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THE OWNER

blogging serves as a memory machine that helped document the chronicles of the owner's life since 2005.

the owner has all rights to express opinions on this site and believes that no one should judge, comment and condemned because everyone have different perceptions of things around them.

running have always been and always will be the owner's favourite sport. in the past one year, the owner took up fencing, windsurfing and mountaineering to better help strengthen the body and mind. other sports that the owner loves are swimming, badminton, table tennis, xcountry, track and field, trekking, snorkelling, scuba diving, field hockey, biking, rugby. the sky is not the limit.

the owner has always been fascinated with music and believes that it is the universal language that gets across any barrier. all time favourite genres includes pop rock, punk rock, classical, flamenco and acoustic being the current one. guitar, the chosen instrument, has been with the owner since may 2007. all-things-guitar are self-taught, as the internet is a wonderful source of learning.

the love for travelling, the owner believes, has been nearly-explicitly written down on this blog. "the love for travelling" is actually an understatement, for the owner live to travel. the places that the owner have been to, although not that many yet, are pieces of puzzles that have taken their place in the owner's heart and soul and words are certainly incomparable with actual experiences.

photography has since played a major part in documenting the owner's travel experiences. thanks to the invention of cameras, the ability to capture emotions and actions of people and the awe of mother nature are made possible. a picture, and may the owner say a good one, paints a zeallion words. and that is the beauty of photography.

interest: sports, music, arts and films, travelling, photography, food

fav. authors: roald dahl, marian keyes, usborne

MOVIES

movies watched: none so far. oh how abt dramas watched!? games of thrones and merlin!

upcoming movies: (or dramas) planning to watch the entire season of the nanny! LOL juz so i can keep myself smiling everyday

wanted list: old movies but i still wanna watch them! king's speech, black swan, burlesque, the imaginarium of doctor parnassus, dreamgirls, public enemy, blood: the last vampire, watch thy enemy, girl in the park, man on wire, no country for old man, gone baby gone, there will be blood, persepolis, black book, funny games u.s., accuracy of death, summer rain, the go master, the hunting party, the fox and the child, the days, murder of the inugami clan, youth without youth, saw3/5

31km...i kid you not DUH!

13 December 2008 4:59:00 PM

i bet most of my dudes would be surprise if they know that I HAVE STARTED JOGGIN! (awww~!!! my dream of playing rugby again and sprinting 100m with reel and the tradition, baton relay) yes! standard chartered marathon was a really great motivation. initially i didnt wanna go (since ive only slept for like 2 hrs!?) but i rmb how pissed ch was last yr when i woke up late and missed the 10km run and reel was like 'u didnt run yet you still want medal' (YES! reel! i know you were thinking like that but i appreciate the help of koping the ~~medal~~ for me (:

the pain on my knee was nothing compared to those granny running. yes! there were grannies running during the marathon and they actually do much much better then me. i rmb the angel during the passion run and during the first half of the race, i thought that the angel came o.o! i clear my mind of all garbage...looking...staring at those legs in front of me and i started chanting mentally, 'if you move, i will move. if you move, i will move. you move, i move. you move, i move. u move, i move. u move, i move. umove, imove. umoveimove umoveimove move move MOVE! that actually made my pain on my knee gone. nothing but full concentration.

and soon...my legs started to ache...lucky for me, i took extra measures to avoid cramps. cramps can be super irritating! i motivated myself...as long as someone is running in front of me, i'll will never stop...with the pain grows increasingly unbearable...i discipline myself to only walk at every drink station (like duh! u cant run and drink...u'll get stitch). the pain was like someone sawing your legs and at 31km, thou i wasnt ready to let go, i started walking all the way back.

...but i lasted till 31km! OMG! my record sia! considering jogging with two unstable knees...GREAT JOB EVAN! and im glad to stop in time else my sole would turn into blisters.

this proves to everyone that running a marathon or rather, accomplishing anything in life...dont give up! you might not be good in whatever you do but rmb, if you dont push urself to the limit, you'll never know wheres your limit.

with that said...