It pays to drive safely

Since blog's dead, I shall just recount about my happening Friday. After testing out my software for my project, I headed over to Vivo to meet person B and coy. Spent a grand total of $7 cab fare and 10mins in Vivo. We then headed for supper. On the way home, on ecp, we met with an accident.

This is what happens a pile up occurs.



This is not person B's car. (Her driving confirm way better, if not, i'll be long dead) This was the fourth car in the collision. A Mercedes C200 Kompressor. Sianzzz. Wonder how high his premiums will go. The lucky thing is that no one was seriously injured, except some bumps on the head. So drive carefully ppl, esp at night, and the boulderactive lorry drivers!

Here's my all-time favourite artist. I think this is his best MTV ever. Totally love it.

Pig + Dice = Pice

(About the size of a optical mouse)

Selling this ornamental cute little pig at $5, negotiable. Interested parties, pls contact me at wsczx83@yahoo.com.sg





Thanks!

tradition?

Because we have taken so much from the NUS Gym, and what we take we must return, here's Eli and mine(early) graduation gift!

Arriving in July when i get back..haha

Hoping to see more cheap tiles in Font.

random

everyone is getting stronger. i can see marked improvement on nearly everyone, except maybe the sick and the injured. so inspiring. it must be the power of Boulderactive. Defend the turf, team!

and lately, the climbing videos are leaving everyone in awe. fingernail crimps, mad slopers and soaring dynos. jiasheng says "be realistic, don't just watch, must climb at your level". i think emulating some of the interesting moves is a good method to expose yourself to different climbing skills. from there, maybe you can discover what your body is capable and incapable of. but of course, be realistic...fingernail crimps? wtf.

gong xi fa cai everyone. fa cai, not fa fu2(grow fat).

Some Geeky Chill Out

While everybody is blogging about training and climbing harder, your favorite slacker is here to provide some geeky comic relief:

 
hello all! here are two photos of my brother tt i finally got from him. yup hes doing fine and having fun, and i asked him to set up a photo blog or blog here but he says hes been too busy(read:lazy). my mum says his looks fatter lol.anw the place looks so pretty i love the semi snow covered trees..i'm jealous.... 

It's been a long time :)

Hurlo,

Haha...it's been ages since i last visited this blog n as usual there were many interesting blogs n comments especially from our PENANG climber :) Lols...penang sure ROX man!!! Anyway comp is comin! Yeah...n cheers...but do keep urself safe n dun get urself into any shit...Erm, i mean injuries... Like the o'man always say, "Prevention is better than cure".

Before signing off, there's 1 thing to note...everyone is getting STRONGER!!! so so STRONG!!! i need to be STRONGER too!!! Man, it's really inspiring to watch everyone climbing so hard all of the time...so must really get myself into the mood n plz motivate me if u see me slacking in one corner...

~CHEERIOS~

flash-pump.
i experienced the worst of it during yesterday's training. an over-zealous warmup can actually lead to this climber's enemy. so people, warmup is warmup, not burnup. don't have to warmup till you're all hot and bothered, then jump onto the wall. you'll just end up falling like flies. like me.
and come to think of it, from yesterday's session, the conditioning and physical training has helped a lot in my bouldering. i feel stronger, and doing crimps more open-handed-ly. maybe it's the 2-week abstinence from bad crimps which led to the finger joints being less painful. so i cannot emphasise more, all you people out there with existing injuries, don't whack like a madman. control your urges. we rest so that we can travel a longer distance (direct translation from "xiu1 xi2 shi4 wei4 le4 zhou3 gen4 chang2 de4 lu1").
more routes more routes.
less injuries less injuries.

anyway apart from training more endurance and power-endurance, what other ways are there to reduce chances of flash-pump (apart from a good warmup)?

Wa Lau Eh! Support Sing or Thai?

Of Balls and Heads

Mondays come and go. Usually i'm totally tired after training. But today was different due to Dosage Vol. 1 (courtesy of PengYang). Other Vols are comin along, jus pray that these won't give me sleepless nights.
The vidz came at a right time, when i feel numbing pain in my fingers and laziness in my mind. Its inspiring though i have watched part of it before.
Today's training was ok (with surprise guest trainee), but can sense a little weariness in the team and coach too. Hope i'm wrong. Its definitely boring to see people training week after week, I rather climb (personal opinion). But I can also sense a build-up of urgency as comp season approaches.
Reached the gym to see Mr. Subway already tough on the wall. Really impressed with how some of the guys are doing - John is strong, Liu Li is setting some insane yet creative routes, Edwin's flashing most of the routes, PengYang tryin to whack the routes and Caleb settin his conditional route out of nowhere. Thanks ppl. Think Mr Subway also tryin his best, so i feel we should't keep harping on him. So is everyone. C'mon.....

Boulderactive

It's coming soon ... the biggest Bouldering competition of the year. It's also the most satisfactory one for us to get into the finals/win - more so than Pumpfest and Rockmaster cos it's organised by us, us, us!!

The crowd cheering, the electric atmosphere, the power of the routes, beauty of movement... the countdown has begun and can you feel it? Just thinking about it makes my skin tingle, and I wish I could be there to compete and cheer you guys on.

Just want to say a few words -
Don't be shy about your desires and hopes. Admit to yourself that you want to win and that makes your ambition feel that little bit more real and achievable. Remember that you must be determined and confident else you will never get anywhere. Also, the prize money is good but that short flush of victory (whatever your aim may be) priceless and you'll remember it for years ahead..

Aim high!! I'm sure the Novice and Intermediate guys/gals have a good chance of sweeping like we did the men's last year. For the open men, I hope someone manages a final! Zhengxin it's your time to shine in open!

Fatigue

Today's training highlight was 3 sets of pull ups (30%, 50%, 30%), 10% of weights. It jus these, and i was feeling like I did 3 sets of PT. My body aches and I feel so tired. My mind's worse, totally turned off.

An unfortunate event occured todae at the gym. Not too sure abt the details. But it ended up in the hosp (again). Seems like the fengshui in the gym not very good, esp in the 2nd sem. Watch it, ppl, i think NF is rite abt the Curse of the Injuries of the NUS climbing gym. I'll be devastated if i'm injured again rite now. Really pray hard that all of us are kept safe.

Gtg back to my tut. Adrain's Bullet Train Guide's a really nice read. Hope i can implement it into my training program too.

(T-seven weeks, i think, can't wait for the eXcitement)

The Bullet Train Guide to be Heavy

NUS climbers are always worrying about their weights. I mean, what's the deal man..just eat climb and dun worry so much lah. And there is this recent flurry of BMI thingy and to our amazement, there are climbers who have BMI below 18! This is super thin and super unhealthy, as testified by a Health Promotion Board Officer who replied to Jups mail. Thus being the always helpful guy, I hereby (humbly) present:

Adrian's The Bullet Train Guide to be Heavy

Introduction
You might ask, Adrian you are not fat, how to write a guide? That is true, but I am heavy. Notice the subtle difference between fat and heavy. Fat means bloated, like a puffer fish and your lumps bounce during walking. Lumps on the stomach or legs that is, we do not mind good lumps. Heavy means you can have a normal body, only that you have this thing called weight and an acceptable BMI. And being heavy prevents stretch marks, being fat fast means having stretch marks all over ur body. Not good if you wanna wear little cloth.

One: Old Chang Kee
Go across the street during training and buy some old chang kee products! They are cheaper than outside, and it tastes good! usually the food will be sold out at 9pm, thus go slightly earlier, like during water break. for extra challenge, buy everything on the shelf man, and treat the team so everyone can accompany you during your get heavy campaign.

Two: Eat den sleep
After training, fast fast go home, bath and eat dinner! Must be completed in sequence, cos you need to wait for your hair to dry. Then after eat dinner, your hair is dried already and now, fast fast go sleep! This is the super orgasmic way to get heavy man..you will feel super happy. This is especially good for those muggers who rarely have a good night sleep, you will feel super accomplished!

Three: Footlong sub
Subway's sandwiches got the footlong one. Instead of going old chang kee to buy food, you can go subway which is just beside OCK. Buy the footlong sandwich but do not get the meal! Remember your student card for discount..this is much more worth it than buying the normal 6-inch sub. For extra oomph, go for subs like meatball, turkey, chicken teriyaki. You will defeat the purpose if you buy stuff like veggie delight. -.- totally a turn off. Subway is healthy too thus you will not feel guilty. Try to finish the footlong sub, you can eat it thru out training (outside of the gym) and remember not to 'f***ing throw your food waste in the gym' hahahaha.

Four: Running and swimming is wrong
Why burn off money? You see, food is bought using money, and by running or swimming, you are burning off the food, thus burning off money. But you need to be fit while getting heavy, thus continue to eat and climb. Just climb. Correct de, you can firm up the arms and thighs that was fattened. Imagine those firm arms and hot legs like Mei Fen's. They can be yours too! Still no firm legs? Rally all the engineers in the team, we have like 584 engineers here. Big team hor? Anyway get their timetables and escort each one of us up the Engineering Slope. Inclined at an angle of 30 degrees, escorting everyone of us up for a week can give you those Mei Fen's Legs! They can be yours too!

Five: Ice cream hurhur
Ice cream during training, ice cream tub while studying, ice cream for breakfast, ice cream on bus..eat it wherever you go! If you're rich, go buy Ben and Jerry's. If not..just a local brand will do. Remember to bring some to the gym to share so we can share your guilt. If you start to uh-wekkk (vomit), oh man..you have just hit the sweet spot. Ignore the puke and ice cream foaming at your mouth and continue eating! Spartan training yo. After sometime, it will be totally normal to foam and eat ice cream at the same time, ie the l33t ice cream eater haha.

Conclusion
You will surely have a lot of fun eating behind coach's back during training. It is like satisfying your curiousity. Satisfaction will be attained especially for step two. Once you attained satisfaction, continue step two but in a higher intensity, like sleep longer! Remember to share your food hor. Being underweight has its consequences and really, the.threat.is.real.

GEK1025

Today during the lecture, we were gg thru Chinese landscape painting. And i can't help but think abt Yang Shuo. Esp so after Liu Li showed me those crazy photos on his ever high-tech and high resolution camera-phone. Here's why:





Forces of nature and humans, pls let this trip be a reality!


On another note, its the 1st day of Feb. 2 more months. Like what a hardworking climber always says: "Train hard train safe."