Pasir Ris Park Cycling

It has been a long time since I last cycled. Brought my own camera along this time… Managed to snap some beautiful photos… with the help of a mini tripod which I bought from Daiso and some post processing using Adobe Photoshop… haha… ^_^

Here are some photos to share…

My Adidas Running Shoe - Response Cushion 19

 

I have been wearing the New Balance 380 running shoes (SAF New Balance running shoes) for quite some time already. After my last run at MacRitchie Reservoir Park, the shoe sole starts loosen off due to wear and tear over time…

That is why I bought myself a pair of running shoes~! I actually did some research on what running shoes to buy. I came across this website which I think is pretty useful and would like to share it here with you guys and gals reading this… lol
Here is the link: http://www.runningshoeswizard.com/

The website talks about underpronation and overpronation. From my understanding, it is about how our feet land on the ground when we run. This can be observed by looking at the wear and tear conditions of the soles of our old pair of running shoes.

From my old pair of running shoes, it seems like I am an underpronator, which is common for high-arch foot type people. Therefore I conclude that my foot type is classified under high-arch. It says that underpronators need more impact protections, so shoes with cushioning are the best for them.

Haha… maybe is because of the lack of cushioning in my previous running shoes, that's why I feel pain on my knee when I run? hmm…

When i reached the Adidas shop at VivoCity, I realised that they actually classified foot types into 5 categories… high-arch, neutral, mild flat and flat. The foot prints picture are shown for each of the foot type. Somehow, the pictures tells me that my foot type is classified as mild flat. haha… so those high arch shoes that I have shortlisted in my mind suddenly become a bit useless… lol but I still decided to stick to the cushioning category because I want my knee to take in less impact when I jog.

The sales person actually recommended me their newer product, Supernova Glide series which is also under the cushioning category. It costs SGD$175 if I didn't remember wrong. But it has limited colours for my size… sigh… In the end, I decided to stick to my plan and bought this Adidas Response Cushion 19. It costs SGD$155. This is my first shoes that cost hundred over dollars, and also my first transaction using my credit card… hehe ^_^

I took some photos of my new shoes:

The pocket for Adidas miCoach PACER.

A rubber piece to fill up the the pocket when the Adidas miCoach PACER is not in place.

Rainbow Spotted When Jogging at a Nearby Park

I was jogging halfway through when i saw a few little girls pointing at the sky and taking out their phone camera to shoot the sky… I was curious, so I look at where they were pointing too… and WOW~! RAINBOW~~~! So I also did the same thing as them, took a few photos… lol ^_^

Poll Result: Out of these 6 sports, which one do you like?

Poll opening date: 24/09/2008
Poll closing date: 30/09/2008
Allow visitors to select multiple answers: Disabled

As shown above in the poll result, 4 people participated in this poll and 50% like Soccer, 25% like Badminton and another 25% like Tennis.

Conclusion:
This poll lacks of paticipants and therefore its result does not reflect the majority.

Badminton Racket Restrung at 21 lbs

The left side photo is the string that comes with the racket. Its Yonex BG-65 string.

















The right side photo is after spending S$16.00 to get it restrung using Yonex BG-66 string at 21 lbs. Got it done at Queensway Shopping Centre.

Changing Badminton Grip

It had been a long time since I last played badminton. It was until last Monday (07/07/08), me, NYC, Eddy, Pika, and Pika's group of friends went to play at Achorvale CC there.

While playing, I realised that the handle of my racket became very "powdery". Turn to look into my hand to find out what happened... lol

As expected, my right hand that was holding the racket became so black! All the black black powder from the wear and tear of the grip of the handle.

That is always a problem when using synthetic grips. The synthetic material tends to wear off alot after some time. Especially for my case, after don't know how many months...


This is the old grip on my badminton racket.

Let's zoom in... See those white spots? Yeah, those are the wear off part!

Therefore, went out to bought a new grip, Towelling Grip just now.

Spent some time fixing it to my racket. The bottom of the handle is something like a cone shape, that is why I have problem making the grip to roll upwards nicely. I am quite noob at that...

After some struggling, finally managed to make it, not so nice but done anyway... Wakakaka~~~!

Kena Headshot...

雨中足球篇：
Actually was suppose to play soccer in the morning one, but then hor, due to the super duper heavy rain (not the korean singer Rain ah, I am referring to the real weather rain here. hahaha, i know its damn lame, LOL~) , we have to hide under a shelter to play UNO (thanks lau for bringing the UNO cards, heng ah~).

then hor, at around noon, the rain stopped. but the street soccer court still wet wet leh, but we still play lah.. lol

and then hor, there is this guy hor, who shoot straight into my face loh, what a head shot loh. thanks man, LOL~ (no name mentioned here ah). so near still shoot so hard and so high for what sia?!?! street soccer mah, its suppose to keep the ball below chest level mah. somemore right in-front the goal only leh.

also hor, there is also this guy hor, guarding me mah, cause the ball is with me. then instead of tackling the ball from me hor, he used his leg to splash those rain water on the floor, on me!!! WTH!!! act cute ah? LOL~ (also no name mentioned here ah)

aiya but dont worry ah those guys mentioned above, no one was blamed... its just a game mah... (T_T) LOL~

all the way until 3pm then go eat lunch... so tired loh....

this post is posted just purely for the sake of posting.. lol