Staff Night!

Sizzler's staff dinner 2009... Been a good 6 months working there... People I had dinner with!

Jaclyn... Tiff and Byron...

More people I work with...

Even more people I work with!

Spahgatti Marinara... Which I nvr finish... Coz I had too much pizza before-hand...

And then it's off to the KTV... Where people get drunk... Try to sing... And I watch...

Mid-way...

I have this thing for taking photos of emptied bottles...

This is what happens when you feed your manager tequila! They jump on the table and sings! Lucky for me... She doesn't surf my blog... Or does she?

I Gave In To Temptation...

And bought a durian cake! It was great... Heavenly... The best fruit in the World made into a thick thick paste... Nothing beats it! I shared it with Alex... He's not a fan... =x

End of Season Dinner!

First and reserve team boys!

Greenwood Thrills and Grills... For the price... And the name... It's kinda disappointing...

Joey playing with his balls... =x

Greenwood hotel tavern...

Scudder writing on Sean's ball...

Sean and I... Sean is going back to England in 3 weeks... Will miss having him in the team... No doubt...

Great little dinner and drinking session at Greenwood hotel with the Hamersley boys... To round up the season ended... And spend the cash left in the kitten... Hehe... Looking forward to the carnival on the 8th of November...

Last Training... And more Muscle Biopsy!

Just a photo of the leg press which I have been doing... My 1RM have improved by quite a sum, but my weight, percentage body fat, and thigh lean mass remains pretty much the same... Not exactly what the researchers are hoping for... =P With this, my free gym session are up! Now I need to get myself a gym membership till I get back to Singapore...

Had 2 muscle biopsy done today... 1 before and 1 after the training session... I remember my body going into mild shock after the first biopsy at week 1... But today's biopsy after 8 weeks were after-effectless... No dizziness... No weakness... Nothing... Perhaps my body is now used to the idea of getting speared! =x Stab me! Stab me! I want to say again that the muscle biopsy is less painful compared to the usual vaccum blood sampling test and finger prick blood sampling test... Sure it looks awful... But it's really very bearable!

And so today we present... A video of the muscle biopsy being done on me... Ta-da! Thanks to Dr Anthony Blazevich for filming permission and commentary, and thanks to the Brazilian researcher whose name I did not ask for filming...

Also available for you sick sick guys out there! A higher-res version of the same video...

Today...

Today I made couscous for dinner... Goes well with steak... Almost everything goes well with steaks...

Today I was half an hour late for work... Was suppose to get to work at 2pm, but got there at 2.30pm instead... Wrote it down in my schedule wrongly... Oh well...

Climate Chamber

Photo from outside the CLIMATE chamber...

One of the unit inside the climate chamber... At 30 degrees with 80% humidity... Felt like home for a moment... =P

Was involved in acclimatisation session for Perth Glory over monday and wednesday... Really quite interesting to see them sweat it out in the chamber... While the news report called it a heat chamber, it's more like a climate chamber, for temperature can be adjusted both up and down... And more importantly... Humidity can be adjusted... In the end, another interesting experience and learning trip...

The Classic Singapore Breakfast!

Ah... The classic Singapore breakfast...

Toast... With too much kaya on 1 side... And too much butter on the other...

Soft(half)-boiled egg... Which will soon find itself with too much soya sauce... And too much pepper...

And a hot glass of teh... With too much condensed milk...

Healthy diet? Not for me... The only problem with my breakfast is... I had it for dinner... HAHAHA!

Hog's Breath and some Bubbly!

Derek and Eunice's drink... The rest of us poor kids didn't get any drinks...

Natural prime rib... Mega cut! Medium rare... Melt in your mouth goodness... With pepper sauce...

Lemon something salmon... Derek's...

How a plate should look like when you r done with it... =D

The cheapest bottle of bubbly in the bottle shop... Hehe...

Cheers! For the completion of their 2 weeks intensive lessons... For the forthcoming graduation... For friendship (even if I'm an irritating bastard at times...)...

Quick quick! Take photo!

And that's it for their fortnight in Perth... 2 more months in Perth for myself before I head home for the holidays... Lovely... It's great to have them over... And it's great to show them around the Perth I know... And yeah... It's great to have good friends around... Even if just for a little while... Oh yeah... Thanks for the food! =x

Caversham! AGAIN?!?!?

Me, Eunice, Sharon and Peter... Derek taking photo... And nope... Eunice is not driving! I am!

A buzzard!

Erm... A very colourful parrot...

Can you see the joey? First time seeing a joey... It's cute! I bet Abigail will wanna bite it...

Derek trying to hide among the kangaroos...

The black swan... They are suppose to be epidemic to Western Australia.. But I have not seen them in the wild yet...

Molly's Farm show! Near the conclusion of the show, where the kids get to feed the lambs...

After Caversham wildlife park, we went down to Freo and Perth city for some shopping and dinner... No photo of my dinner... But here's a shot of Perth city and the river at home... Quite a sight is it not? We went down to King's Park at 10plus... And saw fireworks (?!? I got no idea wat's the occasion!)... Made a lot of noise... And then went home...

This is my third time in Caversham over the year... Heck! I don't even go to the Singapore zoo tat often! =x Caversham should pay me for the publicity! =P

Pain is Objective!

It depends on the object you dropped on your feet! As for myself, I dropped a 5kg weight plate on my feet in the gym on monday while assisting in the gym... I know my foot are ugly! It's not very obvious, but that's swelling and discolouration in my right feet... Still walking... No fracture... Just swelling... And that feeling of stupidity lingers within me... =x

On dropping the plate on my feet, I went through the Kubler Ross model, otherwise known as the grief cycle...

Denial - 'I didn't drop a weight on me feet, did I?' The first stage, where individual deny that the incident happened.

Anger - 'Why me? Why my feet?' The second stage, where individual recognizes that denial can't be continued, but gets angry at the incident.

Bargaining - 'Please please please! I still wanna walk later!' The third stage, in which individual hopes for the best!

Depression - 'Oh fuck... It's swelling... Damn... Damn... Damn...' General sadness, as individual comes to understand the extend of the incident.

Acceptance - 'Oh well... Just need to ice it tonight!' Where individual accepts that what happened, happened. And try to make the best of it!

Well, all I wanna say is, there's a reason why one MUST wear covered shoes in the gym... I was wearing mine, can't imagine what it would be like without proper footwear...

Quoting Lyn Jones from the Australian Weightlifting Federation, 'Pain is a good teacher!'

Northbridge... Vietnamese Food...

Jonathan and his beef balls noodle... Jonathan will be starting his Masters of Physiotherapy at Curtins next year after completing his Sports science degree at ECU... He's also part of the contingent coming over on campus for his 2 weeks intensive labs... Making use of some free time, we went down to Perth city and Northbridge to take a tour, have dinner and orientate him on the layout of Perth... Thus he won't be so lost when he come back in december to start his Curtins course... =X

Thai Ice Tea! Taste spicy... Weird...

I like this a lot... Crispy seafood noodle... Something I always enjoy in Singapore... Of course it's a mere $4-5 in Singapore... And a grand $13 here!

The Giant Inflatable Hammer!

Momoko is seriously scared of my giant spongebob squarepant inflatable hammer...

The novelty items in my spongebob showbag... All cheap... Silly... Stupid... Cute... Things that I totally do not need... But really wanna have... Oh for goodness sake... I'm 23... Ok I will give them to my niece... =X

The Men's Health showbag... Pretty good value for the money... $20... 3 Men's health magazine including the current issue... A bottle of body and hair wash (man do it in 1 go!)... A anti-perspirant (coz man stinks!)... A shaving gel and disposable razor (man are hairy!)... And many others...

The soft toy we won... Lol... Like wth...

Mooncakes! Mooncakes! Must eat mooncakes!

Award winning mooncakes... Made in Hong Kong! Imported by OK minimart...

Why only 2? Well... I have planned to get them for quite sometimes... But everytime I went to the minimart... I dun have enough cash! I waited till mid-autumn festival day itself... Knocked off from work at 6pm... The minimart closes at 7... Rushed down and reached at 6.45... Last 2 mooncakes in the box... I took them! Another chinese couple came in and was quite disappointed that the better mooncakes were all sold (Because I took them!)... Then I asked for the box... Since it's quite nice (usually u need to buy 4 to get the box... Oh well...)...

White lotus paste... Double yolk... AU$11 each...

Sliced... And shared with Alex... Saving the other 1 for when Nadia come back from house/dog-sitting...