Business Trip in Manila

This is my first time in Manila! And what brought me here? The prospect of doing business here!

2015206132935I’ve known Gian Sim online since 2012, and the prospect of doing a collaboration between Musemancer and his company Nooovle is what brought me here.

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Some things we couldn’t just communicate over Skype… So I showed up at Nooovle in person! We had a 2 hour brainstorm session on a project my company will collaborate with Nooovle for the first time! (No details to be out yet, still confidential at this stage)

Business trip aside, GS booked me a City Suite at Hotel F1 Manila, a 4 star hotel… for the price of a budget hotel in Singapore!

2015205200607If I knew it earlier, I wouldn’t have come here alone… the idea of having the whole City Suite room to myself for 3 nights at an unbelievable price is… unbelievable! LOL The more I travel to other countries, the more I realize how much more hospitable these countries are compared to Malaysia.

While my stay in Manila is brief, this meeting the following day made the highlights of it all.
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From what I know, this kind of gathering doesn’t happen all the time here in Manila.

I haven’t met Ian del Carmen and Mark Joyner since 2008.

It was my first time seeing Jeremiah Villagomez the kid designer prodigy in person (he’s taller than I thought)

Alvin Jhunne Cortez came to my office warming party in Malaysia last year, so returned the favor this time around.

And in a funny way, even though they’ve been in Manila, some of the guys here were connected through me! Haha.

Amazing meetup, thanks for making time and we’ll meet again next time, somewhere!

 

 

HUT Federasi Airsoft Indonesia yg ke-3 (3rd Anniversary F.A.I)

January 24 & 25. To think I almost didn’t make it here, and I thought I won’t come to this particular place again – at least not so soon!

I’ve enjoyed the 24 hour Airsoft MILSIM with you guys in Indonesia and of course learning your culture and way is as eye opening (or should I say, ‘tongue-piercing’? lol)

Thanks again my Indonesian comrades and the leaders behind FEDERASI AIRSOFT INDONESIA for your hospitality, friendship and teamwork. Also good to know I still hold the honor of being the only Malaysian to make it to your games so far – though that will change in a few month’s time.

Di Mana Semangatmu? INI!! DIA!!

 

Month #45: Newest PR & Viper Challenge 2015

I’m now at 62.8 KG (138 lbs). Yes! Gained some weight since. For the longest time I was stuck at 59 to 60 kilos. I still have a bit more to beat my heaviest weight achieved back in June 2012 which was 63.1 KG – some of which I puked out later no thanks to stomach issues!

Also achieved 2 new PRs today:

  • Bench Press – 130 lbs x 3 reps, and
  • Bench Press – 140 lbs x 1

I’ve never been strong at bench presses and usually lift about 80% of my body weight at best – that is until today.

The best I did was April last year when I was on a 4 day-a-week intensive training regime. So to get to this level on just once a week training (and gaining weight to top that) is really good!

Most of my time is occupied with my new Musemancer venture and since I abandoned the ‘work from home’ lifestyle, my gym training fell from 3 times a week to once a week average now.

Which is why I signed on to the next Viper Challenge in March 2015, so I remain committed to training and give myself a solid purpose. It would really suck to slouch back into mediocrity and surrender my years of training. LOL