Matriarchy

Plague

You have returned,
Or have you not left at all?

I am a man,
Avoid me not like a plague.

Time

What do you know about time?
How much do you know about time?

Has a day always been 24 hours?
Who set it at 24 hours?
What was it before it was decided that a day is 24 hours?

Why is the Gregorian calender in use?
What was before the Gregorian calender?

You don't that much, do you?

Time is confusing.

Norwegian Wood

"You know the English subjunctive, you understand trigonometry, you can read Marx, and you don't know the answer to something as simple as that?"

"Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life."

- Haruki Murakami. (1987). Norwegian Wood

Nike+ Human Race 2009

Running at 7 a.m. tomorrow.

Meeting Jeremy at 530 a.m.

Here's to more runs.

没有烟抽的日子

And the original.

Dream

I think about you, baby

and I dream about you all the time.

I did dream about you.

My Newer-than-New Toy

This is my newer than new toy. In fact I'm posting this entry using this toy. It's a 13-inch MacBook Pro. It cost $1848, or $77 a month on hire purchase.

My friend said that it was an impulse buy. I denied it, saying that I had considered this for a while. Plus the last laptop I had, or still have, is my 5-year-old iBook. 5 years, who could use a laptop for 5 years and still have it in great condition? It's really slow though, through no fault of mine.

Then again, who am I kidding? It is SO an impulse buy. I did check it out for a while, but I never truly contemplated buying it. It's $1848. To me, that IS a lot of money.

Who the hell invented hire purchase? Interest-free. It's a gimmick that gives us a false sense of security. Compare $1848 to $77-a-month. All it does is let us fulfill all these wants that we have, allowing ourselves to believe that it is now affordable and be justified by our foolish brain as a need.

But it's SO pretty! Now for the accessories.

My New Toy

This is the Nike+ Sportband. It costs $99.90 at any Nike outlet and comes with a sensor.

It is a useful tool for any runner for it measures distance, pace, time and calories burnt. With a Nike+ account, runs get sync'd and recorded on the Nike+ website. However, the website is still full of bugs and can be exasperating to use.

I got this after knowing my friend has a similar system. It has proved pretty useful as it allowed me to control my run better and train better. Pacing is now easily done with a regular check of the band. Distance can be measured with resorting to plotting on googlemap. Calories are not really an issue with me.

In addition, when not running, it serves as a watch. I have had watches, but they never last long. This one is at least rechargeable.