Just for Laugh

A hypothetical situation where 20 CEOs board an airplane and are told that the flight that they are about to take is the first-ever to feature pilotless technology: It is an uncrewed aircraft.

Each one of the CEOs is then told, privately, that their company's software is running the aircraft's automatic pilot system. Nineteen of the CEOs promptly leave the aircraft, each offering a different type of excuse.

One CEO alone remains on board the jet, seeming very calm indeed. Asked why he is so confident in this first uncrewed flight, he replies : "If it is the same software that runs my company's IT systems, this plane won't even take off." !!!!

That is called Confidence!!!

Arghhhhhhh

The only times I managed to run for the past 2 weeks were when I chased after the bus!

Both times my leg hurt :(

This is really really frustrating ......

And to think that SBR is few days away and the physiotherapist that I'm seeing shook his head when I told him about my desire to run this sunday .... "You will suffer", he said.

Haizzz .... there goes my joy in running (yet again) ....

and its affecting my spin too coz I feel the pain, and my swim ... and my walk ....

Must I lay off completely ???

I think I ought to see a chinese sinseh about my ankle, feels like a mild sprain .... though therapist said I might have a mild case of achilles tendonitis ... -_-"

Aiyo .... I'm just a casual runner ... dun even train seriously .... y am i afflicted with all these injuries !?!?!? *bang head*

Slack Week

Super Duper Slack Week ....  

I cut down on my exercise this week due to the pain on my leg ... Spin on Mon & Wed, swam on Mon.  By Wed the pain was enough to make me feel totally wiped out during the spin ... I knew I had to rest ...

But I'm glad I had a pretty good sociable week ....

Tues
Met up with Al, my long-time friend, for dinner and to get something from him. Had dinner at New York New York, AMK Hub. Weekday and yet got to queue for dinner! -__-"
Food turned out to be quite lousy, with staff who doesn't know the difference between wedges and fries, and who gave me the bill when I didn't ask for it, only for me to realise it was a bill for another table, with the change in it! *shake head*
Only saving grace was their mud pie. That was the only thing that tasted nice. At least Al enjoyed it.

Wed
Spent a relaxing and wonderful afternoon with mom.  Had lunch @ Victor's Kitchen, followed by retail therapy and lots of easy chit chat during the shopping spree ..
Also had dinner at one of the places that I've been wanting to go for ages - Curry Flavour.
We both loved the curry! I'm also quite surprised that mom enjoyed miso soup! Mom isn't a Jap food fan and I thought she would find miso soup a tad too odd for the taste buds. Boy, was I wrong! :P
Was a good afternoon off for me ...

Thur
Met up with a friend whom I have not met in years! Ever since she got married and moved to Paris. She is now back for good, and very much living like a tai-tai (just without the airs). Its very good to hear her voice after so long. She is someone whom is so full of zest, so easy going and happy, its almost contagious. We had dinner at Clarke Quay while catching up ... always nice to hear her stories ... and she just has so much to tell ... while I'm always the boring one just happy to sit back and listen to her stories ;P

Fri 
Home cook dinner! Yumz!

Sun
I'm going to bring mom to see the movie 881 tomorrow. Yah, quite surprised that I would want to watch that show, but saw in the news many old folks seem to enjoy that show, so thought it would be a good chance to bring mom to catch that show. Anyway, its been decades since she last step into a theatre i think. Let's see whether that movie is any good ...

Leg still hurt though ... losing the momentum to exercise and haven't got my lazy butt off to try and run.  But on the other hand I also do not wish to aggravate it any further ... not sure when I will resume my regimen ... but I better at least go for a swim or something before i lose all motivation.  I even went to the doc's to get some muscle relaxant.  Not sure it would help, but at least the mild pull/pain wouldn't bug me as much ...

Sian

Second day of inactivity. No gym, NOTHING.

And my calf still hurts ... ankle feels odd too ... WTF !

New York New York ...
Victor's Kitchen ...
Curry Flavour ...
nonya curry ...

These are my jiak since Tues!!! Goosh!! No exercise and yet ....

Solid!

Happy National Day!

This is more like it ... :)

Uh-Oh

Think I'm injured again as I feel the same pain when I run now ...
Tried to run ytd and well, I struggled for 1km before I had to stop, rest and stretch ...
I admitted defeat 1 km later as I didn't see the need to push and aggravate it anymore than I should

Was seen by someone while walking home (was a long walk back), but I didn't know until that someone sms to ask me how was my run that morning ...

I will hence lay off once again ... for how long I'm not sure .... quite tempted to hang up my shoes once and for all ...

Time to kiao kah ...

Wun be blogging for a while ...

Rest & Jiak

Feeling really tired by last evening. Slept before 9 and didn't even finish watching the NDP :P

Felt so tired and my left leg is not good. Very weak, with pain on my shins and ankle ... I feel the weakness compared to the right .... so decided to just skip my morning gym today. No, in fact, I shall lay off for today ... and possibly whole weekend ....
Rest I shall. I must be discipline to rest too haha

Last minute ended up having breakfast at Kovan. I have always seen a long queue at the Mee Jiang Kueh stall though I didn't recall it to be any good. Been wanting to try it again to see what is so great about the MJK so decided to head there for breakfast since I'm not going to the gym.

The MJK is really not fantastic. The kueh is soggy in the inside (that's not what it should feel like! yucks ...) and the sticky peanut is nothing to rave about. The peanut wasn't generously spread across the mjk and it doesn't oozes out from the kueh opening when you bite into it. Disappointing. The kaya version isn't any better too. Frankly, I don't see what's the fuss! The ones at Maxwell or Ghim Moh are much better! If I ever need a MJK fix near home, I'll just buy the one at the Pinle branch in Kovan.

TLR Wedding Run

Our penghulu of SGRunners, TLR, would be finally tying the knot with his beloved FD this coming Sunday.

To commemorate such an important event for such an important man in our SGRunners kampung, Tiwazz (think is him since he started the post?) had organised a Wedding Run just for TLR.
(Picture : The Lonely Runner - not for long :D)

Seeing that the distance posted on the forum was 8-10km, I decided to sign up for this run. More to be a part of this run to help celebrate such a joyous event with TLR, and also because I thought 8-10km would be manageable for me. And considering that it would be a fun run, I suppose the pace wouldn't kill me :P

It was a cosy turn-out of a handfull of us including Tiwazz, Charlotte, Dasher, Alvo, Meteor, Roentgen, JT, SV and Aichai. Haven't seen Aichai for months so its really good to see him again! The run didn't start til 7:30am while we waited for Tiwazzto set up the "accessories" for TLR and also for the sky to clear from the early morning downpour. Everyone was joking about skipping the run and heading straight for breakfast but of course, we couldn't possibly let ourselves down without a run could we? :P

TLR was really embarrassed and awkward about running with a "Just Married" tag on his bum and several balloons and tin cans strung together to form a train behind him while he ran ... but he still good spiritedly went along with us ... except that he would run along with the cans in hand each time we pass by a more populated area so as not to attract tooo much attention haha


Suggestions streamed in about where to run (so as to run past crowded places :P) with Dasher leading the way guiding TLR and us on the direction and Roentgen running around snapping away with his swanky new Canon Ixus 850IS. It was a short distance but somehow many of us were feeling very tired from the run. I for one, with my injured leg acting up again, was feeling quite unwell for the run but realised even JT, Charlotte & Aichai were feeling the strain too. Possibly the talking, the frequent start & stop made the run more tiring ... (Picture of TLR leading the pack past Holland Village)

We returned to the start point in about 1hr later, covering an avg of 8km, according to the many footpods among us and was joined by FD.

We yakked some more, took some group photos and left for breakfast at the nearby halal kopitiam. A detailed account, with photos can be found at Roentgen's blog.

My very first SGRunners run in almost 10 months! Wow! Time really flies. Its good to finally be able to join the group runs again and see familiar faces. Hope I would be able to join more of such runs .... for now, I've got to lay off again. Lately feeling a lot of strain on my left leg. Doesn't bode well and I have to rest if I still want to run SBR in 2 weeks time.

LSD with Corrinne :P

Woke up without the phone alarm and realised that my phone had hung once again (argh!!!). Thankfully it was just past 6am (thank my lucky stars) and quickly changed and wanted to head out for my LSD. Stomach still felt darn full from the extreme pig out yesterday and feeling really guilty and disgusted with myself. While getting ready my bro-in-law appeared in front of me and asked to join me for my run! Scared the skin out of me -__-"

So we headed out and I showed him how to stretch properly before we started our run at Gerald Dr right at the petrol kiosk. The sky was just brightening and the air fresh. Its so good to be out taking a stroll .... BIL isn't fit (but still commendable that he wanted to start to work out!) and so I just followed his pace while we jogged with me yakking away to help keep his mind off stuff. Its interesting that I noticed so many unfamiliar structures that I never did previously. We walked at certain segments to let BIL catch his breath and just took things slow while we trotted and chit chat ... it was good to have someone to talk to :) I asked BIL to head back 30 mins into our run so that he doesn't overdo it ... based on the map we covered about 1.82km! Didn't seem that long! But it is really a good distance that a non-runner covered! That's a good start I would say :) We parted ways at the junction of YCK Rd and CTE where BIL turned back while I start my run.

Weather is still very cooling and nice and I think the 30 mins warm up helped to warm up my engine and I felt good to start my run. Today I didn't want to spend time cracking my head thinking where to run but I'm alright because my mind would be occupied listening to two new albums on my ipod ... so boredom wouldn't kick in for today's run (yipppeeee!) *super broad smile* With my ipod plugged in, I just headed straight, intending to hit Upper Thomson Road to Tagore Lane where my fav stretch of tree-lined road is and just carried on. Intent is to u-turn at the 1 hour mark so that I can cover by timing of 2hrs+.

Apart from a very tight left calf which I had to constantly stretch at each traffic stop break, the run was surprisingly smooth today and I didn't feel the lethargy even at the usual 30mins mark. I passed The Prata Place that ieatishootipost recently blogged about and Nee Soon camp. Aiya, once again my plan was thwarted when I reached the junction of Sembawang Road & Yishun Ave. Instead of u-turning, I turned right into Yishun Ave and ran towards Lower Seletar Reservoir Park. Reached the park and decided to run a little further towards Yishun Ave 2 when I saw across from the Yishun Sports Stadium was the Bottle Tree Park! Its really funny how things always turn out unexpected. BIL was just telling me about this place earlier while running just now and I thought I wouldn't check it out today, but would do that in my next LSD ... So was feeling very happy that somehow chance, and legs just brought me to this place and I got to explore a new place without expecting to!

The Bottle Tree Park looks very new, and the toilet was thankfully clean (prolly from under usage). They even locked some of the cubicles. Interesting that they even had shower facilities ! similar to those you see at ECP - those open air shower heads. The park had a basket ball court, a fishing pond (several ah peks already fishing by the pond... not sure what's the fun fishing in a small pond with the mrt train track right beside ... awww well ...*shrug* :P), two cafes (one right beside the pond so it would be a nice place to hang out for families ... already thinking of bringing my monsters there sometime hehe ... and the other cafe is tucked further up the stretch of road, but not sure whether it is open for business yet). They also had a small nursery but not sure what they are planting ...

The run from here on felt laborious. Legs started to feel like lead and I lost the momentum I had in the first one hour. I wondered whether the 30 mins warm up, even though at an extreme relaxed pace, contributed to my build-up lethargy now. Nonetheless I just trotted on, slowly but surely, and determined to return to the ending point, hoping to cover 10mins more than my usual run since I haven't up my mileage for ages.

I stopped at the same petrol kiosk right outside Gerald Dr for a much needed water break, walked for a good 4 minutes before i continued my run. Today I ended my run not at the kiosk, but did a small loop back to my place.

Total distance covered for today's route: 19.11km (excluding warm-up)
Total time taken : 2hr 20mins

I seriously think there is something wrong with the distance calculation at mapmyrun. Not possible that I have covered 19km in 2hrs 20mins when I was going at such a slow pace.

Last week I thought I had covered longer but ended up the distance shown was much shorter than I expected. And today, the opposite happened. I can only say something is wrong with mapmyrun :P

Also saw Gentle out for his morning bike with two of his kakis. So happy to see a familiar face during the run, really helped to spur me to carry on with my run! Good to see you around, Ironman Gentle! :)

My constant companion for my runs is my trusty ipod. And today, I have Corrinne keeping me company with her Beautiful Seed album ... and I'm so in love with Five Loaves & Two Fishes ...sadly, I have to say I'm not very impressed (almost a little disappointed) with her new album.

Pig Out!!!!

I'm glad I managed to get my sis and mom out today to have a ladies' pig out at their favourite buffet haunt - Sakura @ Clementi Woods.

After the late night from the Corrinne May concert, I decided to sleep in and skip my LSD (SLACKER!!!! :P). So quickly rounded up the two most important female figures in my life to catch up over lunch. So happy both agreed !

This is my first time at Sakura @ Clementi Woods. Have heard so much about this place from mom and sis but have never got a chance to visit til today. Was in awe when sis brought me around ... they have 2 floors worth of food (this is a real glutton's paradise!!!) and I was just excitedly snapping away until one of the staff gently told me no pictures allowed :P by then I had already captured most of what I wanted anyway haha ...

On the upper level they have the sashimi (tuna, salmon, cuttlefish etc.), sushi, grilled stuff (chicken, salmon, beef etc.), dessert, fruits, pizza, spagetti etc.






On the lower floor they had the cooked stuff like fried rice, different types of cooked fish like salmon, dory, unagi etc, vege, prawns, satay, stir fried mushrooms etc, deep fried prawns, nuggets, samosas, laksa, chicken, oysters, salad, baked scallop, ice cream, chinese dessert, dim sum drinks etc.

Ok, for an over $20 per head lunch buffet, you really cannot expect the food to be too good. But its good enough for us ... not all the dishes are good (the laksa is a definite can skip) but the food is fresh ... Think I get my $$ worth just eating the sashimi and all the fish dishes .... today I really overdose on fish! Think I must cut down on fish intake liao hahaha

It was a good meal, and even better being able to be out to catch up over a hearty meal with the family.

My plan to run in the late evening after returning from the buffet never materialised because I felt tooo stuffed and heavy from the meal that I couldn't run! Think would puke if I run! hahahah

Pig lor! And I still ate somemore for dinner ... really champion ...

Beautiful Seed

I attended Corrinne May's concert on Fri night.

Its been such a long time since I was last at Clementi and didn't realise that the interchange has shifted to a new location some 200m from the original site, while the previous site is now under heavy construction.

Its so nice to be going back to NUS after so many years ... hasn't changed much, but then again, seems like so much has changed. Such a paradox. Got to NUS University Cultural Centre (UCC). My first time at the UCC. It just looks like a big auditorium to me, nothing much. We got ourselves Corrinne's latest CD titled Beautiful Seed (yay!) which come to think of it, was slated previously to be launched in May .. hmmm ... deadline slip haha ...

I enjoyed Corrinne's concert but somehow I wasn't as moved with her new songs as I was with her older two albums. She still has a wonderful voice although I feel that she wasn't able to carry some of her notes as high as she wanted at some point. Situation was possibly exacerbated by the overly loud music that drowned her voice at times -___-" Though I felt I enjoyed her xmas concert even more, this one didn't fall too short .... I was very happy when she sung some of her older tracks which included my fav Fly Away. I've heard it like hundreds of times (no, not exaggerating ... and this is still one track I listen to during my runs) but I still get moved when she sung it live. It was just so moving and somehow this song always reminds me of Colin Raye's Love Me.

There is less commentaries from her this time compared to her xmas concert but I do appreciate her giving some brief introductions to some of her songs to explain what the song is about. These 3 songs left deeper impressions in me ...

• Shelter - about telling someone that you will be there for him/her
• On My Way - about finding your way ... that you will get there ... both literally and figuratively ... you go figure. How she explained about getting lost while driving and getting herself a GPS just sounded so much like me :P
  
• Five Loaves and Two Fishes - she first sang this song during her xmas concert and I just love it. Its inspired by a Christian story ... which a friend later kindly explained that in the story, a young boy offered whatever he had, five loaves and two fishes, to thousands of hungry people. This was passed around and everyone just took a little and miraculously it fed all of them. In short its about not thinking that what little you do will not matter coz it does.

I'm glad I found friends to attend this concert with. Thanks for the company ....
:)

Happy Birthday, Loti!

Here's wishing Loti a very very Happy Birthday!
May your each passing year be a better one compared to the previous!
May you enjoy peace, happiness and good health always! :)

Birthday Celebrations

Birthday celebration for Loti & I was at Margarita's @ Dempsey Hill. Wow wow!!! Just read yesterday's paper and realised that this is one HIP place to be !! That reservations must be made 2 weeks in advance and the owner had to turn away guests due to the lack of food in the kitchen!

The last time I was there was many many years ago. Have tried both the one at Faber Drive & East Coast. Also read in the papers about not so good service at the Dempsey branch just few weeks back, so was surprised that they received a positive review so shortly after that earlier report.

Thanks to Roentgen who gave Loti, Angel & me a lift to Dempsey Hill. When we got there, Teelee, Taz & Renoh were already there viewing some pictures. So happy to see the bois !! :)

Margarita's@ Dempsey is HUGE!!! Loti told me that it once was an army barracks, hence explained the size. It has a really tall ceiling ... the place was simply decorated & the dim lights made the place cosy (but definitely not good for photo taking! :P)

We spent quite a bit of time yakking and didn't place our order until this stern looking waiter beside me asked me whether we are ready to order, and that to order before the kitchen couldn't handle the load -___-" Wah, first time I have heard such a demand! How "refreshing"! We hastily browsed the menu and tried to make out what to order amidst the tortillas, burritos & fajitas.

Poor Teelee was suddenly called back for mobilisation exercise! What a downer and had to leave without dinner. The dinner was alright. The food was served in the reverse order it was ordered! JT's & Tigger's dishes came shortly after it was ordered though they came late and placed their orders last haha ... Mine came unfashionably late though I was the first to place the order ... but I didn't really mind as I was just enjoying the company and oggling at the food in the others' plates :P Angel wasn't that impressed with her food, and me too. It wasn't that fantastic really. Perhaps mexican food just isn't out thing ... Angel said it is high class taco bell hahah ....

The gang got Loti & I a very very yummy cake from Angie The Choice. It was very soft and delicious and we all enjoyed the cake tremendously. As I had been raving to Loti about Margarita's tiramisu, Loti was keen to still try the tiramisu after the cake. So we ordered one tiramisu for the whole gang. However, the tiramisu turned out to be a HUGE disappointment! It wasn't how I had remembered it to be (apart from the look) and the tiramisu wasn't well put together. Loti scooped up a whole chunk of the ladies finger ... it was still dry and not soaked with the alcohol/kahlua mixture. Very very disappointing ...

Cool dude Teelee managed to rush back from his mobilisation and joined us back at the restaurant. We had left one big slice of cake for him and he steadily cleaned it off. THANKS for re-joining us at the dinner! Great to have you back to join in the fun! :)





Many many THANKS to Roentgen for taking time to organise this birthday dinner bash for Loti & I. Know that he is very very busy lately with work and all, and yet still managed to make a reservation at one of the popular restaurants in town right now, and getting everyone together ... really appreciate it lots!!! And THANKS to Angel, JT, Renoh, Loti, Teelee, Taz, Roentgen, Little Tigger for spending your precious Sunday evening to celebrate for Loti and I, not forgetting the beautiful card & gifts! *BOW* The card is now pinned on my whiteboard just to cheer me up on my daily work-day. THANKS people! :)

Smile for a Mile

I started my birthday with the charity run organised by this group of young college students, as part of a youth movement group.

Angeline & I met up at the City Hall MRT station and slowly made our way to the starting point at the fountain near the Esplanade Dr. What greeted us were a handful of youngsters mulling around the fountain, and another few (prolly less than 10) runners sitting around the fountain. We met up with the perpetually punctual Roentgen (such trait is close to extinct now! Really have to applaud him for keeping to this very rare but treasured trait in this day and age! *clap clap* to deposit our barang in his CRV (THANKS, Roentgen!).

We registered ourselves with the organiser, and were given each a runner's T. We changed into it and just chit chat and hung around a bit to wait for the run to start. Balasing arrived shortly after. By 8:25am we were asked to gather, and the leader of the group, Eric, explained to us about what this charity run is about and how we help by running etc. Looking around, realised that the group of runners were mainly junior college students probably lending their support through their own network of friends. The SGRunners of Peacefool, Eliza, Roentgen, Angel, Bala, Chip & myself were the only people of a different generation (haha). It was hilarious to have Eric flagged us off by emulating the sound of a horn and the group of youngsters sprinted off.

I knew I couldn't run fast so just kept to the back of the pack as best as I could. I felt that the speed of the front runners pulled everyone along and I was kinda worried that I would ponchet if i kept to their pace. The run was enjoyable, chuan, but full of laughter through-out all thanks to the great company of Roentgen & Bala. We got to the mid-way point in over 35mins I think, so I was quite surprised that at the "faster" pace we are still running at 7:30min pace ... We had to cross the overhead bridge to run along the other side of the road for the return route back to the starting point. It was dangerous at that stretch as we had to run along the road (as the pavement was closed for some construction) and in the flow of traffic! We were lucky as it was still early and the road was quiet, but it wouldn't be as safe for the 3rd wave runners we surmised (which Roentgen promptly fedback to Eric after our run). Picture shows one siao cha bo just after crossing the overhead bridge ...

We finished our run in 1hr 15mins thereabout, with Roentgen & Bala still FULL of energy and chatting away and giving live "commentaries" about the run while I was just struggling to keep up with them and panting away -____-". Not to forget that throughout the run, these 2 bois were slowing down (to take pictures) and speeding up (to catch up with the rest of us) at will!!!

Shortly after returning, Bala proceeded to join the 3rd wave runners for the flag off while the rest of us hung around and chit chat. Spoke to peacefool & zeus and the SGRunners group took several pictures while waiting for Bala to return. We could see the sky changing and threatening to open up and hence all of us helped to shift the runner goodie bags and the deposited bags to the nearby MRT shelter (Exit A). Bala returned minutes before the sky poured. Pity those road marshals and runners who were still making their way back. Hope they didn't catch a chill ! Some of these road marshalls also had bottles of newater with them! Oh no .. come to think of it, they still had to lug these bottles (if there were any left) back to the start point.

Think most (if not all) the runners contributed to this charity by buying a runner tag at $5 each. This tag is simply a piece of paper for us to write our encouragement to the beneficiaries (in this case, the impaired). Some of us donated more to lend support. Seems like they are still FAR from their target of <$10K. With just one more week to go, sincerely wish them the very best.

I personally think that it is the thought and effort that counts. This group of young men and women, busy with their school work, tests and exams, still find time to do good and organise this event. That is no mean feat! While others their age would be spending their spare time catching up on their rest, spending time with friends over a movie or meal, these people put their time to good use. Well done people! We have hope in our new generation ! *thumbs up*

OTOT Mini Tri

In keeping with the OSIM Tri this coming weekend, I also did my own mini tri today :P ... at my own time ... own target haha

Since I would be running on Sunday, so I didn't want to risk causing more pain to my shin by running my LSD on the usual Sat morning. Hence I decided to bring it forward to run on Fri nite instead.

Went for my usual swim this morning. Suppose to swim for 1.5 hours, a relax swim, but then overslept no thanks to my phone that once again failed on me!!! Haiz, really have to consider doing another hard reset, or to buy a new one liao ... argh ... really dun wish to waste $$. By the time I woke up was already 6+, thought I would have to skip my swim but realised I could still manage an hour's swim if I hurry ... and the rest is history ...
Pool is rather empty today ... so I had a relax and peaceful swim ... yay!

Lunchtime - went for a 55min spin. The usual instructor wasn't there. Disappointed. Second time I've been disappointed this week. The wed mrn instructor wasn't there too. So this week had to deal with 2 replacement instructors. I couldn't even remember who the wed instructor is. The instructor today wasn't very good. Though he warned us that the tracks today are tougher, it turned out otherwise. Not very challenging in fact!! Thankfully I didn't want to push myself today considering I still wanted to do my LSD in the evening, else I would have been even more disappointment. This guy still had some way to go in being fit enough to be an instructor. At one point he couldn't even shout out instructions to us ... perhaps he was trying to get us to be more attuned to the music ? I'm not sure ... but I sure wouldn't like him as my spin instructor lor ... aw well, need to give newbies more opportunities rite ? yes yes ...agree with that too ... :)

The boss is on leave this afternoon and so ... when the cat is away, the mouse comes out to play!!! NO GOV!! Yippeeee! By 4:30pm I was feeling kinda switched off, no mood to work already. My colleagues were worse. Two of them were discussing about non-work related stuff and viewing some online photos (think of someone's wedding photos -dunno why gals have to get all gaga over bridal stuff).

I was actually worried about whether I could run as my calves were feeling tight and I'm not sure whether I would be able to run the distance ... nonetheless I was keen to try out the route and so decided to heck it and see how far I could go. At most take a cab home halfway if I couldn't last the LSD ...

Initial plan was to start at my office building but due to the chilly weather, I was feeling cold and thought I would walk a bit to warm myself up. The high human traffic in CBD also didn't help. Started the run at One Fullerton ... passed the NDP floating platform. Wow, they had this huge screen projector and it was screening something though I couldn't make out what it is .. but am sure it is related to the NDP ... also had a live band playing beside the Esplanade. Sadly there weren't any audiences ...
Promenade was closed and so I had to run along the road .... Saw someone in the KL Pacesetters T when I was at the Kallang Sea Sports Club ... on closer inspection realised it was none other than Ronnie out on his night run. I called out to him, we didn't stop to say hi, but just acknowledged each other with a smile and prodded on. Good to see you, Ronnie! :)

The weather was very cooling and refreshing and that really made running so much more enjoyable and easy .... this is the only run that I was actually mentally plotting how to extend the distance instead of wondering how to complete it!!! Amazing!

I memorised the route I was to take prior to the run and so there weren't many hiccups ... instructions given by Teelee for the route were also very very clear ... and so I got to familiar ground (Potong Pasir) without much fanfare.

Ended the run in 1hr 57mins. Funny thing is, I thought I was running a faster pace today, and with fewer walk breaks, the distance covered tonight would be longer. I was expecting say 17+km. However, mapmyrun calculated my distance to be only 14.73km!!! Even if I were to add in some additional loop i had to make, it should be only about 15km. Disappointing! Aw well, it was a good run afterall. I had my yummy dinner before heading home.

Have to really really thank Teelee for plotting out the route for me. He even patiently explained to me the route and enlarged a portion of the map which he deemed would be more challenging and circled out landmarks for the Direction Retard (yours sincerely) to take note. That really really helped a lot and I basically memorised those landmarks and key roads to find my way back! THANKS Teelee!!! If not for the route Teelee provided, don't think my run home from office would have materialised!!! *bow* He also told me to give him a call if I were to get lost. So nice !! :) I'm blessed. :)

Also thanks to Loti for checking on me. She reminded me to have $$ and ezlink card with me and even sms-ed to check whether I managed to find my way home. THANKS gal!!! Very kind of you!!!

Taz was also very kind and said to call him if I got lost. *bow* THANKS di di!!!

Since last year, I had entertained the thought of running to work. Then when I was conditioned enough to do that, alas, I got injured. The idea was shelved for so darn long and I only finally managed to realise this dream tonight. I'm soooo happy! :)

Let's hope my legs stay A-Ok after this ... cross my fingers!

Genting ?

Looking out of my office window, I have a feeling I'm in Genting.

Its cool and misty outside. Shwee....

But sadly, mood not v shwee ....

Calcium

It was only recently that I realised that running, due to its impact, helps to build stronger bones as the bones have to react to the impact placed upon it.

Regardless, it is good to ensure you have sufficient calcium in your diet. I'm lactose intolerant, which explains my not having milk in my diet. Have made a mental note to drink more soy milk and ..... I have good reason to indulge in ice cream!!!! Pass me the B&J! :P

Run

Managed to run a slow 8km on the treadmill this morning.

Sigh, my mileage is really a far cry from what I used to do, and the pace? Pitiful. But my shin pain just doesn't let up and its increasing in frequency. Argh ...

Will be doing the charity run this coming Sunday, so I would have to bring forward my LSD this week in order not to run on consecutive days and risk further injury. Planning to do my LSD this coming Fri evening. Should I run home from work ? Or should I run in home ground? *groan in boredom*

Two more days to ponder ... hmmmm ....

Surprise!

Worked slightly later today but at least I felt more achieved at work.

Was in for a surprise when I opened the door and found that family was waiting for me with cake & pressie!!! Wow! I didn't expect that!
Sis would be away for a couple of days and so they brought forward the celebration. I really wasn't expecting this so this gesture really cheered me up. Thanks for remembering ! Really meant a lot to me :) No, I never like to take things for granted :)

THANKS chei chei, chei fu, Eme & Fae for the surprise! :) Had a huge piece of the cake ... yumz! Ok, need to spin more :P







My niece wrote me a card on behalf of the family ... so cute lor .... its amazing how fast kids grow. I've watched her grown from the very day she was born ... and now look at her, she wrote me a card :D *proud*









while my nephew is just excited about eating the cake (a glutton just like his auntie! :P)

My birthday gift is an addidas top. Hope I can fit into it!!!! -__-"