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Final presentation for CAS Type Design / Zurich University of the Arts, June 5 2010. Mucho paper. That anatomical diagram there took me about 3 hours, in the middle of the night no less.
David Forbes Scottish President
Angela Gillis Strath cairns Hospice
John Currie past Scotiish President
SAIFD AIR Program "Form & Structure" with Kenneth Snauwaert, AIFD.
October 23rd, 2011
(Photo Credit: Sandra Austoni)
This time, for the ISAL Christmas celebration 2006, they asked me to do a presentation on Belgium. Here am I with the slide about Liege (Luik)
Sunny.
Hot.
Arid.
Polluted.
Sh't.
The sun was strong, beating brightly at the starting line. I sat down to shade myself within a packed forest of men; a few minutes later, however, after the jocular pleading of another competitor, I was up again, and the sun hammered me mercilessly.
I hit the first wall at the 3km mark. My mouth was dry, and my pace slackened; I longed for a drink to ease my malaise.
At first blush, I survived the first 5km in good shape, turning around at 20:30, on pace to break last year's mark of 44:00. But I could feel my energy ebbing from me; and the heat exhaustion was now creeping in, its onset tiring my mind and body.
As I drank three cups of water at the 7km mark, I became incontinent, a first for me. Pouring water into my mouth at the station transformed my little man into a leaky faucet, drip, drip, drip. For the rest of the race, I would urinate, uncontrollably, a splash here and a splash there. Though no one else noticed my loss of bodily control, I felt embarrassed; and alarmed since, it was obvious now, heat exhaustion owned me - I could neither retain water nor sweat properly.
I re-injured my left hamstring around the 8km mark; the elements and my own body double-teamed me; my muscles were gassed and my gait faltered; my hamstring screamed. It's not a coincidence, I conjecture, that my last two races on this course have resulted in straining my left hamstring. Perhaps the course is too straight, and too flat for my body, forcing my left leg to incur repetitive stress and shock. I don't re-incur this injury on hilly courses, much to my amazement since I originally received this injury on the undulating China Coast Marathon route.
I walked a bit, and ran at times over the last 2km; people were passing me left and right. Yet I put up a fight at the very end, sprinting to the finish. I thank God that my hamstring did not dash itself further.
And then the surprise came. After a convalescent half hour laying underneath the trees, my body splayed on the cool bricks, I capriciously checked the final results. My jaw dropped upon my second glance. Though I had been put through a torturous physical wringer, even as my mind and body continued to twist and to burn, I had, indeed, placed in my race category!
My euphoria reminded me of the ending to My Sassy Girl in which the crestfallen couple break apart, it seems, never to be together again; only to pull off the miraculous, superman-comeback-reunion to the audience's smiles and cheers as the credits roll. I was stupefied at my success - what the F!?
I grabbed my precious hardware and had my picture taken. I went home, showered, and went to HKU where I languidly labored to walk, to eat and to talk; it's the evening now, and my exhaustion has lifted, just enough for me to finish this entry and to consider how I shall rehabilitate this obstinate left hamstring.
All photos were taken from wahmanhungying's photo blog - thanks!
this is one of the first native landscapes we did around 10 years ago.
California Native Landscape by East Bay Wilds
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First city council-sponsored planning meeting in Mid-City. Hosted at Grace Episcopal Church on Canal Street.
Students give presentations to community members as the culmination of Deep Creek Middle School's "School Without Walls" program.
HE Mr Pedro Comissário Afonso, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique, presents his credentials to Dr Lassina Zerbo, Director of the International Data Centre and Executive Secretary-elect of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, on 1 July 2013.
The new British Ambassador to the Holy See Nigel Baker presents his Letters of Credence to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Castel Gandolfo, 9 September 2011). Photo: L'Osservatore Romano copyright, all rights reserved
G.S. Garcia, c. 1905, Iron, inlaid with silver
Harry Brennan (1880-1922) is one of the cowboys to have performed with William F. Cody's ('Buffalo Bill') show, traveling to Europe in 1903 and 1905. A star in his own right, Brennan is considered the father of modern bronc riding and was named the undisputed World Champion Bronc Rider in 1904. Born and raised in the West, Brennan typifies the cowboys whose images were promoted in wild West shows.