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CAN World Strongest Dad - Dick and Rick. Muscle mass does not always equal strength. Strength is kindness and sensitivity. Strength is understanding that your power is both physical and emotional. ~Henry Rollins.

Today i read about a touching story. Its a story about Dick Hoyt and his son, Rick. here it goes..

[From Sports Illustrated, By Rick Reilly]

I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots.

But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.

Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in Marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a Wheelchair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and Pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars–all in the same day.

Dick’s also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his back Mountain climbing and once hauled him across the U.S. On a bike. Makes Taking your son bowling look a little lame, right?

And what has Rick done for his father? Not much–except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester , Mass. , 43 years ago, when Rick Was strangled by the umbilical cord during birth, leaving him Brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.

"He’ll be a vegetable the rest of his life;” Dick says doctors told him And his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old. “Put him in an Institution.”

But the Hoyts weren’t buying it. They noticed the way Rick’s eyes Followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the Engineering department at Tufts University and asked if there was Anything to help the boy communicate. “No way,” Dick says he was told. “There’s nothing going on in his brain.”

"Tell him a joke,” Dick countered. They did. Rick laughed. Turns out a Lot was going on in his brain. Rigged up with a computer that allowed Him to control the cursor by touching a switch with the side of his Head, Rick was finally able to communicate. First words? “Go Bruins!” And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and the School organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out, “Dad, I want To do that.”

Yeah, right. How was Dick, a self-described “porker” who never ran More than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he Tried. “Then it was me who was handicapped,” Dick says. “I was sore For two weeks.”

That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,” he typed, “when we were running, It felt like I wasn’t disabled anymore!”

And that sentence changed Dick’s life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly Shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon.

“No way,” Dick was told by a race official. The Hoyts weren’t quite a Single runner, and they weren’t quite a wheelchair competitor. For a few Years Dick and Rick just joined the massive field and ran anyway, then They found a way to get into the race Officially: In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the Qualifying time for Boston the following year.

Then somebody said, “Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon?”

How’s a guy who never learned to swim and hadn’t ridden a bike since he Was six going to haul his 110-pound kid through a triathlon? Still, Dick Tried.

Now they’ve done 212 triathlons, including four grueling 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii . It must be a buzzkill to be a 25-year-old stud Getting passed by an old guy towing a grown man in a dinghy, don’t you Think?

Hey, Dick, why not see how you’d do on your own? “No way,” he says. Dick does it purely for “the awesome feeling” he gets seeing Rick with A cantaloupe smile as they run, swim and ride together.

This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best Time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992–only 35 minutes off the world Record, which, in case you don’t keep track of these things, happens to Be held by a guy who was not pushing another man in a wheelchair at the Time.

“No question about it,” Rick types. “My dad is the Father of the Century.”

And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a Mild heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries Was 95% clogged. “If you hadn’t been in such great shape,” One doctor told him, “you probably would’ve died 15 years ago.” So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other’s life.

Rick, who has his own apartment (he gets home care) and works in Boston, and Dick, retired from the military and living in Holland, Mass. , always find ways to be together. They give speeches around the country and compete in some backbreaking race every weekend, including this Father’s Day.

That night, Rick will buy his dad dinner, but the thing he really wants to give him is a gift he can never buy.

“The thing I’d most like,” Rick types, “is that my dad sit in the chair and I push him once.”

And the video is below….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4B-r8KJhlE&eurl=

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUzq-tG12ig&mode=related&search=

Muonline trading makes me a master in forum trading in real life.

few days ago someone was selling weights at $50 in a forum. what he says was that if anyone intraested, please pm him.

so what i did was to login to my forum account and offer him 50. i gave him my contact and told him to update me if there’s any changes.

his response was makes me feel that the deal was closed to me. and he wanted to make the trading asap because he got to meet someone after the selling the weights. when i ask him the address, at around 11pm, he didn’t msg me back. i thought because he was sleeping already so i leave it until next morning for his reply.

next morning at 8am, i ask him for his address again. my heart sank when he said someone offer $65 for the weights(wth?!?!? why he didn’t tell me immidietly ytd after i ask him for the address?), and i told him i’ll reconsider after i consult my friend before 1pm. i stare at my hp for a few seconds and i realised something fishy - is he the one who upped the price himself?

i created another account with different particulars in that forum immiditely i wore my glasses. i PM(personal msg) the person using my account which i had just made and ask him for $55( a little bit higher than 50 so that he won’t feel suspicious). then, i went to school.

At 12 noon, afterr a long discussion with my friends about the weights, i finally agree that even if i bid $70 it is also worth it. so i sms that person that i want to bid at $70. he said he closed the deal to me. he ask me when i’m free to collect and i told him that around 8.30pm (which is just after my training)should be fine.

just right after my dragon boat training about 8pm, i check any new sms sent to me. the dealer msged me at 7:58pm . he told me to hurry up to collect the weights. i dont like the feeling to be rush.. esp after a day of hard training in dragon boat. so i gave him a call. i ask him whether he was really busy. he answered me yes. then i tell him why not i collect the weights the next day since he has something urgent. then here comes a little fishy…. he reply to me that someone is offering him so its better to trade now(in an unconvincing tone). then i just tell him to give others a chance first.

when i when home, i immidietly check any Personal msg in the forums using my new account. and it was indeed! all the while i assume was correct. this msg was recieved at 11.50am.he told me  :"when you want to close deal? Is strictly cash and carry. cant really help you much as my doc told me not to carry heavy things." . and he gave me his contact number.

WTH?!?!? why he didn’t say that someone has offered $ 65 for weights? and if the $65 dealer has withdraw his offer.. why he didn’t update me through my hp about it?i felt furious with his dealer of course. so i decided to continue to play this "game" with him.

i told my brother this situation. and i ask him whether he could help me to be the middle man for sending sms since i cannot use my hp again to deal at $55. and he agreed. method: he will forward any msg to him being sent by me and vice versa.

i ask him for the address through sms of course( act act i donnoe). he told me the address and ask me whether i got a car to go inside the ulu estate. it is at Ang mo kio. and i gave him a reply.. wow, i’m near your area and of course i got a car(which i dont have).

the reason why i said this is because ealier on, i told him i live in jurong using my original account. then i’m afraid he might change the price when i reach there cos he changed the price from $50 to 65 by himself &@^#%^%. so if i already reach there, he will know that i wont just go off just like that when the price increase. instead i’ll pay for any increased price..say $80.

so the games continue.. until about 9.00pm, i msg the person i dont want to buy his weights liao since my cousin has a better offer.(hope he will drop the price about $45 and deal with me). i know he was getting impatient… already 2 nights i tempt him that i will buy his weights. ^^

and this was his reply in sms:"you should have told me earlier. your attitude really sucks".

and this come the ownage part… i answerd:" your are not transparent either. manyu882( my original account username) remember?"

next, he tiam tiam.. only reply me with an empty sms.

Sadness in my eyes….. ytd, i went out with a bunch of friendly chio bu. wahhahaha…

ytd, arron and me actually wanna go to the bugis obasan Taiwanese recipe and sign the needy fund contract. den when i was about to reach bugis, i gave a call to my client and remind them what things to get ready. they were shocked that things doesn’t go the same way as the NTU bazaar. they thought that they have to pay a small about of deposit and then the rest of the money end of bazzar den give us. total which is 200$. i expained eveything to them and they said they could only pay on next tuesday.

i was sadded. i told arron about it. he, of course was angry of me cos of my management. it wasn’t my fault but then i was still my fault. because i was about to reach bugis, so i went to their shop. arron at that time was still near his house so he went back home. when i reach the obasan taiwanese recipe stall, i was surprised to see the first reaction of thstall tender. She was so friendy! and we talk for hours, and then his husband came. he was friendy too. they treated me like of of their people. So good of them !

then suddely, a bunch of chiobu came in, wah! i was "wah!". how chio they are? very chio. girls which are hard to find in my school. i learnt that they are about to go for a taiwanese meeting. and they ask me whther i could come along. of course i can! why not? damn chio i keept eyeing on the chioest one.

SADDED! i didn’t ask her but i happened to hear some stuffs in her conversation with the obasan taiwanese recipe vendor. she has already got a bf. T_T sadded…she is 17, with the hight around 168. she is a secondary 3 student.

well, we went to a cafe near cineleisure. all were taiwanese. the buch o0f girls tought me hoe to bluff my way in.. ^^ i met someone good looking inside too. her name was yvette. well we talk for hours, and i’ve to have the taiwan absense(spelling>?). ^^ interacting with chiobu$.^^

after that event, we went to to a neoprint shop and have a shot of our faces!! wee a buch of chiobu+me in my first neoprint. wahhah ^^ they we disperse. when i reach home, yvette msg me: u aint taiwanese?

and of course i admit i’m not. and i also get her msn contact. was so happy. what an evenful day.

Birthday @ 18!

yoyo!! i know you guys were expected to see this. =) yeah, its my birth day today. now is 12 plus in the morning.

Happy birthday to me^^. thx for those who sent me birthday greetings a few days before today. today, the first thing in the morning i do is go to 7-11 and buy alcoholic drink. initially, i planned to buy beer. but just before i buy, he discourage me of buying it. hai, very sian, what i did was to compromise. i bought 2 DNA lemon crush which consist of 5% alcohol. ^^ hope that my dad isn’t angry about it. shhhhhh, he’s asleep.

when i was choosing the alcoholic drink, i heard some familiar voice. i turn my head over, and i saw Swee Han, Joe and Wee Peng. hahah so coincidence. we talked for awhile outside 7-11 before i buy my drink cos its still early. when its about the right time, i went in and gave the cashier the product as well as money. he ask me for my IC because i look young -.-”. and when i flash my IC tyo her, she said..:" erm.. 22th. today its 21st. sorry, u can’t purchase it.

i replied:" just a lil moment".

She:"err.. ok, 3,2,1", and she scanned to barcode.

t’was 12:00am.

STRESS?

hi ya, this weekend its gonna be stress. stress for up comming events for my club fund, club relationship and school work. too stress that i didn’t even care looking at girls. but some stress are just permanent. things like… life.today i gonna talk about pernament stress. these few days, i’m worried what my future will be like… ruin? success? or just a normal and simple life?

i want to have an intresting and a good life.

i’m starting to be like an independent guy, but then i can’t cos i’m not working now. today i ask my mom whether she got save up for my university studies. she said yes. then i ask her she got any backup plan if anything happens to the money. she told me not to worry and concentrate what i should do now.

i feel bad

mum and dad has sacrifice for me. not only for me, my other 4 siblings too. They have already save enough for us to get at least a university education. Its their money and their effort. and i’m leeching their money right now. they could have just enjoy the money they had.

i want to lead an intresting life yet having a good paying job.

but i’ll take one step at a time. i must do well in my studies. my dream is obtaining first class honors in engineering, and work in NASA. last few day we have our e-learning week. Toh lin was doing hers and she didn’t really care much about the score. she’ll be satisfied if she have a decent score. i ask her why she didn’t do her best to get full marks, she said she isn’t that type of person who care so much about their studies. i wish i can be like her. but i can’t.

I’m the eldest son in my family. which means i must take care of my parents when their old. And yes, i will. i’ve to repay them for their sacrifices of effort, time and money. i should return to them what i’ve taken from them. afterall, its theirs.

hahah finally, my first holiday after first term of poly =). hai, today i started to talk more to my MMEC mates except tohin. i feel a lil uncomfortable talking to her. i’ve just nothing to talk to her. but i’m trying to build up good friendship with her. i’ll just forget about the saddening event.

hmm this holiday i plan to lose till 70kg and train for poly 50(even though names are not confirmed yet). hahahah train train train. I KNOW I CAN. i dont like to have different fequency from others =(.. just it sucks. hai, today late for c prog test. i tot is 4 30 start but then is 4. ^^ luckily i reach there at 4:15. hai, poly life means no spoon feeding…like what secondary school does. i’m  gonna visit my teacher again this school holiday.

I SAY THINGS OUT!

she was rude a lil after i first met her but i have a limit.

ytd ming jian, zhi ming, desiree, tohlin and jasmine did CIP in school. tohlin was quite rude sometimes while helping out. Ok, i’ll let her be. let her do anything she wants. i’ll just think that she dont mean it and thats all.

but after the CIP, i went to clementi with them to eat. while ming jian and zhi ming was buying food, she asked me

"why u didn’t eat, u’re not hungry meh?".

i said :"ya cos not hungry". s

she repiled a lil louder + looks serious :"why dont u just go home? waste time…then why u sit here for what? at least buy a drink ma…if not the staff will chase you out".

and of course, i replied with a smile… and not a sacastic one:" let them chase me out lo".

she replied (still a lil louder):"then i go call the staff and come and chase you out"

i tiam tiam and look away from her direction.

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i have limits… if i bth her, i’ll just walk out from there.

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then i call mingjian about this prob. he said that its better to solve it on my own. yes i agreee, but i have problem solving it on my own. she dont do it this to me when i’m one on one chat with her. but then when she’s with the girls, her attitude start to suck when she talk to me.

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i dont like the feeling. but i think she enjoys doing it. i dont get it. i nv do anything sacastic to her. why must she do?

lol… having fun as usual with my class;) our boys were perverts =P. esp willson!=D. hai…

why hai leh? cos i wish he knew that he was my friend. There’s a boy in my class. he looks like my kindergarten friend. i knew him clearly, but he can’t remember who am i. he and me was the fatest two boys in the class at that time… i remember he’s the guy who always be my class partner. memories from the past is important to me…. thats why i can still remember him.

i showed my primary 1 pass card to him. and surprisingly, he can remember me a lil bit, but cant confirm its me.

many times, before i entered singapore poly, i kept thinking whether i could reunite with my old friends from kindergarden.. i believe its possible. but the truth is no. i always have a picture of the olden days in my mind… and also, he’s voice resembles the kindergarten guy.

if he is… i believe there is a thing call unforeseen fate.

Lol yesterday just came back from MMEC camp. Nice to know lots of friends. they are kenneth, Arron, Qian Ya, Yi Xiang, Jane, Oliver, Nizam, Azli, Qing Feng, Addy, Desiree, Punk Boon, Madham and AYE.

lol 3 days 2 nights fun and torture.. i have lots of art drawing on my skin.. and donoe whch senior put cogate on my lips. not careful eat some of them grr.. !@#$%^&*. the camp was at Saint John Island. quite a nice island cos got mangrove swarm, and crabbies =D. our got 2 events i like it. one is the faggot show(lmfao), and another one is the washing machine!

hai… already 1 day after camp.. i still haven’t wash away my sandy clothes (yes, i know i lazy). and what i can say for the camp is… its worth it to go. i’ll probably join the MM club ^^.

"You have accepted the offer for CERTIFICATE IN ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS"

i couldn’t believe my eyes!! i was selected for the additional diploma scheme!! Thz all guys. I wont let you guys down. I” do my best. =).

today, i went to fuhua secondary school cultural night. see alot of chio bu =D. of course, their makeup makes them prettier.. but w/o it, they sucked =p… the events were ok, but i dont think it worth my payment =(. a fight broke out during the concert. lmao everyone turn back and look at it. =D someone actually shot a picture or two at it but then i happened to be in the picture also ^^.

And then, i went to coffee shop with a bunch of friends. (Yvonne, you ruin my drink =(. but then nvm, i still managed to suan u a little ^^). ha, then i went back home.