"To have a knight planted in your game at K6 is worse than a rusty nail in your knee."
- Efim Bogoljubow
1889-1952
King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying;
and this same rose that you see today, tomorrow will be dying.
CarpeDiem: Seize the Day!
- Dead Poets Society
Friday, October 19, 2007
Politics is ...
Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thursday, October 18, 2007
NUS Karaoke Competition - 李香兰
Last night, I went down to NUS Guild to sign up for the NUSS Karaoke Competition ON THE SPOT! Yeah, you are right, no preparation. Gung Ho arhhh???
I chose a song while I was driving to the Guild House, and started practising on the go. When I arrived, okay, they have the song. Guess what? Half way through it, the song stop playing!!!
Reason: Disc corruption (@#!%$^&*#@)
So I was given 5 minutes to re-select. This is my replacement song: 李香兰. Yeah right, last minute, things can happen will usually happen (to me lah!).
Result: Advanced to quarter-final!!!
Yeahhhh hooooo....!
歌曲：李香兰
歌手：张学友
专辑：张学友93演唱会
恼春风
我心因何恼春风
说不出
借酒相送
夜雨浓
雨点透射到照片中
回头似是梦
无法弹动
迷住凝望你
裉色照片中
碍…像花虽未红
如冰虽不冻
却像有无数说话
可惜我听不懂
碍…是怀酒渐浓
或我心真空
何以感震动
照片中
那可以投照片中
盼找到
时间裂逢
夜放纵
告知我难寻你芳踪
回头也是梦
仍似被动
逃避凝望你
仍深印脑中
woo... woo...
碍…像花虽未红
如冰虽不冻
却像有无数说话
可惜我听不懂
碍…是怀酒渐浓
或我心真空
何以感震动
I chose a song while I was driving to the Guild House, and started practising on the go. When I arrived, okay, they have the song. Guess what? Half way through it, the song stop playing!!!
Reason: Disc corruption (@#!%$^&*#@)
So I was given 5 minutes to re-select. This is my replacement song: 李香兰. Yeah right, last minute, things can happen will usually happen (to me lah!).
Result: Advanced to quarter-final!!!
Yeahhhh hooooo....!
歌曲：李香兰
歌手：张学友
专辑：张学友93演唱会
恼春风
我心因何恼春风
说不出
借酒相送
夜雨浓
雨点透射到照片中
回头似是梦
无法弹动
迷住凝望你
裉色照片中
碍…像花虽未红
如冰虽不冻
却像有无数说话
可惜我听不懂
碍…是怀酒渐浓
或我心真空
何以感震动
照片中
那可以投照片中
盼找到
时间裂逢
夜放纵
告知我难寻你芳踪
回头也是梦
仍似被动
逃避凝望你
仍深印脑中
woo... woo...
碍…像花虽未红
如冰虽不冻
却像有无数说话
可惜我听不懂
碍…是怀酒渐浓
或我心真空
何以感震动
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Chill Out!
When life is hard and . .
.
Payday is still so far away . . .
.
. . . there is only one thing to do . . .
.
.
. . . and count the days.
.
Payday is still so far away . . .
.
. . . there is only one thing to do . . .
.
.
. . . and count the days.Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Chess as Drug and Poison
"Of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable."
"In chess, just as in life, today's bliss may be tomorrow's poison."
- Assaic
"In chess, just as in life, today's bliss may be tomorrow's poison."
- Assaic
When You Think You Can, You Can!
Oops...was it a typo? No.
Did I read it right? Yes.
It is interesting how a small little play of word can have so vast a difference in meaning. You are probably more familiar with the original quotation by motivational guru & speaker, Denis Waitly, "If You Think You Can, You Can". Well, that make good sense and sound, of course.
But wait. Don't you agree that the "If" at the beginning of the sentence sounds too "iffy"? It is almost conditional as if it's not likely to happen. So, when I change the "If" to "When", I wanted to add in some kind of turbo effect. For I strongly believe & am convicted that when you think you can, you will unleash the power of positive thinking in your life.
Negativity will begin to recede into the shadows. Now that's interesting, isn't it? What you may not consciously consider as possible may turn out to be do-able after all! History are filled with such examples. I will share 2 here.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (hope I got his name spell right) once commented on the effect of a confident attitude on performance. He referred to the 500 pound barrier in the clean-and-jerk event in weight lifting, which is equivalent to running the long one mile in under 4 minute.
Now, the guy was Valery Alexis, the world record holder at 499 pounds. He came to lift, and was told that the bar was at 499 pounds. Approaching with confidence, he lifted it. Later, the judges checked and found that it was actually several pounds heavier! Alexis had broken the barrier!! Now, interestingly, within a short time, 6 others went over 500 pounds. And Alexis himself did 520! Soon, the record went to 564!!
The other was the famous 4 minute mile run. For years, the 4-minute mile was considered not merely unreachable but, according to physiologists of the time, dangerous to the health of any athlete who attempted to reach it. For Roger Bannister, it was vindication.
When he crossed the finish line with a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds, he broke through a psychological barrier as well. John Landy, considered one of the great milers of that era, never had gotten closer than within 1.5 seconds of the 4-minute barrier before. Within 46 days of Bannister's breakthrough, Landy surpassed the record with a 3:57.9 in Finland.
Bannister and Landy raced later in the year in the "Mile of the Century" at Vancouver, a run off to decide who was the faster miler. Bannister won in 3:58.8 to Landy's 3:59.6, the first time two men in one race had broken 4 minutes. By the end of 1957, 16 runners had logged sub-4-minute miles.
When you think you can, you can. But if you think you cannot, even your body will not co-operate with you. Trust me on that. Somehow, somewhere, the reserves are not marshalled to give that extra boost. For the battle is fought & won first in the mind. The sad thing is too many people don't even bother to try becasue they don't think they can. So no effort is made, unfortunately confirming the self-fulfilling prophecy. You see, you can't win unless you first take part.
For now, I took part in the coming Standard Chartered Marathon Run come Dec 2. I will be doing the half-marathon event this year. I did the 10 km last year & got addicted! Once this is achieved, I will do the full marathon next year! Then the mini Iron-man the next, and then the Iron-man. But first, I will have to prepare for the 20km ahead.
See you at the finishing line!
Did I read it right? Yes.
It is interesting how a small little play of word can have so vast a difference in meaning. You are probably more familiar with the original quotation by motivational guru & speaker, Denis Waitly, "If You Think You Can, You Can". Well, that make good sense and sound, of course.
But wait. Don't you agree that the "If" at the beginning of the sentence sounds too "iffy"? It is almost conditional as if it's not likely to happen. So, when I change the "If" to "When", I wanted to add in some kind of turbo effect. For I strongly believe & am convicted that when you think you can, you will unleash the power of positive thinking in your life.
Negativity will begin to recede into the shadows. Now that's interesting, isn't it? What you may not consciously consider as possible may turn out to be do-able after all! History are filled with such examples. I will share 2 here.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (hope I got his name spell right) once commented on the effect of a confident attitude on performance. He referred to the 500 pound barrier in the clean-and-jerk event in weight lifting, which is equivalent to running the long one mile in under 4 minute.
Now, the guy was Valery Alexis, the world record holder at 499 pounds. He came to lift, and was told that the bar was at 499 pounds. Approaching with confidence, he lifted it. Later, the judges checked and found that it was actually several pounds heavier! Alexis had broken the barrier!! Now, interestingly, within a short time, 6 others went over 500 pounds. And Alexis himself did 520! Soon, the record went to 564!!
The other was the famous 4 minute mile run. For years, the 4-minute mile was considered not merely unreachable but, according to physiologists of the time, dangerous to the health of any athlete who attempted to reach it. For Roger Bannister, it was vindication.
When he crossed the finish line with a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds, he broke through a psychological barrier as well. John Landy, considered one of the great milers of that era, never had gotten closer than within 1.5 seconds of the 4-minute barrier before. Within 46 days of Bannister's breakthrough, Landy surpassed the record with a 3:57.9 in Finland.
Bannister and Landy raced later in the year in the "Mile of the Century" at Vancouver, a run off to decide who was the faster miler. Bannister won in 3:58.8 to Landy's 3:59.6, the first time two men in one race had broken 4 minutes. By the end of 1957, 16 runners had logged sub-4-minute miles.
When you think you can, you can. But if you think you cannot, even your body will not co-operate with you. Trust me on that. Somehow, somewhere, the reserves are not marshalled to give that extra boost. For the battle is fought & won first in the mind. The sad thing is too many people don't even bother to try becasue they don't think they can. So no effort is made, unfortunately confirming the self-fulfilling prophecy. You see, you can't win unless you first take part.
For now, I took part in the coming Standard Chartered Marathon Run come Dec 2. I will be doing the half-marathon event this year. I did the 10 km last year & got addicted! Once this is achieved, I will do the full marathon next year! Then the mini Iron-man the next, and then the Iron-man. But first, I will have to prepare for the 20km ahead.
See you at the finishing line!
Monday, October 15, 2007
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