after spending sometime on a new post and pressing publish, wordpress send me back to login screen! whatever been written disappear! what a waste of time! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
better be back to sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Category: LIFE
daily fist pushup 15 reps > x2
went well, i felt stronger & arms are getting well toned, am proceeding with 20 reps for may201
stop running
while i did stop running, my heels doesn’t seems to be healing well. it’s getting worrisome as i intend to start my marathon training from jul2012 onwards. so i will continue to stop running, while will approach TCM or perhaps soaking feet in hot herbal bath.
i started posting monthly habits to help disciplining myself on keeping up with these habits. since it’s becoming a habits already, i will now stop posting about habits & focus. thanks to zenhabits post on focus, his methods are really simple & effective in helping my focus & forming my habits i wanted.
i hate to see this when i’m on scooter. it was bright & sunny when i begin but half way to my destination (suntec city), a menacing dark clouds looms above the horizon. needless to say it rained few minutes later, just surprised not as heavy as expected.
almost forgot about march habits which i hope to focus on. just 2 simple ones
1. cover scooter
right, my laziness been really bad! it only takes less than a minute and many advantages for covering my scooter. apart for less need to clean my scooter (yet another lazy habit of mine 
), covering also protect attacks from neighborhood bomber pigeons which could shit on targets with uncanny accuracy! perhaps i could forgive them if they couldn’t miss the car, since it’s a larger target, but on a smallish scooter??!! grrrrrrrrrrr………
2. daily fist pushup
my upper body seems to be getting weaker, and since i also started punching bags, i thought fist pushup may kill 2 birds with 1 stone i.e strengthen upper body & fist. so just at least 2 times daily, 10 fist pushup. wonder if i would see a nice well defined upper body & stronger fists by month end? hmmm … hopefully
i have been putting off renewing SAFRA membership because i don’t use at all. but lately as i gear up my swimming practice, i now need access to 50m lap pool, a deep pool will be good for some confidence building. and happens i need a watch too! so i signup the 5 year membership @ $155 which gives a useful TIMEX ironman watch + 1 year free extension + 2x carl jr meal
so its actually 6 years @ $155 which translate to only about $2.15/month! so far i tried the pool at 3 location:-
1. Mount Faber
Nice green surrounding but are not enough lanes as there always seems to be some training going on, and closure of some lane. i like the rain showers but i seen quite a few clogged up drainage, hope that will be fixed that soon!
2. Jurong
50m lap pool about same size as mount faber, the rest are kiddy area. didn’t like to surround air too, probably because it’s near the industrial estates.
3 Yishun
the best for now! more lanes + lovely outdoor Jacuzzi! surrounding is nice too. only problem is that it’s too far from my home.
Toa Payoh undergoing reconstruction and will only be ready in 2012. Going to try the Tampines pool soon ……….
got a little time for a quick review on jan12 habits before bedtime
going coffee free for a month was easily accomplished. while i can’t say i’m completely caffeine free since i had used green tea at time to curb my urge, green tea is still no coffee. nuff said!
benefits when going coffee free was i sleep better and wake up fresher. i decided to try for few days going back to daily coffee in feb12, and all i can say my sleep suffered.
so my conclusion, going coffee free is certainly a right choice for me. so i’m absolutely going to kick it off once i finished off with those credits in my starbucks card 
daily swim/run wasn’t that successful. besides distraction by lunar new year holidays, at time work & personal commitments got in the way too. so felt perhaps it wasn’t realistic for my lifestyle. i guess it good to have days when away from swim/run. anyway, it still did help to get me into mood of workout ~ better than nothing!
as long as i run/swim for at least 3days/week, that will suffice. ok going to leave that for now.
feb12 habit ~ i guess a bit late to start. besides busier schedules, i’m also planning for a short trip away from the hustle & bustle. i been thinking about going vegetarian for quite sometime, so was actually thinking of trying to cultivate that habit in mar12
till then …. zzzzzzzzzz
today is the first day of 2012 lunar new year
we having extra long weekend till tuesday
i think it was a mistake to made run/swim / coffee habits
while i can’t keep the daily run/swim habit
i’m glad no coffee habit still holding well
albeit making me very tired
i don’t think my weight going down this jan
in fact, i will be most glad if there is no change
hopefully this new year
brings me health, wealth
golden opportunities
and new life direction
which i’m still pondering at this juncture!
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no coffee x3
going to miss 4 days of swim/run due to holidays
yes i been doing more swim under the sun
yes i looked more tanned obviously
no i don’t think i look as dark as malay
even pretty malay receptionist says so
so i was really amused when a malay uncle
starts talking to me in malay language
and keep asking “you not malay?”
yes i’m chinese not malay
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no coffee
swim 800m @ 45mins
“People soon get tired of things that aren’t boring, but not of what is boring.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
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remembering my young & restless years
going after the
latest trending stuffs
branded clothes & watches
exquisite (& expensive) cuisines
bleeding edge technological gadgets
and finally got tired of all these extravagances
and now i
enjoy simple meals
can’t be bother new trends
don’t mind cheap LCD watches
prefers simple & comfortable clothes
happy with still functional old gadgets
so murakami is right!
but it took me that long to realize
you will soon get tired of your WANTS
but you will never get tired of your NEEDS
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no coffee x2
swim 1.2km @ 60mins
treadmill 30mins @ 6:40min/km
is summer here already?
lunar new year suppose to be spring right?
i already have couple of mosquito bites
also the weather been getting incredibly hot!
hearsay drinking apple cider vinegar
will keeps the mosquito away?
hopefully not another urban myth
besides it may just help on my weight loss
guess it is worth the try
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no coffee
treadmill 30min @ 6:40mins/km (9km/h)
