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Name: Chin Kong Ng
Home: Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
About Me: Wannabe WIS - Watch Idiot Sevant,
Aspiring writer,
currently signed up for a online watch-making course and a undergoing GIMP tutorial. :-)
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| Is cyling bad for your knees? |
| Sunday, November 29, 2009 |
I have been cycling both mountain and road bikes for the better part of the past 18 months. I got my first bike on the 1st March 2008.
As with all exercises, it can be a great cardio workout, not to mention burning the extra calories and in the process feel great about yourselfs. However, if done wrongly, it can have dire consequences on your health, especially on your bone, tendon, ligament and muscle well-being.
Now, is cycling bad for your knees?
A quick search on google generally tells that cycling is a low-impact sports and is actually good for your knee. Vs. brisk walking or jogging which is considered medium to high impact on your joints. Perhaps only swimming exerts a lower pressure on your skeletal joints.
Coming from someone with a torn-ligament I couldn't agree more. However, I also read that with bad bike fit, resulting in wrong posture while pedalling can actually cause harm. So how do i know whether my bike fits me perfectly? Hmm .....
Switching to my road bike from the mountain actually raises some back discomfort; the aching type. Is this a sign of things to come or its part of the transition pain that I will get used to in due time?
The brain is pondering..... |
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| The Asian Way (humility) |
| Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
For those of us (Asians) who had a chance to interact with Westerners, especially Americans, we'll notice the confidence exude by them, regardless of the end-results. This can be related to anything from academics, business to personal achievements.
The more competitive (or kiasu) amongst us, would recall that Westerners always answer:
1. Oh.... i think I aced the paper just now. Wasn't too difficult
2. The paper was easy. I'll do well.
3. Things are looking great. Better year ahead for us.
Contrast this to the usual:
1. I am hoping for a pass. No resits would be good.
2. We are doing alright. But can always be better.
Whatever our respective response vs. the Westerners, it has nothing to do with the absolute results itself and experience bears testament that Asians (Malaysians and Singaporeans at least) top-score in Universities across the globe.
I personally think that it is nothing wrong to sound confident so long as it is not condecending (putting the other person down). Confident outlook at the expense of the listener translate to arrogance. Simply be who you are is fine.
Next up on my mind is the recent takeover of Birmingham Football Club by the the Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung. No sooner had the deal been announced that Birmingham promptly announced that they intend to "put (Manchester) United in the shade".
src: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2684784/Well-put-United-in-the-shade.html
You might ask how? Well, the new owner committed 40m GBP this coming transfer window in January 2010, followed by a further 40m GBP during the off-season.
Big words from an investor who is not a sports person and expects to buy success.
A football pundit rightly point out that: "What is so difficult to just say that I am proud to be the new owner of this club and I will give it my best shot" instead of "We'll put United in the shade". All he has ever achieved is to put himself up in a no-win pedestal where his expected failure is sniggered at and "I told you so".
The pundit went further to add: "To bring Birmingham up to United level would take 20-40 years, not 20-40m GBP". =)) |
| posted by Ng Chin Kong @ 12:28 AM |
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