Wahhaah still have one paper to go on friday & already in holiday mood. Haiz haiz must restraint, RESTRAINT! Only few more days, put in the effort for the last Thermofluids II paper & whoa! Then the holiday anvil can come lose on me full time anytime.

Moreover, though I find the Thermofluids kinda dry & boring it’s our lecturer Mr Pawa which makes the lessons very interesting, if it’s not his open nature for exam consultation, its his astonishing relation of our dirt dry lecture notes to practical real-life aspects. Not to mention his professionalism in teaching, just such of the very few rare lecturer breeds I came across in my course of Mechanical study. Simply just motivates you to score & ‘A’ grade just not for yourself, but also for who your teacher is. *Locks self to room & devour more dual combustion & rankine cycle theory*

Gadget Talk
Nevertheless, almost put aside my quest for the perfect phone as there seem to be no puurfect phone around, even the Sony Ericsson P990i & Dopod 838 Pro don’t appeal to me, just when I thought I have to survive with a dinky Nokia 7250i for months to come, the BenQ-Siemens P51 came along:

The Benq-Siemens p51 GSM (850/900/1800/1900 mhz) & GPRS (No UTMS) WM 5.0 OS Phone Edition (With AKU2 Push E-mail) 2,83″ TFT QVGA display (240×320 pixels @ 65k colors) 1.3MP camera with flash 128mb RAM & 128 ROM QWERTY- Keyboard GPS-module SiRF Star III FM Radio (Unheard, but stated on offical website) Bluetooth (Version not stated yet) Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), Bluetooth & USB 2.5mm Audio Jack (yea!) Full Sized SDIO/MMC card slot (yea!) SMS, MMS & E-mail USB Sync & Charging Li-Ion battery with 1370 ma/h capacity 240 minutes (4hrs) talk time 150 hours stand by 122х60х20 mm 170 grams It seems to have everything I need, well for at least about 2 years ahead. Till it starts giving the usual gitches & battery wear. Till then, I don’t really need 3G UTMS as firstly its too expensive, secondly it’s a battery drain & thirdly even if I have one, who am I gonna video call? Almost anyone I know who own 3G phones presently still run their 2.5G SIM cards internal & amazingly it’s a norm here in Singapore. Even those with 3G sims hardly use UTMS & definately they won’t wanna run unnecessary 3G video calls either. Camera-wise, since I use my phone camera mainly for web-based photoblogging for the site, 1.3MP is more than enough for me, though 2MP is the norm now. In fact I will most probably see myself shooting Max quality VGA (640×480) most of the time. The 2.5mm stereo jack problem could be easily settled with an adaptor for 3.5mm headphones, which can be found in many SimLim audio shops & its beats attaching an adaptor found in many phones extending the device length by inches at ago. Otherwise, the FM radio function is very much unconfirmed on various mobile review sites, except being briefly mentioned on the official site itself (which do not seem credible at this moment of time). The GPS function is definately cool for driving & in my annual adventure races, not to mention having to carry only one device for photos, PDA & phone for trips (contray to 2 devices I carry everyday now). Full-sized SD slot allows me to use large capacity & cheaper 4GB cards for large GPS maps & music/videos. Just throw in USB host support to top it up & it can just hit the sweet spot just great. Expect it to cost around $800SGD & below it being a GSM quad-band only phone, so prices will definately be lower. Benq-Siemens p51 Official Site

The Newbalance realrun was on yesterday (Bib no. MO1959). In the mist of all the sunburn we’ve got from the sea water, tanning oil & a good sunny weather. Now all red like overcooked lobster… Yea, but it was cool, literally…

This year’s crowd was smaller than last year’s (presumably because of Sheares Bridge run 2006 next week), with the opens crowd not even up to the gatecarpark entrance (the slope with cars parked leading to the merlion behind the start line), as opposed to last year’s crowd. But nevertheless a respectable crowd is still there which resulted in a very slow start. It took like 3.3mins after the horn to actually cross the start line! wah next time start in front lol. The start is where its packed the most especially the satellite circle & I was really delayed off my usual running pace at the 4km mark – too many people & very difficult to overtake. Nevertheless, I really apprieciate water points, not for drinking but crowd control as everybody rush to the sides for water, there will always be a nice center clear path for me to speed up catch up with my pacing.

Besides relying on pure power to overtake on uphills, the other overtaking spree is always at the sand part, which always seem to have an immediate mental effect on runners (I remembered seeing a runner immediately started walking the moment she touches the first grain of sand, like magic?). For me its my wildcard, generally, keep running & take small but constant strides & you can go quite fast on the loose sand. Strangely the sand part this year do not feel like 1.6km, maybe around 1.0-1.2km. Or maybe it just felt different due to a diversion of the usual route.

The trail part is still the same, fast shady dash to the finish with the all usual kids in the forest cheering ya on with distances left “too short” to be true.

Finished like 53:13.33, just 20 seconds faster than last year’s 53:36. But off way my aim of sub 50.. haiz.

Nevertheless a good run.

Missed The Sgrunners event aniversary photo taking together with samuel & trackz when we went to take our barang barang… Dang should have informed TLR instead of reno or our absence.

Interesting events during the run:

Yes, this year’s run seem to be rather ’stinky’, mainly because of a runner who soiled his pants when running! You can detect his faint distinctive presence at many points around the run, but nothing can beat what brokie & me encountered at the siloso beach area, round the 7-8km mark:

A Chinese guy with white singlet top, commendably running at a relatively fast pace in that condition too, with brown stained stuff seeping though his white running top & some umm brown stuff dripping down his leg. You definately can’t miss the sight, with the ever choking natural smell with always seem to be following you. Haha you can see a very large 5×3m gap behind him sia, very very funny. but still yucky… Which proved to be a very good motivational factor to overtake him & never let him OVERTAKE you again!

Interesting, interesting.

Post Race:
Hung out post race at siloso beach to chill out, played alittle volleyball, depsite being very rusty after one year from the sport. Otherwise theres frisbee. Heard the sgrunners are chlling out at tanjong beach, which is the other end of Sentosa, so didn’t join them in the end. Missed out on soccer & basket-football as I was too tried after the run to play. Nevertheless, the monkey’s ball game in the water proved to be one of the few group cohesive games, not to mention a not too physically demanding game for lazy bums like me.

Pohlong aka Alson came down midway during the day, who is ostrocized most of the time. Haha, but the some of us did mentioned not being too hard on him as its just his nature haha, so as some get to know of him though his seemingly “open nature”. He actually wanted to chat, so found some time to have nice leisure talk with him at the end of the day where I got to know him better. Turns out hes like one of the few “fallen angels” as well, out of JC & into poly. Then we chatted about school & stuffs, with Yuan & Cockroach. Generally everyone judges a book by its cover, so don’t be too deceptive as it seems, he’s not that bad as it seems when you get to know him in person. Nevertheless he is still the only one with a free seat beside him on the crowded bus back..

Oh yea, you can request a cert of the event throught the online login page, which do not seem to be working either.

Millege for the week (7 day period)
Sunset Way Canal Route 10km – Friday
New Balance RealRun, Sentosa 10km – Sunday
Total Millege for week = 20.0km (67% of 30km/week target met)

*chomps on apple muffin while typing this post* Man! Am I on the ball now, InterStella HyperDrive, Schedule On Track with NO Eminent possible Serailment, Beam me up Scotty, 3 Papers To Go!

My first paper will be on tomorrow, starting with Engineering Maths II. Been looking forward to it as it would mark the end of another module & one step closer to the end of the exams. For me, it would be with the Newbalance Realrun 2006 to look forward to at the end of the week.. & maybe a nice relaxing chill at the Sentosa beach with the track team thereafter in the mist of all this exam heat. Just dun rain… When the holiday starts, it will be the start of a new set of interesting challenges & “chores”, till then, chill.

You may notice that my blog these days are not really photoblogs, as my handphone is still currently down. & it beats carrying my digicam around too. Thus the ever bitching about technology & gadgets in search of a replacement phone these days. Otherwise, (as many would have already did) you can call my home phone (which I never knew still exists). Ahhh the tranquility of being away & ignoring GSM… Just let me savour the quiet, peaceful moment before the uncontactable angry mobs come after me in a few weeks to come…

Guess IVP caught me at a bad time this year. Firstly off with the semester exams smack right on weeks before the event, miscellanous commitments, marathon preparations (in mara mode now) & the possiblity of a light leg surgery during the september holidays. Interestingly, the doctor at TTSH had to postpone my appointment 2 times already, so inconvenient & inflexible schedules, hope they did not piss me off again when I am there or change my appointment again!

Nevertheless been training/running by myself despite missing offical track training, with the adsence of gym training. Anyway, heres my exam schedule:

17th August, Thursday – Engineering Maths II (2-4pm)
18th August, Friday – Mechanics II (9am-11am)
25th August, Friday – Thermofluids II (9am-11am)

Things will start to be clear by this friday, with the unloading of Maths & Mechanics from my temporary L2 cached memory brain cells to accomodate packing over the next week for Thermofluids II, think 640KB would be enough for anyone, well so as Bill Gates said…

Bwahhahaha all your ‘A’s are belong to me!

Millege for the last week (6th-12th August 7 day period)
15 rounds Tiong Bahru park, Thursday – 15km
SP Gym 3+1 Varied Weight Training + 5.1km threadmill – Friday
15 rounds Tiong Bahru park, Sunday – 15.2km
Total Millege for week = 35.1km (118% of 30km/week target met)

When I brought my first Siemens handphone more than 6 years ago, I’ve never turned away from that brand ever since & went on with my SX1 till now. Then things started looking bleak when BenQ acquired them. As I never really like BenQ phones. I never thought I would see myself owning another Siemens. Till I almost forgot of the Fujitsu-Siemens brand of phones. In the mist of searching for my next “purrrfect phone”, presenting the Fujitsu-Siemens T830. (Pictured on left, beside the HTC Hermes aka O2 XDA Trion aka Dopod 838 Pro on the right)
Specifications:

• Windows Mobile 5.0 OS
• 240×240 Touchscreen
• 2MP Primary Autofocus Camera
• Video Call Secondary VGA Cam
• GSM/UTMS 3G
• Side JogDial
• Wi-Fi 802.11b and 802.11g
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Built in GPS Chip & Reciever
• Hardware Qwerty Keyboard
• Full Sized SD/SDIO/MMC slot
• 3.5mm Audio Jack
• 128MB ROM & 64MB RAM

Maybe just make the keyboard more compact (like the blackberry/p990i or slider KB) to accomodate a full 2.7″ VGA 640×480 Screen (65k colours at least, 262k preferred), slap in HSPDA3.5G support & FM radio & it will just hit it right on the sweet spot.

One Fujitsu Siemens T830 review by solopalmari & another from mobinaute.com (with babelfish translation from french).

The greatest welcome for the T830 is the use of the standard full sized SD cards (over adaptor format nightmares with miniSD or the horrific microSD cards) with its SDIO/SD/MMC slot & the presence of a 3.5mm Audio Jack with mini USB sync as standard.

The biggest reason pulling me back in the T830 is the 240×240 1:1 aspect screen. Though being a WM5.0-specific supported feature, it will the product’s main downfall – it WILL HAVE problems with most PPC programs designed for the QVGA 4:3 aspect screens, together with older WM2003 programs (either it won’t run or will have the bottom chopped off). Hopefully Fujitsu Siemens will release a succesor to the already promising T830 with these such recommended changes I will cover next.

In summary, the dream phone most people would want at the moment is non-existent. Currently its only a bit here & there, so maybe da manufacturers can get back on the drawing board with these features AT LEAST:

• Windows Mobile 5.0 OS (Phone Ed)
• 400Mhz Processor (XScale 624Mhz preferred)
• QVGA Touchscreen (VGA 640×480 preferred)
• 2MP Primary Autofocus Camera
• 0.3MP Secondary Video Cam
• Quad-Band GSM/UTMS 3G/HSDPA
• Side JogDial
• Wi-Fi 802.11b & 802.11g
• Bluetooth 2.0
• FM Radio w/built-in Antenna
• IrDA (Optional)
• Mini-USB sync/charging port with USB Host
• Built in GPS Chip & Reciever
• Hardware Qwerty Keyboard (Slideout prefered to maintain form)
• Full Sized SD/SDIO/MMC slot - IMPORTANT!
• Full sized 3.5mm Audio Jack - IMPORTANT!
• 128MB ROM & 64MB RAM
• 1350mah primary battery

Some features compliment another, like the full sized SD/MMC slots to go for loading in large maps for the GPS function, the 3.5mm jack acting as an antenna for the FM radio & a universal Mini-USB port for everything IO. Moreover, so it won’t be considered a downgrade (or upgrade) when I get a replacement for my current 624Mhz VGA Dell Axim x50v. If only my Dell had a slide out keyboard & phone functionality… Hope I find my puurrfect phone soon, da current replacement 7250i is simply killing me.

Other than that, theres the HTC Artemis & the AnexTEK SP310 smartphone, here & here.

Been researching quite abit on the close battle between the 2 powerhouse phones, the Sony Ericsson P990i & the Dopod 838 Pro (HTC Hermes aka O2 XDA Trion aka Qtek 9600 whatever the rebranding). Both costing at least $1000 & representing the motherload of current consumer technology. I am still on the deciding stage so do drop down any comments/recomendations if any.

Here are the dissected advantages & disadvantages to consider:

P990i Advantages: FM Radio Friendlier User Interface More in-box accessories (like desktop charger, etc) Has all the possible ways to input text (KB, VKV, KP, Handwrite) Allows Touch Typing via Numeric keypad Seemingly better Camera (Cybershot Similar) Interface (Samples) Autofocus Camera with Marco & Semi-Pro Functions Looks, feels & uses more like a phone Lighter in weight 150g MS Duos Up to 8GB (4GB Max in market currently) More solid, have Sony Ericsson reknowned quality build, class & feel Has Cool removable Flip (Review) Revised new Symbian UIQ3.0 OS 262k Colour screen Very cool full Backlighting for KB & Numeric Keys Known better & reputable after sales & city repair service (SG side dependant) P990i Disadvantages: Larger volume 114×57x26mm dimensions Shorter battery Life Symbian OS UIQ3.0 don’t have much good expandable 3rd party software Incompatible with older Symbian UIQ applications Not the most user-friendly to install SIS/Jar Applications PC Sync is not one of the best & convenient Wi-fi up to Wireless-B (11Mps) Networks Smaller screen at same res Non-universal external media (MS Duo format mostly for Sony products only) Slightly more expensive (about $100-$200 more than the Dopod) No EDGE support Records video with a QVGA 320×240 pixels resolution at 15FPS MAX No 3.5mm audio Jack Need adaptor for PC-sync, Music & no direct Mini-USB port charging Stylus placed on left side? Limited onboard games & software (what you get out of box is more or less what you have)

Dopod 838 Pro Advantages: More familar Windows 5.0 OS Useful & discreet slide out keyboard Smaller volume 113×58x22mm dimensions Longer & Bigger battery (1350mah to 1120mah) Better contacts/email sync via ActiveSync & Outlook Extremely software expandable (plenty MP3 Players/Games in market) MicroSD format more compatible with more common SD slot devices with adaptor (than MS Duo) Higher Video capture framerate (QVGA 30FPS, Samples) Photos are sharper than the p990i Camera Marco Mode Faster 400Mhz Samsung Processor (to the P990i ARM9) Bigger, more comfortable QWERTY keyboard Quad-Band for various US/Europe Networks HSDPA 3.5G Networks Up to Wireless-G (54Mbps) Networks Larger screen at same res Relatively Cheaper Plug & play through any Mini-USB port Dopod 838 Pro Disadvantages: No Radio! Dumb MicroSD card format instead of fullsized SD (Adaptor Nightmare) MicroSD only up to 1GB capacity mainstream (with 2GB anounced only recently) Heavier (176g) Wasted space at keyboard Sides Not all front hardware buttons are backlighted (only softkeys, answer, hangup lighted) Talking is like holding an “N-gage” to your head Longer (2second+) shutter lag between shots Camera No Autofocus 65k Colour screen No 3.5mm Audio Jack Longtime OEM, HTC, has to establish its Dopod Housebrand, mostly unheard or new to the average consumer/layman. Not much of a Wow! factor compared to SE phones (& quality too) Not very spectacular & remote after sales & repair service center (SG side dependant)

More me, though it seems that the SE P990i seems to have the more cool factors & hardware functions, I am tending to lean more towards the Dopod side now, mainly because than I am a current Pocket PC user on a Dell Axim X50v, thus being more familar with the OS & able to run my favorite exisiting games, file explorers, notetakers & MP3 Players on it, futhermore SD cards are one of my most commonly used medias, & a MicroSD card can easily be compatible with all my full sized SD slot deviced with the adaptor, unlike MS Duo.

I didn’t touch on common features like Bluetooth (with A2DP & Audio Remote support), IrDA, Wifi, 128MB ROM/64MB RAM, Jogdial keys , no-software filesize limit, top flashing indictor lights, LED flash, being a “USB-mass-storage device” when PC-plugged & the 2MegaPixel camera as they are all common features. But I guess it’s the flexiblity built into the Windows OS which currently won me over. That is important as I can ultilise more features of the device with new upgraded software or registry changes given the nature of the Win Mobile OS, something the Symbian side can’t really do without risky flashing or hacking.

The lowdown is generally: Get the P990i if you want a phone with PDA functions OR Get the Dopod 838 Pro if you want a PDA with phone functions.

The last few upgrades for firefox had been rather cool for me, till the latest 1.5.0.6 which completely wiped out my bookmarks… My years of bookmarking all GONE! Duh… only to rejectively close the program, take a timeout only to slowly recreate their bookmarks while chanting swear words – hehe thats what most users will do after being “betrayed” but their favorite browser, so as it would be…

For me it’s a different story as I backup my bookmarks, (the wonders of backing up) but considering my last backup being more than a few months ago, I am really missing out alot. (Even WinXP system restore won’t get them to return).

Latter do most of us know, that Firefox is actually smart enough to keep backups of your bookmarks (thats why its still the best web browser right?) & to prevent file corruption whenever Firefox ever had a chance to crash.

So don’t just cry & weep over the browser or your bookmarks in the fine comfort or digital death (R.I.P), here are the steps to get them up as good as new:

In WinXP, head to the following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[Some Code Hash].default\bookmarkbackups

Replacing whatever in the [Brackets] with your username to get to the hidden folder path. From there, copy out the latest bookmark file (usually named to dates like bookmarks-2006-08-10.html)

Start Firefox, under Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks, Choose File -> Import then point it towards the file you’ve copied out ok & vollia! all your latest bookmarks are all in! Remember to backup the .html file in a safe place in your harddrive just as an added precaution, (also in case future updates move or deletes the bookmark backup folder).

Inside the C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ folder is also an assortment of personal data which might want to backup as well, such as saved form history, browsing history, extensions as well as your encrypted saved password file (so it beats having to remember all your login passwords). Perfect if you are migrating your firefox profile from PC to PC.

Since all your passwords are stored in the files key3.db and signons.txt, you might want to get around some possible hacking problems by encrypting or renaming these files, as told by this rather useful resource by cybernet to mask your password file.

Lastly, with Firefox besides being a fast stable browser with excellent tabbed browsing, extensions are the other thing why Firefox is DA browser! With some of my personal recommendations of the extensions I use, you can check them out by searching through the Firefox extension database.

Recommended Extensions:
Adblock - Blocks ads, etc perfect for adsense publishers who don’t want to accidentally click on their own ads.
CrashRecovery - With this, crashes are good! The Purr-fect tool for any system reboot/crash. Restores all tabs with actual URLs on next run.
Dictionary Tooltip - Searches 20 over online dictionaries for the meaning of any single word you highlight in FF.
IE Tab - IE only websites? screwed up layouts? emulate Internet Explorer in FF!
Duplicate Tab - Ctrl-N to the maxes, being Ctrl-T this time

On yea yesterday was Singapore’s 41st birthday! Happy National Dayz!

Caught up with revision over the weekend. Guess its wake up, study study, eat, bath, study study from now on.. Recieved a call from Shuppedo regarding the 01S22 SAJC class of 2001 gathering the coming friday, haiz might not be able to make it due to papers on that day & the week after. When I told matters could be worst, I might need to also reject my Primary School Class outing soon too. Bgwwhh! Not to mention Mum’s invitational Fireworks function next Tuesday night… Sorry Gals & Guys, da dude’s nerdy *takes out thick nerd like glasses* duh now, chill-out nights are little off now… Haha no-life-mode now… duh!

Studies:
Almost splatted flat on the table after finishing the Thermofluids revision tutorial, only to try to raise another finger at getting few Engineering Maths sample papers cleared. Good thing that all my projects are done now this semester. But the funny thing is that I am the only one in class who actually got every assignment done & handed up. Why? things are very different in my present class, there is no mood to study at all, most like to do is just play game on mofunzone.com everyday, if not it’s DOTA or gunbound.

My class as of now:
I kinda miss my previous class of DME/25 at least we were a good study bunch not to mention more disciplined, that really set the mood to study, not to mention friendly competition (& at least there were 3 girls in that class too, compared to NADA now). When the classes split in Sem 3, & I was streamed to CIE class, many thought that my new class was the “elite class”, where I was brought too to more “compatible arena”.

Latter were they wrong. Things are much more challenging now – if it is not self-studies & pushing myself to standards purely on personal discipline without any class benchmarks at all, it’s helping others in the class who really needs it most, so that they won’t slack & die, not to mention happily managing leadership roles in 3 of my project groups (GEMS, Workshop & Product design). Nevertheless, contacts & studies are still strong with my other class, where I can at least maintain a frequency of studies.

Yes, its a very challenging Semester with my goal to get at least 5 Ds (Aim 6) this semester to maintain the standard, currently it seems bright for 3 modules already, GEMS, PDD & hopefully DTS, aiming to bag the rest in CAD, CAM, MECH & THERMO. I feel completely out of place, not to mention having to set my own pace of study & not be distracted by them or adhere to their pace of study, which can be rather detrimental to me as a whole.

Ultimately, given the dire situations, there are limits to who I can help & teach in class as well, thus a few inevitable & selective principles I’ve set: Help those who want to help themselves, IOW I will help those who want & are willing to strive & learn. Yes, situations are a little extreme in my class, with students missing 70% of attendance, not doing any e-learning at all or any assignment. But I just have to make do with what I have. I know people who blame their lousy teachers for lousy grades, not knowing that they are the one who can make the difference, that is the model I am embarking this semester.

Out of the ashes will rise the Phoenix.

After closing the books for the day, killed stress by going relaxing 15km run in the evening. Came back fresher, not to mentiona with lots of flatulence!

Revised Millege for the week (7 day period)
SP Gym 3+1 Sets Weight Training, no threadmill – Tuesday
Sunset Way Canal Route 9km -Wednesday
SP Gym 2+1 Sets Weight Training, no threadmill – Wednesday
SP Gym 3+1 Varied Weight Training + 5.2km threadmill – Friday
15 rounds Tiong Bahru park, Sunday- 15km
Total Millege/week = 29.2km (97% of 30km a week target met)

Seemingly, the animation department of Volkswagon seems to be up on a few cups of radioactive coffee lately, featuring some simple but rather neat animation of their Jetta Crash tests on their website. With rather bizarre items: UFO, Chicken Truck, Gozilla’s Feet, Humpy Dumpy’s Wall, just to name a few. Check it out here.

Unless you spot a UXGA monitor, try viewing the video with your window minimised, or you won’t be able to view all the dropdown options from the flash menu.

Tonight there will be be Movies @ the Padang Esplanade Area, brought to you by Class 95 FM. Free movies (Xmen3 & MI3) will be screened on the big screen together with 7-11 providing beverages & movie edibles.

Moreover, there will be fireworks and opening by our President SR Nathan, near One-Fullerton, where my parents will be hanging out for the night for a (blah blah blah) invitational gathering at Walton International, with an uninterupted VIP sky view of the show as they say… Mmm, there will be another $2M dollar fireworks on on Tuesday night too, before National Day. But looks like I would have to give all that a go, together with chill-outs these few weekend nights dudes… Sorry, got 3 Papers & a presentation next week, not to mention semester exams brrgggh!. The good news is, at least 3/8 modules are more of less cleared for me now & I think this is the hardest it can ever get in year 2.

School Sporting Arena Updates:
- Team QuikSilver protest for the Poly50 had been REJECTED. Captain pissed!
- SP poolside gym spots a 3 new Paramount fitness machines. Tested them out on opening day when they are all still smelling fresh & new: one Freemotion Modular rack, a Lats pulldown & Leg/calves pushoff machine. On top of that, we have a new Abs station & a Benchpress rack, on top of new digital weighing machine.

I guess the Paramount modular machine is very similar to the freemotion machines I’ve used in other gyms, being all-in-wonders for biceps, triceps, chest & core. My recommendations, bring your own weight handles when you use the modular rack, the current handles have steel edges very inflexible, flesh cutting & used incorrectly, can result in wrist injuries.

Still miss the old flat pecs press machine, haiz now gotta change my weights regime & recalculate 75% & max strength weighing…

Millege for the week (7 day period)
SP Gym 3+1 Sets Weight Training, no threadmill – Tuesday
Sunset Way Canal Route 9km -Wednesday
SP Gym 2+1 Sets Weight Training, no threadmill – Wednesday
SP Gym 3+1 Varied Weight Training + 5.2km threadmill – Friday
Total Millege/week = 14.2km (47% of 30km a week target met)

Millege is dropping by a substantial amount during the exam period, but had been very hungry lately… stress related?