Parkour - My Game

Parkour, known as urban free-running, is so much fun when you do it. The very last time I did was a few years back till I got injured in the hip which put it to a stop for me in the end. Ever since then, I have never done it again.

The thing about parkour is it gets really physical and extreme as that is the very nature of the sport. I love it extreme and has been an adrenaline junky since I was young. So I never stop pushing myself to feel that adrenaline rush. The jumps, the leaps, and all the runs in parkour are the combination of all skills that one can evr learn and to master it takes a quite some time.

I guess I'm gonna start doing parkour again before I get too old to regret. I love parkour no doubt as it is in my blood, soon I'll start doing it casually as with the current fitness I have I am capable to do whatever that comes.

Love parkour, love the extreme as that is what I'm all about.

by Jack Ho

Live a Life

Everyone has got a story to tell, a drama to watch, and a story line to be understood. Everyday, I see people living a story of their very own. Some may have a fairy tale, some may not but yet some may be lost. Today, we are all alive for some reason and that reason is for you to know because that life is yours. But the funny thing is, life has always been a wonderful thing...it is beautiful and filled with many wonders.

I came across with many people who have always doubted about their own life, no directions and meaningless in a way. Yes, certain times of our lives we would all feel the same way, perhaps it is just the stages of life that we have to go through. Even myself, I've been through certain stages of my life where I was struggling, struggling to live another day, another day of life. So here's a little story of mine, my life.

Throughout my teens, I wasn't quite popular as any other teenagers would always wanna be. I wasn't a guy who live a vibrant and exciting life to many, but I was just living a simple life of mine where I enjoyed most. But then, it took a change when I got into college. It felt different in a way where there was liberation from family and the society as well, first step into the social life has always seemed amazing. First stop, I was the new explorer of the world and then I became another problem in the world. That very world I saw was the world of reality, where reality bites and not telling lies or fairy tales. It was tough to hang on and definitely tough to survive. Each day and every single second, waking up in the morning wondering what to do for the rest of the day has became a behavior. Unlike back in high school, there was nothing much to bother another then attending classes, school activities and my sports, purely simple. However, stepping into the future is a process part of growing up anyway so it was never easy. There were many hard times I had where I had to go through, relationships, family and personal future. You will wonder as you grow older as you gotta set your own future as you can't depend on parents to direct you for the rest of your life. Thus, making decision on what I had to do was always tough and challenging. Of course, I made mistakes and learned lessons well. Yet again, over time I would still make mistakes because I was still learning.

So after all, career wise wasn't a big problem for me because I always set myself a path where I live my own life. Relationship wise has always been a problem combining with family problem as well. The thing is I don't come from a wealthy family and the relationship in my family just don't bonded so well as we all have spent many years apart, so sometimes or perhaps most of the times I find it hard to communicate with my family. I did try to improve over and over again but it never seem to work unless there is mutual understanding which I don't get from my family. Thus, I chose to be an outsider in this family somehow by being more independent and not replying too much on them. Plus, relationships have not always been working out perhaps I'm still young and always out with the wrong girl or not the right girl. It is my personality and attitude that counts and certain people do find it hard to get along with me due to my open minded personality and more of a western culture attitude. Thus, it has always been hard somehow when I go on a date.

Again, these are all the problems I had gone through in my life and still are encountering some these days. But there is something I have learned which plays the most critical part in our life, it is about making decision wisely. When I think about all the bumpy journey I have gone through, it always reflected to me in a way where I could have made wiser decision. And that critical decision making has made me and able to tolerate improvement in my life. You see, sometimes when you're ought to do something for yourself then you have to consider your own capability and surrounding, how easy can that be when you have to pick a decision where it is good for you and will not affect others? Well, sadly to say it is never easy because decision can only be one and there will always be a sacrifice for one another, if you take it that way. From then on, I see or visualize my path in a broader circle where I open myself to more suggestions and opinions just to ensure I do not repeat mistakes or make another mistake in my life.

Of course, it hasn't been easy to do so in a way where I'm always the only child in the family who is making decision against my family, let's just say I'm rebellious in a political way. I always argue with my parents over my own right, as I don't like to be controlled, then again whenever I try to show them my achievement it is always something they never wanna look at because I'm not living their dreams. Till today, I still find it difficult just to get along with my family as there is always this wall seem to block the way. Then again, it all comes back to the decision I have made for my life which I have accepted it from the very beginning and so will bear all the consequences in my own responsibility. I get very positive and optimistic in my life, and also in everything that I do. I try my best to make things right, if I fail I will keep trying till miracle happens. I'm not somebody who gives up easily and always on the edge to pursue my dream and goal. That's how I live it the way I like it.

But then, there are also people who gets jealous and envious about others beautiful life says I. For those who envy and admirer without causing harm or any effects, it is a good thing as it can be taken as a role model or icon to live or have a better life. this will eventually help people to understand the fulfillment of life and to show them a life has a direction which you can be the indicator yourself. But sadly, there are those who get jealous and would try in anyway to jeopardize those lives. People comes in different way as some are good and some are with evil deeds. So you just gotta be very careful about it as well, when some people can't get enough out of their own life then they would stepping over the boarder to others' life which is a bad thing to do.

So after, a life is another page of story to be told and to live as well. Have your own life and life it the way you want it, or like it should be. Don't be afraid to speak for yourself for it is you who carries the worth in you. So start your own life right now at this very moment, because the difference you can make is a difference to the world.

by Jack Ho

I love the whole world

This is my most favourite song ever!

Tears

Tears of my Heart,
It is Yours that I seek,
Shall not You from the hidrance of yours,
Neither shall it succeed on Both,
Watch as you go,
Fly as the Birds high,
In the very moment I see tears,
Tears redefine your Soul,
Tears redefine my Love,
Tears redefine our Hearts,
Broken and Shattered visions have,
Smashed and melted into river of blood,
Yet I shall not forget the Green moores,
Once beautiful will always be remembered,
Home will always be Home where the Soul lies.

By Jack Ho

Melody in my Hand

Every move it makes,
Every little tick it has,
The sound of it represents the Melody,
Melody of Words,
Beautiful Words of the Heart,
Light and Shine of the Melody,
Brightly walks the path of all.
In my hand,
In the very soul,
in the very palm of Mine,
Words of Melody speak.

By Jack Ho

Heavy Rocks

Have you ever felt when the rock gets too heavy you eventually feel like dropping it and give up? Or you feel like the heavier it is the better it feels? Then sometimes, it is not you who carry the rock but it is the rock that is being thrown at you. And also, piles of rocks can be felt on the shoulder sometimes. So after all, these rocks are just pressure or stress that you gain from your everyday’s life of routine, works, studies, and relationship. It can be just about anything these days that could provide a heavy burden for you.

Stress or pressure is something nobody wants in a way because of the difficulty and hardship we would have to go through. Nothing is easy of course as we won’t know or understand not until we have learned to master the skills or gain knowledge of it. So, when people say stress or pressure and burden they often refer to the intense tension they feel within their mind or within them therefore it is the psychological hardship they feel or experience. When a person is stressed or pressured, he or she would lose control of its attitude in way where anger may occur yet some may turn emotionally sad or moody. Do you realize sometimes your friends or family members might look very dull and has got smiley on them at all? Of course, that is the very sign of something is bothering them well in their mind. Often, when people feel stressed or pressured they feel they need some space in away for them to get rid of their problems yet some tend to release their tension through anger or sadness onto someone else. These two situations are dangerous in a way because the human factors, which mean the human nature of overreacting, can actually cause harm to either ourselves or the people around us.

When a person is stressed or pressured, he or she keeps herself silent and not talking to anyone else. He or she exiles in a room alone in search of his or her own private space, and wish not to be bothered or helped by anyone else. So what is gonna happen when he or she is alone? Think about it for a second, suicide? Scream? Banging the wall? It can be just about anything that we would hardly expect or imagine. Let me put it this way, if that person has a positive attitude thus he or she can most likely to be thinking and handling the stress or pressured in a positive manner. When it is being handled positively, the outcome would be trying to resolve the problems by having logical and rational thinking to produce solutions. In key terms the very need of solving and getting rid of stress or pressure is to have solution. Thus, if a person is positive enough and able to control his or her emotion then he or she is able to manipulate the whole situation. When it is in control, it would be easier to deal with in order to resolve what the problem has. Of course, some people who are positive wouldn’t exile themselves as well because they would approach others for consultations which are even more efficient.

But how about those who are not so positive and yet would start doing silly things? Yes, these are the type of people you will have to watch out. When they have negative thinking, it may be one of the fastest ways to ruin their lives. Why? This is because the lack of confidence and intellectual mind to determine the brighter side of life, and also the environment plays a role as well sometimes. A negative thinker is usually people you would feel they have no goals or achievement towards their lives, and they will always say no to you no matter what you ask to participate. They would also show signs of not logical and rational behavior which they are often left out for a circle. It is good to say no sometimes but in a positive way, yet these types of people are often to be referring to the negative type. So when they are under stressed or pressured, they can be very suicidal because they are unable to handle the amount of rocks they have to carry. They can be very emotional as well because they feel they need attention or it makes them feel better to actually put it out on others. The very reason why they feel suicide is one of the fastest way to resolve their problems is because they are being irresponsible and the do not wish to go through the difficulty they have to encounter. But being irresponsible is not a good thing because once you have start something and you will have to end it as well. So in order to escape from the responsibility that seems to be heavy, it is best to run away from it and let other person to carry it for you which is very negative. When these piles of rocks are being left behind, he or she can run away freely and not bother to look back. So this often creates the burden and stress on others which eventually let other people to walk into the problems. But it is how irresponsible people in such a way that they are too afraid to face what the reality is as the lack of confidence within themselves often creates fear for themselves.

As for those who are emotional, they can be very pitiful and yet scary. Have you ever seen someone screaming their throat out just because they feel stressed or pressured? How about those who tend to cut themselves? And those who are to be physically abusive? These are the scary ones because in a way they can be very harmful. Of course, the ones who cry, scream or yell, and start cutting themselves are usually people who beg and crave for attention. Again, they want others to help them but yet by putting the responsibility onto others. Certain age-group people can be very emotionally tense, especially teenagers and adults who are in between mid 30s and 40s. Teenagers of course are still immature thus it is not a surprise that they can be very emotional, but as for the adult some can still be very immature as well because of the lack of rational and intellectual thinking due to the affect by the environment. Thus, these are the people who have psychological problem because sometimes they feel there is a need to feel pain in order to forget about the problems. Of course, the mind works one way or another by reacting to what is prioritize or what is more important when the body sends the signal. So when the mind is focusing on the pain it gets from the body, eventually it tends to forget about the problems which the stress or pressure would disappear but not for long because nobody can endure pain or else you start killing yourself to get rid of that feeling, yet it does happen sometimes.

But what about those who start to be physically abusive? Some guys can actually beat their wives or girlfriends when they feel stressed or pressured the physical force can be deadly as well. It is the anger that drives them towards to such situation, because they are unable to manipulate their own attitude. When you lost control, you would eventually lose yourself and start to forget what the reality is as you let your mind flies freely without coordinates and directions. Thus the craziness eventually is being thrown onto others which are harmful. Unconsciously, they are not aware of what they do as the mind could also shut down and let the body works its way through the uncontrollable anger.

Even when stress and pressure can be seen as a difficult manner to handle, but for those who can manage and handle it well they are very useful as well. In this positive aspect, some people tend to work better under pressure as it helps them to be more work quality efficient and productive. Besides, they are able to manipulate what is to be balance in order for them to deal with the whole situation, totally under control. Even when it feels stress, it helps to prioritize what is more critically important as to accomplish them. Thus, this helps a person to achieve his or her goal. Of course, through such a wild ride you’re able to develop your management skill and others or even learn more applications into your daily lives. Some even take it as a challenge because it is an accomplishment for them. When it is taken as a challenge, it is seen as a goal or a target to be accomplished. Personally, I get stress out certain times under pressure but yet it helps to work better and perform better as a result it gives me improvement in myself where I am able to see how far I have gone through and what I have achieve. And, I’m able to discover what I am capable of and to define what is impossible to overcome any limitations. Challenges are great when you do them and not just looking at them, as pressure or stress can be provided as a drive towards an accomplishment of goals and target. So, it is not that bad after all to work under stress and pressure but do take it just positively.

To think positively, it is a way to be more rational and intellectual where as you are to have a form of healthy lifestyle which doesn’t not only affect you but also towards others where you can create a positive and friendly environment. A single help stars with a single random kindness that gives another to others. The single step starts with yourself today or now, give it a try perhaps you can start to make a different and able to be a role model for others. Positively, the rocks will never be too heavy.

By Jack Ho

Visions

What do you see?
You think it is what you know?
Visions, yes it is.
What figures do you define?
Vision of what you visualized.
Perhaps, the object is what you see yet what you do not know.
Visions of the eye in the mind of a heart.
The eye of all, visualize.

By Jack Ho

Cross the Distance

Sometimes in life when you take a step onto a path, perhaps it is a path that is your life, then the journey begins. The moment when a journey begins, it would be adventurous in way with obstacles and wonders to overcome. Of course, it wouldn’t be easy at all to achieve something without having going through the hardship. Nothing is free in the world as everything comes with a price, a price that has to give. Remember when you were young? You used to dream about being somebody when you have grown up? Remember how enthusiast you were? It was like a big dream back then. But as you grow older, things changed and your dream still lives in your heart.

Some people may have carried on with a dream and trying to achieve it, some have achieved those dreams, but unfortunately some have lost those dreams. It must have not been easy chasing dreams, because the very moment when you want something in your life you gotta work hard for it. Then of course, many obstacles would often try to bring you down and tear you off from achieving your dream, these are just tests. With these tests be given by the nature of the world, it is able for you see and realize your determination and focus, sometimes it redefines your weakness as well as your strength. Yet again, many people have always been put to a disbelief that impossible can be possible then for those who have cross the distance they have eventually redefine what is the impossible. It is still many hard works before you know you’re gonna take a step into a journey where you do not know its destination, unless you have set a course. Many dreams have failed, perhaps those may have found something better as fate takes a course into life. But again, it is just a matter of decision where you think what would be best for you as a result.

It is glorious when dream has been caught, it is the best sensational feeling ever that one can experience in a lifetime. Nobody can take such a victory from you, as it is well remembered by many and most of all it is in your heart. Then of course, the long journey where you have taken to reach your dream has been a well-worth learning journey of a lifetime. We may learn a lot actually, as along the road you may see what and how it takes to reach something that is desired by you, whether it is your dream or goal yet again you will learn what it takes to achieve them. Often, we can be weaken by obstacles yet it still lies in the faith of our own to strengthen ourselves. Never give up is one thing, as determination is one of the key components to succeed through the hardship that one can ever experience.

Some dreams may seem impossible, but then the effort and hard work are well given to chase as impossible comes from possible. In the very end, you will always know at least you have tried something in your life where it was once meaningful to you, and perhaps it will always be. There is no harm in trying as it is a mean of learning process where you are able to improve yourself. No doubt, books and lecturers are not able to teach you the value of life but yet it is your own mentor or tutor within yourself are able to do so when you have put yourself onto a journey towards your goal or dream.

Always do something while you still can, as perhaps on a very when you look back you will never regret from the greatness you have seen in yourself. Rewards will always come later when hard work has been spent, neither you nor me will know what the outcome will be. Life, it is interesting and wonderful after all. I found my dream since I was young and it’s been a dream come true journey all along, I am still craving for more. When will I stop? I don’t know as I do what ever I still can to go beyond a distant in my dream, and that is the most beautiful journey of my life. Nothing less or more than a little soul in myself, and a life, with a value that is worth a lifetime to live.

By Jack Ho