What an advertisment!

This is super-duper ironic man! Look at this photo and try to decipher the twist behind it! Kekes..

I was at the bus stop after my swim session at Katong Swimming Complex when I saw this..Irony irony..the advertiser must be a MCP. =] Just joking lah! Anyways, if you still cannot figure what I'm trying to say, this is how I interpreted the advertiser's aim for choosing such a picture.

The golf ball smashing glass kinds of tells me that the golfer ain't that professional because her golf ball did not end up on the green, but smashing through some glass object - perhaps a car's windscreen. Also, the words below the picture did nothing to help at all. 'Watch Out! Catch the best women golfers in action' just goes to show that even the best women golfers end up smashing glasses. Man! Watch out indeed! What a wicked twist to this advertisment.

This is just something that I found amusing, and wanted to share with you all. It's amazing how we can look at things from different angles and interpret it differently. Ok, that's all for now! =]

The journey.

People! I just came back from a 10km run! Woohoos, it was nothing short of a journey to me man. Even before reaching the halfway point, I felt like I was going to give up anytime. It was super tiring and I thought I could hold on no longer. However, I held on and continued to run, after turning back from the halfway point, which was just 5mins away from my 'felt tired point', it was easier to run liaos. =]

Throughout the run, I learnt something that can be applied to our lives. The tiring point will come inevitably in everyone's life. There will bound to be obstacles and problems that you will encounter in life too. However, the trick is to hold on and push on! Only then you will learn the most things, and only then you will realise that success and breakthrough is just around the corner!

Leaving you guys with a very inspiring poem from an unknown author. This poem sustained me through my 'O' Levels and subsequently gave me the positive and never-say-die attitude that I cling on to for my life.

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
when care is pressing you down a bit-
rest, if you must, but do not quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
as every one of us sometimes learns,
and many a failure turns about,
when he might have won had he stuck it out;
don’t give up though the pace seems slow—
you may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
it seems to a faint and faltering man,
often the struggler has given up,
when he might have captured the victor’s cup,
and he learned too late when the night slipped down,
how close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out—
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
and you never can tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems so far,
so stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
it’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

What a beautiful time together!

Heys! Happy Lunar New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wan Shi Ru Yi! Xing Xiang Shi Cheng! Hoorays! Today it was a joyous occasion for the family, for ALL of us met up and had dinner at my Big Aunt's place. Dinner was seriously secondary, but fellowship was invaluable and of utmost importance!

Lunar New Year visiting, as I once thought, is boring. However, as we get busier and busier during the other times of the year to even meet up for a simple meal, the tradition of visiting has enabled the extended family to come together at least once a year to catch up and reminisce of the good old times.

It was really nice meeting up with my cousins tonight, and boy wasn't it a killer fun time! We played block catching! Fancy all of us above the age of 14 doing such a thing. =] It is really nice once in a while to just let down your hair and let the fun overwhelm your senses and just enjoy the little time that you have with those people you hold dear to..I'm really glad that people still observe such a tradition nowadays during Lunar New Year!

Have fun with your remaining visitings! May God continue to bless us with good weather, and His blood of protection be upon us whilst we travel from place to place. Take care and watch that stomach! =]

It's Chinese New Year month!

I'm back in Singapore! "This is home, truly, where my dreams wait for me." It has been a really cool backpacking trip with Li Keng and Wei Lynn man! We've experienced travelling in all sense of the word. We travelled using aeroplanes, buses (seats), buses (beds), pick-up truck (Li Keng and I), car (8 people squeezed in 1), boat, train, motocycle, and the conventional walking. =]

I've learnt alot about the history of Cambodia/Cambodge/Kampuchea, thanks to Wei Lynn! It has really opened my mind to travelling. That it should be about understanding everything about the country and not just to see the tourist attractions, because most of the times, those do not tell the true story about the country. They just provide the tourist with what they would like to see.

On other matters, when it was drawing near to our return to Singapore, I felt that I was getting very unfit. All the good and cheap food over there really spoilt me! Therefore, I went for a run this morning to get myself in shape for the Singapore Biathlon which is only 28 days away! It was a disaster, the run. I felt so tired and had no motivation to go on. It was one of the worst runs that I have ever done. Well, I hope this is just due to the accumulated fatigue from the trip that will wear away soon, paving the way for my route to fitness once again. =]

Till then, take cares and God bless!