Saucony Sinister Review

I purchased a Saucony Sinister just a month ago & used it for 2 runs (5k & 13k). It's marketed as a performance trainer, suitable for the runner with a neutral gait. According to the catalogue, it has this carbon flexion plate which is suppose to get the runner faster onto his toes. But natural physics would dictate that every action has an equal and opposite re-action; if a force in the shoe is bending such that it's trying to straighen itself into the vertical plan, shouldn't it also react backwards to force the shoe onto the horizontal plan or in the opposite direction. This means that effort is required to overcome this force before the shoe even gets into its toes. All these marketing hype & I bought it. So far the road tests have not been too encouraging, using a heart rate monitor, I recorded that I require more effort to cover the same distance in a slighly longer time than another performance training - the Gel SpeedStar II.

Also I noticed that the extra cushioning that Saucony shoes portrait comes from the thicker than normal insoles. The grid system seems to be a piece of plastic glorified through marketing.

At least it looks wicked with a wicked name too. What looks good must perform good, but numbers do not lie.

The Grinch should Steal Christmas & all the other Holidays as well

Pardon me for being a wet blanket.
The reason why people welcome festive seasons is more due to the break than the reason of the season. What I wonder if why does everyone have to do the same thing at the same time. Crowding, humans or traffic at the same places. No wonder tempers flair & germs spread. If you really like someone, you don't have to wait till Christmas or Valentine's Day to display your affection. Gift exchanges? The only one smiling is the store keepers, all the way to the bank. In addition, everyone has to accumulate their leave till the end of the year together. Just like a bunch of lemmings.

Even Chinese New Year, family reunions stem back from tradition when families were larger & worked/ stayed over longer distances (like our ancesters from the mainland). But now it's more like gatherings with obnoxious relatives. Not to mention the locally-concocted "Yu Sheng", which doesn't even feature in our hertiage but only in the recent decades out of some enterprising retaurenteur idea of making money out of guilable locals. Imagine a group of rowdy adults elbowing each other & contaminating the dish with their saliva tainted chopsticks. Neaderthals.

Celebrate Everyday!

Another Loser

This is another typical . Just when we thought road rage & bullying was tailing off.

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,150906,00.html

In summary, the car in front can do practically anything he/she wants. Blaring your horn is just provcation. And jumping on their bonnets is utterly childish.

Two wrongs don't make a right. If some one wants to be an ass, just let them be. Following the idiot will only make one likewise.

Guo Tian Fu, if you are reading this post, you are the loser of the day.

Kindly isn't Kind

I came across enough use of the word 'kindly' almost all in indicrimately places.

(extracted from http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/)
Did you know that ‘kindly’ is not a very polite word to use in your correspondence?
Below are common examples of the word ‘kindly’ being used in emails, letters and notices to colleagues, clients, customers and business associates:
‘Kindly complete the reports in time for the meeting’ , ‘Kindly pick up your parcels by 7pm’
‘Kindly send me the cheque by this week’ , ‘Kindly pay at the cashier’ , ‘Kindly take off your shoes’
But did you know that 'kindly' isn't the right word to use in the above instances?
Avoid Using The Word 'Kindly'
When you use the word ‘kindly’, it often means that that you are annoyed with the person you are writing to.
Using the wrong words can confuse or anger the people we are communicating with.
It is better to use 'please' instead of 'kindly'.
Replace the word ‘kindly’ with 'please' in any of the above examples and you will sound friendlier and definitely more polite.

A word a Day

I came across a word while reading F1 news. It's 'irascible' meaning easily provoked to anger; very irritable which was used to describe Jacque Villeneuve.

I think it's also a fitting description of Singaporeans, as I think that they (myself included) are losers.

Festive Season Lets Spread Germs

Remember SARS? It was just a recent memory that a simple sneeze or cough would send one into the quarantine camps. Proper hygiene was inculcated widely. Even public act of spitting was criminal.
Since the global efforts to subdue this deadly virus, everyone is now removing their masks & coming out into the open. It's very sad to see that all the civic mindedness & hygienic practices all gone to waste. People are back to their old ways. Over-confident that it's just a mere flu bug. But a bug is still a bug & we should keep it to ourselves.
Come this festive season, more people are becoming sick & the change of weather is blamed. It's more likely the increasing instances of concregation & the inconsideration of ill people. They spread more than just gifts but sickness as well.

Stupid & dirty Singaporeans

Patience, you must learn patience

Many a time we see acts of impatience, we, myself included are even guilty of such behavior. But I would just like to bring up 2 examples of simply lack of comprehension of timings combined with impatience.
Ever crossed a road partially while a vehicle is travelling along in your face? The extra little inches will help us reach our destination more swiftly, the hospital that is. Obviously this is dangerous, but also goes against our original intentions. The driver of the vehicle is invariably slow down when faced with imminent danger of pedestrians crowding the road.

Another situation is people rushing for a croweded lift at the lobby where there are more in service but pending reaching the ground floor. The lift is just going to stop at more levels before reaching your destination. Instead, simply wait a little longer for the next empty lift, there will be less people (if any) & less chances to catch germs from some sneezer (in a coming post).

Stupid Singaporean behavior, just do the maths