Mens Health Run 2010

Tomorrow I will be joining the Men's Health Run 2010 which will be held in Putrajaya. One of the main attraction of this event for me is this:

Every participant will receive a goodie bag* containing: • A Men’s Health bag • A Runner’s tee** from Reebok worth RM79 • Nature Valley® Crunchy Granola Bars • BIC® Easy Clic (Starter Kit) & BIC® 3 Shaver (pack of 2) worth RM10 • Johnson Fitness Sports Towel • 3 bottles of Clear Men 30ml Shampoo • 3 bottles of Clear Anti-Dandruff 30ml Shampoo • Naturale Choice Veggie Snackl • Juice Works Free Drink Voucher worth RM10 • Kenko 30mins Fish Spa Voucher worth RM38 • NT-Flam™ 5’s • Perskindol sachets & Guardian voucher worth RM5 off Perskindol range of products • TruDtox Tea Bag • 7-UP Revive 325ml • Bleu Mineral Water 600ml • True Fitness 14-Day Membership:

I got my runner's race pack yesterday. The T-shirt design by the way is kinda weird. I feel like a "Gaban" wearing that. Some more its thicker and heavier compare to PBIM Shirt. Luckily it's just 12.3 KM away. As relieving as it may sound, only the first 85 runners will receive qualifying medal.

So, the big question is... AM I GOING TO BE AMONG THE 85? Well, I don't know. But I set my target to complete in 70 minutes. Whether this 70 minutes/12.3 KM will qualify me for a medal, I don't know. I will try to push and maintained my speed at 11-12 km/hr. Even with this speed will takes me approximately an hour to the finishing line. 

Do you know at what speed I train myself on the treadmill? 10km/hr... and its not more that 20 minutes running as I want to spare some energy for weight lifting as well. Looking backwards, what makes me to start this kind of lifestyle? It's all due to my first ever blood test  result which shows my cholesterol level as high. 

I encourage you all my blog reader, to do everything in your power to keep yourself healthy. Prevention is better than cure and it's really true! It's far more important than money.... (Jangan sudah sakit baru telangap-langap mau cari pakar specialist)

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The Principle

  
I have number of principles. Principles that I believe I can hold onto. Principles that I talked with everyone especially with my friends and basically agreed on what it stand for or whatever reason it holds into. Anyhow, lately, I seem to walk away from one of it. It seems that I compromise on what I hold strong previously. I purposely loosening my grip on that matter, for some reasons that I see as an opportunity or chance of a lifetime that will make me regret if I don't take any appropriate action now.

So, between the principle of what is right for many people (and to some extent is right for me too), I decided to ignore anything about it, as I don't want any regret or guilt within myself to haunt me forever for not doing what is deemed to me as a right thing to do. Yes, I believe I should do what I think is the right thing to do, as I understand myself and my situation better than anyone else. So, I trust my own judgment, even if i did ask others' opinion along the way.

Making a big decision is not always an easy thing for me. Manoeuvring my own life sometime could be a mystery. It’s like going into a thick fog ahead as I do not know what will happen and what is in there.  Many question pop out of my mind. What if this happened... what if that happened and so on.... and I don’t really know the answer. The only reason that keeps me going is because I believe in God. I believe that things will never go wrong if I let him to take charge. And many times, it is not easy to simply put your faith like that. As a human, I still need some assurance; I still need to touch, to see, to get the result and etc...  to believe.

But if I don’t have faith, how do I want to keep moving?  I might just delayed things and leave myself strangled in confusion and hesitation.  In fact, I encountered this situation many times, especially when I reached the crossroads.

I know that my principle is right. It’s always right all the time, but it doesn’t mean that I have to stand by it all the time.  As a human, I think I should be more rational, and not to look things in 2 perspectives only. There are times in my life that either Yes or No is not gonna be an answer. There are times I should stay in the twilight area

I planned things out, but it doesn’t mean it will work that way.  I believe, God knows the best about it, and I believe that nobody is going to change my life for the better except me. So.... let’s rock and roll.... kekeekek

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Somehow, the grass is greener!

About 1.5 years back, when I were about to make a final decision about leaving my previous company in Shah Alam for a better opportunity, my ex-boss was the most skeptical and throwing lots of sarcastic words about my decision and what my future would be. One of his remarks was "Don't expect the grass to be greener the other side". The rest of it was trying to discourage me and to convince me that I was making a bad/unwise move in the midst of the economic downturn. (Refer here...)

Now, while many companies started to picking up, they offered VSS! So, the lesson is, trust yourself. Some ppl might look clever, sharing about sky-rocketing stuff pertaining economic, financial, recovery plan (Nike shape) etc.. bla bla, but to be able to predict what your future will be, is just ridiculous...... Just imagine what would happen to me if I blindly listened to the nonsense prediction? I am glad I didn't! 

P/S: It's ok. Ppl make mistake too :)

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Attitude

It’s has been a month since I started to work in the new company. My job is very simple. First, I need to do the Work Instruction as guidance for the operators to do their jobs and to prepare the Bill of Labor for quotation purpose. This job is not difficult to do, but it can be a tedious job as it requires a lot of details to be taken care of.

After the first month, I get to know that my boss, is a new comers as well. He is a nice guy and I am glad to work under his supervision. By the way, some people with bad attitudes also colours my one month life here. What do I mean with bad attitude here? Well, I meant exactly those people who are too afraid to share their knowledge and giving looking angry face whenever I asked them about something.

If they read this, and if they think they are the one whom I meant to, please do not confront me as you will be only getting harsh words from me. Instead, I suggest you to do a HANSEI or self-reflection on why you behaving in such a bad manner.

No offence to anyone please!! I have the right to write anything in my own personal blog.

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Where am I?

After been in Penang for 5 days, I started to adjust myself to the new house, new environment, new work place, new friends etc. I started to accept that my room is small….. that I cannot run during night time because it is too dangerous….. that I cannot wash my car on my own since there is no way I can go inside the parking area. The most stupid policy ever, only one car/unit house is allowed to enter the entrance gate.

But I believe, there will be a way for me to beat these unfortunate constraints. I just need more time to see it coming. Today, is my second day working in the new company. Day one was tremendously bored. There were no many things to do. Anyhow today, a little bit different. I did my own tour and survey to understand further about my future task.

Tomorrow, I will be doing some hands on job, which I created on my own to ensure a smooth start when my senior start to dump some new project on me. Well, they did train me, by just verbally explained on what is this and that. Oh well, I clearly understood, but if you ask me to do it right away, I believe I can only do 30% out of it. Then there will be some frustrated face shown, and this is what I really want to avoid before it happened.

Overall, I am excited about a new responsibility. I am looking forward to learn and to contribute. I have no regret when I walk my plan and decided to go. Those peoples, who belittled my decision to resign, should feel ashamed about themselves for the negative and bad perception they gave on me. It is very clear that their allegations were baseless and based on emotional and personal overreaction.

They pretend they knew everything. They predict other people future. They even said, since the economic outlook is not good, thus you should be thankful of what you have and do not look for a short term gain.(Aku plak dia kata tamak). What a bluff.

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Wallet

The above picture is my wallet. I had been using it since early Matriculation and was the first wallet I ever had as I did not use any wallet before to keep my money, as a matter of fact that I did not have much money to keep.

I think it looks old, and whenever I put my coins inside, the coins always accidently drop out of a small hole at the bottom side of it. I don’t really intend to buy a new one, as I rarely can see any type catching my interest. But while walking around the shopping mall today, I saw one piece that look simple and attractive enough for me to have a look. So, I bought it at RM120.

So, here is my new wallet. I expect it to serve me for another 10 years, which means I only buy a new wallet in the next recession. I have this habit of buying wallet during economic crisis without knowing about it. But I don’t think in 10 years time from now will be another crisis. I guess only. No data to support my prediction as I talk with imagination. I like to talk with imagination. I had seen many facts being manipulated, in order to justify the failure of the bad system managed by ‘smart’ people.

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The Spectacular Ignorance.

I decided to buy a new spectacle last year and after went through from one site to another, one brand to another, i think i found the one i like most. Its a Rodenstock Crossover. I bought it in July last year, as a replacement of the old one, which i had been used since I was in Matriculation.

After using it for some time, i think its great, because of the glass quality and the comfortable design. It is my habit to clean my spectacle every morning and night, both after shower, and i use my damp towel to wipe the glass....

Not until yesterday..... something happened. Can you guess whats wrong with it? Can you see what is not normal with me with my glass on?

It was not due to the spec's poor quality, rather than my own ignorance. A friend of mine told me before, how to handle and clean, and don't do this and that, otherwise this will happen. But, I ignored..... KOTOH!!

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