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Wishing Papa a very Happy "Belated" Father's Day on purpose because I know he'll be in sunny London with me! You had our backs despite all conditions, and are always gentle, compassionate and kind towards us girls (& a boy!) even when we made silly mistakes. You opened the way & trusted us to pursue our passions, then go full force in supporting them. Thank you Allah for giving me the pleasure to be this man's daughter! Love you, Pa ❤️

PS Missing Mummy & everybody back home. Can't wait for our long-due family vacation end of this year! InsyaAllah with His rezeki, Amin.

สิ่งที่สุดยอดนักวิ่งผู้ทำลายสถิติโลกบอกกับเรา
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ผมพบความลับของนักวิ่งบางประการ

การวิ่งทำให้เรามีเป้าหมายรูปธรรม มีตัวชี้วัดชัดเจน และความเปลี่ยนแปลงที่เกิดขึ้นนั้นเราสัมผัสได้ด้วยตัวเราเอง เพราะมันคือความเปลี่ยนแปลงของร่างกายเราเอง การวิ่งระยะไกลทำให้เราต้องฝึกซ้อม นั่นทำให้ทุกวันมีความหมาย เรารู้ดีว่าถ้าอยากวิ่งให้ดีกว่าเดิม เราต้องซ้อมให้หนักกว่าเดิม และถูกวิธียิ่งขึ้นเรื่อยๆ การตื่นขึ้นมาซ้อมทุกวันจะนำพาไปสู่ความหมายใหญ่ในวันแข่งขัน
...Continue ReadingWhat a world record-breaking runner says to us
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I found some runner secrets

Running gives us a concrete goal. There is a clear indicator and the change that happens. We can feel it by ourselves because it's the change of our body. Running makes us practice. That makes us mean every day. We know that if you want to run. Better than before. We have to practice harder and more accurate. Waking up to practice everyday will lead to big meaning on competition day.

When life is meaningful, we will feel that we are worthy of ourselves like this. Then we blame other people or less interested in self-development than we can't deny that there are a number of people to make themselves feel good. Press others to feel low to feel that Higher self. While those who feel good about themselves don't often do so. He just think how to bring themselves higher. They want to bring others to uplift together. Self-esteem is important when it's full in ourselves. We will. I don't want to find outside wealth. I don't feel like I have to do this so that others can't look hungry. We know that we know that we are okay, strong and stable. All of these can be "freedom"

Have big goals, practice continuously. Make every day meaningful. Be proud of yourself. Don't seek to cover, don't thirst. Accepting from others. Confident in the mind. Confident in our own

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What makes me see this summary is the speech of "Eliudkipshoke" - one of the world's best marathon runners of this era, which is given to students at cuddle Ox University. Ford in Oxford Union

Kipshoke talks about the key elements of success.

One, self discipline.
Two, great preparation
Three, great deal
Four, positive thoughts
Five, working with others.
Six, consistency
Seven, accept the change
Eight, self-faith

The best runner of Kenya slowly explains that self-discipline is to check yourself all the time. Choose to do what you want to do more than what we want to do. Discipline makes us go to practice without losing our own feelings. Not only running, but us. I will practice conscious habits. Choose the right thing for long term results than choose to do whatever you want for your own happiness.

The way to discipline is to see the priorities of what you will always do. Follow the schedule. Learn to reject the insignificant or stay off the schedule. Practice and most importantly, self-discipline is not just what happens and disappear if it's a lifestyle similar. Build a muscle that can't be done within two days if it takes to live consistency until the muscles become part of us and eventually become the same flesh with life.

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Kipshoke emphasizes, "Remember that only the disciplined will be free He expands," If you don't have discipline, you will be a slave to emotions, you will be a slave to passion. That's suffering He still. Quote the word "The best day to plant a tree was twenty-five years ago, but the good day is today" and told students at Oxford to plant trees of discipline today.

Another great thing that runners emphasize is consistency. We always start doing something when we feel motivated within ourselves. But if you want to do that, we need discipline to continue on the day we feel like to don't want to do what makes us grow is discipline. That's when there is motivation and discipline, we become consistent and become experts in it. Finally, nobody can reach that point without consistency.

Kipchoke says the secret to running well based on self-confidence. This confidence is caused by training with discipline. His mind tells himself that he has to run this hard. Of course. So I run free, carefree.

Even the best runner suggests eight success elements. But when I hear all of them, I conclude that the most important element of success is "discipline" because if there is the rest will follow, he values training as much. Answer the question of students, "If I miss to break the world record, I don't regret it. If I miss the Olympic Gold Medal, I will regret it when I will regret it when I don't have no discipline in rehearsal" because I know that only consistent rehearsal will If we do our best, even if we lose to someone, it's not sad.

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I thought about his words that said " Practice hard, live a simple life and you will be free

To the end, the important foundation of a simple life is to practice what you love hard to do better everyday. Then we will have a simple life automatically, and be free from the ruler that others always apply because we know what we are doing for and Proud of that progress

It's strange that running has made me discover new value in life. That's the value of self-discipline without anyone forcing me slowly moving towards that by changing in myself. When doing it is continuously and discipline. I found that discipline. Running a lot of things in life. When running with discipline, I start sleeping with discipline. Wake up with discipline, eating healthy food, have a disciplined work schedule and I start to resist myself not doing what I want. Do but don't affect long term and start pushing yourself to do what you should do, which will be better in the long term.

Discovery is shocking. Discipline is not the cage as I always thought if it becomes the key to a life that is free from the bondage that the world tries to lead us to be lost in those siege when Control ourselves. We have more freedom from temptations and happiness in the circle that will bring us to our intended destination.

The world is so simple.

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All of these messages are from "New Year, New Goals" in Homo Finishers book. Praise the idol, the world record-breaking the world record with just 2:01:39 hours. In Berlin field marathon

Saw his running form and his words come up again

" Only the discipline will be freeTranslated

【台美日共同守護印太安全】
　　
美國、日本、台灣三國智庫共同主辦「2020台美日三邊印太安全對話」，包括蔡英文總統、美國前國務院助卿坎博(Kurt Campbell)、前國防部印太安全助理部長薛瑞福(Randall Schriver)、日本前駐美大使佐佐木賢一郎等重要人士都與會。
　　
我也參與三國國會議員的對談，與羅致政委員、陳以信委員、美國聯邦眾議員貝拉(Ami Bera)以及日本眾議員鈴木馨祐，交流2020後的印太及台海情勢與願景。
　　
結果準備厚厚一疊的英文講稿幾乎沒派上用場，講太HIGH不小心就脫稿演出....。無論如何還是提供原本的講稿跟大家參詳，一起來練習英文吧：
　　
　　　　
2020 Taiwan-US-Japan Trilateral Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue

Hello moderator, fellow panelists, I am Taiwan legislator Freddy Lim.

This year, due to the pandemic, we can only conduct this panel online. I’m still very glad to be invited to attend this event and exchange ideas with these great panelists. Here I want to share my views on today’s main topic: “Challenges and Opportunities in the Indo-Pacific Region and the Taiwan Strait in 2020 & Beyond”.

First I want to start with the conventional positioning of Taiwan under the established international order.

After WWII, the international order led by the allies dragged Taiwan into China’s civil war. Since then, Taiwan's been struggling with the “One China” dispute, unable to gain independence and world recognition like many other colonies.

Even though Taiwanese people have built an independent and democratic country after half a century of hard work, now we enjoy freedom and human rights, the international community still isolates Taiwan. One of the main reasons is obviously China.

The established international community viewed China as a huge economic opportunity, a partner that would eventually carry out political reforms and be integrated into modern international order. Under this conventional thinking, the international community is willing to help China ease and suppress many of its unpleasant problems, including the thorny "Democratic Taiwan."

This has reduced Taiwan to merely China’s “Taiwan Problem”. We’re even slandered as the “troublemaker” of the Taiwan Strait; As a result, the respect that Taiwan deserves continues to be shelved, and the active role we can play, the contributions we can make in the international community are also ignored.

However, this established international structure is now changing.

After decades of appeasement policy, and acquiring WTO membership in 2001, China’s various structural changes that the world anticipated have never taken place. On the contrary, China’s been using organized measures, such as bribing, infiltration, and hybrid-warfare, to undermine international norms. It’s worked hard to manipulate and control international organizations, in order to project its influence onto the world. These actions have been even more distinct after Xi Jinping became President of China in 2012.

Internationally, China implemented debt-trap diplomacy on many countries through the Belt and Road Initiative. It established Confucius Institutes around the world, which are basically intelligence operations in the name of culture. Chinese tech giant, Huawei also aids China’s international surveillance. Not to mention China’s relentless expansion in the South China Sea, building military bases, creating man-made islands. This year, it’s even more serious. We witnessed the long time Chinese infiltration into UN organizations. The favoritism towards China helped its cover-up, which led to the dysfunction of WHO, ultimately causing the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Domestically, the Chinese government not only failed to implement any political reforms, but it also created the “Social Credit” system with advanced technology, to surveil and control its own people; In addition, the Chinese government built the notorious “Reeducation Camps” - concentration camps in reality, in Tibet, Xingjian, where human rights conditions were already in a bad shape. Even the Hong Kong people, who were supposed to be protected by the promise of “One Country, Two Systems”, their freedom and human rights were completely destroyed by the Chinese government.

These compelling examples show that there is some serious fallacy in the conventional way of viewing China. All facts point to this: Taiwan is not the problem. China is the problem. China is the troublemaker of the Taiwan Strait. It’s the troublemaker of the Indo-Pacific region. It’s even the troublemaker of the entire world.

Under decades of collective misjudgement, China was allowed to become the most terrifying, largest digital authoritarian government in human history. It’s a new form of dictatorship. As a response, many countries have vastly changed their China policy in recent years, thus the change of international structure.

This brings me to my next point: Give Taiwan the status it deserves. Let us contribute to the international society.

In a new international structure, Taiwan shouldn’t be categorized as “China’s Taiwan Problem”. Instead, we should be one of the key countries for international cooperation, responding to the new type of dictatorship.

Taiwan has faced authoritarian China on the front line for decades. Many countries are now facing the problem of China's infiltration under its United Front programs. Taiwan started dealing with the same problems 10 to 20 years ago. We have gained a lot of experience to contribute to the international community.

Taking the COVID pandemic as an example, Taiwan has studied and analyzed the actual situation and the information provided by the Chinese government with a serious and high-vigilance attitude. Based on our experience and lessons learned from the China SARS epidemic in 2001, we decisively formed a series of epidemic preventive measures. We have handled the crisis with the principle of openness and transparency. Our people have been self-disciplined and willing to cooperate. All of this demonstrates the high level of democracy in Taiwan’s society.

After the domestic epidemic was brought under control, Taiwan has continued to share our epidemic prevention supplies and the experiences on forming epidemic prevention policies with the world.

Although Taiwan was suppressed, even excluded by China in various international organizations in the past, we’ve been doing our best to comply with the norms & regulations of international organizations. We always actively contribute every time we have the opportunity. What I want to say is, all of this proves Taiwan could be a reliable partner in the international community. We are capable of working with other countries to solve major problems. We deserve our seats and participation in international organizations.

Regarding the impact of U.S. change of administration.

Now the U. S. presidential election is over and the administration is currently under transition. Many countries, including Taiwan, are concerned about whether the new U.S. government will change its course on foreign policy, especially its China policy. However, the "Rebalance (of Asia-Pacific Region)" proposed by the Obama administration in 2011, was in fact already a strategic adjustment in response to the rise of China and possible subsequent expansion.

The Trump administration further proposed the Indo-Pacific strategy in 2017 to promote and uphold international law and regulations, aiming to ensure every country has the liberty to be free from oppression and coercion. I believe that both parties in the U.S. understand the root cause of the Indo-Pacific regional problem comes from the Chinese government. Even for the Biden administration, it will have to provide practical responses. Facing the new structure, they can’t just go back to the traditional thinking of the last century.

As for Taiwan, the pro-Taiwan acts in the U.S., such as the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018, Taiwan Travel Act, Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement, were passed with strong consensus between the Republicans and the Democrats. I believe Taiwan could be a key partner to the international community and play an active role in the free world. This isn’t just the consensus of the two parties in the U.S., but will be the consensus of all democratic countries.

In a progressive aspect, the International community can benefit from a wider recognition of Taiwan.

In recent years, the performance of Taiwanese society in terms of epidemic prevention performance, human rights, gender equality, marriage equality, and open government are actually in line with many progressive ideas and visions. The ideas and visions that many democratic countries have long supported. Therefore, I’m quite optimistic that, after 2020, Taiwan can make even greater progress, on multiple levels and in broader aspects, contributing to the international community.

Finally, I want to emphasize again that to truly resolve regional problems, we need dynamic multilateral cooperation. But this must not be a return to the conventional thinking of the past century, which was "expecting" China to abide by the international order. The outdated thinking had been proved to be a failure. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a series of Chinese infiltration and aggression after its rise in recent years, which became one of the most difficult issues in the world. I believe after 2020, U.S., Japan, and Taiwan can establish a new model of international cooperation through deeper collaboration and communication. And hopefully, this model will maximize the security of the Indo-Pacific region and promote peace, stability and development in the region.

This concludes my speech, thank you all for listening.
Lastly, I’d like to express my gratitude to the moderators, my fellow panelists, and the organizers of this event.
I wish everyone peace and good health. Thank you.

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เปิดตัว All-New 2019 BMW 8-Series Coupe รถสปอร์ตคูเป้สุดหรู ก่อนเปิดตัวในไทย พฤศจิกายนนี้

The new BMW 8 Series Coupe is more than just a sports car. With this model, BMW gives the luxury segment a new identity, making automobile dreams come true and creating unique moments of pleasure. The spectacular TV commercial at the centre of the market launch campaign for the new BMW 8 Series Coupe takes as its motif the emotional impact of a completely new mobility experience that is realised for the first time ever. It shows the luxury sports car driving through the historical centre of Venice. Driving past magnificent palazzi and underneath the Rialto bridge, the new BMW 8 Series makes its way along the Canal Grande – a route never before covered by an automobile. For the driver, whose story is told in the short film, the childhood dream comes true of driving a car through Venice; meanwhile viewers are given a whole new perspective on the lagoon city, featuring moments of driving pleasure in a form that has never been seen before.

The film, which is directed by Daniel Wolfe and will be shown in versions lasting 15, 30 and 45 seconds, is about a young Venetian man who as a child discovers his love of automobiles in general and BMW in particular. A model BMW M1 becomes his favourite toy, and a boat-builder friend introduces him to the fascination of engine technology. But in a city in which boats are the sole means of transport, his yearning for sheer driving pleasure remains unassuaged, which is why he leaves Venice as a teenager, not to return until many years later. And now at last his childhood dream comes true – in the new BMW 8 Series Coupe and driving on pontoons that pave the way to a unique automobile trip through the canal network of his home city.

The scenario is symbolic of efforts to make the apparently impossible come true and turn long-nurtured dreams into reality. “Our models for the luxury performance segment are geared towards the lifestyle of a target group that dares to try out new things and go beyond the limits of feasibility,” ways Uwe Dreher, Director Brand Communication BMW, BMWi and BMW M. “We offer these individuals a mobility experience that corresponds to their idea of exclusivity and progressive luxury.”

First order of business, I wanted to go see Chiang Kai-shek’s Memorial. Walking past the National Theatre, there were people practicing Tai Chi in the morning. What an unforgettable sight that was – to be immersed in such tradition – to finally see the things I always see in the movies in real life. To finally stand before Chiang Kai-shek’s statue himself and in front of the guards themselves made me feel really surreal. I don’t normally feel that way about many places, but I seldom have a connection such as this one.

You see, in university, I studied contemporary China a lot. I focused and paid attention to WWII and the results. Chiang Kai-shek was definitely a prominent figure in my studies. And being there just brought back so many memories of university and how far and long it’s been. I can’t believe it’s been almost four years since I graduated. I felt extremely old standing there.

Next up, I went over to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial as well. It looked a little bit older and less grand compared to the space of the Chiang Kai-shek’s memorial grounds, but this one featured the changing of the guards. This kind of brought me back to my Washington DC trip in middle school when I witnessed the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It’s funny how in life, we have moments and memories that remain with us for a long time. Even though those feelings have faded, the memories still hold value from within. Moments on the road and moments traveling have made my life much deeper and refined. Staring at Sun Yat-sen’s statue gave me goosebumps. I was in Taiwan. Zomg.

The weather in Taipei was actually pretty comfortable during this time of the year. Sure, the sun was bright, but the heat was tolerable- especially in the evening. I wasn’t really sure what to eat that afternoon because I was still pretty sick from a case of food poisoning the days prior, I just opted to eat some Subway to be safe- simply because it was there and I was starving. To think about it, food in Taipei wasn’t easy to find as I thought. There were certain areas where you could get food and it wasn’t available in the streets in the afternoon or early in the morning. I had a hard time locating random restaurants near these sights. Even if there was a restaurant, a lot of the menus didn’t have a lick of English or pictures.

Another thing that many people do in Taipei is to visit the Maokong area via the Maokong Gondola or Maokong Cable Cars. The lines were line. I had to stand in the sun for quite a bit until the line progressed. People have a chance to either use a basic cabin or a crystal bottom one where the bottom of the cabin is made out of another sheet of glass so you can look down. That was pretty scary. The ride was beautiful, but I’ve been in so many cable cars that they don’t really impress me anymore. When I reached the top, there wasn’t much to do. There was some street food, including calabash candy, which was another thing I saw on TV in real life. That was pretty awesome, but gave me severe tooth pains because of how sweet it was. Trust me, I’ve never bitten into anything so sweet and sour like calabash tomatoes. Most people were walking towards a temple or something. I didn’t feel like visiting a crowded temple, so I opted to find some food. I stumbled upon a random restaurant. Pointed at some pictures. Nobody spoke English. And ate some really weird cold chicken leg thing. My waitress suddenly started speaking Vietnamese to another person, and I almost fell over. I started laughing insanely loud because we had so much trouble communicating my order. She was speaking Chinese and I was speaking Engrish. In the end, we spoke Vietnamese to each other and laughed at our situation. She married a Taiwanese man over 18 years ago and has been living in Taiwan and working there at her mother-in-law’s restaurant for that many years.

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