I will start working out my upper body every Tuesday and Thursday while Wednesday and Friday will be my lower body. Weight lifting will be the main workout plan as I don’t really need to do cardio. I will weigh myself again next Monday to see if I gain any weight.

With seven of my buddies going including me, we had to take two cars.  I volunteered to take my little Acura TL and one of my friend had a Subaru WRX (4-wheel drive of course).  He had a ski rack while I had to stuff everything in my trunk and partially the backseat.

We all agreed to meet up at 7am the day of to drive up.  Since most of us live in Denver, I had to drive down from Boulder (roughly a 30-40 min drive).  I struggled to get any rest that night.  With only 1.5 hours of sleep, I woke up at 6:15am and drove down to Denver.  We geared and packed up to head out to Copper mountain. 

I was dead tired and had to drive another 2 hours to get up to Copper.  The roads were clear and the McDonalds’ coffee saved me from falling asleep on the road.  It was such a relief to finally reach the parking lot of Copper mountain.

We got up there around 9am.  The weather was nice (around 30 degrees farenheit).  Getting off the ski lift chair was a little bit rough for some of my beginner friends.  We all managed to get to the top.

The snow was great for intermediate to advanced boarders but a little rough for the new people.  The snow was hard and not powder.  There wasn’t much of it since it’s just the beginning of the season.  I fell probably 3 times throughout the whole trip (due to my effort to jump and dodge crazy skiers). 

Overall, the first day of snowboarding this year was a good experience.  I’m sure there’s many more to come as I plan to make use of my season pass.  Driving home from the trip was exhausting.  The next day, my thighs were super sore and I had a huge migraine from the lack of sleep.  I think it was a good trade off since I had a good day of snowboarding.

My metabolism is very high and I know it’s the reason that’s stopping me from gaining any kind of weight.  I’ve been researching why I have such a high metabolism.  It looks like my mind has to do with most of the factors why my metabolism is so high.  Here are the reasons that’s been suggested from others who have the same problem:

1) If you think/ponder a lot (intelligence), your metabolism is high.
2) If you worry/stress a lot, your metabolism is high.
3) If you are too sensitive (sharp), your metabolism is high.
4) If you are under pressure, your metabolism is high.

Another reason is through genetics.  My dad is also very scrawny and I have the same exact body structure as he does.  He is also very tall and so is my mom.  Though I plan to break it in this generation.

I will come up with a meal plan.  Basically, you have to consume as much as you can per day.  Try to eat every 3 hours and take supplements.  Protein and carbs will definitely help. 

Aside from eating more, I will go to the gym 4-6 times a week.  At least an hour per session, I will concentrate mostly on weights since cardio exercises will not help with my metabolism problem.

I will officially start this either today or tomorrow.  Will update my weight in a month.

We only lost a game out of maybe 4 or 5 games that we played. I was doing pretty good since I averaged around 200 that night. Quoc probably did over 125 push ups that night since he side beated with Vince and lost every time. All in all, it was a fun bowling night (since our team won most of the time). I took some pictures with my phone from that night (sorry for the bad phone camera quality).

Elizabeth Lambert, New Mexico Lobo’s defender, is vicious when it comes to the game of soccer.  Though she was provoked, her unsportsmanlike behavior should not be tolerated.

Heard this song on the radio and thought I try to look for it on YouTube.  Justin Bieber, 15 years old, is a Canadian singer.

Frank Hwang is a genius and I like watching his videos. I stumble across this one on accident and it was very coincidental.

When I was 8 or 9 years old, I would go with my dad on the weekend to the Mile High Flea Market to purchase fruits and vegetables for his catering business.  One time, he was very thirsty and asked me to go purchase a soda for him.  Here is how the conversation went down…

Dad: Go buy me a drink.
Cuong: What do you want?
Dad: a Su-pris.
Cuong: Huh?
Dad: I want a su-pris.
Cuong: Surprise? uhh. ok.

(I went up to the counter and talked to the gentlemen selling drinks)

Man: What can I get for you today?
Cuong: Can I get a surprise?
Man (smiling and giggling then laughing): What did you want again?
Cuong: Nevermind.

(Going back to my dad)

Dad: Where is my drink?
Cuong: They ran out.

(I realized afterwards that he meant to say Sprite but I just didn’t understand at the time being. FML)

Yes, I have horrible photochopping skills.

homemade cookies!  They were delicious with cold milk.