Wednesday, March 17, 2010
... and i hate the track paper
i had a good run with zebin yesterday. talked to him about why he wanna be a PE teacher and trying to help him with his interview and PPT:) happy run:) ended at the tau huay shop and met his batch mate. she gave me a funny look which i don't really feel good about. that suspicious look of me being the gf or something. it made me feel a little guilty inside. precisely becos i knew someone still like him and i was worried that someone will know about yesterday. ironically, i don't have that special feeling with him. he jus felt a good friend and nothing more? i dunno. shall see.
about women
oh dear. i sense it's the time of the month soon. i'm getting irritated easily and just alittle bitchy these 2 days And i also can't decide what i wanna do, maybe that's normal for me. hahaha!
anyway, i'm getting so used to the convenience of the car that i'm feeling upset and alittle irritated when i don't have it. oh no! the devil is at work! hx, u can't give in to temptation of using the car everywhere u go alright?
then again, it's abit more than that. song's fault lah. song and clar. him trying so hard to impress and give in. Insisted on driving, then convinced me of not driving and gg to nus or driving us to macritchie, then go back on his words and blah blah blah. usually i think i'm not so fussy about all these, but i think it's him finding all sorts of excues saying it's not becos of clar that pissed me of. you could have jus told me u're waiting for her reply and ask me to drive or make my own way home. i'm usually okay. argh. oh shit, i hope not i don't sound like i jealous. because i'm seriously not, i'm jus pissed.
then again, it's miss huixin wanting HER ways, as usual. I just wanna run at macritchie lah! i dun like the cars around nus! But what is so difficult about making the way home? just take a bus to macritchie lah! aiya, when i can't have my ways or plans, i'll be hmm aliitle bitchy and difficult and fickle.
messed up my plans for thursdays, which i expected a fun run and time after the run:(
okay done with my complaints. it's just the time of the month. now i understand why is it so hard to understand women.
anyway, i'm getting so used to the convenience of the car that i'm feeling upset and alittle irritated when i don't have it. oh no! the devil is at work! hx, u can't give in to temptation of using the car everywhere u go alright?
then again, it's abit more than that. song's fault lah. song and clar. him trying so hard to impress and give in. Insisted on driving, then convinced me of not driving and gg to nus or driving us to macritchie, then go back on his words and blah blah blah. usually i think i'm not so fussy about all these, but i think it's him finding all sorts of excues saying it's not becos of clar that pissed me of. you could have jus told me u're waiting for her reply and ask me to drive or make my own way home. i'm usually okay. argh. oh shit, i hope not i don't sound like i jealous. because i'm seriously not, i'm jus pissed.
then again, it's miss huixin wanting HER ways, as usual. I just wanna run at macritchie lah! i dun like the cars around nus! But what is so difficult about making the way home? just take a bus to macritchie lah! aiya, when i can't have my ways or plans, i'll be hmm aliitle bitchy and difficult and fickle.
messed up my plans for thursdays, which i expected a fun run and time after the run:(
okay done with my complaints. it's just the time of the month. now i understand why is it so hard to understand women.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
strengthening up ankles
From http://beginners.runnersworld.com/2008/10/how-can-i-strengthen-my-injury-prone-ankles.html :
There are four basic motions of the ankle joint:
1) Plantar flexion: pointing your toes away from the knee.
2) Dorsi flexion: pulling your toes upward off the ground and toward the knee.
3) Inversion: pointing your toes inward (toward each other).
4) Eversion: pointing your toes outward (away from each other).
There are many ankle-stretching exercises. I like swimming; it not only promotes good ankle flexibility but also serves as a good method of cross-training to promote aerobic fitness. I will suggest a couple of basic exercises that will help strengthen the major muscles around the ankle:
Stand on one foot while holding your arms out to your sides with your eyes open. When you can do this for 60 seconds, try closing your eyes. Then repeat for the other leg.
Stand on the edge of the stairs and let the ball of your foot hang off the edge (“hang 10” like a surfer; only the back half of your foot is in contact with the floor). With a handrail nearby, close your eyes and hold that position for 60 seconds.
Now, turn around and stand on the edge of the stairs and let your heels hang off the edge. Again, with a handrail nearby, close your eyes and hold that position for 60 seconds.
Next, stand on the edge of the stairs, hold on to the handrails, and let your heels hang off the edge. Gently lift your heels (like standing on your tip-toes, so you are standing on the balls of your feet) and hold that position for 10 seconds. Gently lower your heels as far as you can; hold that stretch for 10 seconds (repeat six to 12 times).
After you are able to perform the above exercises with minimal difficulty, then stand with one foot on a wobble board or pillow disk for more of a challenge.
Finally, get a resistance band and sit on the floor. With one end of the resistance band tied around your foot and the other end attached to a fixed object that is out in front of the foot. Slowly pull the foot back toward the knee (dorsi flexion). Complete 20 repetitions every other day. For more resistance, you can double up the elastic band.
Remain on the floor, this time with one end of the resistance band tied around your foot and the other end in your hands. Slowly push your foot forward (plantar flexion) and then return to the starting position. Do 20 repetitions every other day.
Try a little barefoot jogging. I jog barefoot slowly for five to 10 minute on a football field once a week, which I think helps strengthen my feet and ankles.
There are four basic motions of the ankle joint:
1) Plantar flexion: pointing your toes away from the knee.
2) Dorsi flexion: pulling your toes upward off the ground and toward the knee.
3) Inversion: pointing your toes inward (toward each other).
4) Eversion: pointing your toes outward (away from each other).
There are many ankle-stretching exercises. I like swimming; it not only promotes good ankle flexibility but also serves as a good method of cross-training to promote aerobic fitness. I will suggest a couple of basic exercises that will help strengthen the major muscles around the ankle:
Stand on one foot while holding your arms out to your sides with your eyes open. When you can do this for 60 seconds, try closing your eyes. Then repeat for the other leg.
Stand on the edge of the stairs and let the ball of your foot hang off the edge (“hang 10” like a surfer; only the back half of your foot is in contact with the floor). With a handrail nearby, close your eyes and hold that position for 60 seconds.
Now, turn around and stand on the edge of the stairs and let your heels hang off the edge. Again, with a handrail nearby, close your eyes and hold that position for 60 seconds.
Next, stand on the edge of the stairs, hold on to the handrails, and let your heels hang off the edge. Gently lift your heels (like standing on your tip-toes, so you are standing on the balls of your feet) and hold that position for 10 seconds. Gently lower your heels as far as you can; hold that stretch for 10 seconds (repeat six to 12 times).
After you are able to perform the above exercises with minimal difficulty, then stand with one foot on a wobble board or pillow disk for more of a challenge.
Finally, get a resistance band and sit on the floor. With one end of the resistance band tied around your foot and the other end attached to a fixed object that is out in front of the foot. Slowly pull the foot back toward the knee (dorsi flexion). Complete 20 repetitions every other day. For more resistance, you can double up the elastic band.
Remain on the floor, this time with one end of the resistance band tied around your foot and the other end in your hands. Slowly push your foot forward (plantar flexion) and then return to the starting position. Do 20 repetitions every other day.
Try a little barefoot jogging. I jog barefoot slowly for five to 10 minute on a football field once a week, which I think helps strengthen my feet and ankles.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration? | Video on TED.com
Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration? | Video on TED.com
This talk is great!! how to organise or rather how information can be reorganised!
This talk is great!! how to organise or rather how information can be reorganised!
Monday, March 1, 2010
body world
The exhibition is really fantastic! it's been a long time since i last had so much fun and at the same time learnt and realised so much in a day. We all felt so drained after the exhibition that we just saw at the macs for 2 hours talking and deciding on what to do. As usual, we ended up bitching a little and talking about what we feel about a wide range of issues.
Anyway, the exhibition actually immortalized individuals who donated their bodies, which may be precisely who people actually donated their body? The body are crafted, sculptured, manipulated, torn, scraped, sawed into perfect work of 'art' or rather exhibits. Some may say it is dehumanising to do such a thing to a human body in the name of science. I say it's such a GREAT thing to do- to educate and let us see into ourselves, to see with our whole eyes what textbook and videos can't portray. It is all about relevance, authenticity that interest people to learn. This exhibition shows us how complex we are, how wonderful the design is, how amazing that we're even alive, kicking and living.
there were alot of messages in there too. some touched me. lots of interesting messages in there! love them but too bad camera isn't allowed:(
i could remember one clearly:
'Age is just a matter of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter'
Anyway, the exhibition actually immortalized individuals who donated their bodies, which may be precisely who people actually donated their body? The body are crafted, sculptured, manipulated, torn, scraped, sawed into perfect work of 'art' or rather exhibits. Some may say it is dehumanising to do such a thing to a human body in the name of science. I say it's such a GREAT thing to do- to educate and let us see into ourselves, to see with our whole eyes what textbook and videos can't portray. It is all about relevance, authenticity that interest people to learn. This exhibition shows us how complex we are, how wonderful the design is, how amazing that we're even alive, kicking and living.
there were alot of messages in there too. some touched me. lots of interesting messages in there! love them but too bad camera isn't allowed:(
i could remember one clearly:
'Age is just a matter of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter'
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