Weekend ...

came early for me this week.

Due to the shin pain, I managed to book an appointment for this afternoon. Since the appointment was at 4:30pm, I squeezed in a swim before heading towards Tampines.

Been wanting to check out the Hokkaido Fare at Tampines Mall so decided to head there since it was still early. Wow, didn't know the place could be so packed even on a weekday afternoon! The Hokkaido Fare, which occupied the small atrium in the mall, was thronged with foodies. There were ramen, dried seafood stuff, butter cake, those octopus balls, rice cake, ice cream etc. Well, I tried their rice cake coated with red bean and wasn't impressed. There were many other stuff to try but it was just too packed and also freaking expensive, and nothing that I die die would like to try, so didn't get anything else. Well, at least my wallet can heave a sigh of relief haha

First time I had to wait for an hour just to see the doc!!! Geez! Thankfully I was occupied with reading the papers else it would have been such a waste of time. I updated doc that I experienced pain recently and asked whether I could have an x-ray done. Thankfully he was more than agreeable and THANKFULLY I wasn't too late for an x-ray as it was close to their knock off time! -____-" Seriously, if they tell me the x-ray dept is closed for the day, I would have really wasted my leave which I was desperately trying to save.
Anyway, x-ray came out ok. Doc said my shin splint had not worsened and its unlikely that it had recurred after healing (most likely it is still trying to heal itself). I'm just glad that I could still continue to run (doc said ok, and suggested i increase the frequency of my run rather than up my mileage on my current 2 runs per week). And I'm also glad that the pain should not have been caused by my spin classes. Whew! At least I don't have to worry each time I turn up the resistance knob during spin class. :P

Doc however asked about my diet (prolly think i too bui liao so the weight is taking its toll on my legs :P) and to run a bone marrow test on me to determine my bone density. He said calcium deficiency may contribute to my long-living injury. Hmmmm ... well, I told him I don't drink milk but I do take yoghurt. Anyway, will go for the test and let him assess thereafter.

Its the weekend liao ... I'm gonna enjoy it for now ... and I'm sure I will suffer from even more serious Monday Blues later ... but nevermind, worry about that later.

Let's hope I will have the discipline to go for a run tomorrow ...