weight loss: four lbs. shed in about a week

July 1, 2011: 164 lbs.



July 9, 2011: 160 lbs.

In a society in which its citizens are bombarded by billboards, television commercials, and Web Ads encouraging people to indulge their appetites without restraint, I decided to take the offensive—consuming lots of fish, beans, red plums, white Peaches, chocolate soy milk, chocolate almond milk, and staying off red meat (for the most part).

The human body is a vessel. I must take care of it and be vigilant about what I put into it. 

Last Sunday (July 10, 2011), I ran with the Nike Run Club in Santa Monica. Five miles.

bike ride: newport beach

irvine bike trail. leads to newport beach.

a park off of harvard. cyclist water break.

more cyclists. greenery in background.

grass. trees. clear sky. summer. it doesn't 

get much better.

newport beach pier on sat., july 2, 2011.

pier's south side.

edge of america. 

big crowd.

awhile back, a great white shark was spotted off of laguna nigel - pretty far off shore.

fishermen. 

lots of mackerel were being caught.

stingray.

poisonous tail cut off. 

looks like a stealth fighter. maybe the military used it as a model.

smelt visible from deck.

guitar strummer.

this chinaman didn't really play for lynwood.

another street music man.

in 1997 (college freshman year), i ate here with deepa and jae - two dorm friends. we biked here on a weekend.

dark knight strikes again is considered a monumental work in the comics world. 

i was trying to tan my chest so my muscles would look more defined. i got toasted pretty bad. 

yet another music maker. 

my dorm room. '96 - '97. 

mesa court: lots of trees, vegetation. i saw rabbits, racoons, squirrels during my time here. it's also where i honed my untouchable shinobi talents.

walked down this path many atimes. 

this structure had yet to be erected when i was around. notice the aardvark sculpture and clock.

navy seal. protecting our country on the seas.

old glory. wind blowing toward pacific ocean. 

this irvine park had a memorial of fallen soldiers from their city. deceased servicemen included those from the marines, army, and navy.