101. Kickstart Fitness + The 4th String Ensemble

Personal/Ideals

This post is supposed to be written a few weeks ago or so in the month of January. But it's mid-February already. Doesn't matter so much. But the feel is lost a little. Mundane.

So there are ambitions there are dreams there are daydreams there are goals and targets. We all have one or more. I have all but I am flexible about how I achieve. With bad discipline and irregular consistency. Wise man says, "you can't go far like that". But I want to enjoy as much living in my own most interesting ways. Successful people might say, "you ain't enjoying like that because you ain't achieving - you're just playing around - no commitment".

I was plain and goalless. I only breathed and functioned like fated. I realised fate is just a word to convince the unfortunate that someone out there caused the unfortunate. It's still a practical word but I rather not live on that. I stood up and grabbed my own puppet strings and orchestrate me myself.

But this current living ~ the 21st century modern civilisation on Earth is fast and competitive. I just started to like a couple of things/activities and it seems that the best thing for me to do now is enjoy the passion, support and take them as hobbies only. I succumbed to a lot of these lost dreams.

I would also say to myself that it's never too late to start. Yes it's never too late to start and be good in it but never in the top level. Cos like I said this current world is fast and competitive. At my age, I'm no more of that productivity/standard-be-able-to-achieve level of performance.

Cos I just started liking them it's like new found passion. But yes, it's never too late to take them up and for practise. But not of competition level anymore. I will leave that to my dreams or start my children young on them great activities. I don't want them to be idle like how I used to be some 5-10 years ago. I don't blame my parents. Parents are not to be blamed. The best thing for them to do is exposure and encouragement and that's only if they are aware of it. They are not wrong at all. The negative part is when they force, that is when they are overzealous in seeing their kids doing what they want to see the kids doing. Thumbs down.

But thumbs up for my parents for the average living (in malay, we call it kesederhanaan) I was brought up in. I get to explore by myself albeit a little too late or slow for myself. But I enjoy it nevertheless. I think having fun is the most important factor no matter what people say. It's a personal level. But let there be some knowledge and genuine passion. Not as a means.

What I meant, I really love:
1. Football / Sports
2. Playing music

I am very interested in:
3. Mixed martial arts

I am keen on/I can do it:
4. Bodybuilding - fitness

But I ain't like competing in no.4 - but Arnold is really bizarre.

Marathon is the new entry in to the category of no. 1. These are all really motivation-based activities.


Usually these activities are not to be done alone because results are vital and it's natural to compare either to a standard or your partner only we see and encourage improvements.

So yes, I will expose my future children to sports. It's a must... it's healthy and always good. Music, it's healthy and always good - certain music must not apply. Martial arts, always healthy and good. Bodybuilding, it's up to him/her after I show him/her my body lol gyahahaha.

This is the self-recorded and self-standard physical status record.

Height: 164 cm
Weight: 55 kg
Chest: 34 inches
Biceps: 11.5 inches
Thighs: N/A (nah don't really train on this - only running and simple weight curls)

Run
Distance: 5 km
Time: 29 minutes
Average speed: 10.2 km/h

Presses (for chest) - 10kg each arm
Curls (for biceps) - 7.5kg each arm
Push-ups (flat) - 21 times

(As of starting of the year - January/February 2011)

I did 1.5km runs too. The best I did during school days was about 9-10minutes. A recent record during the training for marathon I did about 8 minutes. And the most recent which was a few days ago I did ..the handphone application screwed up.

fakaladingdong it was about 7-8 minutes already after a distance of 1.4km so I pushed faster to get a better time. I swear to whatever freaking god out there I ran 300 metres already the distance still shows 1.4 and it's past 10 minutes.

I believe the application lags sometimes in the update of number. It might update when the distance becomes 1.6 or so in line with the time recorded. It's just that I want the time particularly for 1.5km it disappointed me.

This was probably my best record so far http://youareinmydream.blogspot.com/2010/11/98-progress-run-3-rekindled.html

My 2 hours and 58 minutes in my first 21km marathon is satisfactory but I am very disappointed that I took a freaking 1 hour 20 minutes for the 9.3km mark. Shame wei..own training record was so good at about 30-40 minutes for 6-7 km. It's like another 3km took another 40 minutes.

Ok end of fitness. Next up, my guitar.

I left my guitar at home since going down to KL so I've not played it for 4 weeks. But I found guitars everywhere in almost every crew room at my workplace. So, I get to play a bit of acoustic.

My thinnest string snapped and broke just after 3 days I resumed playing (got it back down here at KL after the cny fest). Got whipped while I was tuning it. Duno why maybe that part which broke was corroded thin already or just weakened by extensive bend of the part of the string.

And since I don't used to change one string only at a time I decided to change the first 3 strings instead of changing all of them since my 4th, 5th and 6th strings are still in a very good condition and I like em gauges 30 44 and 52.

So, I got this...

Dunlop Med/Heavy - Gauges 11 14 17 28 38 50

It's the first time my 1st 3 thin strings increase in gauge. I had been using 10 13 17. So I combine them old GHS Boomers GBTNT 30 44 52 and Dunlop 11 14 17 and give it a reality check.

Result:
I love it.

A broader and slightly mellow tone is produced. This in my opinion is the result of a complete heavier range of string gauge. Standard range is 10 13 17 26 36 46 I think which is quite thin compared to the ones I am using.

The mellowness is ideal as I love to have lower muddy tones in my playing, be it upbeat or dark songs. Especially metal or metal-based style of songs I like to play them in more crunchy and juicy tone. So in my opinion I can get that sound with heavier gauges.

Cos my Tele tone is already naturally thin, I get these thicker strings to beef it up. It works, at least to my ears and heart haha.

I mentioned slightly mellow because I still feel that it's quite bright which is not bad because it still sounds great in any kind of songs I try to play.

So, that's all about my 4th purchase of strings set.

99. So, I Ran

Personal

I'm 20. And I ran my first marathon in my life. I mean, half marathon hah.

Half marathon is 21km.

It's from Queensbay until some distance pass the midspan of bridge and then u-turn back up to some distance near E-Gate. From there straight up to the place where the run started as finishing line.

Gruesome. Grueling. Groovy. G...on the spot.

Pushing my own limits. Abusing my own feet as I pushed my soul harder. Never had this tough and long run before in my life. It was so mental. I had my heart doing most of the work by thinking of the support that I've had. emotional haha. I told my legs, "hold on don't give up you can do it". Sorry feet. It was a torture and nightmare.

I totally underestimated the route on the map and the distance in number.

It was endless as I saw the sea of heads and double the number, of legs heading towards blurry. It was so far that the cold, breezy and misty air had made a wall of clouding the vision of the journey. And then it rained god-like heavy.

I'm not sure if anyone caught me gulping the rainwater to drink. I think I was looking like goldfishes gasping for air. The rain played a very friendly role in cooling down tremendously my body to the point I didn't have to to keep going to the water station for hydration. Besides that, it's to be blamed for drenching my whole body. I threw away my socks halfway. It was a bad load soaking up so much water and kept getting rolled under my feet.

Push and push.

This is it.



It was uploaded into the Penang Bridge International Marathon website.

I edited just for my part. Courtesy of PBIM.

Ah Hooi's 2nd time running this big event and he did it in 2 hours and 41 minutes time. Kudos. We survived too.

More trainings on the way.


This is a picture of me with the finisher's medal.

X

Nope, haven't uploaded.

98. Progress Run 3 ~Rekindled

Personal

References
Run 1 (30th October) - http://youareinmydream.blogspot.com/2010/10/96-progress-run.html
Run 2 (14 October) - http://youareinmydream.blogspot.com/2010/11/97-progress-run-2-fail.html

Exercise Report/Summary

Day: Wednesday
Date: 17th November 2010
Time: 1900 hours
Weather: Cool and breezy
Temperature: n/a
Terrain: Tarred road

Location: Nilai
Traffic: Rare
Start: Behind Block D
Course: Back and forth a single straight road between Block D and E
Finish: Behind Block D

Start time: ~1900 hours
Finish time: ~1940 hours

Distance*: 6.3 km
Time*: 37.22.64 mins
Average speed*: 10.1 km/h
Maximum speed*: 16.8 km/h

[*recorded by my phone Fitness application]

Remarks:
1. The run started in the evening where the sun was setting. After the first 15 minutes the lamp posts became the only source of light for the road.
2. Road is wet after a course of drizzle an hour before.
3. The course is level; no uphills or downhills. Only back and forth a road of about 150m in length.
4. The wind is breezy and cool for most of the time which helped in cooling and providing positive airflow for breathing.
5. Pre-exercise diet: Water and half piece of bun from Cinnabon
6. Post-exercise diet: Some kolo mee from Kuching and less than 100ml of Soya milk. Dinner: Neslo and sandwich set (egg+meat+cheese+sausage+fries)

Comments:

This is the coolest ever run besides the events that I have participated in my life. Especially falling upset towards my previous training 4 days ago.

I beat the Run 2's 2.9km in ~16 minutes (ahead by ~3minutes) and at least pushed further to beat Run 1's 5.7km in ~33 minutes (1 minute difference).

But I still can't believe it how good in form I was despite having improperly hydrated in the first run record because it was in the morning I'd not taken much food for energy, the course is hilly and traffic was mild. And that time the sun was rising. This latest run I had was absolutely on straight and level terrain and there is no heat from the sun at all. It was rather boring and there was no variation. The only motivation I had was to kept looking at my stopwatch.

If it was in the morning, I believe I would have continued on the exercise at least until 10-12 km. As my breathing and energy level were in a very good form. Hydration was adequate from the drinking in the day. Food consumption was complete. I was just not motivated to keep running until 8 o'clock at night. It was a run in blindness. Only dim lamp posts and occasional passing-by cars' headlights glaring.

Note: These run progresses are for tests of performance only. Not graded for any use or competition. The Penang Bridge Marathon which I will be participating is 21km in distance to run for my half-marathon category which I selected. Satch blesses I will complete the run gracefully. Earning a podium position is not much of concern but it is the motivation, spirit and faith in finishing well the course and enjoying it as well. A 3 and a half hours limit will be a test to earning a finisher's medal. A 20th place would secure a Bronze medal. bzzt.

Get ready.

Theme song: Megadeth - High Speed Dirt and Hangar 18

97. Progress - Run 2 ~FAIL

Personal

Refer to http://youareinmydream.blogspot.com/2010/10/96-progress-run.html for a splendid previous record.

Exercise Report/Summary

Day: Sunday
Date: 14th November 2010
Time: 0935 hours
Weather: Sunny and breezy
Temperature: n/a
Terrain: Tarred road and pavement grass ground

Location: Nilai
Traffic: Slightly regular
Start: Same to Run 1
Course: n/a
Finish: n/a

Start time: 0945 hours
Finish time: ~1010 hours

Distance*: 2.9 km
Time*: 19.17.56 mins
Average speed*: 9.1 km/h
Maximum speed*: 19.5 km/h

[*recorded by my phone Fitness application]

Remarks:
1. Weather was exceptionally fine.
2. Sunny weather is great but the heat seemed to drain energy fast and the glare of the morning sun is unbearable at times.
3. Cool and breezy wind blowing helps a lot in cooling.
4. Water bottle is brought along this time. Hydration became convenient and regular.
5. Pre-exercise diet: Banana and biscuits
6. Post-exercise diet: Banana, soya milk and cork flakes cereal

Comments:
I am very disappointed and upset with this latest performance. I would rather not record this at all but that's not the point anymore for progress checks. This would serve me as a reminder and a history of a bad result. I could not even last until at least the distance covered in the previous run. I stopped at the time the time record was taken and then I attempted to continue but to no avail. I stopped again just after 2 minutes.

I was prepared. To improve on my performance as I brought with me a bottle of water. I think, it became a burden to hold it through out the course. I believe I ran out of phase and totally lost my rhythm in the energy consumption and breathing right after I was juggling running and drinking at the same time. Basically, I lost coordination with my steps and breathing when I shifted my attention to opening the bottle cap. The first time was not so bad. I think the second attempt to drink when I was already gasping for more air made me stop for a few seconds to drink and swallow.

After that, I just felt like I lost a lot of energy. The feeling of lazy legs surfaced. Eyes went into sleepy mode. I lost my concentration too. I kept thinking, how am I going to make it this time? I could not even hit 5km, let alone 10km.

I list down here the possible causes which I think are the reasons why I could not perform:
1. Serious lack of sleep
2. Heavy gym work out the day before
3. Heat from the sunny weather
4. Lack of regular training
5. Holding a bottle of water - which added weight and removed the freedom of movement of my arms
6. Had been recently working out on creatine supplement

No.1 factor is a serious detriment. I admit on that that I practically didn't sleep proper hours in the few nights before the run. Rather, I didn't sleep during the nights all only 2-4 hours of naps in the day. This involves time and work management.

The gym workout which I did the day before was a little over the regular repetitions and resistances. I pushed harder than before especially a lot on the quadriceps and hamstrings exercises. I reckon I have not recovered at all after such strenuous activity. I am not quite sure if I have actually converted an pro-endurance regime to strength-building. Plus the creatine-based supplement for muscle building.

Not sure though if that poses any difference in this small scale of training.

The weather is not really hot. It's just clear sky in the morning. Would not blame the heat generally though. It's rather breezy. I feel it's the combination of lack of sleep and the glare of the sun which made me feeling drowsy and lazy.

Holding the bottle. You tell me. The splashing of the water. The centrifugal force acting on the water. The grip on the bottle. It's a 600ml bottle. I actually left it at one spot when I felt that I could not continue anymore holding it for long period. And then when I made a turn-back I recollected it. That was already after I gave up.

Then I had to walk back home which took me almost 1 hour.

Upset.

96. Progress - Run

Personal

Exercise Report/Summary

Day: Saturday
Date: 30th October 2010
Time: 0900 hours
Weather: Wet - Light drizzling during start
Temperature: 20 °C - by feeling only
Terrain: Tarred road and pavement grass ground

Location: Nilai
Traffic: Rare but occasionally mild ~1 vehicle every 3 minutes
Start: ~150m before INTI entrance
Course: Along the road up to entrance of Nilai Springs Resort then reverse until halfway
Finish: Entrance of Taman Melati main road

Start time: ~0910 hours
Finish time: ~0940 hours

Distance*: 5.7 km
Time*: 34:43.60 mins
Average speed*: 9.9 km/h

(I think it's about ~8km/h)

Maximum speed*: 15.1 km/h

[*recorded by my phone Fitness application]

Remarks:
1. Weather was cold and wet so I wore a windbreaker which also helped in warming up.
2. Jacket was removed after feeling a lack of ventilation on my body.
3. The whole course of exercise was without proper hydration - citing the fact that if I were to had some water I would had covered a longer distance at a more consistent speed.
4. No smoking
5. No alcohol
6. No supplements
7. No medication.
8. Pre-exercise diet: A cup of Milk (~6 - 10g of protein) and 3 pieces of Domino's Cinnamon Stix
9. Post-exercise diet: Bread, cheesy baked beans and jambu air

Comments:

Wet weather did not deter me from training. I almost gave up actually at 8am in the morning when I looked at the sky and feel the wind it had not rained yet meaning it wanted to rain later. I assumed that it's going to rain and stop by 8am by comparing with the other days before this day. Went out the first time and felt that the drizzle was too heavy and I did not want to run with my feet soaked wet and especially with having sweaty skin wetted with cold rain water. Stayed back in the house waiting and took a nap, almost making my way back to the bed as a surrender to the weather. But I could not let go of the great opportunity and time to exercise.

Cold wind coupled with the lack of proper sleep time (5 hours only) made me felt sleepy while walking on the way to the course. Jacket helped protect from cold temperature, rain water, cold wind and keep warm.

Lower legs were not in best condition though due to ice-skating first time on the previous night. But the whole course was great. Smooth progress and breathing was properly coordinated for most of the time except during gulping saliva for hydration and inhaling hard to retain the nasal mucous in cavity.

After stopping the exercise I walked back to home. It took me around 30 minutes to reach at a paced walking speed. That is equivalent to walking back and forth PFS and CGL 4 times or 3 days worth of walking back (grandpa house) from school calorie burnt.

Fun sake yeah.

Theme music feeling: Satch Boogie

Credits: Adidas Performance. Nike Pro. bzzzzt materialistic

49. Filler Feeder

Friends & Family

The 50th post shall be the final stage for the year 2008. Might not necessarily be posted by 1st of January. But it shall serve as an ending and an opening to the ought-to-be magnificent year 2009. So..let's fill up the gap and feed some fun into our souls.

Wokei..we did it with almost a cancellation due to the rain. Penang Hill hike, until point 84. Good for YW, catching up with all our outdoor activities. With wet, muddy and slippery terrains...and uncountable slippings on the rocks we braved the jungle with landslide sites. It was a spiritual journey though this time. With Albert.

Some sort of crazy affinity. Just after getting out of the toilet, this dog appeared to have already set the target of keeping an extra company. He's totally our main source of amusement. Taking care of each other and concerns of safety and accompaniment. Good dog. YW is writing on it, the post will be out soon. With plenty of photos and one or two videos. Sadly, we had to leave it. Albert, we salute you. See you again someday.

And, having a mum who works in that big company brings a lot of benefit. Good advantage. You know that Jesselton mansion owner, yeah he's the owner of the company. First, I got free tickets to PESSOC performance but of course no dining there we're not VIPs. And then, being an honourable employee who regularly patronizes Miraku(also owned by that company) in G-Hotel my mother got a very nice and good service from the chief manager for our dinner.

First, he served us two complimentary plates of tauhu dishes. Then he came in again and served a plate of mixed vegetables, we told him we didn't ordered that and he replied, "it's complimentary, miss". Wah. Minutes later, he came AGAIN to serve a plate of deepfried chicken. I lost my sanity. Is this some kind of "poh lampa/chibai" treatment or just very good appreciation and regard. Or is he afraid that my mum came to audit the restaurant secretly. In the end, he came for the final compliment, the great-tastebud-buster green tea ice cream and some jelly dessert. WTF

That dinner actually had a cash voucher already and yet we're getting stupendous good amount more of food. Too much to not to be wasted, all into our stomachs with pride and joy. Except, with exceptionally small oesophagus, small stomach and slow digestion didn't manage to lick the plates grease-free. I love you mum muahaha

And then, getting a micro splinter into my palm. Dig. Scrape. Bleed. Tear. Push. Pull. Needle. Antiseptic. Fingernail. Biting the towel. Aaah nice pain.

NEXT:
1. Hooi's gig.
2. G3 jamming 2 at YW's + New Year boozing with KY
3. CNY shopping
4. Packing and settling necessities for return to MIAT
5. Leave once again
6. Return for CNY haha
7. Fitness regularity for Mt. Kinabalu expedition

ah..my knees. So sad. Weak ligaments and hmm..maybe weakened synovial cushioning. I can't give up hiking I tell you or any other tougher outdoor sports activities. It's like losing your fingers as guitar player.

Happy end year 2008

[Pride and Joy happened to be a song title from Stevie Ray Vaughn]

47. The Holiday Joy Ultimatum

Friends & Family

First of all, Merry Christmas. It's the dawn of 25th of December. Hooi, ur disappointing...sleeping wth you should be granting people happiness and be worshipped, the Jeesus.

To obliterate the murky and gloomy past...cover up with joyous moments spent together with friends and family. Back in hometown. The island. The great floating land linked by a sophisticated stand-firm bridge...longest in South East Asia right?

hang on...the writer's brain block slowly dissipating...boo. Boom.

Alright it has been almost 3 weeks since I came back from my campus. And the last written post was a tribute to Hide. The previous was just an informative post.

As you know, I've been granted an electric guitar already. ahha got photos already..

And I've done lots of activities since then. The ranked top as the most frequently done activity is(besides food) CC. Malei... It's a tour of death la.. Getting such freaky affinity for DOTA. Not just because it's a great game(interesting) but I keep playing it to learn more and more and improve and most of the time, to no avail. I'm a holy shit owning noob. Dun challenge me. Boring.

Here's a short video of my game back in my hostel room to kill time. It was a Naruto TD. Background music was actually my laptop speaker blaring, Slipknot - Gematria(The Killing Name).

Alright, so let's go. I will go through very briefly what I've done and been doing.
-Tried the guitar in different positions and styles. Getting comfortable with it. hah.

-....wait, I can't really remember anymore what I did. Let's see..there's Jason. Oh yes. I have been catching up with this long time bruddy(Jbrother+buddy) this holidays. Only that he left for KL so soon. Haven't swam with him. So I brought him out to hiking. First was the wednesday with Hooi. And then a food recommendation tour to the Argyll Road Roti Canai(RC) stall. I had earlier mentioned it as my childhood favourite RC place.

-Roti racist-roti masin-roti mini-roti dahaga-

But...it was a bad day. What a bad impression to Jason. It's so farking bad that day! So small in size and yet it tastes like eating solid sea water, figuratively...totally like salt accidentally spilt into the preparation. The worse is the fact that only our table(chinese boys) receive such small pieces of RC and they taste horrible. So we started thinking of racism. Fark. I almost vomited...like forcing 100% sodium chloride ingestion. I complained to the manager and cook. They started explaining...bla bla..ok la give chance la since I still love this place.

-did some Botanical Gardens jogging and exercising too with him and Hooi.

-Ye-Wheen came back too . Then we did our first G3 extravagance overnight. With guest performance by Jonathan. haha. It was rather a tiring night...with a late binge and booze. Heck, YW added Carlsberg into the noodle..ramen I think..kimchi-esque..ok la. Get high. The PS3 games of the night were Soul Calibur 4 (or 5??) and The Siren. The Siren is a farkup thriller horrifying game. I call it like that. Similar to the likes of Silent Hill where you brace the darkness and fear in a dead place. It's a great game, with each of us taking turns to complete the objectives. Super fun plus agitation plus fear plus 4am ambience.

-hmm..what else? oh yeah, swimming. First blood. With Jonathan and YW. Fun. But certainly cold with the morning wind chills at my apartment outdoor pool. Followed by a very satisfying wallet-blowing-jacking billed lunch. At El Mondo's. RM112 for 3 persons. wooh. 3 pizzas with drinks and service charge with government tax.

-hmmm...then? CC lo.. Eating out lo.. Garena at home lo... Basically these make up the life during this holidays.

-Should be nothing so significant anymore..so it's Jonathan's party occasion. His conceived plan of organizing a BBQ party. Exclusively for close friends and especially his loved one who came down to visit Penang. So we had fun doing disco while cooking daging(Zohan quote). Good chicken, beef, balls, sausages, corn and bellpeppers from Mr. Ng Khang Yang. The ending, the forced-to-finish-it-up cooking was ended abruptly by the tiny droplets of drizzling. CC was the destination after that. Until 1am.

Aeroplanes in the sky, landing. Big loo...wuahh...

-ok coming near to today already. woohoo..speed reading or whatever...I know not enough alluring visual-enhancing photos here.

-After the BBQ and CC, a few hours later..as in 11am the next morning, we went hiking till number 3 of Youth Park. woooh...rock climbing and rope climbing were the amusement. And there I had my scratch on my leg. I FARKING SLIPPED OFF THE small CLIFF. Funny the way i slided down. Even YW's handphone flung out of his pocket without him knowing. "kenot break one". And then lunch at Batu Lanchang market. And then CC. Serious..the same venue.

-Dinner with family at...El Mondo's. haha. Here a picture. Folded pizza..

-Swimming, this time with YW and Khang Yang. Same thing..bone chilling winds. This time the amusement was delving into deep depth of the pool to touch the bottom. YW even got his head touched to the bottom. I failed. But I managed, to crawl underwater..wooohoo..sounds fun huh.

...ooh it's bright already... 7.30am and I'ven't sleep yet.

-The Monday, 22nd. Went for dental. Given the plan of removing my braces in February. YEAH! Then to Hooi's house to kill time. Next fetch YW and Raymond. MEE SOTONG. Compulsory holiday outing and get-together lunch. With Joel. And yeah, meeting up with the arch-mouth-debating-rivals Daniel and Andrew. Proceeded to PENANG BOWL for bowling. Jonathan tagged along. Joined the organizer people, Eric, Seow, Razeen, Danial and Reshvinder(a pal who parted since 2006 for Australia).

- 23rd. Home Garena as usual..to kill time. Then the night, rockers' trip to PESSOC performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Dewan Sri Pinang. Woohoo..Ode To Joy. Then meet up with Adelyn the violinist haaha after the show. Like so many bunches of PFS mates around especially the Chorus people.. Hooi wearing a T-shirt inside with the phrase, "If it ain't Rock, it ain't music", ahaha such irony. Luckily no bash up by the Jascha Shimano the Yngwie Malmsteen-huge-Conductor of the orchestra. Penang CM Mr. Lim was supposed to be there but according to my mum, he only made it to the Sushi Kin dining with the horde of Dato's and Datin's. Elite arrogant rich manifests...

---->It was a Tuesday. And it rained before and after the night. Hell yeah. Actually I was invited by Cheng Yee to Wei Loon's homecoming party. Fux..couldn't make it. Sorry dudes..

- and then....?? Nothing else. I slept the whole day as a matter of hangover...lousy driver's remorse. Then Garena gaming till like what??few hours ago. And then the writing of this post. Very meaningful life I got here.

Ok..one more picture(urh..a little dark.forgot to edit a bit). To show you my guitar, the most recent look. The Rose.

Oh yeah! One more thing. Just yesterday I had a dream. And this guy, my class monitor appeared and did something. I forgot what. I was thinking why the heck I dreamt of him. Fark. Hours later, I received a voice mail while my phone was switched off from him. A distress call regarding our practical assignment. Fark. I am the Dream sucker.

So, next big thing..hmm..

-Kerachut Hike & Beach Leisure. Who wanna go, tag along and say YES to me. Not confirmed when.

-USM Jazz performance. Hooi is in! GO GO GO! But tickets are selling like hot sex.
-2nd G3 extravagance at YW's. Live footage recording
-hmmm....around 15 days left to go back to MIAT

ok time to sleep. Enjoy your life. Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating. I'm not. I only receive presents. But my number of presents dwindled down like from having (similar example) 20 boxes to now receiving like maybe 5 or less or close to nil. Aging. Also, have a happy new year. 2009. Should be a nice year for ..duno..anything joyous. Rock on.

Next posts should touch more photos..especially my guitar and particularly my activity captures.

6. Selection, Kerachut, Party, Hikathon, Mourning & Doughnuts

Friends & Families

The other title for this post would be SHANDY WITHDRAWAL
The song Drowning Pool - Tear Away just ended and Sum 41 - Still Waiting plays, I skipped it and Abba - S.O.S is playing.

For those who missed and already lazy to scroll down to read my post on Booby Trap, here it is. Lynn Anderson - Blue Bayou is playing now. And then... m*lei Samsons - Kenangan Yang Terindah.

UPDATE: For those who had read this post, be updated by looking for the sentences in white(except date and title). I think I am lazy to post photos and videos. But if I do, I will post update.

April 17th - MIAT Test & Interview Day

Venue is at Pejabat Mara. I wore my oversized long-sleeved shirt and slacks and brought with me my Free School tie(so proud of it, but I didn't wash it so there's dirty spots). Meet up with Jonathan. IQ test session. First 5 questions were English word meanings, next 5 were basic physics calculations and so on IQ related questions. There were 50 questions and we were expected to finish them in 30 minutes time...obviously we're not geniuses. I blindly shot last 10 questions due to insufficient time(I'm shaking inside, the room is soooo cold, even with long sleeves). Next is the interview. It went fine and there went my certified true copies of certificates to the lecturers. Later in the day, Hooi, Meng Jon and I went to Botanical Gardens to warm before our Kerachut trip. We ended up hiking up to Point 46. Jon almost got lost but come on, his muscles were not invisible to be spotted by passers-by. Our leg muscles were freaking pumped up. aha, I wore weights and hiked ok. We cancelled the Kerachut trip because of potong stim reasons but by 12am the trip was set to on again due to certain stim reasons.

[Avenged Sevenfold - Critical Acclaim just played followed by Charlie Clouser - Hello Zepp and now Boxcar Racer - There Is]

April 18th - Kerachut Hike & Beach Trip
Departed at 9.30am. Stopped by at 7Eleven to buy drinks and food for lunch. Chauffeur of the day is Mr. Ng Khang Yang driving a powerful manual transmission white legendary drifting Proton Saga who led us to the end of the world(yes, the name of the place is End of the World, at Teluk Bahang a few hundred metres from Muka Head). Hike started at 10.20am(can you imagine young men like Hooi, Jon and I actually hiked twice in 24 hours). Ended one hour later at 11.20am sharp. It's a first time hike for Ye-Wheen and he made it through without breaking a sweat(I'm so proud of him). Also the first time visit to Pantai Kerachut for Jon, Hooi and YW. erh, I don't need to put so much details here ok, just usual boys' beach activities. The highlights were Hooi's Divebombs, YW's headbang somersault(YW, you still doing it huh since ebod room days), my burial in sand with stick and fruits, Jon's Olympic swimming rounds and KY's saltwater drinking. YW actually did a real headbang somersault which landed him headfirst onto the seabed. As usual, he woke up laughing as if he watched Hannibal suffocating his victim underwater. I was the only one topless while leisuring at the beach. That also explained why I was the only smothered with very minor body sunburns. We found out our truths, we were afraid of crocodiles and anacondas. The walk back barefooted to our campsite was a trip to hell and back, the seemingly soft beach surface teemed with stove-hot boiled sand, shattered sea shells, spiky conifers and for me, my already hell-scarred foot sole(I had earlier ran through them and it's just like stepping on glass shards). Then, we had lunch. Bread, tuna, egg, luncheon meat, rollercoaster rings, nyonya kuih and pistachio nuts. After an hour or less of nap we left the beach by boat with a cost of RM10 per person back at 3.45pm. Headed to Restoran Padang Kota Lama(our lao ti fang) at esplanade to have our tea time. Mee Sotong, Coconut Shake Drink and Ais Kacang. Then, we moved our asses to Dewan Sri Pinang to meet some pretty girls(the girls of JKJK gang), YW and I actually needed the toilet too for some bladder and stomach action. So, a few slaps and shoutings occured, and then followed by hugs, aww... friendship just can't be certified without some hehe; even spanking a male friend approves friendship. ok, enough enough back. Back home.

Make your way to the Inner Sanctum and Nahhhh. for more details and different side of stories of our Kerachut trip. Wait if they haven't posted it up yet. If you would, then keep updated for this part of post I will change the links directly to their updates. There, here is Ye-Wheen's side of the Kerachut trip.

Cancelled - uploading of videos and photos.

[oh many songs played, Avenged Sevenfold - Beast & the Harlot playing now. And then Rage Against The Machine - Guerilla Radio]

April 19th - Yik Sean's House Warming Party (a.k.a nutmeg celebration hehe)
Slept till 12pm. Had cereal for breakfast. Had fried rice for lunch. Bathed. Back to sleep. (zzzzzz... fast-forwarded) There we were at Yik Sean's nutmeg estate eh no, I mean his house. A buffet party. I thought the food choices were not as many as you would see in hotel but the quality is top-notch for my taste. oh, my gang was me, YW, Hooi, Jon, Jonathan and Khang Yang. Why the gang? Why the segregation when we are all friends? I mean, you can see boys mix with boys only and girls at another table mixing with only females. Exception for Joel's wife. We all saw the man!!! Then we played cards and drank Anglia Shandy which KY stresses that the label read "mengandungi tidak lebih daripada 1.0% alkohol" so to gain our confidence in him to drive us home. The victim would be the passenger sitting beside him in the car. Exchange of goodbye and thank you greetings took place as we made our way out from the house. We were sent by Mr. Joel Lim Shyang Jun(our ex-chauffeur), Yik Sean and his parents. Very warm and welcoming people they are. Shandy withdrawal symptoms showing up. Queasiness and headache. It's just plain water mild boozing and partying so... urh head for the shower and bed. Total shut eye began at 3am. Timed to wake up at 6am. 3 hours to rest before the big day

April 20th - Hikathon(confession of the muscles sinews)

Father saved me from dying in my dre-.. nightmare, very horrifying. Left home at 7.10am to head for the battlefield, Youth Park. My comrade was Mr. Kang Chin Hooi. Donning the Hikathon attire; plus Saw DVD in my bag and Horlicks sweets in Hooi's pouch, we got ready at the Starting Grid, but not the front line. Flagged off at 8am sharp. Sweeeet... no one cheering for us(not even boys). The route was muddy and slippery but that didn't deter us from downtuning our pace. A few overtakings took place, we got the proud and great feeling when overtaking because it showed that we're faster and please make way for us. I gladly brand myself as the Uphill King as I have so much energy stored and efficiently combusted to retain the adrenaline rush when battling the arduous gradient of Bukit Cendana. On the other hand, I gave the title Downhill King to Hooi for he virtually teleported so much further from me and literally disappeared out of my field vision after he managed to overtake a handful of "tractors" and "steamrollers" who actually dragged us along behind a lot. But in the end, my ass cracked and released the chemicals "The Booster" and "I-Cant-Feel-Tired". Crossed the finishing line and was ahead of Hooi by 7 places. We clocked 1 hour 30 minutes for this approximately 9km stint. The time limit was actually 3 hours. So we received a certificate each for finishing on time. One of the winners was a 72 years old man. I also heard another winner which I thought was the best finished in 40 minutes time. Respect. Shandy Withdrawal resumed. Sorry to disappoint my friends(the JKJK girls) again... was invited to go watch their play at Dewan Sri Pinang, but I didn't go. At least KY went with Meng Jon. Still, I feel bad, I was always like this too. Turning down invitations is just me. More disappointments will occur I presume and ultimately I know it will hit back on me. Oh, here it is you can take a look at the brochure map for the hikathon, courtesy of www.pac.com.my

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Oh, yeah I don't know what happened to him. When I looked at him, he looked pale, cold and wet. He seemed to be dead. I was mourning after finishing the hikathon. I dismantled him and wiped him dry and let him dry under the sun. So disheartened. He is my mobile phone. Maybe my bottle spilled water in my bag or just the misty and wet condition during the hike up the hill. It didn't respond either. But 9 hours later, it woke up. ahh...relieved. But his face is clammy. ah...I don't have to tell you about him so much. For the time being I am using my spare phone so no problem. Not anymore. He's awake but his screen lights are a little bit blown.

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Alrighty, other than Roti Canai, I like... Donuts! I really liked them. ok I sound like a girl now confessing about his/her favourite stuffs. My super favourite is Dunkin' Donuts but I guess I won't be so obsessed with it anymore for maybe these few years or for life because erh... I had so much of it when I was not really in need of them way back in Genting last year. Hooi and I bought a box of 12 pieces to treat our friends but there was lack of team work. So both of us had to struggle to finish them, pity Hooi who suffered more than me. And then 2 weeks ago, this sweet girl whose name is Ms Tan Kai Wen(1/4 of the JKJK gang) brought KY and me donuts back from Dunkin' Donuts. I had them for supper. And tonight, I bought one piece from Queensbay, no not Missy Donut(not very good yet not affordable) but Jusco bakery. Eaten half, again it's tongue-job. Saved the other half for breakfast. ok, thats' all about me and donuts. huh..a lot of mentions of JKJK. Ok, let me introduce to you if you haven't know, JKJK gang comprises of two sweet girls and two unemployed Mister Universe-more-than-man men members. They are Janina, Kai Wen, Khang Yang(occupied already)and me(still single) the cold and cool one. And I'd love to copy some people's phrase(I am sorry if any of my close friends actually used it; I advocate the strong opposition on behaving like that but I have no right to teach you, your style ok), *Be Jealous.
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Ok again, I am kinda reliving my interest in listening to Limp Bizkit. Special thanks to Fred, Sam, John, Lethal and Wes for creating such mosh-pit music genre. So I hereby attach a video for your viewing and listening pleasure. I present you, Limp Bizkit - Rearranged from the album Significant Other. Enjoy dudes & babes.