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2010-06-03T00:31:00.000+08:00

came across this video, introed by bestie.
yeah.
as she always is.

enjoy!

2010-01-22T00:24:00.001+08:00

i wanna get a new phone?

should i get..

E71?

E72?

E63?

E52?

or a..

Blackberry??

figured out that i dont have a thing for touch screen phones..

and that is including iphones.

2009-12-02T21:42:00.005+08:00

How Acid Buffers in Sports Supplements Reduce Lactic Acid

World-class endurance athletes and their trainers are constantly seeking new ways to improve performance and endurance without running afoul of the organizations that monitor their sport or sacrificing their health. At such an elite level, improvements measured by fractions of a second can be quite significant so triathletes and other types of endurance athletes examine every aspect of diet, training, sleep patterns and other factors to gain a competitive edge. Thanks to innovative research on how our bodies manufacture lactic acid and process it, endurance athletes and their trainers now have a much better understanding of how to prepare for elite competitions.

Best of all, their decisions are based on hard scientific evidence instead of anecdotal evidence and supposition. Over the last several years, several sports supplements have been developed to help prevent lactic acid buildup in muscle tissue during intense exercise by including compounds that act as lactic acid buffers. This overview of how lactic acid buffers help reduce lactic acid buildup from impairing performance and endurance during intense workouts has been demonstrated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.

How Lactic Acid is Produced and Processed by the Human Body

When the muscle cells in an endurance athlete’s body need fuel, they convert glycogen or glucose into lactic acid. Next, each muscle cell’s mitochondria, the power plant of a cell, burns lactic acid for fuel. Specific types of proteins called “transporter proteins” expedite the delivery of lactic acid, also called lactate, to each cell’s mitochondria through a network of tiny tubes throughout the cell. Through proper training, an endurance athlete like a triathlete can gradually improve the rate at which lactic acid is burned for fuel in their body so it doesn’t accumulate in their muscle tissue and impair performance, endurance, and cause them to “hit the wall.”

How Lactic Acid Buffers Work

Buffers are substances that help prevent any solution, such as blood or the fluid in muscle tissue, from undergoing a change in pH when introducing an acid, such as lactic acid, or alkali. In order to illustrate how lactic acid buffers work and help an endurance athlete stay competitive, it is helpful to have a basic understanding of the physiology and biochemistry of the human body.

The lungs and kidneys work together to maintain a pH of 7.4 in blood by altering the components of naturally occurring buffers. If the blood’s pH becomes too acid or alkali with pH’s as low as 7.0 or as high as 7.8, the body’s buffers can no longer compensate for the extreme conditions and systems begin to fail one after the other. There are four major buffering systems in the human body:

Biocarbonate buffers found in the blood’s plasma correct the equilibrium shift that occurs when a surplus of lactic acid in muscle tissue creates an abundance of excess hydrogen ions.

Hemoglobin in red blood cells acts as a buffer to byproducts and other threats to the pH balance in blood. For instance, when glucose is broken down into fuel by muscle cells and converted to lactic acid, the byproducts created are carbon dioxide and excess hydrogen ions.

Phosphate buffers are essential for buffering the pH of fluid in cells and are especially important for buffering urine in the kidneys.

Protein buffers also buffer the effects of excess hydrogen ions created when glucose converts in lactic acid. Protein buffers primarily buffer the pH of fluid inside cells.

Lactic Acid Buffers such as Magnesium and Potassium

Many sports supplements include magnesium and potassium in their formulas because these two substances, along with a lesser amount of sodium, help regulate fluids in cells, especially muscle cells, and help equalize or buffer the blood’s pH. Potassium levels maintained in a ratio of 5:1 to sodium help regulate water retention in our bodies and prevent too much potassium from voiding as waste in urine. Potassium protects against kidney damage, strokes and high blood pressure.

Only within the last two decades has magnesium’s importance in maintaining proper pH and overall health been understood. Research has found that magnesium is essential for facilitating the storage of potassium in our bodies. Without magnesium, the human body cannot store potassium. When triathletes and other endurance athletes take sports supplements that contain recommended dosages of potassium and magnesium, the amount of sodium removed from the body increases, as does the amount of excess fluids. These minerals are not only essential to proper health and balance, they also facilitate the body’s ability to buffer and quickly process the lactic acid created during strenuous exercise.

Whether you’re an elite endurance athlete or a weekend warrior, taking a sports supplement with lactic acid buffers such as potassium and magnesium is not only a good way to gain a competitive edge, it is also essential for overall health!

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2009-09-13T15:34:00.001+08:00

what a sunday afternoon..

Black Hole Facts

2009-08-23T11:07:00.001+08:00

When the star ten times more massive than our own Sun, explodes (Supernova) it leaves behind the strangest phenomenon in the Universe. The Black Hole. After explosion what is left behind is heavy core of subatomic particles, a Neutron Star. It can be very small, but with enormous density. Scientists calculated that approximately one teaspoon of Neutron Star would weight around billions of tons. The gravitational pressure of this highly dense object is so large that it can bend fabric of time and space. This theory is based on Einstein's proposition that space and time are woven together in a flexible fabric. Massive objects like Sun warp the fabric of space and time and pull smaller objects like Earth. Very large Neutron Star can warp time and space fabric so much that it could create a hole where gravity is so strong that not even light could escape. Black Holes are pulling everything around them closer to the center of the hole. In some sense black holes are creators of the galaxies since they are pulling planets and stars towards the spiral center. Each galaxy has a Black Hole and occasionally galaxies collide together because of the gravitational pull from the larger black holes. It is expected that in 5 billion years Andromeda galaxy will collide with our Milky Way galaxy.

Swine Flu Facts

2009-08-23T11:06:00.001+08:00

Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of illness and low death rates in pigs. Swine influenza viruses may circulate among swine throughout the year, but most outbreaks occur during the late fall and winter months similar to outbreaks in humans. The classical swine flu virus (an influenza type A H1N1 virus) was first isolated from a pig in 1930. The 2009 flu pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza virus, officially named the "new H1N1", first identified in April 2009, and commonly called "Swine flu." It is thought to be a mutation of four known strains of the influenza A virus, subtype H1N1: one endemic in (normally infecting) humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in pigs (swine). Experts assume the virus "most likely" emerged from pigs in Asia, and was carried to North America by infected persons. There is also evidence that the new strain had been circulating among pigs on other continents for years before infecting humans. Cooked pork products are safe to eat as the virus cannot be transmitted by eating and it is transited from human to human. The virus typically spreads from coughs and sneezes or by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching the nose or mouth. Symptoms, which can last up to a week, are similar to those of seasonal flu, and may include fever, sneezes, sore throat, coughs, headache, and muscle or joint pains. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that most cases worldwide have been mild so far and most hospitalizations and deaths have been of persons that also had underlying conditions such as asthma, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, or a weakened immune system. So far, over 200 000 people have been infected with Swine Flu, while "only" about 1 600 have died, which is mortality rate of 0.8 percent, so we should not panic, but we should be cautious. Compared to Black Plague pandemic between 1348. and 1350. in Europe, which had mortality rate of over 75 percent, Swine Flu is not so scary, isn't it?

2009-08-05T11:30:00.000+08:00

woots!

i'm very happy looking at my ord counting timer at the left side of my blog!
it's like only TWO digits left.
soon will be 1 digit!

gotta plan what i'll be doing during the holidays already.
not holidays maybe, but rather break.

feel like giving tuition.
but seems like i've returned all my jc knowledge back to my teachers.

shall brush up and give tuition!
it's good money yeah.

it seems like it was just yesterday that i shouted POP OH!
it's gonna be very soon that i'll shout ORD OH!
time passes real fast.

and seems like police, is actually not that bad afterall.
a potential career option for me!

WAHAHAHA.

What is a sardine?

2009-06-29T22:05:00.000+08:00

There is actually no such fish as a sardine. What we call sardines are actually small or immature fishes in the herring family (Clupeidae). What are called sardines in northern European countries may be sild or brisling (types of herring). Likewise, in the northeastern United States, sardines may be other types of small herring. In France or Portugal, sardines are likely to be pilchards. In addition, it is not uncommon for any host of small, oily, silvery, edible fishes (non herring) to be referred to as sardines. Sardines travel in large schools along coastlines throughout the world. They got their name from the canning process that was first developed in Sardinia ( an island near Italy).

Sardines are typically packed in oil or water. If served fresh, they may be prepared grilled, broiled, fried, salted, smoked, or served in a variety of sauces. They are a good source of protein and are low in saturated fat. They are also high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which are considered to be heart healthy. Sardine oil is used primarily as a lubricant and in some soap products.

Interesting, the word sardine is regularly used to indicate a condition of being packed into something (as sardines are in a can). For example:

*We felt like sardines on the train.

*At the sleepover, all of my friends were sardined on the floor because we had but one bed.

What is an Achilles' heel?

2009-06-19T23:46:00.001+08:00

Everyone has weakness - physical, emotional, intellectual, and/or others. The phrase Achilles' heel is used in contemporary language to describe a point of weakness or vulnerability in someone or something. For example:

* The airplane that we built is beautiful, but we must examine its engine for any Achilles' heels.

* She is just too good to be true; surely she has an Achilles' heel.

Achilles' heel originates from Greek mythology. Interestingly, in Homer's Iliad, Achilles' weakness was his pride. It was the Roman poet Statius who wrote of the tale of Achilles and the River Styx. When Achilles was born, his mother, Thethis, desired to make him immortal. It was reputed that the waters of Styx, a poisonous underworld river, held such supernatural powers, so she took him to the riverbank and, holding him by his heel, dipped him in the river. Later, he was mortally wounded in the Trojan War by an injury to his heel - the hell that remained untouched by the river water because of his mother's grasp on it.

What is the differnce between flammable and inflammable?

2009-06-10T15:42:00.000+08:00

Both words, flammable and inflammable, mean the same thing - something that easily burns. The confusion comes into the picture because we usually use the Latin prefix "in' to mean "not" or to negate something. Consider the words inconsistent (not consistent), intolerable (not tolerable), invisible (not visible), or indirect (not direct). In case of inflammable, the in- (also od Latin origin) is used as an intensive prefix and means "to be able to". In other words, it is used as "inflame + able."

Because of the great need to be perfectly clear regarding flammable material, the terms "highly flammable" and "nonflammable" are typically used.

LOL interesting.
was just wondering why it's so weird..

anyway, just another random question..
why so police around the world use blue and red blinkers on their vehicles??
anybody knows the answer?

What is chisenbop?

2009-05-29T15:32:00.002+08:00

In mathematics, chisenbop is an ancient Korean method of finger counting. It dates back to the time when abacus was used. Follow the steps below to see how to multiply by 9 using chisenbop:

1) Extend all ten fingers in front of you, palms down.
2) Number them in your mind in numerical order, so that the pinkie to your far left is 1, the ring finger next to it 2 and so on until the pinkie to the far right is 10.
3) Select a multiplication problem using the number 9. For example, 7 X 9.
4) Using your "numbered" fingers, lower your 7th finger (this should be the index finger on your right hand)
5) Look to see what fingers are still displayed: You shoud have 6 fingers showing to the left of your lowered index finger and 3 to the right of the lowered index finger.
6) Voila! 7 X 9 = 63.

Keep in mind that all mathematical functions are not this simple or even possible using chisenbop. This is simply one example of what can be done is this fashion.

hahaha so cool! actually saw this thingy at tampines mall, just didnt know what it was called till happened to read the above!

Who was St. Valentine?

2009-02-13T22:25:00.000+08:00

Valentine’s Day is a popular occasion devoted to the celebration or pursuit of love. Typically marked by the giving of cards, candy, flowers, or other tokens of affection, Valentine’s Day as we know it today was born of religious and pagan roots. Cloaked in a degree of uncertainty, a common version of how Valentine’s Day originated begin with a fifth century roman celebration to honour two deities, Juno and Lupercus. Part of these mid February celebrations involved the custom of conducting a lottery where a young man drew the name of an unmarried girl out of a container. The girl selected became his companion for a period of time sometimes for the entire year. Appalled by this practice, early Christians leaders are said to have altered the custom by having the names of saints placed in the container to be selected by both young men and women with the idea that the name drawn would serve as a model to emulate for the upcoming year. (You imagine how the young men of Rome must have reacted to this rule change!)

Although several saints named “Valentine” (all martyred), are recognized by the Catholic Church, a likely candidate to continue with this legend involves Valentine, a priest who served during the third century in Rome. During this same time, Emperor Claudius II believed that unmarried men made the best soldiers and decreed against marriage for young men of military age. Valentine, sympathetic to the young men’s plight, secretly married those who came to him asking to be married despite the prohibition. Imprisoned for this defiance and for refusing to renounce his faith, Valentine is said to have fallen in love with the jailer’s blind daughter. His faith and his great love for her miraculously cured her blindness. He is also credited with signing his last letter to her “From your Valentine,” before his beating and beheading (coincidentally on February 14, AD 270). In AD 496, valentine was named as the patron saint of lovers to replace the pagan Juno and Lupercus. The occasion, renamed St. Valentine’s Day, was celebrated on February 14.

Although dropped from the Catholic calendar of feasts by Pope Paul VI in 1969, Valentine’s Day is still an extremely popular occasion for sweethearts of all ages.

2009-01-25T22:27:00.002+08:00

it's CHU XI!

an di'm just back from work.
waiting for everyone to get ready for reunion supper!

thanks to one of my fellow malay officers that i can spend chu xi and first day or CNY at home!
both needa sacrifice abit,
but for a fellow officer, once a year, not too much to ask of is it?
we too return the favour on hari raya.

been a crazy week for me.

feeling's went crazy,
emotional roller coaster.
lost my new asics shoes and nike shoe bag at parkway parade.

oh wells.
maybe it's a hint that i shld get another pair (:

I WANT MY PAY!

2009-01-12T12:18:00.004+08:00

just came back from genting a few days ago..

went there with relatives!
haha

omg it was COLDD.
13 degrees!

and there was mist/fog everywhere.
bought some souvenirs too!

it's been already a few times that i've been to genting and i've not been to the theme park already
haha is that a good thing?

and.

I DIDNT MANAGE TO ENTER THE CASINO!
(shall not disclose the reason here, ask me if you're interested! (: )

2009-01-01T22:16:00.003+08:00

it's a new year
2009

everyone's getting older.
new year resolutions are running out for those who have achieved it.
but seems that mine just keeps getting longer and longer every year!

hmm but a new year resolution shld be just a resolution yea?
not one that can be achieved by yourself.

cos i have a few resolutions, but it's really not up to me where it can be fulfilled or not.
oh wells.

MAIN NEW YEAR RESOLUTION FOR 2009!

To get disrupted from NS and enter NUS THIS YEAR!
yeah this year, 2009.

remember the past when still schooling.
writing the dates for assignments, especially in the first few weeks of the new year.
the YEAR part of the date, will always be that of the previous year.

thinking back..
seems abit retarded.

but
IT HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY!

so i'm normal.

all the best to all my juniors and friends who are still in the secondary school/ juncoir college era.
tml will be the first day of school.
a new year ahead.
new things to accomplish,
more stress, more homework, more responsibility, more exams
and MORE NONSENSE.
LOL

live life to the fullest guys.
as you grow older, you just seem to be too lazy to do all those stuff you have did when you where still schooling.
or rather growing older and lack the energy and jive.

I FEEL LIKE WEARING AJ UNIFORM AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL TOMORROW!
AHHHHHHHH

2008-12-31T23:59:00.000+08:00

went out with 0606 FTM today!
it's NEW YEAR'S EVE!!

supposed to stay out to countdown but we all decided not to squeeze with the rush, so we went home at 11.30pm :D

supposed to meet at 5.45pm at somerset mrt.
the guys arrived on time
the girls started arriving at 6.45, with the last one arriving at 7.30pm.

ate at pasta de waraku @ heeren.
bought the set meal,
which was @#$^!@#$@# filling.
poor yuan wen and jocelyn ordered the scallop and chicken doria, so small and pathetic
><

the pasta was extremely filling!
(and to think that i ate a little og LJS before going to heeren)

continued after that to hunt a place for john smith to cut his hair.
but it's either too ex, or they're not nearby, or closed.

then hunted for donuts for him to buy some home.
walked all the way from heeren to le meridien, to plaza sing, and finally
raffles city.

only j.co had some donuts left to sell.
but chased us away, whiling the staff munched away at the unsold, or rather yet to be sold donuts.

we walked around looking for a place to seat,
and ended up at MOS.

the girls shared a milk tea,
pass here pass there pass everywhere, and they spilled it.
my phone, bag, and my psp were drenched ):

stayed there till 11+
before we went home.

(YW got a special message from a special someone!)

oh yeah! people for the day were,

Jelphine
Yi Tian
Yuan Wen
Yvonne
Jocelyn
Mun Kiat
Chun Hong
Qing Wen

LOLness.
poor rest of the class.
most of them are on duty!

2008-12-20T20:40:00.002+08:00

today went to carol at dohbby gaut mrt

haha it's for a blood donation drive organised by the SMU's Red Cross Humanitarian Network.

they shld thank us for sacrificing so much time u know!
haha in total we will be singing 4 sessions of like 6 hours for them?

people pay at least $800 a session u know!
it amounts to like erh, $3200?
(and each session is like at most 3 hours)

the guy managed to get me a santa claus squeezee!
the kind that you squeeze to try to get your blood out.
i'm planning to use it as a stress ball.
(yenyen says it looks like me and took a pic of it with me :\ )

used my phone to take a few pics :D
(will update with pics once i upload them)

reached SMU sch of econs at 9
but then that person said will only start at 10.45
so went PS eat BK
ENORMOUS OMELETTE SANDWICH :D
caught up with everyone and then went back smu.
AND WAITED and had LUNCH till 12.15 before we started heading to dhobby gaut mrt.
ended at around 6 today.

cant attend tomorrow!
got work!
):

2008-12-17T00:32:00.001+08:00

BUSY BUSY!

having 24 hours shift tomorrow!
i mean LATER.

so shall update the day after erh. TODAY!

need to go SLEEP!

seee you people!

(anyway i got some interesting photos)

2008-12-14T23:25:00.002+08:00

still down with ear infection-

I'M A SLEEPING BEAUTY!

guess thanks to all the medication.
i slept 22 hours in the past 24 hours!

think i just broke xiying's record of 18 hours!

I'm halfway through my medication..
but seems like there is no improvement in my condition!

I'm so afraid that it'll affect my hearing!
OH NO!

many many things to worry about!

this ear infection is definitely not making me feel comfortable!

after reading daryl's post, suddenly miss everyone, miss school, miss hanging out with friends while still wearing the sch uniform.
what a sense of nostalgia.

guess all these will never happen again.
NS has changed us altogether
making us feel like grown adults
making us shoulder all our responsibilities
making us realise that the world out there is unforgiving
and that somehow, will not allow us to stay in the immature mindset of ours we had even in our JC days.
how i miss those times.

for many, it's a 1 year anniversary of them entering NS.
and also 365 days to ORD/ROD.

that nostalgic feelings comes again, when i see my juniors receive their enlistment letters,
all being so excited, and for those who have not received the enlistment letter,
calling that toll free hotline, entering their NRIC to see where they are posted to.
and now,
some of them are already in there to start
to learn to feel and behave like grown adults,
to learn to shoulder all their responsibilities
to learn to realise that the world out there is unforgiving
and to lose that immature mindset of theirs that all boys had during their PRE-NS days.

guess NS is a good thing too.
changing us from boys to men.

2008-12-13T21:47:00.001+08:00

back from work!

luckily i only did 4 hours instead of 6 hours today.
was so TIRED! thanks to all the drowsy medicine.
i gues the doctors purposely made it to cause drowsiness so people like me will rest so that we can recover from the sickness.
HAHAHA.

i totally knocked out on bus 855 even though the ride was so bumpy and noisy!
till the extent that the bus driver had to wake me up to tell me that i have arrived ar seah imm interchange!
lucky nvr take other buses else i'd have ended up in jurong or smth like that.

then i slept on the shuttle bus in too!
can u believe it! it's like only 10 mins yet i can sleep like a PIG.
i took me les than 10 secs to fall asleep.
X_O

i seriously amazed by the power of these drowsy medicine!
hahaha!

i rested for approx 7 hours after my watch.
then wake up to eat some roti prata :D

then winston accompanied me back home on the bus!
else i would have fallen aslp again too.
back for dinner, bathe, and sleep..

sleeping very early today.
kinda dozing off while i type...

Zzz
so see you guys!

2008-12-12T21:06:00.002+08:00

was back early today thanks to the other ship helping us collect rations (cos they are using our ship)

if not, i guess i'll be another superman for the day!
some superior gave an excuse saying need to go out of base to the ATM to draw money, but everyone obviously knows what he's going to do.

thanks to the other ship!

anyway!
went to the polyclinics today..

the wait was QUITE fast today..
compared to others days when i used to wait like 2 hours, and 4 hours at polyclinics and hospitals respectively.

seems like i have alot of problems!

the ear blocks = left ear infection, red and swollen inside
fever = infection from ear blocks
headache = not enough rest, overstrain
flu = not enough rest
cough = bad weather
knee caps = overstrain

she also mentioned that i'm so young, and that my knee caps are in VERY bad condition!
(but seriously my knee caps keep popping when i move them!)

OHNO!

got alot alot of medicine today.
i dread antibiotics for the infection!

and like 3/4 of the medicine make me drowsy.
and i have to work tomorrow!

YAYness!

2008-12-11T16:28:00.002+08:00

just woke up from sleep/nap

i slep at 12.30 then woke up at 11.45
ate some cereals! and slep agian at 12.30
so here i am, woke up at 4.30

didn't go out this morning,
so supposed to go gym,
train for IPPT, lose weight all those rubbish.
but instead slept till like NOW.

guess i was just too tired from yesterday!
6 people doing things of 12 people!
plus like 4 gave up.
and the sun was so hot!
and i was the superman!
haha.
so cool.

there's another best ship competition held today.
one held everyday.
guess we're in second place now!

going for work soon.
night shift AGAIN.
i'm always doing NIGHT shift.
it seriously sucks u know.
but guess it's good this time.
give me enough time to rest!

shall go to gym tomorrow morning!
:D
yay!

eating my early dinner now.
and i'm still SICK!

hope i'd get well soon after the huge amount of rest i've had today!

2008-12-10T18:18:00.002+08:00

just back from best ship competition!

we are FIRST as of today!
because we are the first to start, and the only one to be accessed today.
my ship has the record of being the last in the best ship competition.

anyway, i guess i was the superman today.
doing all the things that people wont want to do..

i donned the fireman suit.
carried the 968451678654kg stretcher, with one of them on top.
carried the saeboat (rubber dinghy)

now my calf is swollen as the rubber dinghy fell on me.
and my legs got caught inbetween the rubber dinghy and and the planks of wood.
luckily it hit my calf!
if it hit anywhere else, guess my bones would have been fractured already.

these few days have been madness.
the best ship competition is supposed to be done by 12 people.
however, today!
we did it with 6 people, not including the top 2 officers.

they already given up.
so it was just left with me and one OLD BIRD to do everything else.

it's like working EVERYDAY!
madness!

hopefully we wont be last, with me helping the ship!
SUPERMAN!

2008-12-09T21:31:00.002+08:00

just woke up after duty.

seems like i will not be able to take leave till next year.
people claim that regulars needs to clear their leave, so they're given priority.
on the other hand, other NS people can clear too.
seems like my leave is going to get burned!

oh wells.

sunday's squad outing was fun!
we spent i dont know how many hours at LAN playing battlefield 2.
i coudlnt play cos there was no more comp for me.
it's okay, i get to save money! :D

edwin only joined us halfway through our LAN cos he just finished running the 42.195km marathon.
xuan kai and jun hao, were no where to be seen.
hope that they can still walk properly!

i want to join the 21km marathon next yr.
must start training!
nevermind about my knee.
should lose weight so my poor knees will not have so much burden on them!
:D

COME COME PEOPLE MOTVATE ME!

anyway had family chalet from the 4th dec to 7th dec.
but didnt really spend much time there too.
had like outings everyday.
4th dec: wendy
5th dec: natalie
6th dec: 2806
7th dec: NS 02/08

but at least i managed to spend much time with all my cousins and relative at the chalet!
had so much things to catch up on, and also so much things to gossip about.

really look forward to such gatherings in future!

having best ship competition tomorrow.
did some preparations just now.
hopefully nothing will go wrong tomorrow!
BEST SHIP!

2008-12-07T20:19:00.002+08:00

just back from squad outing.

figured out that it's time for me to come home and rest as i was coughing out things i shldnt be coughing.

having terrible headache, flu, sore throat, cough, muscleaches.
perhaps due to the very little sleep during the past 4 days which i had chalet and outings everyday.

gonna take a bath and head to bed.
have to work tomorrow and i cant take MC.
yup.
cant.

guess will update again when i come back from my 24 hours duty.

2008-12-07T10:46:00.003+08:00

Back from chalet!

been so busy the past few days!
guess it was good :D

GOOD LUCK TO WENDY AND ALVIN WHO IS RUNNING THEIR 10KM MARATHAON NOW!
AND BETTER LUCK TO EDWIN, XUAN KAI AND JUN HAO WHO IS RUNNING THEIR full MARATHON NOW!

haha
they'll be running and cant read this.

anyway gotta rush out for squad outing!
OMGOMG
i'm so excited!
it's been around 8 months since i last saw them!
12pm at candy empire @ VIVO!

going to bathe and head out!

Personality Test

2008-12-03T10:11:00.002+08:00

took at personality test at http://www.ipersonic.com/test.html

I'm a Spontaneous Idealist. Lets see what they have to say about people like me..

Spontaneous Idealists are creative, lively and open-minded persons. They are humorous and dispose of a contagious zest for life. Their enthusiasm and sparkling energy inspires others and sweeps them along. They enjoy being together with other people and often have an uncanny intuition for their motivations and potential. Spontaneous Idealists are masters of communication and very amusing and gifted entertainers. Fun and variety are guaranteed when they are around. However, they are sometimes somewhat too impulsive in dealing with others and can hurt people without really meaning to do so, due to their direct and sometimes critical nature.
This personality type is a keen and alert observer; they miss nothing which is going on around them. In extreme cases, they tend to be oversensitive and exaggeratedly alert and are inwardly always ready to jump. Life for them is an exciting drama full of emotionality. However, they quickly become bored when things repeat themselves and too much detailed work and care is required. Their creativity, their imaginativeness and their originality become most noticeable when developing new projects and ideas - they then leave the meticulous implementation of the whole to others. On the whole, Spontaneous Idealists attach great value to their inner and outward independence and do not like accepting a subordinate role. They therefore have problems with hierarchies and authorities.
If you have a Spontaneous Idealist as your friend, you will never be bored; with them, you can enjoy life to the full and celebrate the best parties. At the same time, they are warm, sensitive, attentive and always willing to help. If Spontaneous Idealists have just fallen in love, the sky is full of violins and their new partners are showered with attention and affection. This type then bubbles over with charm, tenderness and imagination. But, unfortunately, it soon becomes boring for them once the novelty has worn off. Boring everyday life in a partnership is not for them so that many Spontaneous Idealists slip from one affair into another. However, should the partner manage to keep their curiosity alive and not let routine and familiarity gain the upper hand, Spontaneous Idealists can be inspiring and loving partners.

Adjectives which describe your type
spontaneous, enthusiastic, idealistic, extroverted, theoretical, emotional, relaxed, friendly, optimistic, charming, helpful, independent, individualistic, creative, dynamic, lively, humorous, full of zest for life, imaginative, changeable, adaptable, loyal, sensitive, inspiring, sociable, communicative, erratic, curious, open, vulnerable

2008-12-03T00:47:00.000+08:00

Came across this random list, thought that it was quite interesting..

20 Reasons to Lose 20 Pounds

1. Because you whine that you need to. Have you ever been wrong about anything?

2. Twenty pounds of warm human fat can refill every bottle in an empty case of beer, with enough left over to fill your blender.

3. The statement "There's more of me to love" has an actual bedroom translation of "There's more of me to endure."

4. It's not scaling Everest or writing the great American novel. You can do it in your spare time.

5. You'll speak of toaster pastries the way you talk about that dirty blonde from the blues bar in Berkeley, another whiskey-soaked lament over a love too great to last.

6. It's the difference between being thought of as jolly or witty.

7. You'll lose weight everywhere, including the suprapubic fat pad at the base of your penis. So as your belly shrinks, something else appears to grow.

8. Decreased: your chances of developing heart disease, prostate cancer, diabetes, sleep apnea, depression, back pain, impotence, gallstones, joint problems, high blood pressure, low sperm counts, and an impressive collection of prescription-drug bottles.

9. Increased: your chances of putting four fingers on a basketball rim.

10. You'll literally get closer to women.

11. Holy sh-- . . . abs!

12. Men who lose weight never have less sex. They may not have more, mind you, but they never have less.

13. You'll shock the world at your local pool by being the only "big splash" champ to win the "little splash" crown.

14. Research shows that since you'll have less weight propelling you into the windshield, you'll also have less risk of dying when your car hits a semi.

15. Every time you pick up a 20-pound dumbbell, you'll remember.

16. You'll be able to reach even more places to scratch.

17. The clothing cliche: It's liberating the first time your pants fall down by themselves.

18. More pullups, because there's less to pull up.

19. Wait till you ride a WaveRunner, quad, or snowmobile when you're 20 pounds lighter. Vroom, baby.

20. In our society, people respect weight loss. Even if you do nothing cool or interesting or memorable for the rest of your life, you'll have done that.

COOL.

some motivation for the guys out there who wants to lose weight!