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Woohoo!Cult films from my era are back! BIGGER and BETTER than before! I’m tokking abt remakes of old movies that used to be cool back in the days where I still wear shorts to school.

These films may not be huge names like Star Wars or Superman but they are cool then. Maybe some of you recognise these names…Tron, and Clash of the Titans.

Tron - The movie with special effects that feature super cool computer generated images in 1980s. That famous bike scene.

The old

And the 2010 update…

Clash of the Titans - a 1981 fantasy adventure film based on the myth of Perseus. It was released on June 12, 1981 and was a box office hit. (source: wikipedia)

The old

And the new…

Can’t wait!

I’ve been getting comments that I am a very busy person and “very hard to get you leh”

I mean, can I not be uncontactable (for a short while)? Can I not be busy at work? Is that a crime?

It’s not as if I LIKE to NOT reply my personal emails or phone calls or sms BUT I AM REALLY BUSY.

I know I don’t earn big bucks nor run a BIG organisation. BUT that doesn’t disqualify me the right to be called busy no?

I remember I used to pride myself for replying my emails real fast and clearing them within a day. But that’s eons ago…back in the days when I still wear berms and tees everyday to uni.

hmmph

AS much as i like to stop working, I can’t. That’s life, we have to work. We do need $$ to pay bills, loans, food, etc

Why can’t people be more understanding?

I haven’t been blogging for the longest time.

mainly because of work.  and partly becuz i’m lazy? I mean, when I am busy, I would want to spend my free time just sleeping or doing my own stuff, like watching tv, surfing the net, even jogging. any activity that doesn’t require much of my brain power.

So why this post? Usually this means I have loads on my mind and something has pushed me to vomit all out so that blogging becomes more therapeutic.

As the year ended in 2009, I looked back and reflected. My main disappointments were mainly due to work. I know work ain’t everything. But a LOT hinges on work. No work, no money. No money…not much of a life issen it?

I dun hate my work. It’s more like i hate it that i cannot manage my work. I blame it on my ineffectiveness. My softheartedness. sometimes my kindness taken for granted. I just cannot bring myself to not help people. To say no. To be assertive and offending many in the process. It just doesn’t feel…very nice…

I know,  it’s something i have to work on…

And i digress…

I started the year with lots of aspirations and plans. but I am beginning to feel like a failure. I have not exercised much. I am not eating healthy most times. I still skip breakfast most days. Get overwhelmed in the morning  by emails, phone calls, requests to do this and do that. Little things. LITTLE things that ADD UP.  It’s mostly fighting fire. In the end, the things not done yesterday becomes the things STILL not done in the NEXT day!

I drive. And i am thinking most drivers in singapore are IDIOTS. Stupid people who do not realise that indicator lights exists. That they should signal their intentions. That they should keep their lanes. And NOT HOG the right lane at 60km/h on a 80km/h road!

then, to make matters worse, just when u think all that is left behind when u come home. HOME. a place supposely meant to be a place of solace. a SANCTUARY. And your own parents, instead of asking how you are, gives you grief instead. The moment u step into the apartment, questions come your way…suddenly u felt like u never left work.  IT actually feels like u just stepped in the office in the morning! Talk  abt deja vu!!

The above, if u looked at them individually, are small things. manageable. Itz when they all decide to gang up and overwhelm you that you feel totally helpless and out of control.

PLUS the other little things….insurance agents, traffic jams, overcrowded places, idiotic men who pee all over the floor, rude service staff, etc

Hope things change for the better soon. At least I haven’t reach the 80kg mark. or lost my job.

I still have a nice bed. Friends. and a little bit of health.

And I have God. He has promised that with God, ALL things are possible.

I just pray that I will not neglect Him. Coz I know He never neglects those who are called His children. We just have to remember to turn to Him always and accept His help.

 And these are my fave atm:

• Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
• If you think things can’t get worse it’s probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.
• A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station…
• When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep — not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
• You can’t be late until you show up.
• Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way, wisdom is looking both directions anyway
• Parents spend the first part of our lives teaching us to walk and talk, and the rest of it telling us to sit down and shut up.

They (actually it means that i dun have a credible source) say that most successful people have goals.

And writing it down makes it clearer.

I DO want to be successful and I do have a poor memory so I am gonna use my long-neglected blog to spell it out as a reminder to self and for my friends to see (so that they too can remind me!)

Before I do that, let’s see how well I did for 2009…

I told myself that I would…

• Exercise more <-DONE!
• Climb stairs <-DONE! (I even did the vertical marathon!)
• Eat healthy<-ERM…debatable
• Two fruits a day<-started well and then FAILED miserably!
• Save coins <-DONE!
• Check bill before paying <-ok lah…can be better!
• Walk 10,000 steps <-can be better!
• Learn how to dance <-DONE!(once again thanks to Yvonne and WinNie! and also my dance partners miss green and celeste)
• Learn diving <-Thanks to my besties Liyan and Charlotte, and also to Red Scuba)
• Make more friends <-hmm…not sure…
• Play tennis at least once a month <-FAILED!
• Sleep earlier <-FAILED!
• No alcohol on work nights! <-Thanks to Cheryl dear
• Sing more<-hmmm…
• Read more <-can be much much better!

SO…looks like i did better than expected (bear in mind I only refer to this list maybe once or twice, the most THRICE)

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Having disappointed by the failure to secure a registration for Sundown this year, missing the OSIM Triathlon, and the ugliness of Std Chart’s Finishers Tee, I decided to commit suicide by signing up for something different…The Swissotel Vertical Marathon!

Well, training has been met with some hiccups, mainly, my block is only 12 storeys, and Swissotel is 73! So scouting around, I manage to find a 25 storey building to start off my training. BOY, I realised what I was in for when I ran to the 15th storey….legs started to lose strength and I found myself unable to stabilise and slowly felt the strength of my legs ebbing away. I had to slow down and I walked  and occasionally ran up the rest of the way.

At the 25th, I stretched a little and started to enjoy the nice cool breeze and view on top. But I must press on! I went down and attempted to run up again. This time, my legs started to give way at the 7th or 8th storey…all the lactic acid was swelling up in my legs and it felt like very little blood was in my legs. I succumbed to walking the rest of the flight of stairs instead.

Well…5o storeys only and I was flat out. I might just consider buying a ligher shoe and eating more carbs for the vertical marathon. Hmm…well, only one month to go, hope I dun die halfway up the Swissotel!

I’m gonna continue training, tweaking here and there. Hopefully can go all the way, finding my own pace, without stopping, at least for 50 storeys before I try the full 73 storeys.

UPDATE: I finished in less than 30 mins woot! not too bad for an overweight guy with wobbly knees on his maiden attempt at it. btw, the view on top is FANTASTIC.

Haven’t been blogging for a looooong while. not even sure anyone still reads this stale blog.

But hopefully I still have some faithful readers coz the main purpose of this blog is to share information. Ideally things that can help improve lives…

Been wanting to share what I learned from a sermon I heard recently…

4/10/09 11:45 @GLCC Ps Jason (Neh 1.4)
Nehemiah - A Man Who Weep, Wait, Works (aka How to be a Good Leader)

•Neh had the burden
•Neh responded to tt burden
•Sometimes we rush ahead before God - more haste less sleep
•A vision is like a baby, needs to be nurtured
•Neh PRAYED
•A spiritual man pleads é promises ó God
•Praise-> Penitence->Promises
•Be sensitive to God’s prompting
•’Tator’ pple : Spec-tator, commen-tator, dic-tator, hesis-tator, imi-tator <- What kind are we??

•Initiator <-One of the main characteristics of leaders

I got promoted! from an executive to an executive!

Thatz rite, u read it correctly! no typo…

haha…A memo was send out and my new designation is…executive!

BUT I already exec leh…

haha…I was promoted to the next grade…lol

Thank God for this mini blessing…itsy bitsy bit more $$ (to pay for my new financial drain - BRACES!)

It’s been less than 2 years and I got a promotion, must say it’s truly God’s grace. Am glad to be appreciated and have your efforts recognised. =)

Mini updates: Have done 15km Passion run, KL Std Chart, AHM…next! Run Nus this sunday, Yellow Ribbon run the next, Swissotel Vertical Marathon, and of course, Stand Chart! =)

Will be going to Adelaide real soon and then BKK after. Then my Weight Management Fair this Oct. =P Hope I can manage!

I had my BP checked last thurs and was shocked at how high the reading was…granted i just came from the dentist but an average reading of 150/90 (measured 5 times!) is a bit scary. (my first reading was 180/98!!!)

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I had been warned before not to park at patient’s and visitors car park lots. And I agree that patients and visitors needs come first and staff should park further.

But what I don’t agree is the inflexibility of the adminstration. If you have circled once or twice and are still unable to find lots what can you do? Ok, perhaps there is an available lot at the third try (but far away from your meeting place) but guess what? You are running late by then and 20 other people are waiting for you!

And the worse thing was the meeting has to be conducted by you (even though you are doing this out as a favour for others!). Basically I am effing pissed that the adminstration does not allow flexiblility in exceptional cases?! So I got warned again.

To be continued…

UPDATE: I’m gonna just park illegally and put a sign to explain myself and then move my car later. Do my best within my means i guess! =)