The desire to excel. The passion to dedicate. The determination to see it through.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Aches-of-the-Day

After Yunnan, I had a minor case of Planta Fasciitis. After the marathon, it was full-blown. I feel handicapped! Pain pain! Ouch ouch. Limping limping!! Supposed to go training (shooting) today but as you can see.. hmm. Doc has asked me to stay home these few days. Gosh.

I feel broken and tired. The marathon is extremely exhausting. I hardly got to sleep since it began at midnight!

Anyway, had lunch at Sakae with HY! In the evening, went to Hotel Rendezvous with my family to eat Nasi Padang! Nice!

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Marathon-of-the-Day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PQ!!!

Checked into Changi Village Hotel with my family in preparation for the Adidas Sundown marathon. The hotel's quite nice with reasonable room rates!

Question:
Is a person of the following characteristics able to complete a marathon?
  • Hardly ran due to FYP
  • Went overseas for 10 days (without running at all) and returning 2 days before the marathon date
  • Longest distance covered in a single run the entire year was 12km
  • Longest distance ever covered was 16km and was 8 years ago
Answer:
Yes, if it's Jaime! LOL.

Adidas Sundown - flagoff at 11.59pm
My first marathon (42.125km but we ran more than that by a couple of hundred metres cos they changed the route to accommodate crowd control which pissed a whole lot of people off):
I had no idea what distance I wanted to cover but I really wanted to try the full distance. I was horrified at the start line but there's an emergency back-out line - I carried $30 for a taxi ride.

One observation is quite funny! Guys tend to walk and talk then run then walk and talk again. Girls just keep a constant jogging pace throughout! My bros and I all observed this! Quite interesting!

Managed to run with my bros for the first 10km then had to switch to a slower pace to ensure I could complete the race. Damn tiring and VERY SLEEPY. Super xiong.. had to keep hydrating at water points and drenching myself to keep awake and "pump fuel".

After 15km, everything hurts! My ankle went loose and I decided to keep running while maintaining a proper position and it fell back into place after a while. The knees started hurting. The chest seemed to ache a little.

After 30km, everything turns "rusty". The joints become immobile and each step is harder. Each step of balancing is tougher. It's almost impossible to break into a jog after each water point unless there's overwhelming will power. Keeping awake is a chore.

Within the last 5km, you want to pick up the pace but the joints seem to remain immobile. Then, something happened at the last 1+km (I think about 1.5km or slightly more). They played Chariots of Fire at one point which reminded me of running back in secondary school. Emo song and the adrenaline must have pumped real good cos I ran like I've never ran in a very long while, all the way to the finishing point at a sub-1:40min/round pace. Every type of pain and joint immobilisation I felt immediately vanished. I almost cried cos it was so tough to push and maintain the pace yet I wanted to cos it was just a little more! Haven't felt that in a while. Many runners and Adidas volunteers cheered me on as most of the others were walking and those who were running weren't running that fast. I was amazed, I just kept overtaking everyone and everyone along the way cheered. It was.. damn shiok. Wow, it's a been a while.

I'm amazed I managed to complete it and complete it with strong finish! Gosh, I actually ran for more than 6 hours. I'm glad I completed what I set out to do. I feel almost invicible now! It seemed impossible.. and since it's an Adidas marathon, I shall say, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. They gave me my most precious running medal yet! At the beginning, I told myself that if I could complete it, I can practically do anything I want with the grace of God. Cheers to the start of a new chapter in my life!

Damn happy! (",)

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Friday, May 29, 2009

Celebration-of-the-Day

AWC BMS: 358/400! Not bad, quite consistent!

Shot electronic target for the first time! Gosh. Finally!!! Hmm, the height's different and I'm quite lousy at sighting my gun! Haha. For the finals, 1st shot - 7.1; 2nd shot - 8.0! HAHA. Both to the right. Gosh, not sighted! No string markers. Hmm. Sighted immediately after that. After that, the rest were all 9s and 10s except for one 8.8. Despite the amazingly far away strays, was quite happie with the finals.. managed to reduce the panic after the first 2 shots! Electronic target too exciting. Finals also exciting. E-target + finals = EXCITING!

Headed to Uncabunca (next to Eski Bar on Circular Road) to hang out with pQ and friends. Nice bar to slack at! Haha. In celebration on her birthday and her very unexpected 2nd upper! This idiot jumped 0.07 in CAP to freaking get her 2nd upper!!! pQ - the last minute chiongster as always! Haha. CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO DID WELL THIS SEMESTER especially GT, HJ, HOW PQ and MYSELF!!! WOOHOO! Mission accomplished!!! DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN HAPPIEEE!!!! WHEEEEE! THIS DISPROVES THE THEORY THAT HAVING A BOYFRIEND WILL PULL DOWN YOUR GRADES (specially for Sandra & friends). IN FACT, THEY IMPROVED. I would like to thank Ahmad for driving me around, especially for those early mornings. Some credit goes to YOU! Such elation. Ultimately, praise and thanks be to God for bestowing such a blessing upon me!

Anyway, saw Valen yesterday! That was awkward! LOL. What I felt was a sense of curiosity (about the one who possesses what I once had) rather than sadness or longing. Well done! +1 star.

Time or money? Dollar for dollar.. Minute for minute... In the past, I used $$ to buy time.. Now, is it worth to use excessive time to buy money? People often talk about not being able to buy time. Well, you can use time to buy money. When you head to work, you are exchanging your time for money. Once again, time or money? What is really worth spending your time on??? It's easy to resist when you already have it.. but when you don't.. human nature? Stick to your value system and you will possess a life more valuable than any other.


Some live for the bill. Some kill for the bill.
Dollar, dollar bill y'all..

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Movie-of-the-Day

2 hour flight delay! *yawnz*

Watched Terminator 3 with Mr Ho! Great action movie! Went for a jog at ECP followed by a happy dinner with zi char kind of food! Stingray, crayfish, vegetables and clams!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 10


Ate quite a fair bit there! Happy food but just a little too oily for my liking! And I caught a cold due to dust, weather and the 7-hour extremely bumpy roller-coaster ride on the bus. The dust was a major contributing factor. I hardly fall sick.. gosh.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 9

Monday, May 25, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 8


Headed to an Irish Pub at the rooftop at night. It was quite a nice place to chill but the drinks seemed diluted. I drank only ONE DRINK. Boys and girls, be smart.. stay sober, stay safe.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 7

My white horse (actually, it's a mule.. well, nobody's perfect).
Left my prince in SG!

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 6

Wow, I can jump quite high.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 5

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 4

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 3

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Trip-of--the-Day

Day 2

Let me begin with an explanation... I'm only going to put pictures. I don't exactly know where I went due to erm.. language differences. Haha. Photos will do! Go figure.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Trip-of-the-Day

Day 1

Leaving on a jet plane! Headed to Shenzhen!

On a 10 Day trip to Yunnan with Chewy, DH, ZY and YJ!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Lunch-of-the-Day

Had lunch with my family and HY this afternoon! Imperial Herbal Restaurant! Hmm, didn't have the creepy crawlies I wanted though. That was sad.

Watched Angels and Demons!

Another happy day!!!

Ok, I'm old!

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Chalet-of-the-Day

Attended Out of the Blue in NUS this evening. Hmm. Just another gathering of FST mates I suppose! After that, HY and I went to pQ's chalet! Haha. Drank several types of beer!

Friday, May 15, 2009

D&D-of-the-Day

Celebrating FST's 10th Anniversary with a D&D! Had a lot of fun with the drinking at the closing! Stayed over at Excelsior Hotel with a couple of classmates! Nice nice!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Food-of-the-Day

Had French food at Au Petit Salut at Dempsey today! I like French food!!! Haha. Went to watch Angels and Demons too! I like ECP too! Today is a happy day!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Movie-of-the-Day

Watched Star Trek with HY after training today. Nice movie!

Acknowledge the negativity that taints this world but embrace the light.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Shopping-of-the-Day

Went to Mustafa with Derrick this morning! Yawnz. Was super tired so headed home immediately after lunch to catch up on sleep! Mustafa really quite fun to shop!!! Hmm.. I can read 90% of my itinerary for Yunnan. It's erm.. in Chinese. The mountain so cold... 0°C. Brrrr... It's cold in here.. we need some solar in the atmosphere...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Dress code-of-the-Day

Dress code: Formal

It's the FST Industrial Day today! Had a fair bit of fun and spoke with a few people from the industry!

Big Grace and I attended a photo-shoot by HY this evening! Nice...! A+ for effort!!! (",)

Headed to Bedok to meet Lame and friends in the evening!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Shoot-of-the-Day

HTNS Monthly Shoot: 358/400

Celebrated H's birthday this afternoon!

Eat until fat fat at AMK S11!

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Sport-of-the-Day

Played basketball in the evening with AWC people! Gosh, I miss bball! After that, we ate at West Coast Plaza Thai Express! Camped at pQ's place today!

Friday, May 08, 2009

Hotpot-of-the-Day

Ate hotpot with Poh and Ruiz this evening! I like the hotpot there! NICE!! Camping over in NUS again to do some erm.. work!!

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Movie-of-the-Day

Watched Taken with pQ today! Took couple seats cos the people at the counter were telling us that it was more spacious! I think they like us.. we were wondering why they were pushing for us to take couple seats (prices are the same). LOL. Couple seats are really more spacious anyway. The movie is good.

Plain old Jane told a story about a man who was too afraid to fly so he never did land.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Clearing-of-the-Day

Gosh, I woke up at 3pm today.. That's a RECORD! Anyway, clearing stuff at home today. I've got notes for the following modules so let me know if any of you want them if not.. gonna throw:
  • GEK1042 - Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
  • CS1105 - Computing and Society
  • GE2204 - Cities in Transition
  • GEK1511/IT1001 - Introduction to Computing
  • SC2215 - The Sociology of Food
  • TR2201 - Entrepreneurial Marketing
I still have my A Level notes (from CJC, AJC and VJC). Gosh. Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics 9233. Let me know if you all want, the syllabus hardly changes for some parts.

So many things to throw! Throw throw throw!!! Need to go car boot sale soon. So much junk!

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Beer-of-the-Day

BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN

In the evening, went Brewerkz at Clarke Quay with HJ and ZX! Fun Fun. Food and beer is nice!

Anyhow, here's the photos of the cat I played with yesterday. Gosh, I feel bad leaving the cat there! Saw it as I exited the MRT station at Harbourfront!


Monday, May 04, 2009

Outing-of-the-Day

Spent the day in NUS doing some work!
In the evening, met up with Cedarians (SK, YE, HM, KJ and QH) to celebrate SK's birthday! Ate ayam penyet at a Javanese Restaurant at Dhoby Ghaut! After that, we hunted for a place to sing KTV. Went to a place at Peace Centre and was notified that KTV was only available on weekends and they were erm.. a nightclub.. U know? THAT kind. *ahem* LOL. We headed to Rochor to eat the tau huay! Walked to Bugis for KTV at Top One. KTV was damn fun. Gosh, they're a damn happening bunch! Sang quite a bit a English songs! About 50% was English songs! For Seasons in the Sun, we all jumped up on the sofa and started erm.. singing real loud and erm playing! Haha. They are damn fun people lar! Not shy one!
Camping in studio in NUS now. LOL. I think it's the first time I camped in school (with the exception of organised camps and the hostel stay the other day)! *yawnz*

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Training-of-the-Day

Training was horrid.

Ate at IMM then headed to NUS with HY. I actually managed to get psyched up and get down to doing some work (non-academic related of course). I'm actually starting to put effort into what I undo. Motivation quivered in the past year.

Liquid energy in my veins.

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Fun-of-the-Day


Fun with Handsome Hunky hungyi (or so he thinks..):
  • Assisi Hospice Funfair - it's the most happening funfair I've been too
  • Red Dot Museum for Designer Flea Market
  • Artfriend @ Bras Basah
  • Thieves Market
  • Dinner at Ma Maison (Bugis Junction) - great food and ambiance

Friday, May 01, 2009

Poll


Is this guy cute?

Please leave a comment if you think so. Thank you!

Game-of-the-Day

Jimmy and I played Guitar Heroes at LK's place! I've heard about the game but only got to try the game today. Awesome.