I’ve been guilty of slacking off on my running for months. It all started with a heel injury that took months to heal. Then, it was just simple laziness.
However, it all changed when I signed up for rowing! I rowed for slightly more than a year at university. It was a fun and healthy way to stay fit and I thought that since the opportunity presented itself to do some rowing here, I decided to take it.
That said, I do know how tough rowing can actually be and therefore, I need to get my fitness level up. So, I started running again and have been making steady progress this week. I went to the park four times this week!
Well, I hope to get fit enough to row about 1 mile.
Yeay!
PS: Not looking forward to the post-race dinner though.
Okay, I have to admit that I only looked this up after the Gangnam Song but this is quite a catchy dance song too particularly the chorus part. The Gangnam Song led to Kim Hyun-A, which led to 4-Minute, which led to a number of singles including this one.
What I don’t quite get is why many of these K/J-Pop singers like to release mini-albums instead of releasing a full album of songs. It seems to me that singing songs seem to have taken a back-seat to looking sultry and dancing provocatively. I’m not complaining though!
But the lyrics – cheesy, or maybe it’s just the translation.
When you first saw me, you couldn’t take your eyes off of me
Uh uh uh uh you, uh uh uh uh
You talk about me and say you don’t like me because I’m too easy behind my back
Eh eh eh eh why
You used to dance and smile everyday to my voice
But now you say you don’t want to hear my voice anymore and turn your back
I’m going crazy, he says I’m done now
He says there’s no room for me anymore
Turn up my voice, Turn up this music
Everybody time to rock
Take it all away and pump up the volume (up up)
Don’t wanna hear it – pump up the volume (up up)
I will change more as time goes by and get stronger eh eh eh oh more
You never looked at me properly even once
Uh uh uh uh you, uh uh uh uh
Whatever I did, you didn’t care
Hey eh eh eh eh why
Your eyes make constrict my heart more and more everyday
Now I am hidden as a greater scar in my heart
I’m going crazy, he says I’m done now
He says there’s no room for me anymore
Turn up my voice, Turn up this music
Everybody time to rock
Take it all away and pump up the volume (up up)
Don’t wanna hear it – pump up the volume (up up)
I will change more as time goes by and get stronger eh eh eh oh more
You won’t know, there’s no way you would know me
Lie lie lie lie
Lie lie lie lie
Lie lie lie lie
Take it all away and pump up the volume (up up)
Don’t wanna hear it – pump up the volume (up up)
I will change more as time goes by and get stronger eh eh eh oh more
Uh uh uh uh uh Uh uh uh uh uh oh more
Uh uh uh uh uh Uh uh uh uh uh
Winter is Coming but this story is never going to end.
Disclaimer: potential spoilers ahead.
I’ve been on a reading marathon and just finished reading A Dance with Dragons last week. Let me say that even after 5 volumes, we’re no where near to facing the really big war. We don’t even know who the bad guy is. However, major characters are dropping like flies (or not).
In the books, one cannot really know if someone is really dead until they are really warm and dead. Of all the Starks, only Robb is really dead (at least I think so). I don’t know about the rest – not even Jon who was stabbed by his own men. Also, many new characters are crawling out of the woodwork. We have two surviving Targaryens now.
What keeps me reading is Arya Stark – my favourite character. I’m curious to see how her character develops and what will be her end. I’d love to see her reunited with Nymeria and the rest of her family. Unfortunately, I do not think that her end is going to be a good one. I just hope that she’ll get to work through her list of names before the end.
I’ve also begun to develop a love for Tyrion Lannister – the Imp. He’s got so much character and survival instinct. I have a feeling that he’ll play a major role throughout the story. I just hope that he doesn’t get killed off at some point, getting his head bitten off by a dragon, most like.
The interesting thing is the influence that the books have had on my language skills. Don’t be surprised if you see odd language on this blog in the future.
I was asked today – where I find time to sleep, and do I sleep very late?
My reply was – I burn the candle at both ends: sleep late and rise early. I sleep late because I usually have quite a bit of work to finish up and I sleep early as I usually have morning classes to teach.
However, this all changes when I’m up in Penang. Here, I get to sleep early! Also, now that I’ve been up quite often, I’ve grown accustomed to the place. So, sleeping is no longer a problem for me.
I will be back in KL soon and it’s back to the grind for me. I’ve got loads of work that are awaiting my return. For now, I’ll continue to grab as much sleep as I can to recharge them batteries!
Looks tasty – green pus in my finger. I had a pretty annoying finger infection that is currently receding. I’m waiting for the puss to boil up so that I can squeeze it out. Yum!
I got introduced to this #Gangnam meme last week and boy, it’s catchy! I can’t seem to get the tune out of my head and it doesn’t matter how often I’ve replayed it, it still doesn’t get old. I tried the horse dance and it’s not that easy to sustain.
I prefer the remix. I wonder if it shouldn’t be renamed to “Gangnam Style – Hyuna (ft PSY)” instead.
I don’t really know how it happened but I’ve toned down on my blog postings ever since coming back to Malaysia. I can assure you that I do not feel any less anger at things that make me angry, but for some reason, I’ve cut down on the vitriol.
Maybe it’s a sign of age. Men mellow with age – it is known. So, maybe I have just mellowed down a bit. However, I highly suspect that’s not the case but that I’ve merely had other channels to direct my anger towards. There are so many other stupid people to scream and shout at.
I have been blogging actively for about 6 years now. Granted, I have a little less time to do it these days due to career demands, but I still try to write as often as I can. So, maybe this has also contributed to less angry writing.
Also, maybe it’s because I’m now back in Malaysia and drowning in all the political drama until I’ve lost my breath to speak. There seems to be a lot of anger everywhere and in that case, I try to be the voice calling for calm instead.
But all in all, I’m still angry.
I can still feel this rage burning in me. There are just so many things that need to be done to fix things and not nearly enough time to do it all.
Sybreon Ones Nought 