15 years has gone. Life time more awaits.

Today i celebrated my 15th birthday. Nothing much. Normal day went by. My parents brought me out for dinner at Loganhaus, Taipan. Besides that, pretty normal day. Thaks to everyone that wished me. I can't list down all the names as there are way too many. Thanks again to the Stingray people that brought me out that day. I got a new thumdrive for my birthday as well as a new shirt. Oh and thanks sis for the bday card you sent. really appreciate it. Nothing more i can. Well post some pictures if i have the time.

Sports day/Earth hour

Yesterday my school held the annual Sports Day. Overall results 1st Yellow=). 2nd Blue. 3rd Green and 4th Red. Things were interesting this year because we changed it to just 4 houses instead of 5. The idea of this was so that each house is allowed 2 runners per event making it possible to use up all 8 lanes. They rearranged everyone into different houses and i can't say i was very happy about leaving my beloved Saga. But Yellow was good too even though this year i felt as though i didn't do much to help with the points. It was a fun day i guess. Nothing much happened.

Perbarisan

100m

Mc'D

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Earth hour was special too. We all gathered at Ara Damansara(uncle's place) to celebrate this earth helping event together. Lights off at 8.30 and we were just lepaking outside the house. Things were spoiled when the neighbour decided not to help mother earth. Nonetheless we decided to stick with it. We lighted candles and started folding that paper you use to burn. Incense paper i believe it is called. The hour passed really really fast. Soon the lights were back on and it was all back to normal. Hope you guys did your part to help nature as well.

Something just under crazy

The last weekend was spent in Langkawi supporting my brother in the thoughest race on earth. The Ironman. A 3.8km swim. 180km bike. 42km run. You would think who in the world would actually torture themselves to such extend. Apparently 600 people from around the world would. And 1 of those 600 is my brother. His endless months of training and tears and pain he endured paid off in 11 hours and 15 minutes. He targeted an average 12 hour mark but never expected to break it by such a mile. My family was as much as excited as he was. We tracked his route and tried to show up along the way as many times as possible to give support even if it would have helped a little. Anyway, congrats bro. You finally finished the race that was once thought by the 3 of us to be impossible.

As a supporter, the highlight of the Ironman race i have to say was the finish line. To see the dramatic expressions on the people coming in was simply ecstatic. They all had different ways of celebrating their fantastic feat. The ones who are in their 1st Ironman especially were worth a watch. Many ran in with their family and loved ones while others just shouted with glee. Some collapsed on the floor due to exhaution. But no meter how they celebrated their last few moments in the Ironman, they all had the satisfatory of completing something considred just under crazy.

Super dad!

Invincible

Today whishing my running-addicted , mental guru , superman. Happy 54th Birthday dad. May there be many more years for you to strive in whatever you choose. Always on top and always carrying the role as the family's leader. Waiting to continue the legacy you lead and call your life.

Dinner

Yesterday night we had Chinese New Year dinner at Brother Yatt. Usual dinner. My cousins ambushed me with rice as for some reason they all can't eat a full helping. Anyway here are some pictures as there isn't much to say anymore.

before

after

cousin's baby

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Oh and update on the Australian Open. Nadal just played the longest ever tennis match the Australian Open has ever seen. He played his fellow compatriot Fernando Verdasco. The match was both exciting and frustrating as seen in the eyes of the 2 players. In the women's final, Safina was unfortunately beaten by Serena Williams rather embarrassingly 6-0 6-3.

Kampung CNY

I came back from Pahang this evening. My trips to Pahang has always been the same. Nice weather since my relatives live in quite a ''kampung'' place. The people there are nice. The usual hotel we always stay in. But this time they added WiFi which was great. The usual visiting to the same old houses I've been going since i was like 5. Grandfather's bike still there. Oh and this time there were dogs there. Really friendly dogs. Enjoyed playing with them. And those of you who knows me, the dogs have to be REALLY friendly if i dare to get close to them. Saw my baby cousins growed up a little and starting to talk. There was a new shopping centre there. It was opposite the same temple we always go. While i was there, i watched 2 movies. Ip man and Made of honour.

Ip man was really cool. Even though the DVD we got had horrible English subtitles. I understood it pretty well. I think they filmed it well too. How every punch and every kick was taken to such great detail. It was a good reflection on how badly the Japanese occupation treated us and our homes. Makes me relieved that its all over now.

Made of honour was ok. Maybe the bad sound quality from the DVD played a role in making it seem bad. The storyline is exactly what you get in a synopsis or summary. They didn't really expand the story. The show was kinda short. Almost like a children's show. It was merely average. Nothing more. Nothing less.

January birthday bash

The usual January birthday bash was held at my cousins house. Every year, we will celebrate the usual 7 birthdays in January. The house was noisy. Children running every wear. People shouting. But it was all good fun. Happy birthday you guys!!!

Birthday

Yesterday my family and I drove all the way sown to Raub, Pahang to celebrate my grandfather's birthday during dinner. The drive back was late and i eneded up raching home about 12.30 midnight with morning training next morning. Anyways, it was great to be back there even if it was just for dinner. Will be going back for Chinese New Year soon.

The night Christ was born

Today was Christmas. I woke up and went to a Christmas play held at ACTS Church in Summit, USJ. The play was not bad and the speech presented by the pastor was really good. The songs in the play were nice too.

After the play, we all went to Uncle Peter's annual Christmas party. The food was great and my bro and sis met their friends there as well. I enjoyed this year's Christmas and i'm willing to accept 2009 with an open heart. This year was a rough ride with good times and bad. But hey, that's what life is about ain't it?

Langkawi/Christmas

Just got back from my cousin's house for a Christmas party. But 1st i want to talk about my Langkawi trip which i came back from yesterday.

we left on Sunday and touched down on Langkawi Airport around 5pm. the sun was blazing hot and the heat was unbearable. !st day wasn't much. We checked in to the hotel and went for dinner near Chenang Beach. After dinner, we just walked down the stores located on the beach. That night we stayed up at my cousin's room drinking duty-free liquer and eating duty-free chocolate.

We woke up the next morning. Had our day planned and was set to go. We were suppose to get on the cable car early in the morning and then have lunch and go back to the hotel to change so that we can go to the waterfall. Well so we thought. Hearing that plan i changed in to my jeans, when we got to the cable car, it was close due to strong winds. So our day all went hay-wire. So we decided to head to the waterfall. And yes i had to go there in my shoes and jeans. Therefore resulting in me not being able to play in the water. After lunch, we tried the cable car and thankfully it was open. That night we went into Kuah Town to see the giant Eagle statue. I took many pictures of it as i found it rather cool.

On Tuesday, we woke up and went shopping around Kuah Town. After a quick lunch we headed for the Airport. And that's pretty much all i did there. Wasn't much, but not bad. Now back to training again. Had a good break.


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Ok now on to the Christmas party. I had a blast. I love my presents. I got a new white Manchester United Jersey with my name on the back. And also a new body glove shirt which i think is really cool.

Just doing my thing

Sorry for not updating for so long. Didn't have many events to update about. But here's one for you. Sunday, me and my family went for the Chin Woo Biathlon. was pretty psyched about this event after i won it last year. My bro flew back from Perth merely 8 hours before the event on Saturday night. Therefore, none of us had to preferred amout of sleep. But it would have to do. The event started at 7.30am. We woke up at 6. I popped on my MP3 to pump myself up as i do before every race/competition. I won't bore you guys with the race info. I was happy with my result. I came in 1st and also 2nd overall if you count the older category. Other results : My bro came in 2nd behind our SEA games triathlete Ah Wei. My sis came in 2nd too after her constant complaining about the swimming portion of the race.

Power on from start to end

My bold but vain attempt to catch a seasoned triathlete up a very very steep hill

Done with one, on with the next

Last wind of effort

My sis who refused to touch the water

Although was all smiles during the run

All together it was a good race and we all enjoyed ourselves. Hope to join again next year as a family. There are loads more pictures but i shall feel for your poor computers.