Life in Progress!

Whew, I've been wanting to do some of my personal stuff for some time.
For example, editing videos, blogging, and many more.
One thing I'm proud of myself for doing is that I exercise... Everyday!
But yea, food intake wise, that's another ball game.
Hence, the stagnant of my body weight. Heee...

Anyways, coming back to topic, I have so many things lined up for me.
But yesterday, I had finally closed some of the open files.
I've edited 3 videos in one go!
Which took me for about 3 hours (I've been doing my work while I was waiting for the render)
So, I'm happy of that!

Then I think to myself, when work actually comes, it demands such a big part of you.
Time is of the essence they say, but how do you actually spend it is what makes everything worth while.
Take for example, me writing this blog!
I may not have a million views or likes, but I'm happy that I got to put a small part of my life experience here to share with those of you who checked my blog.
Thank you so much for stalking me, I love you guys. :)

Sometimes, taking time to do your own stuff is satisfaction itself.
Now that I've completed some of my to-dos, I feel much relieved.
No regrets people! That's how I wanna live mah life.
Peace!

Obligated selfie post with new Taiwan boots!

Thanks to my cousins K&K!

This is one of the videos I was talking about. 

My silly friends and me enjoying ourselves at Jason's Bro's Wedding!

Bunch of awesome people they are. :D

Signing off
JCG

Choices in Life // New year!

Yey! I'm back from Taiwan!
Boo, here comes tough choices...
I felt bad for not being able to squeeze more time out for me to blog about my Taiwan trip.
But I guess leisure have to make way for more important stuff.
I'm finally starting off my career! :)

Hence the dilemma.
Well, it's kind of a complication with date clashes...
I have this training, which clashes with every other things I'm working on now.
Which is a sore headache.
Whelp, what to do but to toss a coin... Lol
*le sad me

It's a new year, 2015!
Woohoo!
Glad to say I've celebrated mine in Taiwan at Taipei 101.
An awesome experience no doubt.

New year is the time for new year resolutions right?
Wrong.
After so many years of making resolutions, I'd say even though many of them was actually realized,
This year perhaps I'm not going to write down each and every one of them like before.
It's always the same anyways.
But I'm still progressively working towards my goals.
The usual: get money, get fit, be fabulous.

Stay cool, stay awesome!

Signing off

JCG

Reflect on Weakness

Everybody's got their weakness. 

I do too. 

Today I met with one of my weakness - dominance. 

Note: today's blog is more of a reflection, the tone is more formal than usual.

Prideful as I am, I just realized that I am a very dominant person, especially when I am faced with other people who are more dominant than me. 

This trait is usually hidden behind my 'helpfulness', which I myself didn't realise. 

And this trait had brought me great friends and adventures, at the same time, sad and sorrowful times. 

Today I lost my temper a few times because of this trait, and I felt bad about it. 

I hated losing my temper. 

It's just not me. 

I'm peaceful loving, but not as humble or obedient as I thought. 

I will work on myself to improve myself. 

I will not take interest in other's petty stuff and respect others, even tho I may not agree with them. 

I will learn from my mistakes and avoid falling into the same trap over and over again. 

I need to be better. 

I will let go of things I thought was of importance to others. 

I will not let these things bother me. 

I will leave others to what they may be. 

I need to be a better me. 

Thanks Sheng for helping me to reflect. 

P/S: note to self, recheck exercise schedule. 

Signing off

JCG

How to Burger

So when a bunch of friends decided to squeeze some time off their busy schedules and meet up... 

What do they usually do?

Chill at a cafe? Lunch at a fancy restaurant? Or grab a movie at the nearest mall?

NOT FOR US!

We go back to the basics: man, nature, AND burger

First off, deciding to meet at 10pm at a Friday night is already as crazy as it sounds

But, to insist on having a nice warm BBQ session right after a rain? 

You know nothing's gonna stop us!

So here we are at our fav spot

Underneath Penang Bridge

A nice view to look at while we prepare our fire...

Which was sipek challenging cause of the rain

Finding tree branches and leaves are the easy part

Lighting em up to a decent fire took us about 1 hour

So it's 1 hour of non stop fanning, blowing onto almost-dead flames and throwing in small branches

But the guys did manage to ignite the whole BBQ set with only 1 火种 and a few charcoals

As fo me... Well, while I was waiting for the others to arrive, I was busy taking selfies

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Until I tripped and sprained my ankle...

Which confined me to sitting on a tiny rock afterwards for the whole night

Boo.... 

Readying the fire

Baby you're a firework...

 You just gotto ignite, the light...

And let, it shine!

Voila!

Burger in the making

Look at em go

Mr.Tommy - chicken tosser

Mr.Sheng - fire controller

Ms.Wendy - Rock sitter / Selfie taker

United, as one!

Pepo, these are the rare instances where you can see

womenfolk sitting around doing nothing, while the guys do all the work.

A toast, to you both!

Then 3 random strangers decided to come join our fire

Yes, they are totally random :D

How to prepare a mouth watering burger?

(hidden episode from how-to basics)

#1 - Ready the ingredients

#2 - Burn the buns

#3 - Slap waaaay too much mayo on your bun

#4 - Put in cheese that doesnt look like cheese

#5 - Smash in readied chicken breast

#6 - Regret your decision and try to save it by slapping black pepper sauce

#7 - Enjoy it anyways! 

*Ting*

Moar photos!

Le first burger taster

Working with almost melted cheese

Reminds us of... Stuff.

Fire burning our burnt bun

Mayo slapper

Everyone enjoyed their burger

Nice chilling and catching up with everyone :)

All in all, an awesome experience!

Even tho I got a bit tipsy towards the end, but I self-declare this gathering...

A SUCCESS!

I had an awesome time hanging out with you guys

Hopefully, there will be another one soon!

To end this amazing blog post, a photo of our beloved 大姐!

To many many more gatherings in near future

"I love you guys, you guys are awesomeeeeee"

- Jacky, 2014

Signing off
JCG

My First Ever Marathon!

Everybody has got their own bucket list of things to do...
Well, I dont. (Caught you there right? heehee)
But running a marathon is something I longed to do for sometime.
Not because of the photo opportunities (but who's complaining anyways), but it is a checkpoint for me in my life.
I am into fitness, and I believe by running a marathon, this brings me closer to what I've been working towards - a healthier me in general.
So I bought entries for Sheng and my lil brother for Penang Bridge International Marathon, and that's that!

Fast forward to THE day!
I met up my buddies Chiakee and Yumei at Queensbay mall
(BTDubs, it's pretty hard finding friends to run a marathon with you, everybody seems to have their own obligations, so I'm really thankful i gotto meet up with these 2 crazy pepo and run together with em!)
So off we go!... Only to get deterred at the pick up spot...
The crowd waiting in line for the shutter was so freaking long!
We were tempted to go home right at that moment!
But we didn't, and boy isn't that the best decision ever.

We finally got onto our shutter and we were dropped off at the starting point.
We navigated through bodies of sweat and faces of despair
People looking so genuinely mad at the blazing sun running in slow but steady pace
But I do admit, running becomes easier when you have a pal beside you, which I am really thankful to Yumei for...
We distracted ourselves by looking at runners along the way, and boy what a sight!
We actually saw Darth Vader in sarung running!

So when we finally meet up (Sheng and us), we rushed towards the finishing line
That feeling of exhilaration and relief swept through our bodies as we crossed the finish line
It was a moment of indescribable happiness to me
We went on roaming around the tent sites and decided to go back to Queensbay by foot.
Not our smartest decision... We actually gotto walk for another 1 hour to reach the place!

But we did end our day with a decent lunch, decent movie and decent high tea.
Everybody's physically tired, but mentally, I think we can go even further if we wanted to.
However, we called it a day and went back around evening.
I'm glad to say it was a fruitful day indeed. :)

*warning, shaky part when we are reaching finishing line

Signing off
A happy JCG
:D