Polar HRM

Here's the Polar HRM readout from my Saturday ride. HR scale on the left, Altitute on the right
As you can see Mike, Darwin isn't exactly very hilly! Then again, u would probably be bringing the MTB if you do visit.
All that data would mean a lot more if I had cadence and speed on it and I just realised that its compatible with the 625x. What say you?

My Office

The 3 most common remarks with clients coming into my office:
1. Gosh, its like a supermaket
2. Cheez, u've got a lot of crap in here
3. Did u really eat all that food? (of which the answer is Yes, over a FEW months!)

Never Plain Sailing

Coming from a windsurf background, I've always considered us as being fastest on the water when the wind picks-up. Surfing from Joe's Shack or PA sea sports club, I'd see sail boats bobing up and down and think to myself, "Gosh, I'd never want to be in one of those, it'll be damn boring".
As a Sports Dietitian I was given the sailing portfolio to look after, partly for my love of the sea and perhaps partly cos I stay pretty closeby. Guess my point of view changed after attending the basic laser sailing course. While the speed might not be as fast, u still get the thrill when the boat heels on a strong gust. Maybe the drawing card was although it was more technical it was still relatively easy to pick. Windsurf on the other hand can be punishing initially.
So when I was back in Singapore for hols and asked to tag along on the keelboat with 3 of the nations best, I never hesitated. The trip came up as a dry run as one of the sailors was doing a coporate teambulding gig, and we were the participants.
Justin Wong (same name as my bro) but totally different character, always ready to crack a joke and ogle at anything with breast. Anyway, when it came down to business, I could see why he was the best. Cos hes good at what he does, and FAST! To setup the sail, he had to climb up the mast. Just imagine climbing un-aided up a 2 storey pole on a boat that is rocking with each passing wave. Its no mean feat.
Seng Leong, who pretty much was at the helm to whole way. Between him and Justin, I think they could have pretty much sailed the boat by themselves.
Me, together with Siobhan's sister and b/f.
Packing up the sail for the day....

Incapitated..

Thats how I'm feeling......
After close to 3 weeks of being in the comforts of home (not have to think about what to cook, no dishes to clean up, laundry washing all done), its hard to get back into the routine again.
I have yet to touch my kitchenware.
Opening up my pantry and looking at whats in there dun give me inspiration.
Ask myself what I'll have for dinner and its a blank.
Lunch was noodle soup at the market and dinner as you can see; Red Rooster!
I'm sure I'll get back into the hang of things (soon, I hope).Spent the day setting up my 'training room'. Cant really rent the last one out jusy incase I get guest or family coming to visit so I might as well put the room to good use. Setup the telly for my CTS training sessions (courtesy of Mike) and the bike stand as well, which makes it look a wee bit more tidy.

What Oakley?

What are Oakleys good at? Advertising!
I couldnt find the exact poster/ad on google but I was sold on Oakley since young. I loved biking as well which could have explained it. I still remember the poster vivdly. Anyway, the ad went something like this... it had the sun in the foreground with its rays reaching Earth. And awaiting it was a pair of Oakley Sunglasses with the caption... the suns rays has travelled XxxXXx miles to reach Earth. Its a long way to come to be rejected. Now was that good or not.

But its come to a point whereby Oakleys are just getting plain expensive. While it is quality, they seems to be much more selection out there which are just as good (and cheaper).


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Spaghetti and Meatballs

When you in AngMoh land, u cook pasta and pizza.
When you are back home, you eat fishball noodles.

Well, cos AngMoh stuff is so much more expensive that you often have to compromise on quality as you start to forgo ingredients. I'd gladly pay a 'high' price to cook a piece of steak in Australia but back home at $45-$50/kg, I think not. But sis was abit tired of the routine lunch menu and asked that I did something different. Well pasta it was.
And it always good to get the young ones involved. At least my nephew got the herb 'parsley' right, which is more than I could say for my sis (Coriander in garlic spread?!). And if it was just a lucky guess, I made sure he had a smell of it.

Home Sweet Home

Its always good to be home to see my niece and nephew and maintain my favourite uncle status with my 6 monthly bribes of Chupa Chups, Snakes and a big chocolate Easter Egg to top it off.
My flight was delayed by almost 3hrs (which was a relief) compared to the 12hrs initially thought. Apparently we had a 'bird strike' at the engine which required a special camera to inspect the damages. Darwin did not have one and it had to be flown in from Melbourne. To cut the story short, the engineer gave the all clear and we were off.


First thing I did was head to the kopitiam, ordered a bowl of mee rebus, kaya toast and kopi (the one with condensed milk). While I dun crave local food its good to have a taste of home again. Had a BBQ with some Polytechnic mates the next day. I am perhaps one of the few who have deviated from the Engineer background. I dun think I got much into the local electronics / telecommunications conversation but the rest of the common local topics made me wonder if I can ever return back to Singapore. Things like which Expressway is always jam when going to work, $$ never seem to be enough, rising food prices, a friend was even enrolling for medical drug trials for some extra cash, which I must add pays pretty well, the increase in taxi fares etc etc. I guess we all winge and Australia is no exception but having it all hit in one day seem too much to digest.