Yesterday's jump session was a perfect ending. I'm not saying that I'm quitting hj ! Read on and you will understand why.

We did standing backflips, scissors and full-runup jumps.

Backflips was quite well-done. 1.55m from a jump platform.
Scissors was 1.55m too. But i only cleared that once. In theory, you can potentially flop 30cm more than what you can do with scissors jump. So I should be able to jump 1.85m. However I believe that is only true if you are a very skilled jumper since these theories are quite possibly based on professional jumpers and not the ordinary high school jumper.
Then 5 actual jumps. The first 4 jumps was no good. But finally I cleared in the last attempt at 1.60m. No fouls.

And believe you me, I did all those while my shins feel like a wrecked train. On hindsight, I probably shouldn't have ran the day before to NTU with a worn-out shoes.

My confidence is back. The double arm swing technique changeover might really be the way for me.

I'll try to do a run tmr morning to keep myself fit. And probably exercises at home later. Rouxin told me a phrase very motivating, "Persistence is going to get you to places you have never been before. Look at all the high jumpers who have won competitions. They have gone so far because they persisted in what they do." Thanks Rou for fanning my passion for hj, and for God.

Michael Jackson is gone. Left us too soon. He is truly one of his kind, only kind I would say. While it is still quite terrifying for me to watch the white-skinned MJ peering back at me in his videos, I cannot forget how inspiring his music was. His music often speaks of a worldly view, like in the songs Earth Song and Have you Seen My Childhood. And then there are the eccentric dance moves invented by the King of Pop himself.

If you need a song to remember him, you should listen to "You Are Not Alone".



I don't know why I have such a strong affiliation with MJ. I don't even own any of his albums. But yes I was always eager to catch him on TV. I remembered there was a series of interview shows with him on Channel 5. As much as I know, MJ bleached his skin to look like a white guy because during his time US are very anti-blacks*. And his nose job? I heard from somewhere that he underwent plastic surgery to shape his nose so that he could reach much higher notes.

*Correction: Nah MJ didn't bleached his skin. My bad. He's got a bad skin disease called Vitiligo.

Today it is a all-hell-break-loose day for me. At the very least, I thought the sleep felt revitalising.
I had 2 big drawdowns in my current forex virtual account. -44 and -50pips! The rest of the day I was just going blank. Aimless day at home. I decided I want to go stadium and train a little bit, but after I woke up from my hour long nap, the devil told me not to go! It might actually be my back pain that's bothering me...

-The God is my provider

Today was a wet day at NYP! And my jumps? Well, good and bad. I changed my arm swing action from a single arm to a double arm swing. The first 2 jumps were great according the Ronnie's observation, although I didn't clear at all tonight. He said my body was flying at the 1.80m area and it was my calves that hooked the bar in. But that is not the bad I'm was talking about. After that 2 decent attempts, my double arm swing just died-ed. Every time I ran up to the bar, my arms just wasn't in the right position to prepare for the takeoff. As a result, I always didn't attempt to jump and try to clear. I also got quite bored and frustrated at that as much as the group of jumpers at the pitside. No worries, I'll just fine-tune on that and do better. On hindsight, my shin didn't hurt! Yay, thank God for keeping me safe!

NYP's closed for the whole of next week due to the onset of the H1N1 pandemic so no training there for me...1 long trip less for next week! Wooh!

1. Jumping on wed! Uh, can't sleep tonight... too excited about wed's training. Ronnie told me he did another 2m jump again at his recent competition...Impressive, as he's just half a head taller than me only...

2.I got back from the gym, where I saw Stanley Goon and Joshua(W452) ! It's amazing how many familiar faces I can meet there...

3. Lately, I'm smitten by the piano piece "Kiss the Rain" by Yiruma.

4. Today at Forex($500 demo account)- lost $35 in the morning. Profited $80 in the afternoon. I was crazy to exit that 2 trades in the afternoon. It was still gaining momentum in profits lor... But well, at least I'm on the right track, I think.

I have so much things I wanted to say and upload but I am just too lazy. But here's something I like to share.

It's touted the largest fireworks ever seen and it's MIJ.
From Katagai Japan,





If you can, please go click to youtube and watch this same video in HD. I swear that you will not regret it.

I will be away from 11-17 Jun. Back to malaysia! Part of the itinerary is to go Cameron Highlands!

Can't wait to try out the hometown delights like the super tasty ice chendol, tau sar bing, hum ji beng, kaya kok (box). See you in a week.

Attended prayer meeting at 7am! Wooo. I feel so fresh right now...Haven't got up so early for quite some time.

Today is 8 Jun. And my membership with WMentors is officially over. So i can no longer access their forums nor receive any trading information from them. But I believe in God's grace that I had learned much more from them and I can become an independent options trader now. Just let the right market conditions appear and I'll strike it hard one time, two times, every time. Stupid bears and bulls, kill yourselves yeah and i'll win on your deaths.

I'm planning to head down to NTU track for my training later in the afternoon.

I was incredibly attentive during yesterday's church-wide bible study at expo. I felt I've learned so much things! And praise the Lord for empowering Pastor to hit home the message to me. Some great phrases I've remembered are,

"God works in you for His pleasure. Not the other way round"
"Don't be too proud when you have something going on for you. Hey watch it!"

The best one for me was, "Jesus went through all the extremes of humanity (an illegitimate child, King of Kings, servant, healer..) just so that he could identify with every single one of us on Earth."

Signing off.