Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Boxing
I don't understand what pushes a man to go through such intense training regime. All those training for just that tiny tiny chance of achieving glory. Kinda reminds me about gladiators.
Waking up at 5 am in the morning to jog, then train, then jog some more and then train again till night.
Its even more difficult when a boxer wants to lose weight to go down a weight class. Some extreme diets only contain drinking water 3 days before the weight-in.
For every 1 Muhammad Ali or Sugar Ray Leonard, there would be a 100 unknowns.
My current favourite boxer, Manny Pacquiao aka Pac-Man aka Mexicutioner. This guy is a legend, currently the best pound for pound boxer. "Pound for pound" is a term to describe the best boxer if every boxer were in the same weight-class, as no matter how good a featherweight boxer is he can never take on a heavyweight boxer.
Pac Man with ArroyoAll lean muscles, no fats here people.
Manny Pacquiao just celebrated his 30th birthday. His guest of honour even include Arroyo, the President of Philippines. He is a legend in Phillipines, it is said that when he fights, rebels would put down their guns, robbers would take a day off and the daily routine of Fillipinos would stop to just watch him fight.
He just added Oscar Dela Hoya aka the Golden Boy in boxing to his impressive boxing record. It was a major upset as he was labelled the underdog before the match.
Another boxer to look out for is British Ricky Hatton. It would be a dream match for Pac Man to go against Ricky Hatton.
But Ricky Hatton is also known as Ricky Fatton, due to his excessive drinking and eating.
If it really happens, my money is on Pac Man!
Ricky Hatton, currently the best boxer in Britian and one of the best in the world.
But the one man whom i want to see fight again is Floyd Mayweather Jr. One of the best boxers who belong to our generation. Our dads had Muhammad Ali, our older siblings had Mike Tyson / Holyfield. We have/had Floyd Mayweahter Jr. But sadly he retired last year, at the young age of 30. His record is impressive, 39 Fights/39 Wins/25 KOs/0 Losses, he was the best pound for pound boxer before he retired.
He have defeated both Ricky Hatton and Oscar Dela Hoya before, but he has never met Manny Pacquiao. It would be awesome to see the both of them fight it out.Floyd Mayweather Jr. aka Pretty Boy Floyd (in my opinion the king of boxing, after Pac Man of course)
PS: Holyfield should retire, i know he wanted to make history to become the oldest heavyweight champion at the age of 46 but honestly, i think what kept him going was the child support he has to pay which amounts to $500,000 for 11 of his children (from marriages and affairs) and the upkeep of his 100 over bedroom castle which was almost taken from him earlier this year.
To Mike and Holyfield, your time has passed, be like Lennox Lewis, a real champion in life and in the ring.
Till Next time, I'll see you in the boxing gym
Friday, December 19, 2008
RANTS RANTS!
The Police Cheif Abu Bakar's statement that the reason why they arrested the cyclist were that they were acting to "SAVE" the underage, mistreated, naive, teenagers that were participating.
WOAH Abu Bakar, cyclying sure is dangerous.
Whereas in NS children no older than the ones you try to "SAVED" are being thought how to use machine guns.
Utter rubbish.
This "kids" are so much more aware and I strongly believe they know what they were participating in.
Please, if you wanna come up with an excuse. COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER!
Judical Appointments Commission Bill
This supposely new an improve way of choosing judges was suppose to bring INTEGRITY back into our Judical system.
But look, the Prime Minister is given the power to SELECT nominees for the JAC!
What change is that?
Changing the tupperware of a rotten meat to a newer more pleasant looking one does not make the meat any less rotten than it already is.
SIGH!
We want REAL CHANGES!
PS: I'm quite sure working in an Accounting Firm is not what i want. Currently doing an internship with EY tax department and everything is so structured and COST CONSCIOUS!
I need something which gives me autonomy and revenue chasing!
Anyone in Damansara Heights (HELP Area) give me a call for lunch (:
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Hypocrasy of the West
The recent decision by the states to ban short-selling on 700+ shares just show how bloody hypocrite the west is. "Its for the greater good that we are doing this," they say. Both Republicans and Democratic say the measure is necessary so that the market doesn't fail.
Sigh, isn't democracy and the efficient market all about letting the market decide whether a firm survives or fail?
Now with a 700 billion USD bailout being in mulled, I really wonder where does the US get that amount of money? Already they are the world's largest debtor and now with an extra 700 billion USD deficit, how they hell are they going to finance it? Maybe the oil money from Iraq =P
Even here in Australia "naked" short-selling is being ban.
Lehman Brothers, Merrly Lynch, Bear Sterns, HBOS, and countless other smaller state banks in the States have been casualty so far. AIG might have also became one of the victims of this subprime crisis if not for the US government decision to bail AIG out and provide liquidity to them.
Ah, plenty of fat, arrogant, overpaid bankers are now out of jobs and their wealth wiped out. My heart goes out to all of them, remember bankers, its all about karma.
Picture of the day:
Your future ethical Investment Banker.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
ISA???
Using the Internal Security Act (ISA) on a reporter? Only in Malaysia can you arrest someone for their safety.
According to our lovely Home Minister Syed Hamid (whom is a total retard) police received information that Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng life had been threatened and therefore, instead of putting her under police custody, and having patrols in her neighbourhood, they decide to detain her under ISA? Come on, its bloody ridiculous.
What about the life of Ahmad Ismail? Why not put him under ISA too as the millions and millions of Chinese people would definately be after his blood.
UMNO is fearing for Septermber 16 and they would go to drastic measures to make sure it won't happen.
Advice to the other partys in Barisan Nasional, GET OUT and get out fast.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Dangers of Blogs
My boss Googles my name, and the other intern's name. I believe it becomes the practice of most firms out there. So thank goodness i have nothing personal or derogatory written down here.
I found out my boss manage to stumble onto one of my colleague's blogs and what was written in there wasn't exactly nice -_-
So guys, please remember to protect your privacy!
I have a question which i hope someone could enlighten me. What makes a book canon to the bible and what doesn't? I.E. why is the book of Enoch not included in the bible? The book of Enoch shows the downfall of Lucifer but non of the books in the bible do. So yes, the burning question is, what makes certain books canon to the bible and certain books non-canon or heresy?
Picture of the day:Vancouver Island
Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Government did the right thing.
Now is the perfect time for the government to cut all subsidies and lift ceiling prices when everyone else in the region is doing it. It surprise me that Abdullah made such an unpopular BUT NECESSARY move. Kudos goes to him. Although the lay person on the street might not understand it and complain, it was the right thing to do for the Malaysian economy, for the sake of keeping the economy competitive.
There are jokes about our Malaysian fisherman whom gets M$2.5k diesel subsidy a month and instead of fishing, they just sell diesel to Thailand. Our fishermen have forgotten how to fish.
And then there is the Independent Power Producers (IPP) whom have a one sided deal with Tenaga Bhd which requires Tenaga to buy electricity from them even when the price is much higher than the cost needed for Tenaga to produce the electricity, or even when Tenaga has ample electricity. All these one sided deals was done under the previous administration. And the contract didn't had a renegotiation clause so the only way to balance things out and be fair is to slap those IPP with windfall taxes. Once again, KUDOS Abdullah.
Overall, all these subsidies cuts and lifting of ceiling price would definitely make Malaysia more competitive.
And which Vietnam being one of the worst performing markets this year (54% drop in their market) and Pakistan suffering too, foreign direct investments (FDI) would definitely increase in Malaysia.
But yes people, its burdensome, but in the long-run it will be worth it, a caveat though, the government should be very transparent with where the money from subsidies are going. A good idea is the construction sector as its suffering from high commodity price.
AND BLOODY HELL. TIME TO MAKE PETRONAS STATEMENTS PUBLIC! God knows how much went to Abdullah's and Mathatir's cronies.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Of Work
Will write a longer update when I have the time. Till next time!! Oh yeah, and whoever is in Malaysia and would like to meet up, i'm free on the weekends, text/call me.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Goodbyes Ain't Easy
No, I'm not going to miss Vancouver much. I don't really care about living in one of the most livable cities in the world or a shit hole like Zimbabwe what i would miss is you guys. Even until the last moment before i step foot on the plane all of you thought I was happy to leave and get on with my life. All your tearful goodbyes seem like they were falling on deaf ears. I acted like I was okay, like it was just another phase in life, like i know so well that people come and go and i am already ready for it. Well, I thought I was until i realize i wont be seeing you guys again. And then it dawn on me, you guys were like family, an awesome bunch, people that i would like to have life long contacts with, even thought the only friend i have a life long contact with is Ian (my best friend).
These 5 months of just hanging out, eating and traveling together had made us tight. I really appreciate the company, the laughters, the jokes and would greatly miss all of them. Too bad none of you would ever know how I really feel. All those stupid pictures that we took in Vancouver and all those Camwhore pictures would always bring a smile to my face.
I would miss taking group pictures together when old couples would ask us to say "Cheese" and we would laugh because it sounded so bloody corny and old school.
And not to mention our larger group which is also filled with awesome people.
On that faithful day, at the eleventh hour, i decided to skip my class and was given the opportunity to meet you guys, it was one of the best decisions that iIve made here in Toronto. So now, we would be going our separate ways, each returning to our own countries, who knows this may or may not be the end. Maybe just maybe, one day we would all meet up again somewhere. When the time comes on that day, drinks are on me. In the mean time, i guess this is when we say our goodbyes. Continue having an awesome time traveling the west coast, how i wish i am there with you guys. But I'm always too practical, always was and always will be, I chose doing my internship over spending more time with the bunch of you. Maybe i should have taken Serena's advice and be less practical this time around. Until the next time we meet again, goodbye.
But i take solace in knowing that i would be returning to things that i love. My family, Serena, my friends and good old Melbourne where the sun is bright and sunny. I can't believe i wrote such an emo post, usually i'm only comfortable bearing my heart and soul to Serena and maybe a few close friends.
Picture of the day:
I'm still strong alright. Don't mess with me.
PS: My work at JP Morgan starts at 7.15 and ends at 6. Oh boy, things are going to be rough.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
DONE!
You see this everywhere you go. Positive Space.
PS:Changed my blog skin, I was going to go for something other than the one supplied by blogspot but i just can't get it right. I keep getting it all messed up. Maybe you someone can teach me. Going to get a chatterbox soon again, in the mean time, use the comments (:
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Of Gym
Just outside, students play toilet horse shoe, touch football, or just hanging out. It gets pretty hard to concentrate -___- But today, it was cold and gloomy, I never though I would be grateful for a gloomy day (:
My routine has been study, sleep & gym. Speaking about gym, how many of you guys wanted to chat up that hot guy/girl at your local gym? Well here are some lines to help you out (the work below is not mine and has been taken out from a fitness blog).
To chat up a hot guy at the gym.
- “You got a new iPod. Should I get the 10 gig or the 30 gig?”
- “Can you close the bracelet for me?”
- “Your gloves are nice. Where did you get them?”
- “Do you think that class instructor good?”
- “Can you teach me how to use this machine?”
- “Do you know any workout to reduce the breast size? Mine is a bit too big to handle.”
- “I never do this, but I think you’re cute and I got tired of waiting for you to talk to me.”
- “That’s a stain on my bra top, isn’t obvious?” (pointing to the breast)
- “They say missionary position help men to work out the chest and triceps, is it true?
- “Is that a train in your pants, or are you just happy to see me noticing how big your dick is?”
To chat up a hot girl at the gym.
- “Excuse me, but I think I dropped something! My jaw.”
- “Do you have a map? I just keep on getting lost in your eyes.”
- “I’m afraid that I have to ask you to leave. Your sexy body is making other girls here look really bad.”
- “Can I take your picture with my camera phone? I want Santa Claus to know exactly what I want for this Christmas.”
- “I may not be the best-looking guy in here, but I’m the only one talking to you.”
- “Are your legs tired? You have been running in my mind all day.”
- “I’ve got a 6 inch tongue and please teach me how to use it.”
- “Hello. If I tell you my balls are bigger than my biceps, will you believe?”
- “Hi, my name’s [name]. Remember it, you’ll be screaming it later tonight.”
- “Nice legs you have! What time do they open?”
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Of Residence Life.
Another hilarious on-going thing in my residence is the problem with washroom. My floor has 2 really smelly people. One of them is an one athlete so he constantly smells like sweat. Another has a bowel problem or something cause her poo smells really horrible, its like the worst smelling poo ever. It takes a day to get rid of the smell. Because of that i use the washroom at the end of the corridor (there are a total of 4 bathrooms). And then at that bathroom there is a war brewing. Girls and guys have separated their bathroom due to complaints about each other's bad habit.This is the guy's bathroom. As you can see it says, "Penises' Washroom".
And the other washroom says, "Vaginas' washrooms (and Jian)" Apparently I got a vagina -_-
Then there is the whole missing food scandal that require Bucci (the don) to take some measures.
"The floor has gone missing, if this persists the Don will take action to stop this from happening in the future"
But it wasn't much of a use.Lol.
I'll also miss people leaving messages on my door.
Gatehouse, Phoenix for life.
Long-distance has been tough for Serena and me. I wish someone would write a book on how to get through it and come up with a magic fix. We are more sensitive and things are harder, but disagreement after disagreement we are still together (: And 2 more months and 10 days till i see you again. Love you.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Of Interview and Ice Hockey
The guy went easy on me I think, he mainly focus on basic questions like where are you studying, when are you coming back, etc?
Hehehe, he was kinda confuse with my whole exchange thing. He thought I was in Australia and he got a shock when i told him it will take me 2 days to fly back.
He just asked me a few finance questions and a little about JP Morgan Chase and what do i expected out of it.
So now, i will be awaiting my forms which i have to fill up so they could run a background check on me to see whether i am a potential terrorist (:
Keeping my finger's crossed, hopefullyeverything goes smoothly.
When To see Ice Hockey last Sunday and i must say it was intense!
Brutal knocks and trips. Damn referee, why must you break-up so many potential fights when we the crowd were chanting "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"
Thats the Marlies Mascot!
The game, we lost 3-4. It seems that every game i watch, the team that i support always end up losing.
Merchandises from the game. Hockey Shirt, Finger and cheering kit.
Zaheer from UAE found something useful to do with them.
He is trying to compensate for something-_- Thank goodness he doesn't know i blog.
PS:Thank you dear, for calming me down and giving me words of encouragement for my telephone interview <3
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Of being ripped.
Check out those abs. He does his abs first before any other exercise. At one point, the paparazzi thought he had ab implants, I don't blame them.
He hits the gym 4 times a week each day doing a major muscle-Chest, Back, Arms and Legs.
Not only did he gain 20 pounds (9kg) he cut his body fat from 11% to 3%. Men's Health. Drool girls, drool.
But honestly Asian girls don't like ripped guys. Asian girls likeBad shape. -_-''
Friday, March 28, 2008
Of Discrimination
NEP
In 2006, a major dispute arose when the Asian Strategic and Leadership Institute (ASLI) issued a report calculating Bumiputra-held equity at 45% — a stark difference from the official figure of 18.9%. Criticism came swift saying it was fabricated. Okay then what about this?
In 1997 University of Malaya study had calculated the Bumiputra share of equity to stand at 33.7%, using par value. Let me break it to you guys. YOUR INTRA-EQUITY is fucked up and it has nothing to do with the other races. Approve Permits and what-nots, its your own doing, so clean up your own mess and stop blaming the Chinese for taking away your wealth.
So where am i getting at? To all my friends who have turn 21 please vote and be heard. Can't wait to turn 21 this year =PMarcel's 24th
Picture of the day:You look absolutely adorable. I love you, don't kill me (:
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Sick -_-
And now for the Blue Mountain Trip.
We started every enthusiastic, wooooo! Getting up early to head to the Mountain.
But things got a little complicated when our tire got puncture. It was terrible, take a look at the tire. And to make matters worst, our rented car didn't have a JACK to lift the car up and fix the wheel, so we had to wait for a mechanic who took his freaking sweet time to come.
But it was still pretty fun. Snowboard from 3pm till 9pm at night. Snowboarding at night is a whole new experience.
PS:I'm still feeling sick, I want Serena.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
A semi-neutral view on the election result and a drunk friend
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Of Skyloft
Antione(right) is the crazy motherf**ker who video taped us going down the slopes. "I ski in the Alps, this is too easy, makes me look good."
Being the only Snowboarder of the group, I constantly got harass by 6 skiers to hurry up and strap on.
Heading to Blue Mountains this weekend and its said to be at least 10 times better than the last one. They probably would have more ski lifts =P Till next time!