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7月9日 nigelchia.com is Up!This would officially be my last blog entry in MSN Spaces. I've moved my blog to my very own domain at http://www.nigelchia.com. Puhleeezee check it out.. and bookmark it while you're at it? Hahah.. what shameless self promotion! 7月7日 nigelchia.com =DI've always wanted to do this, so I finally got my own name .com-ed, yippie!! Can't wait to get my account activated (which should be anytime soon) and start setting it up. First thing I'm gonna do is install WordPress and move my blog there. Hehe... 7月6日 Moving...Nope, not moving as in a new place to stay.. but I'm considering moving my blog... again. I somehow find MSN Spaces very limiting and a tad slow. I think it's built-in themes are all rubbish, and you can't design your own. Only good thing I like about it is its integration with Windows Live Messenger. I've been eyeing WordPress for some time now and I think I might give it a shot... BlahWas at Pyramid last night after work. Supposed to catch Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (OMG Neela is sooo hawt!!) at 9.10pm with my bro and his friends but I was there early, around 7.30-ish. So after getting the tickets, I walked around and did some window shopping... Then I stumbled into Studio R. Now everytime I walk into the store selling sports/fitness stuff, I almost always end up buying something haha. So yeah, I ended up buying a pair of Reebok Fitness Gloves (to replace my current worn out pair) and a Reebok Gym Ball for my room. The Gym Ball is great.. I could not only use it as a workout tool.. but it also makes a great bouncy chair and cool decor for the room, heh. Oh btw, just so you all know, HSBC credit card users and/or DiGi users get a 20% discount from Studio R. =D
While I was there, walking alone, passing by many of the stores reminded me of her. Looking into places that we've been from outside, I can still recall clearly in my mind, and almost see the ghost of us actually there.. like a tape being replayed after a rewind. I really loved her.. and a part of me always will... sigh..
Gotta go.. 7月5日 How Evil Are You?
Wahahaha!!! Of People Who Waste Their Time......in the Gym
I seriously don't know if I should feel pity for them or simply just be amused by them. Let me elaborate a little on what I've observed during my hourly training sessions at Fitness First.
There's this group of 3 skinny Indian guys (nothing about being racist here, they just happen to be Indian mind you). They were all obviously new to the gym since they were all sporting their spanking new Fitness First T. So they were like yada yada yada, chatter chatter, yada yada.. then proceed to bicep curl a 20 pound barbell (with improper technique at that) and then resume their chatter for about another 10 minutes until one of them decides 'hey macha, come lah lets go upstairs and grab a drink!', and up they go. I was done for that day, went up to the lockers, showered, changed, and as I was leaving, I saw them still loafing around the free weights area mindlessly chatting away. C'mon.. the nearest mamak is just around the corner, isn't that a better place to talk all the cock you want to your hearts content? If these guys think they wanna get big and hunky at this rate they can dream on.
Next comes this dude probably in his late 30s to early 40s with a belly almost the size of a swiss ball. I applaud his effort to make time to go to the gym and from my obvious guess, his goal was to lose that generously sized 1 economy pack of his. However, he tortures himself doing like a gazillion reps of crunches, hoping to 'crunch' away that belly. Poor guy doesn't realise that spot reduction is a myth and that he should be spending his time weight training and doing lots of cardio instead if he wants to lose that spare tyre. Its a pity how some people work out thinking what they're doing will affect their bodies in a good way or in a way that they would prefer. Anyway, I later saw this guy swinging around 5 pound dumbbells in each hand doing what I reckon something that looks like the cha cha. Oh well...
Now I don't claim myself to be a gym/fitness pro.. I've made a lot of mistakes when I first started out too, but I've learnt from them and constantly try to improve... because I believe if you want to achieve something, you either strive do it right, or don't do it at all... 7月4日 The 'Dri-e-mocion'I have always imagined about such devices that allow you to somehow communicate to other motorists on the road (other than just the basic left/right hand signal lights of course).. and as I was surfing around today, I actually found one!!! This is exactly the thing Malaysians (especially Klang) drivers need! It's got the basic happy and sad smiley faces, displays 'Thanks', 'Back Off' and 'Idiot'... although if I were to get it, I'd customise it to display a middle finger, and change the 'Ba' of 'Back Off' to 'Fu'. Talk about instigating road rage, heh! Superman Returns
So much for expecting another great superhero movie. I thought Batman was awesome.. X-Men was fantastic, and Spiderman was the best ever.. but Superman? After watching it last night.. I was totally disappointed. All I can say is.. hype. Action during the first part of the film was fantastic.. but thats about it. Anything after that is just utter rubbish filled with cartoon-like CGI animations... and the story.. haha what story? Superman returns to earth and thats about it. He then resumes his former job of busting bandits and as archnemesis of Lex Luthor and thats it, end of 'story'.
Anyway Spiderman 3, slated to appear on the silver screens next year does look promising...
7月3日 T.TOver the weekend I...
Only good thing happened was that I finally had the time (though certainly not enough) to play Heroes V. Felt pretty rested too... Got up pretty easily today and heading off to the gym before work wasn't a hard thing to do at all... hopefully I'll be able to maintain this for the rest of the week... A long lost friend messaged me on Friendster. It was quite a surprise as I never thought I'd hear from him again. We go way back... as waiters in All Stars Sports Cafe... the one in Mid Valley... partners in crime we were. "ps. Remember Mexan? Hahaha.." he said in his closing note. Our boss back then.. "ps. Of course I remember that bastard..." was my reply. 7月1日 FoobarFound out that the latest version of my fav audio player - fooobar2000 was released a couple o' weeks ago. Finally got the time to upgrade and re-customise it again (check out the screenie to see the result of my work.. spent the whole afternoon on it).
If any of you are looking for an extremely customisable, versatile, super-fast audio player, give foobar2k a shot. I used to be from the Winamp/2/3 camp until I found this thing. Gotta beware though, this gem is certainly not for the non-technical at heart.
 6月30日 Heck..Bloody sore throat and cough doesn't seem to want to go away damn it...
I think I've been really lazy this week since I've been to the gym only twice.. oh well, as they say don't force it if your body isn't too up to it.. Can't really blame it too with this sore throat bugging me.. but I'm gonna make it a point to get back on track next week... I MUST get to 78kg before I cardio out all the excess fat (for the holy grail - 6 pack!!) else I'll end up with tiny arms, a skinny ass and pencil legs.
I know some of you notice that I change themes often with this MSN Space.. I know I do that.. just that I can only stay contented with one theme for more than a few days... and among the many choices of themes, 90% of theme are utter crap... oh well.
Hey Windows Live Messenger 8 Final is out... All of you still on 7.5, or 7 or heck even 6 for that matter... GET IT ALREADY! =D 6月29日 Relief...Ah.. Finally after 4 months, my Web Reporting project for boss is done... and he's impressed and happy with it, although he wanted a few small changes here and there, but no biggie. What's important is the worst is over for me.... for now... 6月28日 Cyphered Thoughts...some private thoughts.. converted to a series of MD5 hashes..
c04cd38aeb30f3ad1f8ab4e64a0ded7b 865c0c0b4ab0e063e5caa3387c1a8741 465223d16534b847faf7b88e6cd17139 13b5bfe96f3e2fe411c9f66f4a582adf 0136a384d663d7beca2b415ec6b872df ...
I seriously don't know.. I'm really confused..
>:(
6月25日 Japan GT '06..One and only reason why I wanted to go this year can be explained in just 2 words... Ford GT40. I've always wanted to see one in the flesh, and since it didn' t make an appearance at the recent KLIMS '06, this would be the perfect opportunity.. cuz I get to see it in action (although not so up close)!!
So was I satisfied? You betcha I was!! The noise of it's engine, IMHO was simply the best sounding of all cars that took part in the race, even better than that Ferarri! ...And OMG those flaming exhausts were just.... just.... DAMN!!! Fortunately I caught it on camera (see Japan GT album!)!!!
It was overall a pretty fun day... quite a well spent Sunday I would say.... and oh ya, thanks Em for driving us there.. YOU DA BEST!
 Gotta go... 6月23日 Heavier, I AmChecked my weight day before yesterday and saw that I now weigh a nice 75kg... nice.. getting closer to my target of 78kg before I start my cutting phase. While we're on the topic, here's a little about my weight history:
I started gym weighing 72kgs.. went up to 74kgs after about 6 months, then dropped back to 72kg due to dengue (dreadful..). Post recovery, I practically upped my calorie intake drastically, did less cardio and packed on some heavier iron... so here I am now.
Looking forward to the weekend.. will be going to watch the Japan GT in Sepang.. *reminder to self: Pls get earplugs! 6月21日 Because You're the One, NeoAs we all know, our lovely neighbourhood Proton recently launched their latest offering, the Satria Neo (don't know about you, but I just find the name bloody cheesy). I've read some of the reviews about the car and they were surprisingly good and I have to admit, despite all prejudices I have toward Proton, I was actually quite impressed with the look of the car after seeing the pictures... and what shocked me even more was the fact that... I wanted one! "You know what, screw the exorbitantly priced Suzuki Swift 1.6 Sport (RM 110k) and get this one instead!", was the thought that slipped into my head...
So today, after many months of passing by their CoE (Center of Excellence) along KESAS highway, I had a solid reason to drop by and take a peek.. and so I did. The Neos were there, all shiny and new.. and they looked even better real life. They even had 3 concept models of the Neo on display (photo attached is one of them). The Neo R3 were one other of these concepts (no photo, sorry) and OMG... such a handsome car!! ARGH!
Well anyway, realistically, I'm interested in the 1.6 Manual H-line model (RM 51.8k OTR) so I took a closer look at that particular model in the showroom. Sat in the cockpit to get a feel of the car.. first impressions were.. pretty solid.. especially the doors! They give you that solid expensive sounding 'thud!' instead of the cheap 'prakk!' when you shut them. Only things I didn't like about The One (Neo lah!) were the stock rims (supposedly functional turbine kinda design whom I think they copied from the McLaren Mercedes SLR), the plasticky feel of the steering wheel and the large empty area on the dash just above the radio... but for 51k who's complaining. The rims can be easily swapped for nice 17 or 18 inchers though (would be my first mod to the car).
So I made friends with Mr Salesman, and he told me he would try to get me a test drive next week (w00t!).. So if all goes well... hehehe you can guess how the story ends. 6月20日 More Than a Memoryby Hoobastank
I've become tired Of Wasting my time Thinkin' bout choices That I've made Cuz I can't move forward While looking behind The only thing I can Do now is change the way That I use to be Cuz now it seems Crystal clear to me Cuz you're so much more Than a memory Cuz you're so much more Than a memory It wasn't fair For me just to go Act like I knew what you've been though Cuz I wasn't there And I'll never know Couldn't see from Your point of view But I'm doing all I can For you to see That I understand THat I understand Cuz you're so much more Than a memory Cuz you're so much more Than a memory So don't close my door On what still can be Cuz you're so much more Than a memory Please don't Go Cuz I've finally Know That the past is gone And I was wrong And I was wrong You're so much more Than a memory Cuz you're so much more Than a memory So don't close the door On still what can be Cuz you're so much more Than a memory Please don't go Cuz I've finally know That the past is gone And I was wrong Please don't go Cuz I've finally know That the past is gone And I knew I was wrong And I was wrong 'RIP', Dear Shorts...Ok, so its another regular morning at the gym today.. was performing a few sets of the Barbell Full Squat when suddenly I hear a faint 'rrriipppp..' ..Yes folks you know what that means.. I freakin' tore my shorts while squatting under over 150 pounds of iron. Thank God nobody noticed..  ..sigh.. looks like its forking out another 50 bucks for a new pair.... |
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