This is my All-Time Favourite! I always do this run at least once a week, on my off days or Sundays! Its very tough because the course is hilly and uneven. Very nice scenery and clean fresh air!
Facilities there is great as the park have just renovated its canteen. You can get nice cheap breakfast there before your run, or buy 100-plus to replenish yourself after the run. Now they finally provide very clean shower facilities! Lockers are big and safe also.
Have not been there for a month! Really miss the place there! Hope to run this course soon. :)
Friday, October 16, 2009
Health Mangement: Map my run @ Clementi (7.77km)
Will do this run in the morning at 6am before going off to work! Cheers! :)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Life Management: Secret of Success- Aptitude or Attitude?
Recently i read an article on the newpaper which inspired me to write this blog. A soccer player by the name of Ryan Giggs was featured. He had just scored the 150th goal for his club Man Utd during his 851th competitive match. Anybody who knows about soccer would know about him. At the age of 36 when most players have already retired with big beer belly and a battered body, he is still going strong. Currently he is at the top of the game by being a key player for the team that had just won the league title last season! Finally he revealed his secret: YOGA! He is unbelievable. Having played for his team since 17 years old, he is one of the most decorated player having won more than 10 league titles, 4 FA cups, 2 league cups, 2 champions league, and 1 world club cup. He had won numerous player of the year awards and stil counting!!! For all these years, he shy away from media and parties, prefering to have a good rest after matches. He focus his mind on his games and never allow anything to distract him. He take good care of his body, didnt have any major injuries. That's why at 36, he is stil scoring goals and creating goals for his team.
Soccer players are well known to be very poor in managing their life off the field. They are showered with tons of millions of dollars at a young tender age and most of the time they are not given proper advice about how to live their life n what to do with those obscent sum of money. They party, booze, and live the high life with woman, drugs and fast car. Many talented players such as Diego Maradona, George Best, Paul Gascoigne, become victimised by their own bad lifestyle. They ended their promising career prematurely and spiraled downwards in their life off-field. Diego Maradona captained his team in world cup and single handed won the world cup at the age of 26. However, 5 yrs later, he was caught positive for drugs twice and was banned from competitive soccer. He continued his drugs habits and he suffered massive heart attack that almost took his life. George Best is one of the best winger for Man Utd. Blessed with good looks and silky good skills, he won numerous awards. But partying life and alcoholism took a toll on his body and by the age of 30, he was struggling in his game and had to retire early. At the time of his death, he was bankrupt and died from liver cancer due to too much alcohol. Paul Gascoigne was another soccer prodigy that ended his otherwise promising career in a similar tragedy. He suffered from severe alochol addiction and would turn abusive whenever he is drunk. He is divorced and struggled in his life after he soccer playing days.
What I'm trying to illustrate is that while a person can be incredibly talented, he or she must be equally hardworking, disciplined and be humble at the same time, in order to be successful. Its not how successful you can be, but its how long you can stay successful. Success is not a past tense. It is a present tense. If success gets to your head, you will lose it all very quickly. So don't be a Diego Maradona, be a Ryan Giggs. He is the perfect example for all young people on how to live your life right :)
In conclusion, the secret of success is the application of both aptitude and attitude. Period.
Soccer players are well known to be very poor in managing their life off the field. They are showered with tons of millions of dollars at a young tender age and most of the time they are not given proper advice about how to live their life n what to do with those obscent sum of money. They party, booze, and live the high life with woman, drugs and fast car. Many talented players such as Diego Maradona, George Best, Paul Gascoigne, become victimised by their own bad lifestyle. They ended their promising career prematurely and spiraled downwards in their life off-field. Diego Maradona captained his team in world cup and single handed won the world cup at the age of 26. However, 5 yrs later, he was caught positive for drugs twice and was banned from competitive soccer. He continued his drugs habits and he suffered massive heart attack that almost took his life. George Best is one of the best winger for Man Utd. Blessed with good looks and silky good skills, he won numerous awards. But partying life and alcoholism took a toll on his body and by the age of 30, he was struggling in his game and had to retire early. At the time of his death, he was bankrupt and died from liver cancer due to too much alcohol. Paul Gascoigne was another soccer prodigy that ended his otherwise promising career in a similar tragedy. He suffered from severe alochol addiction and would turn abusive whenever he is drunk. He is divorced and struggled in his life after he soccer playing days.
What I'm trying to illustrate is that while a person can be incredibly talented, he or she must be equally hardworking, disciplined and be humble at the same time, in order to be successful. Its not how successful you can be, but its how long you can stay successful. Success is not a past tense. It is a present tense. If success gets to your head, you will lose it all very quickly. So don't be a Diego Maradona, be a Ryan Giggs. He is the perfect example for all young people on how to live your life right :)
In conclusion, the secret of success is the application of both aptitude and attitude. Period.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Health Management: Running with ChiRunning Technique
To many of us, running is a no brainer thing to do. But how wrong can we be. There are about 24 million runners in the US, but 65% of all runners incur at least 1 injury a year. That means 15.6 million people will get injured this year from running! There is really something very wrong with the way we run. So what can we do about it? Just ask Danny Dreyer, the founder of ChiRunning, a company based in North Carolina, US. Chi Running is currently taking the world by storm, helping millions of runners to improve performance and reduce injury. Just how did he do it?
According to Danny as written in his book, "ChiRunning- A revolutionary approach to effortless, injury free running",
All of us have a very nice running style when we were toddlers. We land softly on midfoot and pick our feet to the back. But as adults, we start to land heavy on our heels and reaching forward with feet. That was when we start to get injured! If only we can all run like we are toddlers, then we will all be injury free!
So Danny did his research with a renowned Taichi master, together they invented a running technique that combined Taichi with running.
A correct running technique should look something like the picture below:
The whole body is aligned from head to ankle. Body is tilted forward from the ankle. Landing of feet is on the midfoot and the other feet picks up to the back. The core is engaged at all times, whie the rest of body is relaxed and joints loosened. This is the main technique of Chi Running. If we look at videos of how elite runners run, this is just exactly how they do it too!
It would take one whole book and several videos to talk about this technique. So for more details, I would encourage everyone to buy a copy of this book to read over and over again to really master the technique. As for me, this technique really works wonder for me. I just started this technique last week, by applying ChiRunning technique to a 6km run. Usually i would feel tired and panting after the run, but I came back feeling energized from it! I feel even more fresh than before the run! This is a feeling I have not had for several years, all thanks to Chi Running! If the above description is still not enough for you to get an idea what Chi Running is about, I stil have one video for you to watch. Cheers!
According to Danny as written in his book, "ChiRunning- A revolutionary approach to effortless, injury free running",
All of us have a very nice running style when we were toddlers. We land softly on midfoot and pick our feet to the back. But as adults, we start to land heavy on our heels and reaching forward with feet. That was when we start to get injured! If only we can all run like we are toddlers, then we will all be injury free!
So Danny did his research with a renowned Taichi master, together they invented a running technique that combined Taichi with running.
A correct running technique should look something like the picture below:
The whole body is aligned from head to ankle. Body is tilted forward from the ankle. Landing of feet is on the midfoot and the other feet picks up to the back. The core is engaged at all times, whie the rest of body is relaxed and joints loosened. This is the main technique of Chi Running. If we look at videos of how elite runners run, this is just exactly how they do it too!
It would take one whole book and several videos to talk about this technique. So for more details, I would encourage everyone to buy a copy of this book to read over and over again to really master the technique. As for me, this technique really works wonder for me. I just started this technique last week, by applying ChiRunning technique to a 6km run. Usually i would feel tired and panting after the run, but I came back feeling energized from it! I feel even more fresh than before the run! This is a feeling I have not had for several years, all thanks to Chi Running! If the above description is still not enough for you to get an idea what Chi Running is about, I stil have one video for you to watch. Cheers!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Health Management: Map My Run! What a great website for runners!
AMK MORNING RUN 4.91km
This great website can trace the route that you are planning to run, and it calculates your distance in km, amount of calories burnt too! Try it!
To (+) Zoom In Map: Double Left click mouse
To (-) Zoom Out Map: Double Right click mouse
AMK EVENING RUN 6.35km
This great website can trace the route that you are planning to run, and it calculates your distance in km, amount of calories burnt too! Try it!
To (+) Zoom In Map: Double Left click mouse
To (-) Zoom Out Map: Double Right click mouse
AMK EVENING RUN 6.35km
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Money Management: Can we think rich and become rich?
Some thoughts from previous post:
This concept of 4 quandrants is based on the experience of my own life and not a copied material from some books or seminars. The purpose of publishing it onto my blog is to help keep myself focus on following this 4 quadrants to shape my life better. (But I do research on relevant materials and if I do publish other author's work, I would quote the BOOK and AUTHOR's name.) Till now, my life have been not quite successful. I hope that by writing this blog, I can see improvement in the 4 quandrants.
At this point of time: In the Time quadrant, I am a habitual late comer. In the Money quadrant, I'm bankrupt and $2300 in debts. In the Health quadrant, that is my only consolation as I'm in the perfect health due to my job nature as a personal trainer! haha. In the People quadrant, I'm doing all right as I have quite many people who like me and will readily lend a hand if I get into trouble! I hope to see more improvement everytime i come back to update my blog :)
Ok, now lets talk about today's TOPIC of MONEY MANAGEMENT: It is said that the key to success is in your MIND. Today, I came across a wonderful book that really pinpointed this key ingredient of success! The book is titled "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T. Harv Eker. This book was given to me by a client more than a year ago, but at that point of time, I was not mentally prepared for such topics. However when i read it today, it made so much sense...
The author says that each of us have a "Money blueprint", meaning that you already have in your mind how rich or how poor you want to be. If you are not "set" to be rich, some things or events will somehow happen to make you become poor again, or remain poor, no matter how much money you may be earning at any point of time. This is due to the workings of your subconscious mind. In order to breakthrough this viscious cycle, you need to change your mindset from within. You need to be aware of your motivation, your childhood conditioning, your deep rooted beliefs towards MONEY! Otherwise, no matter how much knowledge or education you attained , its still not gonna improve your financial health. Your wealth is only a reflection of your habits and beliefs. Rich people have good habits that make them take the necessary ACTIONS to attain success, and to keep replicating success! Success is therefore not attain through luck, its a HABIT!
Therefore, its possible to think rich and become rich! You can change your bad habits such as.... being habitually late for appointments, not planning your budget, being lazy, procrastinating, not keep promises and so on. Change your deep rooted beliefs that money is the root of all evils, rich people are selfish and greedy, criminals and so on.
4 Steps to changing our inner self: Instead, we can change them by being AWARE of the bad habits and beliefs. UNDERSTAND the mechanics of your bad habits and beliefs. DISASSOCIATE them by realising that they are not a part of you. Finally, make a loud DECLARATION to yourself that you are a changed person.
For more detailed information about the content of this book, I strongly recommend everyone to get a copy of it. Or go to the website: http://www.millionairemindbook.com/
Saturday, August 29, 2009
The 4 Quadrants of Life Management Skills
T= Time
M=Money
H=Health
P=People
Time: The most scarce resource in the world. Time that has past can never be brought back again. No amount of money in this world can buy back time. If you can’t manage time, u can’t manage anything else. Unfortunately, time management had always been my weakest quadrant. I have a habit of being late since I’m young. I’m infamous for being a LATE KING. I lost many friends and customers because I’m consistently late and eventually caused them to lose their trust in me. This is one aspect I aim to improve so that I can manage my life properly again. Always aim to be 15mins early for every appointment. If you can’t turn up or if you think you are going to be late, inform them early to show your respect for them.
Money: No money, no honey?? When I was young, my parents were always arguing. Money was always the number 1 reason that they fight with each other. When you can’t pay bills and live from hand to mouth, you are not going to lead a very happy life. There will always be a constant worry about whether u can have food on the table tomorrow. Manage your money well and always SAVE some money no matter how little you may earn. CASH is king. Always set aside at least 10% of your monthly income. Save it as CASH and not something else that is not liquid. During time of recession, everything else will depreciate. Cash is what everyone will be after. They will be desperate to sell their fix assets to convert them into cash. So be wise, don’t splurge during good times. SAVE.
Health: If you are not healthy, you can’t enjoy your money that you earned so hard for. You might end up spending a fortune to cure your illness. Health is managed by living a healthy lifestyle. The bad effects of living an unhealthy lifestyle are accumulative. Illness will only surface after a long duration. Sometimes the destruction to your body is so bad that it becomes irreversible. Always take good care of your health before you regret it. Good health comprises of physical health as well as emotional health. Exercise moderately, eat well, sleep early, manage your stress, have a positive attitude and stay away from intoxicants.
People: This quadrant refers to the relationship between you and your loved ones, father, mother, brothers, sisters, son, daughters, relatives, colleagues, boss, customers, friends and even people you do not know. This quadrant is important because you don’t live alone in this world. All great things are accomplished with teamwork. Your success greatly depends on whether people are willing to offer their help to you. Everyone is greatly linked to each other. Your smile can brighten up someone’s day. Always treat people with respect and you will receive it back too. Success is meaningless if you have no one else to share it with. Holiday is meaningless if there is no one else to accompany you. You live a miserable life if there is no one that you can trust. Cherish your loved ones while they are still alive. Always let them know how much you appreciate them before its too late.
M=Money
H=Health
P=People
Time: The most scarce resource in the world. Time that has past can never be brought back again. No amount of money in this world can buy back time. If you can’t manage time, u can’t manage anything else. Unfortunately, time management had always been my weakest quadrant. I have a habit of being late since I’m young. I’m infamous for being a LATE KING. I lost many friends and customers because I’m consistently late and eventually caused them to lose their trust in me. This is one aspect I aim to improve so that I can manage my life properly again. Always aim to be 15mins early for every appointment. If you can’t turn up or if you think you are going to be late, inform them early to show your respect for them.
Money: No money, no honey?? When I was young, my parents were always arguing. Money was always the number 1 reason that they fight with each other. When you can’t pay bills and live from hand to mouth, you are not going to lead a very happy life. There will always be a constant worry about whether u can have food on the table tomorrow. Manage your money well and always SAVE some money no matter how little you may earn. CASH is king. Always set aside at least 10% of your monthly income. Save it as CASH and not something else that is not liquid. During time of recession, everything else will depreciate. Cash is what everyone will be after. They will be desperate to sell their fix assets to convert them into cash. So be wise, don’t splurge during good times. SAVE.
Health: If you are not healthy, you can’t enjoy your money that you earned so hard for. You might end up spending a fortune to cure your illness. Health is managed by living a healthy lifestyle. The bad effects of living an unhealthy lifestyle are accumulative. Illness will only surface after a long duration. Sometimes the destruction to your body is so bad that it becomes irreversible. Always take good care of your health before you regret it. Good health comprises of physical health as well as emotional health. Exercise moderately, eat well, sleep early, manage your stress, have a positive attitude and stay away from intoxicants.
People: This quadrant refers to the relationship between you and your loved ones, father, mother, brothers, sisters, son, daughters, relatives, colleagues, boss, customers, friends and even people you do not know. This quadrant is important because you don’t live alone in this world. All great things are accomplished with teamwork. Your success greatly depends on whether people are willing to offer their help to you. Everyone is greatly linked to each other. Your smile can brighten up someone’s day. Always treat people with respect and you will receive it back too. Success is meaningless if you have no one else to share it with. Holiday is meaningless if there is no one else to accompany you. You live a miserable life if there is no one that you can trust. Cherish your loved ones while they are still alive. Always let them know how much you appreciate them before its too late.
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