Thursday, December 28, 2006

JUST2IT, HOREKEE, i registered for the half-marathon, FINALLY.

yes......i hope this is not suicide......
13miles.....21km...... pat oh pat........


http://www.sdmarathon.com/Page125.aspx

What should I do after the race?
Stay on your feet, walk around for 15-30 minutes,
and eat and drink to replenish your exhausted body.
When stopped at the airport metal detector exclaim,
“Oh that must be my Carlsbad Marathon medal.” After
you’re home, sit down and email your race story to
me at PacerJim@hotmail.com. Begin planning for your
next marathon. Wear your medal to bed.


What should I do after the race? (Pat's version)
why? why? why so KGG?? nothing better else to do ah??
i can opt to sleep ..... WTF!!
where is the nearest buffet lunch?? OMG.... i did it!!


equilibrium?

the painter and the paint.

leonardo da vinci and the last supper
michaelangelo and the sistine chapel
picasso and guernica

the paint could not exist without the painter.

so as....

cause and effect.

picasso and guernica


how about....



The Three Laws of Motion

Newton's Laws of Motion describe only the motion of a body
as a whole and are valid only for motions relative to a
reference frame. The following are brief modern formulations
of Newton's three laws of motion:

First Law
A body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion
continues to move in a straight line with a constant speed
unless and until an external unbalanced force acts upon it.

Second Law
The rate of change of momentum of a body is directly
proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the
direction in which the force acts.

Third Law
To every action (force applied) there is an equal and
opposite reaction (equal force in the opposite direction).
Another way of stating Newton's third law is that if
object A exerts a force on object B, then object B exerts
a force of the same magnitude on A, in the opposite direction.


the painter and the paint.
cause and effect.
Newton's law.
a coincidence?


jan 21st coming soon........my half-marathon.

http://www.sdmarathon.com/

this holiday season really messed up my training schedule.
after the new yr's holiday, i better run more to make up
for my lost training. other than that, the weather is driving
me nuts since it's cold and my muscles are.... not listening.

here is my pair of running shoes and this is the most
comfortable shoes whether for walking or running that i ever
wear. kudos....to asics foundation (wide).



Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Merry Christmas .......

i returned to san diego in 1 piece. yeah, thanks for your
prayers. so......i went to Heavenly at South Lake Tahoe,
which is 8 hrs drive from San Diego via 395. here is website:
http://www.skiheavenly.com/

and...and....i have to thank Miss Carol since she invited
me to join her friends. and...and...i met another penang
guy who lives in philly. i got to practise more hockkien.
yeah yeah....

where shall i begin? hmm...i got a rental car and it's a
2007 Jeep Compass with 12miles on it. well, that means it's
a brand new SUV. it smells ..... new!! the down side, it's
a small SUV, a 2WD jeep and with 4 people and luggages. i
felt like all of us were in a sardine container. the mpg
was bad....pretty bad....

that was my first time using the 395 highway to get to tahoe.
the route is not a interstate freeway but the traffic
did not pose any traffic jam at all. it's a scenic drive and
it runs between death valley national park and yosemite
national park.

along the way esp next to the mountains, the scenary was
just awesome with those summits full of snow caps. we past
a few small "ulu" towns and the speed limit was 25mph.
it was ..... crawling.

along the way, we bought the snow chain that is non refundable.
we were hoping that we do not need them since installing it
is a pain. i mean...i had never install the snow chain before.

the hotel was good; it's best western station inn. though the
hotel was nice, i was glad i brought my own pillow. that made
a difference. i know....i know...i brought along 2 big pillows
and those guys took some room in the SUV.

break-fast was excellent and it was complementary. i am not
talking about the excellent FOC break-fast but the pancakes
were really good, esp the chocolate pancake. in addition,
the eggs were prepared to how i want; over easy. the yokes
were cooked but they did not break and it's hidden. what i did
was to carefully trim the egg whites, and then put it into
my mouth. when the yoke breaks in my mouth, that's when u feel
the uumph unlike other people who consume the yoke externally
although the eggs were over easy....ahem ahem...

1st day of snow-boarding was bad.... i knew it since the last
time i did was 1 yr ago. i fell and i rolled and u name it....
anyhow, i survived .... and i was glad that carol and mike were
safe since we did not meet at the place at 4pm. i was glad
things turned out fine....

2nd day was excellent. i went all the way to the top which is
around 10600ft and from there, i could see the entire lake tahoe.
i was impressed with the scenary and we headed down the blue dotted
line, which is ridge run, for intermediate folks. i did fell too
and made some other people fell. come on....everyone is a learner,
right.

overall, it was good and i am thinking about going for skiing next
trip. we'll see.... again, thank-u everyone....i had a great time.

i arrived pasadena safely just in time for dinner with jo and her
family. dinner was good and .... a thousand apologies if i have
offended anyone during this trip. minta maaf ya....

merry christmas from south lake tahoe and pasadena.





Monday, December 18, 2006

Lessons We Need to Learn.

LESSON 1
A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their
way to a meeting. On their way through a park, they come across
a wonder lamp. They rub the lamp and a ghost appears.
The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as
you are three, I will allow one wish each"
So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish. I
want to be in the Bahamas , on a fast boat and have no worries."
Pfufffff. and he was gone.
Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want
to be in Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and
cocktails." Pfufffff and he was also gone.
The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the
office afterlunch at 12:55pm."
Moral of the story:
"ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSS TO SPEAK FIRST"

LESSON 2
Standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his
hand, "Listen," said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and
important document, and my secretary has left. Can you make
this thing work?" "Certainly," said the young executive.
He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the
start button. "Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper
disappeared inside the shredder machine. "I just need one copy."
Moral of the story:
"NEVER, NEVER ASSUME THAT YOUR BOSS KNOWS EVERYTHING"

LESSON 3
An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the
way to LA when the American turned to the Japanese and asked,
"What kind of -ese are you?" The Japanese confused, replied,
"Sorry but I don't understand what you mean."
The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?"
Again, the Japanese was confused over he question.
The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese
are you ... Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese!, etc...??? -"
The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am a Japanese." A while later
the Japanese turned to the American and asked what kind of kee
was he. The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what
kind of -kee am I ?!"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"
Moral of the story:
"NEVER INSULT ANYONE"

LESSON 4
There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and
a French,who found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the
bottle, a genie appeared.
Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle,
he said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each
of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout
what you want the pool of water to become, then your wish will
come true." The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool,
jumped and shouted, "WINE". The pool immediately changed into a
pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking
from the pool. Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and
shouted, "VODKA" and immersed himself into a pool of vodka.
The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was
so contented with his beer pool. The last is the American. He was
running towards the pool when suddenly he steps on a banana peel.
He slipped towards the pool and shouted, "SHIT!!!!!!! -........ .-"
Moral of the story:
"THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES ACCIDENTS
DO HAPPEN"

LESSON 5
The organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was
in-charge. Each organ took a turn to speak up:
Brain..... I should be in-charge because I run all body functions.
Blood..... I should be in-charge because I circulate oxygen for the brain.
Stomach... I should be in-charge because I process food to the brain.
Legs...... I should be in-charge because I take the brain where it wants to go.
Eyes...... I should be in-charge because I let the brain see where it's going.
Asshole... I should be in-charge because I get rid of your waste.
All the other parts laughed so hard and this made the asshole very mad.
To prove his point, the asshole immediately slammed tightly closed and
stayed that way for 6 days, refusing to rid the body of any waste whatsoever.
Day 1 : Brain got a terrible headache and cried out for relief
Day 2 : Stomach got bloated and began to ache terribly
Day 3 : Legs got cramps and became unstable
Day 4 : Eyes became watery and vision became blurred
Day 5 : Blood became toxic and poisoned the body
Day 6 : The other organs agreed to let the asshole be in-charge.
Moral of the story:
"NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, OR HOW IMPORTANT YOU THINK YOU ARE,
YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS ALWAYS THE ASSHOLE THAT IS IN-CHARGE"


Saturday, December 16, 2006

finally, i am ok.

i had a bad cold and it last for almost a week. i finally
recovered on tuesday and back on my training. i ran on
tuesday and thursday. i never felt better and i did not run
for a week. i skipped 3 trainings and i felt it was like
a month not running. my nose was congested and i was glad
i did not have fever. thanks to this drug.


cause and effect.

why? i forgot to remove the stereo faceplate assuming everyone is cool.
duh...how could i be so dumb??? what was i thinking???



Friday, December 08, 2006

a good friday poem.......

carol, u know why everything is far in LA???


cause, u drive like a "si-lau-ee"(old aunty).
slam on the gas lah and "hor ee kee"(just do it).
leaving a trace of stinky "beeee"(smell).
when we arrive, we will eat special kolo mee.


Sunday, December 03, 2006

Thank-you for this wonderful Saturday.

Good day..... I got a pair of glasses and most of all,
I made Bak Kut Teh. it was awesome. i had her come over
with Joseph and Kevin. later, we played RISK from 10pm
to now...which is 3.45am. Joseph won!! And, it was
Fanny and Kevin's first time playing RISK. i am tired!!