Pics from my N95

Yang's 7th birthday! Notice the dragon motif:)


Mountain biker wannabe - Yang ! heh heh


Amateur mountain biker :)


First tuckshop - notice his bored buddy...


Home bound from KL to Singapore (Dec 2007)


Sleepless in KL 2 (Dec 2007)


Sleepless in KL .. Dec 2007


The Tale of 2 Odysseys :)


Yang before he went to pray for mother-in-law when she was sick.


Yang after his Kinderland graduation performance.


Me taking the team out for dinner after a successful performance tuning exercise.



Yang - after his golf lessons.

Fitness

Ran 6 km each for 2 days consecutively and still able to breathe easily...I think I am getting there with my tri-athalon dream....will need to intensify my core strength training from current 100 push ups 50 sits up and 100 squats each day to 1.5 times more...then perhaps with my new bike..I might just be able to complete the course:)

NEVER GIVE UP!!!

Sam
in his determined mood.

My son the evangelist

Not too long ago, I related to Yang on how the Christians view the dragon. This topic is of immense interest to this little boy since he always pride himself on his lunar sign, Dragon.

I told him the Bible says the dragon is evil and represents the Devil or monster in his language.

Little will I know what ramifications this story will bring..

It seems or so it goes that, Yang actually have a friend who is a Christian. Being branded a "monster" in his terms, he was out to seek redress and seek out this obvious target.

"Why your God say I am a monster?" he intoned.

"my God like that one lar.." the Christian replied.

"Aiya, your God is not good hearted lar, say I monster... I tell you lar, you just come and pray to A Mi Duo Fuo (Buddha) can already...very good one.."

By golly...he is showing the traits of a spiritual evangelist at such a young age ! haha

I bet the Christian who IF he grows up to be a good one, will always recall that he was once being converted by a insistent Buddhist Yang :)

*stretched and lean back*

On the grand scheme of things, perhaps not scoring full marks for his spelling isn't such a big deal now...:) the important thing is that he is kind and he enjoys his childhood:)

Sam in his contented mood.

PICS

Never Give UP!!




The road to glory!! uphill all the way!!!










My new MTB - Trek 6500 DISC !!!

Trek 6500 DISC

Finally, I upgraded my MTB to a new Trek 6500 DISC! WOO HOO!! Cost around 1800 bucks with all the accessories like speedometer, lights, water bottle rack and a snakeskin protector for the sides.

This morning, I snapped on the Saris rack to my Odyssey and secured the Trek to it - the feeling of it is so good..haha.. premium brand makes you so dizzy with cockiness ..haha

The ride is so smooth - Trek makes it so easy with the uphill and with the hydraulic brakes - downhill also feel safer...but shit I encountered 3 cobras ...lucky did not fell down..else will be bitten..

I joined the singapore mtb group - will join them for rides so it will be safer.

Sighz....no time to focus on my tennis and golf...went golf last week with Yang and Jun Chee...in Executive course ... consistency in the short game has went down - only managed to "on" 2 times..the rest has to depend on the chip..but no choice...MTB rulez now!! heh heh

PICS To follow.

New Saris Bike Rack

After last Sunday's discovery of a alternative entrance to the BT mountain trail, I have invested in a Saris bike rack...200 plus...not as fierce looking but very functional...next will be my MTB upgrade to a Trek bike..

Here's the details:


So what to do with my Aleoca bike....maybe keep it..this is after all my first MTB....deprived childhood that I have ... heh heh.

Sam
in his Trek mood.

Tennis

I rekindled my love for tennis recently.

Bought an used Head i.prestige for 80 bucks - the control is very good though you have to generate your own power in your strokes. Still, it is a solid racket - heavy but powerful. The new Microgel Prestige costs 280...I still cannot bring myself to buy at such prices despite income appreciation all the years..I guess this is something good..

Let's see how I can improve on my game - the old Hammer can amplify the forehand power but lose control..hopefully my increased core strength now can compensate the lack of power amplication and make use of the control!

Sam