I would like to thank all my English speaking friends and supporters in the US and world abroad for all the support of the past 6-7 years. It’s been a tough journey and I appreciate everyone who messaged me words of encouragement and congratulations.
As most of my audience are Chinese speaking, I apologize for not always posting in English. I’ll try to be better about that in the future. Below is a my short race recap of my 3:58:54 record breaking performance that went down back in Taiwan.
Nervous international fights, dismantled and reassembled my bike 3 times, 14 days of quarantine in un air conditioned heat chamber LOL (Taiwan is kind of hot), and my best 70.3 half Ironman race ever, here we are! Enjoy.. thanks again
Last year at Elsinore 70.3 in Denmark I underestimated the race courses’s difficulty, thinking for such a flat course I can easily break 4 hours. The bike leg didn’t go well, but running off the bike, I did some quick math and thought a 1:15 half marathon will be enough. During that time I still wasn’t very confident of my own endurance and was petrified of bonking halfway through the run. Nervous to push during the run, I held back until the last 5k. When I entered the finishing chute I saw the clock and it started with 4....I knew I had failed.
I was very regretful of my mentality and attitude for that race. Ever since then every single training run I do where I start to feel my legs go weak and felt the same fear at Elsinore 70.3, I would stay calm, endure the pain, and keep moving forward at the limit.
After more than a year, I took the risky flight from pandemic hard hit California to my home country Taiwan and then quarantined for 14 days. Thankfully I made it to start line for Ironman Taiwan 70.3 safe and healthy. I told myself at that moment, do not waste this opportunity.
I knew I couldn’t keep up with Sam during the swim, but I was quietly confident in my form, after a whole year of band work and technique help from my wife, I didn’t get any jello arms through the swim and was able to push full gas.
After I got to the shore, I got on my trusty Giant trinity (the dragon that changes color) and started my most confident sport of cycling, chasing after Sam. The first lap my old injury in my left hip came back to haunt me so I stayed conservative, though still able to average 42 kph. Second lap my left hip warmed up and the pain went away so I went full gas, enjoying the nice rolling course averaging 45-50kph on the 11 highway along the coast. I passed by many other competitors who cheered me on giving me a lot of energy.
Getting off the bike, I felt really good and started off averaging 3:30/km. I thought to myself a 1:15 half marathon is definitely doable. As I passed Sam at 4km mark my pace kept dropping and heart rate kept climbing. All of a sudden the clouds went away and the sun came out to play. I thought crap, this is bad. Every aid station I would grab two cups to drink and two cups to pour on myself, not wanting to slow down to waste anymore time. Every kilometer my pace would drop by a second and by halfway I did the math and realized breaking 4 was not going to happen. I started to feel very depressed and wanting to cry. I thought about How I spent the whole year training for this one race, left my family and my wife at home for a whole month, quarantined for 2 weeks, what the hell am I doing? I snapped out of that and slapped myself mentally and said if I’m not going to break 4 hours today I’m going to at least run until I got nothing left to give myself some closure. I wanted to finish the race not breaking four hours knowing I did my very best and didn’t have it, and not because I was scared. I had blisters underneath my thumb toe nail and it was extremely painful but I carried on. I slogged
Through the last 10km and found myself back in the finishing area. A friend yelled you still have two minutes til 4 hours! I still had hope and accelerated like crazy. I crossed the finish line and couldn’t believe my eyes... 3:58:54
This is my most satisfying race ever. I realized you really can’t let off until the finish line, because anything can happen. This race was very special since I basically time trialed alone from start to finish. To break 4 hours, the Taiwanese nations record for 70.3, and to share the race course with Sam, the pro athlete that inspired me to chase my dream , I couldn’t be more grateful.
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Cheers! Our movie ‘Babi’ has been shortlisted by the Around International Film Festival and Thai Film Festival! Kop kun krap!🙏🙏🙏
To be frank, I have completed 2 films last year, one was ‘Nasi Lemak 1.0’ which was filmed above board and another film was ‘BABI’ which was filmed secretly. We never talked openly about this project because it is a banned film (Well, it’s pretty obvious even from the film title…) and we don’t want to get into unnecessary attention…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release date of ‘Nasi Lemak 1.0’ has been delayed indefinitely and it has caused quite a big deal to us… While we were amidst of the dark clouds, we found our silver linings! ‘BABI’ was selected in 2 internationally famed film festivals, the ARFF Berlin (Around International Film Festival Berlin) and the International Thai Film Festival! We were really really happy about it!
‘BABI’ is a film based on a real-life event, the movie sheds light on a massive school racial riot which took place in year 2000 in a small town somewhere Southern in Malaysia. During that time Malaysia was still under the authoritarian rule of one-dominant party, abuse of power and corruption were frequent, media and news were being stringently controlled and filtered. Thus, the incident was being ‘compromised’ by relevant authority, most of Malaysians doesn’t know about this incident.
The script was actually written 7 years ago, the main reason that the film was not in production that time was because nobody would ever consider to invest on a zero-profit, must-be banned film. The second reason was I had no idea whom should I ask for help, I believed after hearing the film title, everyone would be scared off... Yet in the end, I’m still managed to finish this film with a very very very tight budget. I want to thank all the people who have contributed greatly to the movie, especially the producer Joko Toh
We decided to put the 7-year-old script in production is to tell the truth behind the story but most importantly sending a message to all Malaysians that we must be more unified disregard of our ethnicity and race. In short, we shall always lend a helping hand to each others and communicate with our hearts and souls, therefore we won’t be exploited by politicians who incite racial sentiment to reach their end goal. Otherwise, more tragic like this will happens…
The idea of be able to screen this film in Malaysia has never crossed my mind before, that’s why we never tried to register the film after the production. Rightly next, I hope that this film can be seen elsewhere other than at Thailand’s or Germany’s film festival, I wish there are better methods in exposing the film and to reach out to everyone. Currently, we are still on our lofty quest but please do cheer for us! Happy Merdeka Day in advance! Malaysia Boleh!
*Versi BM*
Tahniah! Filem kami [BABI] telah dipilih dalam Around International Film Festival dan Thai Film Festival ! Kop Kun Krap! 🙏🙏🙏
Sebenarnya pada tahun lepas kami telahpun menghasilkan dua buah filem. Yang pertama adalah filem [Nasi Lemak 1.0] yang penggambarannya dijalankan dengan berani dan terang, satu lagi adalah filem [BABI] dimana proses penggambaran dijalankan dalam keadaan yang sulit dan rahsia. Kami tidak pernah membuat apa-apa pengumuman mengenai perkara ini, kerana khuathir filem ini akan menimbulkan kontroversi (lihat sajalah nama filemnya...) Kami tidak mahu memburukkan keadaan.
Disebabkan isu pandemik Covid-19, filem [Nasi Lemak 1.0] tidak dapat ditayangkan di pawagam dan telah membawa kerugian yang teruk pada kami. Walaubagaimanapun kami menerima berita baik berkenaan pemilihan filem [BABI] dalam dua festival filem antarabangsa yang berprestij iaitu ARFF Berlin (Around International Film Festival Berlin) serta International Thai Film Festival! Kami berasa amat gembira!
Filem [BABI] adalah lakonan semula sebuah rusuhan perkauman yang berlaku di sebuah sekolah menengah yang terletak di bahagian selatan Malaysia pada tahun 2000. Pada ketika itu Malaysia masih berada di bawah kepemimpinan parti yang dominan. Pemimpin-pemimpin menyalahgunakan kuasa dan pihak media dikawal sepenuhnya oleh kerajaan. Oleh yang demikian, tragedi ini akhirnya telah 'diselesaikan' oleh pihak tertentu dan rakyat Malaysia telah 'disekat' dari peristiwa tersebut.
Skrip asal untuk filem [BABI] telah saya tulis sejak 7 tahun yang lalu. Namun antara sebab utama saya tidak dapat menghasilkan filem ini adalah kerana isu modal, kerana tiada yang sudi mengeluarkan modal untuk sebuah filem yang mungkin akan diharamkan dan tidak akan ditayangkan di pawagam. Sebab kedua adalah kerana saya tidak tahu siapa yang akan sudi menghasilkan filem ini bersama saya kerana saya pasti, hanya dengan mendengar namanya saja sudah tentu tiada yang akan ingin mengambil bahagian. Namun dengan segala daya usaha dari semua pihak yang sudi membantu dan menerusi modal yang teramat-amat rendah, kami akhirnya berjaya menghabiskan filem ini. Saya dengan ikhlas ingin berterima kasih pada semua krew, petugas, pelakon dan kakitangan belakang tabir yang terlibat dalam menjayakan filem ini, terutamanya penerbit Joko Toh
Tujuan utama kami merealisasikan skrip yang ditulis sejak 7 tahun yang lalu adalah untuk membongkar perkara sebenar seluruh peristiwa ini. Juga menerusi filem ini, kami ingin menyampaikan mesej betapa pentingnya perpaduan dan keharmonian diantara kaum supaya dielak dari dipergunakan oleh ahli politik demi untuk mencapai matlamat dan motif masing-masing. Jika tidak, kami percaya pasti pasti lebih banyak tragedi ngeri bakal berlalu...
Tak pernah terlintas dalam fikiran kami untuk menayangkan filem ini di Malaysia. Oleh yang demikian, kami tak pernah mohon dari mana-mana pihak berkenaan permohonan penayangan. Kami berharap selepas ini, filem ini bukan saja akan ditayangkan di festival filem Berlin dan Thailand, kami mahu supaya filem [BABI] dapat ditonton oleh lebih ramai penonton di seluruh dunia. Kami akan tetap berusaha, silalah berdoa dan sokong usaha kami! Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan untuk Malaysia! Malaysia Boleh!
*中文翻譯*
恭喜恭喜! 我們的電影【BABI/你是豬】入選了【ARFF環球國際電影節(柏林)】還有【泰國國際電影節】! Kop kun krap! 🙏🙏🙏
其實去年我在馬來西亞完成了兩部電影拍攝,一部是光明正大在拍的叫【辣死你媽-續集】,而另一部電影則是秘密進行的,叫【BABI/你是豬】。這件事情從頭到尾我們都沒有公開過,因為這是一部禁片(看戲名就知道了),我們不想節外生枝...
【辣死你媽-續集】因為疫情的緣故沒辦法上映,造成了嚴重的虧損... 當我們在愁雲慘霧之際,卻收到了天大的好消息! 就是【BABI/你是豬】入圍了國際上著名的兩大影展 【ARFF環球國際電影節(柏林)】和【泰國國際電影節】! 真的很開心!
【BABI/你是豬】真人真事改編自一起大型校園種族暴動事件,發生在2000年馬來西亞南方小鎮的一所學校裡。當時的馬來西亞處在一黨獨大,濫權腐敗,媒體被嚴格控管及消息封鎖的階段。因此這起事件在當時已被相關單位“和諧”,在馬來西亞幾乎沒有人知道。
其實這是我七年前寫的劇本,我沒拍出來的第一個原因,當然是因為沒有人會願意把錢丟進一部即將被禁,賺不回本的電影裡。第二個原因則是我當時不知道要找誰幫我拍,相信聽到這個戲名,大家應該都怕了吧... 但最後我還是以很低很低成本的方式,拜託了很多人幫忙,才完成了這部電影。真的要謝謝參與電影拍攝的每一個台前幕後的人,尤其監製 Joko Toh。
我們決定要把這部七年前的劇本拍出來的目的,就是要揭露整起暴動事件的真相,也要藉此電影提醒馬來西亞人,種族之間必須更團結,互助,交流,才不會一直被政治人物利用,以操弄種族情緒而達到政治目的。否則將會發生更多類似的悲劇...
我從來都沒有想過這部電影能夠在馬來西亞上映,所以我們拍完了之後從來都沒有拿去申請過。接下來,希望這部電影不止在泰國和德國的影展能看到,期待以後能夠以更光明正大的方式讓所有人都能看到。我們還在努力中,請為我們加油吧!預祝馬來西亞獨立日快樂! Malaysia Boleh!
FINAS Malaysia Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) Polis Diraja Malaysia ( Royal Malaysia Police ) #LPF Lembaga Penapisan Filem
the race to the clouds 在 晚安詩 Facebook 的精選貼文
All Black Boys Look Alike
By John Warner Smith
⠀
If you sit a few feet away
from this hand fan that once advertised
Amos Moses Barber Shop in New Orleans,
or if you hold it under a dimly glowing light
in a darkened, half-empty room,
⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀all you see are eighteen black boys,
⠀
their moon-shaped heads
tilting in slightly different directions,
hair trimmed low or nearly bald,
and foreheads bulging
like summer-blooming bulbs.
⠀
Their faces tell nothing
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀of what they feel and see,
⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀what men they will become,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and what they don’t know
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀of days they have yet to live,
⠀
when eyes that look at them will shut,
and they will be unseen, untaught,
passed by, forgotten, called other names,
or arrested, handcuffed, and jailed
for crimes they didn’t commit,
⠀
or maybe they will vanish
in the night inside an alley, a forest
or a river, or be left to dangle
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and drip from the branch of a tree,
⠀
and like clouds of smoke,
their brown skin and charred dreams
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀will eclipse the rays beaming
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀toward the feet of their children.
⠀
Inside brightly-lit, crowded rooms
built of race-etched stone walls
that gird and divide their country,
these boys are the faces of all black men.
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Lyrics:
Drop top non stop
步履匆匆
Making my way to the nearest city
我正在前往最近的城市的路上
Race off the tracks
沖出軌道
Cruising the coast of the west pacific
巡遊西太平洋海岸
Just go away
我只想離開
Leaving this town for the interstate
離開這個城鎮 跨越州界
With nothing but you by my side
我一無所有 但還有你
I cannot wait to
我已經迫不及待
Break all my rules
想要衝破條條框框的束縛
Ohh
We’ll keep it going on into the night
我們將在長夜中不斷前行
We’re chasing clouds until we find our light
我們追逐雲彩 直到找到屬於我們的光芒
And we will never let it go
我們永遠不會放棄
We’re holding onto our souls
我們堅守著我們的靈魂
I’ll keep on loving you for life life life
我會永遠愛著你一輩子
I’ll keep on loving you for life life life
我會永遠愛著你一輩子
I’ll keep on loving you for life life life
我會永遠愛著你一輩子
Your look so cool
你看起來真酷
Feels so good when I’m misbehaving
哪怕我犯了錯也感覺良好
Your touch like fire
你的觸碰就像火焰
Burning my skin but I like the feeling
灼傷我的皮膚 我卻如此享受
Hard to resist
難以抗拒
Wanna spend all my life like this
我多希望這一生都能這樣度過
With nothing but you by my side
除了你之外 我一無所有
I cannot wait to
我已經迫不及待地
Break all my rules
想要衝破條條框框的束縛
Ohh
We’ll keep it going on into the night
我們將在長夜中不斷前行
We’re chasing clouds until we find our light
我們追逐雲彩 直到找到屬於我們的光芒
And we will never let it go
我們永遠不會放棄
We’re holding onto our souls
我們堅守著我們的靈魂
I’ll keep on loving you for life life life
我會永遠愛著你一輩子
I’ll keep on loving you for life life life
我會永遠愛著你一輩子
I’ll keep on loving you for life life life
我會永遠愛著你一輩子
I’ll keep on, I’ll keep on, I’ll keep on loving you
我會一直愛著你
I’ll keep on, I’ll keep on, I’ll keep on loving you
我會一直愛著你
I’ll keep on, I’ll keep on, I’ll keep on loving you
我會一直愛著你
For life life life
永生永世
For life life life
直到永遠
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the race to the clouds 在 JeffHK Youtube 的最佳貼文
In this video I explain the requirements, training and certification that is needed for working in the international maritime industry (merchant marine). STCW convention can be very complex and wordy, so I simplify the regulations for those looking to join.
00:34 Part 1: Requirements for Everyone
03:17 Part 2: Deck Department - Ratings, Officers & Captain
06:00 Part 3: Engine Department - Ratings & Engineering Officers
06:56 Part 4: Optional & Misc
08:20 Part 5: Call to Action!! Call your maritime government to clarify.
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=====Docking a Mega-Ship=====
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=====30 Days Timelapse at Sea | 4K | Through Thunderstorms, Torrential Rain & Busy Traffic=====
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=====10 Reasons Why Maritime is AWESOME =====
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=====HEAVY SEAS! Bad Weather in Atlantic Ocean=====
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Classic - Joakim Karud
Clouds - Joakim Karud
Lullaby - Joakim Karud
Piano Moment - Bensound
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the race to the clouds 在 Jackz Youtube 的最讚貼文
A slave turned gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
Anyone else notice that the movie trailer for Paul WS Anderson's "Pompeii" matches up perfectly with Bastille's hit song Pompeii? I did and I put them together in this video.
Pompeii (2014) 龐貝末日:天火焚城
102 min - Action | Adventure | Drama
COMING SOON: 27 February 2014 (Hong Kong)
Videos used:
Pompeii - Official Trailer - Coming February 2014:
http://youtu.be/t6TRwfxDICM
A Day in Pompeii - Full-length animation:
http://youtu.be/dY_3ggKg0Bc
Music used:
Bastille - Pompeii:
http://youtu.be/V3WqMcvts3Y
Lyrics:
Eh-eh-o eh-o [6x]
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Grey clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes,
does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
Eh-eh-o eh-o [8x]
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