Aaron's a Rocket man

1st round, 26th pick overall.
That's how Aaron Brooks was born into the professional league.

After colorful days as a Duck, donning green and gold or rather yellow jersey, he'll chart his destiny as a professional with the Rockets, playing in Houston alongside Tracy McGrady and the more celebrated Yao Ming.

The 6-foot, 160-pound Brooks was the Pac-10's leading scorer last season and finished his career as the Ducks' ninth all-time scorer (1,511 points). He ranks fourth all-time in school history in assists (471), sixth in steals (127) and shot 83 percent from the free-throw line in his career.

As my earlier posting, I'll be rooting for any team that drafted Brooks and whatever team he's playing for..

For now, Go Rockets!!

The greens and the blues

While the Blues are feeling the blues, especially in the afternoon, the Greens look as fresh as ever. No wonder why people always say, "the grass is greener elsewhere" and never once I heard people say, "the sky is blue-er elsewhere".

... taken from Kickdefella

Still, there are lights at the end of the tunnel. But, wait...

Ever heard people say, "a picture tells a million words"? If you still can't believe what you're seeing and need to know who's seat is 1,2 and 3, read on.

5.6 on Richter scale

It's not my CGPA when I graduated.

It's also not the reading on Richter scale..

It's also not the quantum of bonus my company pays this year...

Seeing a doctor has never been such a pleasant like today. I was really in a happy mood walking out from the clinic. The blood test taken on Monday shows my cholesterol level at 5.6. Yes, I agree it's still in borderline (ideal level should be below 5.2) who cares if you don't agree, it's my body.

A month ago, my cholesterol level is 7.9 believe it or not which is way above the 6.2 high risk level scary gile, rasa tak lama je lagi akan menikmati nikmat dunia :-). My HDL (the good cholesterol) was ok at 1.21 (normal is above 1.03) while the LDL or the bad one was at 5.33 (below 2.58 is optimal). And triglycerides were 2.99 (below 1.70 is normal).

A month later, after avoiding seafoods makan le sikit2, like 5 biji kerang, seekor udang and no sotong in a month, santan-based gulai, internal organs like paru, hati, perut, jantung, buah pinggang jantung pisang excluded, no recycled oil for frying and substituting with lots of veges, beans, tofus and fruits, soy bean oil, zero exercise except for climbing up two-floor stairs and prescription from the doctor, these are the readings:

• HDL cholesterol 1.43 (up by 18%)
• LDL cholesterol 3.67 (down by 31%)
• Triglycerides 1.09 (down by 63%)
• TOTAL Cholesterol 5.6 (down by 14%)

Yihaaa! At least, it gives me some light...

AZAIG 6th liversary

As Zewt As It Gets (AZAIG), one of the blogs I visit almost everyday which have new entry almost everyday, too, is celebrating its 6th month anniversary.

So on the 6th month anniversary, Zewt (the author) is asking its readers to tell him how bad his writing/blog is. And, because it is so bad (and that I visit his blog almost everyday), I'm paying a special tribute special ke? to AZAIG by linking it here.

What makes it so special? You ought to read my favorite entry in AZAIG. Here's some preview...

How much it makes a difference removing bra with:
a) Both hands
b) One hand
c) Your teeth

read on...

Happy anniversary Zewt. Keep on blogging!

Aci apa lagi?

The word 'aci' means auntie in Tamil betul ke? But, when we were young we always use the word in games we play like, "aci ke tak aci?" (legal or not) or as prefix to the name of the game we played, like 'aci nyorok' ( 'aci' in this sense equals 'le' in french).

Besides after 5pm daily being the best time to 'play', the other best times are recess time during school hours. We used to play all out during recess time and would come back to classroom all sweated out, like just coming out from sauna with shirts on.

Did we eat? Yes.. but just for 5 minutes and the other 15 minutes were for fun! And unfinished games would be continued the next day.

The most rigorous games we played during recess time would be football, or soccer for Mr Sam. Luckily rugby wasn't introduced in most schools those days, otherwise we would play rugby during the 20-minute period. The less rigorous would be 'batu seremban' but it wasn't played in boys schools ada jugak ke budak lelaki main game ni?. The boys would play 'tepuk card' alternatively <-- this could be Gambling 101, without we realizing it.

In between, there were 'aci jengket', 'police sentry', 'galah panjang', 'aci nyorok', and for girls there was 'zero point', the game played with a chain of rubber bands.

Kids these days.. I wonder what are they doing during recess time? And I know my friend who only allow her kids to go out playing at 5pm only on weekends... poor kids these days.

No wonder why the Minister of Education is calling for this...

So, who's to be blamed? Teachers? Parents? Kids???

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I always remember when playing 'aci nyorok' or hide-and-seek, we always make (in whatever ways we could, by cheating most of the times) a friend of us become the seeker one round after another. And after five to six straight rounds being a seeker, he would cry and went home. Romzy, where are you now?!