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Continued Story
September 29, 2008 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
Pat tells us that he wishes to travel, experience the world and witness with his eyes the things that happen every where. He will take his legs, his feet, his hands with him to fulfill that sort of desire one day for many days and nights. With him, he will bring his camera, laptop and other necessities to keep various moments immortalized forever digitally. He will have a fabulous and grand journey and he will meet many people and hear different languages and smell and touch and sense many different sensations.
Epic.
I dream of traveling. I dream of visiting places that will bring me visually intensive grandeur. I wish to walk, tread, take a stroll in places where it would give me a lot of spiritual integration and comfort. Allowing myself to be with everything that I can see would be an epically awesome thing to experience. However, I cannot. There are things I have given up on. Quite a many things – at least, in my perspective. (more…)
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What about my star?
September 28, 2008 by Leeman, under Realization, Sports & Traveling.
Sorry, I would have entered something earlier but I needed to clear my mind of excess.
I found the summer to be slightly warmer, but things have become colder for me on the inside. Of course, since Alex came back for the two or so weeks, I had a lot of fun connecting with old friends, new friends and continuing friendships, but I find that I have become more detached to them.
This summer, I had the chance to do a nice long ride with Ryan, Patrick and Albert. I like those sort of rides. They’re tough and challenging. It is a sole challenge. It’s not painful in the sense where I am not enjoying myself. It’s because I cycle a lot that whatever physical challenges I meet, I am prepared enough for it. (more…)
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Hong Kong 2007 – Part 3 of 3
February 4, 2008 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling.
1:56pm
Sorry. My long awaited entry for the last Hong Kong 2007 photo entry set took awhile. However, here it is in all it’s glorious might! ^o^
Hong Kong 2007 – The City That Never Sleeps – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 1 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 2 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 3 of 3 – CLICK HERE
^^ This is the crossover station between the KCR and MTR lines at Tai Wai. My 5th Aunt lives about 15 to 20 minute walking distance from there. (more…)
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Getting Ahead
February 4, 2008 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling.
6:31am
Sounds pretty obvious eh?
I’m not much for sitting on a couch and watching sports that go around in circles like sports car racing, or ball games where the ball is being passed around. I find watching them quite a dull. I mean, after you’ve watched the 10th basketball game, how are the next hundred going to be any different from the first two games? So if you ever catch me watching basketball, hockey, football, Formula One, and/or Cricket, it’s because A) I was/am not really watching and more like thinking about something completely different, B) thinking about something completely different and occasionally ridiculing the point of watching the same thing over and over again, C) I was with other company and they enjoy that sort of thing and I so happened to be there, D) it was either that or an Evangelist ranting on about how the end is near, E) it was either that or watching porn while sensitive company is in the near vicinity, and/or finally F) I’m researching for work.
I hate researching stuff for work, but it beats watching an Evangelist preaching something counteractive to ‘sup baat sui bok bok chui’. Don’t hit me! [points westward over the ocean] He taught me! He did!
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Vision Without Action is a Daydream
February 3, 2008 by Leeman, under Inspirational, Love Economics, Sex, Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
2:38am
There’s a lot of things I would like to try and have tried some of those things. I continue to try to see if I can do some of those things, but something inside here [points to my chest] stops me at the last moment and sometimes, circumstance stops my choices from materializing. A heavenly coincidence is the best I can term it. Nevertheless, I’m lucky to have the universe influence the obstacles in my life like this.
On top of that, everyone including my family and those who know me well enough know that I am quite an impulsive person when it comes to wanting to do something. Some of you may not have experienced with that because I do have reservations depending on certain things. This part of me shows up coinciding ‘slow change’, which this entry is really about. (more…)
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Hong Kong 2007 – Part 2 of 3
January 3, 2008 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling.
10:38am
Hong Kong 2007 – The City That Never Sleeps – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 1 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 2 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 3 of 3 – CLICK HERE
^^ On the morning of Xmas Eve, I received a knock from Room Service who again, ignored my “PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB” sign hanging on the knob outside. I told him to go away politely. Then came a second knock and it was Room Service again with some other person who was delivering Xmas cakes to all the hotel guests. It wasn’t that good, but it wasn’t that bad either. However, I thought it was a nice gesture from the hotel. (more…)
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Twilight Memories
January 3, 2008 by Leeman, under Love Economics, Sex, Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
8:35am
Tune: “Nocturne” by Secret Garden
Drink: Ginseng Tea
I once saw a photo of a nude woman suspended in an ocean. I wanted to purchase that framed photo, but at the time, $180 US was a bit steep for me. As well, there isn’t a place in the house I can quite hang it up for maximum effect. That picture was beautiful because the ocean is a place I cannot venture into, but it would be the closest thing possible for me to feel freedom, even within the confinements of that sea.
When I was alone, to meditate, even when I was not alone, to meditate, I found, or rather, I exposed parts of my inner self to the self-awareness part of me that want to touch the hidden emotions and thoughts, and the results were quite ridiculous. Even now, I meditate on those results. (more…)
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Hong Kong 2007 – Part 1 of 3
December 24, 2007 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling.
1:36am HKT
Hong Kong 2007 – The City That Never Sleeps – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 1 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 2 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Hong Kong 2007 – Part 3 of 3 – CLICK HERE
Tune: “Eyes Are At The Billions” by Cortney Tidwell
Drink/Food: Hot Water/Dark Chocolate Xmas Cake
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^^ At Wah Wing Dimsum in the morning before our flight.
Unlike last year’s trip to Hong Kong, I didn’t feel much for this one, this time around. At least last year’s, right off the bat, I had some cultural experiences from day 1. This year, right off the bat, it felt like a hectic version of my life in Vancouver – no career-related work, but lots of walking – not good for flat feet.
^^ The salt-water aquarium display inside the Vancouver International Airport. (more…)
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Hong Kong 2007 – The City That Never Sleeps
December 21, 2007 by Leeman, under Love Economics, Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
10:30pm
Tune: “Traveler” by Rhian Sheehan
Drink: Blue Ice Beer
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Has the view ever been better? Never. That’s because I’ve never had a view with a better view, nor a view that is equally as good. Which in clarity means the view is mediocre.
^^ View from my suite – Floor/Room: 9/35. Royal Park Hotel in Shatin. 4 Stars. Damn it to hell 10th floor rennovations until midnight, but compared to The Venetian in Macau, I prefer this place MUCH more. ^^
My feelings at the moment are more refinely perturbed than ever before. There has been many thoughts within thoughts within thoughts. A majority of my awareness wishes to share these thoughts here, but the ruling minority abruptly declares a simple “denied”. (more…)
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Representing
December 1, 2007 by Leeman, under Dreams, Sports & Traveling.
8:25am
I had a dream this morning where I was going to school somewhere. The teacher was supposed to be Mr. Whittingham, except that a substitute was teaching in his place, and even though the course was Social Studies, it seemed that I was a ‘special’ student there that had the authority to set my own schedule.
That part of the dream was mainly set in a specific area that looked like the backyard of an older house. The class was on the bottom floor and was accessed via the back entrance. I remember I was somewhere thinking a bit left out that the other students were segregated from me, but I also tried to humble myself by staying away from them believing that if I stayed out of sight, they wouldn’t think I was trying to be a snob that was getting special treatment. (more…)
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A View I Haven't Seen
November 7, 2007 by Leeman, under Dreams, Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
6:24am
“Damn it Jim! I’m a miracle worker! Not a doctor!” Were the words of Jon during one of our nightly role playing games back in the days. [laughs]
Tune: “Pulse” by Yoko Kanno
Drink: Fonseca Bin 27 Port
I’ll have to go and get some more this Friday. I’ll probably get two or three bottles this time around. I might try something new.
I was just thinking, have any of you desired to go out on a bang? No, not sexually fool! Meaning, well you know what I mean. (more…)
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Glossy Memories
October 17, 2007 by Leeman, under Dreams, Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
5:15am
Tune: “Power of Sound” by Ace
I have to wake up at 11am today for work, so I have to keep this short. I’ve been listening to this track on and off for a couple of days now, but I heard it before a few months ago when I was really into Initial D. I recently got back into it, and is in the process of rewatching the Fourth Stage.
As I was watching it, and listening to the track, a few ‘memories’ resurfaced. It’s hard to explain, but those ‘memories’ resurfaced with a very subtle hint of the emotions attached to those ‘memories’. I am putting quotations on “memories” because those memories are very vague.
Imagine a street scene, in Hong Kong or somewhere similar. Quiet night in the area, but noisy in the distance. The street is bright and lit up by yellowish orange lights from above. The street is dry but the surface is a little glossy. The street is empty. There is a car behind me, playing this tune or a similar tune. It has a fast beat to it. It’s a dance song (none of that shit that we have now mind you). Even if it’s a dance song, there’s quite a bit of emotion attached to it. Hard to explain.
Well, that’s all I’m going to say about the scene. I brought it up cuz I see it in my ‘memory’, and I am trying to hold onto that memory and those emotions, as vague as they may be. Why? Because I no longer have those emotions. I haven’t felt that way for years. I think the last time I felt those sort of emotions was back before 2001. Maybe even in 1999, or 1998?
I can’t close my eyes either and think. It disappears faster. [chuckles] It’s fading, but I can still see it. It reminds me of those nights, those friggin cold nights. We can’t go back to those days and nights, but I can always try to remember them.
BTW, I got your Top Gear email Jon. Will reply in a day. Just mentioning it here, cuz I’m excited. Series 10!!! WOOHOO!
5:28am
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Fumbling With His 3 Pound Balls (Updated 8/20/07)
August 7, 2007 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
12:23am
Sometimes, I feel like an old man and my grandsons come home from overseas and visit me. Sometimes, they bring me a bottle of Port. Other times, they bring me amusing stories. Then there are times like tonight where they bring me bokkens. There’s nothing like bringing an old man a pair of bokkens to remind him of days long passed, when he had fun with the bunch, did lion dancing, and walked to and from the club through rain and sun.
Tune: “Gentle Rays” by Naoshi Mizuta
Mood: A bit nostalgic
Drink: Hmm, I’ll go get some more ice water…
Another good thing about summer is that I can drink ice water without freezing. During the summer, my room is the hottest in the house. During the winter, it is the second coldest room in the house, the first being the washroom downstairs. Aside from last year, my childhood, and spending time at the swings late in the night with Jon, I haven’t had a summer where it was particularily enjoyable. My favorite season is mid Spring where rain is prevailant. I love the sound of thunder and lightning and the heavy down-pour of rainfall. My second favorite season would be early Autumn where the leaves turn orange, red, and yellow and drift endlessly around.
Summer is beautiful at the least. Winter can also be beautiful too. Just that it’s so damn cold. There is nothing like waking up in the morning, open the front door to a foot or two of snow, untrampelled, and the sky is crisp blue. That feeling is very nice and soothing.
^^ Love the bokkens! Domo arigatoo. [bows]
Jon rang me up around 7:20pm today and asked if I was busy. I was doing some finishing touches on a Razor piece and told him to meet me at the garage and we’ll go get something to drink. He came by and gave me two daito bokkens. Their weight seemed off – not nearly as heavy as the ones I had before that I trained with, but they looked really nice. I thought that it was a coincidence because about 4 or 5 days ago when I took my cousin out riding, I saw three men practicing iaido near Cambie school and I was nostalgic for a bit there. Then today, Jon comes by and gives me these two very nice looking bokkens and immediately, I thought, “Awesome! I can now go swing them around when I want time by myself below the stars to think and cast away some stress with those overhead chops.” (more…)
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A Surreal Sky
August 6, 2007 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
2:08am
Tune: “Traces” by Enigma
Mood: Gum-Ache killing me furiously
Drink: Ice water
My cousin left Friday evening, then Albert and Jenny came over around 7:30pm. We went to the gym and for the rest of the night, I spent time on work and anime. Saturday came and went. I had a three hour MSN conversation with Mandy, mainly about random things, her thoughts, and about love. I wanted to get back online this night to talk to her more, but this gum ache is really killing my mood for anything. However, I did manage to squeeze in a few episodes of Desert Punk.
I named this entry “A Surreal Sky” because I went for a furious bike ride earlier this evening around 8:30pm, and as I rode my usual route, I looked about and noticed a familiarity with my surroundings. It wasn’t the obvious fact that I’ve ridden this route roughly 500 times in the last 4 years. No, instead, it was the ambience and feeling associated with it. I stopped at the turn-around point and looked across the farms north, towards Vancouver, Burnaby, Port Coquitlam, and beyond and as my eyes scoured across that land, I had flashback memories of the places I’ve walked, bussed and drove to and back. The most common words I think about has always been “Who would have thought I was there?” Followed by, “And now I am here staring back in time, different, yet the same.” (more…)
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The Horndog And His Sidekick, The Chin Hair Cutter
August 4, 2007 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family.
12:53am
Tune: “Callista” by Saki Kaskas
Mood: A bit sleepy, and slightly excited
Drink: 4% Milk
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^^ Brandon, The Horndog and his sidekick, The Chin Hair Cutter taking a picture together during a break somewhere… (more…)
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A Mid Evening Ride
May 31, 2007 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling.
9:27pm
Finding no one on my phonebook that lives close enough for a bike ride, I went out on my own around 8:30pm. Before I even decided to do my usual 7.2 kilometre ride – well, it used to be usual route; I thought of just doing the current usual 3 kilometre ride instead, but after watching an episode of Ah! Megami Sama – Sorezore No Tsubasa where Skuld learned how to ride a two wheeled bike, it reminded me of the time I taught my then 6 year old cousin Brandon to ride his without his training wheels. That itself gave me a temporary renewed motivation to ride the 7.2.
^^ After reaching the turn-around point, I caught some pictures. This image is a bit dark, but what you’re seeing are the Cypress Mountains north-westward. (more…)
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The Five Odes
May 24, 2007 by Leeman, under Inspirational, Sports & Traveling, Visions & Family, Why Is The Moon?.
9:13pm
Wait! [runs off to the shower with a peeled orange]
(32 minutes later…)
Pat should be glad there weren’t any pictures of me half naked in a drunken stupor, eating a banana. [wink]
I dedicate this entry to five things:
1) my Sonic 02 hardtail
2) the uneaten, unpeeled banana lying beside my keyboard
3) Michelle for a shipwide mutiny
4) the 8.5 hour MSN conversation I had with Jon the other day
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Blanked Out?
May 14, 2007 by Leeman, under Sports & Traveling.
1:49pm
Anyone ever sat in front of their desk or computer while thinking you are doing something, like reading an article or doing work, when you look at the time, and realized that you hadn’t done anything for the last 23 minutes at all, but just sit there? Well, that happened to me just now and it was weird. Last time I checked the clock, it read “13:23″, then I proceeded to stare at the monitor and then my eyes drifted to the clock again and it read “13:46″. My first reaction was “What the hell? What did I do for the last 23 minutes?!?!” Then my second reaction was “Only an hour and a bit until I get to go home! Woohoo!
1:57pm
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Spongey's First Pacific Spirit Ride
May 13, 2007 by Leeman, under Bunches Of Oats, Sports & Traveling.
9:53pm
Enough said.
BTW, any tall Asian-descendent guys who is single, not pale looking and have a proportionate meat and muscle to height balance, her butt is quite big and round and stiff enough to make a loud smack-sound if you slap it. However, I don’t officially know that, and don’t ask me anything else, cuz I don’t want to know anything else and because I have a damn good imagination, thus my line of work, I don’t want you to ask me about anything else about that or similar things.
[sighs] [drinks some Kokanee] [pauses] [adjusts my pants] [thinks about greenery] [thinks about what Laura told me]
Ah for fuck sakes!
9:59pm
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A Short Ride With Laura
May 10, 2007 by Leeman, under Bunches Of Oats, Sports & Traveling.
10:31am
^^ We can almost be twins… Not that I’m saying she looks like a he and I look like a she, but moreso that… Hmmm, I just noticed… Spongey – stop slouching!
The last couple of weeks was straight work, and the last week had been nearly no gaming too! [sobs] With that said, I got my lazy ass out of my work for a couple of hours and picked Laura up from her place around noon, drove her down and had a short ride half way down the Shell Trail. It was a very nice day but there was wind chill and that killed my ear drums. The constant erection also didn’t help which made me light-headed, and no damn it, it had nothing to do with staring at her massively fine ass while we biked.
Notes for next time:
- get more than 2 hours of sleep – preferrably around 6 to 8
- eat a bigger breakfast
- wear a toque
- mb twice before riding
- plug ears and hum loudly when Laura or any female attempt to describe sweat beads rolling down between large breasts
After I dropped Laura off, I went home, went straight into work and then fell asleep by 6pm and woke up this morning around 3am. 9 hours. NINE HOURS! So today, since this morning, straight work. Ray’s been emailing me loads, and I have to catch up on par with Lon and Jay too. Who would have thought that three hours out of my work schedule would be so chaotic in the afterward eh? EH?!?!
10:37am
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Hong Kong 10/22 to 11/12/2006 – Part II
November 14, 2006 by Leeman, under Love Economics, Sports & Traveling, Summer in June, Tea Girl, Visions & Family.
Continued from PREVIOUS PAGE – click here. I decided to split this entry up into two parts, as the bandwidth was killing me.
^^ There’s something nice and artistic about the blur in this photo. Don’t u agree? 8]
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Hong Kong 10/22 to 11/12/2006 – Part I
November 14, 2006 by Leeman, under Love Economics, Sports & Traveling, Summer in June, Tea Girl, Visions & Family.
2:14am
Please note that it will take me a good two to three hours to upload the photos one by one – very tedious, and try to remember what happened that moment, then string it up to look real perty… [sigh] Oh, and I deleted the previous two entries. Sorry to all the people that made comments. They were good comments… [sobs]
Let’s start off this entry with my very moody face…
^^ I was super grouchy in this pic. There were a number of reasons: 1) just went through a 14 and a half hour flight in an Air Canada Airbus-300 jet, flying econ class without properly preparing for this grueling flight beforehand – eg: spending most of the time doing nothing. At least I got to watch MI3. 2) the van taxi that picked us up had this disgusting overwhelming perfume smell that came out of its ventilation every time the van stopped and went at an intersection or something. The disgusting smell was the type that attacks your nostrils at full force and then invades your brain for a good dose of “shit, it’s eating my lobes and pulling my stomach up my throat”. Oh and did I tell u that it took a good hour to get from the airport to our village? 3) I was met with a large dose of heat and humidity. Which made my nutsack sweat and become uncomfortable.
[ponders] I think this pic of me as a starter just destroyed my chances of ever getting a new girlfriend. Nice! [both thumbs up! WAY UP! (way up your ass damn it)]
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Mount Seymour Bridal Path (Updated)
September 23, 2006 by Leeman, under Bunches Of Oats, Sports & Traveling.
2:55pm
Information & Map: LINK
After a month and a bit of massive stress, the last couple of weeks had been pretty easy-going. So it’s great to end my weekend to my last week at work with some nice beginner hard core downhill crossed with mountainous terrain bike riding. There’s another oxymoron there eh? It’s a beginner’s ride comparative to how most/all other North Shore mountain biking is.
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Riding The World
September 9, 2006 by Leeman, under Inspirational, Sports & Traveling.
7:36pm
["Silhoutte Dance" from the Ridge Racer R4 OST]
For awhile now, I’ve been pondering on whether to train pro or not. I’m pretty old to start, and hard to get strong. After watching Nasu, it gave me more inspiration.
^^ The Cervelo P2SL Race Bike. This was my original goal, and it costs a lot less than the next one. The entire bike costs about $3000 cdn. (LINK)
^^ The Cervelo P2C Race Bike. This one is a bit more pricey at $4300, but base on the specs, it looks like a choice bike. (LINK)
I might actually have a total of three bikes within the next 3 years, excluding a motorcycle. 8] My Ironhorse Sonic 02 Front Suspension bike, my new Full Suspension bike – if I get into cross-country mountain, and the new road cross country bike. [sigh] Need to save then… 8]
7:42pm
Edited 8:52pm: And that was a pretty good ride. I did my usual daily round and came back to take Albert’s Maverick out for a sprint. Approximately 2 kilometres in 5 minutes – that’s including traffic obstacles. So far, back on my old record, I could do 1.6 kilometres in about a minute and a half. Need to recheck that record since that was a sprint I did more than 2 years ago.
I wish there is a very long straight gradual up and down road I can ride on around here, but I might have to go to the Prairies, in the boonie middle States or Spain for that sort of road. [sigh]
8:57pm
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Carlo & Donna And Then Some
August 28, 2006 by Leeman, under Bunches Of Oats, Love Economics, Sports & Traveling.
11:05pm
["Fuzzy Kittens" by Super Massive Blackholes]
So August 26th finally came and went. There was really nothing to it, though I do embarrassingly admit that I tried avoiding the washroom because it was right next to their table. Unfortunately, due to my stupidity, I drank more than half a bottle of Yellowtail Shiraz and a few gulps of Cognac and ended up going to the washroom 3 or 4 times. [sigh] After I got home, I even thought how silly it is to even have to ‘worry’ about what others think, etc.
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