Pics.

Nice.

Funny.

Disturbing.

Where the hell is Matt.

Rhetorical question. where the hell is Matt ? he is back in seattle. but the more important thing is not where is he now, but where has he been ????

Here’s a video:

here’s his website :
Where the hell is mike
this is an excellent website.

some of his quotes about
Singapore:

I’m struck with a small epiphany. The distinction between Singapore and its airport is a minor one. The entire country feels like one very large departure lounge; spotlessly clean, no distinct smells, climate-controlled, no one is poor, lots of shopping, no real culture, pleasant enough for the moment, but not a place you want to stay very long.

This makes sense. The city was founded to be a gateway. It is between places, and somehow immune to the realities of true placehood.

I was planning to buy the Sony DSC-P8. I found a guy who gave me a good price on it, but then started steering me over to the Canon Powershot 230. He made a mean pitch. He showed me both cameras side by side and the Canon’s quality was clearly superior. I made the switch. Then he started with the razzle dazzle.

”You want 128 MB card?”
”Yes.”
”You need leather case so you don’t scratch it.”
”Okay.”
”One battery not enough. You need extra.”
”Absolutely.”
”Underwater case goes down 30 meters. Very good.”
”Help.”
”Transfer to laptop not fast enough with USB. I give you this card reader. Much better.”
”Love me.”

He sold me the whole pile for $1000 Singapore dollars. That’s about $560 US. It wasn’t the 
best price I could’ve gotten, but considering I was under mind control and completely at his mercy, I did okay. When it was all through, we cried together, hugged, and said goodbye. I had seen the light. I’d been baptized. Everything looked different after that.

I am inspired. very very inspired.

Tuesday Training.

Just got back from a training session. damn shag. the sun was scorching!!!! ARGH.
So this is what i did today.
run to NTU SRC, Do 3 X 400m Sprints/intervals. felt nauseous, so headed to the gym.
Did 4 sets of front / hack squats
4 sets of bench press, full ROM to the chest, no bouncing, controlled motion.
felt nauseous again, went back to the track, did 1 X 400, and jogged back home.

took a cold shower and here i am.
good lord i must be crazy to train in such heat.
gah!

total milage for the runs 6.8 km. much more to improve. argh.

Monday

’twas a short lazy day.
spent most of the day sleeping and watching old movies.
the fever didn’t help of course.
but it was a good rest i guess.

hmm. spaceballs is the epitome of crass humour, mocking every single movie made up to that point in time(circa 1987). i just love all the inside jokes, low blows and just plain silliness of it all.

it was a fat gluttonous day as well. had fried fish and fries for lunch, and the left overs for dinner. OMG. damn sinful. really. ARGH.

the eyes are doing well. still a bit dry from time to time, but much better than before.

The braun shaver arrived. safe and sound. best deal i’ve had in a long time.
and guess who’s clean shaven again? ME. i missed my old braun shaver for the longest time since it conked out. and thus, the reason for the scruffy look.

the STP package arrived as well.
got my 60L backpack, ready for any overseas trip!

my PFD (cuz of some new ruling coming up. This is a USCG approved model, and should exceed any local specs.)

and some smartwool socks(extremely comfy!). not to mention my Sugoi and Zoot visors. heh.

I’m a happy man.

Now i’m just waiting for the batteries and the BB.com package.