I watched Blood Diamond last night on tv.
Loved the movie. And the soundtrack as well.
London, the first track on this youtube clip is the one I loved most. Yeah I think I cried at the end of the movie the last time I watched. We should really do more to eradicate the vice in the 3rd world countries.

Just got back from another session of jumps at NYP. This time I really took videos of my jumps. This is the first time my jumps were filmed. The actual jumps that were captured were pretty bad in technique. In other words, I myself was rather irked by those. But really have to thank Ronnie for continuing to train me and believe in me. My back feels so sore now because I landed on top of the bar at least 3 times. Now something red is popping out of my spine area. But it's nothing alarming...

Gotta turn in now...

What a shock! I missed the target profit I set on GBP/JPY by 5 pips. I could've kept 290pips, or $145 for the last trading day of the week... But oh well, it's all paper profits after all... But I believed God has shown me a glimpse of what He can do for me. I pray that my dad pass me a good sum of money to start off my trading...

Aiyoh! Either my computer is going boinkers, or the internet is really screwed. My Blogger site is only loading the html stuff. But I can still type this in my post box.

Today had school in NTU! I am rightfully a university student now! Sat through 3 hours of lectures held in the same place..

It was great for my soul coming back to church again at the JW building. I am back on the path of His light after straying off the route so much for the past week. And during the prayer meeting at 6, Pst. Chuang asked us all to dream our wildest dream and told us that God can do that and beyond. And after that, I thought of mine- SEA games Men's High Jump Champion. But I felt something more than God's capability. I kept getting ideas, hearing some innate voice asking me to jump from the other side. That means to take-off with my right foot (which is my stronger foot) instead of my left foot which I have been practicing now.

I thought about it quite a bit since I got home. I was thinking, I've trained so much but I still can't clear 1.60m with ease? Probably it's that I'm jumping with my weaker leg and the weaker side of my body..I'll explore options with my other side the next time I jump... Thank God for giving me something to keep myself busy about.

The gym was so empty this noon. I took my spirit and body to the gym for a lighter load workout since I'm doing jumps tomorrow. Then I had a quick lunch at the coffeeshop near Pioneer MRT and headed to Lavender to collect my new passport. The waiting time was quick than I expected. I was craving for Mr Bean soya bean drink and its healthy buns.
Takeaway: Lychee soya bean drink with pearls and 1 red bean and 1 blueberry bun !
Thank God for the $50 Robinsons voucher so that I could get a comfy Akemi Sleep Memory Pillow.

So how is my trading doing? It is a balanced result slip. I got back to square one again. Back to t3b's trading system. Took 2 wins ($110) and then 2 losses (-$120). I'll stick on to the rules and continue for the week. As long as I have a better win/lose trade ratio i should go live very soon.

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