Seize the day!

last week, just ran 5 laps on monday
other days down with excuses, fever and bad throat infection

my friend told me the following :-
for a few chinese new years
this "friend" gives things that i usually put in the garbage bin
i somehow have the feeling that its something that he is trying to get rid
i prefer he just don't give anything, i'm fine with that
or maybe he likes what i give in return
each time i m so tempted to give him back garbage
and he is loaded/rich, as in earning around 10k a month
he will boast about all his overseas holidays
boast about wine he bought from overseas
but never share it with us

# posted by Newton @ 1:14 PM 0 comments

if the problem can be solved, why worry?
meaning that you should not worry since the problem can be solved

if the problem cannot be solved, why worry?
meaning that since the problem cannot be solved,
worrying will not help/change the situation

a good example
was when my baby sitter said that some reckless driver knock her daughters new car
she was laughing/relaxed when she said it
and it got me think that i would like to be like that
no need to stress myself out
some other people in the same situation may probably :-
- be really stressed when relating the story
- frowning with many wrinkle lines like a shar pei
- talking loudly
- many hand actions/gestures
- angry
- upset
- blame the daughter
- etc etc etc

but my baby sitter chose to laugh!
she is cool

# posted by Newton @ 12:34 PM 0 comments

Phil Collins
Album: But Seriously

We never talked about it
But I hear the blame was mine
I'd call you up to say I'm sorry
But I wouldn't want to waste your time

'Cos I love you, but I can't take any more
There's a look I can't describe in your eyes
Yes we could try, like we tried before
but you kept telling me all those lies
Do you remember...?
There seemed no way to make up
'Cos it seemed your mind was set
And the way you looked it told me
It's a look I know I'll never forget

You could've come over to my side
You could've let me know
You could've tried to see the difference between us
But it seemed too far for you to go
Do you remember...?
Through all of my life
In spite of all the pain
You know people are funny sometimes
'cos they just can't wait
To get hurt again
Do you remember...?
There are things we won't recall
Feelings we'll never find
It's taken so long to see it
Cos we never seemed to have the time

There was always something more important to do
More important to say
But "I love you" wasn't one of those things
And now it's too late
Do you remember...?

# posted by Newton @ 12:13 PM 0 comments

happy holidays everyone
drive safely

# posted by Newton @ 9:26 AM 0 comments

y i admire pm5
pm5 runs the marathon
pm5 irons clothes
pm5 cleans the house
pm5 does laundry
pm5 sometimes runs twice a day
pm5 reads a lot
that is y he knows most things
from bird flu to human flu n how to avoid flu
u say it, pm5 probably already knows/read it
that is y he is the doctor
pm5 keeps a balance between family n running n work
pm5 is most discipline
pm5 gets along well with people
pm5 talks well
pm5 dress well
pm5 writes well
pm5 have helped/inspired/motivated people into running
pm5 took the trouble to share blogs/vcd/books/mpeg/mag about running
pm5 is very helpful
after all that and probably a lot of other good stuff
pm5 is still sane

# posted by Newton @ 7:50 PM 1 comments

best wishes to you and family

# posted by Newton @ 3:59 PM 0 comments

some "misinterpreted" words from my 2 lovely sons

parent : u wanna be batman
son : no i wanna be good man

parent : look at the sunset
son : the moon is happy the sun is sad?

son counting 1, 2, tree (pointing at the tree)

# posted by Newton @ 12:54 PM 0 comments

was at genting last 2 days
could not sleep
could be the tea n the lousy bed did not help too
since i m there might as well check out the casino
each time i see it, i still cannot believe it
people throwing money, thousands of it
n they spend/waste a lot of time too
thats lots of running shoes n running times

# posted by Newton @ 12:28 PM 0 comments

run summaries
did a few laps last week with pm12
did 10 laps last friday,
last few laps thanks to pm1 for running together and encouragement
monday, did 7 laps with pm5 and the li sar

# posted by Newton @ 10:59 AM 0 comments

some say that life starts at 40
well i just turn 40

# posted by Newton @ 10:56 AM 0 comments

one of the most inappropriate word used
to describe a baby/child is accident
it is commonly used by parents to
describe that the child was not actually planned for
so they there say something like
i have got 3 kids the last was an/by accident
wtf!
some say it as though its funny
its not funny!
don't go around telling people your child is an accident
some things are best kept/unsaid, this is one of them
how can something so personal be said as though its nothing
wtf!
the next parent that says that will have to answer a few questions
so you couldn't find a condom?
u don't use condoms?
u know what's a condom?
do u know where to buy condoms?
perhaps u should consider to have a condom re-order check?
couldn't u wait?
couldn't u masturbate?
how can u be so irresponsible?
why m i so serious?
well having a child is serious
wtf!

# posted by Newton @ 2:39 PM 0 comments

did 7 laps @ klcc with pm5, pm12 & Julian
the lifts/elevators in our building has got mirrors
i sometimes observe peoples behaviour in the lift
most will do a quick check if they look ok
they make sure nose/mouth/teeth/eyes/lips/hair is clean
but some people do more

some will adjust the shirt around the waistline
some will check their shoulders for hair/dandruff
some will start playing/combing their hair

some will act like models/filmstars or some ad
with head down and looking down they slowly move their head up
just a little but head still tilt down and then their eyes look up
and they look at themselves straight into the mirror as though
it was a camera or making contact/electricity with another person
and i can almost hear them say 'hi gorgeous'
i m not sure they saying to themselves or the "other person"
and some of these "models/filmstars" are not very good looking
err....actually most of them are not good looking at all

some pose/act as though someone is taking their photo

some get carried away
its as though they are in their own bathroom
they checkout their pimples/nose hair/butt/"adjust" private areas and so on

some are really glued to the mirror
even when the friends are speaking to them
they are checking themselves out throughout the whole conversation

# posted by Newton @ 12:45 PM 0 comments

i notice that in some ads
the in-laws are not welcome or feared
the ladies are 'naggers'
the husband is more interested in the car than the wife
and so on
well i think its not funny at all
one ad says something like he is trying to sell the mother-in-law
wtf!
how can such ads be allowed?
the ad control people or whatever they call themselves
should look into such ads/messages carefully before allowing them to be aired
they should promote harmony among people

# posted by Newton @ 2:28 PM 0 comments

i am very happy that pm1, pm20 n pm19 invited me for their wedding
all 3 weddings were wonderful

# posted by Newton @ 1:23 PM 0 comments

at the stroke of 6pm i was already in my running attire and ready to leave office
my cubicle is hidden from the public
therefore i change to my running attire right at my cubicle
my colleagues are used to it, i think
by the time i reached klcc track i immediately spotted pm5, pm20 & pm37
i joined in happily
the run was satifying as usual
however the bonus was when pm20 asked 'u wanna lose weight?'
this question coming from pm20 means a lot to me
pm20 is my weight loss idol
our conversation as below with some language censorship
pm20: i already loss 4 lbs
pm18: how lah?
pm20: diet lah
pm18: diets don't work wan lah, after a while sure put on again wan
i read that these diet ppl have cravings n in the end cannot resist
anymore n start to eat a lot
pm20: must have discipline lah, its how bad u want it
pm18: u no craving meh?
pm20: no lah
pm18: so what's your diet?
pm20: i eat less rice/carbo and supplement with lots of vege & fruits
pm18: o i c
pm20: another thing is i think its because u don't run hard enough
pm18: ok lah i try your diet and sometimes run harder lah

the answer is so simple in fact most answers in life is so simple
its like what pm20 says "its how bad u want it"

# posted by Newton @ 4:07 PM 0 comments

did 8 laps @ klcc
after 2 laps alone i was happy to join pm5
pm20 was running the opposite direction
after a few laps later, pm20 joined us
i was told that some people play mind games
a good example is lasse viren
apparently he was so good in mind games
that he already won the race before even running it

somebody said that i was playing mind games
just to make it very clear
i don't play mind games
u see this growing tummy here
its real
u hear my labored breathing
its real
when i say i have not been running
its real
when i say i have joint pains
its real
its all real

if i do play mind games
i probably do it when we are old n forgetful
n it goes like this
u had a good run yesterday?
i beat u again
yeah i was in front of u
who says i was not going to run?
i don't have joint pains
i am limping because i ran so fast yesterday
yeah i registered for the race
by the way, what was your time?
i was 2 minutes faster

# posted by Newton @ 1:44 PM 0 comments

firstly Happy Anniversary to PM1 website
now who the fuck upsetted my captain?
when u join a club, u pay fees right?
n when u don't get what u want from the club u can fuck them all u want for all i care
but not this club
in fact this is not even a club, this is a group of running friends that has got a name to it
there is no joining fees, monthly fees or any fucking fees
now when someone ask "wat is the benefit if i join der pacemaker gang"
its like asking what i get if i become your friend
friends don't ask questions like that
ok real friends don't ask questions like that

another thing troubling my captain is
"some people expect us to do things for them from a-z"
what the fuck!
u think we are your maid ah?
even maids get paid
what the fuck!
anyway i dun think its about being paid
its fucking people like this bossing around thats screws up our happy captain/gang
we have enough bosses fucking us at the office we don't need any here

my captain mentioned
"our only intention is to make more friends"
so humble, so innocent, so honest a request
now anything not clear about this sentence?
does it imply or say fees anywhere or we are your maid?
nope? i dun think so.
so let's all be friends and make this website/gang for what it is

# posted by Newton @ 2:44 PM 0 comments