"While humble, be capable. While capable, be humble."
Friday, July 28, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Favorite Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt
This is some of the quotes of his that in the American Museum of Natural History...
MANHOOD
"A man's usefullness depends on living up to his ideals insofar as he can.
It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
All daring and courage, all iron endurance and misfortune, make for a finer nobler type of manhood.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die, and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life."
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Victim of the Switch
I've become a Mac enthusiast once again... :) Just bought a MacBook (the cheapest one) and it's awesome. Excellent design, decent application speed, great battery life...
Installed Finale 2006d on it, works like a charm. :) At some point I'll try working with some of the GarageBand software and stuff.
PCs are still king of games, but Mac OSX... is excellent.
Installed Finale 2006d on it, works like a charm. :) At some point I'll try working with some of the GarageBand software and stuff.
PCs are still king of games, but Mac OSX... is excellent.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
ARGH.
Installed the new Internet Explorer 7 Beta v3, but it kept crashing and crashing over and over. So after much teeth-gnashing and internet research (using Firefox... it's much more stable... ha), it turns out that Google Desktop (which I don't like all that much anyway) was conflicting with some thingamabob called mshtml.dll.
Uninstalled G-Desktop, and suddenlty everything works perfect again. Heh.
Uninstalled G-Desktop, and suddenlty everything works perfect again. Heh.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Cuteness explosion!
Cat barrage!
These are some fairly recent pictures... as you can definately see, Nabi has made a nearly full and miraculous recovery! He's subject to daily fluid injections and some pills and tonic, but other than that, he's becoming as peppy as a kitten!
Chabi, of course, is a very cute, but obese cat. No danger of that cat starving for now. :)
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Back, with music video!
Sorry about the hiatus, just had a lot of stuff going on. But this is a selection from this year's JSE group. They really came through like troopers!
As far as my training goes, it had been going nicely, until the entire morning Muay Thai class caught a ringworm skin infection... I only had a tiny spot, because it was caught and treated early, but some of the other guys were not so lucky. I think it was either from one of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu players who also cross trains in Muay Thai, or it might even have come from one of the seminar attendees from last month's Ajarn Chai Sirusute seminar. As it is, I had to stop training for a week, and may or may not be cleared tonight to do stick drills. No hand to hand sparring for me, probably, just to be on the safe side.
While on hiatus, I've been sharpening up my piano skills! Mostly, concentrating on score-reading exercises out of the Morris & Ferguson book. I can now read alto and tenor clefs on sight combined with treble and bass clefs above or below them. It's tricky, but actually a fun exercise.
Famous repeated words, I know but... "will write more soon".
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Hey, I adopted an internet kitten!
| adopt your own virtual pet! |
Try clicking the kitten and moving the mouse pointer around... hours of fun!
Ok, maybe minutes of fun....
Ok, maybe seconds... but still fun!
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Good news
It is with great pride and relief to say that Nabi seems to really be a fighter. He's finally eating normally (though he has nearly 4 pounds or so to go until he gets back to his original weight). The dialysis treatment is working like a charm, as if the water was the fountain of youth or something. Apparently the incessant nausea and vomiting was caused by the kidney problems he has. With the dialysis, that nausea as since seemed to lessen, and hopefully in the future, just cease entirely.
I'm exhausted today because I went to one of the days of the 2-day Ajarn Chai Sirusute Muay Thai seminar. Let me say that while he's not a young man, he still moves like one, and is an incredibly effective, if somewhat brutal, teacher. It's like he's Guro Dan Inosanto's dark-half, the one who will say direct stuff, and is not afraid to tell it like he thinks it is. If he feels that you kick and punch like a diseased old woman, he'll tell you so. He certainly made a rather cruel example of one of the seminar attendees, somebody who was obviously more a wrestler than a striker, and was clearly out of his element. In the end, Ajarn Chai complimented him for making the effort and undergoing such stress. I learned a lot about proper muay thai form and technique, and I wish my schedule allowed me to go to both days instead of just one. Like any old man, he tends to get a bit sidetracked into telling random storys, though he does eventually wander back on point. The stories he tells offer great insight into history, technique, and personalities in Muay Thai.
I'm exhausted today because I went to one of the days of the 2-day Ajarn Chai Sirusute Muay Thai seminar. Let me say that while he's not a young man, he still moves like one, and is an incredibly effective, if somewhat brutal, teacher. It's like he's Guro Dan Inosanto's dark-half, the one who will say direct stuff, and is not afraid to tell it like he thinks it is. If he feels that you kick and punch like a diseased old woman, he'll tell you so. He certainly made a rather cruel example of one of the seminar attendees, somebody who was obviously more a wrestler than a striker, and was clearly out of his element. In the end, Ajarn Chai complimented him for making the effort and undergoing such stress. I learned a lot about proper muay thai form and technique, and I wish my schedule allowed me to go to both days instead of just one. Like any old man, he tends to get a bit sidetracked into telling random storys, though he does eventually wander back on point. The stories he tells offer great insight into history, technique, and personalities in Muay Thai.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Nabi update
Nabi seems to have more strength now... not enough to really run around, but he's hanging in there. The injections seems to be helping a bit. Hopefully with a little more strength, his appetite will be sparked.
Monday, May 15, 2006
A Very Difficult Time
Sorry for the absolute lack of updates... been busy doing the usual training and music thing. But it's lately been more than that...
Nabi, our beloved orange cat, has steadily been losing a lot of weight and energy. When we took him to the vet, it's been determined his kidneys were having difficulty functioning. Blood tests are still being done, so it might reveal more. The vet has given us some subcutaneous fluid injections that we are to do daily... in essence, it's like giving a cat dialysis.
Upon arriving back at our house after a 3 night stay at the vet's, Nabi has very little energy, and very laboured breathing. We're hoping he will pull through, but it's very touch-and-go. His time on our mortal plane might very widely, measuring in days, months, or years.
I have no religion. I cannot pray. I only have hope and tears. But those of you that do, that've been keeping watch on the blogs, please keep Nabi in your thoughts and prayers.
Nabi, our beloved orange cat, has steadily been losing a lot of weight and energy. When we took him to the vet, it's been determined his kidneys were having difficulty functioning. Blood tests are still being done, so it might reveal more. The vet has given us some subcutaneous fluid injections that we are to do daily... in essence, it's like giving a cat dialysis.
Upon arriving back at our house after a 3 night stay at the vet's, Nabi has very little energy, and very laboured breathing. We're hoping he will pull through, but it's very touch-and-go. His time on our mortal plane might very widely, measuring in days, months, or years.
I have no religion. I cannot pray. I only have hope and tears. But those of you that do, that've been keeping watch on the blogs, please keep Nabi in your thoughts and prayers.
Friday, May 12, 2006
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Update 11: Plane Crash Kills 5 Ind. Music Students - Forbes.com
Update 11: Plane Crash Kills 5 Ind. Music Students - Forbes.com
This is very tragic. I briefly met one of the crash victims, Roger Samels, two years ago when he sang with my friend Ulises Solano in a small opera production called "Antigone" here in NYC. Even though I met him only for one or two days, I remember him having a beautiful deep singing voice and a humorous personality. My deepest condolences go out to all the families of the victims of this tragedy.
This is very tragic. I briefly met one of the crash victims, Roger Samels, two years ago when he sang with my friend Ulises Solano in a small opera production called "Antigone" here in NYC. Even though I met him only for one or two days, I remember him having a beautiful deep singing voice and a humorous personality. My deepest condolences go out to all the families of the victims of this tragedy.
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