Failure is NOT an OPTION! Really????

Chronologue of Bikes

I am not sure how many of you have keep tap of the bikes that you have ridden or at least your mountain bikes. Anyway, I have decided to put down mine since I have just looked back at the bikes that I used to own:

1) 1992 to 1994 - Marin Bolinas Ridge - Rigid Chromoly Straight Gauge with SR Suntour parts

2) 1994 to 1998 - Marin Eldridge Grade - Rigid Chromoly Double Butts with XT parts (Later Upgrade to Manitou 2) and Avid and Paul Component Parts)

3)1998 to 2003 - AMP Research B2 (First Full Suspension in my attempt)

4) 2003 to 2005 - Scott Pro Racing (Aluminium Hardtail)

5) 2007 - Ridley Cobra (Carbon Hardtail with Shimano XT and Disc Brake)

6) 2008 - 2009 - Tomac Automatic (Aluminium Full Suspension)

7) 2009 - 2010 - Tomac Carbide XC (Carbon Full Suspension)

8) 2011 - On-One Inbred (DN6 Chromoly Hardtail)

9) 2011 - Current - Pipedream Cycle Scion (Reynold 853 Chromoly Hardtail)

Guess, I did not go through too much bike in the span of close to 20 years of riding mountain bike after all. But I guess, I have kind of coming full circle. Started with Chromoly and now back to riding one again. I must say this love affair with the metal on two wheels have bring along not just the fun, pain and sure pleasure but also other more inward benefits.

Life on two wheels brought along the friendship forged that lasted and also a great perspective of the preciousness of life. It draws one closer in the spiritual sense of the surrounding environment and the importance of safeguarding those thoughts and gifts.

A bike is not just a bike but the personification of the owner and his love for the cycling and his appreciation of life.

A Different Form of Training

My recent change in my relationship status brought me to another level in my training for sports and races. The biggest thing in life right now is no longer about proving and racing to win (though it still irritates me if I don't do well in my own way of benchmarking).

But I have come to realise the importance of my presence to my love one who is also doing the sports. The companionship and the motivation to spur one another to do well and the hugs that comes at the finishing line and the pat on the shoulder is far greater than anything price money.

Some may say I gone softer or even cry foul that I have become a softie. To me, I have learn an important value in life from this experience, no greater gain that I have achieved can super cede the important value of Love, Family, Companionship. You can gain the whole world but if there is the lack of Love and Warm, you are just a empty, lonely fool who has just been chasing after an illusive dream.

Why You Need a Carbon Bike

For the Dudes out there who think Carbon is Cool and the New Black....this is your happy moment!

Getting Married....Happy Ever After?

For the last 2 months, I have been invited to 2 weddings and I must say that it is a wonderful experience to share the joy with your friends who are getting married. For me, as I look at some of my friends who are one by one walking down the aisle and then started building a family, one kid, 2 kids and then the third one comes along. I sometime wonder if I will be able to walk down that path with the beaming smile on my face like them.

Yes, I am in a relationship now and yes, I know I want to walk down the aisle with my partner and yes, I want a family. But I sometime wonder, what does a family entails. I have been a son but I have never been a father and to be honest, being a son I have disappointed my father and mother umpteen times that I really don't know when I will ever stop disappointing them. I think perhaps I might have think too far ahead but I am a person who likes to dream and think and then plan. A mentor used to tell me that I have to speak things into existence and that is a firm belief that I can do it and accomplished it.

And now is the role as a husband, can I be a good husband and what benchmark do I take upon? What should a husband do? Where do I stand? But that I guess is what makes all these marriage thing so sweet and happy, is to work hard toward being a good husband through listening, patience, learning, changing, prioritizing, and respect. I know I love the person that I am with now and I know that I want to spend all my time with my partner if I have a choice, I know that right now my life is encircled around her....but that is just the first step....I need to chip off those rough edges that I have build up along the year.

But, my sharing here is something that is from my heart and my situation and perhaps everyone has a different perspective, but life is such, it is really an amazing thing and in fact I must be honest that I am looking forward to that....Marriage....hmmm.....

Stepping Up! More Racing!

After much serious thoughts especially complete the Mountain Bike Carnival with decent results, I beginning to wonder if I should really step up this year with some serious racing.

Guess, the desire to race well if still in me and so I am going to give my racing a little stepping up! So this will be my new race calendar for now:

1) Bintan Triathlon (22 May)

2) Xterra Kuantan (7 June)

3) Desaru Long Distance Triathlon (1 August)

4) The North Face 100 (Not Confirmed)

Well, let see what will come out of it for this year. The hunger to race is no longer there really but the desire to keep moving with decent results will keep me going I guess.

Personality Test

I just did a personality test and to be honest, I have not done it for a really long time and guess what, I took the plunge and give it a try since I am doing some work on the side and to my amazement, it speaks of me quite accurately...hmmmm.....perhaps I have been consistent I guess.

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:

You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education

You may not like to study but you have many practical ideas. You listen to your own instincts and tend to follow your heart, so you will probably end up with an unusual job.

The right job for you:

You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Quotes

After all these years of being in middle management and junior management, these are some of the quotes I personally love:

"It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality."

Harold Geneen

"Management must have a purpose, a dedication, and that dedication must have an emotional commitment. It must be built in as a vital part of the personality of anyone who truly is a manager."

Harold Geneen

The Crime of Mixing Business Opportunity and Private Social Moments

I have been really into my work lately and to be honest, I will find every opportunity to promote my products and services. Guess what, I think I have overdid it again by trying too hard to value-add and sell my products and services. I have brought it to the dinner table and everyone I see seems yo be a potential customer. Of course, what really happens is that I upsets someone that I really love. All she really want is to have a nice dinner with her friend and me and talk nothing about sales of product and services.

What makes things worst is I have the audacity to tell her off just because she commented on my a product that I pass to her. Can you believe that??? I must have lost my mind to do that.

Lesson Learn:
- Don't Bring work to the dinner table
- Don't treat everyone as your customer
- Be normal and just enjoy the company
- Leave your work in the Office!!
- Stop being the EGOistic Salesman!!!
- Be sensitive to other especially when they are someone you love.

Chinese New Year Goodies Vs Ironman Traininig

This is the time of the year when everyone will be guilt-free and indulge in the Chinese New Year Goodies, Bak Kwa, Pineapple Tarts, Almond Cookies, and all the scrumptious food at the reunion dinner table. Its a tough position for me this year as I am exactly one month away for the Ironman Langkawi. I will have to be really careful with my junk food intake for once.

The training must go on. No matter what. I will still have to train to bring my power to weight ratio to the highest possible. So here is my plan:



Chinese New Year Eve (Sunday): 60km bike ride in the morning before reunion dinner (Steam Boat) at night

Chinese New Year Day 1 (Monday): Slot in a 30mins run in the morning and a 1hour spin on the bike in the evening

Chinese New Year Day 2 (Tuesday): Rest (Control the junk food day)

Chinese New Year Day 3 (Wednesday): 160km Bike Ride

Chinese New Year Day 4 (Thursday): Bike/Run Brick with Girlfriend

Chinese New Year Day 5 (Friday): Bike to work and back (est. 100km)

Chinese New Year Day 6 (Saturday): Swim/Run Brick

Chinese New Year Day 7 (Sunday): Team Bandung Ride

Chinese New Year Day 8 (Monday): Resume Synergy Swim Class

Chinese New Year Day 9 (Tuesday): Rest

Chinese New Year Day 10 (Wednesday): Swim Class With Synergy

Chinese New Year Day 11 (Thursday): Rest

Chinese New Year Day 12 (Friday): Rest

Chinese New Year Day 13 (Saturday): 25km run

Chinese New Year Day 14 (Sunday): Team Bandung Ride

Chinese New Year Day 15 (Monday): Aquathlon Training with Synergy

Moving On....

More often than not there are times when you struggle to carry yourself through life circumstances emotionally, its painful at time to even move a step a day in your life. You reach a point in life asking God, asking yourself why you have to go through that.

Very simple, questions....
...1) Am I holding on to something or some situation so tightly that its choking others or myself?

.....2) What do I benefit by holding on to it?

........3) Is it better to let go of it so that it won't choke others and gets in your way?

..........4) Is it better to live with or without the circumstances?

.............5) Is God in control of the situation? Or are you the one trying to control the situation?

.................6) Are you hurting others by doing what you are doing?

.....................7) Is it time for you to let go and Let God that control and start moving?

...........Moving on in life is a part and parcel of a life journey and more often than not many of us are so bored down with life situation like relationship, work, career, family, studies.....finding your real calling in life and real destiny in life is pretty much the essence of life. Is God in the picture of all these is the next question....no one knows the real calling of their life until they actively search and that may require some letting go and moving on.....same goes to the search for life's destiny....its about letting go of some important things and moving on to a new pasture in life. May not be an easy one but it would always turn out better....especially when it has other people involve like relationships.

.....over the last few weeks, I have been going through some struggles too, things that I have held fast to, but as days goes by, I realised that I need to let go of it or else I will never find peace. So, I am pretty certain that I want to move on and I want peace in the Lord. Moving on....Moving on...in life.

Relationship???

Has anyone ever wonder what it takes for a relationship to actually work???

1) Time

2) Commitment

3) Emotions

4) Unconditional Love

Anyway, some would say why I asked about this question and comes out of the attributes and definition is heavily due to the fact my recent involvement in a relationship seems to draw me to all these words and issues. Time, how is time spent together is right or how much time spent is enough? It is selfish of us to expect our other half to devote more time with us? What is the real essence behind this? What is considered quality time??? How about our time with our friends??? Do we have to put aside time with friends to make time for our love ones???

With that comes the part about commitment, how much of effort, time and devotion are we willing to commit ourselves into? There is always a question about this "what if he/she is not committed and I am committing so much???" Should I measure it with that or should I question commitment using that Benchmark??? Does time, effort and devotion equates to Commitment???

Emotions has a heavy part in relationships too. We are all human being and psychologically and physiologically, our emotions plays a part. Its Emotional and Spiritual. I throw our tantrums to show our unhappiness, that's emotion. We show our concerns to our Love One and that's emotion. We cry with our Love One and for our Love One and that's emotion.

Unconditional Love, the big word in this whole thing. Unconditional Love at any point in time is not selfish, its not impatience, its not attention seeking. It's Absolutely Unconditional. So the rest of the earlier expectation does not fit in here. If you are willing to walk down this path to be loving someone Unconditionally, then don't set expectation, because it will hurt even more and the sense of betrayal will get the better of you. So what is my point??? If you want to get into a relationship, be prepare to self out all your efforts of commitment, time, emotions and most important of all, unconditional love for that person. Don't expect anything in return but just remember that God is in control of everything.

You know you're a triathlete when....

Got this from a friend in Facebook...Thanks MK....really reflect us....

You know you're a triathlete when....

When asked, how old you are you answer 20-24.

When asked how long your training was today you answer: three to four hours.

Your traning is more limited by available time then how far you can run.

Your first thought when you wake up is how high your rest HR is.

You go for a run eventhough there's a thunderstorm and you enjoy being wet and dirty.

You think it's natural to do your 'business' behind a tree in the woods.

You take part in the corporate challenge to improve your base speed.

You go for a 5 km cooldown run after a 5 km race just so that you can call it a training session.

You consider work, regeneration time between training sessions.

That something hard between your legs is usually a pull buoy

You have a water bottle when you drive your car.

You've forgotten how to drink out of cups.

You spend your 2 weeks annual vacation at a training camp.

You know inside out how much Protein each energy bar has.

You seriously consider applying for citizenship in Tonga, Jemen or Tschad so that you can participate in the olympic games.

When people praising you for being able to run 15 miles you're feeling insulted.

In the summer your legs are smoother than your girlfriend's.

In the winter your legs are still smoother than your girlfriend’s

You need a picture for a job application and you only have race pictures.

You use running T-shirts to clean your bike.

That charming "cologne" you wear to work is chlorine

You take more showers in a locker room than at home

6:30 am is sleeping in

the dog runs and hides when you get the leash!

You think there are only two seasons during the year, racing and off.

You shave way too many body parts for a guy.

You can't change the oil in your car but you can completly rebuild your bike in 45 mins

You spend more £ on training and racing clothes then work clothes

You spend 7 days going to 8 stores in 4 towns before buying a pair of running shoes but you take 1 afternoon to go to 1 car dealership and walk out with a new car 4 hours later.

when you see some lady watering her flowers and ask her if you can borrow the hose for a minute so you can fill up your water bottles.

You clean your bike more often than your car

You've been stung be a wasp or bee in your mouth but carried on running or cycling because "your split times won’t go down by themselves"

Your car smells like a locker room.

You have everything needed in your car to be Swimming, Biking or Running with 5 minutes notice.

When asked to mow the lawn in 90 degree heat, you say that its too hot to do that (and you mean it) and then an hour later you go on a century ride because its so nice out.

You tell your co-workers that you are going to "do a long brick" on saturday and just expect that they know what you are talking about.

When a co-worker asks if you are racing this weekend, you say "yeah, but I'm just running a 10k, so that is not REALLY a race".

You consider you bike saddle your "couch"

You consider Clif Bars as one of the four food groups

you are sick to your stomach at 2:00 in the morning and check the back of the Pepto Bismol bottle for caloric content and grams of carbohydrates, fat and protein.

you have plenty of water bottles, safety pins, and t-shirts.

You like going swimming the day after a race with the permenant penned number still visible on your legs and arms because the feel like a medal.

you have trouble keeping lunch under 2000 calories.

you usually wake up at 4:00 in the morning but do not get to work until way after 9:00.

you have a £4000 bike strapped on top of your £2000 car.

you have no trouble pushing a day's caloric intake to over 8000 calories.

you're always wet! Either sweat water, pool water, sea water, shower water, bath water or its p*****g down outside!

Instead of Marie Clare, People and Cosmo, you have piles of Runner's World in your bathroom.

your car has at least one Power Bar wrapper and two sets of work out clothes!
your kids idea of playing is a bike and run race followed by power bars, water bottles and awards ceremony.

your laundry continually smells like someone locked the cat in overnight...

you leave your apartment or house in the morning with your swim bag on one arm, bike on one shoulder, a change of clothes in another bag, and your running stuff in another bag in case you can get away at lunch for a workout.

you wave at other cyclists, because all triathletes are friendly and if they are not, they are probably purist cyclists trying to get into triathlons and they do not know that triathletes are friendly.

You have not one, not two, but three permanent chain ring scars on your right calf.

You are walking along a street and you signal left.

you can't decide what tee shirt to wear to your next race.

you have far more pairs of shoes in your closet than your non-tri wife does in hers

the one "suit" you own has orca written on the chest.

You wear your heart rate monitor during sex....


...and you keep within the right HR zone

you hear T2 and don't think of the film....

when "foreplay" is 15 minutes on a turbo trainer

your living room has the "swim pile" and the "bike pile" and the "run pile" and the "weight room pile" and you pick and choose kind of like a cafeteria on your way out the door.

your kitchen cupboards are organized into "protein", "carbs" and "etc"

you bring bottled water to a party so that you're properly hydrated for the next morning's long run, everyone else at the party also brought their own bottled water because you don't have a social life outside of triathlon. Oh yeah, and they all showed up by 7pm and left by 10pm.

your company announces mandatory unpaid shutdown days - every other Friday thoughout the summer - in order to cut costs and stay in business, and your response is "Great - now I can do two long workouts on the weekends and still have an easy day."

......but you dont!

your 8 year old comes home with the school record for the mile and says, he took it out in a nice pace he could hold.....everyone else died.

you fill your kids' water bottles with Cytomax instead of blue gatorade.

you can ask your mom and your sister and all other girlfriends for shaving advice.

no wait, they ask you for advice!

you say that you went to a race last weekend...and somebody responds "running or biking" and you are again forced to explain....


you wear your bathing suit under your work clothes to make a fast transition from work to swim on your lunch hour.

you show up at the neighborhood pool on your bike in a speedo and embarrass your teenage daughters.

Your idea of fast food is a power bar and SIS Go

somebody hands you a cup of water and you have to restrain yourself from pouring it on your head.

You catch yourself about to blow a snot rocket while walking around the office.

you forget that talking about daily LSD [Long Slow Distance] and speed weirds some people out.

you have no FRIGGIN idea what to do with yourself on your off day.

You feel like you took the day off because all you did was swim 3000 meters then go for a short run.

At any given moment you know exactly where your heart rate monitor and your swim googles are, but cannot remember where you left you car keys. (turns out 90% of the time they are in your bike bag)

Ice baths!

When non-racer friends tell you they ran/rode you automatically calculate their pace to see if you're still in better shape.

Cars pass you on the road when you're driving and you either drop back to get out of draft zone or speed up to attack!

You have no trouble converting mph into kmph

You've stopped buying high-heels because your feet are too swollen from long runs to fit in them anyways.

While your less athletically-inclined girlfriends are gorging themselves on plates of lettuce, you're occupying yourself with a plate of pasta and chicken (white meat, of course.)

Having a period has become less of a nuisance since menstrual cramps don't feel that bad when you're hunched over a bike.

You've stopped wearing dangly earrings because they just get in the way when you're ripping off your clothes to squeeze "just one more" workout into your already cramped schedule.

Your girlfriends are insanely jealous of your tan legs. Until they realize that the tan stops at your bike shorts.

You've given up trying to go on training runs/rides with your boyfriends because they don't take it too well when you kick their butt.

Your best girl friend gets a new bike and tells you that it's a really pretty shade of blue. You get a new bike and can tell her the chain ring ratios.

When checking out guys on the street/at the mall your friends notice eyes, hair, build. You notice if they have shaved legs, if they have runners/bikers legs, and if they're wearing a race t-shirt.

Recollect 2008 - Some Thanksgiving!

2008 is an interesting year for me....if I would put it, its eventful, painful, shift of paradigm, changes of priority in life and of course a year that I am most grateful and thankful for to God.

Career wise, its be Topsy Turfy and to be honest, I have myself to be blamed as I have been stiff-necked with my decisions and of course my aggressive Type-A personality got the better of me an with ego as the fire starter, I totally blew it. Thank God He slowed me down and help me to recollect, humble my pride, change my perspective of thinking while I took a time off in Sabah, East Malaysia at my aunt's place.

What was interesting was that I was there when the US Economy hits the credit crunch and best of all I witness the fall of Insurance Giant, AIA. That all happen when I was in the midst of securing an overseas position based in China. But it did not worked out and so I have to look for alternative and I was not very happy about the whole situation because I was tired of working in Singapore and working for the same type of people.

Anyway, the very day before I flew back to Singapore, a close friend who drove me to the airport share with me about Contentment and it is really an eye opener for me as I was chasing after material gain relentlessly and that insecurity of not having that almost killed me spiritually. And before I flew back to Singapore, just at the airport, my aunt just shared with me that God has a reason and a plan to send me back to Singapore and I should just go back and be focus on settling back into Singapore. Which I did of course.

Race wise, let me see....hmmm....I had raced much lesser this year and in fact I only took part in one race and that is Sabah Adventure Challenge and worse still I DNF the race. But I was just happy to be able to have a feel of the race and understand the passion behind the race. Well, I know I will be back racing hard for the next few years probably in Triathlons and Ultramarathons. As such, this year is just a hiatus for me.



Thanksgiving

Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

For all these years, the verse above seems to be just a knowledge based idea to me on how I should conduct myself but now as I look through this year I realised that in everything I do I would not count my glory and will not fit my pride for all the good things that had happen. I would rather Thank Him who is my creator and not be ashamed to say that Glory to Him for He makes all good things and bad things happens.

This year especially meaningful as I have discovered the importants of contentment in my life. He has show me the true importance of a complete life and now to me, my love ones means more than anything in my life and He has blessed me with that and given me a relationship with someone that I have longed for all these years and because He told me to be patient all these while, I have just do so and with the right time He has revealed to me. My aunt was right that something big is coming and this year...it's here and I found someone whom I can love her with my heart and soul.

I have found the heart of thanksgiving and praise and even in bad times, I have learned to praise Him.

With that, I would say that this year would be a year that is summed up with this song:



It Is Well

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Refrain

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Refrain

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

Refrain

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

Refrain

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Refrain

Contentment

How many times have we wondered what if I am a rich man/woman?

....What will I be?
.....What will I do differently?
......where will I go for my holidays?
.......What car will I be driving or be driven?
........How my day will be like?
.........The questions and list goes on and on......

But then, when I really sit down and think about it, I am just pretty happy that I do not have to worry about my finance, my livelihood, my bills, and most importantly the well-being of my family members. And that, sometimes equate to the Big Word called Contentment. I realized by not aggressively and relentlessly chasing a dream that is base on my own self-centeredness, and greed are just killing me emotionally, physically, mentally and most of all, spiritually.

Perhaps this is a way to escape responsibilities or its being mediocre but what all of us chase for in life is none other to be affirm, to be trusted, to be understood and most importantly to be loved. And by fulfilling that, that is what we all seek for....to be contended or CONTENTMENT.

THE 'MAN' RULES

THE 'MAN' RULES

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down

We always hear 'the rules'
From the female side.

Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules!
Please note.. these are all numbered '1 '
ON PURPOSE!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it down.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon
or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question..

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.


1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.


1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something
Or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1.. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials...

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say 'nothing,' We will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine.... Really .

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball
or golf.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoe s.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;


But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.
Pass this to as many men as you can -
to give them a laugh.

Pass this to as many women as you can -

to give them a bigger laugh.

Slacking and Busyness

I Know, I Know! I have been really slacking in writing blogs for the last 2 months or so. The best excuse I can give is really, I have been super duper busy. Business, plus new work commitment. Yup, you hear me! New work commitment. I have just join The North Face family as the Brand Executive for Singapore.



So been really busy coz when you mention The North Face Singapore Team, it will be me and my boss. That's it! Gosh, I love to have a big team. But, reality told me that profit comes, workforce will increase.

So for now, just like The North Face philosophy says, "Never Stop Exploring" ways to work efficiently...hehehe....

Well, at least I manage to complete the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore while working hard.

Till next available time! Ciao!

New Shoes or Shoe Fetish!

Some says that I have this thing about running shoes or should I say footwear. But I can't really help it. I burned shoes out here and there all the time and being someone who is an athlete and a guy who is the industry (Formerly managing products for a sports brand), what do you expect? I just love shoes. For a guys to have near 15 pairs of shoes is a lot. Ha!





Well, my new addition to my arsenal of shoes will be the Saucony Tangent 3. I have not try a pair of Saucony for a long long time and I guess I might as well pick one up. Can't wait for it. Well, I might just update my review after maybe a month of test running...Guru Talks again....Stay Tuned!

Old Steed with an Attitude (Sabah)

Never had a second impression of my good old faithful Giant TCR. And now, my only training partner for Sabah. The Specialized Transistion was out of the consideration for the Training Camp due to the amount of work needed to to set up. I decided that The Giant TCR, now call Hermit will be my best buddy for the one month of endless riding.

Everything starting with Zero and it will be my responsibility to put Hermit on mileage for her to earn her bragging rights. You know what I mean.