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Customs, Traditions...

Being the golden boy in the household, I never understood what's the whole concept of having sons over daughters, being the eldest grandson of the eldest son etc. until funerals. During my grandpa's I was too distraught to notice, but my grandma's I totally could understand why. My grandma had 3 generations of sons sending her off, it was my bad that I couldn't make it in time but I would've never beat my cousin to it haha. He had a shot-gun marriage at a tender age of 18, barely legal. Still, the neighbors adore the majestic send off by her sons, grandsons and great grand son as we march under the scorching sun at 1pm from her house, through the village into the main district and around the Hainan Clan Association building, her final journey ends. I wasn't really ready, there wasn't any heads up, she was only 78years old but we all could see our grandpa smiling at the grave. Guess he's had enough of my grandma having too much fun without him a...

the past few days. . .

Was going away for 15 days, away from Singapore, away from the hustle and bustle, away from my illogical mind and one direction heart that sprints one way. 4.5hrs to Taiwan and then 14hrs 35mins to Toronto, I was there, midnight to my promise land, put on my pullover and I sat outside the airport and felt my lungs again. Pat picked me up in the DC5 Type-S, often known as Acura Type-S in the Western Hemisphere while known as the Integra Type-R in Asia, one of the ride every street kid would die to have. We had some awesome food for supper, I had the worst in-flight meal with EVA, please never order their Chinese cuisine, totally inedible. Chef Pat was at it again, English muffins with enormous portions of red cheddar and avocado topping off with mustard. Yes I am really back here, back to where I wanted to be. On day 5, I had to break the news, news that I was leaving, in the most unorthodox manner. I borrowed Trace phone to call up EVA for the next available flight, I wasn...

2 and counting

You know shit gets real When you're on the scale and it says 110.00 kg, your lowest BP's at 138 and you fell jumping around at home. When at the worst point in life, you could jog for 1,000 m without stopping and you barely survived 300m. When you can no longer do 1 proper push up When you can no longer do 1 proper sit up When you can no longer hang yourself on the pull up bar AT ALL When you almost died without doing the cooling down exercise when you've never ever done it in your entire life When you NEED to do cooling down exercise When your knees feel the body weight. That's when you Cut down on caffeine intake Cut down on sugar drinks Cut down on carbs Cut down on snacks #FML Sleep before 2300hrs. Cut down ciggies ???? #dilemma Impossible = I'm possible 110 -> 80. 2years and counting #FatBoySlim Yura for a change ahhahah !!!