Bidang Sukan Baru

Sepanjang aku hidup, macam-macam jenis sukan aku sudah cuba. Bolasepak, badminton, renang, bolabaling, pepsicola. Semuanya sekadar cuba-cuba, tiadalah aku menjadi seorang ahli sukan sekarang ini.

Namun malam ini tergerak hati aku untuk mencebur satu sukan baru. Dan aku ingat bukan saja mahu mencebur tapi ingin bikin inovasi akan sukan ini. Aku ingin mencuba dan menerajui aerobics.

Tahukah kau aerobics kalau kena gayanya, kalau kita letakkannya dalam sistem, berstruktur, ia boleh jadi satu ilmu mempertahankan diri yang paling kuasa sekali?
Yup, pemilihan lagunya sahaja dah boleh melemahkan semangat lawan.

Run for Your Life (and Health)

I was browsing through the online catalog of Lonsdale trainers when it dawned on me; are trainers suitable for running? Now don't get me wrong, I hate running as much as the next koala, but hey maybe one day. Just one day.Anyway, googling for answers brought me to this interesting article about running, and running shoes. Reading the title (it suggests that you should run barefoot), I almost immediately said 'nay!'. This can't be true for I myself was an experienced barefoot runner. For almost 6 months, yes. And that resulted me having pain across my upper left leg for a year.

The article mentions the Tarahumaras, a tribe from Mexico who are used to running barefoot on rocky terrains. I remember having this conversation previously with a friend about the Tarahumara tribe. My take on it was; weight! It pretty much made sense. They could run barefoot comfortably because they aren't heavy as I am, and they aren't as heavy because they have been running since birth.

Now, read the article and look at Painful Truth No. 2. Apparently an inch of rubber won't make any difference to the twelve-fold weight of pressure on your legs when running. Running-related injuries actually increased upon the introduction of running shoes by Nike in 1972. Bloody capitalists! Yes , because years later in 2004, the same company came with the Nike Free, a set of running shoes designed to imitate barefoot running. It's like saying to all their customers : "Sorry guys, we fucked up for the last 32 years. Ditch all those heavily cushioned shoes and buy this new technology". This certainly made me thought about my year-long leg pain, which might have been the result of sleeping on cold, bare floor for months instead. Hehe.

But still, you can't just go out running barefoot now. After years of running in trainers, our muscles might not adapt to the sudden strain from running barefoot. And then unless you don't mind stepping on shards of glass or some infantile vomit, then some protection for your feet is a good idea.

Despite all these, we should all just get up and run, cycle, swim or whatever. Because over-analyzing will only deter you from doing anything and write crappy articles like this.

Autumn in Bidor

Last weekend, Lodeh, Kuib and I went to Bidor. Apparently it was autumn there. Interesting.

Pra-Diktator

Manusia secara amnya mempunyai sifat-sifat diktator. Kalau tak sehebat Julius Cesar setidaknya dalam hal-hal memilih tempat makan.

Tempohari, ketika bertandang ke Kuantan kami singgah di rumah seorang rakan, Dirah. Kerana, ibunya tiada di rumah dan Dirah ini pula tiada kunci rumah nya sendiri, Syahir telah memberi 'pilihan' kepada kami akan agenda seterusnya.

"Nak lepak sini ke nak lepak Haipeng?", soalnya. Anehnya kami yang biasa indecisive ini dengan cepat sahaja memberi jawapan untuk kekal di rumah Dirah.
Syahir, barangkali sudah terkeluar darah diktatornya, atau mungkin dia menganggap kami tak berapa dengar pilihan yang kedua tadi bertanya sekali lagi, "ke nak lepak Hai Peng?".

Perasan tidak kali ini dia menyuruh kami membuat pilihan tanpa memberi pilihan. Opsyen untuk "lepak sini" dibuang sama sekali. Tetapi menjadi lumrah diktator biasanya akan digulingkan rakyat, jadi kami akhirnya kekal lepak di perkarangan rumah Dirah sambil bermain kucing.

Dilema Stereotaip

"Hokey, thank you!", kata aku sambil menggoyangkan kepala kepada atendan pam minyak kerana membantu aku menutup tempat isi minyak.

Atendan pam itu tersenyum sambil berkata kepadaku, "terima kasih". Dalam loghat Melayu.
Minta maaf, tak sengaja.

Gambarawak 1

Gambar diatas adalah sewaktu pembinaan Empire State Building. Gangster habis bukan?

Tapi macam mana tiba-tiba mamt kat tengah tu rasa nak tercirit? Kawan kat tepi baru nak on rokok.

Sifir 14.6

Aku pernah berbual pendek dengan seorang kutu bernama Petalim yang berbunyi begini:

Petalim: Oh sehari 40 pound, jadi kalau sebulan berapa eh? 480?
Aku: 1200
Petalim: Eh a'ah 1200 pound

Tak payah nak Laplace bagai sangat la brader hahahaha