How to Push Yourself to a Limit

Running with a friend who is 10 year yonger than you!

My Osaka friend came to Tokyo for a relative's wedding. In order to repay his kindness during my refugee days in Osaka, I decided to take him to run around Kokyo (Imprial Palace) in Tokyo. The run is about 6km, we started from the north east side of the palace garden and jogged uphill for about 1km. We were keeping a steady pace and my friend kept checking time in such an obvious way - lifting his arm and read his watch - every 5 minutes.

I was getting a bit of out of breath since the pace is faster than normal, asking him if everything is ok. He gave me a big smile saying the pace is good. I was very confident that I can outrun him since his is not an experienced runner according to what he told me but the truth is he is very fit.

We didn't slow down for the whole course and, due to my runner's pride, I cannot ask for a break and I kept up with the speed. Until the end of the course, I thought my heart is going to burst and my lung is not big enough to get proper amount of oxygen. But we finished the run in 25 minutes, 10 minutes shorter than my normal time!

Aggressive Dolphin

Talking to a scentist brings you quite some unexpected knowledge. Jen was showing me an articule explaining the mysterious death of poisposes, which were attacked by a group of aggresive young male dolphins. The dolphins were sexually frustrated since the females are taken by the more matured male dolphins.

My Aunt and Cousins in Toronto

This is a long await vacation, I finally made my way to Toronto, escaping the scotching temperature in summer of Tokyo. I am literally doing nothing but hanging out with my aunt, my mom and Ho family (they all traveled to Toronto). After getting over the jetlag problem, I wake up early in the morning to jog, make bread and coffee for the family, drive my cousin to subway station, clean the bathroom, go grocery shopping to feed the family, it is all very relaxing.

Over the dinner table, we were talking it is very possible to fight off the traffic tickets in Taiwan because police men are normally very nice (and gullable). Espeically it comes to the young and pretty ladies (um, things are just easier for young and pretty girls everywhere in the world). But my aunt contributed a different story, that her sister, auntie Gui, once was caught speeding on the high way. Her execuse to the police officer was that "my legs were cramping so badly that I cannot release the gas paddle". She got off the hook!

Jen has been an ethusatic golfer since Auntie Feng brainwashed her. In one of her softball pratices (preparing for the match against the Genetic Lab group), she swang her bat in a way that the ball flew over to the pitcher with great force. The ball hit the guy and broke his ear. The coach came to her "Are you a golfer?" in a very concerned tone. Replied positive, the coach replied "Please do that again in the real match".