7 Marathons In 7 Days 7 continents

Dave Heeley believes in himself.

Dave will be running seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

Dave is blind and will be accompanied by his sighted running partner, Malcolm Carr.

7MM _ 7 Magnificent Marathons

This is so exciting and intriguing. This is an amazing idea, a tremendous effort, superhuman powers and teamwork. 7 April 2008 is the date. It has long been carefully planned but the results will be meteorically astonishing. Dave and partner, Carr will be worshiped. The message they want to bring across:
Guide Dogs wants a world in which all blind and partially sighted
people enjoy the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities
as everyone else.


All the way,
Marco

Disillusioned

I was disillusioned over life, not for the fact that I had qualified and not go and participate for my first Biathlon race.

I was disillusioned over my job, over finding the dream job. Been doing nothing for 2 weeks now. Sending resumes, attending interviews, talking to people. Watching 3 seasons of Grey's Anatomy. Went for several leisure swim and run sessions.

I was disillusioned over a dream job, something to do, something like I like to be working on, day in, day out.

I found the answer. Follow my bliss. What I would like to do is simple. I had achieved it before but I was just put off by my "dream job". My BLISS is simply, training for marathons, registering for them and going for them. Now there are so many event overseas and it is not limited to Singapore. So, I decided to think out of the box again, overseas marathons.

Travel and do what i enjoy most. So the "dream job" would be something that could satisfy my desire for sports, for travel.

3 things to be Happy

....

.marco. says:
driven? i feel like dying..literally this few days without a job..
Stuart says:
i think we got chemistry.

....

Stuart says:
Quoting Terry,
A man needs 3 things to be happy.
.marco. says:
yah...
Stuart says:
1. Someone to love.
2. Something to do.
3. Something to hope for.
I was blown away by this.
simple but so much truth in it.

........

Tag Heuer Monaco Diamond Black Python

Following the law of the attraction, I am thankful that I'm owning the watch, ha, this watch will come, one way, I work hard to get, else, someone else sees this post and sends me to me. I love the square face and leather wristband. Plus, the design to die for. Woohoo

Tag Heuer Watch Collection

Anniversaries - What they mean

Been a long time since I celebrate any anniversaries. Well what does each year stand for. Here is it.

first - paper
second - cotton
third - leather
forth - fruit and flowers
fifth - wood
sixth - sugar/iron
seventh - wool
eighth - bronze
ninth - copper/pottery
tenth - tin
eleventh - steel
twelfth - silk and linen
thirteenth - lace
fourteenth - ivory
fifteenth - crystal
twentieth - china
twenty-fifth - silver
thirtieth - pearl
thirty-fifth - coral
fortieth - ruby
forty-fifth - sapphire
fiftieth - gold
fifty-fifth - emerald
sixtieth - diamond

So, going by the above, when you are 25 years old, you are already in your silver years.

Stephen Chow's favourite piece of movie prop

Trivia below, HAHA check out the pictures.






So will the piece of "chicken" bowl appear in his latest movie? I think all his fans may have waited long time for his new moview, the last one was 2004, Kung Fu Hustle.

CJ7 trailer, 長江七號, Stephen Chow

Baseball Culture in Taiwan

I was digging out some old photos and I found this. Remember the Taiwan Variety Show showcasing about baseball and saying how their National Baseball player is in the America Baseball League.

Well, last October I was in Taipei to experience this, it was a night when their local league was having finals, and there was a crowd at their baseball "driving range", the crowd was watching the live telecast like we were watching our soccer finals. Good atmosphere.

I think the Japanese brought the baseball culture into Taiwan and see..They actually have their baseball team print on their 500NTD bank note. This should be known as the Little Maple Leaf Team.

I had a stint of my own baseball too.

Qualifying for Singapore Biathlon 2008

It seems like I'm not a swimmer just yet. I registered for the Singapore Biathlon 2008 and was greeted by the fact that I need to go a swim trial within 2 weeks. It would be 30 laps in the Olympic Size swimming pool in 40 minutes. Never was I efficient in swimming.

Swimming practice

After some 2 sessions a week swims for a week plus now, I'm feeling more confident in the water. But I still cannot thread water properly. Well, failure is the mother of success and my coach says I will make it for the swim trial if I believe in myself and that I imagine the swimming strokes in my mind.

At the back of my mind, I'm actually telling myself that I could only participate in a Biathlon in 2009, but I'm going for the swim trial nevertheless. I say a miracle if I pass my swim trial.

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Grey's Anatomy: "The most important history is the history you are making today."

Home Screening of the Secret

Ladies and Gentleman,

I had grabbed hold of the DVD of the Secret Movie. Not that Secret movie by Jay Chou, another one. Hmmm, anyone willing to let out their home theater system for the screening and unveil the secret?

Sign off,
Marco

P.S. more details to be disclosed.

http://thesecret.tv/

*The screening will be held on 13 January 2008 at Mr Jackie Mang's house, accompanied by the celebrity dog, BABY.

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Keeping your New Year Resolution

Have a new year resolution but cannot seem to keep it?

Try this..

For Guys

Men are motivated when they set a goal for themselves.

Say, when you need motivation to exercise, it would help to place a photograph of an appealing fitness model at a prominent place.

Focus on how much better life will be for you might also help.

For the Ladies

You could fulfill your new year resolution when you tell your friends and family. Ladies could succeed better when they are encouraged to persist in the face of setbacks.

The Notebook Movie

Hmmm, never too late to review a movie.

The Notebook is a release in 2004 by New Line Cinemas adapted on the novel, The Notebook, by Nicholas Spark.

Movie Plot/ Synopsis

The movie starts by having an old gentleman reading to his companion from a old notebook. It depicts a beautiful tale of a set of teenagers, Allie and Noah, engaging in a lovely summer romance. They had to part because of differences and objections from Allie's upper-class mother.
Reading to Allie


Really touched when Noah wrote a letter to Allie everyday for a year without any reply.That is 365 letters but Allie never get them at once. After a year, Noah stopped writing letter.

Noah was recruited in to army and Allie pursued her studies. Noah went into World War II. Coming back from the War, Noah lost his father. Noah's father had left him his dream house. A dream house that Noah rebuilt to the exact specifications that Allie had wanted. It was really a torn down, old house with a lakeside view.

Just as when Allie was in a "perfect" relationship with a military officer of a good background. Allie saw the news of Noah and the dream house. Allie could not forget and went to seek Noah. Only at this time, then Allie realized that Noah had not give her up. Only then does Allie get back the HUGE bundle of letters from her mother, who has been keeping it from her.
Young Allie with her bundle of 365 Letters

As the old gentleman was reading to his companion, its becomes apparent that the old lady suffering from Alzheimer is awaken by the story and for a short moment remembers that the old gentlemen reading from the notebook is Noah.

Towards the end of the movie, it is clear that Allie finally chose Noah over the wealthy businessman that she was engaged to. They had 4 kids but she could not remember any.
Noah and Allie reunited after the World War, and Allie making a choice.

Quotes from the movie

Anne: She is out foolin' around with that boy until two o'clock in the morning and it has got to stop! I didn't spend seventeen years of my life raising a daughter and giving her EVERYTHING, so she could throw it away on a summer romance!
Young Allie: [Screaming] DADDY!
Anne: She will wind up with her heart broken or pregnant! Now he's a nice boy, but he's...
Young Allie: He's WHAT? He is what? Tell me!
Anne: He is trash! Trash! Trash! Not for you!

Young Allie: Now, say you're a bird.
Young Noah: If you're a bird, I'm a bird.

Why This Blog Entry

1. Because I see the story of a friend being forced to leave his girlfriend, someone whom he loves a lot because the mother rejects the whole relationship. (See quote 1 above)

2. Remember Titanic's , You jump, I jump? Ain't it so similar from quote 2?

3. Simply because the story is beautiful.

Price of Singapore Flyer observation wheel

Each ride will last about 37 minutes.

The operator says tickets will be priced at S$29.50 for an adult; express and cocktail packages will also be available at between S$52 and S$69.

The Singapore Flyer aims to attract some 2.5 million visitors a year of which 60 percent will be tourists.

Wow, I'm really excited by the fact that this observation wheel will be in Singapore. It is the tallest and largest Observation Wheel in the world. The Singapore Flyer will be making lots of money man.

Details on its official website here
The wheel making Local News
Factfile on Observation Wheels around the World


And another attraction will be catching the Formula one race on top of the Singapore Flyer. Prices may escalate to as high as $200. All right, see, I do not need to go far to catch formula one. Cool.

Traveling Young

So I supposed almost everyone had a dream destination to go to.

Some friends are currently in Korea now, one will be traveling to Japan with his girlfriend and another will be spending Christmas at year end.

Simply put, this December, my friends are everywhere but in Singapore.

How important is it to achieve and travel young?

1. Traveling young, Our Money runs out before our ENERGY.

2. Traveling when we are much older, with kids tying yo down back at home. This may be the time your ENERGY runs out before your money.

You decide how you want to make a LIFE for yourself. Yo lose some, you gain some.

Remember: Staying at home will make you fat.

Minutes from Tibet Meeting due May

Stuart: The minutes for our meeting can be summarised as follows:

1. Our budget for China (Excluding airfare) will be $1500. From there, we will pool together a fund and divide by 30 days, so we have a good rough budget to adhere to daily.

2. That's all.

Benny: Minutes of last meeting (4/12/2007)

1. arrivial of members
2. chicken rice/duck rice meal
3. proceed to macdonalds
4. 3 milo big, 2 coke big
5. matters relating to national service days
6. matters relating to dragon boat
7. matters relating to marco's treatment to his men
8. matters relating to 5K or 8K
9. meeting concluded at approximately 10pm

Thats the minutes. ;p

Weipeng: Trust me, as good o' friends, the discussion never start till we were actually leaving for home.

Date of departure: 9 May 2008
Meeting point: Guangzhou, China Train Station