tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34514072024-03-13T05:49:13.890-04:00Far better is it to dare mighty things...... to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore RooseveltFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.comBlogger452125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-89067180700662408432008-06-09T08:42:00.005-04:002008-06-09T09:15:44.552-04:00It's been five months to the day...... and I can finally bring myself to use this song, which pretty much says it all. ***Now that it's all said and doneI can't believe you were the oneTo build me up and tear me downLike an old abandoned houseWhat you said when you leftJust left me cold and out of breathI fell too far, was in way too deepGuess I let you get the best of meWell I never saw it comingI should've started running a longFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-83694321658596475282008-04-26T18:27:00.006-04:002008-04-26T18:50:05.590-04:00Colorgenics Test - What do you think?I usually avoid online personality tests like the plague, because I find it hard to fathom how an in-depth personality profile could possibly be generated, after a few cursory questions. But this post on Wilson's blog caught my interest for some reason (probably since he mentioned that it seemed to be uncannily accurate), and for want of anything better to do, I decided to try it out myself. It'sFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-67657344859281118922008-04-25T14:14:00.004-04:002008-04-25T14:17:14.346-04:00Review: Rogue Rings (Rogue Fitness)Note: I posted this on my training blog but I thought I'd also cross-post it here since the search term "CrossFit" seems to be one of the top terms linking to this blog. Rogue RingsSo here's the review of the Rogue Rings (USD $72.00) which I ordered from Rogue Fitness some time ago. For those of you who might prefer a brief overview of the product, the rings were of very impressive quality, Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-48582001447575550932008-04-24T08:06:00.012-04:002008-04-24T23:38:24.155-04:00The last thing you said before you walked out of my life..."There's such a thing as loving too much."I guess I just didn't know any other way to love you. ***Closed off from loveI didn't need the painOnce or twice was enoughAnd it was all in vainTime starts to passBefore you know it you're frozenBut something happenedFor the very first time with youMy heart melted into the groundFound something trueAnd everyone's looking roundThinking I'm going crazyBut Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-54882531448434710732008-04-22T00:00:00.003-04:002008-04-22T00:08:21.866-04:00sugar how'd you get so fly?Something deep inside tells me that I'd really like to get to know you better. ***You got me lifted, shifted higher than the ceilingAnd ooohh whee, it’s the ultimate feelingYou got me lifted, feelin so giftedSugar how’d you get so fly? Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-35246363066249440712008-04-20T19:28:00.004-04:002008-04-20T19:44:10.431-04:00almost doneBrought my Rogue rings to a playground at one of the elementary schools in Ann Arbor, tossed the straps over (ironically enough) a mounted ring set, and worked on some ring skills this morning. Rings are humbling! I'll post more when I have some time... As of now, only my history final tomorrow stands between me and the end of my undergraduate career... but I still have four more chapters to Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-5029456250735651002008-04-16T20:55:00.003-04:002008-04-16T21:41:32.883-04:00不死之身 (林俊傑)This is one of my favorite Mandarin songs - loosely translated to read "Eternal Life", by JJ Lin. It was released sometime back in 2006 and I hadn't heard it in a while, but all of a sudden I thought of it again, and found it on imeem. For the record, my wimpy diet of Mandarin songs primarily consists of Jay Chou's tunes and maybe some random ditties by other artistes like Elva Hsiao. On another Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-43378548742651788152008-04-13T21:47:00.001-04:002008-04-13T21:49:05.879-04:00shades of grayHmm, interesting.Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-91992825779030221322008-04-02T18:18:00.004-04:002008-04-02T18:27:12.598-04:00Yeah, Michigan!Here's to another year in Ann Arbor!"Those who stay will be champions."- Bo Schembechler, legendary University of Michigan Football Coach from 1969-1989.Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-86663945573402854992008-04-01T10:13:00.003-04:002008-04-01T18:40:06.229-04:00thesis schmesisI'd take another chance Take a fall, take a shot for youAnd I need you like a heart needs a beat(But that's nothing new)Looking at a year-and-a-half's worth of work in the form of a neatly-bound 132-page thesis, I can say it's been quite an experience. Especially the last week or so. On Sunday (the day before the thesis was due) I spent sixteen straight hours slogging away in the Angell Hall Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-53961343042478921182008-03-12T18:30:00.008-04:002008-03-12T20:38:56.275-04:00oldies but goodiesOkay, so I discovered Leqi's stash of photos from junior college days, tucked away in the obscure crevices of the World Wide Web... thanks, partner! Gao Shang's doing some sort of sexy shuffle in the middle, the look of disgust on Weiqi's face is priceless, can't tell what the heck Lydia is thinking, Mag looks like an agitated mother trying to keep her unruly child in check, both Leqi and Vania Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-48237130362671753422008-03-11T08:28:00.003-04:002008-03-11T08:34:28.810-04:00wake-up callGotta love Adam Levine's voice!***I didn't hear what you were sayingI live on raw emotion, babyI answer questions never maybeAnd I'm not kind if you betray meSo who the hell are you to say weNever would have made it babeIf you needed loveWell then ask for loveCould have given loveNow I’m taking loveAnd it’s not my faultCause you both deserveWhat is coming nowSo don’t say a wordWake up callCaught Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-38767185212834399472008-03-02T21:07:00.003-05:002008-03-02T21:23:22.940-05:00it's like picking at a scabit's been almost two months, yet i still find myself thinking about you. usually i push my thoughts aside, most of the time i succeed in immersing myself in something else (i suppose it's hard to think when you're occupied with work, talking to others, or just trying to survive another brutal CrossFit workout), but it's the quiet moments that get me. and they're lying in wait for me everywhere - Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-55441465445446008572008-02-29T21:28:00.000-05:002008-02-29T21:29:49.322-05:00i turned a bit of my pain into a songEvery angel had dirty handsEven Judas planned to just carry onJust picking up the piecesOf what lies behind those sorrowful eyesYou can walk awayYou don't have to go onYou don't have to be strongWalk away nowYou can walk awayFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-24106610754235600832008-02-26T19:37:00.002-05:002008-02-26T19:43:52.359-05:00all the ice cream you could ever eatCourtesy of http://www.sgforums.com/forums/4/topics/281583The New Zealand Natural ice cream buffet at Novena Square really isn't a myth after all, as I discovered yesterday. My brother was thrilled when I told him we ought to go check it out. And check it out he did - he promptly polished off four bowls of ice cream (three scoops per bowl), a plate of pasta, and nachos with cheese. I decided to Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-47414198053550542912008-02-26T19:29:00.003-05:002008-02-26T19:35:31.301-05:00the lover after meHere I go again I promised myself I wouldn't think of you todayIt's been seven months and countingYou've moved onI still feel exactly the sameIt's just that everywhere I go All the buildings know your nameLike photographs and memories of loveSteel and granite remindersThe city calls your name and I can't move onEver since you've been goneThe lights go out the sameThe only difference isYou call Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-82232393285882567382008-02-18T20:04:00.004-05:002008-02-18T23:04:26.932-05:00Excerpted from "In the Grip of Grace" by Max LucadoGuilt and Graceby Max LucadoSometime ago I read a story of a youngster who was shooting rocks with a slingshot. He could never hit his target. As he returned to Grandma’s backyard, he spied her pet duck. On impulse he took aim and let fly. The stone hit, and the duck was dead. The boy panicked and hid the bird in the woodpile, only to look up and see his sister watching. After lunch that day, Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-32543911881345056142008-02-17T22:26:00.004-05:002008-02-17T22:41:00.150-05:00watching the candle flicker out in the evening glowi was thinking of secondary school times and chuckled upon remembering how we wanted to form a band back then, in the height of the boyband craze and all the various teenybopper singers we used to listen to. if i'm not mistaken, we wanted to name ourselves "ten points offshore", though i can't quite recall the reason behind the name. good thing nothing ever came of it, though, because we realizedFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-58523108995452430922008-02-16T21:59:00.003-05:002008-02-16T22:11:57.809-05:00Darren Hayes - The Only OneThis man has one of the most beautiful voices ever. Listen and be amazed! in a world so cynicalyou came in and changed the ballfrom black to whiteand made me rightthis is all atypicalno one else has had the timeto read the signsyou are the only oneno one else can keep me fromthe danger of myselfyou keep me strongeryou are the only oneand now i love you even morethan i did beforeFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-41571138272081385402008-02-15T08:27:00.003-05:002008-02-15T08:36:56.649-05:00stop breathing if i don't see you any morea busy, busy week looms ahead. two exams, both for courses i don't really care about (they're pretty much just filler courses i took to maintain full-time student status). there's history on tuesday and i need to look up all the names of people and places and somehow regurgitate them during the 50-minute exam. kind of pointless, if you ask me. thankfully i'll be done with my geosci minicourse on Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-63221951897209848812008-02-14T08:41:00.006-05:002008-02-14T17:53:16.697-05:00Hombres G - There Isi know it's the worst day of the year to think about this, but i remember you telling me that you never wanted to see me hurt the way you'd been hurt by someone else beforeThis vacation’s useless, these white pills are goneI’ve given a lot of thought on this 13 hour drive I missed the grinded concrete where we sat past 8 or 9 Slowly finished laughing in the glow of our head lights I’ve given a Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-202279890368682112008-02-13T19:05:00.005-05:002008-02-13T19:21:04.136-05:00Till I See You - Hillsong United The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. - Psalm 18:2 (NIV)This song never fails to minister to me and serve as a reminder of God's unchanging love. I don't think there's any other constant in this world. You are bound to encounter bitter disappointments, struggles, and Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-18769912498710049222008-02-12T23:11:00.001-05:002008-02-12T23:13:12.243-05:00i needed the reminder...“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”1 Corinthians 13:6-7Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-17004550827459037842008-02-12T15:49:00.001-05:002008-02-12T15:56:12.700-05:00WOD for Wednesday 02/13Alright guys, forget all I've ever said about CrossFit.If you really are looking to get fit in twenty minutes a day, and don't mind people staring while you work out, wondering what the hell you're up to...This is the real deal! ...............I almost fell off my chair laughing at this! (Well, I suppose I would have fallen off, had it been a Hawaii Chair). ;)Fenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3451407.post-53122531447579933802008-02-10T20:36:00.000-05:002008-02-10T21:22:51.625-05:00the beauty of throwing weight aroundone week since i started serious oly training and i am loving it. time to knuckle down and learn (hopefully master someday) the finer details behind the snatch and the c+j. enough of that premature-arm-pulling-before-your-legs-reach-full-extension kind of shit that i am so wont to do when trying to do "grace" for time. that kind of half-assed technique might be enough to get me through "grace" orFenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263233770156588491noreply@blogger.com0