Endtroducing...djball aka charleshui

Damn hot! another 33-34C weekend but with strong west wind! Friday night I had 1.5hrs quality run session; Saturday morning I had two hours hard ride with Jacky, Rockson and George, dehydrated after the ride; Sunday morning I had swim run swim run brick and 25k ride, already feel dizzy....broken down in the 2nd set... To have some breakthrough, need to go through the pain.

Today is my first triathlon after ACL reconstruction surgery, it has been 8 months after the surgury, everything is going well, today is the good chance to test my body! It's sprint Triathlon, 750m swim, 21k bike, 5k run at Shatin Park, sort of small local race; Weather was so hot and very little wind, 33-35C and very light south wind, humidy 60%, very smokey weather! As the race split the start time by difference age-group for 20-30mins so the run and the bike was not really in the pack. I was also not expected to ride with the pack instead I'd like to see how I go with individual time trial. Not to swim with the pack was also a good idea to avoid swallow one or two mouth of water as you wouldn't like to! The water outside the Science Park is not so clean as Plover Cove but it's definitely calm like a lake! The water was so warm and muddy anyway.... The 5k run was my criticial part, as planned, picked up the pace after 1.5k and ran all way comfortabley hard for the res...

lightweight long batteries hours can last for 8hrs really! handy 160G HDD, 2G RAM, wireless, bluetooth.... 10' screen is a bit small but that's ok!! Samsung netbook N120 is my console now, I can leave all those iPhone, MacBook Air behind....

20:40 29Jul09 -WSJ(7/29) Nomura Stumbles In New Global Push WSJ(7/29) Nomura Stumbles In New Global Push (From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) By Alison Tudor TOKYO -- Japanese brokerage firm Nomura Holdings Inc. kicked off a training session for new hires in April by separating the men and women. The women, including Harvard graduates hired by Lehman Brothers before it collapsed, were taught how to wear their hair, serve tea and choose their wardrobes according to the season, say executives who fielded a complaint about the session. Ever since Nomura acquired Lehman's international operations last September, cultural and business differences between the two organizations have loomed large. There has been tension over executive compensation, how quickly decisions are made and treatment of women in the workplace. Nomura has been laboring to integrate the two organizations, but it has been difficult, particularly in investment banking. A number of former Lehman bankers ha...