I bought Pat a gym pass for her birthday present, so she can look better for our wedding. The gym give me a few free day passes, so I tag along with Pat. I need some exercise myself and I can give her moral support to go working out.
I never go to a gym before. I always found working out boring. You are just repeating the same action again and again in front of a mirror like an idiot. I still think working out is boring. However, I notice my arms do not have enough strength since I begin shooting. I always know my lack of endurance is a road block to improve my skiing skills. So the fact is I need exercise stay fit and train my muscle. Going to gym is probably the easiest and quickest way to achieve my goal.
I like using the elliptical machine most. It is kinda a combination of the treadmill and stepping machine. The motion is kind a combination of cycling and running. I have to constantly shift the body weight from one leg to another leg. It is a very good cardio exercise, I sweat a lot and I think it also strength my leg muscles. Usually I work on this machine for 30 minutes. The first 10 minutes is not too bad, since I am not tried. The next 15 minutes is the toughest, I really have to struggle to keep up. Somehow the last 5 minutes is the easiest, my body starting to get used to the pain and sours from the muscles. I feel like I can keep running forever without feeling tried. However once I stop running, the pain and sours kicks in and my legs really hurt.
The Man From Earth是一齣很特別的科幻電影﹐沒有電腦特技﹐沒有動作場面﹐個半小時的情節全部發生在一間房裏。整齣電影只有一個佈景加七個演員﹐吸引著觀眾注意就只靠故事本身的魅力。這電影是改篇自科幻小說作家Jerome Bixby的遺作﹐主演的全部都是生面口的電視演員﹐電影小成本得難以置信。這套電影相信並不適合入戲院吃爆谷的觀眾﹐不過喜歡傳統what if式科幻作品的人﹐喜歡思考歷史或宗教問題的人﹐應該會對這套電影感到興趣。其實這類舞台劇式的電影﹐若不是一面倒地趕客悶死觀眾﹐就一定是不可不看的另類典經﹐很明顯這電影並不是前者。
Beef is my most favorite food. 7 dishes of beef cooked in 7 styles is a famous dish in Vietnamese cuisine. I wanted to try it for many years. Finally I found a restaurant in Vancouver has this dish on its menu. As the name suggested, this dish has 7 small dishes of beef cooked in 7 styles. It has beef in lemon grass hotpot, beef wrap in basil leaves, beef ribs, pan fry beef, beef congee, minced beef ball and beef salad. The 7 courses menu comes with green salad, vermicelli, and Vietnamese wrap. You can put the beef dishes onto the wrap and make your own beef roll. All 7 dishes are very tasty, I finish the dinner with a full stomach. The price is very reasonable, only costs $30 for 2 people with drinks. Must try. Highly recommended.
When I was indulging myself in 7 dishes of beef, I suddenly feel sorry for Hindus. Hindus cannot eat beef because their religion think cow is sacred and forbid all Hindus to eat beef. Hindus will never know how much they had missed out for not able to eat the 7 dishes of beef. On a second thought, why would someone silly enough to believe in a religion that dictates over believer’s diet? Isn’t able to eat what you want is a basic human right? Religions that control people’s diet are against human right. Those religion should be abolished.