ey there!

it's been a while, huh?

been really busy.. if you read back a bit, i had a mountain of a problem to surmount.

broke through... but the road wasn't nowhere easy.

i had to summon all human strength i have and walk up there to man-up.

it paid off.

problem solved.

but wait, more are waiting in wings.

damn life.

"live to stress, die to rest."

indeed.

anyhoo, life is gonna be that way no matter what.. either you stress it or ya keep things in stride..

this makes a lotta sense...

"there is no problem too big God cannot solve it..."

you can either moan and whine, but that can only get you so far...

forgive me, but i gotta finish watchin' The Godfather series.

good movie!

bad bad bad!

one more...

Edie Brickell

loved this....

last song syndrome

I Love You

anyone out there who deserves some lovin'....

this song's for ya...



we all could use a little lovin', right?!?

mwah!

weird thing happened this week... we didn't plan it or personally, i never thought of it.. long story short, we now have a 2-week old baby girl.

i don't know... things are goin' crazy around me these days.

hope to be back on "earth" soon.

Band of Brothers

wow!! it's New Year already??

that was fast!

i wish it'd be better next year... for all of us.

i can't really ask for more... got everything i need...

hhhhmmmmm.... i only need basic things.

yez, am watchin' Band of Brothers and i'll never grow tired of it, sorry.

see yah next year!

hey buddy.

yeah i remember my buddy, lui whenever i see this guy.

wherever ya are man, Happy New Year.

hope you're doing well...

Amy Grant

ey yo?!

Merry Christmas, before anything else...

it's the 24th and i have to say --- whatta stressful day, dammit?!

wifey, made sure of that.

it's the last minute thing ya know... no plans whatsoever... out of the blue, to be exact..

but we pulled it through.. they're there downstairs enjoying their videoke fix.. i'm here watchin' movie yadi yada..

nice set-up, huh?

gotta say whatta colorful year it was... ooooppppsss!!! i know, it ain't new year yet.. lemme just say teh memorable ones... it had to be the tail end of this year... i guess.

professionally, there ain't much.. family-wise, i suck teh most... gym-wise, i gain lotsa things...

i just mentioned a few post ago i pulled and squatted over 400 lbs.. it's hard, yeah.

but the hardest was pushing a 100 lb dumbbell... i had a history of shoulder injury, that's why.

havin' conquered that, finally, means a lot more to me than anything else..

i had to do it over and over again... just to make sure the feat wasn't some kinda fluke, ya know... t'was a battle all the time.. mind over matter..

i'm not totally sold out yet, but just like before when i made it to 80, 90 lbs., this too will come to pass and it'll be ordinary all over again...

120 lbs., you're next.

meanwhile, i'm listening to Amy Grant's song... helps me chill out during these times..

cheers.

'tis the season

change.. i did.

no, i don't wanna be like 'em.

wtf was i talking about below?

i did change.

a lot.

lemme brag a bit...

i can push a 200 pounds of weight... [insert smiley and smirk here]

i can pull over 400s pound of weight... that ain't much, right?

i can squat just teh same amount of weight... ya should try it sometimes.

i'm betting my ass i can equal teh strength of of teh "strongest" guy in the gym in a year's time..

wanna bet???

yarp, can't believe it neither.

how???

try bustin' yer chops a wad bit more... like start rampin' everything up, already!!

anyhow, i'm gonna dream about topping everything out.. next week.

watch me.

bragging OFF.

change.. will do you good

yeah.. that's me.. i haven't change much.. same old, same old... i dunno if it's a good thing or bad.. hhhmmmm...

MAN-UP!!

thought of sooooo many things to say.. i haven't collated everything. sucks, huh?

yeah it does.

anyway, my personal life's in disarray.. it might not look like it, but it does. work, as always sucks.. got a few things that needs immediate action or it'll blow over.

i'm prepared for the worst though.

home... ahhhhh home... these guys and gals can't get things done without being told how to do about it.. well, they do get things done only that they kinda suck along the way.

they suck literally. ya know, they can't even help putting food on the table, worst part is, they don't know how to conserve... they can practically drain our resources in a short span of time.. talk about days.. shit, these folks are animals... i can't even begin to enumerate the what's and the how's.

not to mention, some are a real pain in the ass.. they just know where to push your buttons.. well, most of the time, i don't mind 'em.

they can keep their miserable shits to themselves... i'll go on live my life.

today, tomorrow and for the rest of my life, i promise myself one thing.. and one thing only.. that is, to MAN-UP.

i can't worry about everyone else' issues.. if i do, it'll just drag me down.. na-ah!

no way never.. bitching about other's issues won't lead me anywhere but down.. stuck!

so yes, i won't worry my life away.. maybe a tad.

guess, i'm born like that...

set a new PR this week.. i finally flat bench press the darn 100 pound dumbbells for five repetitions! that took forever, yeah?!

that was my promise to myself that before the year ends, i should conquer the darn thing.. and i have..

my deadlift went up 180 kgs for one rep... not bad for an old timer, eh?!

lets sing together now..

Pedro

hikhik!



don't forget to smile...

i am the walrus

whatta tight and lousy day!

wifey made sure i suck on my workout today. she had me rush to the bank to make some deposits and left me to fend for the house cos her and the rest of her posse had to go party.. on the bright side, they brought home a new microwave oven. at least, they won something.. deym, i almost forgot how that thing work. well, the one we have ain't workin' no more... for months now.

anyway, i took a leave today. i deserve a break, ya know. the thing is, my superior isn't too generous giving leaves.. approving should've been the word.

he always feel the need to swipe some nasty remark.. he probably thinks he's funny.

well, f him. unless they convert the un-use leave into cash or something tangible, i'm availing it (the leaves) even it means they'd shut down their pie-holes!

i'm pretty burnout with work these days. that explains the line.

got a few bumps that would entail a lot of work.

pretty stressful, to be honest.

makes me wanna quit pronto!

i'm just gonna sort this mess out. finish everything..

then i can cry out loud....

F-R-E-E-D-O-M!!!

i'm insecured, yeah. i've got issues, right.

but as soon as i'm out, i'll stop bitching about everyone and everything that's holding me back physically and mentally, then i can soar somewhere higher than this.

this is getting redundant.

pizzing off.

arnold press

am hoping i'm scot free but i ain't.

well, i was hoping the verdict is out... ya know, i wanna get this done and over with.

somehow, some kinda force of nature got in the way... either i'd be thankful or feel guilty forever.. hhmmmmm...

whatta predicament!!

either way, i'm bent on doin' somethin' else... something i really, really want.

don't we all wanna do something we want??

it's like something to look forward to - everyday.

ya know, i don't mind waking up early and eating some iron for breakfast.. i don't mind eating egg whites (boiled), churning out oatmeal after oatmeal or eating raw broccoli's..

i don't mind the pain that goes through my hamstrings or rotator cuffs... as long as i feel some kinda exhilaration.. surreal? yeah!!

i dig it!

one preacher quoted somebody sayin' "life's too short to be ordinary."

yeah... hell yeah!!!


go figure!!

judgement day

am not out of the woods yet.

i'm trying to stay calm. tomorrow, the verdict should be out.

i did it.. not because there's so much to gain.. but lotsa pressure from all corners.

more reason to have a change of perspective, yeah?

i'm pretty psyched and prepared.. sorta.

anyhoo, i was pretty strong at the gym earlier.. broke some PR's.

for squats, all in kilograms, started with 40 x 3, 80 x 3, 120 x 3, 160 x 3 and lastly, 180 x 3, then i drop the weight back to 160 x 5 all the way down 40 x 5.

same goes with the deadlifts except that at the top of the set, i only managed to get it to 170 x 3.. probably because my CNS' pretty toasted by then.

all these lifts, by the way excludes the bar which is roughly about 40 pounds, give and take.

basically, i've gone over 400 pounds on both lifts today and i'm pretty happy.

got this protocol somewhere and tweak it to my liking.

so, even though what i'm about to face tomorrow is a huge distraction, i still manage to squeeze out some serious workout and even broke a few PR's.

i'd rather not worry...

screwed

i'm so dead right now.

i did the darnest thing.

shit.

i don't know what's gonna happen next.

kinda crazy.

anyway,




wish me luck.

10 loooong years!

heeeeyyy!!

i better write something before this blog goes down the shitters.. been really busy lately. work, work, work!!

i wish i didn't have to so i could do what i do best.. seriously, i'm thinkin' bout this year being my last hurrah doing my job.

i'm not really good at it.. i just get things done that's why they've pretty much kept me here.

talk about doin' things half-ass most of the time.. but then again, i get things done. that's what matters - at least for my kinda job.

on the other hand, i'm really getting better at working out. people respect me, i can feel that. ya know, those groupies who thinks they're the strongest and most advance, they go out of their way to be nicey-nicey with me.

what sets me apart from these fockers is the fact that they're strong, yes, but they're "on" to something. while i can beat their asses on some lifts even though i'm a natural.. meaning, i haven't mess around chemicals and stuff while them are being "scientists."

sometimes, i feel like they're giving me too much credit.

i do things differently and they've kinda got this "shock and awe" look on their faces... they still can't believe i'm just a mere mortal with no drug assistance.

some dimwit are actually quick to jump on their arse when some "juiced" guy give them some sorta program to follow. frankly, i take it with a grain of salt when these guys give advises. it's like apples and oranges, homo. ya think what works for him will work for ya??

no freaking way!

i don't know man.. i'm happy where i am when it comes to experience and knowledge.. no injuries whatsoever.. my lifts, decent.

the only thing that's missing right now and am trying to figure this out since forever, is how i can do something i enjoy and at the same time earn some moolah on the side???

ten years of busting my chops, i think it's high time i do something else.

on the other hand, my job's not rocket science.. pretty laid back and i get to do other things on the side just as well.

ahhhh life... you go schooling and finish up to get a job and when you have a job you wanna quit??

lemme tinker my future s'more...

by the way, dog is dead.

he died the next day.

R.I.P. Ramboo

you're maybe gone, but not forgotten.