watched Engelhert Humperdinck 2010 Legacy of Love World Tour with Lisa 2 nights ago at Indoor Stadium (as usual) courtesy of Andrew Chee (good friend to have)...
really a relaxed wonderful evening down memory lane in the company of Release Me, The Last Waltz, Spanish Eyes, Quando Quando Quando (remix)..incredible vocals & a witty mind and very good refined classy entertainer, incredible energy at 74 years & great band too....love it..
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
1 night in geylang...
great time out with the boys (chai seng, chong lee, chee hong, boon teck) last evening...
what I read when I googled Sek Wai Sin at Geylang (between Lor 13 & Lor 15) turned out to be accurate enough - pay a lot for wok hei, no price, no menu, no aircon, no service (the last cannot determine as chai seng seems to have one with the owners so the service we got is par excellence, also aircon part no issue as our table is indoor place is decent & quite cool)...
food is good and I want to go back again...we had prawn with kai lan and tofu prawn (signature), and beef kailan=all with fantatic wok hei! the prawn is huge and very fresh. also had steam song fish head (signature)=very good, black chicken soup=good and sweet sour pork=below average. read that bitter gourd pork rib is good, didn't ask as (maybe should ask because) chai seng is paying. damage was $148 for 5, not exactly cheap for daipaidong but then most dishes are better than some restaurants..problem with such places is food variety looks limited and w/o our friend chai seng probably service maybe sucks...
after that we stroll to sims avenue side for durian...$50 for 1 mao shan wan durian (3.5kgx$14/kg=about $2 per seed) not quite my idea of value for money, but then fun night out can't count every cent, just eat & be happy.. durian was nice but really not that great..chee hong also ordered a 1x$16/kg (forgot name sounds something like XO 666..)...that one actually had many tiny seeds, not bitter enough and maybe not bad afterall...
sad to hear from CH that BT's brother Boon Siong passed away from cancer (though I expected that having heard from BT >1month back that he was nearing the end). we are all at the age where transient makes a deeper impression, we get more philosophical & start to hear more of such news from amongst friends but I was playing my 1st majong game with BS just before CNY=that was just 4-5 months back..
what I read when I googled Sek Wai Sin at Geylang (between Lor 13 & Lor 15) turned out to be accurate enough - pay a lot for wok hei, no price, no menu, no aircon, no service (the last cannot determine as chai seng seems to have one with the owners so the service we got is par excellence, also aircon part no issue as our table is indoor place is decent & quite cool)...
food is good and I want to go back again...we had prawn with kai lan and tofu prawn (signature), and beef kailan=all with fantatic wok hei! the prawn is huge and very fresh. also had steam song fish head (signature)=very good, black chicken soup=good and sweet sour pork=below average. read that bitter gourd pork rib is good, didn't ask as (maybe should ask because) chai seng is paying. damage was $148 for 5, not exactly cheap for daipaidong but then most dishes are better than some restaurants..problem with such places is food variety looks limited and w/o our friend chai seng probably service maybe sucks...
after that we stroll to sims avenue side for durian...$50 for 1 mao shan wan durian (3.5kgx$14/kg=about $2 per seed) not quite my idea of value for money, but then fun night out can't count every cent, just eat & be happy.. durian was nice but really not that great..chee hong also ordered a 1x$16/kg (forgot name sounds something like XO 666..)...that one actually had many tiny seeds, not bitter enough and maybe not bad afterall...
sad to hear from CH that BT's brother Boon Siong passed away from cancer (though I expected that having heard from BT >1month back that he was nearing the end). we are all at the age where transient makes a deeper impression, we get more philosophical & start to hear more of such news from amongst friends but I was playing my 1st majong game with BS just before CNY=that was just 4-5 months back..
Thursday, June 10, 2010
lifestyle runner
had my LSD run (long slow distance run, NOT of the euphoric out-of-body I am god kind) this morning. managed 10km@9.02kmh just below 1hr6mins. this after a week w/o exercise and piling on sinful (meaning heavenly) food in Seoul..heartbeat really a bit high at 160bpm average with last lap at 165bpm (still for my recent 1/2 marathon my heartbeat was higher at 161bpm average running for 2hr 33 mins over 21km at just 8kmh)..I know I can get it down as did 14km before at 154bpm average at 9.1kmh...
didn't use my compression apparel. put on the cheaper Adidas tights instead, recovery was good and now 5 hrs after running no DOMS (delayed onset muscle sore) so I must be doing things right!
the chirunning by Danny Dreyer is really good. every serious runner should just go borrow from library and read it (http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?resultsScreen+26285+1+5+0)
anyway it teaches you the key principles of effortless running-
(1)slight lean (not bent) forward head-body-feet aligned so that your footfall will NOT be ahead of the head position. this helps to avoid heelstriking which creates impact resistance at every step, thus promotes midstriking..
(2)relax knee, calf, ankles, let feet fall back on every step (your feet just skimming the road surface..) instead of lifting & heelstrike (which happens if your footfall is ahead of your head position). this lets core muscles hold up the body weight put less effort on leg muscles, hip swing like pendulum thighs propel run aided by gravity & momentum from slight leaning forward lower leg hang loose - ie as little effort and weight on lower leg as possible makes a more efficient pendulum (don't you know nigerian runners have really hugh thighs and thin calf)..
normal hardcore power running relies on training leg muscles and lapping up miles. with chirunning apparently you can soak up less miles in training. important thing is form focus ie posture and principles of using core muscles to hold body and thigh muscles to propel run, slight forward lean & midstriking to avoid impact resistance (and impact on knee) and as little effort and weight on lower leg as possible for efficient pendulum swing and you (sort of) can run forever...
think I am starting to get it a little bit...my target lifestyle running=2x10km, 1x14km per week..
didn't use my compression apparel. put on the cheaper Adidas tights instead, recovery was good and now 5 hrs after running no DOMS (delayed onset muscle sore) so I must be doing things right!
the chirunning by Danny Dreyer is really good. every serious runner should just go borrow from library and read it (http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?resultsScreen+26285+1+5+0)
anyway it teaches you the key principles of effortless running-
(1)slight lean (not bent) forward head-body-feet aligned so that your footfall will NOT be ahead of the head position. this helps to avoid heelstriking which creates impact resistance at every step, thus promotes midstriking..
(2)relax knee, calf, ankles, let feet fall back on every step (your feet just skimming the road surface..) instead of lifting & heelstrike (which happens if your footfall is ahead of your head position). this lets core muscles hold up the body weight put less effort on leg muscles, hip swing like pendulum thighs propel run aided by gravity & momentum from slight leaning forward lower leg hang loose - ie as little effort and weight on lower leg as possible makes a more efficient pendulum (don't you know nigerian runners have really hugh thighs and thin calf)..
normal hardcore power running relies on training leg muscles and lapping up miles. with chirunning apparently you can soak up less miles in training. important thing is form focus ie posture and principles of using core muscles to hold body and thigh muscles to propel run, slight forward lean & midstriking to avoid impact resistance (and impact on knee) and as little effort and weight on lower leg as possible for efficient pendulum swing and you (sort of) can run forever...
think I am starting to get it a little bit...my target lifestyle running=2x10km, 1x14km per week..
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