Han Completed Her Red Level 1 Swimming

After 5 refreshing lessons, Han completed her Red Level 1 today and is upgraded to Red Level 2 in her next swim lesson. I observed her during the previous few lessons that she did not pay attention to her teacher and always wondering. She always does not focus on the things she does including her study and school works. Is this her in-born character or the result of the wrong methods we educated her ?

Han Completed Swimming Red Level 1

After 4 refreshing lessons in level 1, Han passed her assessment and was given a green light to go to level 2.

She is always happy when come to swimming

 

These are the few skills in basic water confidence & movement

Now Han is in Red Level 2.

Jogging @ 29.04.17

Don't know why today's jog was slow, only at 10.2 km/h.

Jogging @ 27.04.17

It's time for jogging. Saw a lot of mist in the air, maybe it was due to the rain yesterday that caused the weather to be a bit chill.  

Not much difference when the BP was measured late night (about 9pm) and early morning (about 5am) but the pulse rate was low. Maybe because the heart does not need to work so hard when come to resting time ?

 The BP does not fluctuate very much when measured at different time after the jog. The only difference is the heart rate. 

 Finally, Han also wanted to measure her BP :)  :) Like yesterday morning, her BP is normal. 

 Finally, my breakfast while on my way to work.  :)

Jogging @ 25.04.17

Rested for a day, time to jog again. Not having a good sleep as Xuan kept crying for a number of times, I asked her why she cried and what she wanted but she didn't answer me. Finally, could not stand it and moved to next room, let her sleep with her sister and mommy.

Wanted to reconfirm my BP before jogging, the reading also almost the same as on Sunday. The pulse was lower, in the range of 50++.

Before jogging reading

6.06 km and only burnt 386 kcal, I wonder whether all the food that I took on Sunday like fried noodles, fishes, chicken and roti kosong are able to burn off as energy in this run. 

Reading was taken after 20 minutes jog. The heart rate seems still high

 

This time, measure the BP after showering, changed my office attires and prayed, which was about 45 minutes after the jog. Except the pulse rate, BP not much different.

Whose BP is this ? :)  :)
None other than Jing Han. She was curious when I measured mine and she wanted me to measure her BP also. Looks like children has lower BP than adult. The range for a child from age 6-13 is (82-120)/(55-80), according to Medscape. And the pulse for her age is 70 to 110 beats/min. So, it means that Han's BP and Pulse are normal  :)

My breakfast at Putra Heights, consider healthy ? lol.....

I Need to Jog to Have a Good BP ?

Woke up at 6am, wanted to know the BP reading before jogging, so took one measurement before the jog.

127/85, slightly higher than the normal range, which is between 90 to 120 for systolic (blood pressure when the heart beats) and 60 to 80 for diastolic (when the heart rests between the beats). According to the medical term, my range is called prehypertension.

The heart rate was low, could it be not much activities during the sleep that caused the heart does not need to beat fast ?

The pace for today was slower than the previous day. The average speed achieved was only 10.7 km/h and took me 34 minutes to complete the jog. 

After the warm down exercise and shower, measured the BP again and this time the reading was within normal range.

BP within normal range and the heart rate now is 80 compare to 55 before jogging. Shows that I need to exercise to maintain my BP in the normal range :)  :)

Jing Han Skipped School - Fever

Yesterday, saw Han having a fever pad on her forehead when I reached home after work and she was sleeping on the long chair. Later she told me she got the fever when she was at KinderWorld and vomited. Did not bring her to consult doctor as I felt it's just a normal fever and she could get well by tomorrow morning.

But this morning, she woke up and told me she has told mommy she did not want to go to school. But I saw her behave like normal, not pressing her further, I let her rest at home but told her must do and review her school works. She said okay.

When I was in office, received text from her mommy that she did not do and review her school works. As usual, her impatient mommy got mad and scolded her and told me she would send her to Kinder World for teacher to teach her do her school works.

Arrived home after work and was informed that she has finished her school study revision. 

Jogging @ 21.04.17

As usual, woke up at 4.45am to prepare for my jog. The sky was cloudy, could not see any stars, maybe would rain later. Started my jog with a good pace and able to maintain it through the 6km distance. There was a short drizzling at the distance of 3.45km but I continued and not long after that, the rain stopped. No excuse for me to cut short the jog :)

Got my Omron BP monitor yesterday, bought it from Lazada at the price of RM149.60 with free delivery. I have the old Watson brand BP monitor but found that it always give inaccurate result.
Did a comparison for both and it's true that Watson gave wrong BP rate, which was higher than Omron and it really worried me when I saw my BP rate that high in which I believe my health should not reach that level, at least for time being as I jog regularly. :)

Measured yesterday around 3.15pm. The Watson brand each time read my BP very high at 150/90++ and above.

 Taken this morning after 45 minutes jog.

Pep Talk with Daughter

No jogging this morning. As usual, sent Han to her school. While in the car, I have a pep-talk with her, which I always feel it's a good time though from house to her school only takes about 10 minutes but the effect will be great if I do it consistently.

Today's morning topic was her unwillingness to do revision as night. I asked her did she know that mommy cried last night ? Of course not true but white lie or 善意的謊言is workable if we use it correctly. She answered no. I told her mommy was very sad because every night she asked you to do study revision but you always don't want.

"Do you love mommy ?"
"Yes"
"Do you want to see mommy cry ?"
"No"
"Then what you should do ?"
" I will study tonight"

See, a simple and gentle talk can lead her start thinking what she has to do. That's is why I always believe kids can be taught if we parents can have more patience. Not praising myself here but I really dislike adult using excessive violent or raise the voice (like uncivilized) to yell at kids. Children are just like a piece of blank white paper. What and how we draw and color on this white paper will form their attitude, characters and habits.

Jogging @ 19.04.17

After rested for 2 days, time to resume my work out......each time also found it pretty hard to get up but my mind told me I must do it for the sake of my health and my two lovely daughters. The pace certainly has slowed down compare to last week. Need some momentum......

I realize the sun has started to rise more early since 3 days ago. I compare the same time whereby previously the sky still dark at 7am but now it turns brighter at 7am. Is there any daylight savings in Malaysia ?
  

This was taken on my way to office. Sky is clear....hopefully there will be no more haze in the mid year, let's wait and see.

Expensive Musang King Durian

After my Groomify Run, went for breakfast with my 2 friends. When I reached home, wife and kids already left for Dharma Class in Kemuning Utama. Time for home cleaning with them here....I felt more enjoyed when no one disturbing me doing house work. Decided few tasks for myself.....air conditioning filter, window and mosquitoes net cleaning and finally floor vacuuming. First, I dismantled the baby bed that has not been use for a very long time by my two princesses. They either sleep on the master bed or floor with me or with their mom.

It took me about 3 hours to clean the 3 rooms, though tough but enjoyed doing it since not every week routinely do  :)

Then decided to go for a hair cut in USJ but the saloon was not opened. So, went for a late chicken rice lunch nearby the area. Saw a stall selling durians, my favorite. I had bought a few times from this stall which was operated by an old couple, sometimes saw her daughter there to help, but not today.

Musang King now selling RM50/kg, the old uncle told me other stalls selling RM80/kg. He saw my face expression and told me there are XO available, price is RM30/kg. I went for the XO and asked for 3, the weigth was about 3.5kg, cost me RM105 but the uncle only collected RM100 from me. How sweet is that !

   Went home with my fresh durians. Jing Han likes durian also but she only took a few. I did not finish them on one go and left some in the fridge. Since I am not a Durian expert eater, I felt the taste was very good indeed. Hopefully, I will buy again before the season ends.

Groomify Run

This is my first running event after coming back from New Zealand. Not sure how would be my condition .This is not a competition running event, rather it is a fun and some marketing from organiser. The run started about 7.15am. Usually I do not like to start after 7am as it would be too late kmto complete the 10km run. But since the distance for Groomify Run was only 7km, so, just give it a go !

Arrived with two friends around 6.45am, the warming up session has started.

More participants are here....

The run has to download with an apps and there are 5 missions to complete. Each mission has a bar code to scan to unlock the information. I missed the 1st bar code, but could not find the 2nd, 3rd and 4th bar codes on my phone though I have taken them :(

 This was taken at the final selfie stage, which is also one of the missions. 

First time in my running history that I completed my run at the 2nd place. But there is no price for those who completed the race early. :)

 6.71km in 37 minutes, not bad huh....

Live band performance.

 My number

Finisher medal for all participants

Participants gradually coming back.

Flooding @ Section 26, Shah Alam

It's Han swimming class today. Weather was not good, drizzling when leaving home, not sure if the class will be canceled later. Arrived at Panasonic Sport Complex, very cloudy from far side. Proceeded to the swimming pool, class started as usual.....about 20 minutes later, rain started, class continued until hearing thunder from far side....life guard whistled, all people has to come out from the swimming pool. The teacher told us to wait until for news whether the class would be canceled and be replaced. We waited for about 20 minutes and finally the class was called off and we would be informed later for the replacement class.

Me and Han stranded at the sport complex for about 30 minutes as I did not bring umbrella. I did ask Han to wait for me at the drop off area so that I can drive the car over but she refused though there were children and guard waiting there. She is a timid girl whereas Xuan is more daring.

The rain did not stop along the way home. When we reached at Section 26 Industrial Park, cars were slowing down and saw few cars halted at the road side. This is a flooding prone area due to poor drainage system.

 Cars slowing down...

At least a foot height of water covering the road, small or sedan cars may face challenge to cross it.

Some cars are turning left to avoid the flood.

Why the local council does not take any action to rectify the problem ? I believe this has been happening for sometimes.....or they just want to wait until election time ? This is a norm in our Boleh Land...... we have to live with it.

Jogging @ 13.04.17

Both legs have been feeling tire since yesterday morning, could it be walking too much during work ? Not sure. I reached home around 8.45pm, after a light dinner, rested for a while and after taking small amount of DOM, went to bed around 9.30pm. Woke up at 4.45am but body was heavy, especially both legs. However, still reminded myself 2 days I did not go jogging.....finally, found myself on the road again. Still able to jog at a fast pace despite the legs problem.......

After the jog, both legs still felt tire but don't bother.... carry on my routine work...sent daughter to school and went for my breakfast....

Cost me RM5.50 and the coffee is RM1.50

Jogging @ 10.04.17

Monday always is Blue to many people. Since I only slept 4 hours on Saturday night due to celebrating Thomas's birthday. Body unlike 20s age....so, decided to sleep early yesterday, around 8pm++.

Started my jog at 5am, I could feel that my pace was not the same as previous, looked at my sport watch and the starting pace was slow...however, keep jogging until completed the 6km distance. It's true that I ran slower than Saturday. Heart rate and calories consumed went down as well. But it's okay, as long I can wake up, jog and get sweat, my body will get the enough uhmmmmm to stay healthy and move on...... Never give up !!!

Qingming Fetival - 08.04.17

It's time to pray our late parents for this Qing Ming day. The official date was 4 April 17. But some people said we can pray our late parents 10 days before or after the actual date. So, eldest sis and me chosen to pray on 8 April, which was a Saturday. We brought all the necessary pray items and food, arrived at Kwong Tong Pagoda around 10.30am. Still many people there though already past the actual date.

Crowd still here but is lesser than before the actual date.

Flower, chicken rice and local coffee for late mom, bak kut teh and pu-erh tea for dad.

Hi mother and father, we bring some foods, fruits, coffee, chinese tea and pastries for you, please come down to enjoy....

Time flies....mom left us 21 years.

Father left us 6 years already...

I wish both mom and dad are living happily in Paradise World (極樂世界)

This place has developed compare to years ago.

 This is the season many people burning papers for their ancestors.

 "Love Our Environment, Reduce Burning" but yet there are still people burning, I am one of them, shame to say this out. 

Different people has different belief and thoughts. But I told myself that I will not do that again next year during QingMing festival. My reason is very simple, if we want and believe our ancestors are living happily in Paradise World, they don't need those paper money, hand phone, watches, TV, houses, cloths, etc. If we notice the printing on the money, there are meant for underworld (冥府) or hell (陰間). Logically, this is against the belief that our ancestors would live in Paradise World. 

If someone believes we must burn those things including paper hand phone, TV, watches, etc because this is a tradition and culture. But during the ancient time, do the people has hand phone, TV and watches ? I see this is just a business gimmick from merchants and those believe this is superstition and blind worship. Hopefully more people can see this clearly and understand the true Buddha teaching... We are living in the world with huge information available for us to search and analyze...we have to pray wisely.