere for just US $200,000. It sounds fun to me... a fun 5 minutes! It'll probably go down as the most expensive 5 mins of your life!
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Fitness Edition: I-Robot
Every once in a blue moon, I post about health and fitness. Today is such a day! Recently, I discovered some interesting facts on how to look like Will Smith on I-Robot and I thought that it'll be great to share them with my readers.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Climate Change
Let us talk about climate change!
Well, for one, you won't be seeing this guy anymore...!
- Extreme weather events associated with El- NiƱo to be more
frequent and intense - Increase in hot days and warm nights and decrease in cold days and
nights (True right? Don't need to be a rocket scientist to feel this) - Projected sea-level rise is very likely to result in significant losses of coastal ecosystems and a million or so people along the coasts will likely be at risk from flooding (high confidence)
- Coral bleaching
- Further declines in mangroves forests and their biodiversity (Please... I'd love to enjoy the mangroves in Malaysia for many more years to come!)
- Heat wave (Imagine people fainting everywhere... not a very pretty sight)
- Increasing intensity and spread of forest fires (I hate the masks we use when there's haze... Can we not go down this path?)
Singapore
8. The annual cost of protecting Singapore’s coast is estimated to be between US$0.3 and $5.7 million by 2050 and between US$0.9 and $16.8 million by 2100. It is going to cost us more year after year to upkeep our coasts.
What can you do?
I admit that the task looks a little daunting but we can start somewhere. A journey always begin with a small step! You can do something by joining Earth Hour this Sat, 28 Mar, 8.30pm by turning off your lights for an hour. A small step? Yes, it is... but at least we're heading somewhere in the journey to save our planet!
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