About Money

Got these proverbs from an email long long ago:

With money you can buy a house but not a home.

With money you can buy a clock but not time.

With money you can buy a bed but not sleep.

With money you can buy a book but not knowledge.

With money you can see a doctor but not good health.

With money you can buy a position but not respect.

With money you can buy blood but not life.

With money you can buy sex but not love.

P.S. I still love money, who doesn't ;-)

My Brown Shirt

It's Friday! So I wore brown today. ;-)

They remember...

Time really flies, it was 7 months ago when I ran my first 10KM in an organised event. This year I am going to challenge the Half Marathon target!

Update: Point of clarification - I finished at 2,506th instead of1,409th as stated in the mailer.

New Balance 1222

KC brought me and his friend Nick to the New Balance factory outlet at Pasir Panjang. The salesman was very knowledgeable and introduce 3 pairs of shoes that was supposed to fit my foot better for long distance running. In the end I chosed the New Balance 1222 for the good support and comfortable fit.


The features include:

• Stability Web®: Provides midfoot support and torsional stability while reducing weight
• TS2 Transitional Support System: Provides optimal support while enhancing transition from heel strike to forefoot
• N-durance Outsole: Provides long-wearing durability
• ABZORB SBS®: Provides maximum absorption in the heel and forefoot
• Internal Support System: Hugs the waist of the foot for added support
• ACTEVA® Midsole: Greater consistency in cell size/lower density of cellular foam structure increases resistance to compression set
• Blown Rubber Outsole: Provides a lightweight cushioned ride
• N-Lock Midfoot Support: Designed to provide upper midfoot structure and enhanced support

The innovative STABILITY WEB® provides torsional stability while reducing the weight of the shoe. The STABILITY WEB® technology is positioned under the arch and provides midfoot support but still allows flexibility in the forefoot, which can help encourage a natural running gait.
The medial EXTENDED WEB is a lengthened Stability Web® delivering midfoot support, increased stability, and mild pronation control

The Transitional Support System is a multi-density EVA post positioned on the medial side of some New Balance shoes. This system is designed to enhance the transition from the moment your heel strikes the ground to the moment your toe pushes off of the earth. The density of the TS2® material decreases as you move from the rear of the shoe forward. This allows the foot to smoothly transition and begin the toe-off "push" movement in an optimal position.

N-Durance™ rubber compound for maximum outsole durability.

ABZORB®SBS is a melted thermo-plastic that New Balance incoporates into several of its premium shoes. In testing, ABZORB®SBS has been shown to be 5-10% better than original ABZORB® in relation to compression set and cushioning properties. ("Compression set" refers to the tendency of a shoe to lose cushioning ability over time.)

A shoe made with the ISS™ Internal Support System incorporates internal "upper" construction that hugs the midfoot for added support and stability.

ACTEVA™ midsole cushions and resists compression set.

Blown Rubber Forefoot for lightweight cushioning.

The N-LOCK® system provides enhanced support by uniquely incorporating the "N" on each shoe and the natural lace-tying pattern. The shoe lace passes through loops attached to the "N" on each side of the shoe. As you naturally tighten your laces and tie your shoe, this "N" is pulled more snugly around your upper midfoot, providing additional support and enforcing the natural shape of the upper midfoot.

360° Reflectivity for added safety.

ABZORB® Strobel Board runs full length of shoe to maximize shock absorption and comfort.

Synthetic/Mesh upper provides lightweight comfort and support.

Brownwave

Miyagi has quitted from TODAY.

Meanwhile, Singapore saw a case of flash mob at City Hall MRT, in support of Mr Brown's suspension at TODAY.

Cops looking into gathering in support of mr brown

By Aaron Low
Jul 10, 2006
The Straits Times

THE police are looking into a gathering of 30 people who turned up wearing brown to support blogger mr brown at City Hall MRT station yesterday afternoon.

Those interviewed said they had come in response to an SMS message that had circulated over the weekend, after the free newspaper Today had suspended his weekly column.

The text message had asked people to wear brown and head for City Hall MRT station at 2pm yesterday, to protest against the 'Government-imposed blackout'.

At about 2pm, The Straits Times found about 30 people standing in groups of four to five, talking and laughing just outside the station. They were mostly in their 20s and 30s, and most had come alone. Also present was a Canadian family of three, a mother and her two teenage daughters.

There were no posters, banners or placards, but artist Zai Kuning, 44, came in a brown T-shirt which said 'I am fed up with progress' on the back.

That was referring to the headline of mr brown's June 30 article, 'Singaporeans are fed, up with progress', that drew criticism from the Government.

Mr Zai said: 'I don't really read mr brown's online postings or his columns but...I wanted to show my support for him because what happened to him was unfair.'

Mr brown is the moniker of full-time writer and blogger Lee Kin Mun, 36. In a letter published in Today on July 3, the Government criticised his last piece on the high cost of living here.
The newspaper then suspended the column, sparking online postings late last week by bloggers and netizens, mostly critical of the freesheet's move.

Yesterday, Mr Lee said through his friend, Mr Edmund Tan, 37, who runs a studio that produces content for mr brown's website, that he knew about the SMS asking people to go to City Hall MRT station but was not the one who initiated it.

'We are touched by the gesture and we hope that nobody gets into trouble because of us,' said Mr Tan.

Some police officers were on patrol at City Hall MRT yesterday but they did not approach any of the people dressed in brown or tell them to disperse. By 2.20pm, people began wandering off, and by 2.40pm, it was over.

It is illegal to organise an assembly of five or more people to support or protest something without a permit.

The police confirmed that nobody was arrested. A spokesman said: 'The police are aware of the incident and we are looking into it.'

I am Singaporean

Inspired by Mr Brown, this is my version of I am Singaporean:

I am coming to 34 years of age.

I have being living in a HDB flat since young.

I have paid an obscene amount of money for the current one I am in but I will only own in 25 years.

I buy Toto occasionally, especially when the jackpot is 1.5 Million.

I bet on the World Cup matches though I don’t play football.

I bought my first car 2 years ago, but it will be another 5 years before I own it.

I ‘fast forward’ my watch when I tear my carpark coupon.

I don’t like taxi-drivers who stopped suddenly in-front of me and on their hazard light and I hate drivers who tail-gate me at 100 KM/HR.

I voted recently in the general election but I knew it did not affect anything.

I speak English at work and swear hokkien expletives in my reservist in-camp training.

I like to have teh-c with bread or mee chiam kueh to kick start my morning.

I love to eat Hill Street char kuey tiao, Lavendar Street Zhu Za Tang, Johnson roast duck, Maxwell road ondeh ondeh, Beach Road prawn noodles and Jalan Kayu roti prata.

I don’t ‘chop’ seats with tissue, but sometimes I hover behind unknowing patrons engrossed in their food.

I didn’t subscribe to SCV for the World Cup channels, but I watched more than half the matches on SCTV.

We are Singaporean.

So say we all.

World Cup 2006 - Quote of the day

“He has learned. He has been in a World Cup tournament, knowing how it is, that will be very good for him.”

- Sven-Goran Eriksson defending his choice of the 17-year-old Theo Walcott as one of his 4 strikers for England.

Walcott has not played a single Premier League game for his club Arsenal and was never fielded by Eriksson in the 2006 World Cup.