New set of wheels

I got a couple of scrapes now due to poor cycling technique.

I bought a new bicycle! It's much bigger, smoother and in all ways better than the decade-old fixed gear bicycle we took out from the store recently. A small tip that you may know already; to remove rust from your beautiful chrome frame all you've to use is a scrunched up aluminium foil ball and some water. Prepare some kitchen towels/toilet paper to clean up.

I haven't been exercising for quite a long time because I am disallowed from high-impact activities for the upcoming few months, and the only aerobic exercises I do are jogging and swimming. "But swimming isn't high-impact, is it? Quite the contrary, in fact." Yeah, but I have developed a rather attention-seeking spare tire around my diaphragm area and I would like to keep that under wraps and away from public scrutiny for now. Haha!

I like how exercising kills my appetite for crunchy unhealthy snacks, but I always need to drag myself down.

“一日不见” “如隔三秋”

唉，还真是体弱多病啊。

xC's birthday party/35-minus gathering: And the gastric dude strikes again! And I can't find the medicine I got from the MO!

只有忍~ 忍好像是我的命运啦。好多想说的话一直封住嘴忍着不说，会不会变自闭啊。
所以只有在这里问了咯：
过得好吗？是胖了还是瘦了？有没有收到我去年年底的问候？有什么感触吗？

呵呵 我是忍者。

The worst time for gastric pains is outfield... My packing list for a stint in the forest always includes Gaviscon and MO-prescribed general stomach medicine.

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I have started a new blog (see left)! Well it's not new - about one and a half year since it made its quiet debut - but I have started building its content, and by doing so I hope I can be spurred on to keep doing it. Makes sense? Take a look first. It's not great but I'm trying to improve. If one day it becomes/seems great to you please do share with your friends.

You may notice that my titles often don't coincide with their corresponding posts, so I will put more effort into thinking up more relevant titles, rather than words that describe my current moods or recent experiences. In today's case, I am referring to the moving images that are conjured in my mind when I read fiction books.

Do most people read like this?

When I do, I have a (bad) habit of skimming over the words - especially if the action gets fast but the sentences react disproportionately - and put more concentration into the visualisation and emotions of that exact moment. I find that I get a richer experience overall than when trying to absorb each word or character.

My choice of books of late includes those in the《四大名捕》series by 温瑞安 and my first ever 古龙 novel:《七种武器》. So far my impressions are that these titles deviate slightly from the good-triumphs-over-evil stories of loyalty and brotherhood from 金庸 that many people wish they can see in reality (but if so then books will be written about worlds in which evil triumphs over good instead).

Here's a screenshot to end off:

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Also, the Bluetooth on my laptop has started showing signs of defiance. My wireless mouse has been denied all rights and I am back to the trackpad. On the bright side, my trackpad allows dragging now!