Merry Christmas!! and a Happy New Year 2011!!

Need I say more about seasonal greetings? :P

Here is a good one I read about on Yahoo's Fit to post thingies.. someone commented..

"On the first day, God made the heaven and earth and everything in between....
From the second day after, everything.. MADE IN CHINA.."

Lmao.. very funny hiak hiak. But come to think of it.. it would have made sense for God to have outsourced to China as it would have been much cheaper to produce.

The following is all about humour, a ficticious page from my warped fragile lil mind.. and if you cannot take jokes AND if you take religion and nationality too serious to have a funny poke, AND if you don't like what you read.. TOO fricking bad!!!!!!! No one is forcing you to READ, just BUZZ OFF!!!

Otherwise.. heh heh heh have fun reading lol..

Hmmm come to think of it.. I think in the beginning when God made Adam, he wanted the first human prototype.. but you know lar, China's reputation for "quality" goods lor.. I don't think they understand the meaning of that word leh.. lol ok ok back to my observation..

So God ordered the first prototype of human from a factory in China and sent them Davinci's blueprint.. and viola, when it was shipped to Heaven in a box marked "Haven" attentioned to "Got".. I think HE would have the wisdom to forsee what was to follow... well.. HE didn't and so happily tore open the box and was very, very happy indeed to see Adam was every bit his blueprint to China was.. right down to .... oh no...

...wait!!....

Slluurrrrpp.. yummy!!

God counted and O.M.G lor... he found Adam missing a rib.. I mean.. sigh..

HE was disappointed and immediately called the China factory about their mistake.

"Solly!! Solly!! We send you a replacement but you have to TT over a replacement fee, hao ma?"

So to and fro went the argument over who should be paying for the missing rib mistake until God agreed that henceforth, China should have the largest population in the world... sooo the Chinese relented...

Another 3 months went by and a sweet choral by the heavenly angels, "Ahhhhhh.. you have mail!..." signalled the arrival of another non-descript, brown, re-cycled cardboard box attention to "Got" again from China.

God tore it opened eagerly and lo and behold... HE flew into a rage.. (Author's note: This terrible wrath unleashed upon the earth was probably what killed the dinosaurs lor.. YAR LAR.. I said MOST likely lor..)


What God found was this... where Adam had wavy, curly black locks of hair, this new human model had long, just past the shoulder blonde silky hair.. where Adam had an little neck imperfection, "(ahem)manufacturer's fault", the part where future human kind would call it an Adam's apple.. this new model had none (here, it was noticed that someone from the China factory had stuck a yellow post-it note stating the QC department has proudly detected that defect and fixed it by removing it from this model!! :PP)

Ahem.. focus on the said faulty parts....

Further inspection by God was to make him exasperated.. where Adam had pectorals..the new model had similar chest muscles but seems out of proportion, perhaps even a little swollen (Further clarification from the factory was that probably a faulty pump might have pumped a little too much air into the chest area created 2 lumps of protruding mass...sigh

This time, the ribs were in order.. no missing ribs this time! HA! but... O.M.G lor... almost everything else was correct.. but .. but... it was missing an important part further down.

"Ah!!! That is our mistake!! Solly!! Solly!! Our hardworking comrades just found that missing part on the factory floor near the packing area... must have been one of the handlers tried to squeeze in the part but didn't quite cut the packing box to the right size. Can we DPEX over to you and you glue it back? Easy! Just grab and jab it upwards lor? Ok?"

God was furious... and HE leaned down to earth and started to use his finger and flick out pieces of the great wall of China.. flicking off entire sections of the wall here and there randomly.. "You like that? and that? and that? Opps! what about that??" Roared God.

*Most probably why the great wall looked the way it looked today, so half f**k, evidence of China's quality control, built in the middle of nowhere, not fully completed, not fully joined on the left and right, sub-standard building materials... and this was supposed to be the wall that stopped invaders ah?.. O.M.G lor... *facepalm*

The great wall of China is one of the greatest and most magnificient achievement of the human race in my opinion.

"Solly! Solly!! Stop flicking aledy!! We send you new replacements, ho ok? ok lar? ho ok??"

As eons go by, millions of years and 6 billion plus human replacements later, we get all kinds of people, black, white, brown, hairy, furry, baldy, big, small, airports, double Ds, perky, droopy, horse, rabbit,...each replacement to heaven would almost always result in a unique imperfect human, come to think of it.. meh.. according to biology, its normal to have one of the male testes bigger then the other and one to hang lower than the other.. *slap forehead*

Luckily I am capable of self-control and censorship.. there were a lot more to say here, but I have to stop before I get out of hand, well, also because I am out of time lol. Only if you know me and in person will I unleashed the humour of CJ unto you personally and all night long hee hee lmao..hee haa..

Anyway la..

This blog is all about having a fun year-end and new and interesting new year to come.. And of course here's to wishing my diet and fitness plan works and to a new healthier and sexier new me soon!!!!! :P Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! :P

CJ :)
I'm going for a night jog now.. to-da-looooo..

Inspirations

Sunday.. did my run, workout-ed.. etc etc..

Def Leppard
I am a very fussy pot when it comes to loves, but in 1987 (I first knew about their album Hysteria, also my one and only cassette tape by a heavy metal band.. YES.. it was still cassette tapes.. lmao) after I got to know what they did for their drummer Rick Allen, I fell in love with them 4ever!!!!! Not to mention Pour Some Sugar on Me is my all time favourite, and regardless of what others say, I think is THE rock anthem of the millenium. They are also the ONLY heavy metal band I listen to. Give it a listen, read about Rick and the band not giving up on him, and make your own judgement. :P

Never give up on dreaming.
(By the way, if you have not figured out, this self-logo is made from an actual picture of me)

Weekend is here!!!!

*Play Indiana Jones' Theme song*

Picture me in a tight pair of lycra, frollicking in a pool!! (Eeeee.. yuck.. ah haaa haaa haa)
I'm going swimming.. I'm going swimming.. I'm going swimming..
Blog later when I get back.. hee hee

*Back.. so now...
Ran, gym-ed, swam, steamed, suana-ed, ate, napped.. aahhh...

Ho ho ho hooooo.... Ho ho ho hoooooooo....

Hiiiiiiiiyaaaakkkkk!!!!!! KICK!

Hiiiiiiiiyaaaakkkkk!!!!!! KICK!

Hiiiiiiiiyaaaakkkkk!!!!!! KICK!

(Be paitient, it might take a few seconds to load *grin)

Alright lol.. this has been a rather bizarre post hee.. have a nice week end everyone :P

ZZzzzzz

Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games

MMORPG

I remember when I was younger, when there was no internet, at least not extensively for Singapore, I was serving my NS and was stationed in Bukit Timah area between 1992-1993. There was a shopping centre nearby my camp called "Beauty World" (yeah also the name of THAT musical). They had this brand new game called Virtua Fighter 4.0. Man, this game had everything, stunning graphics (for a early 90s arcade, it was damn good), hidden moves which after a blurring twirl of the control stick and a few slams to the button console produced a unique move that will incapcitate your opponent. Awesome! I used to have a good friend back then called Jason and he would always be comparing those virtual moves to real life applications.. We would spend a lot of money playing those console games (No place else to spend money ma...that time also no girlfriend). Anyway, I couldn't keep up with the new characters and moves.. but got stuck to my old favourite Akira and made him my online persona.

Guess that was how it was back then, an online persona for my virtual games, altered-ego. Over time, there was quite a few alter-egos of mine that made it into the virtual online world. The internet being such a wonderful place..

(Have I ever mentioned, I never met my wife in real person, but only knew her through the [now defunct] Teleview?) After almost a year of chatting on the ultra,-super-slow, super-duper-retarded Teleview, we went on our first blind date.. and the rest.. was history)

Back to my games... Over the years, Dark Ages of Camelot (DAOC), Ultima Online (UO), Cabal Online, Secondlife (SL), Evony, and Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO).

Of all these mmorpgs, I love DDO the most. Most people of my generation, should remember D&D. I mean, it was so much fun back in the 80s when that was the closest to fantasy we all can have. Wizards, fighters, swords and sorcery, that nasty rogue and the beautiful princess and who can resist all that gold!!! :P Best of all, we are all lords of our world, conqueror of our enemies, best of all, we do it day after day, everyday! A few of my friends (Albert, Shawn and myself) used to gather in the foyer of the old SJI and have hours of D&D sessions... they are perhaps the best time I have in secondary school as enjoyment besides reading all the Choose your own adventure books I can find in the library. Problem was looking for like minded players, timings to get together for even an hour's game became harder and harder to find as we got busy with our real lives.. and to be honest, some of us live in our virtual world much more then others *wink.

Well, DDO has its place in my heart for many reasons, some may like it, some might scoff at it. To each their own I say... *bleah

Anyway.. if you are ever in DDO and in the server of Sarlona, post me a comment here.. It would be nice to say hi!

CJ

Milk and calcium

Day 14:
Weight: 114kg

Yar I know!! :PP When I went to the scales this morning I did double take.. on my second, third and fourth step up to the scales.. yes, the needle was vibrating firmly over 114kg. hiak hiak hiak!

So that makes about 14 days = 8kg. Not bad.

This means whatever I have been doing, I should keep doing :P.

Ooo I did a stress test on my joints today by hiking about 14km in the morning, well, a leisurely walk along the streets of Fort road, Katong, East Coast then back again. The only thing that was conplaining after the walk was my poor feet (I don't really have good shoes, so they hurt when I jog or walk long distances) and my right knee which was badly injured in the Chronicles of Kar-Tia.

Ah yes, back to my original post... MILK!

Many people overlook the importanec of milk. Unless of course you are lactose in-tolerant! Then my suggestion is you switch to soybean milk, another source of yummy nutrients!! :P

Milk not only gives us calcium, but it has been known to improve muscle gain as well. This is significant in our diet for weight loss as our fitness demands energy conversion which our system is not ready or unwilling to work hard for the conversion.. yet. So when our body is unable to induce enough energy conversion from our fats, they also take from our muscles... OH NOES.... :( But fret not.. milk is the answer to this. As we lose muscle mass as part of the inevitable equation to energy conversion, we are also building them when we take in protein in our diet, so that amino acids are able to build (replace) muscles that have been damaged and build bigger, stronger ones.

Milk however plays a unique and important role, not just that they are also able to replenish muscles as well as our dear friends aminos, but they also help strengthen our bones against calcium loss. For ladies, osteoporosis is a very real danger. You ladies don't want one day having an adventurous kama-sutra position when suddenly... crack.. eeee embaressing to be sent to the A&E in that position lor.... heee

Ok ok, milk milk... Hi-Calcium, Low fat, Hi folate, Skimmed, Cow ones, goat ones..etc etc.. but please lar, don't go fight your puppy or kitten for their morning breakfast hor.. one litre only about 1.30-1.50 nia... cheapskate...

Drink within 1 hour of an intense workout, for best absorption. If you are taking amino acids as well, its the same.

Just don't neglect your regular jogs and adominal workouts, stretches, and pushups. :P I haven't..... Have your scales moved yet? *wink

The determined one.

三国演义

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms or 三国演义 or 三國誌 was written by Luo GuanZhong.

The storyline takes place back when honor, bravery and compassion meant everything to a man. I especially liked it when I know martial skills rule in a place like that :P

No more... Oei you stare what stare.. "Hiiiaaaaaaa chop chop", the ah beng's head roll on the floor. Bwuahahahah!

I buay song you... so I call my number to come chop and slash you.. mine is 246!.. call your number lar, you @#$%%^.. oh yeah I call my number is 999!!! Ha Ha Ha you #$%^^%$.

Hmmpf.. yeah..... rrrrightttt.....

I mean life nowadays is such that we live and regard everything around us as if life were better, way back then... much.. much better.

No meh?

Ok let me explain in my context.

First you have to know one of my many life's principles - A day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father (一天为师, 终身为父). I guess I am old-fashion that way.

Back in the old days of Okinawan karate masters, when they have to walk from their village to Kyoto, they walked...

Now we have taxi, car, bus, bicycle..etc etc... Ok ok, my point is, for somethings there are no shortcuts. My sensei Mr Wong used to say to me, there are no shortcuts, everything depends on your hardwork and your homework.. and in my own intepretations, overtime... never overnight.

I miss my training.. the act of training under someone who will provide guidance and tutalage to me doing something I am good at. I find myself at the other end of being the teacher now after all these years of studying. I will always be a student, there is always something I am learning from my teacher after all these years. So aware of that, I find that my students will always find lessons in what I teach, or some of my rather non-lesson lessons. I just hope I can live up to their expectations as I try to live up to my teacher's expectations.

That's just how life is, a series of histories and stories or learning and unlearning, just hoping that we will break out of that circle and not let history repeat itself. Achieving that, I think is already one of the great things I would have done with my life.

*Finding myself in a blabbering mood/post.. lmao

Yours sincerely,
Rob

Glossary and link post!!! (Thanks Wikipedia)

Where do I begin this post?

Ah ok, the solid building blocks of fitness, Amino acid. Lets say, these little suckers are able to pack some muscle grooves and lines when I flex, and some in places most people will never see, but I likkkkkkeeeeeee.... heee heeee heeee heee

And of course my main diet is modified Atkins diet, and of course by modified means different people, different needs. (See here for long term Atkins food list). My particular course of diet will always draw detractors, but my answer for them is always the same..don't care, don't need your permission.. lolol.

Sometimes for a kickstart in the mornings, I prefer food with a high GI count, or Glycemic Index. Or just a pick me up, since this fitness plan of mine is not without loopholes, and there are periods in the day when I feel like my body is just not generating enough energy for my activities..

Somedays, I just feel like no matter how much I eat, I am still hungry... sigh.. yeah, those days I really wish I can eat pizzas!!!! Pfft!! For days like that, I need fillers and food which will starve off hunger, fulfil my energy needs, I will go for low GI count. Oh!!! Here's some food facts for you, do you know the protein content of your food?

Not sure where to start planning your eating, try click this link here! :P

If you read somewhere my diet advocated oils and ahem in some cases liver detoxification? LOL, rather than type out and give credit to the author, I much rather give you the direct weblink to the information. (Essential read on omega oils). For myself, I usually stock up on my oils by taking, sardines, tuna, peanuts, cashew nuts, and macademia nuts. Pistachio is my fav!!! but.. have you noticed the carb content of those suckers? :(

Oh oh, when all else fails, and after all our eating, we still fill hungry, here is a little something I will share that fill us up faster while eating less :P

F word lor! (hee hee)

What is (Dietary) Fiber?

Fiber is an indigestible carbohydrate (GASP!). Although fiber doesn’t provide our bodies with energy, it goes along way to help our bodies (Why? because I know so! HA!). There are also two kinds of fiber, soluble and insoluble. Now for a little explanation...

Insoluble fibers are the indigestible parts of fruits, vegetables, and grains and do not dissolve in water (Ermmm..I do not mean SEEDS hor, please lar.. *slap head*). Soluble fibers are the food components that readily dissolve in water. Erm, not sure what I mean? Those gummy or gel-like characteristics we find in food. Still not sure I also bo bian..lolol... no lar. I so bad meh.. here's a link for further reading. *wink.

So...why is Fiber important?

Fiber improves the body’s handling of glucose and the hormone insulin, (probably by slowing the digestion or absorption of carbohydrate, not too sure here, go check with your doctor.. I am martial artist, not doctor.. lmao), just make sure you eat adequate amounts of fiber, since it may reduce the risk of colon cancer, because..... the insoluble fibers of whole grains, fruits and vegetables speed their way through the colon like a scrub like that.. brush all the bad stuff away lor....

I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM ADVOCATING EATING VEGETABLES....yuck..butt.. eating your veggies can also possibly reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, a build up of plaque on the arteries causing vessel narrowing and heart disease by several mechanisms, namely, stroke and heart attack (I lost a few people in my life due to these 2 killers.. siggghhh). This disease I am scared of... so I will quietly eat my veges.. :(

Soluble fibers may lower blood cholesterol by delaying absorption in the digestive tract. At the same time, fibers are digested by intestinal bacteria to yield small, fat-like products that, when absorbed, may lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol or the “bad” cholesterol.

Fiber also promotes feelings of fullness because of its ability to absorb water and swell. When we eat, it also slows the movement of food through the upper digestive tract allowing you to feel fuller longer, also helps to prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, and other "old-man" problems that I might face soon...*moan.

Oh oh, it also keeps my digestive tract toned and healthy by making the "highways"(or "low-ways" lar, whatever you want to call it, bleah) smooth flowing. Big food intake + smooth and fast poopoo ejection.. I loooooooove it!!!

Wah.. such a long post... getting tired.. going to orh orh now.. lolol.. then maybe repost something related to martial arts.. haven't posted anything on MA for a while liao..

The determined one.