升级版廉价劳工

在国外公干

一星期的训练课程

训练完就是升级版的廉价劳工了咯

还是一样廉价，还是到处救火

只是要包更多山、更多海那样罢了嘛…

罢了嘛…

勾叉零蛋三角形！ >_<

没有习惯了的抱抱和亲吻

加上又认床的我

每晚都睡得很不好

没有「红牛」实在很难顶

一起上课的同事问我是否晚间出去偷鸡

我只是叹口气说：

“蝙蝠侠就是这样命苦的啦…” =P

跟同事大队晚晚吃大茶饭

是美味佳肴没错

但每次都是吃到一百零一分饱

肚子好涨，肚皮拉得好紧

好像有点折磨自己的感觉

跑步烧掉的卡路里已经倒增四十倍了啦～

真是的，这样下去不胖才怪！ -_-

随兴随想 |系列|

  

Away

Writing this in the hotel room, with the television on mainly for some background noise.

Outstation for a training course. One week.

Just found out today that WhatsApp can be used to send audio clip, it's good to hear the boys.

Then again, probably should have just used an app that allows free phone calls.

All subjected to the availbility of free wifi, of course. Since I don't have a data plan.

For a change Air Asia flight was not delayed, wow... That's like a miracle. Okay, a minor, insignificant one. =P

Having a rather neutral feeling towards the training, if the quality is going to be similar to the one I had on the previous level, then it's going to be a total waste of my time, again.

Let's hope this time it's not going to suck. We will find out tomorrow.

Well, I guess I can always focus on what to eat. =P

Anyway, away from home and family is just... meh!

Hazy dazy

Lately I prefer running outdoor to treadmill in the gym. Never did like to be in the gym in the first place, working out in the mist of strangers is not my thing. I am borderline antisocial after all.

Also favouring outdoor because it feels better running on the road as well as I like to be able to vary my speed on the go, since I was trying out the run-walk-run-walk technique. Difficult to get the speed just right on the treadmill.

Supposed to be running today. Thursday is usually running outdoor around the workplace.

But this morning I couldn't see Butterworth from the balcony, and when I was on the upward slope midspan of Penang Bridge, I couldn't see the familiar pillars.

The visibility was that bad. It was downright horrifying knowing it's not mist but haze from all the burning our neighbour country was doing.

Just thinking of the amount of dust or smoke particles that would be inhaled if I ran in that condition gives me the creep.

Urgh. Just urgh.

Seemed to be better by the end of the work day, but I didn't bring my running shoes, and by the time I got home it's already rather late.

Oh well. Hopefully tomorrow will be less hazy.

In this series: |May 2013| |June 2013| |Duracell bunny, not|

Random Thoughts

The sprained ankle and then the flu/cough are really messing up my running schedule. For the first time ever since I started the training plan I missed a weekend.

Decided to forget about running today due to the combination of coughing, short of breath, and the return of the haze.

Meh!

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First time interviewing potential employees. Helped in the job interview of two graduate trainees today.

I was looking for the right attitude, and a certain degree of aptitude more than whatever scores they were showing. Sorry, don't have much faith in the education and examination system.

Hope whoever got the positions won't be "Hollywood" actor/actress, empty talker, or office bum. We need hands-on, practical person.

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Decided to expand the Crazy Category list to have categories in Mandarin for the various Chinese entries.

Some time in February this year I started to have this 'series' thing, for both English and Chinese entries. I will probably keep the English series as they are as I am quite happy with my existing English categories.

Hey, I put in effort to come up with the category names!

For the Chinese entries, I will be more specific with the category and I will delete the links to individual entry in the Chinese series and substitute them with a single link to the category.

Seems neater that way. =)

Only thing is I will have to go through all the Chinese entries I have written so far and modified them to add a specific Chinese category. Quite a bit of work there. =\

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Still at a lost work wise. That probably helps in regaining my slacker extraordinaire reputation. -_-

And that's all I am going to say on that front. For now.

心的频道：唱歌·性格篇

因为自认没有形象，所以多数时候，我是蛮厚脸皮的人来的。

简单点，就是无耻啦，呵呵！ =P

加上我是直肠直肚，讲话大刺刺直接的那种人，想想这样的组合其实还蛮恐怖下的。

想说我就说，想要知道我就问，没转弯抹角的。

不是每个人都能接受，我明白，但我就是我嘛…

所以我说我和那些讲话不干脆，喜欢隐隐瞒瞒的人通常都不会成为很要好的朋友的。

问了几次还在那转圈耍太极我就干脆不问了，我对大牌或那些吊高来卖的人没什么好感的。

不想讲就说不想讲嘛，干吗要浪费时间？

*****

我唱歌喜欢放感情去唱，觉得那样才能唱出歌曲的内容，那样才有感觉。

虽然我是如此厚脸皮（无耻），但不是在每个人面前我都能真情流露的。

还是会害羞的啦…

特别是和那些不是很认识的人一起的话。

所以如果你不是常常和我一起飙歌的朋友，而我又能在你面前唱得真情流露的话…

要么就是我把你当成比较要好，不怕给你看到出窘丑样的朋友了。

要么就是我无耻功力又增强了，嘿嘿！ =P

我想，如果一同唱歌三次以上，我又都可以在你面前真情流露的唱，那么你该算是另一种程次的朋友了。

要么你是知音好友，要么你是不在乎让我蹂躏你的听觉的人，这样的朋友绝非普通也！ =P

那天在我无耻功力增强的情况下我在一些第一次一同唱歌的同事前豁了出去，结果有位第一次和我唱歌的人赞我唱歌时很有感情哦。

*乐呆*   ^_^

初稿于二零一三年七月七日。

心的频道 |系列|

Duracell bunny, not

My initial plan for the 10km bridge run* was to run nonstop at 7km/h or faster, so I could complete the distance within the time limit. The time limit is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

* too pai seh to call it marathon

That was the plan so I structured my training around it. First I would build up my endurance at a speed that doesn't kill me, and when I could run nonstop for 1 hour and 15 minutes (or longer) at that speed, I would increase my speed a notch.

1 hour and 15 minutes because I have a stretch goal of running at 8km/h. =) Failing that I will have to rely on my sheer willpower to go 11 minutes more at 7km/h. =P

All was going according to training plan for about two months, I can do 6.3km/h in this fashion now. Still turtle speed I know, but it's at least better than the snail speed I started with. =P

My training plan follows a 0.25km/h increment and usually I managed in a week for each increment.

But I hit a wall at 6.5km/h. For three weeks now I couldn't even get to 1 hour running nonstop at that speed.

Bummer. >_<

I read in a novel (World without End by Ken Follett) that "the fastest way to cover a long distance was to run twenty paces then walk twenty paces". I know 10km is not really a very long distance, given a full marathon is 42km.

But hey, I gotta adapt instead of keep banging my head on the wall.

So instead of my 'Duracell bunny' strategy that goes on and on and on and on... (like a pro) I am switching to the sprint-walk-sprint-walk strategy.

Okay sprint is really exaggerating for my case, I meant run faster than my current turtle speed then brisk walk to recover, then run again, repeat.

I tried that today. Managed 4.49km in 28 minutes, with one brisk walk between two runs. Average speed of 9.6km/h is definitely a lot faster than my turtle speed of 6.3km/h.

Let's see if I can complete 10km in this style. I still have four months.

In this series: |May 2013| |June 2013|

 

An aeroplane a day, part six

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In this series: |part 1| |part 2| |part 3| |part 4| |part 5|

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Excluding all those childhood creations that I can no longer remember, I built my largest LEGO creation to date in October 2012. It's good to have LEGO blocks again. ^_^

I wonder where my childhood LEGO blocks went? Hmm...

Anyway, in November 2012, His Royal Highness Boy King Hsiang showed me a propeller airplane with wheels and proclaimed that as a flying car.

To me, it's really just a propeller airplane with wheels, but it's important to encourage imagination and creativity so I told him not bad, but we could do better.

And of course, he wanted me to show him.

Flying car eh?

My immediate thought was Thunderhawk from M.A.S.K., a favourite childhood cartoon.

So yea, that's what I set out to make, a car that can transform into an airplane. =)

a race car

I didn't go for a Thunderhawk turn-doors-into-wings design because honestly, it's not aerodynamic and it felt like cheating to copy someone else design. =P

transformation in action!

Besides, I think the wheels look nice as afterburners. ^_^

tada! A fighter jet

with cool afterburners =P

The kids thought it's cool too, and of course, fought each other to play with it until they got bored of it and then completely lost interest.

Oh well.

Teaser for next in the series: finally, father-son bonding sessions that eventually led to the sleek and sexy race car that started this series...

有感而发：容易受伤的男人

二零一三年七月九日。

星期一打羽球，打得很爽。

流了一身充满男人味的臭汗。

汗臭，人不臭。觉得有必要澄清。

我邪恶而已，不臭不臭！每天至少洗澡两次的哦。 =P

我是真的打得很尽兴的，但不知道那些跟我拍档被我害输的球友有没有同感啦…

很满足的回到家后，左踝开始作疼。

有没有搞错？！

才刚刚坐骨神经伤痛复原不久而已，又来弄伤左踝？ 0_o

暖身运动我都有做足的嘞。

天啊！我真的那么脆弱不堪？ >_<

今天的跑步训练计划泡汤，还祸不单行的来个喉咙痛。

勾叉零蛋三角形！

那位很喜欢提醒我，其实也不过年轻过我一两岁的友人，哈哪，哈哪，我知道啦，老了嘛。

有感而发 |系列|

Jumbled

Many jumbled up thoughts, feelings, and emotions that I wanted to record, if not share. Important stuff, to me at least.

Just these few days, I had scribbled down several piecemeal notes. Unpolished, unfinished texts that captured the essence of the thought or feeling.

They are still not in a presentable or even comprehensible form to the others. Unless one is very close to me or know how my mind works, I suppose.

Anyway, some of those notes are perhaps still a bit sensitive, so even if I properly completed the entries, they may only be posted some time in the future. When people no longer know what event or incident I was talking about. When sharing the entries will no longer trigger any uncomfortable responses and/or reactions, for the others as well as myself.

If they ended being posted at all, that is.

Not everything I wrote or recorded ended up being posted or shared. Some are just too private, some became irrelevant, and some simply never get completed. =P

I love to share the happy and funny moments, but life doesn't just consist solely of them. Unfortunately.

Run Log (June 2013)

In this series: |May 2013|

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02 June 2013, Sunday.

65 minutes non-stop on the treadmill at 5km/h.

A colleague commented that 5 km/h is not running. Geez, thanks for the encouragement... -_-

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04 June 2013, Tuesday.

Tired of being considered 'not running' at 5km/h, I tried to do 6km/h today on the treadmill.

Bad idea.

After 1km at 6km/h I had to slowed to 5km/h for a while and then did the remaining distance to 5km at 5.5km/h.

Took 54 minutes for the 5km.

Might have to revise my training plan, seems like I can't do 1km/h increment.

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07 June 2013, Friday.

Tricked myself in a 0.1km/h increase and pretended it was just the same as previous run.

=P

64 minutes non-stop on the treadmill at 5.6km/h to get the 6km distance.

Another milestone reached: 6km. Go Go myself!

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09 June 2013, Sunday.

62 minutes non-stop on the treadmill at 5.8km/h.

Will probably stay at this speed for a few more runs since didn't end up as comfortable as previous speed.

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12 June 2013, Wednesday.

Not in the form today, only managed 35 minutes non-stop on the treadmill at 6km/h.

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13 June 2013, Thursday.

The sky was full of dark clouds but we decided to hit the road anyway.

"We will run in the rain if it happens!"

That's what I told my colleague, so I gotta sticked to it, bo huat. =P

It didn't rain by the time we finished, which didn't take all that long really.

Didn't take long because I felt like dying after just one lap around the workplace, and my colleague also punctured after 1.25 rounds, hehe.

Ya, we suck. Big time. =P

I belatedly realised I have been running too fast, when I checked the Nike+ app after the run, I was doing about 8.8km/h. I am only up to about 6km/h so far, no wonder I kaput after just 2.5km. >_<

Next week, weather permitting, I will aim for 2 laps, but at my usual turtle speed. =P

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15 June 2013, Saturday.

75 minutes non-stop at 6km/h on the treadmill, covered 7.5km.

My longest and furthest run so far. Slightly ahead of my training plan.

It seems like I only 'settled in' after about 2km, where any discomfort in the muscles just goes away. After that it becomes a mental battle to not feel bored, an exercise in distracting myself while the legs just continue moving.

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18 June 2013, Tuesday.

5km around the workplace, at around 6.5km/h.

I am not sure of the exact time it took me to make two laps since Nike+ app didn't capture the full run because it paused when there were calls. I didn't realise it was paused until about 0.75km after the first call, when I belatedly wonder why that kilometer was so extra long? =P (I set the app to announce my progress every kilometer)

On the second call I managed to resume it pretty soon so probably didn't lose much data there. (Oi! Stop calling me when I am already in the danger of dying out of breath ler...)

I already unchecked the 'pause run for calls' option though, I guess that doesn't work. Oh well.

Quite glad I can complete 5km outdoor really, even though a lady and two guys speeded pass me during the run.

Me and my turtle speed, hehe. =P

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20 June 2013, Thursday.

4.13km around the workplace, according to the Nike+ app.

Took me 27 minutes so that worked out to be around 9.1km/h average. Don't know why I was going so fast but the consequence was I couldn't finish two laps.

I am really disappointed. Really.

I did two laps on Tueday, so I know I could do it, if I didn't run so fast. My aim was to do two laps again today and next week will go for three laps. Guess I should stick with two laps for anohter week then only think of going three laps.

*Sigh*

Not happy with myself, why can't I control my speed when not on a treadmill? =(

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22 June 2013, Saturday.

6.3km/h non-stop on the treadmill for an hour.

Struggled. =(

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26 June 2013, Wednesday.

Didn't go run yesterday, which was my usual routine due to sciatic nerve injury.

Don't know how it happened, the sharp pain woke me up in the middle of the night and for a while there was just agony whichever posture or position I tried, until I painfully stood up.

Anyway, badminton session today cancelled due to lack of players, so I hit the treadmill.

Did 2km at 6.5km/h then had to slow down to 6.3km/h for the remaining 3.3km.

Wanted to run for at least one hour but wasn't in the form, ended the run after 50 minutes.

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27 June 2013, Thursday.

6.26km around the workplace, took me 55 minutes. That worked out to be around 6.8km/h.

Actually felt quite good today, felt that I could have completed the third lap but decided not to push myself today since I ran yesterday. So I stopped at the other entrance and ended the run.

Thought I was running slower than 6.8km/h though, hmm...

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29 June 2013, Saturday.

Only managed 30 minutes today, and only a pathetic 3km. Was walking more than running really.

Front muscle of left lower leg and calf muscle of right leg felt like going to cramp throughout the run. Don't know why, I did my usual warm up and walk before starting the run.

Craptastic run. =(

心的频道：雀跃·庆幸

我是偏向孤僻的人，我的爱好几乎都是独自一人的活动。

看书啊，摄影啊，玩电脑游戏啊，写没人看的文章啊，等等宅男做的东西…

几乎，但不是全部。

有些活动是要和别人一起做才行的，好像打羽球，飙歌，玩桌面游戏，讲鸟话和冷笑话等等。

一个人做这些事是很白痴和超可悲的咯。我神经病还没有到那个程度。

交际有限，技术又蛮烂的我，打羽球是靠很不要脸的去邀约那些看起来喜欢运动的同事，碰钉无数后才有现在这一群和我打球不会呕血的球友的。

我是真的感到蛮庆幸的，可以有一群不在乎我烂技术的球友每周和我运动流汗一两回。

更开心的是，有些球友已变成蛮要好的朋友了。 =D

至少我是这样觉得啦。当然很可能那只是我一厢情愿。 -_-

同样的，交际有限，唱歌靠喊的我，要飙歌，几乎都是我去邀约别人的。

我告诉你呵，碰钉和被放飞机是我已见惯不怪了的。 -_-

所以嘞，当我那群飙歌友外的同事朋友邀我去唱 K 时，我好开心哦！

哇噻，竟然会要和我唱歌嘞，真叫人雀跃万分！ ^_^

原来被人邀是这样爽的一种感觉的，我想我真的是碰钉和被放飞机到有点不正常了… =P

心的频道 |系列|