The Showroom

Barefoot Running

2012-02-09T20:25:00.000-08:00

I'm into fitness maniac lately, in a short turnover I bought more stuff than I could ever utilised.

It started October last year where I started my first 10k race in Putrajaya Night Race and after the race I bought my Brooks Glycerin 9. Retiring my old New Balance Shoe (very good shoe but I bought the wrong size), I managed a 12minutes improvement for my following 10k race (Penang Bridge Internation Marathon-PBIM) and soon Nike We Run KL 10k Race.

During the small time frame, I bump into various problem. During PBIM, I tried Heel Landing and have a serious knee problem induced on my body. For Nike Run which falls on the follow week of PBIM, I simply felt too exhausted to compete in the race.

Soon on later I get more obsessed with GAS - Gear Acquiring Syndrome which I cant remember how I bump into barefoot running. This is the damage done. Introducing the Vibram Five Fingers - VFF.

So what's so great about the VFF, it has no or minimal support. You know what you are stepping on - Asphalt road, grass or cow dunk (you would not want to know how it feels like) meaning your feet dictate how you would be doing instead on the legs helping. It's really great to condition your legs muscle which have been went hiding many years under the Heavy Cushion Shoe we used to wore.

Another major thing I like is that flexibility and ease of wearing, I wear it without socks (I thought the Injinji was too expensive that I keep dragging on my purchase) and eventually it actually fells more natural running without socks in this particular "shoe". The flexibility is a double edge sword. During trail running, you will be thankful how easily you can run fast but landing at various odd angle during a trail / hill run. The other edge meaning if you step on a stone, kicked a root, or had someone to stepped on your, you would be screaming in vein.

I am still training to get used to this shoe (transitioning takes time and awakes our giant sleeping muscle), overdoing it will only cause more harm than good. To date I have done around 5 Apek / Bukit Segar trail. Even in one occasion when I was in the middle the journey, rains pour heavily and have no problem running in a soaked shoe (imagine that with a thick cushion shoe). I done my longest ever run in my life, a 20k hills road run last week.

I wish this shoe help me achieve more in my running passion and meanwhile, happy running.

p/s I did this for bricking too (40km cycling followed by a 7km run), although it looks really weird to cycle in VFF.

p/s2: I hate writing so many words

New Bike

2012-01-17T19:47:00.000-08:00

Poor CNY This Year..

Sunset

2011-11-26T07:04:00.001-08:00

Seriously Non Halal

2011-11-24T23:59:00.001-08:00

Pulao Lang Tengah

2011-10-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

From Pulau Lang Tengah

Pulau Lang Tengah Coast

2011-10-11T19:15:00.000-07:00

Lang Tengah

2011-10-11T19:00:00.000-07:00

From Pulau Lang Tengah

Keyboards

2011-10-08T09:39:00.000-07:00

From Blogger Pictures

Family photo of my current keyboards collection

Marina Bay in Night

2011-09-27T01:44:00.000-07:00

Henderson Bridge

2011-09-26T23:11:00.000-07:00

One of the attraction along South Ridge Walk

Water Features

2011-09-09T04:03:00.000-07:00

Marina Sunset

2011-08-31T11:42:00.000-07:00

Salad

2011-08-31T11:40:00.000-07:00

Dal Lake

2011-08-26T19:30:00.000-07:00

Daisy Cottage 2

2011-08-15T01:57:00.000-07:00

Here, daisy is merely a wild flower, but amazing enough =)

Nokia 5730 Shot

2011-08-13T05:14:00.000-07:00

Alam Damai Petronas Station

My office carpark

The phone is dead now.. She will be missed..

Northern India Render

2011-08-12T20:23:00.000-07:00

Shame that Picasa cannot create the linkable mini thumbnail gallery like Flickr..

Second Template..

Anyone have any other idea to generate an interesting Gallery?

Macbook Air

2011-08-12T05:35:00.000-07:00

When Mac Hangs

2011-08-09T19:04:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Snows caps

2011-07-25T17:43:00.001-07:00

Turkey plus Jordan

2011-04-04T21:44:00.001-07:00

Turkey plus Jordan, a set on Flickr.

Mulu National Park, Sarawak

2011-04-04T21:42:00.001-07:00

Mulu National Park, Sarawak, a set on Flickr.

Test test

Hot Air Ballon Cappadocia

2010-12-19T02:08:00.001-08:00

Hot Air Ballon Cappadocia, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Not taken by LX3 tho, still lumix

Cave Restaurant, Cappadocia

2010-12-19T02:06:00.001-08:00

Cave Restaurant, Cappadocia, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Mulu River After HDR edit

2010-11-21T00:55:00.001-08:00

Mulu River After HDR edit, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Try a quick tutorial following

http://free-web-design.co.cc/quick-hdr-effect-photoshop-cs5-tutorial.html

Newcastle

2010-10-22T00:31:00.001-07:00

Look just how great is the wave

Daisy

2010-05-18T08:44:00.001-07:00

Daisy, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Macro Shot, Royal Botanical Garden (Outside Governor House), Melbourne

Moon Shot 3

2010-05-02T09:22:00.001-07:00

Moon Shot 3, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

bla... Moon

Scores...

2010-04-27T23:30:00.001-07:00

Scores..., originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

The Swan Violin - Piano score

Stunner

2010-03-31T10:21:00.001-07:00

Stun 2, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Nice trick xD

Coogee Beach

2010-03-30T10:15:00.001-07:00

Coogee Beach, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

lovely beach, nerdy 60 sec exposure shot

HDR

2010-03-17T00:13:00.001-07:00

HDR, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Thanks Phillipe Lai for helping me to stich this photo.. like it very much

Mighty LX3

2010-03-16T02:17:00.001-07:00

Mighty LX3, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

All hail lx3

The prison

2010-03-12T11:04:00.001-08:00

The prison, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Spooky..

Seagull

2010-03-11T09:46:00.001-08:00

Seagull, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Glide / fly around... land and fight for food

The Show

2010-03-11T09:07:00.001-08:00

The Show, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Watching on someone to be hang?

Southbank

2010-03-09T10:18:00.001-08:00

Southbank, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Another view of Melbourne. Difference white balance applied and some saturation editing + 16:9 cropping

Crown and the city

2010-03-09T10:17:00.001-08:00

Crown and the city, originally uploaded by Sky.Live.

Highest tax contributor of victoria state

Lovely Melbourne

2010-03-07T20:42:00.001-08:00

Looks great huh..