Cheerleading

Hong Xin's medals and trophies at home are piling up. Here comes a Silver Medal in Cheerleading Group. Congrats Hong Xin.  

Smash Circuit 5.0 - 2026

After years of trying, HongYi finally won a Badminton Open competition - Smash Circuit 5.0 (2026) Single Gold Medal (following a 5 games gruesome battle).

Looking back at history of Open competition.

Joined 4 competitions in 2023 but never go past round 2.
Joined 5 competitions in 2024 but never go past round 2 (plus Lake Club Gold)

Joined 6 competitions in 2025 and achieved 2 bronze.

Joined 5 competitions in 2026 so far and achieved 1 gold 1 silver (plus gold in MSSD)

HY also won a Bronze in the Doubles category. Performance is inconsistent but is entertaining. 

 

Lai Meng School Sports Day 2026

This is the last Lai Meng Sports Day for our family as Hong Xin is Standard 6.

The result this year is amazingly good. Hong Xin received 1 bronze in 2025. In 2024 she received 1 gold and 1 silver. This year Hong Xin received total of 4 medals- 1 gold for 4x100m, 1 silver for 80m, 1 bronze for Shot put and 1 silver for Inter-school 4x100m. This is amazing results and excellent final chapter for her time in Lai Meng.

Xtep Time Trial - Results

The Race is over! Although it is not as good as my personal best, it is still worth celebrating. The final result is 55 mins 51 seconds, (avg 5'35), much faster than the goal time of 58 mins. Final few km is particularly encouraging. The final ranking, however, is 530 versus total runners of 1066. That's 50 percentile, one of my worst result. This race is really filled with elites and members of running clubs. 

Xtep Time Trial

8th of May 2026 will mark the first running race this year. Its a FOC 10km race. With the "form" I am in now, my goal is relatively low.

Gold: 55 mins or 5'30 min/km

Silver: 58 mins or 5'48 min/km   

Bronze: 60 mins or 6'00 min/km

Note that even the gold level is no way close to my personal best. 

Parent Child Badminton Competition

First Parent Child Competition (excluding Teo Chew Association friendly matches) since 2024.

Results 1 win 1 loss (versus 2 losses in 2024) so there is some improvement.  

The matches are now Under 16 (used to be Under 15), so there is another year of opportunity. 

Badminton Rackets- Yonex Astrox 88D Brothers (Updated Jun)

The Yonex Astrox 88D Brothers and their achievements

Tour Racket (bought in 2006)

Achievement

- MSSD Single Gold (2026)

- MSSD Double Silver (2026)

- Smash 5.0 Single Gold (2026)
- Smash 5.0 Double Bronze (2026)

- KLSL Team Double Gold (2026)

Game Racket (bought in 2005)

Achievement

- MSSD Single Bronze (2025)

- Titan 1.0 Single Silver (2026)

- Smash 5.0 Single Bronze (2025)

- AIMS Team Double Silver (2026)

- AIMS Team Single Silver (2025)

- KLSL Team Single Gold (2025)

Play Racket (Bought in 2004)

Achievement

- MSSD Double Bronze (2024)

- Achieve Cup Single Bronze (2025)

- Achieve Cup Double Bronze (2025)

- AIMS Team Single Silver (2024)

- KLSL Team Single Bronze (2024)

 

April Fool

Here are some of this year's best April Fool Picture:

And obviously, don't forget Da Bing's edition.

HAPPY APRIL FOOL EVERYONE!

 

A.I.

Getting to learn A.I. and its many function as much as I could. So far I am more into Gemini, although image generated by Chatgpt is more favourable. 

Ever wonder what AI looks like? Here's my assigned AI's profile picture. It is indeed very knowledgeable. 

Laptop

The hunt of Laptop is over. The final winner is HP NB (14-EM0225AU) at just under RM 2.8k. 

In summary, the specs are AMD Ryzen 7 7730U, 12GB DDR4-3200 (1x8GB, 1x4GB), 512 GB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics, 14" inch.

There are plenty of other laptop on offer, particularly gaming laptop at insane value. 

The final choice is decided based on its lightness of the laptop, which is 1.4kg (versus many gaming laptop that is around 2-3kg). 

Top Places to Visit in China

 Here's Top Ten Cities to Visit in China

1. Beijing- Done in around year 1995

2. Shanghai: Done in around year 2005

3. Chengdu: Not yet

4. Guangzou: Done in around year 2010

5. Hangzhou: Done in around year 2005

6. Xi'an: Done in 2025/2026

7. ChongQing: Done in 2019

8. Shenzhen: Done in around year 2009

9. Qingdao: Not yet

10. Urumqi: Not yet

Score: 7 of 10

Other cities travelled but not listed in the top ten list include Tian Jing, Gui Ling, Su Zhou, Nan Jing, Wu Xi, Chao Zhou, Kun Ming and Zu Hai. 

Things are quite different when we change the subject to 'Travel Destination' in China, instead of cities.

1. Zhang Jia Jie - To go soon

2. Jiu Zai Gou- To go soon

3. La Sa- Not in plan

4. Cheng Du- To go soon

5. Xi'An- Done 

6. Shang Hai- Done

7. Bei Jing- Done

8. Li Jiang- Done

9. Gui Ling- Done

10. Ha Er Bing- Not in near future

Score: 5 of 10