Life For Rent

It has been an amazing 3 weeks plus of intensive training. I achieved my target body fat % within 2 weeks through very vigorous training and watching what I ate. Sure paid off. Once again, there is no such thing as dieting without weight training. I shan’t go into details on what I have achieved…but it’s good.

So good that I decided I shall give my body a break and a treat. I ate like its the end of the world from Friday nite till now. It was supper with Eugene (cute fella heh heh) Kenneth the bitchika and my other half. Woah. I was the one who ended up eating most of the food cuz the rest said they were full. Crazy loh. But newton hawker centre food never tasted better. Oyster omelette. Char kway teow and hokkien mee. I finished all 3. Literally.

Bunked over..woke up like 2pm on Sat..starving..(AGAIN!). Went to pick bitchika, headed for lunch, bought bubble tea, went to expo and my poor boy lost his phone. I believe he dropped it and someone picked it up. Ah well I don’t suppose it was stolen but to the person who wasn’t honest enough to keep it on and return to the rightful owner, may your sons in future grow pussies while your daughter grows penises. The kind of penis that looks like pimples. Full of pus. Wnite. And it just stays that way. Nothing cums out..

Dinner was spicy beef noodles at Plaza Sing…with the taiwan chicken cutlet as an appetiser…:P Mango sago as desert.

Popcorn and vanilla coke during the movie… Madagasca. One of the few animated films I have watched but it is a no brainer light hearted 90 mins that I had in the cinema. Wasn’t so bad at all but if you are short of cash, you might wanna spend less than 8 bucks max for the fun of it. The animals are pretty cute.

Woke up at 9 plus this morn cuz the boy has gymnastics classes while I decided to go to ‘this’ bowling alley to support my friends. Stayed for less than an hour and went back to pick the boy, ate lunch (nasi lemak) then went to Farm Mart at CCK, in search of jellyfish.

Anyone knows of any place in Singapore that sells freshwater jellyfish? It’s scientific name is Craspedacusta sowerbii I believe. Any info would be cool!

And yeh we went to chinatown to get a new phone and my mom called, wondered if I was still alive cuz I haven’t been home in 2 days haha. And yeh and so I am..right here. Gonna get ready for a shower and head for dinner. My bro’s bday.

Nothing intellectual this weekend. Just loads of fun and action..and I am very shagged!!!!

It is back to training tomorrow but for now…it’s one more chill day for me.

Hope your weekend has been great guys. Keep smiling yo!

Ah… My biggest congrats to Ron, for winning the grand prize from channel 5 to catch American Idol finals live in LA!

Woah it is like striking toto man..!!

But I think strike toto better, with the prize money you can fly first class, stay in hyatt grand suite in LAX and errr..zap around in a limo?

But sometimes there are things money can’t buy. Like a backstage pass to meet up with the celebs from American Idol 1-4. Cool eh!

Have fun Ron! Tell me about it when you return!

The Amityville horror. Based on a true story, it tells of a house that used to be used by a reverand for slaying people in the basement. When he finally killed himself, he made a curse. In 1974 a family was shot to death during their sleep by one of their own. He later confessed that he heard voices that told him to kill his family, over and over again. “Catch em. Kill em.” The events happened on the 28th day after moving the family moved in. Years later, a family moved in. What happened?

Well, watch the show to find out. There are some horrific scenes, and the film exorcist came to mine when images of the reverand flashed across the cinema screen. I don’t usually grade films based on a true story with a very high grade unless the effects are there. For this film, go catch it if you have $9.50 to spare, else give it a miss.

Since we are on the topic of reverands and all, I’m gonna write about something that I have held back for quite a while. For one it is a sensitive issue, for two I don’t really know too much about it to comment. But here it is anyway.

I had an email asking me on what a person should do when he is caught in between faith in God (religion) and accepting his sexuality (homosexuality).

The stand on homosexuality has always been that it is a sin, in the eyes of Christianity at least. Looking at Romans 1:27 :

“Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,

burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful…”

It used polite english to describe homosexuality as it is in today’s terms. The key words I presume here are, men and men. In today’s context, is homosexuality shameful? How does one deduce that men and men refers to homosexuality? I do note that the chapter speaks about sins in terms of fornication, sodomy, lust, adultery etc. Could this be an indication that the terms used between men and men has sexual meaning behind it?

If so, then the scripture is quite clear. You may ask, who wrote the bible? Was it translated? Did the roman king back then decide to omit certain stuff from the bible? Is the bible that we have today, a true description of God’s words?

What about denominations then? Where did it come from? I believe it is man made. I checked with a pastor from city harvest through email and he felt so as well. Picture this. Once upon a time there was just one church. And one pastor. Many people sat in the audience.. some didn’t feel they quite agree with the pastor. They went out, set up their own churches and gave their own intepretation of what is said in the bible. And so on and so forth.

Whenever information is translated, there is a possibility that some information is lost, or changed. It is not just a possibility, for I think it happens. All the time.

My personal stand on all these is to speak to pastors about it. Get the opinions of a few of them. Research on your own, and form your own conclusion. With an open mind. In churches, it is quite clear that homosexuality, like murder, adultery, sodomy and incest are all sins. How does one deal with his belief and faith, while being comfortable with his own sexuality? This, I have no generic answer for all. It is really up to the individual. I do not question my faith in my religion. Period. I do however question the intentions of some who may use religion to do their dirty work. Are people really getting the true teachings? No one else can answer that but yourself. You decide on what you want. You may be guided along the way but you choose your own path. Do not expect to decide to take a shortcut (win-win situation) that satisfies everything. The best of both worlds. There is no such thing when it comes to religion. You decide what the truth is, and be answerable to yourself, and God.

Until I have gained enough, this topic shall begin and end here.

Singapore, brace yourself for some clear weather coming up soon..

Watched any movies of late?

House of wax was the last one I caught. Always wondered where the brothers got all the wax from. From the dead animals that were dumped in the forest?

As for Paris Hilton..I guess one good thing that happened in the movie was, a part of her head was used.

SommerSturm… Ah.. so many dudes have told me that I was spot on that they would enjoy the show and that the song Blonde on Blonde meant a lot after watching the film.

Cats and dogs are coming down
Fourteenth street is gonna drown
Everyone else rushing round

I’ve got blonde on blonde
On my portable stereo
It’s a lullabye
From a giant golden radio

I’ve got no time I wanna lose
To people with something to prove
What can you do but let them talk
And make your way down the block

I’ve got blonde on blonde
On my portable stereo
It’s a lullabye
From a giant golden radio

It’s a lullabye
From a giant golden radio

It’s a lullabye
From wonder-woman’s radio

It’s a lullabye
–

I have always wondered what the song writer is trying to show in the song. I could tell a lot behind the song but couldn’t decipher it somewhat.

So I got the help of berdley who decoded the song through his own interpretation.

Cats and dogs, refer to the everyday facts. Facts that surrounds us but yet facts people are unprepared to accept. What to do, but just get on with life. No time for people who do not wish to open their minds out, just let them be the way they want to be and move on. The lullaby? Explained by Berdley, lullubys r efer to the discrimination and critisisms. These people go on and on and on like a broken radio. Yes, that’s where the lullubye and radio come in. As I type this, I realise the relevance. Giant, golden, these two words do refer to the mouth. Silence is golden…get it? So giant = big, golden suggests mouth. And radio, well need I say more?

Whatever they think or say after we’ve come out and all, we’ll still lead the lives as we are, and so will they. Just let them be…

How apt, as the theme for the film.

I shudder to think what the blonde on blonde is..I shall let you figure it out. To my interpretation…what is a blonde famous for?

Yeah. These ‘blondes’ do not just exist in blondes. They exist in many people of many races religion and nationality. Hell there are people I know whom I shall now label as a blonde.

So the next time I go “Hey how are ya blondie?” you know who I am refering to.

Are you nuts? Do you think I will call a blonde a blonde? Hell I won’t. I will say hi sweetie, but go behind telling everyone that you’re a blonde. Think about it. Isn’t that what you are doing too?

Heya all. My training has been going alright. But today I am totally burnt out. From neck down all the way. My body has finally decided to just shut down. Don’t blame it one bit..so I am gonna give it 2 days ‘mc’.

I was just chatting with Paul, a good friend I haven’t met in a while. Talked bout studies and all. And it sorta reminded me of how I screwed up my exams cause of what I had to do in the army. And you know what, now I have a phobia of working. Working in an area that does not allow me to give priorities to my studies.

Apart from just being a perfectionist, my study grant came from my late aunt. A n aunt I wasn’t even close with.But she left a will, leaving a sum of money to all her nephews for their studies. And I would want to graduate, with something really nice and dedicate it to her. But I screwed up at least 3 exams. The first 3 anyway. I even had a dream about the results on one of them. They say dreams don’t come true..I sure hope so! I dreamt similar events once before and thank goodness it did not turn out that way in the dream.

Her will was contested, and I was quite sorry I did not go all out to defend her will. I advised my mom but ultimately in court she tapped out. I don’t know if I ought to blame her. I guess not for she must have been undergoing lots of stress too. If I were my aunt I would turn in my grave literally, knowing my will did not go as planned, and someone CLOSE to me supposedly contested to the will. What an asshole. But the people I am most pissed with are the lawyers. You know what, I think even our own lawyer did not support us. From what my mom told me (she claims hainannese and their clans back one another up), that lawyer has no professional ethics. Totally pissed me off. Charges 450 for an hour yet has the audacity to scold my mom?

To my sista rach n all potential lawyers, please have ethics. I didn’t wan to be a doctor cause I know I do not have any medical ethics though I dare say I would make a good vet. A professional with no ethics, I won’t treat you any better than garbage. I will definitely treat my maid and the road sweeper better, cause I can’t stand people without any professional ethics. I look down on them, totally. Despise, is the word.

So it is a list of factors that caused all the screw ups. What about the judge? She was on our side and we were winning the case. Yet we tapped out. This is utter bullshit. I wished I was there. Seriously. My mom also said she wished I was there so that she won’t be intimidated so easily. No one intimidates me. Especially if I am paying that son of a bitch to work for me. I think he sold out! That’s what he did.

But what is done is done. There is no monetary sense to counter fight or go back and dig into this and that anymore. What done is done. The bell has been rung. For all you peeps, pls do know that a will is very important. It will save your love ones a lot of problems. And please get a respectable lawyer to draft one for you properly.

And to that stupid lawyer, you know who you are. I despise you. The next time this….well. Correction. There will be no next time. The next time I will personally attend all these nonsense. I can fight a case. Seriously. I am not qualified to be a lawyer though and I do not know legal procedings. But I can fight. Argue.

Come to think of it, I think my own lawyer who was settling my car accident case probably lost it. Anyone cares to lay a wager before I email him for the outcome?

I’m sorry Aunt Helen. I wished I was there to help defend your will. I know you wouldn’t want all of us to be in court in the first place. You would say “just give that useless bum what he wants”..that’s what my mom said, and I think she knows you better. I don’t care for the money or what is being divided. I only care to defend the will you wrote, under SOUND mind. I’ll do what I can for my studies and exams. I owe it to you and the only way to repay it, is to do well…

Urgh I think I pulled a muscle in my traps today from a heavy set of shoulder presses. It is all Shah’s fault!

But I had a good run so yeh..and then I went around town in my favourite outfit at the moment. Baby blue top and my brand new bods boardshorts. Woo hoo! Had my first carbo meal in days at marche and book tickets for Sunday. Kingdom of heaven..

Speaking of carbos. I have had some people asking me about it, so here some stuff about it. I don’t know how accurate it is, it is based on what I remember so if there are any experts around please feel free to comment.

In terms of physical training, we break energy sources into 4 main groups :

Level 1 : Carbohydrates
Level 2 : Fats
Level 3 : Proteins
Level 4 : Muscle

The body utilises from top to bottom. In the absence of a level, it goes to the next. With regards to the food triangle, I personally don’t quite agree with it. We eat too much carbo for our own good these days. Most of us never utilise all of it. So it gets stored as fat.

But what about sugary soda drinks like Pepsi, etc? Would you rather eat a piece of fried chicken, or drink a can of Sprite, in terms of nutrition?

I would take the chicken. Sodas contain fructoe, a simple sugar. And for the body to utilise the energy in it, it needs to turn it into fat (Level 2). The body cannot utilise the sugar directly, unlike glucose. So what does that mean? We take our rice, noodles etc, do not utilise all of it, so part of Level 1 becomes Level 2, and we have the sugar from the Sprite going into Level 2 directly. The body never needs to go into Level 2 for it has more than enough from Level 1, so that means we turn fat. (usually)

There are some who can never gain weight no matter how much carbs they take. They can train up their muscles and gain weight through an increase of muscle mass, but as soon as they stop their activity their weight drops again. They seem to remain in level 3 all the time. Good or bad I don’t know, but it seems like a disorder to me. The usual way would be, we eat, we expand the calories, we maintain our weight. Eat more than our body needs, we gain weight. Expand more than we eat, we lose weight. Out of this range, I classify them as disorders though it is not officially documented or termed that way, but there is little I can do for people outside the usual range. Sure I can increase their weight but if they stop their activities they will go back to naught, unlike the others who should not see much of a change if the engery in and energy out equation is balanced.

I am currently on a low carb diet, forcing my body to go into level 2. The target has been set by me and my PTI by end of this month, so it will be pretty interesting what I can achieve by then. Meantime I am indeed, clearing my leaves, taking a break though I still have lessons on Wed nights. It has been a good long 2 and a half years (almost). I will do a write up one of these days, from the days I turned into a soldier as a recruit till today and the after NS days.

Meantime, any good java programmers around? Might need some help with homework sometimes…:P

Weekend just round the corner, hang in there guys! And for the uninitiated, there is no top 3 countdown this month. Instead it’s a little tribute to our late former president, Dr Wee. Just a short little one. He’ll be in my prayers.

Jack I hope you’ll enjoy more lame stuff here on the days to come…:P