.....times of refreshing.....

9.3.15 jack of all trades ?

I seems to be a busy man during weekdays where besides work, I had a lot of activities to do. Of course, these are healthy activities like training for half marathon, badminton coaching, learning about investments, attending classes on nutritions where my Amway upline keep asking me to go (sigh.....too lazy...) and of late, some of my colleagues asked me to join them for Krav Maga classes, which is some form of martial arts from Israel. hahah...I turned that down as I really had no time for it. As one of my friends pointed out, he said without myself knowing, I seems wanted to excel in everything but in the end, it's more of straining myself. Well, maybe that's true. OK, I shall not made any decisions on this yet here but follow my heart in whatever I do. After-all, we need to have interest!

It's been a while since I had ramen and felt of having one since I am not that hungry. I guess I ordered a smaller bowl will do ,which comes with two slices of pork. And, I also top up a chawanmushi since it's my favourite. It's great to have miso sapporo tonkotsu ramen again since that CNY week. Nice! :)

Miso Sapporo Ramen

Chawanmushi

Have a good week! :)

5.3.15 It's in the mind...

ChrisAu 12:15 AM running , 36 Comments

I just completed an 11KM run 2 hours ago and this was my first night run outside the gym since I participated in a Merdeka Run donkey years ago in 1994 in KL. hahaha... I started tonight's run sluggishly where the lazy me keep sending lazy thoughts into my mind as well as telling me how terrible and dry my sore throat is. It was really a struggle for the first 3KM and I was tired after that. Well, I am not sure is it due to the long day where I was fresher when running in the morning. I struggle for another 2 KM till 5KM with a really slow pace and took a short break sipping isotonic drink. After I reached the 5.5KM mark, I turned back to follow back the same path home. The strange thing is I felt more energetic when running back for home....hahahha..... I can even run faster then 'first half' though I had to slow down towards the last 2KM as I am getting tired. Anyway, I guess it's all mind over matters and I understand mental strength plays a very important part in long distance running. On the other hand, I am glad I managed to complete a 11.2KM run, which is scheduled in my training plan for half-marathon. And....err... I am not really sure if I can do 21KM as I already feeling the strains of running beyond 10KM. hahah...

Meanwhile, I had a braised beef set which comes with a rice two days ago. The beef is not that fat and I love the carrots. It's slightly spicy which I guess it has to be cooked in this way.

Braised beef set.

'Bonsai' ice-cream

One nice thing about Taiwanese food is that they are very creative and came out with cute and nice presentations of food. The above is a mixed of oreo and vanilla ice-cream and of course, it looks like a plant. I can't really tell how nice is it as I don't really had a chance to eat it with my two kids around. hahaha... They were too quick and finished it before I knew it. :(

2.3.15 New toy ....

ChrisAu 1:30 AM JBL synchros wireless earpiece , 32 Comments

Somehow I dislikes wearing wired earphones while working out or even travelling on public transports, though the one I had is a good one with good quality sound. I got a Jabra bluetooth Wireless Sports earpiece almost 6 months ago and been using it while running. It comes with a built in radio but I find the sound quality is kinda too flat and I don't really fancy using it while travelling. Thus, I gotta used two earpieces, one when travelling which is the wired with good sound quality and another one for running and gym workouts, which is the wireless one. I am glad that last Friday , my colleague introduced me the new JBL wireless bluetooth earphones and I like it very much. At least, the sound quality is great and I can use it for all my entertainment needs without carrying two earpieces.

Here's my new toy!

Still charging it...

Yes, that's my new toy and companion while on the move! :) I will try to write a review on it soon.

Oh yeah, it's been a week since I had Japanese food though I didn't blog it here. My kid was suggesting me to bring them for Japanese food on a Sunday night before I travel back to Singapore for work. We had something simple.