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My first bike - DAHON Mµ P8

DAHON is one of the very few companies that I fall in love with after just one purchase. Check out their philosophies and history, support center and photo gallery. One of the best websites I have seen: score 10 out of 10 in almost every aspect!

So looking forward to riding my Mµ P8 this weekend! Badminton + table tennis + tennis + biking … very challenging day!

海上的一天

之前同家人一起報讀潛水班,雖然自己中途退出,但今日都一起出海到西頁。今次都算經典,我帶埋電腦同無線 modem, 躺在甲板上嘗試工作。最後當然是什麼也做不到,我沒有「暈船」已經好好彩!天氣很好,但有時風浪都幾大,水裡的能見度也很低。真的好耐沒試過那麼早起,今晚連奧運的重頭比賽也看不完了 ….

Flying the 2008 China Flag

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Watched the whole Opening Ceremony on TV with my family tonight. Absolutely mind-blowing.

As Chinese, I’m so grateful that we got the chance to host the Games. Without doubt, I’d be glued to the TV to watch the tennis games and many other interesting events in the next two weeks!

Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2008 shows the art performance of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, titled “Beautiful Olympics”, in the National Stadium in Beijing, China. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

大雨的週末

點解今個週末又係落大雨呢?黃雨、紅雨 … 行雷閃電,希望不會好似上星期那樣有黑雨和水浸!

今晚難得早返屋企,未夠鐘看歐國盃,又心思思出街。但係夜晚十點幾又落大雨有什麼街行?答案係:行超市。

去了銅鑼灣開二十四小時的惠康,肆意地買東買西,最後埋單 $354.40, 大部份都係 junk food (除了Sunraysia Cranberry Juice), 睇波一流:

Snacks for Euro 2008

每次逛超市都有新發現,今次係:明治海膽粟米條 ($25)。遠看個樣似「桃哈多」,原來不甜的,真係唔多食到有海膽味,不過都幾好食:

明治海膽粟米條

Working out

Ignite Studio
Since I returned from Seoul last weekend, I’ve started working out again after a two-year break. My membership with California Fitness expired just two months ago, and I successfully resisted the temptation to sign up with another gym. The fact that I only visited the gym less than 10 times in two years has convinced me that this would never work, ever.

On any given day, I’d rather go play tennis, badminton or whatever sport but work out at the gym. Even though it’s so conveniently located (right next to my office), I just couldn’t find the motivation. On the other hand, I feel the desperate need to get it going again - I’m really sick of my growing belly!

So here comes the “external aid” to motivate myself - I found myself a personal trainer and paid upfront. I always love to sweat and believe in “no pain no gain”, but I just need someone there to push me (my bad!). After a mere 4 lessons, it seems to be working for me! At least I *made it* to the gym on a regular basis!

Let me make my goal public right here, right now: Flat abs + down to 105 lbs in 3 months. Go go go!!!

Web Wednesday Social Mixer v10.0

Me, Michael & Chris

I thoroughly enjoyed tonight’s Web Wednesday Social Mixer as the guest speaker is Kenneth Kong, BD Director - Digital Media for IMG, the company that invented sports marketing. I’ve always loved sports, and combining sports with digital media sounds a perfect match for me. Any one needs a sport website done? ;-)

Tennis long weekend

Hairy Crabs“What did you do over the long weekend?”. This is going to be a popular question tomorrow for many of us in Hong Kong. Many people have probably left the town for vacation, including my sister. For me, it’s a “Tennis” one. I played for three consecutive days! I could have worked a lot but I didn’t because I felt that I needed to exercise badly.

One of the reasons being the amount of calories, fat and sugar I consumed in the last few days. I had a fantastic buffet lunch on Thursday with my colleagues at Conrad Hotel, the Alaska crab legs, lobsters, oysters, sashimi and desserts were just too tempting to pass. Then I had a hairy crab feast with my tennis teammates on Friday night, the crabs this year are so good, much bigger and fatter than previous years! Plus all the ice-cream and late snacks I had, I don’t think playing some extra tennis would even offset the fat I gained.

Thanks to Robert and Damaris, I have got some professional-looking tennis action photos taken. Other than playing tennis, I have also spent quite a lot of time watching tennis on TV (Tennis Masters Madrid), I can’t believe NOW TV doesn’t show the Finals live and Roger Federer LOST!!!

New tennis shoes

I need a new pair of shoes for playing on turf / artificial grass (surface for most of the morning league matches), which requires a lightweight and “lower-to-ground” gear like for clay surface.

Couldn’t decide which to buy among the two (Nike Zoom Ti and Adidas CC Divine). Solution? Bought them both. ;-)

Nike Zoom Ti

Rain delayed tennis open

幾時先會好天? 報名參加了南華會網球公開賽,第一圈賽事因天雨一改再改,好煩!好羨慕人地的私人會所有室內場,不用痴痴地等、浪費青春(巳經無乜剩)。

Update (9/26): Alright, my prayers were answered. It is SO damn hot and sunny today, and I lost 4-8 in an hour, couldn’t survive the heat at all.

rain delay

停不了的九月

Evan Almighty眨下眼個暑假就過左(雖然唔係好關我事),九月真係好似好忙咁,一直都無停過,所以都無時間(更無精力)去寫 blog。忙乜?忙 GTD, 哈哈,呢個真係會上癮架,我連 Wallpaper 都換埋!係 ThingsOmniFocus 未出之前,我用住 iGTD 先,但係以我的一貫性格,更係去到盡,基本上係所有野都入晒落去, seriously, my whole life is there。小至屋企要買盞床頭燈,大至公司的發展計劃,我都通通寫低晒,那種感覺好特別。一方面好有滿足感(我知,寫左唔代表做左),另一方面好驚自己做唔到。我的缺點就係太貪心,又唔夠毅力,所以一定要對自己誠實:衡量下係咪真係做得來,一 commit 左就點都要做到。

網球的聯賽球季剛剛開始,同時又要參加公開賽,我的日程都幾豐富。今晚本來要打南華會公開賽的單打第一輪,可惜遇著打風落雨要改明晚,碰巧又撞正爸爸的生日,真係分身不睱。早幾日打 morning league 時又觸及左腳踝的舊患,睇完跌打後行得OK, 但係對單打比賽都不敢有期望。受傷真係好慘,明明平時 easy job 的一球可以完全打唔中,因為隻腳痛企唔穩。所以係電視睇足球時見到D球員俾人踢中都好肉緊,正所謂己所不欲,勿施於人,靠對腳搵食俾你踢傷真係好慘情。難得可以留係屋企睇曼聯對車路士,我就直落睇埋D想睇好耐既 DVD - 今晚就睇左 Evan Almighty。第一次看 Steve Carrell 係在 Bruce Almighty 同埋 The 40 Year Old Virgin,真係笑鬼死我!不過我都係鍾意第一集多D,一來個故事有新鮮感、二來 Jim Carrey 更加抵死搞笑 (尤其係用電郵 Reply All) 。我覺得呢個 series 同 Click 大同小異,後者多D感人場面, 全部都值得看,老少咸宜。

看書亦係最近的主要活動之一,買左好多,有排看,我諗要等到十一月先有機會去下旅行。希望唔駛等到出年一月的 Macworld Conference 啦!