Swordie Bloggie

Imagine you have to stand under the sun for hours… with little breaks in between… Well this is what we have to go through when we need to cover events on the field… 😛

So while I was standing under the hot sun during the recent SPL 2012, how I wish I can have a small chair with me… even a two step stools will be nice… or a bucket which I can turn upside down to sit on it will be good enough… but none of these are there at that time.

Last week, I searched for a super portable stool on the net… light and small… And I found this unique chair… it’s not what I’m looking for but this chair is cool… coz it can be folded completely flat to a depth of just 3cm 😛 The chair was designed by Jake Phipps… and it is the current wold’s thinnest and compact folding chair.

OK, that was not what I’m looking for… so I search more and found this super strength stool… it is called walkstool and it can carry up to 250kg or 550lbs load… believe or not, when four of these stools are loaded with a car with each on the cars’ tyres, it stand still… won’t break apart… amazing. I like the design too… it fold into a cylinder… just like a camera monopod or tripod… so when carried with backpack, people will think it just a monopod or tripod… nice… and it is very light too… less than 1kg… 😛 I really want to get this stool but the only problem is the price… it is quite expensive… about USD$130 including shipping… 😛

I need my office chair to be replaced… it is not comfortable to sit on anymore… and there are still many other things I want to request for my office, in my room… I need a whole Hon office furniture for my room… file cabinet, drawer cabinet, stamp pads… even a new wireless telephone. I really need to sort things inside my room… they all scattered around… I think I need to use the 5s system… 😛

My back pain is still bothering me sometimes… it did heal faster than before but I’m still feels uncomfortable with it… the trauma is still there… but then, I found out some of the causes of my back pain… it is not exactly the way we do our work everyday… but more on what we use everyday… I’m sure you know both of these… but never give much attention to it…

First cause is the shoe… this one I know about it long time ago… ever since my fist back pain many years ago… the heel of any shoe is very important. It must be properly cushioned… else your back, spine, nerve… will have to absorb the impact every time you make your step. The cushion of my working shoe I’m using are currently not in good condition… that is one reason…

Second, the chair… when we sit in front of the computer, we tend to forget about the time… we sit without bothering the stress and strain not only on our eyes but to our back too… if the chair is too small, the weight distribution area is too small… end up only a small part of our butt holding all our weight… and that is super bad when your weight is extra… 😛 So, the chair must be big and properly cushioned… make the cushion very thick like the patio cushions so that your weight will be properly absorb by the chair cushion… Becoz of these two things, I’m changing my shoe and chair… but I still have not found a good chair and shoe… 😛

Sitting in front of the computer for too long is making my back painful lately… I think one of the reasons is the chair… the chair is too old I guess… and it cant hold my weight anymore 😛

When editing photos on the computer, I will sit for hours in front of it without lifting my butt from the chair… just looking at the screen and maneuvering the mouse and keyboard with my hands.

I think by replacing my old chair with any of the modern stools will be a great help…  yea, I think stool will be a better choice than chair… coz I see in the architect office their draughtsman are using stool and having a taller table… it looks and feels much relaxing… emm… just like sitting in the bar… wish I will get a stool for Christmas.. 😀