A Step Closer...

Its a thursday, a day closer to the BIG day, i can already taste my medal... i worked too hard to give up now... so I am going with no regrets and no tommorrow...

Its freezing here in the office, my endurance to cold have definately grown weaker compared to my yesteryears. Maybe its due to the loss of my natural insulators (AKA FATS...heehz) . To make things worse, its pouring outside now... making its worse to bear. Thank god I am in long sleeve, if not it would be much worse. Will recap abit on yesterday.

After work, met up with Sherine to go back together since we are on the same way back and taking the same train. Time can really play tricks on people i suppose, after not having met her for awhile, there was this odd feel the rushed up within me when we first met. Its like the feeling of stranger. haha really really weird, but it disappeared soon after. Got home, tummy was grumbling, so had dinner as soon as I got changed. Haven't had home cooked food for awhile, and for the fact that I was really hungry, I had extra serving of rice, something i haven't done for a long time. Ever since i went on a diet, i have always controlled my carb intake, sometimes not even finishing the rice on my plate. So after that filling meal, i knew i had to workout to lose some of the carbs. Went for a long long run and did some stretching after, took an hour to complete the entire journey. When I got home, I got unusually thirsty, and started downing alot of water. Guess i might have dehydrated without even realising it.

Today, back at work, hehez, got more interesting stuff to do... thou doesn't reallly require much thinking, but need the artistic touch to things as it deals with pictures. Got an email for the weekends schedules, have to be there pretty early... so i hafta plan my day tml really well, stuff to bring, food to prepare, etc. For those that have no idea what I am talking about, its the River Reggetta, the end season race for dragonboat, and one of the biggest events of the year. so if you are free, pop by to take a look k, thrilling action guarenteed.

After work, should be meeting up with Sherine again, for dinner before returning home i suppose...Tml off, hehez, applied for it, really need the time to prepare for it....

Work!!!

Yay!!! Work at last, haha... guess all that hard work slacking have got me abit crazy... Its not easy to slack... trust me. But hey, enough on that, I am working now, thou its still work that dun require brains, at least there is something to keep me occupied.

Yesterday, slacked the entire off, and was all geared up for Muay thai. One part of me is rearing to give it my all, but another part of me is asking me to hold back, as the race is so near, you won't want to overwork. But training yesterday was no challenge at all, did break into sweat, but didn't feel drained. Think is because I was paired with Martina, this Aussie lady that just joined us not too long ago. Had to control my strenght on kicks and punches as she is a ger, alot tougher as the control really worked my muscles. She was not really in the mood of doing things, guess its because of a rough day at work, so i did most of the practise as she took a break after a few trys. Learned a new kick yesterday (as least for me it was new). Was fun lah i must say. A little boy joined us for class yesterday, aged 10 if i am not mistaken, very good man.. i was in awed when he did pad work with Alvin, but according to the rest he have been training for a year... so thats explains his strength and technic for a kid, lots of work to go Ryan, to reach that level... Alvin was teaching him the traditional dance muay thai warriors do before a match, in respect of all teachers and muay thai masters of the past, supposedly doing it for a match coming soon, its dame cool can! haha. After training, joined Joani for dinner, very strong girl she is, tomboy yet dun lose her feminie side, fun hanging out with her, had a great chat with her on the MRT back and all.

Today, as i said, finally needed at my workplace... haha thou its not much of a difference then rotting at home, at least there is a source of income lah... so thats something to look forward to... should be staying till evening, and likely meeting up with Sherine to go back together... since she work so close by. Alright den, back to work... Cheers!

A new start....

Realised I have been using that old skin for awhile, so tot I changed it, since I am having all the time in the world... haha yes no work again today (haiz...) Despite doing only light weights at the gym yesterday, I can feel the sore coming from the muscle group that I worked on, which is a good thing, but then again, i dun wan to overworked it as the race is only 3 more days away (excluding today). Guess the rest of the week its gonna be plenty of stretching and light conditioning. Not really used to carb loading thou, been having abit more then my regular amt of carb lately and I will feel really bloated and full, dun like that feeling. Reminds me of my olden days, when i used to stuffed myself. Think I will stick to my protein loading, since it has not failed me yet.

Tonight got Muay Thai! can't wait... really really fun stuff. Current moment, apart from changing my blogskin, was doing some reading up on health tips for competition conditioning. As a matter of fact, I did sent out an article to Wayne on mental preparation, hopefully it will be useful. In case you dun get the mail, i will post the article here as well.

TRAIN YOU BRAIN
DON'T LET YOUR MIND MAKE YOU QUIT


Your brain tries to shut down your workout because it thinks you might hurt yourself. It doesn't know that you want to push your body to get bigger and stronger and faster. Jim Fannin, a sports-performance consultant whho has helped, among others, Alex Rodriguez, suggests the mind tricks here.

First of all, Fannin says, when you're working out, don't think about other things - like where to go for dinner afterward. "Stay engaged in the moment or you'll stop before you're finished," he says.

FOCUS ON THE PRESENT.

Forget about what lies ahead in your workout or game and what's already taken place. "Every athlete I coach uses this mantra: I have no future. I have no past. My goal is to make the present last. I am in the now. That is a warrior mantra," says Fannin.

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

Literally, that is. Keeping you head elevated helps you stay in positive frame of mind.

RELAX YOUR JAW.

You can't be in the zone unless your jaw's unhinged. (Think Jordan's tongue waggle.) If you watch A-Rod at the plate, he looks as if he's yawning, but he's actually relaxing his jaw. Fannin says. "The biggest problem with most weenend warriors, and pros, is that they don't breathe normally. You can tell by looking at their jaws," he says. When your jaw is tense, it can transfer tension to your hands and change your grip on a baseball bat, glof club, or tennis racket. (in our case, our paddle).

HAVE FUN.

Sounds like something your Little League coach would say, but enjoying the challenge and competition can help you perform. "Champions look at the adversity as an oppotunity," says Fannin. Deep down, they enjoy it - and so should you.


Heez.. guess thats all for now and today.... will blog again very soon I predict... hehez.. Have a nice day!

Monday Bordem!!!

Argh!!! boring boring day... I know everyone else that is working must be thinking "Why is this Ryan complaining when he get to do nothing all day?" But its no joke, slacking is a very very, very tough job. Staring into space for hours, rot around, do nothing but slack, and worse, NO INCOME!!! haiz... got up pretty early today, coz wasn't informed if i am needed in the office, but later recieve news that i didn't need to, was kinda disappointed... So spent the day rotting infront of my TV and my Com.


Was having a conversations online with friends, and I guess all that rotting have caused me to be a little irritated, so if i was a complete jerk when talking to you guys just now... please forgive me... really didn't mean it... was forced into it by bordem. Then after it stopped raining, i decide to hit the gym (my 2nd home) to pump some metal and vent some bordem on the weight before i really turn into a jerk online.


Gym training really did me plenty of help, it made time pass faster, get me all drained and tried, and i simply loved it... Now looking for food to eat. and that's pretty much the start of my week. pathetic arh? haha, I tink so too myself, time to source out again i suppose... BORED BORED BORED... hopefully tml is a better day!!!

Full Steam Ahead!!!

One moment, i was blogging and weekend finally here and its last training before next week's race, the next i am already sitting here, with hardy a quarter of a weekend left. Time really flies when you are enjoying yourself.


This 2 days have been pretty well spent, thou there is training, on both days, but enjoyed the weekend to the max man. Yesterday after training, was out with Jays and Yi Xin for a little drink over and Jay's fren, Bryan's corporate function down at club street. But as the ambience was not fantastic, we left shortly after and ended up at Party World Shenton Way instead. The place was a classic PCK creation man.Marbles everywhere, and in partitions, there are these 'roman pillars' and on the 'pillars' are bowls of frosted plastic fruits. Its dame classic man, they even bothered to add the frosting. Me and Yi Xin were awed by the deco, all the place needed was PR waitress and the stage would have been set man. Thou its was a really short time we spent there (kinda left early as we had training this morning), but i sure did enjoy myself. maybe for the fact that i have not been KTVing for awhile, but singing to a different crowd still kind on scares me. Both Jays and Yi Xin are wonderful singer. Jays even did a very real impersonation of Fei Yu Qing (with the action and all) and let me tell you, it was bloody brillant lah...Anyway, its kinda suprising that we could actually hang out pretty well. Haha guess its been me being all oversensitive all this while. Had a good chat with Jays on the way back, and actually found out how they thought about me, which made me feel more at ease.


This morning, almost didn't make it to beefcake on time, guess i spent too much time at home. But the session today was pretty alright, we did the indoor stadium routine, and i guess the hell week really got my stamina up, coz i still feel pumped after the session. Water training was fun today, not because i have been in the winning boat, its just that i can for once felt the old team back again, back when i was racing the last time, everyone really focused and we were unstoppable. After training, was off for lunch at a german place up in upper east coat, and we had alot of meat... I had a chicken burger, but we shared sauages and some other stuff. and was really really filling. Haven't felt full in a long time (haha nowadays, i usually eat till i am not hungry and seldom till i am stuffed). Then caught a bus back after hitching a ride to Kambangan MRT from Yi Xin and Bro. My instinct tells me something is going on btw Raena and Chiong Kee, but well if they wanna keep it a secret, i am sure there is a reason y. Its been fun today, thou i can tell Nic didn't really enjoyed himself, can tell he is still very heart broken by the fact he broked up with his gf. Who wouldn't? But i just hope it will not affect his performance next week in the race, every member counts.


Well, i suppose thats all for this weekend, guess i will go prepare my week ahead. Will be keeping my routines in the gym light and focus more on fun to burn those excess weight off and stuff. other then that, i guess my week will pretty much be smooth sailing (i hope) hehez... enjoy whatever is left of the weekend then... cheers matey!