Saw this rain from a distance while I was heading to Bukit Kemuning. Couldn't resist taking this photo....it is as if a big water bag burst open! What a beauty!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
An angel says....
An Angel says, "Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice."
1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
6. Sim! plify and unclutter your life.
7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together.
10. Take one day at a time.
11. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and letgo of the anxiety . If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.
13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line.
17. Get enough rest.
18. Eat right.
19. Get organized so everything has its place.
20. Listen to a cd while driving that can help improve your quality of life.
21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
22. Every day, find time to be alone.
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot.. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.
24. Make friends with Godly people.
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus."
27. Laugh.
28. Laugh some more!
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.
30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
32. Sit on your ego.
33. Talk less; listen more.
34. Slow down.
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.
36 . Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before.
GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.
"If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)
1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
6. Sim! plify and unclutter your life.
7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together.
10. Take one day at a time.
11. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and letgo of the anxiety . If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
12. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.
13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line.
17. Get enough rest.
18. Eat right.
19. Get organized so everything has its place.
20. Listen to a cd while driving that can help improve your quality of life.
21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
22. Every day, find time to be alone.
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot.. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.
24. Make friends with Godly people.
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus."
27. Laugh.
28. Laugh some more!
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.
30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
32. Sit on your ego.
33. Talk less; listen more.
34. Slow down.
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.
36 . Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before.
GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU.
"If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)
Monday, November 26, 2007
Powerman 2007
11th November 2007: A date I will not forget for I was officially self-promoted to CrazyPowerTomatoMan ! Yahoo! I did it! First time lah, so my dualthlon virginity is gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahha!
However, that power weekend was really power packed lah or packed but no power….err…ah nevermind…
Started with me at car workshop first thing on Saturday morning to ensure no car problem for our PJ - Sri Manjung - PJ trip. After fixing the car’s drive shaft which was called ‘dried-shap’ by the mechanic, I packed my stuff and loaded my friend’s bike into the car and waited for Dr. Rum Ray and Vincent. As usual, Vincent arrived long after Dr. Rum Ray. Biasalah….dia memang kasih orang tunggu lama-lama…
After loading our bikes & bags, 3 stooges with 3 bikes (among other things!) and 6 balls, there we went for Sri Manjung in a car with plate number 336! Coincidence? Hmm….
However, that power weekend was really power packed lah or packed but no power….err…ah nevermind…
Started with me at car workshop first thing on Saturday morning to ensure no car problem for our PJ - Sri Manjung - PJ trip. After fixing the car’s drive shaft which was called ‘dried-shap’ by the mechanic, I packed my stuff and loaded my friend’s bike into the car and waited for Dr. Rum Ray and Vincent. As usual, Vincent arrived long after Dr. Rum Ray. Biasalah….dia memang kasih orang tunggu lama-lama…
After loading our bikes & bags, 3 stooges with 3 bikes (among other things!) and 6 balls, there we went for Sri Manjung in a car with plate number 336! Coincidence? Hmm….
Italian bike (Pa....some Italian name that I can't remember) which I borrowed from a friendWent for lunch at section17 and zoomed off to Sri Manjung at 2pm. Highways were jam packed due to polis roadblocks brought about by Bersih campaign. Polis roadblocks??? Oh, this time we didn’t get stopped so no “Ada minum ALKOHOL?” question for Dr. Rum Ray….hehe!
Crikey!!! ‘Dried-shap’ really dried up or something like that cos my car lost POWER on the highway hill heading towards Sg. Buloh R&R. Alamak! We just started the highway and now …noway! Engine was running but car can’t move…we were going for Powerman but car no power. Bummer!!!!
Journey just started but car 'dried-shap' went dried!!!Vincent: See, I told you wat....now we have to cycle to Sri Manjung
tomato: ............!!!!!!......
Ok, to cut the story short, we were towed back and change to Vincent’s car.
This is what I see throughout the journey. Amazing that Vincent's car can take in all bikes!
Carbo loading dinner was fabulous at Kuala Selangor and after a dark drive, we arrived at Sri Manjung at 11pm after some detours and slightly sesat jalan episodes.
Kuala Selangor carbo loading time.
Before....
After.....
Slept at 1am after tuning bike gears, the 3 stooges were dead tired. zzzZZZ…
6am alarm ranggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!! The time has come for POWERMAN in action!!!!
Ready to go.......................
R & R ready to race
The champions leading the 11km run
Bananaman!!!
Hahaha! You gotta be kidding me...I still have to go 1 more round?? (dang! i had to....)
Finally, after a long 4hr 36min, I touched the finish line...
Excited until hair also standing! hahaha!
The 3 Powermen
Friday, November 23, 2007
Latest car locking system
Seen this around lately? That's the latest additional safety feature you can upgrade your car with but sorry, no central locking lah....
Miaw-Miaw City...Run or Drink?
Kuching, the beautiful cat city!2007 road runs also include 1, just 1, at hometown Kuching, the miaw-miaw cat city. Phew! At least….and at last… a run in Kuching this year!
Coincidently when I traveled back to hometown for celebration of mom’s big 60th birthday during the end of October, a college organized a charity run for the Heart Foundation. Absolutely good intention but sad to say, poor publicity! Raising funds for such a good cause is noble but…yup, there’s a big BUT here…. participation was a ‘better to be forgotten scene’. Most people do not know anything about it, sad to say. So not many participants, not much fund raised….sigh….
Coincidently when I traveled back to hometown for celebration of mom’s big 60th birthday during the end of October, a college organized a charity run for the Heart Foundation. Absolutely good intention but sad to say, poor publicity! Raising funds for such a good cause is noble but…yup, there’s a big BUT here…. participation was a ‘better to be forgotten scene’. Most people do not know anything about it, sad to say. So not many participants, not much fund raised….sigh….
A hunk, a babe and the crazytomatoman before the charity run. Background don't have many people right?...Imagine… a slow tomato runner like me can end up in the top 10 position in the charity 10km run. Miracle lah!! Syok lah but no medal! Or maybe it means this sport or should I say activity, is not very much desired in cat city? Oh well, it boils down to either people were not informed or they simply do not give a damm about running.
That explains lack of running events in Sarawak. The last road running event before this mini charity run was the Rimbunan Hijau Marathon back in 2006. In Borneo island, more outdoor activities are closely related to the rainforest or jungle, such as hashing, jungle trekking, mountain climbing, adventure caving, kayaking, mountain biking. Yeah, all the junglemen and junglewomen are there.
Cat city riverbank...beautiful eh?Kuchingites & Sarawakians will agree with me that there are more submarine beer drinkers & drunkards than road runners in our hometown. What to do…coffee shops open at night are not mamak so no teh tarik…minum beer pun boleh lah. Places like these are filled with beer heads. Can’t blame them, as beers are 4 cans for RM12. Wahlau!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There you have Bintang, Chang, Stella Artois, Becks, San Miguel apart from the usual Tiger, Carlsberg, Heineken. 99.99999% are submariners so nyirup lah! Sadong!!!!!
Events like 10cans, 21cans or 42cans beer drinking competition will surely get participants filled to the brim!
Aha!...can also have kolo mee makan-ing competition....yummylicious!!!!Hmm….submariners can contribute to make cat city a healthy place to live. How?? What??! See the article below…
Kuching World's Healthiest City
Date : 07/11/2006
Source : Bernama
KUCHING, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- Kuching is the healthiest city in the world this year.
The Sarawak state capital, on the northwestern tip of Borneo Island, won two international honours -- "Good Practices of Healthy Cities 2006" and "Pioneers in Healthy Cities 2006" -- awarded by the Alliance for Healthy Cities (AFHC) in Suzhou, China, on Oct 30.
"This is the second time Kuching is voted the world's healthiest city. We won it for the first time in 2002," Deputy State Secretary Datuk Morshidi Gani said at a press conference, here Monday.
Kuching hosted the first Asean Healthy Cities Conference in June 2002 and the AFHC General Assembly in October 2004.
It adopted the healthy city concept implemented in Brighton, England.
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