Archive for July 2008

Sports-Related Events Update..

Been lazy to blog lately........i'll keep it short.

SIEMENS RUN
Siemens timing : 56:16 but apparently the actual distance was only 8km+ not 10km. The run was organized quite well with the amount of hired people to cheer for us at the last stretch not to mention ahem ahem school cheerleaders ahem ahem. Then my secondary school Victoria Institution marching band was there to perform as well. Oh! did i mention there were school girl cheerleaders?
MALAKOFF UNIVERSITY DUALTHON SERIES (3 stages)
1st stage was at UKM bangi, had a dissapointing run cause I lined up in front and run above my pace, too excited plus I couldn't sleep the night before. The cycling route was nice.

2nd stage was at UM, this time Laitee's sister n friends joined. Only 1 thing to say, that Bukit Cinta was crazy, those people that joined for fun or using old bikes suffered kau kau and gotta walk their bike up, i even saw participants walking up their roadbike.

3rd stage UPNM, finally the last stage. This time I'm in a relay team with Laitee as 1st runner, Yee Hua the final runner and I'm the cyclist of course. Relay is kan cheong, it gives you the pressure but also the determination to push hard so you won't fail your team. Would wanna try a running relay in the future hehe.

ADIDAS KOYAK ON THE ROAD
Joined 10km with the usual gang, this time with the addition of Elroy and Adam. Clocked in 58+mins. Wow, personal best and sub 1 hour 10km timing. Ok now, the last thing i wanna hear is that the route is actually less than 10km, lie to me if u must. And guess what? MY first medal where the medals aren't given to everyone but the medal design sucks.

Run Forrest RUn!!

Here's a funny article I found on Runner's world written by Mark Remy which have something to do about 1 of my favourite movie and running. I'm so glad that it only happens in US.(http://dailyviews.runnersworld.com/2008/07/run-forrest-run.html)

Forrestgump Here's a quick litmus test to determine whether someone is a runner: Shout "Run, Forrest, run!" and see how he reacts.

If he cringes, shudders, or rolls his eyes (or all of the above), he's a runner.

Anybody reading this surely knows why—because, as runners, we hear some genius screaming this at us at least once a month. More, if Forrest Gump has been on cable recently.

I mention this today because today is, presumably, the 14th anniversary of the first time this particular witticism was ever used on a runner in the act of running. I say "presumably" because yesterday, July 6, was the 14th anniversary of Forrest Gump's theatrical release. And I think it's safe to assume that it took the nation's teenagers (they always seem to be teenagers, don't they?) about a day after seeing the movie to notice someone out for a run, remember the movie line, and use this particular zinger.

It was funny the first time.

Smart-aleck comments from bystanders are nothing new, of course, and they're hardly limited to "Run, Forrest, run!" I imagine that Pheidippides, during his legendary run from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, must have encountered at least one goat-herder along the way who mocked the shortness of his running toga, or a chariot driver who chucked an empty wine jug at him, or something.

Still, Pheidippides soldiered on. So did Forrest Gump. And so do we.

So, on this 14th anniversay...

To Tom Hanks, director Robert Zemeckis, and writer Winston Groom: Thanks. Thanks a lot.

To the nation's teenagers: Come on. "Run, Forrest, run"? You're better than that.

And to that goat-herder who mocked Pheidippides: Up yours!

Procrastination



The truth is I've always always forgotten about the meaning of the word PROCRASTINATION. It always sounded like whining but on a more serious level to me. Well, in short and simple words, procrastination is delaying a task or my preferred definition would be pleasure first, suffering later.

I guess I could be one of the greatest procrastinator around hehe so from now on ...........I'm gonna say TAK NAK to PROCRASTINATION!!

  • When I need to pray, I'll GO ON MY KNEES!!
  • When I wanna study and/or need to study, I'll Study!!
  • When I need to perform a task, I'll Do It!!
  • When I need to wake up yesssss....wakeeE up, I'll Wake Up!!
  • When I need to do my running, I'll Run!!
  • When I need to cycle, I'll Cycle!!
  • When I need to poo poo, I'll POO POO!!
  • When I need to rearrange my stuff, I'll Rearrange!!
  • When I need to smack u all, I'll SMACK!!!