Lesson on entrepreneurship
posted by leonhart @ 3:52 PM
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
HAIL CANDRA & TONY!!
Can't believe my eyes when I saw the score:
Candra & Tony vs Cai & Fu 21-11, 21-11!!!!!!
(In case you didn't know, Cai & Fu are the recently crowned World Champion men's doubles and also the current world no 1 pair)
Candra has recently retired from indo national team, though he's still training 3-4 times a week with the national team. Tony, on the other hand, is a player-coach with the what-the-heck-is-badminton-US team after moving there several years ago with his wife, also a former indo national player.
Putting 2 semi-retired players to play in a 5-6 star event normally means they'll be out before they even knew it, but that won't ever be the case for my idol, Tony Gunawan! I mean, look at the score, 21-11 for both games, against the current world no 1! What else aren't they capable of doing??
It's always so delightful to see Tony's trick shots & amazing reaction time + anticipation at the net, & Candra's all-round solid strokes as well as his always cool composure even when the chips are down.
To say the truth, Tony has been, and still is, the single biggest inspiration to my game since I watched his All-England game against Candra & Sigit. He's the most down-to-earth guy I've ever seen, even though he's a superstar in badminton, almost comparable to Federer in tennis. There's not even a trace of arrogance in him, & he always looks like he's enjoying the game for what it is, not for the prize money.
My biggest, biggest dream would be to play (hmm I think that will be pushing it a bit.. all right make that just hitting a few strokes) with Tony before he retires for good, & get his shirt & signature!! That'll really make my day! I'm definitely gonna save up to be at Indonesia Open next year & cheer for him!!
Candra & Tony vs Cai & Fu 21-11, 21-11!!!!!!
(In case you didn't know, Cai & Fu are the recently crowned World Champion men's doubles and also the current world no 1 pair)
Candra has recently retired from indo national team, though he's still training 3-4 times a week with the national team. Tony, on the other hand, is a player-coach with the what-the-heck-is-badminton-US team after moving there several years ago with his wife, also a former indo national player.
Putting 2 semi-retired players to play in a 5-6 star event normally means they'll be out before they even knew it, but that won't ever be the case for my idol, Tony Gunawan! I mean, look at the score, 21-11 for both games, against the current world no 1! What else aren't they capable of doing??
It's always so delightful to see Tony's trick shots & amazing reaction time + anticipation at the net, & Candra's all-round solid strokes as well as his always cool composure even when the chips are down.
To say the truth, Tony has been, and still is, the single biggest inspiration to my game since I watched his All-England game against Candra & Sigit. He's the most down-to-earth guy I've ever seen, even though he's a superstar in badminton, almost comparable to Federer in tennis. There's not even a trace of arrogance in him, & he always looks like he's enjoying the game for what it is, not for the prize money.
My biggest, biggest dream would be to play (hmm I think that will be pushing it a bit.. all right make that just hitting a few strokes) with Tony before he retires for good, & get his shirt & signature!! That'll really make my day! I'm definitely gonna save up to be at Indonesia Open next year & cheer for him!!
posted by leonhart @ 3:50 AM
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Friday, October 13, 2006
Found this when I was surfing through Yahoo just now:
arachibutyrophobia
Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
WHAT THE???? I think I know at least a dozen people who would would drool over it from 3 metres away or even KILL to get it into their mouth!!
& some weirdos are worried, no, not worried, SCARED that it might stick at the top of the mouth??
This world really has too many contrasting personalities!
arachibutyrophobia
Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth
WHAT THE???? I think I know at least a dozen people who would would drool over it from 3 metres away or even KILL to get it into their mouth!!
& some weirdos are worried, no, not worried, SCARED that it might stick at the top of the mouth??
This world really has too many contrasting personalities!
posted by leonhart @ 9:10 PM
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
I hate pplz with snoring problems!!
It's been 2 weeks in a row in which I couldn't sleep for at least 1 night/week, & I'm feeling really lethargic now. Feels like I'm floating and can't seem to think clearly, but that's to be expected coz I barely caught a wink last night. Was so frustrated & finally went out reading in the living room till around 5 am, & still the snoring didn't stop when I came back into the room! Raahhhh!!
Gonna have to sleep in the living room (no aircon =( ) next time some1 comes, coz it can't get worse than this, can it?
More updates on the stuff this week later when I'm back from siesta ZzZzZzZzZz.....
It's been 2 weeks in a row in which I couldn't sleep for at least 1 night/week, & I'm feeling really lethargic now. Feels like I'm floating and can't seem to think clearly, but that's to be expected coz I barely caught a wink last night. Was so frustrated & finally went out reading in the living room till around 5 am, & still the snoring didn't stop when I came back into the room! Raahhhh!!
Gonna have to sleep in the living room (no aircon =( ) next time some1 comes, coz it can't get worse than this, can it?
More updates on the stuff this week later when I'm back from siesta ZzZzZzZzZz.....
posted by leonhart @ 6:35 PM
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
It's 4 a.m. & I still can't get to sleep. Initially it was because of my cousin's loud snoring, but he stopped a while after. Right now there's lots of stuffs on my mind, after I read Jel's post on the pre-production Flare party.
For those who haven't known yet, I've a really fickle mind. One moment I can appear to be very contented with what I have, but at the next I'd be wondering why do I have such a wretched life. I've been back home for half a year now, and during this time I've tried to work out a 'perpetuity' plan. So far I've been quite pleased with how it's going, even though there's practically zero lifestyle here, if I rank it on a scale of five. It's pretty hard to adjust to initially, coz melb would rank at least a 3.5 - 4, & such a drastic drop has definitely changed me as a person.
Over time though, I've started to fit into the society here. I've almost forgotten how it was back then in Melb, when there was gathering of friends, sounds of laughter from the silliest of jokes, large pizza/pasta deliveries from that yummy restaurant on Rathdowne st (shared with my ex-hommie), late night dai dees @ cindee's/board/card games @ Am's (Q:what does sperm look like?? A: Err.. snake?? )/ staying overnite & waking up @ 6 am @ kel's for beach outings & fishing trip @ mornington/ etc etc. So many events happened at Melb over the last 4 years, & I've almost cleanly forgotten them all... until I got reminded of it again whenever I read someone's else posts on the current events going on in Melb. I guess it's a mechanism that's automatically triggered to help peeps to adjust to their current lives & not living it with expectation from the past.
Only when there's comparison that I realise this is far from what I want. Even if I'm making truckloads of $$ in the future, I doubt I'll ever be as happy as I was back then in Melb, coz the euphoria only lasts so long and you won't even remember the time when you make your 1st hundred grand in the future. With friends, however, the memories live forever, & you will always look back at the fond past, with a smile.
Anws, GOOD LUCK ON THE PRODUCTION PEEPS! I KNOW U GUYS CAN DO IT!! Though I can't be there (coz I think the visa won't be approved on time =( , I'm sure all of u will do a fantastic job and make this year's production BIGGER THAN EVER!
For those who haven't known yet, I've a really fickle mind. One moment I can appear to be very contented with what I have, but at the next I'd be wondering why do I have such a wretched life. I've been back home for half a year now, and during this time I've tried to work out a 'perpetuity' plan. So far I've been quite pleased with how it's going, even though there's practically zero lifestyle here, if I rank it on a scale of five. It's pretty hard to adjust to initially, coz melb would rank at least a 3.5 - 4, & such a drastic drop has definitely changed me as a person.
Over time though, I've started to fit into the society here. I've almost forgotten how it was back then in Melb, when there was gathering of friends, sounds of laughter from the silliest of jokes, large pizza/pasta deliveries from that yummy restaurant on Rathdowne st (shared with my ex-hommie), late night dai dees @ cindee's/board/card games @ Am's (Q:what does sperm look like?? A: Err.. snake?? )/ staying overnite & waking up @ 6 am @ kel's for beach outings & fishing trip @ mornington/ etc etc. So many events happened at Melb over the last 4 years, & I've almost cleanly forgotten them all... until I got reminded of it again whenever I read someone's else posts on the current events going on in Melb. I guess it's a mechanism that's automatically triggered to help peeps to adjust to their current lives & not living it with expectation from the past.
Only when there's comparison that I realise this is far from what I want. Even if I'm making truckloads of $$ in the future, I doubt I'll ever be as happy as I was back then in Melb, coz the euphoria only lasts so long and you won't even remember the time when you make your 1st hundred grand in the future. With friends, however, the memories live forever, & you will always look back at the fond past, with a smile.
Anws, GOOD LUCK ON THE PRODUCTION PEEPS! I KNOW U GUYS CAN DO IT!! Though I can't be there (coz I think the visa won't be approved on time =( , I'm sure all of u will do a fantastic job and make this year's production BIGGER THAN EVER!
posted by leonhart @ 2:37 AM
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